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  1. Jackson vs the Giants could be a good match... Or the Giants finally wake up and remember how to win.
  2. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Does Greg Schiano just hate his job and want to get fired? Because he's certainly on track. It's amazing how they lost winnable games against the Jets and others, benched their QB who has at least shown competency in the past to put in a completely raw guy in there who promptly throws 2 picks and doesn't move the ball even as well as Josh Freeman's zombie was doing. Oh, and how about completely sabotaging Josh Freeman? Ron Rivera's gotta be sitting in Carolina thinking "whew, finally a division opponent has a coach that doesn't make me look like a moron."</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> reports are coming out now that he is so meticulous that he will constantly go over scenarios that might never happen in a season instead of focusing on improving the offense.</p><p> </p><p> Schiano, has truly gotten everything he has asked for since coming to Tampa. He has done really well drafting the past two years as well, but some of that has to be credited to Dominick, Jimmy Raye, and Butch Davis as well. If he goes 1-7 I honestly see them dropping him and putting Sullivan or even Bryan Cox as interim coach.</p><p> </p><p> The team is undisciplined, there seems to be a divided locker room, and it's amazing how Freeman could be a 60% thrower before Schiano and fall to 55-45% with Schiano. I think Schiano may have destroyed Freeman and a move to the Cardinals or Vikes might benefit him the most.</p>
  3. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="CQI13" data-cite="CQI13" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Sileo is now with 640 AM in Miami, third best sports station in the market (out of 4) if ratings are to be believed.<p> </p><p> He was fired from 560 AM in Miami (the flagship of the Miami Hurricanes) after his rant against the team after their loss against K-State) and sexist comments towards Erin Andrews. That, and an anti-semitic remark...</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> good ole Dan, wait until something happens with the Dolphins and he makes a remark to get him suspended and then fired.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> So more surprising, the 0-4 Bucs or the 2-2 Browns (2-0 after Richardson trade)</p><p> </p><p> Me being a Bucs fan, it has to be the Bucs. This team came in with a lot of hope this season and 3 of their games have been loss on the finale plays. Defense is better, offense went no where.</p>
  4. He has his fanboys here still, but I hate him. Where is he now?
  5. From reports this will be the last... Sad In other funny news, ea did come to a settlement offer for the 200,000-300,000 college athletes involved in the suit...... The settlement offer comes out to..... 40 million. Now depending on what the lawyers take (when will people realize that class action lawsuits only benefit lawyers) that equates to.......... 200 dollars per person... If it's only 200k and before taxes and lawyer's take. What the athletes really won, is now there is no more Ea sport NCAA football. It's sad honestly. Yes ea has made a ton of money off this series and escaped a huge lawsuit with only 40 mil being given out. Yet, it's sad. Some of those guys got to be in a video game, NCAA makes 2 times as much as ea does a year from these players and yet now none of us get the game.... Even some of those in the lawsuit who played the game. Now this also might just be a stepping stone for the players against the NCAA, but something tells me NCAA has a plan to fix it's issues, they are just waiting until they truly needs to change. Oh well.... R.I.P NCAA football game.
  6. <p>So I think I figured out how to fix the issue with college players making money.</p><p> </p><p> The NCAA should take the money that it makes from NCAA football video games and give the profits to the players for their likeness being used.</p><p> </p><p> NCAA has already said they weren't going to do the game anymore because of the lawsuit so it's not like they would be losing money. Each football player could possible gain another $3000 dollars from this, depending on the math and how many players their are.</p>
  7. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yeah the NFC East sure is dreadful this year. The Cowboys might be the best in the division at "average." But again, the Eagles spotted the Chiefs 10 points and spent the whole game trying to dig their way out. You just can't do that in the NFL, no matter how good your offense is supposed to be. They're also killing their defense out there. The Eagles defense was on the field literally twice the amount of time the offense was on the field. Definitely two winnable games for the Eagles though. They're just not all that good, despite beating up a similarly bad Redskins team.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I like the fast paced offense, I think it is good for the sport. Problem is when you can score in 2 minutes, the Defense is left on the field for long. Also speeding up the tempo means more chances to turnover the ball.</p><p> </p><p> It's why I always think that teams that can pass and still have a reliable run game (Giants, Redskins, Texans, Seahawks, 49ers, Atlanta) are still the best. They can light you up through the air all day, but they can also pound the ball, keep you off balance, and save their defenses.</p><p> </p><p> Kelly will learn that his system can work, but in the NFL everyone is fast. It's sometimes is better to have the 3 scoring drives that take 7-8 minutes, than the 3 scoring drives that take 3-4 minutes.</p>
  8. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Eagles seem to have the talent to easily be an 8 win team if they could stop turning the ball over so much and play a little defense. They also play the AFC West, so they should be embarrassed if they don't go 3-1 there, especially with home games against the Chargers and Chiefs. It seems almost impossible for the defense to force only 13 turnovers again. If they could get up to league average instead of dead last, they'd be in better shape.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hmmm turnovers against chiefs, but not against chargers</p><p> </p><p> So far 0-2 against the AFC west</p>
  9. http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9603006/nflpa-files-grievance-new-england-patriots-aaron-hernandez-workout-bonuses-source-says complete shock about this. Firstly that Aaron has pretty much been a black sheep to the NFL and secondly they are only going after 88K. Just a little surprise the NFLPA would help a presumed murder
  10. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="CQI13" data-cite="CQI13" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26724" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A sign of how awful the media thinks the Marlins really are:<p> </p><p> One of the stations was advertising tickets for the Braves for their series in South Florida (rather than Marlins vs Braves tickets).</p><p> </p><p> Another talk show host has said in all seriousness that people should let Marlins players know they aren't in the majors yet...since the Marlins are a minor league team.</p><p> </p><p> Couldn't agree more!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> at least you have a young core who could become something</p>
  11. <p>So with the trade deadline passing a couple of weeks ago, I've been thinking about the worst trades of all-time.</p><p> </p><p> one I use to love was the red sox trading bagwell away for 22 innings....</p><p> </p><p> The more and more I thought about it though, lead me to a different conclusion....</p><p> </p><p> The worst trade of all-time,</p><p> </p><p> The Florida Marlins trade Miggy and D-Will for nobody....</p><p> </p><p> Now while D-Will turned out to be a fad, Miggy was the real score here. Marlins were frustrated with him because he wouldn't sign their cheap contract, was overweight, and saw his stock at an all-time high so they traded him and a talented pitcher who had a rough year (signs of things to come) for what at the time was 3 of the Tigers 5 best prospects.</p><p> </p><p> Now since this trade Miguel has BECOME the best hitter in baseball, he even moved from first to third showing his leadership ability and almost won a W.S with the Tigers. Also, which has impressed me the most, he has cut down on his strikeout rate. Now for the Tigers it stinks that D-Willis didn't regain form, but Miggy for no one is still an amazing trade especially since it was rumored that Redsox were offered Clayton Kreshaw</p><p> </p><p> The Marlins... usually come out well on these deals, but this one truly screwed the team into an extended stay in the bottom of the league. If they had a real owner I could only imagine what a line up of Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez, Stanton, Miggy, and one of the great mangers they have let go... not named Ozzie</p><p> </p><p> Maybe the Marlins are just a joke of a team....</p>
  12. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Well, first off, I pointed out specifically that the Eagles were at home against the Chiefs and Chargers, which means all they need to do is hold at home and beat the Raiders in Oakland to go 3-1, which I don't think is exactly difficult, unless, as mentioned, the Eagles just give the ball away 3-4 times and get 0-1 takeaways.<p> </p><p> Second off, you basically have to throw out the Chiefs yardage numbers. They were 26th in points allowed and would've been worse if offenses hadn't taken the 4th quarter off against them all season. They lost 9 games by two touchdowns or more. The only reason the yardage numbers are below average and the points allowed isn't bottom two is they were out of more than half their games by the 4th quarter.</p><p> </p><p> The Chiefs should be happy if they improve to 7-8 wins, and are competitive in all but 3-4 games. And that's only because they get to play the Raiders and Chargers twice, and occasionally steal one from Denver at Arrowhead. Obviously Alex Smith is a big upgrade, but it's an upgrade that might push the team from "dead last" to "average" on offense.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> We will have to wait and see. I believe an 8-8 to 9-7 season is doable, but my main point was you said it was embarrassing if Eagles didn't go 3-1 vs the AFC west and I don't think it will be.</p><p> </p><p> While Chargers aren't what they use to be, Phillip Rivers is still Phillip Rivers and at any point can be one of the elite QB in the league. The Chiefs have a lot of talent and a much better coach now then last year.</p><p> </p><p> Lastly, even an average offense that turns it over 20 times this year is still better than that god awful offense last year that turned it over 37 times and more than 18 times in their own territory</p>
  13. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lazorbeak" data-cite="lazorbeak" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The Eagles seem to have the talent to easily be an 8 win team if they could stop turning the ball over so much and play a little defense. They also play the AFC West, so they should be embarrassed if they don't go 3-1 there, especially with home games against the Chargers and Chiefs. It seems almost impossible for the defense to force only 13 turnovers again. If they could get up to league average instead of dead last, they'd be in better shape.<p> </p><p> Redskins on paper at least seem to have the most talent, but we'll see who actually shows up to play. Since they won their division they get to play SF at home and ATL on the road, two games that would've almost definitely been losses late last season.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I don't believe the AFC West is going to be that bad this year honestly. I think Alex Smith has finally developed into a solid starting QB (no not the best) and with a talented wideout, great running game (excited to see what Knile does to offset Jamaal), talent on the O-Line, and an improving defense.</p><p> </p><p> Last year the defense ranked 20 in total defense which means 3 division leaders and one wildcard winner gave up more yards pergame (Pats, Redskins, Falcons, Colts) but the 26th scoring defense though</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> On offense they were 24 with the 5th best rushing attack and the worst passing attack and worst scoring offense. Now I expect this to be a big area of improvement the also had the most T.O along with the Eagles at 37, with 20 being INT.</p><p> </p><p> Now, I believe Alex at the helm should result in 15-20 TD and 8-12 INT with at least 2500 in passing yards. If he can repeat his clip of 70% accuracy which was insane last year and I expect to drop back to about 62% which is still a huge improvement for the Chiefs, then we will see a team that might not win the division, but could very well contend for a playoff spot in a tough AFC.</p><p> </p><p> Also I'm very interested to watch Tyler Bray in the preseason</p><p> </p><p> Chargers:</p><p> </p><p> I am interested to see what McCoy, Whisenhunt, and Reich can do for Rivers and that once powerful offense</p><p> </p><p> Defense they were 13th in the league last year and Joe Barry is their linebackers coach. Barry I a very talented linebacker coach and with a product like Teo I would be interested to see how he develops under Barry.</p><p> </p><p> Oakland.... well it's Oakland. If Flynn takes off then they could possibly due very well, but if Flynn or god forbid Pryor don't due well, then Oakland is competing for a top 2014 QB prospect. My favorite being Casey Pachall out of TCU and Aaron Murray of UG</p><p> </p><p> 3-1 is possible for Eagles against the AFC WEST, but 2-2 is also a good possibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Active Jerichoholic" data-cite="Active Jerichoholic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Exactly, there's a reason Michael Vick hasn't started a full season...ever? Now, RGIII is a way better passer then Vick is even now, but if he doesn't learn when to give up and get down or out of bounds he won't make it long term.<p> </p><p> I completely agree, I saw that he said he'll break Emitt Smith's record by the end of 2017... I don't know if he was joking or is just insane. Even if he holds up that long, his style and teammates don't do him enough favors to get that done unless he becomes/is a cyborg.</p><p> </p><p> The NFC East is always a crap-shoot, because Eli Manning plays like he's in high-school all the time. If he wasn't so crazy with the ball they'd dominate the division barring major injuries.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> Vick's last season wth the Falcons he started all 16, it was also his best season... go figure</p>
  14. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Active Jerichoholic" data-cite="Active Jerichoholic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26724" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As a Boston fan, I think it's definitely where you live and the fact that it must be a huge part of the people that live there. I don't have the same perspective as those people since I've only been a fan of Boston teams since I was 13 and have lived all over the place, so I don't have that instinctual " I have to hate New York" attitude. I will say that when I lived in New Jersey and during my several trips to New York during those years I got treated very similarly by born and bred Yankees fans when sports came up and or I had my Boston memorabilia on. It's something that would be awesome if it was contained to the games, but so many people feel compelled to shove their favorite teams in people's faces like they've somehow helped them achieve anything. <p> </p><p> All that said, I do think it's just kind of a thing for long term successful market fans to get an elitist attitude, and the fact that their rivals have been so good for awhile now has just made things worse. Teams with big fan populations will have plenty of jerks, as there's just plenty of jerks in the world. Personally, I like and therefore pull mainly for the Red Sox. I've never treated a Yankee fan differently than any other sports fan. Are the games the Red Sox and Yankees play more meaningful and therefore stressful for me? Absolutely, but I still respect their players and want their best shot and hope the Sox can still be better. I think we should all just enjoy talking baseball and enjoying great games between two great teams.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> I thought it was a sign of respect more than anything.... No that's a lie, it was a happy clap. Lets face it everyone who isn't a Yankee should clap when he comes out this year, due to the fact that since 97 he has made teams and fans hate going to the 9th losing to the Bronx spenders. People in New York should be booing him when he comes out because you are losing the only guarantee on that team.</p>
  15. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="bigtplaystew" data-cite="bigtplaystew" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>All of the cities in the NFC South are college football towns really. I dont think they care as much about the pros anyway.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> Man how do you know it's been forever.... When you cannot even remember your password</p><p> </p><p> I'd like to disagree with this statement. Tampa's college team is USF..... Ya, right there is enough to rest the case for Tampa being a college town.</p><p> </p><p> Atlanta... Yeah kind of, but bulldogs and yellowjackets have not always been the best football teams. Falcons outside of the past 6 seasons have just been a crappy franchise in a city that was a basketball town back when the hawks were a good franchise and baseball town because of the braves.</p><p> </p><p> New Orleanes is not a college town at all... They root for the Tigers mainly because Tulane is gawd awful, but also Tigers were that great until Saban came along.</p><p> </p><p> Carolina.... That's more just a basketball area, but since the panthers have come into play they have supported their team very well.</p><p> </p><p> The problem with the NFC south is similar to the AFC south (from what i remember) is that they were the last divisions done and they were not know between each other really. Tampa came from the NFC north, saints were out in the west I believe and I think only falcons and panthers were playing each other yearly.</p><p> </p><p> The falcons vs saints picked up quick because of the family relationship between Vick and Aaron Brooks.</p><p> </p><p> Bucs vs Carolina is always a go game back in the day because they were the two best at the start of the division</p><p> </p><p> Saints vs bucs have a history with the bucs first win and now having pretty good games between each other</p><p> </p><p> Falcons vs bucs.... It's a good rivilary because of the bucs always beating up on Vick back in the day, but also the games are usually close games</p><p> </p><p> Falcons vs Carolina I don't know much about other than they are right next to each other.</p><p> </p><p> I believe they are getting better with each battle and bad blood will continue to build, but since no real rivilary between the four was there it will take a couple more years.</p>
  16. <p>What grinds my gears... Since we are talking about movies, going to a movie; apologize ahead if some said this; and right before the movie starts it pretty much states "hey moron, you know your are popular, this is a dark theater and besides some lights you can see for walking there should be no other lights or sounds coming from your phone, so turn it off!" now I have never answered my phone or even looked at it. Now I wish others would understand that people bought tickets to see a movie, not what's going on with Vicky life. Also people who talk in movies, or sit right in front of you when there are seat everywhere in the theater because it won't be full. </p><p> </p><p> This is what grinds my gears and this is why I no longer go to see movies</p>
  17. <p>First of all it amazes me no one has picked you up yet remi. With your vast knowledge of football and your football pedigree I would have expect you to by now at least be a scout somewhere. It's a shame when people like bill polian is given a shot, but you are not.</p><p> </p><p> Now onto my program</p><p> </p><p> NFL is looking at maybe giving vilma and others a lesser penalty..... Bad idea. First and formost you do this and I wills question goddell integrity of the game stance. To lessen the penalty would be idiotic honestly. These are not</p><p> Players who fought in a game or did a certain pentaly in a game, they are men who paid each other to hurt people in games. No me personally I don't have a problem with this, in fact I enjoy hard hits, it's why I watch rugby, but for goddell an is standing of a fun, safer, fan friendlier sport this hurts the image of the NFL. To allow this would be like allowing benidict Arnold and his delicious breakfast to continue to betray us with common knowledge that he is doing so. So goddell, I know you dont read this board, but I strongly suggest that if you want to continue this imagine makeover you're on then lessening the suspensions may be a bad P.R move. It is a dream for the players to play in the NFL, they all say, well remind them of that as they bitch, moan, and complain about the suspensions you hand them and tell them. Just because you got to the dream doesn't mean you don't fight to keep the dream</p><p> </p><p> Now on to my next part, I'm not a lawyer, but I play one on tv, I don't actually understand the lawsuit being brought to the NFL, brad clupepper is now involved. Sorry if you knew what he has become you would get the irony of that. First, when I first played pop Warner they made mommy and daddy dearest sign a paper that said this is a contact sport, your kid could suffer, then rattled off about 15 things that could happen to me. Mom and dad signed it and I was off. I had to sign a waiver similar to that every year until I graduated high school. My dad, who mind you graduated in 76 said he had to sign that waiver. So I'm trying to figure out is what happened from graduation until now that made people forget that you knew what could happen by playing this sport, you knew the risk and you pushed them aside for the rewards and glory. Does the NFL need to start having players sign waivers stating, this, this, and this just to protect themselves? When a current NFL player comes out and states he knows he has brain damage but he is okay with it because he put himself in this position makes me think, hm should everyone think this way?</p>
  18. Okay can someone please explain the love affair with Walsh? 1) Selection of Reggie Miller 2) Signing of Amare to a max contract which he was going to get and Amare pretty much was a gaurntee to sign with the Knicks 3) traded for Melo... when melo only wanted the Knicks A team he put together in the Knicks hasnt done jack and that team truely has his stamp of approval on it. Peoples love affair for him with the Pacers doesnt make sense either since Larry Bird seems to be the only time that team succeeds. So I just want what the greatness for a man who's team lost in 6?
  19. Wow angels win offseason of overhypeness. I hope they can still add pieces because just like the marlins you had weakness in other area's. This offseason of morons, gm of cards should be looked at and some should say (what were you thinking). A man who has never said or done anything retarded to hurt you, has respected the org to all ends. He was the team leader and a fan favorite and you played with him. So go albert for getting the pay day you deserved. You'll probably destroy the over bloated angels, not because you can't play but beacuse 25 mil to one player is like (wtf). I'm not hating on you and I respect the fact that after 3 mvp, 2 world series rings, 3 world series apperances, and the fact you are going to be able to play in the AL as long as you want with the DH position. You wil destroy every offsive record while you are apart of the.... Angels. I don't think you hurt your cred, I think you showed players we don't have to take this we might not pay you appoarch. Lebron james could have had the franchise, cards were slow poking it. Now unlike the marlins who probably played the smart route last year by not spending money, were able to go through one last season of development to see what you had. You knew who was a free agent so why spend money on last years some what over bloated class. You decide to go after your weakness with money. Now you were willing to give albert 10 years at over 200, would you finally offer prince a contract. What albert got is going to make prince (just as talented of a hitter) want 200 mill and I truly believe he is worth it over 10 years. You put weight clauses in that thing and you make a damn good lineup for your future. Cubs... Cubs!!! You need someone. I know you are screwed with money, but you take a hit to get some offense. Now I truly believe prince was the guy you want and you have been talking the whole time, but its now time to get serious. Also I'm not a fan of any of these teams, I just think the cards were dumb for how they handled this. The colts were never going to let manning leave and he wasn't going to leave. He just wanted a fair deal and knew it would happen. Albert didn't want the franchise, he just wanted a fair deal and you screwed yourselves with the holliday deal. You let one of the greatest living baseball players just walk away from your franchise because you were playing cute. We will now get to see albert break records in a red, yellow, and white colors, only its in cali instead of St. Louis
  20. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="GatorBait19" data-cite="GatorBait19" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26724" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Best season of baseball in a while?????<p> </p><p> both wildcards are tied with the last game tonight. Rays go against the best team in the AL while Sox play on of the worst. Cards the worst team in MLB in Astros while Braves get best team in NL (yes better than Brewers) in the Phils.</p><p> </p><p> Cards and Rays came back the final month after trailing a combined 17.5 games. The Rays are one of the best pitching teams in the MLB and Sox one of the best Offense. I think this is great for baseball and to me this should say to Rays fans "Hey if you filled that stadium 25k monday through thursday and 30k plus Friday through Sunday the Rays could afford to keep people and pay people to come here.</p><p> </p><p> Anyways, great season.</p><p> </p><p> My awards</p><p> </p><p> AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera if the Soxs dont make it in, if the Sox get in the Ellsbury</p><p> </p><p> <strong>AL CY Young: Verlander</strong>, sorry I think this is a run away.</p><p> </p><p> AL Rookie: While Nova has the better record he also gets a lot of run support and his 3.70 ERA points this out. <strong>Jeremy Hellickson</strong> to me is the top rookie this year with a winning record and a 2.90 ERA</p><p> </p><p> AL Comeback Player: James Shields, Shields has been the ace of the great Rays rotation and leads the league in complete games and his past two games went 8.2 innings each time.</p><p> </p><p><strong> AL Manger of the Year: Joe Maddon</strong>, I don't even know who else to consider. The Rays lost a crap load of talent, didn't promote their C.C replacement till August, Traded their number 2 pitcher (and only no-hitter) to the cubs and replaced their entire bullpen with cast offs, yet on the last day of the season at a 40 million dollar payroll they are 1 win away (and a bosox loss) from the playoffs.</p><p> </p><p> (side note)</p><p> </p><p> Jim Hickey (Rays pitching coach) and Joe Maddon have always caught a lot of crap from Rays fans for this team, but I believe (honestly) Maddon is the best (or at least top 3) mangers in the league. I honestly think they need a better hitting coach. Hickey has gone and helped guide Hellickson, Davis, Neimann, into respectable pitcher and the bullpen has looked amazing this year. Most teams spend 10's of millions on bullpen and the Rays probably spent a combined 5 mill or less on theirs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> AL Fireman (reliever): Jose Valverde, I know a bunch of people want Mo, but Jose is perfect on the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> NL MVP: Matt Kemp, I am sorry I don't look at records when I do this. Matt Kemp was the most valuable to his team with out a doubt, 3rd in avg, tied for 1st in hr (only because Fielder went ape **** last night), 1st in RBI, 1st in runs, 2nd in hits, and the list goes on. If Kemp was on the Cards surrounded by better player I could only imagine. Hell A-Rod won it on an even worse team in an offensive era.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>NL CY: Kershaw</strong>, Listen this is a four horse race, but again the other 3 are on winning teams, Kershaw has the best ERA and tied for wins. Kershaw to me is the CY Young and the Dodgers become the first team ever to have the MVP and CY Young winner and yet don't make the playoffs. (if I were picking)</p><p> </p><p> NL Rookie: Freddie Freeman, I think the Braves are starting their rebuilding while they are still in contention.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>NL Manger: Kirk Gibson</strong>, yeah, brewers and Phils are top two. Kirk though took a struggling team and turned them around. Phils were supposed to win, Brewers traded for Zach G. to give them a front of the rotation guy. Arizona traded for Yankee cast off..... ya</p><p> </p><p> NL Comeback Player: Jose Reyes, wanna know why..... go look at his play and numbers from last year and this year (hell you can look two years ago as well)</p><p> </p><p> NL Fireman: John Axford..... ya I like that pick.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> 5 awards right not bad, Fireman award hasn't been givin and two of the other awards were won by teammates. I get why Braun won over Kemp, Brewers were a better team. Sheilds came in second but I forgot Ellsbury was out for most of last year and I completely forgot about Berkman.</p>
  21. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26724" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Here, here. I am not a fan of year round interleague play either. For the rivalries yeah it is great like Yankees/Mets, Royals/Cardinals, Marlins/Rays, etc., but does anyone really want to see the Mariners take on say the Nationals (Not a knock against either team, it is just that there is no history between the two teams.).<p> </p><p> Also, with the Astros moving to the AL, <strong>it makes me wonder what the hell was the point of moving the Brewers out of the AL in the first place</strong>. I just do not like this move at all.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That goes back to the Bud comment. Bud is a modern thinker with traditional values with the game. He likes the DH, but loves the fact that the NL still has pitchers hit. They moved to the NL because of the fact that 1) No really believed they had formed a true rivalry to keep them in the league and 2) Bud thought the Brewers would be more competitive in the NL. </p><p> </p><p> I wish baseball would do a separation of sorts with the two leagues, each one has it's own Comish and then MLB comish. the NL/AL comish would over see the daily games and making sure things are correct with rules and everything where the top comish makes sure baseball as a whole is doing well and expanding.</p>
  22. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Slagaholic" data-cite="Slagaholic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26724" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It happened because interleague play isn't special anymore. We say it's special because MLB pretends its special, but it's not an attendance boon other than when the big clubs come to town but its like that even in their own league.<p> </p><p> The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that this is all part of a scheme to get the NL to take the DH. It's gonna happen eventually folks. And as a Phillies fan--who's 'superstar' first baseman enters the first year of a 5-year deal at $25M a year on crutches--I want it sooner rather than later.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I can't see the NL getting the DH. Bud loves offense, but the NL stays at no DH.</p><p> </p><p> Also I think interleague play is boring. The only reason the truly did it was to get like every other sport where every team can at least play each other somewhat. </p><p> </p><p> Personally I baseball is looking at expansion next. I see two teams coming into this league before this new labor agreement ends so each league is balanced. Also if this is done get rid of the three divisions and make it 4 with the lowest division winner playing the wildcard winner in a one game playoff. This would allow them to reorganize the division and give it some competitive balance.</p><p> </p><p> Lastly fix the playoff system. The one game wildcard should happen the day after the regular season, then two days off for everyone and boom playoffs hit, shorten the season by 2 to 3 weeks and make only the World Series a 5 game series with the other rounds being 3. Because lets face it, every sport is the same, to many games gets players hurt and fans spend more and grow tired of watching it. Football has got it down to a science, when they discussed the 18 game schedule they weren't making the season longer, they were shorting the preseason. Why not do that in baseball, we don't need that extra week of spring training.</p>
  23. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Comradebot" data-cite="Comradebot" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="26529" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Tebow is fun to watch, I'll give him that.<p> </p><p> <strong>And the thing is, with his running ability and the fact he actually seems to make smart reads</strong>, he'd be great if his accuracy wasn't so horrid. He looks like he knows where to put the ball, he just can't get it there.</p><p> </p><p> But hey, still fun to watch him just plow over defenders. Knew the moment he rolled out he was taking into the endzone... damned if I was right.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> At times he does which has really helped him. Tebow is not dumb and he can throw. I think it takes time for him to get use to the system he played in. He owns countless records in Florida and second in some to John Brantly <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Tebow didn't throw much his first year at Florida because he was getting use to the system plus we had a tremendous passer in Chris Leak. Tebow's throwing will get better and the Bronco's need to get him help everywhere else. The Defense still has age and holes on it side and the Offense needs some more playmakers on that side as well. They need a true RB will Willis getting older and Knowshon pretty much being a bust. They need a WR other then Decker. They need help in a lot of areas, but I truly believe with help Tebow will look a lot better and could be that team's QB for a while.</p>
  24. We use to argue about this but I agree with this to the tee. It's not the players fault that they get the absurd contracts. Lewis was a one time all-star and coming off of back to back 20 point seasons on okay teams. The owners don't need a hard cap or any of that, they just need to look at their GM's and say..... really, is he really worth that? Can we pull a Tampa Bay Rays/Oakland A's type deal and find valuable pieces to keep me under the cap? SA and OKC I don't believe are under the cap, but they make smart choices with how to spend their cap.
  25. So I was sitting with a friend watching the Raider game and he made one crack about Al Davis. At the end of the game Hue Jackson was sitting on the sideline crying, my friend (7 beers in mind you) goes "Man, that'd be sweet if it wasn't for the fact he's crying because he gets to keep his job for longer then a year" Also is Tebow ready for the starting position. I know Remi will chime in with this one because he's a Bronco fan, but I think this is the Bronco's best choice. You spent a 1st rounder on him and not just Luck but a very talent crop of QB is coming out. I say let Tebow show you if he was worth it and if he wasn't you still have a football player who is willing to do anything to help a team. Also I see a QB is college that I think could be better then Andrew Luck.... Landry Jones. Last thing, I know the perfect team for Landry Jones...... Dallas Cowboys, serious, Landry Jones, Tom Landry, Jerry Jones............. yeah
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