vance_the_cubs_fan

For me tonight's game cannot have a negative outcome. Giants win and it's another loss for the Eagles which is awesome. If the Eagles win, Cowboys tie the Giants atop the division. Either is fine with me.

Damn. LSU just beat the dog snot out of Ole Miss!

I'd like them to go with this look for a road uni. http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/1014/mlb_g_foster1_sw_200.jpg and another look http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N0qDKRsrWVo/TEHQw263CuI/AAAAAAAAHn0/i7WOU2g4Ekg/s320/Flair+1998+Sosa.jpg

I'm going to argue that even if LSU loses a game, they still belong in the title game. LSU's resume' will still be stronger than any other one loss team. I don't see how they could put a one-loss Bama or a one-loss Oregon in the title game over one loss LSU when LSU beat both Bama and Oregon. I know crazy things happen when teams lose late, but LSU could still lose a game and would have a strong case for being in the title game.

4 missed FGs and an INT at the 1 that was arguably not an INT. Yeah, I'm not sure LSU would win a rematch either. Agreed. But those four missed FG's were all over 45 yds. Bama would have been better to have punted and played field position in all but the missed OT FG. On the plus side of LSU, if they do rematch it would be in the Superdome which would put HFA on the side of LSU.

As an LSU fan, I don't want a rematch with Bama because I'm not sure the Tigers win a second time. That being said, they are clearly the best team LSU has played and likely better than any of the other MNC game contenders.

There are a lot of NFL players in both these defenses. In that they will be good enough to play in the nfl, or they are already being paid like nfl players? I'd guess paying players is less of an issue than allowing a coach to rape little boys in the shower.

I fixed it for you.

If I won, it would be a hard decision between da bum, baseball###, and richhillisabeast as far as unbannings go.

I am all for building from within, but as a large market team, we can afford to spend when it is prudent. I have no doubt that Pujols and Fielder both will probably not be worth the money at the end of their contracts. On the other hand, both will likely be worth it early on. This, in my opinion, is the time to go big with an impact FA...and then by the time the contracts are burdensome, the building from within will hopefully produce players that help the Cubs weather the large contracts when the players aren't living up to that value. Pujols and Fielder are the type of FA that likely are going to produce worthy of the expediture early on.

This is a good move. Dempster at least will give some stability to the rotation. We're going to have enough holes to fill without having to find multiple starting pitchers.

I'm going to weigh in on the Sandberg discussion.... and I'm pretty sure I've made these points last offseason as well. First, Sandberg was my favorite player of all time. It's never been close for me. That being said, besides nostaglia, I'm not a fan of Sandberg being manager. Here are my thoughts.... 1. Sandberg's published thoughts, comments, etc are enough to give me pause. It wouldn't matter if they came from Sandberg or any other player, manager, or coach. Those comments make me wary. Those alone probably aren't enough, but they are enough to make me nervouse about how he would manage. 2. While Sandberg has had some limited success in the minors, he still has only limited amount of experience. He has no major league coaching experience and he's done no work with an experienced, successful manager. This also makes me nervous. 3. I believe the Cubs, a team with the resources and storied history, should be able to find a manager with more experience at the major league level. 4. Finally, the success of great players as managers is limited. In addition to all these points, I don't get the idea that Sandberg has paid his dues. Yes, he's managed in the minors for five years, but if he weren't Sandberg, I doubt anybody would be clamoring to hire a minor league manager with only five years experience and no experience as a major league coach, no matter how strong his playing career. Sandberg may make a great manager, but I would not be willing to take that risk based on his current body of work. Now, if the next manager of the Cubs wanted to add Sandberg to his staff, I'd be in favor.

I hope to be ordering my Pujols jersey for Christmas.

well [expletive]

LET'S GO RANGERS!

A Super Bowl and BCS championship are at the top of my list followed by a Cubs World Series game...though I will settle for watching a Cubs World Series at home. I've been to two World Series games so far. I have seen NFL playoffs and a college bowl game. I've seen the Cubs in the playoffs. I've also watched an NBA Finals game and a MLB All-Star game. The Final Four championship game might be on my list as well.

Thought this was nice...

ClaytonESPN John Clayton Michael Vick shaken up after run. Vince Young in game. 8:26 left in third quarter

I hope that we don't give up either Jackson or Szczur. They can have Jay Jax if they want.

Name a better CB tandem than Morris Claiborne and Tyran Mathieu.

Frankly, I'd offer cash and nothing more. As a Cubs fan, I'd love to have Theo, but based on the reports, I'd hold no ill will if Rickets said that the cost in players was too much. I do think Boston has much more to lose here. First, sure they could keep Theo around for another year. In fact, they could offer him an extension to get him to stay. But in reality, I think Boston has gone too far down this road to keep Theo.

Oh, well count baseball### in my belt...as well as jabroni. I think I've also personally led to the demise of some Cardinal fans back in the day as well.

Alright, someone give me the summary of the last 20 pages or so. Keep it brief. I've been reading 8th grade personal narratives all day and while the writing has been better than most of the bum's writing, I don't have much attention left.

Can't access from work anymore...and due to some new teaching assignments, too damn busy. I'm still lurking from home a lot, just don't have much to say. C'mon the old Vance always had something to say. Did you even come up for your annual Cubs road trips last year? If you did I didn't hear about it. I still owe you a beer from last time. I did make a trip in May with the wife this year. I will do a trip again in 2012. This summer I took 9 hours toward a masters degree, so once the Cubs started sucking so bad, it was easy to let the school work take over. Now, it's just by the time I get home, I have so much going on that I rarely have time to get caught up reading everything. Oh...but if the Rangers beat the Tigers, I have tickets to game 3 of the World Series. Oh and not to go all Mizzou, but I was able to get four SRO for game 4 of the WS if the Rangers make it...and god I hope they do, bc I sold them on stubhub for 4X what I paid.