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Brennaman sure is having fun constantly sucking his cock, that's for sure. Not saying that Cabrera isn't a promising player...he is...but every play he makes is NOT the greatest play of the year.

Actually, it may be three days; it's supposed to rain all day in both Boston and New York on Saturday, so they might not get started until Sunday. I don't think I'd depend on the weather bailing me out, of all things.

Not only that, but it completely wrecks your rotation for the WS. I'm all for pulling out all the stops tonight to win (hell, you HAVE to), but if you win, your next game is only 2 days away and you will need a starting pitcher for that game. Getting Beckett out of the pen tonight is a bad idea. He is the only one who is "not available" to me tonight. He'll have a 3 day rest and he can pitch game two anyways... You better count again. It would only be 2 days' rest. Game 1 of the WS is Saturday. And if you bump him to game 2, which is fine I guess, who do you start in game 1? Willis? He's been a gascan in the postseason.

Not only that, but it completely wrecks your rotation for the WS. I'm all for pulling out all the stops tonight to win (hell, you HAVE to), but if you win, your next game is only 2 days away and you will need a starting pitcher for that game. Getting Beckett out of the pen tonight is a bad idea. He is the only one who is "not available" to me tonight.

But lead to a rather large number of suicides among fans of the losing team...

Ahem. So does Redman.

WAIT A SECOND! They got a damn solid series of tv shows...which ismore then abc or nbc has I don't care. I'm sick of their preaching during these games.

Kerry Wood for President of the World! HOLY SHIT!

Goddamn Brennaman and his grandstanding "The media is terrible for harassing that fan" speech. Shut the fuck up, Thom. If YOUR network, Fox, hadn't put the guy on camera 500 times last night after it happened, then it's somewhat likely that no one would even know who Steve Bartman is today; he'd still be "Idiot Fan" to most folks. I fuckin' hate Fox. Fuck them and everything about them.

So was her teaching sex ed. "VAGINA!"

Oh I sympathize with you. My post was supposed to come off as pure sarcasm, but I guess that often fails on a message board. I don't really care for the NFL's salary cap. It's much too restrictive in many instances (i.e. look at how few trades are ever made), as it does nothing but breed parity amongst all the teams. I know Paul Tagliabue's wet dream is to have every team finish 8-8, but too much parity is bad for the game. I know the point of a salary cap is to prevent one team from building a dynasty and invoking a reign of terror on the rest of the league for a few years (i.e. early-90s Cowboys), but really, is it so terrible to have one or two teams that are the gold standard for the rest of the league? I think it makes the league more exciting, because every other team has one that they're ALWAYS ready to beat, and the fans get into it more because they want to see that team lose. Hell, everyone HATED the Cowboys when they were on top (at least all the non-Cowboy fans I know), and took great joy in seeing them lose (like with the Yankees in baseball). With the salary cap, you don't get that and I for one think the game suffers for it. Besides, as you point out, why would you want to, as a fan, sit around for four years waiting for your team to get a small taste of the playoffs, only to have the guts of it ripped up before the next season because they can't "afford" to keep it on the field? It's ridiculous. Obviously a completely "free market" system won't work either (see MLB), but there should be a little more leeway built into the NFL's ystem. The NBA's system isn't all that bad; they could use it as a model.

But it's all for the sake of parity! Parity is the reason the NFL is as great as it is! With parity, you never know which team is going to win! Parity makes the league more exciting!

Bandwagoner. Ahem. Nothing for me this week, either. I'll be waiting for Indiana Jones.

Honestly, I have a strange feeling that tonight's Marlins/Cubs game is gonna be a blowout. Problem is, I have no idea which team is gonna GET blown out.

Exactly. It's not like Shawn freakin' Estes is pitching. The only other guy I'd want on the hill besides Wood in the game tonight is Mark Prior.

Dude, I'm trying to be optimistic. I have NO idea what's going to happen tonight. All I can do is hope for the best, and for the Cubs to put it behind them and move on. I am, however, VERY nervous about this Game 7. Don't think for a second that I'm absolutely confident the Cubs are gonna pull it out.

Who would buy the Jamie Kennedy Experiment? Or My Big Fat Greek Life, as Chris mentioned? Seriously. There's a market for these??

Blasphemer! Grape Ape owns all.

All the Cubs' fans on this board blaming the fan for last night's loss: SHUT THE FUCK UP. You're making us all look bad. Yes, that guy IS an idiot for interfering with the catch. And if any of you try to say that you wouldn't have been trying to catch the ball too, well, you're a damn liar. Personally, I don't know what I would have done. But I know that I can't say for sure that I wouldn't have tried to catch it. That said, the fan's non-play didn't lose that game for the Cubs. - Prior walked Castillo on the next pitch. He still had a chance to get him out, but he walked him. It's not the fan's fault that Prior walked Castillo. - Prior next had Pudge caught in an 0-2 count and then left a nice, fat pitch over the plate for him to drill into left field. It isn't the fan's fault that Pudge got a hit. - Gonzalez drops an EASY ground ball. Don't know that it would have been a double-play, but it cost them at least one out. The fan didn't cause Gonzo to boot the grounder. - Prior grooved another fat pitch to Derrek Lee, which he smashed to tie the game. The fan didn't cause this base hit, either. - You know the rest. Now, before any of you start screaming "But none of that happens if the fan doesn't interfere!", realize this: even if the fan doesn't interfere, there is still no guarantee that Alou catches the ball. Yes, he was right there and appeared to be in good position to do so. But it's still a very difficult play, and if he had had a clear shot at it and still missed it, we wouldn't even be talking about this play. Instead, we'd be all over Gonzalez instead (who deserves a lot more of the blame than that fan). So let's all calm down, NOT murder the fan, put our Cubs' caps back on, and cheer like mad for Woody tonight. The season didn't end last night, so stop acting like it did.

I know I won't be watching; it'd just be too painful.

You must not have been around in 1984. Believe it or not, that was worse than this one. At least Wood can still salvage this thing tomorrow night. I just hope the Cubs don't let this fuck with their heads too much. Put it out of your minds guys, or there is NO hope. I think I'm calling in sick to work tomorrow. I feel like I need to throw up.

Good. Last time the weather was a little inclimate there at Wrigley, Prior completely dominated the Braves. Perhaps this is a good omen...

As annoying and offensive as I find the constant commercial breaks on TV sportscasts (particulary for football/basketball), they're even worse when you're actually live at the stadium. Case in point, I was at the Cowboys/Cardinals game a couple of weeks ago. During the "TV timeouts" that they randomly took for no apparent reason, we were left to sit there with absolutely nothing to do (aside from watching the leauge score updates on the big screen). The breaks totally ruined the momentum and flow of the game, and bored the crowd silly. Then, by the time the game got back up and going again, it was time for another tv timeout. It was insane. Breaks during baseball games are one thing; they only occur between innings or during a pitcher change. But to have the flow of a good football or basketball game ruined by the networks' quest for the almighty dollar is probably second biggest complaint I have about sports on tv (the first being Fox's game presentation).

So, I guess all the stories I hear about the corn-fed, gorgeous farmers' daughters of the Midwest are nothing but tall tales? How disappointing.

I wouldn't mind that either, but the problem is that we will never be commercial-free. The networks, like most everyone else, are greedy and the cash cow that is the 4-minute commercial break ain't dying anytime soon. Fuck the networks and their in-game ads.