Rowand44

Hooray, Jared Mitchell, something actually worth watching.

Apparently Carlton Fay is part of the "Just Read," program. I honestly didn't know that he knew how to read. Good for him.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 5, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) I think I'm already bored with Spring Training. It only took, what? 13 innings? I was excited to watch my first inning of baseball this year, now Lillibridge has kind of ruined that.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 5, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) He hasn't played good D in RF for 6 years Row. That's cause he knew 6 years down the road whatever team he was on, was going to trade for Alex Rios and crowd the outfield.

If it's in his range Pauly is going to grab it every time. Nice play, Paul.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 5, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) Though Quentin didn't get that ball, he looks real good out there. More natural/range which is understandable considering RF is his natural position. Gonna be fun actually having a RF who is quick and plays good defense. Well if we didn't trade for Rios and have a crowded outfield last year, Dye would have played much better in right.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 5, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) Looked real good. No gun on screen, but looks like he was throwing hard (though not sure if it was 96+ yet, moreso probably 93-95 I'd say) Best news I've heard in a while. Good stuff.

How'd JJ look? Stats look good. Velocity there?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 4, 2010 -> 07:51 PM) This seems to be setting up perfectly for another heart breaking loss. Heh unreal. Great f***in season assholes.

This seems to be setting up perfectly for another heart breaking loss.

Woohoo we're pitching a shut out. God this is depressing.

Can we trade Beckham already? Awful.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 4, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) I dont know how many of you have Comcast in chicago, but I have a weird thing I am seeing. When games are considered local (Illinois state, Bradley, sometimes even Evansville) they will be played on Comcast channel 101. Right now if I look at the regular guide, it has nothing. However, if I hit the guide twice to display all of the shows for that particular channel, the MVC tournament is listed as a show coming up. Is the (yuck) play-in game going to be on tonite? No. The play in games are never televised. We have to hope to win tonight and then we'll be on tv tomorrow.

Anyone else care to make predictions on this?

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 02:56 PM) great read. I for one actually like a Jones/Omar DH by committee so to speak. Like you said they each bring something different to the table, when Omars in the lineup Id like to see him in the 2 spot and move Gordo down in the lineup to get the power/ability to drive in runners, and then when jones is in the lineup you keep Gordo in the 2 and have jones in the middle of the lineup to play the power role. I like these lineups JP/GB/Q/PK/MT/AR/AJ/AP/AR JP/OV/Q/PK/MT/GB/AR/AP/AR You really want Pierre AND Vizquel in front of Q? Might as well just bat Q leadoff cause there would never be anyone on base with Pierre and Vizquel in front of him.

It's a well thought out post but the point still remains, if CQ is dh'ing than Andruw Jones is still in the lineup. If Konerko is dh'in than Mark Kotsay is still in the lineup. And as far as letting some of the regulars get some rest, well that's what having a bench is for. Vizquel, Kotsay and Jones are fine bench players and I'm fine with them relieving a starter every now and than but having one of them in the lineup everyday is just unacceptable.

2010 State Farm Insurance Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Thursday, March 4 -- Session I [No Television] Game 1 -- #8 Drake (13-18, 7-11) vs. #9 Southern Illinois (15-14, 6-12), 6 p.m. Game 2 -- #7 Missouri State (19-11, 8-10) vs. #10 Evansville (9-20, 3-15), 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 5 -- Session II Game 3 -- #1 UNI (25-4, 15-3) vs. Winner Game 1, noon [MVC TV Network] Game 4 -- #4 Creighton (16-14, 10-8) vs. #5 Bradley (15-14, 9-9), 2:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] Friday, March 5 -- Session III Game 5 -- #2 Wichita State (23-8, 12-6) vs. Winner of Game 2, 6 p.m. [MVC TV Network] Game 6 -- #3 Illinois State (21-9, 11-7) vs. #6 Indiana State (17-13, 9-9), 8:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] Saturday, March 6 -- Session IV Game 7 -- Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 1:30 p.m. [MVC TV Network] Game 8 -- Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 4 p.m. [MVC TV Network] Sunday, March 7 -- Session V Championship -- Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 1 p.m. [CBS Sports, Westwood One Radio, Sirius XM Satellite Radio] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Predictions from me: SIU over Drake Mo State over Evansville UNI over SIU Bradley over Creighton Mo State over Wichita State Illinois State over Indiana State UNI over Bradley Illinois State over Mo State Illinois State over UNI

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) My prediction: This team will be better than last years. Still believe this.

QUOTE (T R U @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) Im rooting for Canada, you can think what you will of that but just because you were born and raised in the USA it doesn't mean you are required to only like USA teams.. It should. I have no idea how any American could root for Canada(or any other country for that matter) in the olympics, makes no sense. I'm no where near the most knowledgable hockey fan in the world(though I really am starting to fall in love with the sport) but I seriously felt like I got shot when Crosby scored that goal. That hurt a ton.

Finland it is.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 11:17 PM) Wait do you seriously think we're going to win? I don't know if we're going to be able to beat UNI. I do. It'll be you guys or UNI but at this point, I really think it's going to be the Birds.

What a quitter.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 10:57 PM) Birds pulled into a tie for second place tonight in the MVC. Go Salukis on saturday. Well I'll apologize to you already for blowing a lead with 2 minutes left in the game. You guys are still going to win arch madness though, the 2 or the 3 seed wont make much of a difference anyways.

Some of the passing by Canada is just insane. Not to mention that Nabokov was complete garbage while he was in the game.

Medal round My prediction is that we'll be playing the Czechs on Friday.