nitetrain8601

Chizik blows.

Dumb. I think Ricketts is really going on the cheap with the Cubs. I know Hendry made huge mistakes with the payroll, but at the same time, Ricketts knew what he was getting into. Didn't he make the comment that they plan on winning a world series within the next 5 years? Because they won't. If he was going to go cheap on payroll, he needs to get a new GM. With unlimited resources, he couldn't build a perennial winner. He's pretty awful in fact. Everyone I know who's a Cubs fan is pissed at Ricketts because they don't think he has enough to truly run the team. They also hate the move because they didn't even give themselves a shot to talk at some potentially great managers for them. If Ricketts is going this route, he needs to get better scouts all around so they can draft young guys who can make an impact.

It's old though. I remember when the trilogy was first released on DVD I watched all the special features(only time I've ever done that for any movie). Stoltz was originally in it, but they just weren't feeling his performance at all. They got Michael J Fox to do it even though he was working on several other projects at the time. He was working something like 20 our of 24 hours in the day or something crazy like that. BTW, the hoverboard was real. Last, but not least, the DeLorean being a time machine was not the original plan. First they were going to have a nuclear site. All in all, there was a bunch of fun facts on those DVD's.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) Hey guys, I think I mentioned it before, but I am working towards opening up a small business in the West Loop. I am having a hell of a time locating someone who does retail build outs for a fair price. Does anyone know of any that you could refer me to? Please PM me and thanks in advance. On another note, know any good buildings either in the West Loop, South Loop(though I know you hate the South Loop) or possibly up on the near north side. Sorry for the thread hijack, but you seem to know quite a bit. Me and my woman are planning and buying a condo within the next year together.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 02:01 PM) Next week is chapter 5 . . . there are 7 chapters this season. Full guess from the previews. He enjoys his dad, they eventually end up fighting, he finds out why he wants to pitch, gets motivated by April, comes back to the States re-invigorated and season finale ends up with April telling him she doesn't want to be with him anymore.

BTW, the past two weeks when I have throwed money down, I've only been wrong on one game. I did two 4 game parlays. Yesterday I won $600. Darn the Chargers the previous week for losing to Oakland though. I will never ever bet on the Chargers again.

The thing with the offense is that it has no OL. Tice can only do so much. Should they run more? Maybe. You can certainly make a case, but there's only oh so much you can do other than calling plays up the gut. They can't swing a run to the outside because their OL can barely block their current positions, much less on the move. In reality, until Angelo respects the OLine, any offense is going to stink. Honestly, Martz's offense gives me reason to watch the Bears.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Simmons is such a good NBA mind. Too bad ESPN doesn't utilize him more. I seriously think you can argue either side of a Carmelo and Deng/Noah trade and not be wrong. Pretty much. On one side, you get rid of two large contracts you're going to have to pay for Carmelo Anthony who would look really nice next to Rose and Boozer. Or, Noah works perfectly well with Boozer as he finally has a defensive presence next to him so he can concentrate on offense. Deng also looks much better so far in this offense.

I'd prefer to see TCU in the NC. Love the Horned Frogs. Couple of thoughts: OSU isn't overrated. Terrell Pryor proves he always was though. I still can't believe the hype that surrounded him in high school. Wisconsin is a really good team. Iowa will beat down Wisconsin. Boise blows and deserves nothing. The two teams who they faced who were supposed to make them look good are mediocre. That is Nevada and VTech. And keep in mind, VaTech pushed themt o the limit. OU is not a strong team. Any other year they wouldn't be #1. College Football as a whole is pretty weak this year. I pretty much have no interest in it other than seeing an Oregon and TCU NC.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 16, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) Hummel out for the year with an ACL tear. Horrible break for the kid and Purdue. Their season just got f***ed. Still will be competitive with Moore, Jackson, Johnson, etc. Sad for the kid, but I'm happy because my best buddy was swearing up and down Purdue would make the national championship. The way he's gloating, I'm happy it happened to Purdue. 3rd place in the big ten, here they come. Illini baby!

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 02:09 PM) The 30 for 30 last night, Once Brothers, was incredibly well done. Best one yet, by far. Felt sorry for Vlade at the end.

I actually thought Williams was better last year. There were spurts when he was also better than Jameer in terms of getting the offense to work.

Rangers blew this game. I have them losing in 5. Yankees are a much better team and Ron Washington must still be on some stuff.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 12:45 PM) This appears to have the stamp of an official announcement from the 2 companies and is therefore not a rumor. Amazing. Too bad the prices are horrid and I already left Verizon. If they put it on Sprint, I'd be more pissed, but I'm happy to have left VZW for an almost $200 cheaper bill.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 9, 2010 -> 12:52 AM) When it rains, it pours. My mom for some reason thought the hard drive needed air...and opened the bag a bit. There was some (not a lot) condensation, but the fact that I had it in a case inside of the bag may have saved it. I get the clicking noise. I'm done with the home-methods. I'll try finding that store in Orland tomorrow. I don't know if you still need it. He didn't give me the name. Just said it's on John Humphrey Dr

I dislike Ohio State and wanted Wisconsin to win the Big Ten this year(since I knew the Illini had no shot). Then this girl I went to high school with who graduated from Wisconsin kept posting that Bucky crap since the beginning of the season. The most awful song of the past 10 years is the original, and the University of Wisconsin somehow was able to do worse. Return of the Quack was so much better.

What happened with Baylor? I thought Scott Drew no longer coached the team and they were actually good last year? Someone wanna fill me in past the whole shooting incident.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) Noah, IMO, has almost no upside offensively. And he'll be overpaid starting next year. I don't know what's with this franchise and overpaying for role players. This.

Meh, count me in the group who thinks Cora isn't all that great. All in all, I think he ends up like a Jerry Manuel. Will have limited success, seems to know what he's doing, until faced with a little adversity.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) I'll have to search for the links to some of the draft articles I read. But there were multiple ones stating that while Sale's talent is not in question, his size/delivery could relegate him to the 'pen. And I disagree. A good reliever is not a good investment with your first round pick. You won't convince me otherwise. There are much less expensive ways to find relievers/closers than to burn first round picks. There are usually concerns with every player not take top 3 overall. The only reason he was passed on was delivery concerns, yes, but the reason why everyone loved the pick was his potential and his stuff. They think his projection will reflect that higher of a guy who is normally picked in his slot.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 10:13 AM) The Dodgers rushed him and then gave up on him. The Rays had confidence and Jackson improved tremendously under them, but it made no sense to pay Jackson through the arb system when they had so much top-level pitching coming up the pipeline (an extremely uncommon situation in MLB BTW). The Tigers got him and Jackson continued to get better there as well, but the Tigers were up to their necks in bad contracts and had to cut salary somewhere, so they traded him and Granderson since they couldn't just dump Magglio, Robertson, Bonderman, etc. on anyone. Jackson got better and better until his first half in AZ, and then they went into salary destructo mode and were still able to trade him for a big return after giving up a lot to get him in the first place. I don't think confidence is really the issue here. It's very rare to see the type of young pitching depth the Rays have and had at the time, and then the other two deals were made when ownership mandated a cut in payroll. Saying Jackson was moved because of a lack of confidence is just an assumption, however we know KW was shot down on several Hudson deals because a lot of other evaluators didn't think the ceiling was there. Ceiling was never a question with Jackson. Good valid points which is what I tried to do with my last post, but kinda failed. And again, he was traded for decent pieces, not scrap like so many people want you to believe.

One thing that definitely should be cleared up, Jackson was not dumped several times. He was traded for Danny Baez one year, then traded for Matt Joyce who was a top prospect IIRC, then traded with Curtis Granderson in a deal that netted them Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 11:23 PM) As lame as this sounds, I wanted The Polar Express to be my first Blu Ray buy but Best Buy didn't have it in stock so I got Iron Man 2. Also switched by Netflix account to Blue Ray. Love how my player has wifi and I can log into Netflix with it. Polar Express on Blu Ray was one of the better looking movies which first came out on Blu Ray, so that's highly suggested. I also suggest Casino Royale and MI3

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 12, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) The last 90 second montage of the carnival scenes confused me..... That's the only thing I didn't get either. It was super duper weird.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 12, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) The only one that is kind of difficult to get assists is The Arrival. Without Pippen it is kind of tough. Pippen actually is hard to play with in the early days. Offensively he's great at everything except shooting. And when I say that, I mean it. He can't shoot to save his life in that game until you get to 95/96. As far as Bioshock 2, I enjoyed it thoroughly and can't wait until Bioshock Infinite.