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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) Here's a decent recap of those picks with gifs. I agree the fumble isn't really his fault, but 2 of the 3 interceptions, if not all 3,were his fault,http://www.ninersnation.com/2014/9/17/6252...rom-49ers-bears 1st pick is a great catch by Conte, but it's not a good throw and he telegraphed where he was going from the start of the play. No real need for him to do that. 2nd pick was a good "steal" by Fuller, but the pass was terrible. Way behind Crabtree. 3rd pick was just not a good decision, throwing while running, and he waited too long to throw it. Basically right at Fuller. You seriously do anything to discredit defense. you did the same thing with Lovie, you attribute it all to luck or the other team being bad

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) Fuller's picks were just great plays, not unforced errors by Kap. So was the fumble, Jared Allen put his helmet right on the ball

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 12:10 PM) Is John Danks just disappearing? That would be ideal

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 11:58 AM) So the game plan should be just pray that Cam has 4 TO's, mostly unforced? huh, here i was thinking that the Bears forced those turnovers. I didnt realize Kaep hiked the ball and walked to a defender and gave it to them

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) I didn't say a good quarterback. I said a quarterback. If the other team lines up a quarterback under center, the Bears D is in trouble. Kaepernick is very similar to Newton in style, and the Bears played him pretty well

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 09:50 AM) The truth is most likely somewhere in the middle. Bryant can't "be on board" with the Cubs plan of not calling him up, so the CUBS can save some money and service time. But his agent is Scott Boras. He will not hold it against them. If he is as great as projected, the Cubs offer him the most money when he becomes a free agent, he will re-sign. But 6 years is a long time. Maybe he is gone by then. Maybe he sucks. Maybe Theo is gone. But logically, there is no way he is happy about not getting called up, being screwed over, just because the team can. It makes sense for the Cubs, for sure. I don't blame them. But Bryant is getting a raw deal. I agree, this is kind of what i was saying in my previous post. No matter what though, 6 years from now if Bryant is the real deal, Boras is going to be pointing at his numbers and saying "Pay us this" and saying the exact same thing to the high bidders like the Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers. If the Cubs dont pony up and he ends up somewhere else, it wont be because he wasnt called up in 2014.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 09:26 AM) Haha Bernstein actually had the balls to try and call someone else on their source? That's rich. Oh yea, when he first accused Wittenmeyer of making up something out of whole cloth, he also mentioned that he was using anonymous quotes and that he should attribute them

I found it funny that Bernstein railed on Wittenmeyer trusting his source, but constantly quotes "My guy". If he wants to force Wittenmeyer to reveal his source to verify the quotes, then he should do the same thing. I dont know that Bryant will be using this past year as a reason for not re-signing with the cubs 6 years from now, but it is totally plausible that he would be pissed at not being called up this season after the season he had in the minors and end up angry at the Cubs for not calling him up.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 08:59 AM) Isn't it Joe Morgan that still thinks the book was written by Billy Beane? haha Joe Morgans only thought is "Ryne Sandberg is not better than me"

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 08:52 AM) Wait Billy Beane didn't write Moneyball? Brad Pitt did. I mean Jonah Hill. Somebody wrote it. Somebody not named Kenny Williams

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 08:17 AM) I think you completely misread what I was trying to say. Given the size of the Sox payroll compared to their division mates, they should have made more than 2 playoff appearances during the KW era. His teams often underacheived. Because of what happened in 2005, all that will be forgotten and he will forever be a WS champion GM. On the contrary, given what Billy Beane has had to work with, the amount of times he has made the playoffs is very impressive. However, nobody seems to care anymore, they only remember his teams' struggles in October. heck, the Braves organization gets a ton of crap for only winning one world series when they made the playoffs like 18 years in a row. Thats crazy

The Giants are just imposing their will on the Pirates

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 08:20 PM) Sounds like an awful TV show. But I like Wilfred

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) Post of the century! Nobody can explain how some hitting/pitching coaches in sports are seen as buffoons and have to be replaced and others are seen as Sabermetric gods. I forgot. What has made Steverson the anti-Walker? Why do we love him again? Great post, Dick Allen! You exposed a big-time cliche. Steverson is just another guy. Players win games. except for Ozzie. Because Ozzie wins games, not the players

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 02:14 PM) He lost 15 pounds that quickly? Damn. yea, that is sitting on the toilet holding a trashcan in your lap weightloss.

Nintendo and Gamestop are going to be hosting nationwide Smash Bros tourneys starting this weekend

My kid would have to find a new place to live if he got kicked out of college in his 4th year of engineering school at OSU for doing that

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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) True. Bernstein also said that there is no guarantee that the plan is going to work. The Cubs have been very upfront about what they are doing. The writers at the ST ask questions that have already been answered. If you are one of those people that hates the plan and the way they have gone about their business, then you shouldn't be following Kris Bryant throughout the minor leagues and cheering on all these kids. It's a contradiction. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but some people have stupid opinions. Spending money on free agents in a race to 81 wins is f***ing stupid if you are at the same time trying to infiltrate your system with young talent. Everyone else understands for the most part. The Sun Times is taking this contrarian viewpoint for whatever reason. Not sure why. Because not everyone can buy it hook line and sinker. There are a ton of variables in this plan, and a lot of people have elevated the cubs prospect core as 100 percent cant miss prospects. Javier Baez was supposed to signal the beginning of the next phase, and he came up and peed down his leg, and caused a lot of people to slow down the hype train a bit. There is a good chance this team will be very good in a few years, but right now they are banking on a lot of prospects turning into gold. We all know prospects arent a sure thing.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 11:37 AM) Anyone else annoyed apple removed camera roll? yes

ha, its true canofcorn. Its somewhat admirable that when he finds a cause that he throws himself fully behind it, but in situations like this it looks like another one of their bully jobs where they rip on other journalists from afar.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 11:44 AM) With all the griping and complaining, hiring and firing of coaches...I'm surprised teams don't save the payroll and eliminate positions. you need a tiered system of fall guys, otherwise managers will get fired yearly instead of bi-yearly

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) what did Bernstein say about Gordon Wittenmeyer yesterday? Wittenmeyer told Mully and Hanley that Bernstein could kiss his ass (well butt) this morning. He said that Wittenmeyer made up a story out of whole cloth. Basically what it comes down to is Bernstein fully believes in Theos plan and thinks it is infallible, and he ridicules anyone that has the gall to question it. Him and Boers have been going after Wittenmeyer, Telander and Haugh pretty much every day

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 10:57 AM) Your cat is a beast though. HHCINAA

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 11:26 AM) Butler is trash. Christ, what the hell is wrong with some of you guys? I know right!??@? HOW DARE ANYONE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN ANDY THE CLOWN