Phightins

Entirely predictable.

Eh... Kind of a stretch. He is absolutely perfect in his current role though.

Good lord...

Nick Boynton is not particularly good at hockey. Hurry back, Chris Pronger. Or at the very least, find a way into the lineup Danny Syvret/Erik Gustafsson.

Stutes was brought back the other day when Lidge was injured. Legit chance of making the team now.

Had tickets, but had to go to work instead. Perhaps that was a good thing.

That should do it.

I was getting ready to compliment Spencer Hawes for one of his stronger games, and then he goes ahead and takes that silly foul.

Dick Bavetta, retire please.

Getting every call must help too.

Or let them back in the game. Either works...

Nice start. Capitalizing on a bunch of Miami turnovers. Keep the pedal down please.

Yeah. Fortunately they showed up in the one shootout that actually mattered.

Well at least there aren't shootouts in the playoffs.

Yeah. Craig Calcaterra of Hardball Talk ripped into Simers pretty good as well. He's just a hack. He has been doing this for years.

One week until Opening Day. And it cannot come soon enough. Thank goodness.

Nelson Figueroa was the best SP on the board at that time (17th round). And this was a 12 team league. Now do you see why a 20 team AL only league probably won/t work, N/A? Also, there are 16 NL teams and 14 AL teams, so it will be even thinner for that.

The Sixers are 12-3 when Spencer Hawes scores 10+ points. Interesting.

I don't know if I'll have time for it since I am already in too many, but just a heads up....20 teams is wayy too many for a one-league league.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion. I don't see them winning a round, but I also see them being the toughest first round matchup of any team 5-8.

Just drafted for my 12 team NL-only league (had the first pick): C: Ryan Doumit 1B: Albert Pujols 2B: Rickie Weeks 3B: Scott Rolen SS: Stephen Drew OF: Mike Stanton OF: Aubrey Huff OF: Logan Morrison Util: Cameron Maybin SP: Josh Johnson SP: Jonathan Sanchez RP: Craig Kimbrel RP: Matt Guerrier P: Jorge De La Rosa P: Bronson Arroyo P: Homer Bailey P: Nelson Figueroa BN: Wilson Valdez BN: Melvin Mora BN: Ross Gload BN: Barry Enright BN: Randy Wells Pretty happy.

You think so?

That was big. Needed the win badly, coming off the loss in Portland and with Miami up next.

Agreed, mostly. I may have been pushing it by saying "contender". Perhaps the better wording would have been "a team with the ability to potentially win a round in the playoffs". Right now they are a nice young team who might make a contender sweat in the first round, but at the end of the day they are a first round exit. The best part about this Sixer team, compared to Sixer teams of the past half-decade, is that the strengths/weaknesses are clear. Not the huge cluster[expletive] they were a few years ago. Also not to mention, basically everybody in the rotation besides Brand and Iguodala is 24 or younger (and Iguodala is *only* 27), so I think they differ from the Bucks in that regard. But I do get your comparison. Semi-agreed. I think they waited a year or two too long to trade him. I was one of the few Sammy supporters when he was here, but by the end of last season I was thrilled to see him go. Not saying Hawes is better (Hawes is horrible, as I mentioned), but Sammy was one of the most frustrating players I have ever seen on any of my teams. There was so much potential there that he never lived up to, and there was more than a fair share of games when he gave off the "I just don't give a shit" vibe.

A place for Sixers tidbits and random thoughts/ideas. I will start. Spencer Hawes sucks! If this team can somehow bring in a competent center for next season, they can be a legit contender. Seriously.