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  1. 17 Seconds
    so you're saying is he'll get shelled in a few games. sweet. yes, he hasn't gotten shelled in almost a decade. the last time he had a below average season (when he was on the field) was 2000. there's a big difference between inconsistency and getting shelled. what matters is your overall numbers for the season. yup, he had a bad first half last season, and he made up for it in the second half. i just don't understand where the "he's going to get shelled" stuff is coming from. i haven't seen a single reason why that's suddenly going to happen. i also don't understand why you like jackson. he supposedly has good stuff. too bad he sucks. i have no idea how he kept his era so low last season. he walks a ton of guys but doesn't stikre anybody out. so far for his career he has a 1.63 whip with a 6.1 K/9 and almost as many walks as k's. his minor league numbers aren't very good either. he had a couple nice stints at aa and that's it.
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    why? Because he's not really that good? He's also only been fully healthy during both his contract years. His average ERA jumped up quite a bit when he moved from FLA to TOR. His WHIP isn't anything to gawk at either. A.J. Burnett is pretty much useful for K's only. Granted on the Yankees he might get more wins now, but his inability to stay healthy for any year other than his contract year is unsettling, IMO i admit the health part, but when does burnett get shelled? i agree he's a bit overrated, but he's still a good pitcher. his only problem is the walks, which drive his WHIP up a bit. his era isn't great but it's still good. his WHIP doesn't really help you but it shouldn't hurt you either. like i said, i stay away from him because of health and his good-but-not-great numbers, but to take edwin jackson over him is just madness. there is no reason to think burnett will get lit up. he hasn't gotten lit up in almost a decade.
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    but based on what? i still don't understand why you think burnett will get lit up. and to take edwin jackson over him? that's ridiculous. the only problem with burnett is his health. when he's on the field, he's good. even last year, in his worst season since 2000, he was still good.
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    a year ago who would have thought that today the bears would have a stud young rb and a stud young qb?
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    why?
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    it's spring training. he's certainly had a bad spring, but c'mon. somebody will want him.
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    fox isn't making the team. and patton shouldn't make it over guzman
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    what's wrong with it? i think the pen looks better this year than it did last year, or at least the last 3 innings do. i'll take heilman/marmol/gregg over howry(or whatever garbage we were tossing out there in the 7th)/marmol/wood
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    nobody is saying this solved all the bears problems or makes them a super bowl contender
  10. 17 Seconds
    how good is orlando pace now?
  11. 17 Seconds
    where'd you see this? supposedly it was on espn 1000
  12. 17 Seconds
    is there anything more exciting than your team acquiring a stud player out of nowhere?
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    Just because they are young pitchers? You can only get 2 different kinds of young players. Young pitchers, and young hitters. It's not like it would be some huge coincidence if the Padres wanted young pitching and so did the Cubs... for themselves.
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    espn.com says the broncos have confirmed the deal
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    we would have? why? scioscia isn't much better than dusty and he's definitely not better than lou..... and i'm only "meh" on lou.
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    you need steals
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    You guys are forgetting about the main theme of this offseason..... the "we need to get more left handed" obsession. I think they got rid of DeRosa for that and for the money. They wanted Fontenot's LHB in there every day vs righties and they liked Miles ability to "hit" from the left side. I don't agree with it at all, but I think that's one of the main reasons they udmped DeRosa.
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    if gregg pitches like he has the past 2 seasons and heilman pitches like he normally does, the back of our bullpen will be really solid. better than last year.
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    Go Vancouver/Dallas Go Calgary/Anaheim you'd rather face vancouver? We ain't winning the Stanley Cup this year... I'd love to play the Canucks in round 1. stranger things have happened. the sharks have been choke artists in recent years and detroit has awful goaltending. if khabi gets hot like he did with the lightning in 2004, you never know. either way, it's not all or nothing. we probably aren't winning the cup, but it's important that we make noise in the playoffs and win a series. i think we have a better chance of beating calgary than vancouver.
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    Go Vancouver/Dallas Go Calgary/Anaheim you'd rather face vancouver?
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    I'm ready to finally admit this, and believe me it isn't easy. I was sitting here tonight, thinking about LeBron. I do that sometimes; think about LeBron. LeBron can and very likely will surpass Jordan. Barring injury or other unnatural circumstance, there is nothing Jordan could do that this man can't and more. Every team in the East and maybe the whole league is now in NBA purgatory. Ain't nobody winning a title without an LeBron injury or some unholy player pairing like Wade and Howard joining forces. League over, go home. until lebron comes remotely close to accomplishing what jordan did in the playoffs over his career, it's pointless to compare them. there are just so many legendary shots and performances in general from jordan that made him so special. right now lebron has the 48 point game 5 against detroit and that's it. it's going to be about a decade before we can start comparing lbj to mj. raw talent/skill wise? that's another story.
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    Go Vancouver/Dallas
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    who cares? funny that the dude celebrated after the goal though
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    looks like im not gonna be checking this thread til after the game. the stream im watching is a few minutes behind. toews just scored as a type this
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    had to download tvants stream quality is pretty crappy, but its better than nothing
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