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  1. PackLandVA
    Purchased tickets the March 15 game: Is this something new between the two ballclubs? Spring Breakout: White Sox prospects at Cubs prospects Is this something new between the two ballclubs? I don't recall this game from previous seasons. Tickets were only $15 for open seating.
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    Only being good enough to NOT miss the playoffs is the expectation for a lot of teams.
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    This is my 5th Spring living in southern AZ. Have yet to work it into my schedule for a Spring game or two. I have vowed to get up to the Mesa/Phoenix area this spring to see a game or two. Would like to get to Sloan just to see it from the inside. Prices are pretty outrageous. Might also see them at a visitor stadium. I have plenty of time now these days.
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    A good deal for Chris. Get some experience broadcasting a Minor League team before maybe getting a role with a Big League club.
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    And I thought we were friends....
  6. PackLandVA
    And there's the left-handed power bat we've all been waiting for!
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    #YouHaveToCIt......that's a bit of a stretch to being "dirty". Apparently, the Cubs brass agree with you all as it's been changed. But even if people were "seeing the dirty word", it wouldn't even make any kind of sense. Dumb. I would keep it the way it was.
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    Would anyone like to break down in simple terms what "some of us" are clearly missing in this thread? I have an "adult mind" and can see sophomoric humor with the best of them. But I'm not figuring this one out.
  10. PackLandVA
    I had a few others that were going to "go in" with purchasing the tickets. They live in Chicago and have the ability to go to games quite often. I would have them for me personally more as a luxury to use when I visit and for potential playoffs, WS. But my "financial partners" are no longer an option and I'm not willing to pay myself as I clearly wouldn't use many tickets each season.
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    I received a few emails and texts from Chris Cascio in the past couple of months Then last week, he called me directly. I would love to get season tickets or a small package pf tickets. But I live in Arizona and don't get to Chicago anymore too often. The person(s) I was going to split with can't pony up the needed cash. So I'm out, sadly.
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    ^^^great piece, thanks for sharing!!
  14. PackLandVA
    Not certain what you’re referring to with “lipped” comment, and I don’t know why Peppers would denounce playing in GB. But my comment was just a little bit of fun. Whatever. Hester definitely was the best Punt Returner the NFL has seen, so well deserved for a position not often thought of for the Hall.
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    Glad to see two former Packers make it into the HoF! 😁
  16. PackLandVA
    Joe Barry has been a good positional coach throughout the course of his coaching career. It's one of the reasons he's had multiple opportunities as a DC. But he's been a disaster, arguably, as a DC. If the Bears hired him as the DC, it would most likely be in name only as Eberflus would probably retain the playcalling/schemes.
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    This was a foregone conclusion of many/most Packers fans for over a month. HC LaFleur seemed to tip his hand around the time of the b2b losses to NYG and TB. Too much talent/high draft picks on defense to be three years running a bottom 5 DVOA.
  18. PackLandVA
    So what you’re saying is a first year starting QB with no running game (and all first or second year WRs and TEs) isn’t going to be as successful as the same QB with a successful ground game? Interesting. Of course Jones success is going to help to QB/passing game as the defense won’t be playing a one dimensional offense. But your statement seems to really be a generality not really based on the numbers. On Nov 19, Jones had 4 carries and 2 targets before leaving the game with an injury. He missed every game after that until Dec 17. Some of Love’s stats in those games Jones missed: Nov 19 Chargers - 108.5 QBR, 2 TDs, 0 INTs Nov 23 @ Lions - 125.5 QBR, 3 TDs, 0 INTs Dec 3 - Chiefs - 118.6 QBR, 3 TDs, 0 INTs Dec 11 - @ Giants - 76.7 QBR, 1 TD, 2 INTs Those stats don’t really support your statement although it’s only 3 1/2 games. Of course Jones being on the field helps the passing game. That’s Football 101. But maybe it’s just that he got better as the season went on. Over the course of his last 12 games (including the two playoff games), Love had a QBR over 108 NINE times. He also threw 26 TDs and only 5 INTs. I would wager to say Live and his young receiving team just got better as the season progressed. Just my two cents.
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    Aidan Hutchinson is left-handed. Wonder if the Bucs' line is prepared for that.
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    Hackett wasn't really implementing LaFleur's system. And LaFleur wasn't even really implementing his own system fully. With Rodgers at QB, he did so many checks and audibles at the LOS (for good or bad) that it was really just a hybrid of LaFleur's offense, IMO. YOu could say AR was to Co-OC, Love, because of his lack of experience (compared to AR), mostly runs what LaFleur calls. And while not overly successful the first half of the season (for a variety of reasons), the offensive play-calling has been pretty amazing the past 10 weeks. LaFleur mentioned in his first season as HC that his offense would "scheme guys open". Yesterday's scheme was about as "open" as any player could be on a consistent basis.
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    So, clearly, what he tells the media is exactly what his intentions are.
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    I'd have been more impressed if he did it while strumming a guitar.
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    Maybe he could do the Dex/ST arrival.
  24. PackLandVA
    Jerod Mayo new Head Coach of the Pats.
  25. PackLandVA
    Found on Twitter/X (don't know how to embed): Amicable parting with Bill Belichick marks another happy ending for Patriots owner Robert Kraft
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