[NU Sports] Talk Sports

[John A. DeGroat]

Before complaining about the Cubs and/or Cub fans try living in the 
Philadelphia area like I do.  It's no wonder that baseball players try 
not to have to play for the Phillies.  The kind of "roll model" players 
that the 76ers have says it all a about Philadelphia fans.  I ran across 
one guy who used to play for the Eagles who tells the story about coming 
out after the first half of one game when the Eagles were ahead but not 
by enough to satisfy the Eagles fans and getting booed.  The Flyers' 
general manager Bobby Clarke is a bozo from the Broad Street Bullies era 
and still thinks that you have to sign those kind of guys and play that 
kind of game to win in the NHL which probably goes a long way to 
demonstrating why they never win much of anything.

For my wife, a Penn State grad, a great weekend is going to Chicago  and 
seeing the Cubs on Friday and then going to see the Cats on Saturday.

John DeGroat

Jeff Beamsley wrote:

> 
>Is this the same Michael Barrett who sucker punched a guy because he didn't
>like getting knocked down?
>
>I concede that he probably does have a heart, but he acted more like the
>scarecrow and the lion (lacking brains and courage).
>
>This is baseball, not ballet.
>
>If you are going to block the plate, whether you've got the ball or not, you
>better expect that you are going to get knocked down.
>
>As far as an explanation of the train wreck on the north side, there is
>plenty of blame to go around including clueless yuppie fans who go to the
>pretty little ballpark for the experience rather than the game.  The cubs
>aren't cursed by the billy goat.  They are cursed by complacency born of the
>cash cow that is Wrigley.  
>
>Jeff   
>
>
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>Let's talk about how Michael Barrett is the only cubs with some heart and
>how Dusty Baker should be fired for pretty much leaving his player out to
>dry on  national TV. Fire Baker that is who needs to be fired. Him and his
>potent
>1.9  runs a game. 
> 
>Finally AJ had it coming and Barrett gave it to him. Although all post game
>interviews Barrett, AJ, Ozzie, and (Fire) Dusty all said it was over.
> 
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