GASHWOUND

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 03:33 PM) You can't cheat velocity. Yeah, that too..also he left some hangers up there..maybe he neeeded some pine tar.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 03:29 PM) They won't carry 12 pitchers. No more than 11, and maybe only 10. They might carry 11 cause of the worry of Hermy's back probs..

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 02:50 PM) Well even if BMAC isn't as sharp it's still better then going to war with a tired El Duque... I mean in Texas he was fine through 5... but as soon as he got close to that 100 pitch mark they just starting teeing off on him like batting practice... I'd sure hate to see that in the playoffs... Maybe we can have the 2-headed monster who pitches every 5th day..Hernendez pitches the first 4 or 5 innings of the game, while BMAC finishes the game...Hey, just sayin:P But you gotta keep puttin BMAC out there..he's shutdown 2 of the top offensive clubs in baseball backTOback.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Sep 5, 2005 -> 02:19 PM) Im watching the 9th inning of the game today and jenks is pitching. After he gets an out he steps off the mound and does a strange little routine. He has a big white puff on the back of his hat and some strange substance under the brim just to the right of the center. He steps off licks his hand then touches the back white puff then wipes on his shirt, then licks again and touches the under brim part then wipes a little then gets back on the mound and pitches. Its a little strange, like the Juilan Tavarez incident. Dont know if its rosin or pine tarr or what but he does it all the time. He goes hat, shoulder wipe, brim shoulder wipe, butt wipe, etc etc. ??????? You got Umps, Players, and managers with all eyez on him...If they suspected something, wouldn't they say somethin?? Cause if you notice it, I'm sure the other guys can also. And Jenks would have to have some balls to "cheat." He's not exactly hiding what he's doing or being sneaky about it.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 4, 2005 -> 05:07 AM) Muhammed. Yes he's an upgrade. How much? He had 93 receptions last year, being Jake Delhomme's go to guy. The last 3 seasons before that though, 50 receptions, 63 receptions, 54 receptions. With the Bears not willing to throw the ball as much as Carolina, and Orton a rookie starting, it's naive to think Muhammed is going to go close to the numbers he put up last season. He'll be closer to Terrell's numbers than his own last season. He's hardly a spring chicken at 32 either. Sure Orton could throw the ball more than 10M, if Ron Turner gives him the green light to do so. Is he going to make passes over that distance consistently though? I would doubt that very much, since the Bears WR corps is hardly near the top of the league. Krenzel couldn't throw the ball more than 10M probably because he didn't get the time to do so, plus Terry Shea wouldn't let him. Ok let's have a look at each starting QB in the league compared to Kyle Orton. Buffalo - J.P Losman. Struggled in pre-season, but has had a year to learn the system, and Mike Mularkey is a great QB - offensive coach. Better than Orton. Miami - Gus Freotte. He's a veteran, and Scott Linehan will utilize him well. Borderline pretty close to Orton this year. New England - Tom Brady. Not even close. New York Jets - Chad Pennington. Not even close. Baltimore Ravens - Kyle Boller. Yet he ain't too great. Probably pretty close to Orton, unless he finally gets it. Cincinatti Bengals - Carson Palmer. Better than Orton. Cleveland Browns - Trent Dilfer. Yep another veteran, borderline close to Orton. Pittsburgh Steelers - Ben Roesthlisberger. Better than Orton. Houston Texans - David Carr. Better than Orton. Indy Colts - Peyton Manning. Not even close. Jacksonville Jaguars - Byron Leftwich. Better than Orton. Tennessee Titans - Steve McNair. Not even close. Denver Broncos - Jake Plummer. Not much of a brain, but better than Orton. Kansas City Chiefs - Trent Green. Better than Orton. Oakland Raiders - Kerry Collins. Hick..... hick, but better than Orton. San Diego Chargers - Drew Bress. Better than Orton. And so is his backup for that matter, who could be wearing a Bears uniform in 06. Dallas Cowboys - Drew Bledsoe. Looked good in pre-season, if he has time, he'll do the job. Better than Orton. New York Giants - Eli Manning. Yeah he's better than Orton. Philadelphia Eagles - Captain Dry - Heave... uhhh Donovan McNabb. Yeah he's better. Washington Redskins - Patrick Ramsey. Not used well enough, if he was in the right system, he could be a top 10 QB. But he's better than Orton. Detroit Lions - Joey Harrington - Yeah he's probably slightly better than Orton, needs to step up this year, I think he will. Green Bay Packers - Brett Favre. Not even close. Minnesota Vikings - Daunte Culpepper. Not even close. Atlanta Falcons - Michael Vick. Not even close. Carolina Panthers - Jake Delhomme. Gees didn't teams miss the boat here on him when he was a FA bout 2 or 3 years ago. Easily better than Orton. New Orleans Saints - Aaron Brooks. Yeah he doesn't really get it, but his athletic skills make him better than Orton. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Brian Griese. If he throws as well as he did the 2nd half of last season, he's better than Orton. If not, probably not. Arizona Cardinals - Kurt Warner. If he gets protected, better than Orton. St. Louis Rams - Mark Bulger. Better than Orton. San Francisco 49ers - Tim Rattay / Alex Smith. Right now Rattay's the starter. Smith struggled mightily in the pre - season. On this season alone, they'll probably be pretty close to Orton. Seaatle Seahawks - Matt Hassellbeck. Not even close. So on count of that, I counted 5 maybe 6 teams that have a QB situation around the Bears mark, but at least the majority of those teams have veterans. Hence my point on Orton, about expecting too much from him, too soon. As for the injuries, well if the Bears D is so good, one, two or 3 injuries shouldn't be that huge for a team. There's more important spots were injuries can happen, like the QB spot, e.g the Titans last year with Steve McNair. Benson's gonna take a while to get used to the pace and the playbook etc. With Jones not being a power runner which is what Ron Turner wants, it's gonna be interesting to see how they move the football early on in the season. My guess is they'll probably struggle, with Washington who probably had a top 3 if not the best D in Football last season 1st up. Its nice that you anointed just about everybody better then Orton(most likely they are, and you're giving to much credit to some of those QB bytheway) But all of it is moot .. nobody knows how bad or good Orton is..I actually like to see him play a few games in the reg season so i can see how good, or how horrible he is.. then maybe we can see if he's capable like Roesthlisberger or crappy..simple as that.He won't be great..best he will be is capable... and that's all I'm askin for and as for the injuries..it depends on what one or two, or 3 are injured..Maybe losing Boone or Johnson on the D-line won't be so bad cause their deep there..but losing pro-bowl caliber players all at the same time is gonna cripple alot of teams..Those type of players don't grow on trees..so that many injuries to pro-bowl type players(Urlacher, Tillman, M.Brown, Ogunleye,) is alot worse then losing Vasher, Boone, Hunter..serviceable players who do a great job but aren't in the top of their positions..

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 4, 2005 -> 02:20 AM) Those games the Bears won with Krenzel were against the 49ers, the Giants (when they were really struggling) and Tennessee (who were terrible last year). Orton and Krenzel, hate to say it, don't think there is going to be much of a difference through the season b/w those 2. Orton's a rookie, and yeah he's better than Krenzel, but he's still a rookie, and he's gonna make mistakes. Everyone says how much of a diff. Muhammed is going to make compared to Terrell, well Terrel had what 45 receptions last season, Muhsin might only have around 50 with the Bears QB situation, that's not a pro - bowl like receiver. Injuries are going to happen again, it's a fact of life. The key is can the Bears keep winning if it happens, last year they couldn't. Stop comparing the recently cut Terrell to Muhammed..That's a HUGE upgrade over Terrell, i don't care what anyone says..And Orton is a hell of alot better then Krenzel, rookie or not..Krenzel couldn't throw more then 10 yrds down the field..at least with Orton he has that threat of going down field which will open it more for the RBs. And of course he's going to make mistakes..have you've seen some of the QB teams are startin around the league..half the teams have border-line Avg QBs.. I don't think Orton is soooo much worse then the junk that's out there right now.. Obviously injuries are gonna happen again, but they had their best LB, best CB, supposedly best pass rusher hurt, and best safety out for a majority of games last year..all at the same time some games.. If we can limit the injuries of our best D players I don't see why we can't win 7 or 8 games. There deep at the D-line, but not so much on CB and LB..so we gotta hope they stay relatively healthy..if not we're not gonna win more then 5 or so. I know someone is gonna get injured, but still gotta stay hopeful its not multiple players out at the same time like last year. the team is better then last years..favorable schedule again this year..D talented enough to keep us in games and hopin the depth at RB can somehow intertwine to take some of the load of of Orton... But obviously you and everyone sayin their gonna suck, and I saying their gonna be Avg is all conjecture of course. Nobody sayin their gonna be good, but that's why they play the games..So instead of me saying I know for sure the D is gonna be great of Orton is gonna be at least serviceable, or you anointing Muhammed 'Terrell lite' there's no way of knowing how things are gonna turn out. Maybe you're right, and I'm being blinded by Bear light..fine..whatever.. I just know it can't get any worse then the mess we had last year with injuries and Krenzel...Ughh reiterating, just gotta hope we stay relatively healthy on D..

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) Seemed to make up fine against the Bears last year. I'd say that they did a better job of handling it last year, if records are any indication.... I live in Iowa. I got a steady dose of GB, Chicago, and Minnesota last year. Now in Ames, it'll probably be more St. Louis and KC. If you paired the Bears D with a lot of other offenses, they'd be an upper-division team......the Bears could easily hold Portis to 42 yards and still not score enough points to win, you know, just to spite you guys.... Some of the posters here are banking on Mushin having a second career year in a row, while expecting Orton and Benson to be world-beaters when they haven't gotten much/any action in even a preseason game. Roethlisberger, Orton's not. I know what Orton and Benson did in college. Doesn't mean a damn thing until they start playing some NFL games. So how many games do ya think the Bears will win? Cause if not for a blown call last year against the Lions they would have won 6 games. Why do i bring this up? Cause they won 3 straight games with f'n Craig Krezel startin...If they could win with that blowhole...I think they can win with Orton and to boot we had Jonathan Quinn and Hutchinson start the other games with Urlacher, Brown, Tillman, and Azhuma out for a bunch of games last year and Ogunleye playing with a bad heel. plus the additions that we added in the off season to improve the O-line, added a Pro-bowl receiver, drafted another RB and WO plus Harris and Johnson with a year under their belt and guys on the D healthy..We should be able to add 2 or 3 more wins to last years total.. I said they finish 8-8, so I'm not penciling them for the playoffs..but am I being unrealistic here when they could almost win 6 games last year with the mess they had with QB changes and injuries? I don't think I am.

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QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 04:20 PM) Lets reflect on the Bears draft for a second here.... Cedric "Holdout" Benson and Mark Bradley or Mike Williams and J.J. Arrington Hmmmmm. Ok Nostradamus...before you anoint Arrington the better runner I'm gonna let them play a season and decide after that... Plus isn't Arrington more of a match to Thomas Jones then not.. I think they wanted to get a pounder to go along with Jones quickness..no need drafting similar backs.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 02:12 PM) Losing 2 guards is losing all of your O-Line? They kept their two great tackles and get their pro bowl center back from injury. However, I guess 2 guys make an offensive line these days? As far as defense, I think that the Pack D will be much improved this year. They will be a bend but don't break type of D. I really think Jim Bates can help turn them around. From what I have seen in the pre-season they have had much more sure tackling, played more physically and looked more organized overall. They have not given up a big play pretty much the whole pre-season. I think most Dolphin fans can attest to how good Bates is and how much is coaching and preparation can help turn a D around. However, that is just my opinion. Well, their 2 best O-line men and you know how hard it is to find good O-line men in this league..you can't just replace 2 top-of-the-line-men just like that with out gettin worse. and NBC broke down the Pack and what do ya know..same concerns I laid out..picked them 4th http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8667886/ Also, finally not a bad breakdown of the bears..he picked us to finsih 2nd or tied for 2nd with the Lions http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8667961/

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) WOOHOO..The Bears are ranked....32!!! So we're the worst team the world has ever seen...WOOHOO :headshake http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/...5/scout.report/ Well, FOXSports.com has us ranked 29th..at least we're not ranked last..WOOHOO..uhh, yeah http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/4802386

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 10:30 PM) I think we win 6-8 games alone no matter what our offense does, just because our D is so good. 10 games, with our schedule, is very doable, if we are healthy. I agree, I'm not saying we're gonna rack up 12 wins or anything..I said 7 or 8 wins..depending how good Orton is and if our D stays healthy. But ranked last? So i guess all those other teams ahead of us have HOF QB startin for them. yeah

QUOTE(AirScott @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 10:16 PM) anybody know what Vegas' is setting the Bears at for wins? cause if it's 3, I'd definitely take the over and make a cool...well $20, since that's all the money I've got right now. Not sure about that, but USA Today's Danny Sheridan has set the odds of us winning the Super bowl at 100 million to 1..only the Browns and 49ers and Browns are worst..

QUOTE(rangercal @ Aug 30, 2005 -> 10:10 PM) They project we go 3-13? LMAO Open to all bets . We will win more than 3 games. How the hell did we get worse then last year? We almost won 6 games last year and we had freakin Hutchinson starting..We added a Pro Bowl WR, another OL so to make the line better, our running game should be good and we have the best D in that freakin div..Anybody see that Lions game? This is the team that's better then us? Green bay lost just about all the O line and that D is pathetic..The Vikes should be good, but am i missin something..am I not being objective here.. A team that is that good on D can't possibly be ranked last in the NFL.. But hey, what the hell do i know..they're the "experts"

WOOHOO..The Bears are ranked....32!!! So we're the worst team the world has ever seen...WOOHOO :headshake http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/...5/scout.report/

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Aug 25, 2005 -> 03:31 PM) Jon, Jenks, Timo and Blum were very clutch. It is really unfortunate that the offense ruins great pitching performances so often... The bullpen as well. Iget that..Garcia allows 1 hit and loses..Garland pitches no run ball through 72/3 and no decsion.. The Gar is stuck on 16... And Jenks just looks he's gonna get anyone out who steps up into the batters box.

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QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 05:28 PM) http://tylenol.ytmnd.com/ Holy s*** where's the Tylenol? Sounds like the guy who fired you was a grade A douchebag. But just be glad of a few things. My first job was 3 days in fast food. In these three days: I was locked in the freezer Bitten on the leg by the boss's kid Berated for murmuring "Damn" under my breath and not more than two minutes later, the same boss going on a 10 minute profanity laden tirade in front of her kid I got paid $4.66 an hour I was clocked out at 9 pm by the boss but was forced with the other workers to stay there until almost 1 am finishing work related activities (cleaning, etc.) I wasn't fired from there -- I just stopped showing up after she scheduled me for 3 weeks without a day off. After I quit, I found out getting days off from her was a very rare happening. Well, the 'boss' was probably only makin 7.50 an hour and had a miserable existence so boss person took out on others... Happens, although what a 3 days it was

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Aug 20, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) This is the first time in my life that I've ever been fired so I feel really bad and kind of dazed about it. I know a lot of people get fired so it's not a huge deal or anything but just the way I was fired is what gets me upset. I was fired because my assistant manager thought I told him to settle down when I didn't even say that to him. He then said don't ever tell me to settle down again or else I'll fire you. I told him I didn't say that to him and then he asked if I wanted to be fired. I asked if he wanted me here and he said no then I said fine I'll put my 2 week notice in and he said you won't need that, you're fired, get out of here. So before I leave I talk to the manager and I told him thanks for hiring me back in March and he said I was a great kid, but since he didn't see or hear what happened, he has to stick with what the assistant manager says. I had no warnings or write ups or anything in the 5 months I was working there. It just surprises me that I'd get fired on something that I didn't even say to him. But say I said that, it would still amaze me that I'd get fired for that. All in all, I just don't think it was fair for them to fire me based on the emotion of the assistant manager, but who am I to judge that I guess. Now I have to look for a job so hopefully I can get one before college starts back up in 9 days. That sucks...I've never actually gotten fired, but have quit a place cause of the boss being a dick..and also the job was a f***in waste of time for me... Although I would've called the guy an asshole right before I left, but I'm disturbed And with school startin up their should be more jobs open from kids going back..you'll find one good luck

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QUOTE(Kogs35 @ Aug 11, 2005 -> 11:11 PM) directv is the way to go for all ur tv needs. f*** the cable company's. there no good anymore. Damn, can't believe that dropped Sci-fi..I have DirectTV also, and would be kinda pissed about that..although i only watch like 2 shows on there..Ghost Hunters and Firefly.