Jake

Immediately I shouted to lay on it. Unacceptable. I am absolutely disgusted by this team sometimes

IDIOTS

That's 3 free points for GB

Mike Pereira ‏@MikePereira 2h i didn't think that was enough for a foul in CHI -- didn't lead with shoulder, helmet

The Aaron Rodgers protection squad releases their yellow flags

Great pass protection, bad throw on 3rd down

There's a "rusty" play from Rodgers -- Quarless didn't want to bring his defender in front of the next level's route but Rodgers wasn't thinking that way

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 29, 2013 -> 04:38 PM) They should have gone for the first down. It's not like the field position for the Packers would have been great. Considering the review shows us that they could pin the Packers to the 1, it's hard for me to get mad about it

In this cold, I bet kicking is going to be brutal

Jobbed by officials tally = one

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 29, 2013 -> 03:54 AM) 13 HBP, 59 Wild pitches and 128 walks in 42 pro innings. Oh my f***ing god. In his last inning ever he walked 12 batters, hit 3 of them, threw 9 wild pitches, and allowed 12 ER. LOL, where the f*** was his manager? Because that last inning spanned 5 games, lmao

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 26, 2013 -> 08:31 AM) The same can be said about any roster. I bet it's rare that all 25 guys on a baseball team like each other, just like in any other work setting, there's bound to be somebody that grinds your gears. It's not so much that I would be dissuaded by the thought that they aren't all going to be buddies -- it is just often floated that the presence of many Cubans on the roster should be interpreted as a reason to continue going after them, which may not actually be a good reason to justify further pursuit of Cuban players

Didn't take long for the cream to rise there. UIC will end up scoring fewer than 20 points in the entire second half

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 28, 2013 -> 09:06 AM) After watching Simeon the past 3 days, Illinois should take away DJ Williams scholarship and give it to Ed Morrow. That kid is legit. You been in Pontiac?

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 12:40 AM) Anyone have a Slingbox? Any advice? We just finally got my parents' set up after buying a PRO-HD four years ago. Trying to get it to work became an annual Christmas tradition and it finally worked out. I can use it to stream Chicago sports to my Roku when I'm back at home, far from Chicago TV market. Had to buy a god damned 15 dollar Android app to do it though, because apparently developing a self-sufficient app for Roku was too hard.

I would honestly and truly take all of the non-Cutler Bears skill guys mentioned over the non-Rodgers Packers skill guys. About 10 or 12 weeks ago, I would have taken Jordy Nelson over Alshon. Lacy is pretty exciting, but he's no Matt Forte. Maybe if we were factoring salary into the equation, we'd have an argument for him.

This Roku 3 is really nifty. I'm really pleased with it.

While I was saying that everyone benefits from making the playoffs whether you are likely to succeed there or not, the Packers need not take any risks with their important players to get there. Probably makes me just look biased as a Bears fan, but if Cobb or Rodgers are at risk on Sunday, they shouldn't be running them out there. I'm almost positive Rodgers is at risk, but I'm not sure about Cobb. They should be trying to win, but it wouldn't make much sense to sacrifice two of their most important players just to finish 8-7-1

I've always been a huge Cutler fan. I'm just not sure how many more times I can be told that "if _____, then you'll see the real Cutler!" I always felt like cutting him loose was such a big risk for us, which it is. Now, though, it's becoming clear that keeping him is itself quite the risk.

If you put enough of these Cuban dudes on the same team, you're bound to end up pairing up two guys that hate each other I mean, you can't really make managerial decisions based on that, but I think about it

IMO, his ceiling in terms of value to team is the same as Abreu. I'm not paying twice the rate just because he's a starter -- that makes me LESS inclined to pay him because of the injury risk. I'd pay him a lot of money, but not anywhere very close to $100M. I'd just assume pay a "number 2" guy half that

Really enjoying my Victorinox Super Tinker pocket knife/multi-tool. I've used half the tools already today between all the gift opening, moving/assembling some furniture, and putting together a new cat toy. Finding the toothpick and tweezers was quite the surprise

Mark Buehrle has zero good pitches. He is a man of pure mystery. He has a bad curveball, a straight and slow fastball, a straight changeup, and a barely moving cutter. He locates beautifully, is very smart in pitch selection, and never tips his pitches. He is a freak of nature as far as I'm concerned. Surkamp's stuff is objectively better, it's just a matter of whether he has half of the moxie and savvy of a guy like Buehrle. He has been compared to Barry Zito which is a good comp to me considering the very slow fastball and plus curveball and plus change.

I'd like to know his contract situation in Japan. Do they have free agency there? All Tanaka has to do is leverage his ability to change teams in Japan. Say, "if you don't post me, I'll play one year for XX team and THEY will get the $20 million AND me pitching for them for a year"

After seeing how much an extended run in the bullpen dicked up Santiago's stuff, I'm not one to endorse moving a guy who might have value as a starter to the pen. I also don't care about righty-lefty balance, especially when Surkamp is a totally different type of pitcher than anyone else on our team. He throws a two-seamer and big curveball, primarily, with some changeups mixed in for good measure. Q throws a relatively straight heater, a cutter, a slider, and a changeup. Danks is primarily fastball-changeup, with cutters used prominently as well. In terms of pitches and pitch shapes, Surkamp is most similar to Sale...except not similar at all on the whole because he throws so much slower. Anyway, Rienzo is promised nothing as he is a less promising prospect than Surkamp as a starting pitcher and had a similarly bumpy ride to Surkamp in his brief stint in the majors. Rienzo has had an extremely unremarkable run through the minors as well. Hahn has said more than once that they aren't planning for Paulino to be ready to start the year, so I don't see him being competition out of ST. Surkamp should get an honest look at 5th starter in ST and will probably be kept in AAA as depth otherwise.