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Exactly. A sample size of 11 games doesn't mean much.

That's why they added the unbalanced schedule.

Selected players thus far. NJ Jason Kidd Kenyon Martin Richard Jefferson Kerry Kittles Alonzo Mourning Boston Paul Pierce Antoine Walker Marcus Banks Stephen Jackson Orlando Tracy McGrady Juwan Howard Gordon Giricek Philadelphia Allen Iverson Glenn Robinson Eric Snow Kenny Thomas Miami Brian Grant Lamar Odom Caron Butler Eddie Jones Dwayne Wade NY Allan Houston Keith Van Horn Kurt Thomas Dikembe Motumbo Washington Gilbert Arenas Jerry Stackhouse Larry Hughes Kwame Brown Detroit Ben Wallace Chauncey Billups Richard Hamilton Darko Milicic Tayshaun Prince Clifford Robinson Mehmet Okur Indiana Jermaine O'Neal Ron Artest Reggie Miller Al Harrington Scott Pollard Jamal Tinsley New Orleans Jamal Mashburn Baron Davis Jamaal Magloire David Wesley P.J. Brown Chicago Jalen Rose Eddy Curry Jamal Crawford Tyson Chandler Donyell Marshall Kirk Hinrich Scotty Pippen Toronto Vince Carter Antonio Davis Morris Peterson Chris Bosh Jerome Moiso Cleveland Ricky Davis Zydrunas Ilgauskas Carlos Boozer LeBron James Milwaukee Michael Redd T.J. Ford Desmond Mason Toni Kukoc Tim Thomas Atlanta Shareef Abdur-Rahim Jason Terry Theo Ratliff San Antonio Tim Duncan Emanuel Ginobili Tony Parker Rosho Nesterovic Malik Rose Dallas Dirk Nowitski Michael Finley Steve Nash Antawn Jamison Shawn Bradley Memphis Pau Gasol Jason Williams Mike Miller Shane Battier Lorenzen Wright Minnesota Kevin Garnett Sam Cassell Troy Hudson Latrell Sprewell Wally Szczerbiak Michael Olowokandi Houston Yao Ming Steve Francis Cuttino Mobley Utah Andrei Kirilenko Keon Clark Matt Harpring Denver Andre Miller Carmelo Anthony Nene Hilario LA Lakers Shaquille O'Neal Kobe Bryant Karl Malone Gary Payton Sacramento Chris Webber Peja Stojakovic Vlade Divac Brad Miller Mike Bibby Bobby Jackson Doug Christie Phoenix Shawn Marion Stephon Marbury Amare Stoudamire Portland Rasheed Wallace Bonzi Wells Zach Randolph Damon Stoudamire Derek Anderson Golden State Troy Murphy Nick Van Exel Jason Richardson Adonal Foyle Mike Dunleavy LA Clippers Elton Brand Corey Maggette Quinton Richardson Marko Jaric Seattle Ray Allen Rashard Lewis Brent Barry

I've never seen why baseball needs a salary cap. This postseason has proved that baseball is operating just fine without one. I'd like to hear the arguments for it.

Well, I've stomached four Yankees championships in my lifetime. You'd survive.

What's the point of even having divisions? Why not just have two leagues, and take the eight best teams. The only thing this realignment does is give a mediocre team a backdoor into the postseason, by winning a weak division.

Yes, its absolutely terrible. A coma would indicate survival, and no baseball fan wants that.

How is this thread classic. That's like saying Shane Douglas vs. Tully Blanchard was classic, just because it lasted an hour. Not that this thread is bad, but I don't remember anything memorable about it.

What plot? I don't see how Bonds is really involved in this investigation.

The interesting thing is that this pattern of postseason futility is not uncommon. I've been meaning to write this stuff down, and this seems as good an opportunity to do so. 1907-09 Detroit Tigers Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford led this team to three consecutive American League titles, and three consectutive World Series defeats. Only in 1909 did they win more than 1 game. The problem? They simply encountered better teams. The 07-08 Cubs are among baseball's dominant teams, as are the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates. Afterwards, the Tigers fell to the middle of the pack, and did not win another pennant until 1934. 1911-13 New York Giants John McGraw's Giants won 100 games almost every year, but just couldn't win the Series. As with the Tigers, they just faced better teams. In 1911 and 1913, they wound up against Connie Mack's juggernaut Athletics. In 1912, they had the misfortune of one of the most infamous errors in baseball history. In game 8 of the 1912 World Series (one game was a tie), outfielder Fred Snodgrass muffed a routine fly ball. The Red Sox scored two runs that inning and beat the Giants. The Giants fell a bit the next few years, but won the NL pennant in 1917, and won four straight NL titles in 1921-24, along with two World Championships. 1916-53 Brooklyn Dodgers The Dodgers lost seven World Series before they finally won in 1953. In 1941, catcher Mickey Owen let the last strike by him in game four, and the Yankees scored four runs in the ninth. The Yankees won the series in 5. The Dodgers took the Series seven games in 1947 and 52. The '52 and '53 World Series are considered among the best ever. The Dodgers finally won in 1955, and later won World Championships in 1959, '63, and '65. 1976-78 Philadelphia Phillies Three division titles, and three losses in the LCS. 1976 is excused because they faced the Big Red Machine. 77 and 78 they lost out to the Dodgers. The Phillies rebounded to win the World Series in 1980. 1976-78 Kansas City Royals Talk about redundancy. The Royals lost three straight Series to the New York Yankees. Two of the three went five games. In 1977, the Royals were three outs away before the Yankees came back to win. The Royals rebounded to make it to the Series in 1980, and won the World Series in 1985. 1990-92 Pittsburgh Pirates Twice they came a game away from the World Series, and once they took a two run lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Pirates lost Barry Bonds and top starter Doug Drabek afterwards, and have yet to recover. There you go. Which route will the A's take? I think they're in good shape, considering the big three are still around, and Rich Harden is in the wings. Losing Tejada won't hurt as much as people think. Alot of teams succeeded after failure.

Its not the prank call that's funny as much as they made it live on Sportscenter. Its that they got on air that makes it humorous. Someone needs to find a vidcap of Dan Patrick's reaction, and plaster OWNED! on it.

Yet they keep winning. The A's choose to live a bottom of the barrel existance with their payroll. There's no reason why they can't spend twice of what they do. The A's have a fairly large national following.

Aaron Boone = Chris Chambliss Both hit walk-off home runs to win the league championship series.

With Brandon Claussen, the Reds may win that trade yet. Besides, isn't Boone a free agent soon?

I ran a simulation on whatifsports.com, and the Yankees won in 5. Results, of course, are extremely unofficial.

Which is why they've succeeded so long. My point is that the Yankees can't succeed on free agents alone. Sooner or later, the current Yankees will decline. When that happens the Yankees will need more farm talent, because they can't subsist on free agents alone.

Oh the games MAY suck, but its not a guarantee. Sid/Taker is a sure thing.

I'll take Yankees in 6 btw.

I don't know if that's an apt comparison. No one cares about a Yankees/Marlins series, but that doesn't mean the games won't be any good.

I don't know if that's in reference to me. The thing is, no dynasty has ever been built without a solid base of homegrown players.

In all seriousness, Zimmer is an advice guy. He's got loads of managerial and coaching experience, and he's a fairly intelligent guy.

Finally, two managers who know how to MANAGE.

He's creating the ultimate title chase program. He's building the Yankees up in a squash match and then he'll book the big re-match. Or maybe the Marlins are his own Randy Orton, and they'll win.

Oh believe me, Bud Selig has earned my share of hate. I don't fault Loria for buying the Marlins. I fault him for completely bungling the Expos beyond repair. I think the Marlins benefit playing the Yankees because Dontrelle Willis is a lefty, and Yankee Stadium is a great park for left handed pitchers.