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QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 16, 2011 -> 04:24 PM) That was all about diet for me. Lose the alcohol as well. And pop. It's amazing how many calories you save not drinking pop and alcohol.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 06:38 PM) Do any of you guys follow NotHawk on twitter? Pretty hilarious, especially today's: Yeah whoever does that is both pretty hilarious and pretty horrible as a human being. But I get a kick out of most things tweeted.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 10:11 AM) Ugh, I'm getting old, as I totally meant to say SLU. You're right, he's not exactly a fit for Missouri in many ways. Although he chose ILL over Mizzou, so ya never know.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 09:38 AM) And it guarantees that Griffey and/or Richmond are gone. Much more likely it's Griffey transferring, possibly to Missouri. He more likely goes to SLU IMO. He's not going to get the time at Missouri and he doesn't fit their system as well because he isn't a runner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) To say it another way...Fangraphs gives Sergio Santos 1 WAR already. That's more than ~40% of that list will produce. I also found it interesting that over the time period studied, the White Sox are #4 on the list of successful prospect percentage. Yeah that was crazy to me. But real interesting insights on there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) If you want to look for a different type of Positive...Morel isn't on any of those lists, and he's got a good shot at, in the long term, out-producing most of the guys on that list. Yeah, some of them will be stars, but even in the top 10 there's a 40-50% bust rate. http://www.royalsreview.com/2011/2/14/1992...p-mlb-prospects Great study done by some random fan. One of his conclusions: About 70% of Baseball America top 100 prospects fail. So there ya go, those lists are very poor indicators outside the the top 20.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 11:14 AM) Peter Forsberg is announcing his retirement today after his epic return to the NHL. WTF is wrong with athletes?

Saw The King's Speech last night. Gonna be some serious competition for Best Actor, but I think Firth deserves it. He was just brilliant.

Well, let's hope when we get that Charlotte pick, the draft has picked back up and Charlotte blows.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 12:44 PM) If I was at a game in college and people started storming, you better believe Im on the court with them. Also here are some clips from the Wisconsin/OSU after the game. Sullinger has been saying that he was spit on, but there has been absolutely no evidence. Further hurting the credibility of his statement was that he never said anything during or after the game, only tweeted about it. If it did happen, I wish Sullinger would have immediately gone to security and had the fan permanently banned from all Wisconsin games. Unfortunately its looking more and more like it did not happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoiKAVOMeYo Judge for yourselves. The second clip is from the OSU sideline and you can clearly see a wall of security between the fans and the players. I believe him. He is a pretty humble, intelligent kid. i doubt he would just make something like that up.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) And for all of those who said Lebron cant play SG, Spoelstra just said that Lebron defends all 5 positions and plays 4 offensive positions during the game. Meaning that currently Lebron plays SG. Lebron is the best player in the NBA by a wide margin.

I didn't see last night's game, and heard Turco actually played decently, but seriously on non-back-to-back games, there is no reason Crawford shouldn't be in net. It's just like last year when Niemi was in net instead of Huet, the team just has an extra confidence about them. Turco is absolute garbage and they will regret giving him these extra starts when the Hawks fail to make the playoffs.

Tad bat flip against the Red Sox in Game 2 of the ALDS was epic. Curveball from David Wells.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) The latest edition of CAIRO projections have the White Sox finishing 84-78, but in first place in the AL Central. Says Sox have 36% chance at winning division. http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/RLYW/comment...ected_standings Ain't no way 84 games wins this division. I think Detroit, Minny and us all finish above 84 with us and Minny above 90.

Very disappointing to see Deron the reason Sloan is gone. I thought he was better than that. He will go to Dallas or Houston if he can after 2012.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) There's gotta be something going on behind the scenes personally with him. He has been successful there for so long, and they are in the playoff race again. No real basketball reason to resign now? And he just signed a one-year extension on Monday. Definitely something happened between Monday and yesterday.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) TIFWIW here but there is a rumor from various sources I seen on Stuy's board that Seabrook could be dealt to the Oilers after the game...this is the actual post on there... "Just got off the phone with Stuy who is in his car, and he is hearing from a number of sources that Seabrook will be traded to Edm after tomorrow night's game. There is NO confirmation on this, but it's coming out on multiple web sites. The biggest source so far is Sportsnet's Roger Millions who covers the Oilers, who has said He's heard it's a done deal. NO idea yet on who might be coming back from Edm, but both Stuy and I said we feared the same thing...Penner first, but then either Hemsky or Gagner (Kane connection) after that." Seabs is due for an extension and has been bad this year, but I don't see the Hawks trading him.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Feb 10, 2011 -> 09:12 AM) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports...kn/7420830.html Bulls talking to Rockets about Courtney Lee....again Courtney Lee is just not that good. He is no way a difference maker. Why do we need to make a trade just for the sake of making a trade? And I like Asik's future a ton, so I would definitely say no to trading him for Lee.

I am confident we will see him early this year, but not so about his ability to be very good again. As is, last year he was ok granted coming on strong before he got injured. I still can't see anything better than a 4.00 ERA based on last year's struggles and the injury.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 8, 2011 -> 10:33 AM) The Hawks just straight suck. Steve, don't hold back, tell me how you really feel.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 8, 2011 -> 08:10 AM) Hossa had 7 goals in the first 7 games. Since then he has scored 5 in the next 30 he played and missed 16 more due to injury. Hossa no doubt struggling on the offensive end, but at least he brings it on defense.

Not a new one, but one that I was reminded of this morning at the gym. The old woman who thinks she is still attractive wearing very little clothing when in fact, she is hideous -- or 15 years past any semblance of decency.

It boils down to the fact that beyond Jonathan Toews, no big money player is playing up to their salaries. Kane has a -7 even though he is starting to find his scoring touch. As good as Sharpy has been offensively, he has a -13. Keith and Seabs also minuses. Granted they are playing other team's top lines, but it is brutal to watch how poor they are defensively this year. Just careless mistakes in their own zone, poor positioning and they just look slow/tired. Probably has to do with the Stanley Cup run they had last year and the Olympics, but I have no faith that the Hawks will make the playoffs.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 10:50 AM) People that work-out on cardio machines and talk on the phone. I wear an ipod turned up all the way so I can not hear them but the sight of it irks me, I do not know why. Also, people that work on a cardio machine for 10 minutes or less. I sweat like a pig, I wipe my machines off but if I do cardio for more than 90 minutes I think I begin stink a little. I do not care, it is gym that is going to happen. Sorry. I am hygenic so I do not think I offend anyone, at least he person I workout with does not say anything. The people that smell like smoke though do getto me as to the perfume folks. The women that wear excessive amounts of jewelry also get to me. I am guilty of this because I always do a warm-up mile before I do any type of weightlifting.

This gets me sometimes but when the dumbbells are all out of order. To the first guy who messes it up, how hard is it to put it back where you got em? Once that first person f***s it up, then everyone else does it. Usually I try to switch em back to be the nice guy. Also when people leave their towels/s*** near a machine that they haven't used for like five minutes, basically reserving their spot.