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Wasn't Izturis really a product of Toronto's system. I seem to recall the Dodgers trading for Izturis. I could be wrong. -Banghart Yes he was.

Thanks to all of you that reported on the convention!

Of course Perry doesn't like the Cubs. The White Sox used his song as their theme.

Hidalgo would be a very good bench option and plays very good defense. He would make a great 4th outfielder. He would make a decent platoon option for Jones (he doesn't have tradition LR splits, but hits lefties better than Jones), but also a very easy excuse for Dusty to bench Murton. He'd automatically become the best bench player, which doesn't say much considering how bad the bench is right now. Who's Murton? I've never heard that name before.

why would we want more squeeze plays? i tell you that he could have won more games by playing guys with a better chance of not making outs. Because the Cubs are going to trade for Dunn and he can't hit Sacrifice Flies.

Doesn't he have the same time in as Prior?

To the Cubs it's the road less taken.

Jose Oquendo and Roy White.

I'd hold off on such lofty comparisons for Claussen. Unless he picks UCLA of course! :D

He'll be the highest paid player on the team!

I haven't seen the Bears play that much this season but don't they usually put more pressure on the QB? IMO, teams that struggle to put pressure on the QB usually get exposed in the defensive backfield because those guys are living off the pressure from the defensive front.

His linemen did a dreadful job against the blitz at the end of the game. And I'd love that "wuss" on my team any day of the week. They protect him better than any other team protects their QB and when it breaks down it's time for him to earn his money and step up when it fails and not blame them for the bad game. I do not think that's the way to act for a leader of the team. Florida (SEC), New England and now Pittsburg didn't give Manning 10 seconds to throw like many other teams do and that is the way to beat him. You put him on the Titans and he gets sacked more than Carr. They lost to 3 teams that ran a 3-4 defense. Maybe it's time they devise a better gameplan the next time they face one. For the record, he kept them in that game with sending the punt team back onto the sideline and basically overriding Dungy. And we'll disagree about his protection: it was awful. Its usually pretty good, but it doesn't usually have to be great because he's amazing at getting rid of the football in a timely fashion. But at some point, he's gotta drop the Marino Tag. What I'd like to see Mark is have Peyton step up when the line is having a bad and make some plays and yeah the blocking wasn't that great but that happens. He had the protection most QB's have in a game and it seems to me that when that happens he is quite average. The way to beat the Colts is to do exactly what Pittsburg did...diguise the blitz and coverage and double up on Harrison. If the D has some decent D backfield and LB's they can cover the rest of the Colts. Once you force Manning out of the pocket he's done.

Clement is a decent pitcher that seems to wear out from the stress of his pitching mechanics pitching during the season so maybe aquire him and put him on the DL until June. :D

I wish they would just get rid of Interleague play ASAP.

You just have to play one game at a time and win all the ones you can to wiggle into the top 12 of the BE. It's Syracuse vs UConn time tonight. Mac always struggles against UConn so Devendorf has to pick it up against the man to man.

His linemen did a dreadful job against the blitz at the end of the game. And I'd love that "wuss" on my team any day of the week. They protect him better than any other team protects their QB and when it breaks down it's time for him to earn his money and step up when it fails and not blame them for the bad game. I do not think that's the way to act for a leader of the team. Florida (SEC), New England and now Pittsburg didn't give Manning 10 seconds to throw like many other teams do and that is the way to beat him. You put him on the Titans and he gets sacked more than Carr. They lost to 3 teams that ran a 3-4 defense. Maybe it's time they devise a better gameplan the next time they face one.

Who is the spy on Smith? Maxwell Smart? One guy that can hurt the Bears and he is that open.

If I would have known that's what it takes to make you speechless I would have rooted for the Bears offense more often! :D

Manning cries about his lineman...he's lucky he doesn't get hit more, what a wuss.

I think it's time for the offense to help out the defense in this one. They've been riding the D all season and now it's their turn to win one.

Way too much yardage on each pass.

I'm so sick of this "no respect" card that is played by every team.

Wouldn't you consider a gunslinger to be one who is prone to make mistakes? He's already made enough very questionable throws. I think he was being too careful in the beginning plus the blitz effected him. He loosened up and looks a lot shaper now. I think Grossman needs this type of game to bring out his talent.

Maybe Grossman needed a gunslinger type of game to get in the groove.

13-0 is not indicative of the beating they're getting. It's a lot like the Giant game last week....very methodical.