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QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 09:55 AM) hey, remember when i said the bears wouldn't win a game this season? of course you don't I remember when a couple of you knuckleheads thought the Bears should forfeit the season for Matt Leinart. I called you all retarded (don't know if you were one of those hoping for Leinart).

In general stolen bases have been vastly under-rated since the tenure and popularity of the money ball GM's. Now in the next couple years there may be a shift and they'll become vastly over-rated. We shall see.

The two pretty large framed Sox things (highlighting the World Series). Money Clothes World Series DVD Bears Shirt Sox Shirt Snowboard Pants Snowboard Boots (my old ones were thrashed) Badass Beanie

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 25, 2005 -> 03:49 AM) Ya, great, he starts to play well again once I'm out of the playoff picture for fantasy. :headshake I had him on my bench in the championship game. Parcells has been such a boob. He essentially gave up on the running game the past couple weeks and thats why they had struggled. Run the ball with your two good backs and they are just fine. But Parcells isn't what he once was.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Dec 25, 2005 -> 12:34 AM) That was his original plan. I mean, he probably at first wanted a reindeer, but the NFL probably told him no, so he just brought the bag himself. He handed out autographed stuff and Bengals Division Champ stuff. Very very nice gesture. That would have been the best TD celebration ever. My guess is he wanted to be Santa.

A big game by Thomas Jones, Urlacher and the Defense could sure up a championship in my fantasy league as well. And a pretty good cash reward Come on Bears

QUOTE(3E8 @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 07:56 PM) Oops. I didn't notice 2001 was missing. I got mine from thebaseballcube.com. Thats the same place I get my stuff from. I don't know whats up with it, but I'm too lazy to dig through my stats right now. I think he hit around 26 HR's in Birmingham and played the entire year there. After that year, people were really really raving about him. Its not to often a guy comes into Bham and hammers the ball like he did. Chris Young's one of the few that has and I fear were really going to miss him. The worse part about the Chris Young trade for me is that not only did I lose my favorite prospect, but it means we'll lose one of my favorite pitchers in Garland for a guy thats been a grade A baby for the past couple seasons in Vazquez. I'll let that end my rant. The more it settles in the more I hate that move.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 07:40 PM) why didn't you like it? Quite frankly it was the stupidest, most messed up movie I've ever seen. I'm not a huge comic idea person and I just thought the whole thing was god awful. The story, the plot, everything. I could care less whether somethings believable or not but the story was pathetic. Simply put, what did I like in the movie...Nothing.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 07:47 PM) Looking at Borchard's minor league numbers, his development path was way too ambitious. He's got 1774 minor league at-bats, only 106 of them coming outside the AAA level. For some reason the stats on Sports-wired pull out his 2001 season, but he put up monster numbers in Bham that year. I'd assume he had around 500 hits, but I can't find his 2001 stats at the moment (I am pretty sure he was in Bham for the entire season) which would equate to 500-600 AB's.

I got two framed pictures with all the newspaper clippings in them. My dad made them both out of a bunch of different papers and its totally sweet. I'll definately have these hanging somewhere ih my place for the rest of my life.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 07:06 PM) Hope you are ready for two more. I'll make sure to stay far away. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. They won't get a dime from me.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 04:58 PM) agreed. I wonder if Qwerty liked Star Wars or Spider-Man. Well I'm bias, but I think Sin City is one of the worse movies ever made. You couldn't pay me 20 bucks to sit through that crap again. AWFUL.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 05:16 PM) Indeed, sir. I got a Sox BLANKET~! and the Sox Pride DVD. Nice. The DVD is sweet. I got that for xmas from one of my best buds (Think Little Caesars) and I was moved watching the DVD. Reminded me how great the season was and it also got me giddy for baseball to start back up.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 05:12 PM) A sign that says get out? Its a possibility

I don't know what, but I'm guessing I got some sort of framed picture. Judging by the wrapped frame I see in our main room.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 02:30 PM) And Boston has a good rotation and a good bullpen? Spare me Gage. Its better than Anaheims. Stoneman is incompetent. I don't think Boston has had a great off-season, but they have added to there rotation and should have Foulke back at 100%. For the record, as of now, I don't think either will make the playoffs.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) The Colts are even hanging with the Seattle starters with the mighty Jim Sorgi. Well the Seahawks defense is tearing the Colts D to shreds. This game means nothing, but it should give the Seahawks at least some confidence that they can play with the Colts (even though we all know this isn't the Colts you'll see in the playoffs).

Well Carolina and the Giants lost so that means a Bears win clinches a bye (or thats how i understand it). Lets do it

I am very happy with Ron Turner. For once we shouldn't make any coaching changes.

QUOTE(knightni @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 12:25 PM) Don't the Bears have a tie breaker vs Carolina? We should, we beat them in head to head and thats always the 1st tiebreaker.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 12:23 PM) If either the Skins or Falcons lose the Bears get a playoff spot. Personally I want Washington to win, because a Bears win+Giants loss+Panthers loss=Bears bye That could all happen. I'm pumped, the only dillema I have is how to get my moms side of the family to leave my dad and I alone while we watch the Bears game at my aunts house (none of them like sports so we always got to pull tooth and nail for the tv).

Man, quite the game going on in Washington. What are the playoff implications here from the Bears perspective? Anyone know. Would a Washington loss help the Bears more? I realize the Giants losing would give the Bears a little more breathing room in terms of gaining a bye, but Washington obviously holds the tiebreaker over the Bears (due to there regular season win over us) if for some horrific reason the Bears were to lose each of the next two games. Basically what I'm getting at (simply because I'm curious) is are there any other ways the Bears can clinch a playoff spot this week (aside from a Bears win or Minnesota loss). I happen to think both of those will happen (Bears win and a Minny loss).

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone here at Soxtalk. Being able to share this magical season with fellow Soxtalkers was great. There have been so many great sports memories from this season. From getting out to the cell a few times this year, to being able to see the Sox win the AL Pennant in Anaheim. And than the unthinkable, with Uribe making the final out in the world series and the Sox hoisting up the Championship trophy. This has been some year. Best wishes go out to everyone here and I can't wait till Fest

The CBS halftime show during the Chargers game showed Johnson's TD but didn't even show the celebration. I wonder if the NFL tells these guys not to give these sort of things the tv time.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 24, 2005 -> 11:09 AM) That line-up doesn't scare me at all. And besides Johan, either does their rotation (now that Cy Mays is gone). Mays hasn't killed the Sox in some time. Radke is a quality pitcher and the Twins know how to play baseball. They've made some nice little moves and have improved if you ask me. Hell, all they have to do is stay healthy and they are a better team than they were last year. Plus I tend to think Liriano is the real deal and he'll look good in the back of there rotation. They still have a strong strong pen and defensively they still got Torri. Morneau should have a better season. We are the favorites but I could see being more worried about the Twins than the Tribe. Although I think were playing in a pretty strong division.