qwerty

Ichiro in no way needed to jump... and truly it was more like a little hop. It was only half way up the wall.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:34 PM) If a general manager believes that a manager should be fired and he is told no by someone in ownership, then he should resign. The general manager position would practically be nonexistent if this were the case.

I love that flowers is proving just about the whole world wrong.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:22 PM) The GM is supposed to be the higher-up. An owner making baseball decisions is a recipe for disaster. So you are telling me you truly believe a general manager can fire a manager on a whim (can be a legitimate reason even) without running it by someone higher than himself for the final say. If you really believe that, it's simply niave. This works both ways. The general manager may have a great relationship with the manager... but if the higher ups hate the guy... he is as good as gone. It's really that simple. The same goes for all sports. Generally there is a joint decision, it's rarely ever one man, and you are right, if and when it ever is, it is indeed the owner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:18 PM) Unfortunately, no one is quite sure who actually has the authority here. Normally, you do blame the GM because the Manager isn't allowed to openly defy the GM on decisions. Otherwise, teh GM would fire the manager. It's been made abundantly clear here though that the GM does not have the authority on his own to fire the manager, the manager has extra protection thanks to the owner. No gm has the authority to fire a manager on their own. Not a one. That is what the higher ups are there for... the final say.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:15 PM) What is Kenny "The Genius" Williams's job then? What is he responsible for? Do people refer to kenny williams as a genius and i'm not aware of it?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:07 PM) I'd like to vote for this for the best post in the history of this site. I like this one myself. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 28, 2011 -> 04:08 PM) Eat s*** Ozzie! f***ing moron

Jim carrey: real or fake... you decide.

Awesome film. I had been waiting for this film for two plus years now. Not for everyone. Pushes the envelope in many regards. I repeat not for everyone. Open minded people only apply.

Seems rather unlikely that it was not directed at oney guillen. From the second i read it i sensed parallelism.

Gold...

I will be back in two days. Would love to see if someone knows what this is from. Have fun.

The least he could do is spell his name properly.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 27, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) You are inconsistent, annoying, and not particularly fun to read. Peace.

Green is always unnecessary as far as i'm concerned.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) Didn't Doug Davis beat some kind of cancer? Cancer of the thyroid.

Illeisim at it's finest, greg. You get more pathetic with each post. Greg, at the end of the day, the very kindest thing i can say would be that you're a simpleton, through and through. People can blame hyperbolism all they want as to why this site sucks phallus... but you sir are essentially the cause for the sites degeneration single handily. Who wants to bet greg has to look up the following words before attempting to grasp the meaning of what i just stated? ... Illeisim, simpleton, hyperbolism, the, and phallus. ============================================================================= Word to the wise, illeisim and hyperbolism are not acknowledged by the spell check, though they are indeed words. ============================================================================= Please... pretty please even... with a cherry on top... suspend me. See everyone in ten days to two weeks.

The movie title derives from a comic book series. Bay can't even be blamed, as he almost certainly didn't have the final say as to what it would be called.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) I love that site for minor league stats. If you are looking for something more advanced there is stat corner orminor league splits. Both of these sites have a lot of information that is not on baseball cube or baseball reference.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) I've read a couple of Duke Nukem reviews. All indications towards being bad and outdated. I'm not surprised. Duke Nukem’s PR Threatens To Punish Sites That Run Negative Reviews.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 10:50 PM) You get points for the bolded. The rest of this post is an F-. Same grade could go for the misspelling of non sequitur.

I did not like the trade from day one. There are those of you currently saying '' ya right... how could someone not have liked the peavy acquisition''. I liked the idea of adding a great pitcher... but not with all the risks involved. Don't believe me, take a gander at the past if needed. I have never been one that thinks it's wise to pay a player 15 million plus for several years, going from the national league to the american league, on top of going from one of the worst hitting parks... to one of the very best? Acquiring peavy was a good deal of money for a team that more often than not cries poor... plus they picked up rios to boot? Nothing surprises me anymore after they desperately picked up manny ramirez... just to sit him... to keep him rested?!? Yuck. How about the funky mechanics of his? He puts a ton of stress on himself, very violent delivery, easily one of the worst in the game. Only a matter of time until his blows that arm of his into 374,981 pieces. His career will end much sooner, rather than much later, i'm very confident in that. I said the same thing about jenks... two... two and a half years ago... and i stand by it. Remember him last year? Like him this year? I don't give him much past his contract with the red sox. I don't doubt that peavy still has the ability to pitch well, when he does pitch, but come on, 75-125 innings a year is clearly not gonna warrant his contract. I feel safe in saying peavy will be lucky to ever reach 175 innings. I can't wait until his albatross ass is sent out of town. Edwin jackson for daniel hudson was another joke... which i absolutely hated. No one likely remembers, but i'm pretty certain j4l hates the trade as much as he does because of what i posted the day the trade happened. Hated it then. Hate it more now. Likely will hate it even more once the season ends. This is clearly a very played out topic, but i have practically not said a word about it since day one. The time has come... and now gone. Best of wishes to jake peavy pitching 100 innings this year! I'm just gonna go ahead and nominate that last sentence as joke of the year.