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The Vikings defense may be bad, but this is why Cutler still deserves a chance. We're finally going down-field more and guess what, it's working.

We won our first co-ed tournament today. It was in the 40s and misting/drizzling the whole time. I made it worse by sliding for a ball at the fence, then hitting my knee and shin on said fence. I did have the walk-off hit in that game though, so I had that going for me.

QUOTE (TRU @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) So I hit my first home run tonight, it was a bomb to left center and cleared the fence by 15-20 feet. It was also the out that ended the game because our manager didn't ask for home runs at the coin toss. How does that work...?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 10:53 AM) The difference isn't that great. I'd be curious where 198 IP ranks on the list of all time Cy Young award/MVP winners (obviously excluding the couple of closers who won). 24 innings is at least 3 starts' worth of innings.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 12:01 PM) They had some Bears insiders on CSN yesterday. Supposedly, Briggs has had a big attitude problem this year. I guess he was out at the bars until 4 AM last Friday night, mentioned zoning out in meetings etc. He is supposedly a "Lovie guy" and has never connected with this staff, and also is supposedly a little out of shape. They were mentioning one thing that may happen if this continues is Lance getting released. I'm not sure a little is the right way to put it. I noticed that Briggs looked fatter the first game of the season.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 12:38 PM) Yeah, the material isnt as strong as it was but they are light as hell. Rose should just wear active ankle braces with his shoes, they would save him from every ankle roll possible. He already wears braces with them.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 11:27 AM) Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 1h1 hour ago Four clubs still in the hunt for Russell Martin . 4-to 5 year deal $14 to $15 million a year likely . That's a lot better than what was rumored earlier ($85 million over 5 years). I'd gladly take him at $14 million a year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 09:41 AM) Clayton Kershaw had one more start than Chris Sale. Except he pitched 24.1 more innings. Had Sale's innings total been around 200 like Kershaw's I'm sure the voters would have given him more consideration. It's hard to win a Cy Young with only 174 innings pitched.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 10:18 AM) those are probably like pillows on his feet compared to those french bricks he was wearing. I swear there has been at least twice in this short season where i have seen Derricks foot come completely out of his shoe while he was just cutting. Not like it was stepped on and he pulled his foot out, but just cutting to stay in front of his defender and the shoe just stayed behind. you would think with the ankle issues that those shoes would be strapped tight to his feet. Adidas shoes usually have very good ankle support. But they're so damn light that it's extremely easy to take a wrong step on a cut and just fall.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 10:11 AM) On a sidenote, mad props to Jimmy B. Stud against Demarr. Pau has been a beast. So much more aggressive then his Laker days. Best of all, defense playing Chicago Bulls defense!!! McDermott looked awful though. It seems like giving Jimmy what he wanted before the season was the right thing to do. If he keeps playing like this, there's no way he doesn't get the max.

It's in the 30s here in Austin. It's never this cold until January or February. This blows.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) i think the shoe criticism talk may get louder if this rolled ankle stuff keeps happening. It would be REALLY interesting if it comes to a head like it did with Noah, and he decides he needs to wear a different shoe for better support Except he went with Adidas...lol.

Had Stanton not gotten hurt, I think it would have been a lot closer. But Kershaw did have a historic season and I think it was well deserved.

So how does Rose play relatively injury free for 3 years and now he's getting hurt like a 40 year old?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) Where did you view peak Duncan. Even with peak Duncan, I never thought he should definitely be the guy to take the last shot on that team. But then again, the Spurs are a really bad example of hero ball, which is kind of what I'm talking about right now.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:41 PM) "oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you" also butters saying he touched wendy's boobs cracked me up. "I can feel his balls on my fist!"

QUOTE (Boogua @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:43 PM) Anthony Davis has so much potential on defense that I think it gives him the edge. Defensive anchors are hard to find and ones that can average 25 PPG are nearly impossible today. The sample size is still obviously really small, but Davis is putting up an O-Rating at a Durant/Lebron type level while putting up a D-rating at a Hibbert type level. I still think, that at the end of the day, the ability to close out a game and put your team on your shoulder offensively matters almost more than anything in the NBA. I'm not sure if AD will ever have the closing ability of LeBron or Durant.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) I'm still taking Lebron or Durant. Yup. AD is one of the best two way players this league has seen in a long time, but I'm still taking the best player since Jordan and the best scorer of this generation ahead of him.

Anybody watch South Park yesterday? I was confused as hell during the last part of it, but it was hilarious nonetheless.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 02:34 PM) No, he's not grossly overpaid. He might be overpaid, but if I were a Rangers fan, I wouldn't be upset whatsoever with Andrus' contract or, at the very least, his AAV. He's being paid as an above average regular and that's exactly what he is, perhaps with a ceiling that's a bit higher. As for the Sox acquiring him, no, I do not believe they should. Andrus is a pretty good player, but he doesn't fit what the Sox need at the current moment. If he played like he did 2 years ago fine, but the past two seasons haven't been pretty for him at the plate.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 10:26 PM) Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 7m7 minutes ago Tigers acquire Anthony Gose from Blue Jays for Devon Travis. According to baseball america, Travis was the Tigers #1 prospect. They traded their #1 prospect for Anthony Gose lmao. Uh...wow. Either their system is total s*** or they must have really liked Anthony Gose. You know, the guy who can't hit to save his life.

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 07:55 PM) Derrick wishes not to bring more catastrophic injuries upon himself by pushing it when dealing with minor injuries in the first week of the season, everyone loses their minds If he put it a bit more like that, this wouldn't be an issue. Instead, he made it sound like he's thinking about things other than his job, which you know doesn't bode well with Chicago fans.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 07:05 PM) Signing ANY reliever is risky. Its just the nature of the business. Personally, I trust my eyes and my eyes tell me that Miller has some of the best stuff in the league. And is 4/32M really that bad? A good set-up guy like Gregerson would probably cost 3/18 at best for us. If we hope to compete anytime soon the bullpen has to be vastly upgraded one way or another. You're assuming we can get him for $8 million a year. I think he might get more. That's just what the market dictates right now.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) I keep going back and forth between Kluber's and Felix's stats, and they are both deserving, would have been fair if either guy won. I wouldn't have complained either way. I think Kluber gets a bit of an edge because Felix pitched in such a pitcher-friendly park, which helps alleviate the difference in ERA a bit.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) Great logic. Andrew Miller is left handed and so was Matt Thornton. Matt Thornton wasn't a good closer so therefore Miller won't be. Is that how it works? I can most likely name a failed white sox player for every scenario you could possibly think of. Matt Thornton was one of the best relievers (left handed or right handed) in baseball before we tried to turn him into a closer in 2011. I'm just saying: just because a guy can pitch in innings 7 or 8 doesn't mean they can do it in the 9th. I'm fine with doing that experiment on our pitchers, but paying a guy closer money to do something he's never done before is risky.