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Date	Title	Body
8 hours 50 min ago	'_______ field"	may or not be a good idea.  sometimes it's better to be general.  then, when you have a potential lead, tailor your skills and job needs to that position.
2 days 10 hours ago	lost big?	the tigers are 4 1/2 games in first.
2 days 11 hours ago	actually	DD is doing the right thing in waiting to get a top notch closer.  why pay a guy for all of 2013 when you can win the division as is.  get the closer at or after the trade deadline.  if it's papelbon, you save 2/3 of that $13M salary for 2013.  and he's been one of the most consistent closers in the game the last 5 years.  i wouldn't mind having him around 2 more.  i don't think illich would mind either.
1 week 3 days ago	o'neill	Must be some casey close influence there.
1 week 3 days ago	it's called	common courtesy.  plus, you never know if your paths may cross again (ie. in the nfl or college all star game).
1 week 5 days ago	c'mon	don't just base it on 50+ games this year.  cabrera, fielder, jackson and hunter are clearly better offensively.  Vmart is vastly better historically and will likely do better going forward.  i would even consider dirks better offensively.  peralta and infante would be a near push.
2 weeks 4 days ago	yes	I saw him when I was a kid. His right arm was twice the size as his left. He would strike guys out pitching from 2b and behind his back. He had a c, 1b, ss, and of only. One guy hit a triple but that was it; only cuz one of.
3 weeks 4 days ago	or	on espn's world's strongest man competition.
3 weeks 6 days ago	care to elaborate?	there are multiple venues which have multiple bowl games each season.
4 weeks 2 days ago	i used to ref IM games at UM	freshmen games were the worst.  do you let them play and hack each other to death?  or call it close, where eventually, every player fouls out?
5 weeks 3 days ago	my two cents	If you have 5* or high 4*, you take that commit regardless of needs or position. Because they must be great athletes, they may be able to play another position anyway. How often do you see position switches ? A lot. Oline and Dline are prime examples.
7 weeks 7 hours ago	iowa	i have a few iowa friends and i told them at the beginning of the year that they would just miss the big dance; similar to northwestern the past few years. that said, i thought minny would be a sleeper and picked them to finish 3rd in the BIG.  so i'm not always right.  thanks tubby.
7 weeks 1 day ago	c'mon	"Without the students, there are no football players" have you watched ohio state??
7 weeks 1 day ago	The 25% no show and 50% late sentence is poorly written.	it could simply mean that 25% of the students missed at least one game; not necessarily 25% missing each game.  similarly, 50% could be late to at least one game.  i really doubt 50% were late every game.  i attended all but one game this past year. it was common for a few rows near the top in the corner to be unfilled, but i don't think that represents 25% of the student seats.
7 weeks 1 day ago	well	wrigley field bleachers are general admission.  you get funneled into either LF or RF.  i don't see any chaos in finding seats.  the people who want the best seats show up a couple hours early.  the chaos usually starts around the 5th inning, once the beers kick in.
8 weeks 5 days ago	hand checking	my rule change would be to disallow any handchecking outside of the 3 pt circle. I don't mind allowing big guys to lean on each other in the paint. contact there should be allowed. but allowing defensive players to drive their forearms into the ribcage of the point guard 40 feet from the basket has got to change. defenders can literally push point guards away from the center of the court w/o penalty. i also like the 30 sec shot clock rule, if it is coupled with a rule i noted above. it would reward good defense w/o all the BS mugging.
9 weeks 6 hours ago	aw yes	the greek pizza after a bball game with frieder and the gang. as far as defunct places...steve's lunch was unique and good.  bee bim bop.
9 weeks 6 hours ago	i thought the same thing here in chicago	no coneys until one opened on the northside (Leo's).  same family ownership as detroit area.  it failed after less than two years.  i couldn't believe it with the large mich population here.  they had a liquor license though, which probably ate into their margin.  i doubt many ordered beer/drinks while at Leo's. i loved it though.  very quick service and reasonably priced.  hope another opens up soon.
9 weeks 1 day ago	not usually	we typically get the opportunity to buy tix (home and away) to the less sought after games.
9 weeks 2 days ago	if memory serves	ryan injured his knee his senior year of high school. so a redshirt was likely anyway.
9 weeks 2 days ago	i say good luck ncaa	in proving whether or not a kid is ready after acl surgery. some come back after 8 months. some never make it back.
9 weeks 2 days ago	well	i think there could be a debate. it depends on how the season is going. if the season is going ok and jake is at or near 100% by the sparty game on nov 2, i would play him. otherwise, it makes more sense to redshirt him.
9 weeks 6 days ago	no way	Its one thing ro sit him a few minutes but to sit the best player in the country for 12 min in the 1H is just plain dumb. JB will regret that decision the rest of his career. I can't imagine kobe or jordan sitting for such a stretch under any circumstances.
10 weeks 4 days ago	GRIII > THJ	really?  GRIII could have bigger upside but THJ has proven to be much more valuable this year.  I would expect his 2013-14 scoring to improve significantly next year if he stays.  He's a legit #1 scoring option.  I'm not so sure about GRIII.  the good news is that our incoming freshmen could easily start right away if needed.
10 weeks 4 days ago	beat me to the punch	the lions next kicker will be their 3rd since 1980.  how crazy is that.  something like this will never happen again.
10 weeks 5 days ago	So	uh, coke came in to face morneau and doumit to end the game monday after benoit pitched to willingham (a righty).  yes, coke had a very good 10 IP in the post season last year.  but i place much more emphasis on the 200+ IP he's had in relief over his career. leyland actually played the matchups correctly on monday.  he failed today.
10 weeks 5 days ago	what's that sample size? 8-10 ABs?	righties hit almost .400 off coke last year and well over .300 the year before.  he's had decent success against lefties the past two years .260ish and .210ish. meanwhile lefties hit marginally better of benoit than righties the past two years combined.  and righties have his under .200 off dotel the past two years. bullpen by committee means making the right decisions concerning matchups.
10 weeks 5 days ago	oh leyland	you managed the bullpen assbackwards.  he had benoit face lefties like mauer and morneau (luckily no damage) in the eighth.  Then he has coke face two righties in the ninth and loses.  coke should have pitched the eighth and benoit or dotel the ninth.  this one is on leyland.
11 weeks 1 hour ago	hmmm	did yost and schembechler graduate from UM?  they have buildings and stadiums named after them.  yet, great players can't be memorialized w/o a degree?  seems a silly argument to me.
11 weeks 2 hours ago	oops	can't forget about that guy in '89

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