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QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) That's the obvious reason, yes. It's the first one that any of us has ever seen. So, maybe it's like the first girlfriend/the first girl you nailed. You waited so long and someone finally came around and brought you to the promised land. You're so grateful and you'd do anything for her. Now it's years later and things are obviously not working out. You've both let yourselves go, and neither of you is even trying anymore. You are still nostalgic for the way things were, but it obviously isn't going to happen anymore. And even though you want to keep things going, you know the best thing to do is to move on. About right? That's the definition of irony right there.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 12:16 PM) Because I'm a fan of the team. It's laughable that someone would take that stance, as I'd be berated to no end for not being a fan if I decided that I wasn't going to watch games anymore. It's a no-win situation. I guess I should just become an optimist, and then everyone will agree with me. I'd have more respect for a person who didn't subject themselves to "certian" failure. Hell after Nelson Cruz went yard last night, I turned the game off and worked on cleaning out my DVR.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/wh...ing-to-end.html

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) You people realize that the stuff in the original post was made in response to the attitude that is being taken in Chet and SS2k5's posts? So you aren't being clever in the least. It's actually quite the opposite. Which is completely in response to the perpetual b****ing about everything.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 12:04 PM) And your point? The b****ing seems warranted given the fact that the team continues to find itself doing the same things year after year. My point is that after so long, it just becomes looking for drama. If you really believe this team sucks this bad, and has for that long, and yet are still obsessing over every single little thing, that pretty much makes you the pessimistic version of a Cub fan. You know exactly what is going to supposedly happen, have zero expectations of it being good, and yet still waste your time with it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 11:38 AM) This was posted in the Catch-All earlier this month, but it's so perfect that it should be seen by more people. February:b**** about paying top signing too much March: b**** about not hitting in spring trainings first week April: Demand meltdown of entire team after opening day loss May: Disappear during the inevitable hot streak June: Demand meltdown of entire team July: Demand trades for top players on the market without giving up top prospects August: b**** about not getting top player in trade market/Complain about giving up too much for who we got September: Demand meltdown of entire team October: b**** about not signing top free agent November:b**** about not signing top free agent December: b**** about who was/isn't protected in Rule 5 draft January: b**** about there some random free agent not being signed despite his monster OPS in the 18 ABs he was actually healthy last season

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 24, 2011 -> 10:46 AM) They probably aren't too worried about that situation. Unless this is an f'n Naked Gun movie, a professional baseball player isn't going to attempt to harm a political leader in the crowd. You never know with AJ...

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 24, 2011 -> 10:20 AM) Honestly, what could the guy have really done? Tried to catch AJ? From that position he was in that wouldn't work very well. If it was a bullet, he was supposed to be on top of the President. Either that or bring a mitt to the game and catch the damned ball. I'm not quite sure how with the President sitting in the front row, you don't prepare for the contingency that a baseball might well end up in his lap.

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ May 24, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) I am trying real hard to be fair with this contract but maybe he just won't snap out of it and be a bust. Then you gotta shop around and see if someone will take on the contract but we will have to eat some major salary. Stop and think about that for a minute, if he is a bust, who is going to take on that contract? It makes zero sense.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ May 24, 2011 -> 09:13 AM) I was thinking this same thing yesterday but then I remembered Matt Holliday who was rushed in for an emergency appendectomy- and he seems to be hitting just fine. He also took a lot longer off to be fair.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 23, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) Ya, Wade threw it off the refs hand. I don't know the exact rule for that but if anything the ref is usually in play so you'd think that just be a turnover on Miami anyways. Oh well, certainly didn't effect the outcome of the game. That is supposed to be the rule.

The series is over if they don't

It is worth noting that lefties were hitting 100 points higher against Ogando than righties.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 23, 2011 -> 10:16 PM) Seriously, how can you win 99 games and go 11-1 in the playoffs and yet be a fluke? Not to mention, they won 90 games the next year.

QUOTE (DOWNTOWN PANTHER @ May 23, 2011 -> 11:26 PM) How is Adam Dunn working out so far?? Dont mean to say I told you so.. But.. But you needed the ego boost so you did... Anyways, Dunn will hit homers. He has always hit homers.

I guess the Secret Service will take a bullet for the President, but not a baseball, because they sure were no where to be seen. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_cws

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 23, 2011 -> 11:37 AM) Tim Pawlenty's hometown newspaper this morning. Funny how much different the reaction when it isn't Fox...

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ May 23, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) Miami's defense has just been unreal these last 2 games...I know they had a good defense throughout the regular season but, good lord, they're just everywhere. Rose seems to be catching flack nationally for this performance but wtf is he supposed to do with the way that Miami is defending him? I wish I could look at the first 3 games and that there were some easy answer. There are answers like getting Watson and Rose on the floor at the same time so that Rose can create off the ball, dump the pick and roll to prevent easy double teams on Rose, etc...but none of them guarantees you anything as they're experimental. I do firmly believe that the spacing between games has played greatly to Miami's advantage which, to me, makes the series swing a bit in the Bulls favor if they can take game 4 on Tue....eventually Wade, Lebron, and Bosh will get tired playing the minutes they're playing. That puts Watson or Rose on Wade or LeBron.

King of the AL Alexei is this week.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 23, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) How about W1, D1?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 23, 2011 -> 03:38 PM) DAMN YOU MIKE!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 23, 2011 -> 03:23 PM) Where the hell is the game thread? I'm tired of this bickering. I guess I kinda get to do it, so here we go...

Good for Alexei.