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08.09.10Welcome: Beckham’s speedy recovery and some minor Bears newsHeadlines with a Chicago slant White Sox 3, Orioles 4: Sometimes a team can catch another team at a bad time; it's happening right now with the White Sox. The Orioles are one of the worst teams in baseball. Mark Buehrle was quite blunt about that. But he losses me after that. "You look at their lineup and wonder how that team is that bad," he said. No, I don't wonder about that; 111 games, to this point, show you how they're bad. It's just one of those things. Beckham lost, too: When it happened, Gordon Beckham had a more hopeful outlook ...
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08.04.10Welcome: Sox split, Cubs lose and Favre retires?Welcome: The same Bears questions If Brett Favre really does retire, it's a good thing for the Bears. With Tavaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels on the field, two games on the schedule just became significantly easier. Football Outsiders Almanac 2010 had the Vikings at about 8-9 wins with Favre; imagine what that projection would look like now. Still, there are too many problems with the Bears to guarantee them one of the top two spots in the division and a playoff berth. Favre retiring doesn't mean ... Mike Martz's offense any more familiar to Jay Cutler. Cutler is a better fit ...
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08.03.10Welcome: Turco, Niemi and ColemanWelcome: Non-Stanley Cup-winning goalie Marty Turco I hate that every time someone wrote or said something about Antti Niemi, they had to put "Stanley Cup-winning" in front of his name. Even now after the the Blackhawks decided to walk away from Niemi and the one-year, $2.75 million extension decided by an arbiter, there it is: "Stanley Cup-winning." Now that the Blackhawks' goalie story is complete and they have signed Marty Turco to a $1.3 million deal, "twice-as-expensive" Antti Niemi or "still relatively unknown" Antti Niemi would be a more significant way to describe him. Because even though $2.75 million is probably a ...
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08.02.10Welcome: Post-Deadline, Ozzie and Bears campWelcome: Post-trade deadline thoughts If anything and everything has to have winners and losers then both the Cubs and the White Sox lost the trade deadline. The Sox more than the Cubs because what the White Sox were hoping to do matters a whole hell of a lot more. The Cubs' only deadline deal can be broken down into two separate deal. Break it down and the Cubs traded Ryan Theriot for Blake DeWitt; also, they traded Ted Lilly and $2.5 million for a decent prospect (Brett Wallach) and a low prospect (Kyle Smit). In DeWitt, the Cubs got younger at the ...
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07.29.10Welcome: Derrek Lee and Niemi DayWelcome: Derrek Lee Not that it matters, but Derrek Lee says he had his reasons for refusing a trade to the Angels. From the Tribune: "I didn't just say no right away. … You're not the only one moving. It affects other people in your life. You have to discuss it with them, take it all into consideration.'' Lee's decision may make you wonder why he'd want to stick around this crappy team for the next few months. The situation won't be any better when Carlos Zambrano returns and demands people call him "Drew." Nobody likes that guy. People do like Lee though. Some ...
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07.28.10Welcome: T-Mac, Nick Leddy and Adam DunnHeadlines with a Chicago slant Dunn deal: If it's Daniel Hudson and Brent Morel, Tyler Flowers or Jordan Danks, I say do it. That's what Bruce Levine says the Nationals want. Mariners 0, White Sox 11: Ryan Rowland-Smith said after the game that he was leaving the ball up and it cost him. You can say that again. Cubs 1, Astros 6: Goodbye, Ted Lilly. Bulls apparently move past T-Mac: The addition of Tracy McGrady no longer appears likely. Instead, the Bulls have moved to other available guards: Roger Mason, Keith Bogans, or my personal favorite, Eddie House. With any of those instead of ...
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07.27.10(Quick) Welcome: Cubs, Sox win; Z apologizes; T-Mac works outThere are conflicting reports on whether Tracy McGrady intends to pout like this on the bench, should the Bulls sign him. Headlines with a Chicago slant T-Mac works out; runs his mouth: After the workout, Tracy McGrady used "we" a lot when talking about the Bulls' plans this season. "We" may be a bit premature, especially if he can't accept a reserve role, which he doesn't seem ready to do. McGrady said last season he would have accepted a bench role based on how he played; this season's version, however, thinks he may be good enough to start. Mariners 1, White Sox 6: ...
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07.23.10(Quick) Welcome: Blackhawks make two dealsHeadlines with a Chicago slant Reasoner for Taffe: In a deal that saved $600,000, the Blackhawks swapped Marty Reasoner and Jeff Taffe. It also brings the Hawks another guy who says his name weird. It's pronounced Tayf. Blackhawks sign Brophey: The Blackhawks signed Evan Brophey to a one-year, two-way contract, according to CapGeek. The dollar amount was not included, but come on, it's Evan Brophey, surely it's reasonable. For a brief roundup of scores and news from the non-Chicago teams that matter, continue reading. Continue Reading...
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- Sentenalysis: August 3
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- Welcome: Turco, Niemi and Coleman
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