Can anyone explain the NFL to me?
Last night, the hapless and hopeless Bears go into New England and tear up the Patriots, who are a pretty fair defensive team. Is this an example of 'a blind squirrel finding a nut?' I think we'll find out next Sunday in Dallas where the Bears are 10 point underdogs.
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And now HAPPY TIME as the Green Bay Slackers dropped their third in a row and travel to Buffalo next Sunday where they will face off against one of the best teams in the league. I wonder who that smarmy, greasy haired, drug drinking, family hating, mirror loving 'I'm smarter than everyone in the room' jerk will blame if they go belly up again? No chance it will be him.
I wonder if the financial management team in Green Bay has learned a lesson about fiscal responsibility. They emptied the coffers to give the narcissist 40 million a year and had nothing left to give to the best receiver in the league so Davante Adams went to the Raiders and the deep threat left with him. P.S. It warmed my heart to see him face planted at the end of the game against the Commanders. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. And I didn't see that famous smirk at the end of the game and, as a matter of fact, haven't seen it all season.
A real winner: On at least three occasions, Tom Brady went to New England management and had them re-write his contract FOR A LESSER AMOUNT so they could go get the players they needed. And that's why Brady has a gazillion super bowl rings. Think jerk face will do that? We all know the answer to that.
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The White Sox cancelled their winter fan convention but gave no definitive reasons as to why. Scuttlebutt has it that GM Rick Hahn & VP Kenny Williams don't want to take the heat for not improving the team over the last two years which they would at the Q & A session that happens every convention and I wouldn't blame the fans one bit for roasting their non-activity in the off season. Not to mention that they were THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL which also might generate a few questions....or a few hundred
And while the LaRussa fiasco was absolutely not their fault, you know that they don't want to be in a position to point fingers at the owner, who orchestrated that entire pathetic hiring.
The new manager should have a minimum of bench coach experience but if he doesn't speak Spanish, then HIS bench coach better be fluent in the language. And. oh yeah, it would be nice if the new guy knows the rules of baseball. My neck still hurts from shaking my head after so many of LaRussa's stupid managerial decisions.
Remember this name: OSCAR COLAS. He should join the club at some time during the 23 season. Google him. Played overseas and finally played last year in the states and tore up every level in which he played. And left handed.
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And now to the north side where they had better make some moves to generate some offense because the output this year was abysmal. The leading hitter was .281 and the leader in runs scored and rbi had the same number........72. Not exactly scaring the opposition. If you eliminate Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ, this team would have been far worse than 16 games under .500.
Patrick Wisdom is a waste of time for a rebuilding team because 25 home runs does not offset his .207 average, limited mobility and 31 years of age. They did the right thing in dumping Frank Schwindel but what's the difference between Frank the Tank and Wisdom? NONE. They need to dump him and get a prospect in trade and let a kid try third base.
Is David Ross the guy? Managing a bad team is much easier than a contending one. If he can handle all the losses over the next three years, then we'll see how he does under pressure.
Finally, at least the Cubs are having a fan convention and in keeping with the cub tradition of screwing their fans...... two people can have a room for two nights and a pass for two days for the low, low price of $836.00. Ah, Chicago in January. Add food and drink at downtown prices and you're at at least $1200.00 for the weekend.
Now I want you to listen to me. You know that Ricketts, et al. are going to lie thru their teeth about free agents, making the club better and how poor they are SOOOOOOO take the 1200 and go buy a very nice big screen tv and the Cubs world series video and then take your significant other to either Gibson's or Perrys via limo and have a spectacular meal and get dropped off safely at your front door AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED IN YOUR POCKET to bet on the super bowl.
Don't give that prick any more money until he improves the team. He's been sucking you dry since 2016 and you can make it stop just like you did last year when many fans were disguised as empty seats from July on. Have a night you'll remember for a long time and let Ricketts spend some of his Ameritrade money instead of yours.
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And now please explain the Chicago Bulls to me. All summer long, all I heard was how healthy Zack LaVine was and his knee was perfect but then he bails out of their first two games with the same sore knee and is now limited with regards to practicing. WTF??
Add that to the Lonzo Ball mystery knee and the Bullies are back to being the same old team. DeRozan scores a million but has no help and the Bulls win close early in the season until he gets worn down and then they are similar to the Titanic. I feel sorry for coach Billy Donovan who never knows player availability until he gets to the stadium.
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Now the Blackhawks. If you're totally rebuilding and you've been very open about it, why haven't you traded Patrick Kane & Jonathan Toews??? They are both 31 and Kane will bring more in trade but pick up the phone now before they get hurt.
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Dusty Baker is still an idiot. Not getting off his dead ass in 2003 to calm his rookie pitcher after the Steve Bartman incident convinced me he is a moron. Plus he wears rubber gloves because of the virus but doesn't wear a mask and still wears wristbands and chews that idiotic toothpick. You can't have it both ways, stupid.
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Can the Phillies upset the cheating Astros? Probably not but it would be sweet. The Astros are almost 2-1 to win the series and they have game 7 at home.
MLB was playing with fire by not starting the series today but the weather in Philadelphia is going to get BETTER between now and next Monday. High 60's during the day and mid-50's at night. PLAY BALL!
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Much more to write about but I'm going to wait until the weekend games have been played.
Stay safe and stay out of Chicago. And yes, we need the rain.
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