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  1. Sports What Ifs.

    Here is a "what if" for everyone: February 13, 2011: Days before the start of spring training Milwaukee Brewers GM Doug Melvin is at Miller Park on a cold day - there is a table with four chairs. Milwaukee media is buzzing - Mark Attanasio's private jet has been busy the past couple of days...
  2. Sports What Ifs.

    It is an interesting butterfly. Another one is the fact that the Bears end up NOT trading for Jay Cutler - they may deal backup Kyle Orton, but it would be for a couple of draft picks. Where does Rex Grossman end up, for instance, since the Bears won't draft him in the 2003 draft? Where does...
  3. Sports What Ifs.

    Today, Chicago Bears quarterback Josh McCown announced his retirement, ending a 19-season career with the team. From being a third-round pick in the 2002 NFL draft, McCown took over as the team's starting quarterback the next season. His tenure included winning Super Bowls 40, 41, 45, 48, and...
  4. Sports What Ifs.

    The difference is, you have the Brewers bring a lineup of: cf: Cain ss: Betts rf: Yelich 1b: Aguilar 2b: Shaw lf: Braun 3b: Moustakas c: Pina With Eric Thames DHing in the AL park. There is NO weakness in that lineup - the Red Sox don't have Betts, they're facing him. Now, for 2019, here's...
  5. Sports What Ifs.

    From the MLB June Amatuer Draft, 2011 Historically, Mookie Betts was drafted in the 5th round by the Boston Red Sox. Suppose, though, the Brewers had drafted him in the 3rd round, instead of RHP Drew Gagnon, and they kept him at shortstop. Assuming a similar rise, Betts makes his MLB debut with...
  6. 1993 NBA Draft:

    Expanding on my last post... Here's how I see the deal going down: Chicago sends Grant and their first-round picks for 1993 and 1994 to the 76ers. They also get the right to swap picks in 1995. The 76ers send Chicago their 1993 first-round pick. Bulls draft Bradley in 1993. Then, with the #3...
  7. Sports What Ifs.

    Selig's ownership group is still there from the failed effort to get the NL team... it could be they get the Pilots that much sooner - if it is a year earlier, then the Pilots become the Brewers in 1969 as opposed to 1970.
  8. War of 1812 complete disaster for Britain

    But they have to get the US to give up any part of Canada they take. A naval buildup from 1807 gives the United States a stronger relative position than in @.
  9. War of 1812 complete disaster for Britain

    The problem, though, is that can Britain occupy a United States far larger than the 13 colonies they couldn't bring to heel from 1775-1781, with a bigger population, and without the advantage of New England's ambivalence (to put it mildly) over the War or 1812 gave them? The United States Navy...
  10. War of 1812 complete disaster for Britain

    The one way to make the War of 1812 go worse for the British is for Jefferson to take the Chesapeake Affair more seriously in 1807, and for New England to recognize that the British harassment of American shipping (to include impressing sailors) had to be stopped. What you really need for that...
  11. 1993 NBA Draft:

    Bradley on the inside, though, makes up for a lot. They don't deal for Longley or Rodman, but they perhaps can find a free agent who's almost as good as Rodman but without the baggage. Pippen always had a demon rep on defense - so, perhaps he gives up scoring chances, and they use Kukoc for...
  12. WI: A Different F-111B?

    Suppose the Navy, when McNamara proclaims they need to buy a version of the F-111, elects not to buy an interceptor, but instead chooses to have it be a navalized F-111A strike plane? The Navy brass jumps on that opportunity, and pretty much then gets F-14 research started about five years...
  13. 1993 NBA Draft:

    The big thing: Bradley's defense probably does become an anchor for the Bulls. They have Bill Cartwright to mentor him, and there is also the presence of Bill Wennington and Will Perdue. Perdue may move to power forward, but Bradley clearly is a very strong defensive force. But they probably...
  14. 1993 NBA Draft:

    A draft-day deal sees the Chicago Bulls, dealing with the sudden retirement of Michael Jordan, trade forward Horace Grant and their first-round pick in the 1993 NBA to the 76ers for their 1993 first-round pick... They draft center Shawn Bradley from BYU with the pick. How does this change the...
  15. What if LeBron James went to the Chicago Bulls?

    Actually, this may not be realistic... in OTL, Butler slipped to the 30th pick overall. In fact, that year, Nicola Mirotic was seen as the bigger "get" even though he wouldn't be in the league for a while. The Bulls could easily land Butler in the draft - and also still get Mirotic for the...
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