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  1. 17 Seconds
    I do realize that, but he was a bad defensive CF last year. Moving him to RF will improve the defense, and probably still give us better production then we got out of Bradley last year. Especially if we find the right platoon partner for him. For example how would a Jonny Gomes and Fukudome platoon in RF look next season? I do not think Fukudome was bad in CF, and I doubt Byrd will be better. fukudome was very bad in center last year, and byrd is about average there. so yes, he should be a lot better. also, it helps the d in rf. so that's 2 defensive positions upgraded with 1 move.
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    You do realize that Byrd had the 3rd best OPS among all major league CFs last season? Do you realize the Cubs already had a good hitting CF last year? Now they are moving him to RF where he won't be comparably good. the difference between fukudome's defense in center and his defense in rf so far in the majors has been enormous. moving fukudome to right helps the defense greatly.
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    that's dumb. the vikings didn't even use their 3rd timeout. if they could gain an advantage by an extra timeout, then why didn't they even use all of theirs? and you're not accepting that they'll score. you're giving yourself a chance to still win at the end of regulation IF they do score. if you call timeouts there, you're giving yourself a better chance to win the game, period. thinking otherwise is just being shortsighted. this is not even some bizarre strategy or anything. this is pretty much basic clock management. a head coach usually uses the timeouts in that situation.
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    Scherzer couldn't really add to his minor league numbers last year when he was pitching 170 IP in the majors with a 9.19 K/9 and 3.33 BB/9 leading to a 3.87 FIP and 4.12 ERA, but I guess I can see where Kennedy's minor league numbers could be thought of as better, although I think I might consider the two equal. The type of extremely low HR numbers Kennedy put up in the minors seem like they are somewhat lucky, unless he really has a very low HR/FB rate (since Kennedy definitely doesn't seem to be a GB pitcher). either way, i don't see how you could say they got raped in the deal, and i don't even like edwin jackson very much.
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    they should have been more aggressive on not giving jason bay 4/66
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    why? i'm just going on minor league numbers, but kennedy's are better.
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    he's still horrible at clock management. he did it again at the end of rgulation last night. he should have started calling timeouts when the vikings were trying to get into the endzone right at the end. even the horrible mnf crew picked up on it. instead of 15 seconds left (when cutler kneeled), they should have had like 45 seconds (plus one timeout) left to try and get into field goal range. a lot of the time it's like he completely ignores the clock in crucial situations
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    Niemi started today no he didn't d'oh, I'm in St. Croix so I didn't watch the game until the very end, we musta pulled Huet. i edited it to explain
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    Niemi started today no he didn't huet gave up the first 4 and was pulled right at the beginning of the 2nd. niemi played the final 37 minutes and was outstanding. he kept us in the game in the 3rd.
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    that's not even close to being accurate. before tonight he had given up 9 goals in his last 6 games. tonight he only gave up 1 in 37 minutes.
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    ill say it again. it's hard for me to get too excited about this team when we have huet starting.
  12. 17 Seconds
    kopecky is awful
  13. 17 Seconds
    nice breakdown there
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    jason bay- 4/66 adam dunn- 2/20 nice
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    why? I was mainly referring to their position in the Granderson deal, in which they got reamed as the third team in a three-teamer. Howry move may not be bad on the surface, but it just seems extremely pointless to sign a guy like him when your team completely sucks. Completely sucks? Awful strong words for a team with a whole roster full of guys just entering their prime years. If Brandon Webb is healthy, I could see them winning more games than the Cubs in 2010. yeah, if webb is healthy that rotation looks really good. i like kennedy better than scherzer.
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    why? I was mainly referring to their position in the Granderson deal, in which they got reamed as the third team in a three-teamer. they did?
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    hawks will still win this one by at 2
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    what happened? i missed it
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    lecavalier did the exact same thing last night
  20. 17 Seconds
    insane pass from versteeg
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    i think the nfl is pretty much wide open No question, but all six teams in the NFC will have a shot at making it to the Super Bowl. I think three teams (at most) in the AFC have a shot at going that far. i don't know. the colts choke in the playoffs almost every year, and norv turner and the chargers aren't much different. depending on which teams win the wc, i think the afc is wide open too. the jets have the inside track and have absolutely zero chance. the bengals have next to zero chance (seriously has any "good" team been less inspiring the last 6 weeks? maybe minnesota i guess?) baltimore is next up in the afc; i suppose they could do something, although their defense isn't nearly what it used to be or what people think it is (because many of the names are the same). i could see to see indianapolis, san diego, new england, pittsburgh or baltimore coming out of the afc
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    keep in mind the red wings aren't the same team that they're likely to be at the end of the season. they have been destroyed by injuries. if they end up getting healthy at the end of the season and we have to play them in the first round, that would suck. we still should win, but they'd be a much tougher draw than one of the other teams. that's all assuming they get healthy though, and i haven't paid enough attention to them to know how serious the injuries are.
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    i think the nfl is pretty much wide open No question, but all six teams in the NFC will have a shot at making it to the Super Bowl. I think three teams (at most) in the AFC have a shot at going that far. i don't know. the colts choke in the playoffs almost every year, and norv turner and the chargers aren't much different. depending on which teams win the wc, i think the afc is wide open too.
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    He isn't? haha
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    i think the nfl is pretty much wide open
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