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I don't think you can buy his player t-shirt... (see wednesday's IGT - pages 16 and 17)

good points slobber (lol) its just hard not to get excited and look ahead and think of what could be ive only been close to being this excited about a sports team 3 other times in my life: (packers during the 2 superbowl years, MU in the final 4, and the bucks in '01) but i think this tops them all http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif i wont pee my pants if they make the playoffs, but i will cry like a baby if they win the series... lol nice picture (animation) by the way. good stuff

Stole this from SI.com, who named their NL West midseason all stars: C - Russell Martin, Dodgers 1B - Adrian Gonzalez, Padres 2B - Orlando Hudson, Diamondbacks SS - Troy Tulowitski, Rockies 3B - Chad Tracy, Diamondbacks LF - Barry Bonds, Giants CF - Mike Cameron, Padres RF - Brad Hawpe, Rockies SP - Jake Peavy, Padres Setup - Heath Bell, Padres Closer - Takashi Saito, Dodgers Heres my NL Central: C - estrada 1B - prince 2B - b. phillips SS - jj 3B - ramirez (braun) LF - lee (soriano) CF - pence RF - hart (griffey) SP - sheeter Setup - villy Closer - cordero the parenthesis are the ones who i can make a good case for... but tis nice to have 7 out of 11 lol what do you guys think ???

I can't argue with any of that. I hate the cardinals too, but when you watch any game (or at least, when I do), you just have a feeling inside of you that tells you who you REALLY want to win the game. It doesn't matter if you are supposed to root against a team, you cant control it. And for some reason I've had that gut feeling of wanting the cardinals to beet the mets. A good example of this was the yankees-giants series last weekend. I absolutely hate both teams. so if you asked me mid-week, i would have no idea who i wanted to win the game, or preferred to win. but once i was actually watching, without even thinking, i was "rooting" inside for the giants to win. i guess i just hate the yankees that much. Actually, maybe its not really me rooting for the cardinals to win, more of the mets to lose. That way, I'm not hoping a divisional rival wins...

i'll explain the cardinals thing at the end. but check this out first: I started thinking about this while checking out the home vs road thread... Many people have mentioned in previous threads that we have an easier schedule in the second half, and that we've already made our tough west coast and east coast trips; so I decided to actually put some numbers with it, while comparing this year to last year at this time. After 6/28: '06 record: 39-40 '07 record: 46-32 = 7.5 game difference I was glad to see 2 things when comparing our records this year and last year as far as record against other divisions. 1. this year, we don't have a losing record against any division or league (NL cent, east, west, and the AL). Last year, we had losing records against 3 of the 4 at this time. 2. Looking ahead after the all-star break: this year we have 6 home series out of our division and only 4 road series out of our division. in '06, we had only 3 home series compared to 6 on the road. Bottom line: we already have a 7.5 game lead on "ourselves" from last year, and the schedule this year in the 2nd half is much easier. this is why i am not worried about anyone in our division. in fact, in certain situations i find myself rooting for some teams in our division. my thought process is this: if a NL central team not named the Cubs is playing against another NL team with a winning record, i am rooting for the NL central team, cause I want the best record in the NL (not just a division title or a playoff birth). call me greedy, i dont care. but for instance, im rooting for the cards tonight against the mets, and the astros and cards next week! GO CREW!!! and lets scratch out 2 W's this weekend please

Woogie- when do you usually update the standings? (by the way, thanks for all the work you put into these things)

maybe we should have a "Parra tracker" instead until Will makes his adjustment to AAA lol

couldn't agree with all of the talk here enough. i chatted during the game for the first time the other night and it was a good time. the only complaint i had is by the end of the game i couldn't look at the chat becuase many of you knew what happened at least 5 seconds before the HD in my house played it... lol Whether it was "poop", or "hfwabfjkasdjfhsldfh" and many more, I just couldn't handle it. lol