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Very nice win for the USA.

Down to 160 on the nose right now. Feel stronger than I was a month ago for sure (couldn't even do 1 set of 20 man pushups a month ago.) Now I'm doing 2 sets of 40. I got all year, so I'll probably be in the hundreds come summer time. I gotta do somethin with these stretch marks though..

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 16, 2010 -> 12:13 AM) RicBucher Source says Clippers have dealt Marcus Camby for Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake. Details and deeper confirmation to follow on the mothership. Wow.. Great trade for Portland.

QUOTE (Felix @ Feb 15, 2010 -> 09:50 PM) I'm not saying VDN is a good coach, but Mike Brown isn't exactly a great coach or anything. He gets away with a lot just because he's got LeBron. Your correct, but he is still miles better than VDN. Sucks to hear about Karl, but I would love to see us land Byron Scott. (job he did with CP3 from his rookie year on, was amazing and even CP3 credited Scott) I still feel Derrick has lost some development from the VDN regime, especially playing in a half court set.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 15, 2010 -> 07:32 PM) It sounds pretty dumb to fire DePaul if he really was involved in getting good players to the Bears. He was the one who also advised Pace, Omiyale, Shaffer, Manning Jr. etc.. Like any personel guy, he did have his faults.

f*** qwerty.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2010 -> 02:19 PM) A general question I was thinking about Re: Damon. Hypothetically let's assume the Sox sign him. That makes our bench/DH rotation Vizquel, Kotsay, Jones, Damon, and Castro, if they go with 12 pitchers. (12 pitchers, 8 everyday players, 5 man bench/DH rotation). Are people comfortable with a 44 year old Omar Vizquel being our only backup IF for 3 separate positions? At least to my eyes, we're pretty much required to carry either CJ or Nix just so we have 2 backups to cover the IF. That limits us to an 11 man pitching staff, and I'm not sure the org would be thrilled about that. Anyway, you don't avoid signing Damon because of that, but I'd say it ought to be something they think about beforehand. I would think they would have Vizquel manning 3B and SS and Nix to handle 2B (though I know a bench player only playing one position isn't ideal, but that's the only one he's good at defensively though I'm sure Ozzie will have him play some SS [maybe corner OF] and Vizquel some 2B) and you have Kotsay play 1B and the OF (preferably corners) and Andruw (if he makes the team) to play all the OF spots and of course Castro is the backup. Though Ozzie likes carrying 12 pitchers even though the rotation is really good, so I would say Andruw or Nix could be gone in ST IF we sign Damon. I don't think they have a problem with Vizquel (dude still looks like he hasn't aged one bit) backing up 3 IF positions especially considering he won't be playing every week and the whole rotate DH thing to give a guy (or two just for rest) a day off from the field. This also means KW could make a move trading Nix before the season starts to get a more versatile backup IF for Ozzie.

Indeed. I'll be watching.

All-Star game was alot more competitive than in recent years, though there wasn't as many "spectacular" plays/dunks as well. Nice to see Derrick have a strong game, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one drooling seeing him assist Bosh and Wade.. :wub:

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 15, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) I grew up in the late 70's and 80's, and many of those players had Chris Berman/ESPN nicknames. Theres your first mistake....

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 09:45 PM) I voted for the 2nd option, though I think "satisfied" is a bad choice of wording. I'd say I'm content with what we've got, but craving more. We can succeed with this roster, but we can also improve. Very well said Slav. I gotta say I hope our rotation and bullpen can hold down 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 games at the moment. Not that Damon would drastically improve our overall offense, but he would certainly help it. Hopefully Teahan, Rios, and Alexei have big years, Pierre gets a serviceable OBP etc..

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 03:40 PM) This is critical. I think he's the 2nd best pitcher in the division, but he's been Dusty Baker'd most of his career. Now this I agree with.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Verlander has got to be one of the more overrated players in the AL, imo. Soon to be 27 year old pitcher who (besides one season) has been putting up 3 eras and finally figured out how to destroy people last season (+10.1 K/9 IP) with filthy stuff and a power arm? I'll take him if you don't want him. He'd probably be the ace (maybe #2 if Peavy is really good in the AL) on our staff. Now Scherzer... he is way more overhyped.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 02:20 AM) Off topic: What comic does your avatar come from Ranger? I know it's by Skanberg, but I can't seem to find it... Knight would probably know the answer to that since he had it up (and put it in the avatar) for Ranger.

Since this is the off-season thread as well....

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 10:37 PM) The Dunk Contest was really lame but everything else was a whole lot of fun tonight. This is one of the my favorite sports nights of the year. Just plain fun. I have to agree with this. Though I was mad my boy Stephen Curry didn't win the three point contest. I hope Dwight, LeBron, etc.. save the dunk contest next year. DeRosan just gave Nate Robinson the title.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 02:43 PM) Rose will not defend his Skills challenge title. Just got a text from the Bulls saying it. Deron Williams is happy.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 02:14 AM) Seriously I'm going on 20 straight years of being single on valentines day, w t f. I need to find a girl, soon. This is my 3rd year. (broke up with my ex a couple years ago, 3 days before Valentines day) The first two were good (when you single, you get alot of love from da ladies ) but this year is really gonna suck.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 08:05 PM) I don't think anyone would be shocked if the Twins had Kubel in LF, Span in CF, Cuddyer in RF with Thome as the fulltime DH by the time it all ended. I hope they do for our case.. That would be a brutal OF defensively. Rock and shakes are right in this instance.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) I never realized that sex with Jiminy Cricket would cover almost all sexual fetishes. Just let your conscience be your guide!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) But at his age that so called off year will tend to look more like the norm. (See: Jermaine Dye) If thats the case, JD has been off defensively for about 6-7 years now.. It's good either way for Damon as he would DH most of the time anyway, but he can still play LF if needed and be serviceable. (Juan Pierre is our LF) That's all I'm saying.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 12:39 PM) What makes you so sure the Lakers are coming out of the west? My money is on the Nuggets. I like their team, but it depends if Kobe is healthy come playoff time. If he's still nicked up, The Lakers will have a much tougher road in the playoffs. If he's healthy, I can't see any team stopping them. (same as Odom getting healthy and Bynum is still banged up a bit) Carmelo and Billips have been damn good all season so the Nuggets can surprise. If theres any team who I like alot that can upset the Lakers, it is the Nuggets (who always play LA tough) or... OKC with their youth and athleticism. (though they still might be a year or two away)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 03:20 PM) Actually, according to UZR, Damon's range in LF cost the Yankees 3.7 runs last year compared to the average LF as well. Not just his arm. Yea and the last two years before that he saved 7 and 9 runs respectively not to mention his total UZR over the last three years in LF is a +5 from his "off year" defensively. You have to remember larger sample sizes are needed when evaluating defense. Every player can have an off year on defense just like any hitter can have an off year with the bat.

Check those teams again doc. I believe the Mariners are going with Griffey, Milton and I believe I'm missing someone else. Royals are talking Guillen, Pods and I'm missing someone. God if I have to do research on all those teams again to make a point (or find the thread that has the teams doing it which might take a while) I'm going to be very upset.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) Per Rotoworld: According to Chuck Garifen of Chicago's Comcast SportsNet, free agent outifelder Jermaine Dye told Frank Thomas he's considering retirement. "That's what he told me and I told him he's crazy," Thomas said Friday. Dye has drawn very little interest on the open market this winter and is obviously frustrated. The 35-year-old hit 27 homers in 2009 and posted a .302/.375/.567 batting line over the first half of the 2009 season, but he stumbled to a .179/.293/.297 line over his final 212 at-bats. Feb. 12 - 2:47 pm et Didn't Damon say the same thing at one time?