LittleHurt05

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 09:18 PM) Maria gave me a scare a couple of days ago. Took care of business tonight

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 24, 2015 -> 07:18 PM) remember the old story i keep repeating about the attending a cub games and sox. a fan who is at the cubs games will tell how many times he was on tv or when the camera scan his. but a sox fan when asked who is up, that fan not only will tell who is up, what the score is, what the hits are and what is needed to win the game. The Cubs & Sox games I have been to the last 5-10 years tell me the exact opposite. Even when they suck Cubs fans stand up & cheer during big moments. At Sox-Tigers games late in 2012 when the division was up for grabs, Tigers fans were the only ones who seemed to realize a baseball game was going on.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jan 24, 2015 -> 01:01 PM) I always wondered how this guy fell so fast. After him testing positive for pot that's when ti decline started. I don't like getting guys from habitually losing organizations. It supports that imaginative mental weakness theory I can't shake. I think he may have succumb to Randy Wells syndrome and partied too hard after his first year of success with the Cubs and couldn't maintain it.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 24, 2015 -> 12:04 PM) Another fun day in the Big 12. Oklahoma State @ Kansas State TCU @ 18 West Virginia 11 Kansas @ 17 Texas 9 Iowa State @ Texas Tech 19 Oklahoma @ 21 Baylor As an ISU fan, I'd love to see Texas, Baylor and TCU win. A Kansas win kind of puts them back in the driver's seat. Gotta take care of your own business first my friend.

If you are a top flight English club, how you rank each title in terms of importance? Does this sound right? 1. Premier League 2. Champions League 3. FA Cup 4. League Cup Just watched the end of Middlesbrough winning at Man City and I guess Chelsea lost at home to a 3rd tier team, fun stuff to watch.

Quite don't think that Michael deserves to be in the same category as Ernie as a "pretty good guy"

Why the f*** is GameDay in Ann Arbor? Don't they set the locations a week ahead of time now?

Mr. Cub Ernie Banks, 83

My question would be what has to happen for a 'shutdown ' to occur? Does a scoreless inning in a one run game increase the WPA by .06? How about in a two run game ? Wade Davis striking out the side on 9 pitches or Zach Duke getting 3 flyouts has the same effect on win probability. That stat could depend more on situations the relievers are brought in. The meltdown stat obviously makes sense, if your bullpen can't hold leads, you are gonna lose.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000046...al-linesteppers Somebody watched the Chappelle Show!!!

Jose Abreu agrees

Hail to the Chief

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 04:00 PM) They jack the prices up when the Hawks come to town, as you'd expect. Those were the cheapest tickets available. I totally thought the game was in Chicago. $155 in St Louis? Holy s*** x 5. They don't even sell out consistently.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) Just bought Hawks tickets against the Blues on Feb. 8th. $155 for upper level corners, yikes. Holy s***. My upper level corner season tickets cost $42 a game.

To this day I am still shocked that you are only allowed to deduct $3,000 per child ($600 refund). Are you kidding me? In Chicago, the $3,000 doesn't cover two months of full-time child care.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) Wha wha...move to Cali. I don't know what bad housing rates is, presume property taxes? We get the great weather but have all the other negatives you are talking about + insanely high real estate prices (bad for anyone young or who moved after prices appreciated...for those that got in while the getting was good, well great for them). We have some friends that moved out to LA a year ago but are gonna move back to Chicago because the real estate. If they lived where they wanted to they would be catching up forever or other places they could afford all would require paying for private schooling for future children. They both have pretty good jobs, so I can only imagine how tough it is.

And SkyMall has filed for bankruptcy. What kind of world are we living in?????????

f***, I had become addicted to shopping on Amazon

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 12:17 PM) Except for the part where he sucked in the postseason. Yeah, but during August & September he took 10 starts that had been previously going to Allen Webster & Brandon Workman. That was why they made the trade.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:47 AM) Didn't know that I "pegged" anything - pretty sure I did not. But Rizzo has been inconsistent. Abreu has been nothing but awesome - in Cuba, and in MLB, despite seeing every pitcher here for the first-ever time (pitcher's advantage), playing a much longer season in terms of games and months, nursing injuries much of the time (undoubtedly playing hurt for some of it), losing a ton of weight to transform himself into a 162 game player for the future, and, oh yeah, defecting and adjusting to a whole new world where he doesn't speak the language. No comparison, imo, when all is considered. He has been "inconsistent" as a 21-23 year old getting his first taste of the majors. That's usually the case if your name isn't Mike Trout.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:17 AM) Actually, Rizzo was lousy in his initial callup in '11, then excellent for his first half season with the Cubs in '12, then had a pretty mediocre '13, followed by an excellent 2014. More of a SF Giants pattern, and it's an "odd" year. Abreu has already made the adjustments. He was late 90's Sosa in the 1st half and vintage Joey Votto in the 2nd when pitchers stopped giving him anything to hit. He's a special hitter. Rizzo is a good hitter. Rizzo is 25 and hasn't reached 3 full MLB seasons, yet we are already pegging him as an every other year hitter? Ok then.

Down goes Roger!

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) Rizzo is a fine player, but I agree that Abreu will separate himself further this year. Dude hit .392 in Cuba, so not his best year, just sayin'. Rizzo has struggled mightily in the past - far less likely to repeat last year, imo. His defense is excellent though. The fact that Rizzo has struggled in the past makes me think it's more likely he keeps up his numbers. He is young, he came up and struggled, had to adjust and learn. Where as Abreu came into the league as an unknown, killed it, but now teams will know him better and he will have to make adjustments. Combine that with what we have seen from Puig & Cespedes, I would be shocked if Abreu puts up better numbers in 2015. (He was so good in 2014, that's not necessarily a bad thing)

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) I was at the game his rookie season when he hit 3 HR....I think against the Braves or Phillies. That is all. Soto has exactly zero career 3-home run games. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/...otoge01&t=b

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) Look at the Blue Demons! Oh, and Ga Tech has 18 points with 11 minutes left in the game. Gregory shouldn't be allowed back on the plane home. What the hell is going on there? They went 6-7 in the non-conference, and suddenly they are 5-2 in the Big East?