Phil Rogers is suddenly a pitching savant. Look, I’m not going to defend the way Dusty uses pitchers, but I’m not going to blame him for 2003. It’s not like Cubs’ World Series chances pop up every day. If you have to use guys until they flop dead on the mound…so be it. Honestly, if Prior gets eight more outs, we wouldn’t care if the whole team had Tommy John Disease right now.
Kerry and Marky will throw today. Dusty’s already shuffling the rotation around. Yeah, that’ll get you fired up for ’05, eh?
E-ramis and the Cubs don’t seem to be in a hurry.
Groucho foreshadowed this yesterday when he talked about how the Sonics complained the Bulls were too rough on them over the weekend. An absurd amount of fouls were called last night.
Maybe Scoop Jackson should talk to Kent Brown about loss?
Mariotti puts down the doughnut to pretend that we care what he thinks about steroids…again.
Nick Smith thinks Illinois can get to the sweet sixteen without even making a shot. Or something.
The Wizard of Roz with whiny bitch Wally Joyner. Hey, since Wally only had power in one season…ever…how do we know he wasn’t on the juice? Maybe it’s what his hair fall out and his nuts fall off?
Tim Marchman says who knows what causes pitching injuries, anyway?
The Illini are on the cover of SI again…but so’s everybody else.
Intrepid reader Walter Fritchen sent in this link to the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy “guys” visit to the Red Sox camp. A direct quote from the story says:
Queer Eyes’ five gay makeover artists are taking on five members of the Sox for an upcoming episode.
Taking on? Looks, if you’ve seen that horrific “Cowboy Up” video of Kevin Millar dancing to “Born in the USA” then you know he’s a prospect for “taking on” one of the Queer Eye “guys.”
Larry King has been signed through 2009, or as he calls it, “death plus two.”
America’s finest news source says that Neverland Ranch investigators have found the corpse of the real Michael Jackson.
Andy. Thanks for the Badger love, but even I can’t see ’em making the elite eight.
I think we are in Stockton, Pepperdine is in Malibu
Andy,
FDU vs NIU. People who live in glass houses…
“As for UAB, why are they even in the tournament?”
Because my teammates and I couldn’t hit a free throws to save our extremely overrated fat asses.
I thought WE were in Malibu,
Prior getting 8 more outs?
I thought we only needed 5.
Fine, I was drunk.
Five more outs. And, if Pacific is in Stockton, they might actually not want to leave Albuquerque. Damnit, that ruins my whole bracket.
“If Wood and Prior do not achieve the success that has been projected since their teenage years, the lion’s share of the blame wil fall on the shoulders of Baker and former Cubs manager Jim Riggleman, who pushed the two prodigies to their breaking points.” Really? I guess Riggs’ voodoo hex from the Dodger dug-out must have done Prior in.
In fairness, he somewhat clarifies what he means later, but doesn’t the guy have an editor?
Brian,
Of course they must NOT have editores. How do you think Rogers was able to print that San Fran made the playoffs last year that the Dodgers got swept by the Deadbirds in the NLDS, and–my all-time personal favorite–Dennis Eckersely was on the Cubs’ pitching staff in 1989–a year AFTER giving up the home run to Kirk Gibson in the World Series.
All three of those have been printed in Colonel McCormick’s paper. Sad, but true.
Editores?
Créo que necesitito mis editores.
¡Ay Carumba!
Uh-oh, I have the same final four as Andy. That can’t be good.
Also, I refuse to pick Illinois to win the whole thing simply because I fear that it will jinx them.
1984, 1989. 2005? WTF? What about us?
Hey, remember that Elite Eight game when Arizona had 56 free throws to our 25 and we had six guys foul out?
That sucked. We was jobbed.
“Fine, I was drunk.”
Drunk during the game? Drunk when you wrote it? or both?
Illini’s win over Gonzaga was impressive, however it was before the Wake Forest game.
Cincinnati is, indeed, a “skinking ship” but will still handily sink Iowa’s stanking ship in the battle of the classless.
That’s the last time I let Karry fact check an article.
Phil Rogers writes:
“Never mind that Greg Maddux has won 15 every year of Wood’s career. The telling part is that Aaron Sele did it four times. And that Dave Burba did it three times. And that Rick Helling did it twice. And that Kent Bottenfield, Mike Sirotka, Gil Heredia, Garrett Stephenson, Robert Person, Jimmy Haynes, Rodrigo Lopez, Steve Trachsel and Jeriome Robertson did it once. The Cubs continue to wait for Wood to become consistent enough to join this not-so-exclusive club.”
True, Kerry might be over-rated and Maddux proves that it’s not all about power, but maybe the fact that all these losers listed above hit 15 wins at least once means that a 15-win season isn’t the most important measuring stick for a person’s career.
Where am I now?
Doesn’t a lot have to do with run support?
I’ve also got Louisville in the FF. Difference between us is I’ve got Kentucky making it instead of Syracuse.
BTW, which is closer to St. Louis–Louisville or Champaign?
Champaign
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