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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 05:46 AM) KW or Hawk/DJ's job. I know everyone here would be thrilled if I took over Kenny's job. You'll have to take it over my cold dead hands But my dream job would be working in professional baseball at a high level front office position. Well technically, it would be to be wealthy enough to own a professional sports franchise (preferably baseball, otherwise basketball). And yes, I'd call a whole heck of a lot of the shots. If I couldn't do that, sports-casting (even though I am pretty bad at it, but my opinions are so good they deserve to be listened to).

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 12, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) I'm not so sure about that...it's been Stoneman who has reportedly been the one making the decisions about whether or not to move their young talent resources, and thus far he's been very unwilling to do it. Moreno is putting a lot more pressure on him now though. They are feeling the pressure of missing out on the playoffs.

I think the Yanks game could be postponed.

QUOTE(SnB @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 01:22 PM) I saw a kid wearing a blue baracudas shirt today (this is for all you 90s nickelodeon fans) Legends of the Hidden Temple

Dang, RIP. Prayers go out to all that are involved

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 11:10 AM) The NHL and NBA seem to do just fine at it... Its only difficult because the players union doesn't want to see it happen. One major difference is the fact that the MLB draft is 50 rounds as opposed to just a few. So that would make things a lot harder, since many US born players would no longer get drafted and my guess is fewer international players would make the scene as a hole (thats if you don't expand the draft; if it were to happen I'd imagine you'd see it get expanded). Plus you have the MLB with 4 level's of full season minor league teams, 2 more short season teams and sometimes more than that. In the NHL you have the minors, but those players are allowed to play in there international leagues (which are still good, but in baseball I think that would be harder since there aren't as many international league's all over the place, plus the conditions are pretty poor in most of the leagues which can't be said for the NBA/NHL league's where the international players are still making a nice living).

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 11:07 AM) #2 wasn't claiming to be an indication of economic conditions. Supposedly all of the record revenues coming in are because of the housing boom, which isn't happening anymore, yet revenues are still even exceeding these record expectations. Also I realize that taxes are a lag of up to a fiscal year... if this is the case, why are they still raising expectations for tax revenues in the future, if the still pending impact of the housing market is totally yet to be felt. If we were looking at this impact on the deficit (which is what we were talking about in the first place) we would need to look at total deficit and tax revenues, which is exactly what I did. #1. Housing starts are down. There is less construction going on right now. We don't even have to look at a lag, because the numbers tell us it is happening right now. #2. Exsisting home sales are down. Prices are flat at best in most areas, and falling in areas which experienced the biggest booms for the most part. Houses are also taking longer to sell. There is no longer a lag here either. Homes that don't sell, don't realize revenues, which don't generate new sales, which don't generate home improvements etc... It is happening right now... or I guess not happening as the case may be. #3. The situation you are speaking of here is for just new home sales, and only those within preestablished subdivisions. This is a niche market, as the vast majority of home sales are exsisting homes, not brand new construction. Something like this isn't going to serve to artificially hold up home prices to much of an extent. Invest in tulip bulbs lately? I'm not saying the mortage industry isn't going to be hurting because I have no doubt people are gonna seriously be upside down because the industry got very lax when it came to qualifying/making loans. But those same Lax standards made anyone that owned real estate in a booming area a lot of money (I just want to remind people of that). One of the goals is to have as many home owners as possible and in a sense the lenders have helped with that. Obviously some people are stupid and maybe it doesn't make sense to go with an arm, but I still find it funny. Insanely low margins (if you have good credit) and a payment well under fixed. I've done all the calculations and if your not planning on holding your home for an extended period of time, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to go arm (becuase of the options you have). If you want to talk about foreclosures, it has jack to do with arm's for the most part and more to do with low start rates, interest only loans (which again can be very very effective, if used properly). Now many of those arm's may go into foreclosure, but I think if you looked at the terms you'd notice that they were neg am arm's and the people just got caught upside down (there own damn fault).

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 10:04 AM) $500K may cover the cost of TP for the '07 season. Or throw it into the player development pool each year. That could buy them a solid younger player or two per season.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 08:29 PM) I never thought of that idea before. It is a valid point. Its been discussed a few times as of late by MLB and the Players Union. I think we'll start to see more talks of an international draft, but logistically it could be a very difficult thing to agree to and do.

I've met Champ before and he's an excellent pitching coach. He's not as hands on as he once was as a roving instructor, but he's very familiar with every guy that throws in our system (as well as the cathers). The pitching coach Gene is referring to is Perdew who is supposedly top notch (based on conversations I've had with a few of his current/former pitchers).

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 10:42 AM) People will still accept the risks. They will believe that promotion will happen. They will believe that interest rates will decline in five years. They will believe their home will appreciate in value at the current rate. They will believe in anything. And some will have a comprehension problem. And in many of those instances they will be right (depending on the area). Will rates decline in 5 years, probably not, will they ever be as low as they were for a while, again probably not. But the vast majority of people in larger cities are not going to stay in the same house for 20 + years. In fact many won't stay in it for more than 5 years so in those instances there are a lot of advantages to go with an arm (lower margin, low start rate, etc). I could really go on and on cause I'm in the vast minority that feels these programs are amazing. If you want to know why real estate has appreciated so much it is in large part due to the fact that loans are much easier to get now than they were 25 years ago. And currently we can say that now far more than ever.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 07:12 AM) ANyone know of any good places to look for forclosures? I'd be careful. Very rarely do you find anything other than pure filth or houses that aren't any good deal at foreclosure sales. Plus you got to really be up with things because the original owners (depending on state laws) usually have a good deal of ability and options to reclaim the home even after you think you have it. QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 07:12 AM) Except they don't. And actually, I don't agree anyway. I learned that stuff from my parents because I needed to know. Great - I was fortunate. But secondary education is supposed to prepare kids for adult life. To me, finance is just as important as math or English or history. It should be included. I am NOT saying we need to teach home maintenance or meal plans. You have to remember that some parents aren't capable of teaching these sort of things because they may not know them themselves. I was lucky enough to have an old man that was shrewd in business and that was able to pass on some of that type of stuff, but other people aren't that lucky. There parents may not have learned how to save or learned other concepts and because of that the kid will never know unless he talks to other people that are in the know. Where better than school to teach this.

I've been missing on things, did this in fact happen. Did we already pass the deadline to protect him on the 40 man roster?

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 04:19 PM) What you could look to do is Trade Mark and Fields for A-Rod, possibily trade Garcia for a guy like Crisp,then see what the market it is for Joe to get a young, cheap starter and maybe a nice bullpen piece. Garcia's last couple starts gave him considerably more trade value (since it was pretty low), but I also think they'll make the Sox think long and hard about moving him. Not a big fan of moving Garcia for Crisp but I'd consider doing it if we were able to get a prospect that could help us out or someone else. Or if we are talking about moving Garcia for a guy like Crisp (not necessarily Crisp).

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) The Twins have picked up Torii Hunter's $12 million option for 2007. I assume they will try and deal him though. This way they at least get something for him.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 04:12 PM) Where have you seen that? As do I. You now have A-Rod on board, and you gave up a guy that could possibly walk next season,and a prospect. If that was deal the Yanks would be interested in, you pull the trigger, and figure things out from there. It's not often you have a chance to get a Hall Of Fammer in his prime. The Yanks could probably say the same thing. But in Arod's case, we are talking about one of the greatest players of All Time.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 02:42 PM) I need to get a decent job and mop up on the foreclosures.... arms are for idiots or short term mortgages. No offense, but your last sentence is completely laughable. QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 04:07 PM) Now that's very true. Having said that, I think it's really crappy for people to get baited like this, not really knowing what they are getting into. They get sold on the low payment, and not really think about the ADJUSTMENT part. Now yes, they should have thought about it, but most people don't. It's just another mechanism to rip people and make money. Or when properly used its a tremendous way to get people into home's and allow them to ease into the whole home buying experience (especially people that are younger who will make considerably more money in the coming years). It can also be tremendous if you plan on flipping your property in a couple years. Of course right now wouldn't exactly be the time to buy if you were planning on flipping in a couple years (unless you had some real connections and found some steals that needed refurbishing but you would be able to do it very cheaply; these are much harder to find than the general public thinks though).

QUOTE(SinkingShip06 @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 04:02 PM) damn espn keeps talking about buehrle/fields and a prospect I'd actually make that trade. Assuming we could than swing one of our other bats for a top flight pitching prospect and some other pieces we could use (plus payroll relief).

The message has been cleaned up, but it will probably take a couple days until we get it back to 100% (just cause I think we are all swamped for time).

I want to point out that the site was simply messed with. There are no viruses or anything like that. It was simply them making the site look ugly and removing some content. It is only effecting the front page as well. We'll likely route the front page to the forums for the temporary time being as I'm unclear on when I'll have the time to go to work fixing the front page (got work all day and everyday and than after that I'm pretty busy).

QUOTE(ORsoxfan @ Oct 10, 2006 -> 01:45 PM) Hello fellow Sox fans. Daisuke Matsuzaka was just given permission to pursue a career in the MLB by his team in Japan. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2619621 While it would be nice to have a pitcher like Matsuzaka, who has been dominant in Japan, I realize the White Sox already have 6 starting pitchers for 2006, so Matsuzaka likely won't become a member of our rotation. However, who are the teams that would likely bid for the negotiation rights? Also, could someone explain the "posting system" teams use for players coming from other countries? Go Sox! -ORsoxfan The Yankee's are apparently hot after him. Or at least that what I gathered from listening to one of the baseball insiders on my local station talking about the Yanks (it was actually a NY writer talking about it). Posting deals with teams negotiating blindly (like a blind bid) putting in bids to the team and there is a deadline. At the deadline the team with the highest bid gets exclusive negotiating ability with the player.

I had this date booked on my calendar, but too early in my new career to use a PTO. I guess I'll just save it and use the money I would have spent on super bowl gear

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Oct 9, 2006 -> 05:49 PM) Still the leader of our defense(Urlacher) was a first rounder and the leader of our offense(Grossman) was a first rounder. 1st rounders are mostly over-paid overall.... but there is also a reason they are in the 1st round as well. Lets remember we moved down to get Grossman and paid considerably less for a shot at Haynes/Grossman than a DT like Dewayne Robertson. QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 9, 2006 -> 08:57 PM) Plus, is it really different in MLB? For the most part, you have the elite -- Detroit, both New Yorks, Minnesota. You have the pretty damn good -- Sox, Oakland, Boston, Anahiem. And the rest. And below the rest, you have the NL (sans the Mets, of course). There is no such thing as an elite team this year when it comes to baseball. They all are pretty f***ing pathetic and I think we'll be seeing the worse world series winner in a long long time.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Oct 9, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) So how come in the comeback thread you said Frank's stretch numbers counted more? Thats talking about an award, not player development.