Jay and Silent Lovie...

Originally Posted by JB Rattlesnake

Seriously, Baseball stats are the ABSOLUTE WORST....

Especially for anybody trying to get into sports broadcasting. They have so many ridiculous stats, it's crazy. How the hell they even think of some of the comparisons they come up with is just nuts. I know it's easier nowadays with the internet, but Baseball has always been that way.

Oh, and we should keep Havlat...don't break up the team just yet, and he is a part of the core.

the only thing about havlat is, last year was his first healthy season in quite a while, and now with the concussion in the WCF, it is slightly concerning...he is involved in the core, but if he is asking heatley type of money, get heatley instead..he is bigger, plays good enough D, puts up more numbers, etc...Havlat is great, but he is not a top 10 forward, Heatley is

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by matthughesfan21

i'm talking more Home runs, batting average, ERA, RBI's..and maybe even OBP....but WHIP, OPS, Slugging Percentage, etc. those are just ridiculous

The numbers like that are one thing, but it's the historical stats and comparisons that boggle my mind.

For example, when they say something like "team A has not beaten team B in August, on a leap year, with the weather below 79 degrees, since 1840 when Rusty Ladouche was pitching for the team when they were called the Chicago Cardinals..."

Originally Posted by JB Rattlesnake

The numbers like that are one thing, but it's the historical stats and comparisons that boggle my mind.

For example, when they say something like "team A has not beaten team B in August, on a leap year, with the weather below 79 degrees, since 1840 when Rusty Ladouche was pitching for the team when they were called the Chicago Cardinals..."

btw, your stats are wrong...the first official game wasn't until like 1845 or 1846

[J.B.]

Originally Posted by matthughesfan21

the only thing about havlat is, last year was his first healthy season in quite a while, and now with the concussion in the WCF, it is slightly concerning...he is involved in the core, but if he is asking heatley type of money, get heatley instead..he is bigger, plays good enough D, puts up more numbers, etc...Havlat is great, but he is not a top 10 forward, Heatley is

That hit was something nasty, but I still think Marty is worth keeping around. I don't think the numbers will be to hard to hammer out, and I tend to have somewhat of a loyalty to players I think are good producers and fan favorites. Maybe that would make me a bad GM, but that's my opinion.

Originally Posted by JB Rattlesnake

That hit was something nasty, but I still think Marty is worth keeping around. I don't think the numbers will be to hard to hammer out, and I tend to have somewhat of a loyalty to players I think are good producers and fan favorites. Maybe that would make me a bad GM, but that's my opinion.

i agree, keep marty if he fits into the salary cap...but if he starts asking for 6+ million, it would be better for the future of the team to pass because, if you trade for heatley, he will only make 4 million next year because on july 1 he is owed half by the sens, and no one is gonna trade before then...secondly getting rid of soupy who has the highest salary on the team....the true core of young guys(toews, kane, versteeg) they all go into RFA next year, so you need to think of the raises those guys will be gettiing

[J.B.]

I just got online for the first time today and found that one of the editors of bleacher report cleaned up my article and they made it a featured story on their Chicago Bears main page!

[VCURamFan]

Originally Posted by JB Rattlesnake

I just got online for the first time today and found that one of the editors of bleacher report cleaned up my article and they made it a featured story on their Chicago Bears main page!

Awesome, man. Congrats!!!

it would be nice to see marshall going to chicago.. GO BEARS<><>BENGALS