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I could see Flowers and Lucy together as a catching pair in Chicago next year.

Beasley is much more valuable than Hinrich. His potential alone makes his friendlier contract a bonus.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ May 2, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) Tis not true. His projections for Romero and Billingsley are very friendly. Lester wasn't injured last season. He was dominant: 15-8, 3.41 ERA, 225 K. I like the trade a lot. I was looking at the wrong year. My bad. I still gave Lester a glowing 2010 total. The Romero and Billingsley stats aren't THAT "friendly." Both totals are very possible; and yes, Billingsley has been better than Lester in the recent past.

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 2, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) The glass may still be half-full... but it's cracked and slowly leaking. If not repaired by late June, it'll be empty. The guy who filled the glass and the guy who filled the water pitcher may have to answer to the guy who owns the glass, pitcher and restaurant by the time the glass is empty.

I blame Whitey Oh by the way... the moron bought non-explosive fertilizer. Thank God for morons.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 2, 2010 -> 08:46 PM) wouldn't that area in 1821 be considered the Viceroyalty of New Spain? Not in 1821. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_New_Spain

Good news though! Ozzie says that Pierre will be back to the lead off spot in a few days!

I'm sorry. It was my mistake to bring anything up. Enjoy your Bulls KoolAid. I just hope - speaking as a realistic Bulls fan - that Jim Jones didn't make it for you.

1821 Mexico: http://blm.utep.edu/crta/images/1821.jpg See any familiar ethnically lived in areas?

So far, this year is showing that the rebuild while "playing for this year" combo that KW tries to do is in it's 5th year of failing to repeat 2005. They'd be better off slashing payroll in the offseason and playing Hudson, Flowers, Viciedo, Morel etc., next year in Chicago and taking their lumps. If payroll is down, the droves of fair-weather Sox fans that won't show up for games in 2011 won't affect the bottom line as much and they can truly rebuild through high draft picks and youth getting MLB experience. The Sox hadn't done that in their past history until they took a dump from 1986-1989 and got those high draft picks. McDowell, Fernandez, Thomas, and Ventura were cornerstones of a seriously good team from 1990-1995. It would have never happened without those bad years.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) he has made plenty of $$ over his career, he is at the stage where he wants to win, and he wants to be at a place where he can have the best chance to win, yet still pays him a decent amount of money, dallas has proven not to be that place, and the bulls is one of the few teams that fits the bill. you can plenty of veterans taking a pay cut just to be on a championship caliber team, and with dirk, the bulls would be one. there is a chance he stays put, but according to his post game interview, he is really giving a though about leaving dallas. I think you're overvaluing the Bulls versus lower level teams. The Knicks only lost 12 more than the Bulls this year. Outside of Rose and maybe Noah, there's nothing that screams "Championship" about the Bulls that would make a free agent player accept a pay cut to join them. Sure, they could win 10 more games and get deeper into the playoffs maybe, but it's going to take more than Nowitzki, Boozer, or Lee to get anything more than that. They'd need another scoring threat from the guard position AND a power rebounder both to even sniff the Eastern Conference Finals. There's no way that Nowitzki leaves Dallas to #1 take a pay cut or #2 be part of a rebuild job. He'll want to go to a team that has more of a veteran presence where he can win it all sooner, rather than later. If the Bulls get Wade or LeBron PLUS one of Boozer/Bosh/A'mare, they can get there. Anyone less, doubtful.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) but lee plays for the knicks, the east coast version of the warriors, it not hard to put up big numbers for them, look at monte ellis or al harrington for example. boozer may suck as D against a bynum or gasol, but that's because the jazz center is okur, who is equally as awful on defense, if boozer comes to the bulls, he doesn't need to take on the toughest big man assignment, we got noah and taj who are very solid big men defender in their own rite. reduced defensive assignment can also increase his offensive efficiency. this is a guy who shoots 52-53% regularly in his career, the bulls need a player who can get easy baskets, what is not to like about boozer. I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but rebounding is a skill that is primarily affected by who you play against, not what team you play for. This is why Rodman could rebound, not because he was on a good or bad team, but because his technique was better than anyone else's. Rodman was on the same team as David Robinson - a top rebounder himself - yet he out-rebounded him. He also out rebounded Rick Mahorn with the Pistons and anyone on the Bulls when he was in Chicago. Troy Murphy gets double-doubles with Danny Granger in Indiana, the same way he did with the guys in Golden State. David Lee and Carlos Boozer can get similar levels of rebounds and points with any team in the league just by playing the same way they always do. Ten to 12 rebounds and 12-15 points in garbage scoring is available to any big player with good technique that will put in the work on the court.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:27 PM) they probably won't want to be a state, the U.S. is just a downright mean place. PR's up to their eyeballs in Wal-Marts and SUVs already. How would anything change?

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:19 PM) if the bulls indeed gets dirk, all we need from him is 20 and 8 a night, hit some threes and get to the foul line. So, you'd be happy with 20 and 8 from a 35-36 year old guy making 20 mil a year and taking up cap space that could keep the Bulls from extending Noah and/or Rose? He'll be 32 this summer and 37 at the end of a 5 year deal.

Lee has had as many if not more points and rebounds per game over the last two years than Boozer and he's a year and a half younger.

Viciedo's going to have to hit better if the Sox want to get AGon.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) Donny Lucy-he gone. Castro back. Look above.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 2, 2010 -> 06:06 PM) IF you watch him at the plate, he has a godawful swing technique right now. His hips are flying open on every swing, for starters. I believe his head is flying out following it. Similar to Quentin and his head maybe?

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ May 2, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) As long as he has that sweet stroke he'll be productive. Productive, possibly. All-Star salary level? No. If he goes to free agency, some team is going to be on the hook for a 5 year deal worth so much that Hinrich and Deng will look like steals. If he's even averaging 20 points a game when he enters the 4th year of his deal, I'd be surprised.

Nowitzki's got maybe 3 All-Star level years left in him after this year; and that's optimistic.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ May 2, 2010 -> 04:52 PM) Howard's contract shouldn't scare off anyone. That was a bad, bad deal for the Phillies who paid a price that nobody else could have afforded. I mean, the Yankees have Tex. The Angels have Kendry. The Dodgers can't buy anyone given the ownership situation. The Cubs are going to be paying off bad deals for the next several years. Who is left? The Red Sox? Why in the hell would they bid against themselves? They may spend a lot of money, but they're not stupid, because in an AGon-Howard-Prince-Pujols FA market, guess who ranks No. 4? Some were speculating Seattle. Since Lee and Griffey will both be gone.

Part of me doesn't want LeBron on the Bulls because he's a massive jerk. But, then the realization of his talent kicks in.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 2, 2010 -> 05:41 PM) I think he's really messed up mentally right now. Just not hitting the pitches he's supposed to be hitting. I wonder what's going on. Maybe he needs a temporary special hitting instructor, like Thomas did with Hriniak.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ May 2, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) Fixed it. :-) Very true. His baseball stint allowed Houston to win two. I wonder if he was burnt out though and needed the time off.

6 Ks in two days. Do you think that Beckham should sit tomorrow in favor of Nix or Vizquel?