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Cardinals signed Lance Berkman. Now either our 2-3-4 or 3-4-5 slots will be some order of Pujols, Berkman, and Holliday. I am stoked. I just hope our pitching can step up and not force us to need to score 7 runs a game to win.

That's a sick lineup. Congrats.

In NCAA news, Harrison Barnes continues to suck.
 
The thing about Berkman joining the Cardinals lineup is that he isn't the player he used to be. I was stoked when the Yankees traded for him last year because I was thinking he was going to be the same Big Puma that carried the Astros' offense. But he wasnt.
 
The thing about Berkman joining the Cardinals lineup is that he isn't the player he used to be. I was stoked when the Yankees traded for him last year because I was thinking he was going to be the same Big Puma that carried the Astros' offense. But he wasnt.
He's still a productive player. His problem was that he's not a bench guy, and he was forced to be. In the NL he'll be starting again. That'll help him big-time.

Great pickup by the Cards. And this is big for Fantasy, since Berkman will be playing Left Field now (I heard they were moving Holliday to Right). That'll give him outfield eligibility as well as First Base.
 
And this is the reason why the BCS isn't really fair but unfortunately I have to agree with you. Had Oregon and/or Auburn lost (really who thought they'd lose against South Carolina?) TCU would have been there. Should be a good National Championship game nonetheless.

A lot better than a NC game with TCU in it, that's for damn sure.
 
God, the Big East is horrible in football. A middle of the road Big Ten team like Michigan who went 7-5, would win 10 games and go to a BCS game in that conference. In fact Michigan blew out BCS Bowl bound UConn 30-10 in the first week of the season.

The best part is that Temple, who is in the MAC, had the same record as UConn at 8-4 AND they beat UConn 30-16 earlier this season. The Huskies are headed to the Fiesta Bowl and Temple didn't even make it to a bowl game. Temple's only losses were to Penn State and the top 3 teams in the MAC.
 
Wow it's been a busy few days in baseball. Gonzalez to the Red Sox. Dunn to the White Sox. Rivera and Jeter offically back with the Yankees. Jeff Baker resigns with the Cubs. Berkaman to the Cardinals. Edge to the Nationals.

Wait one of those moves doesn't seem to be very significant. My expectations for this off season are not very high.
 
Wow it's been a busy few days in baseball. Gonzalez to the Red Sox. Dunn to the White Sox. Rivera and Jeter offically back with the Yankees. Jeff Baker resigns with the Cubs. Berkaman to the Cardinals. Edge to the Nationals.

Wait one of those moves doesn't seem to be very significant. My expectations for this off season are not very high.

I :lmao:'d at that.
 
So why isn't Temple or Western Michigan going to a bowl game again?

Western doesn't really deserve to go. They only finished 6-6 and coming from the MAC that really isn't good enough even though they are eligible.

However, Temple should definitely be going. I realize there are only a certain number of bowl games and not every team eligible can go every year but this is a team that went 8-4 and beat BCS Bowl bound UConn. There only losses on the season came to Penn State and the top 3 teams in the MAC.

It's all about the money. Temple doesn't travel that well so less deserving teams like Louisville, BYU, and Florida International get to go instead
 
Western doesn't really deserve to go. They only finished 6-6 and coming from the MAC that really isn't good enough even though they are eligible.

However, Temple should definitely be going. I realize there are only a certain number of bowl games and not every team eligible can go every year but this is a team that went 8-4 and beat BCS Bowl bound UConn. There only losses on the season came to Penn State and the top 3 teams in the MAC.

It's all about the money. Temple doesn't travel that well so less deserving teams like Louisville, BYU, and Florida International get to go instead

The Military Bowl is being held in Washington D.C. which is only a 3 hour drive from Temple.

I just think the bowl selection committee should automatically award bowl games to teams with winning records first but I guess they don't want the teams playing in cold weather places as well.
 
We have another head coach fired in the NFL. Say goodbye to Josh McDaniels.

I expected him to get fired at the end of the season because since his 6-0 start last year, he's gone 5-17 since which makes you think about the Belichick coaching tree a little bit harder.
 
Peace out McDaniels. That experiment sucked. Seems to be a pattern for most of Belichick's offensive pupils going off to be head coaches.
 
glad to see McD get fired. Maybe he can go now work at a McDonalds. He was utter shit.

In an unrelated note, sadly, the Baseball Hall of Fame fucked up big-time. The Veterans committee voted in Pat Gillick (well deserved), but failed to bring in 1 person who has deserved to get in the Hall of Fame for over a decade. From 1966 to 1982, Marvin Miller was the head of the MLB Players Union. He is widely regarded as the man who started Free Agency, and ended the rather unfail reserve clause, which forced players to stay with their former teams, regardless of how much they paid. Sadly, it will be another 3 years, and the chances of him living to be inducted is slimmer and slimmer. Bad job by the Legends Committee.
 
Just heard Mark Reynolds was traded to the Orioles. They don't always get results but at least the Orioles are alway trying.
 
Yeah. The Nats too. While 126 million was well overpaying Werth, that was there only chance to get a big name free agent and show that they're willing to dish out the
$$$.

I actually like the Orioles. They finished strong last year (like 11 games over .500 in 50 games) and could make a strong push at 3rd in the division (which is impressive considering it's the Orioles.)
 

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