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Don't forget the Twins get Neshek back this season. He'll help that bullpen a lot.

QUOTE (since56 @ Mar 7, 2010 -> 01:30 PM) For those of old enough to remember when the DH first started, it was a way to get the pichers bat out of the lineup. Instead of an automatic out in the 9th spot you put a 9th place hitter. As the homer era took over and aging stars could not play the field the trend toward a power hitter as Dh took over. But any bat you need is an option there. It also meant you could pinch hit that spot with out replacing your pitcher. If you have a great hitter for that spot fine, but if not use it for situational match ups. If you're going to use it for situational match-ups, then you should have better situational hitters than Kotsay/Jones. Jones isn't particularly strong vs LHP, and Kotsay is nothing special against RHP.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 7, 2010 -> 05:49 AM) My gf looks a little like Charlize Theron and A LOT like Dog the Bounty Hunter He used to have the punchline be Patrick Ewing

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 7, 2010 -> 05:42 AM) Zach Galifinaikis had the best monolgue ever on SNL Oh yes, his piano bit is always amazing. The dark comedies line was great.

Observe and Report makes Paul Blart: Mall Cop seem like the greatest movie of all time

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Mar 7, 2010 -> 04:36 AM) I spent some of today wondering who would be GT's new coach. I still don't think he's had a team over 9-7 in the ACC. He's ridden that Final Four for a long time, but methinks that is about to end. He has a 7 million dollar buyout. Most insiders think he's safe another year, which is absolutely f***ing pathetic. As for your boys, sounds like Landesberg played his last game for UVa.

GT vs UNC in the ACC Tournament in the battle of most underachieving team this season. Hopefully UNC wins to add to the Fire Hewitt crowd.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 6, 2010 -> 05:24 PM) So the trade was agreed upon, and our team officials met with Boldin, presumably to hammer out an extension, and they walked away after the meeting saying 'scrap the entire deal,' and that was the end of it? And then they proceeded to give their blessing to acquire TO? Bizarre. Had nothing to do with the numbers Boldin was asking for. It had everything to do with his attitude. I know it's crazy in relation to TO, but the person that told me this would know.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 6, 2010 -> 07:38 AM) So Boldin met with OUR team officials? Yes, last offseason

The Bears were close to getting Boldin last offseason, and had a deal in place that Arizona agreed to. Boldin met with some team officials, and they all came back to Angelo saying they no longer wanted him. I have no idea what happened in that meeting, but these same individuals in the past gave the green light to go after TO. This information comes from someone VERY CLOSE to the McCaskeys.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 05:59 AM) i have no idea what it is either, but I completely agree with you. it just doesn't seem like the same show.... Unless the flash-sideways all magically come together (which I'm sure they will), that aspect of the show is boring the hell out of me. I thought the stuff on the island was fantastic tonight. In some ways, it seems this show needs one more full season to wrap up the current stuff they're dealing with.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 05:01 AM) Titus!!!!!!!! started 1-3 in conf play and took down the Big Ten title. Nice You have to love the Villain wearing a Club Tril shirt during pregame.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 04:43 AM) Well we did have Deron get taken out with 2 weak first half fouls against them in the tourney when we were taking it to them early in the game. Does that count? Haha, I remember that game. As bad as it is playing them in the tournament, games at Cameron are infinitely worse.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 04:40 AM) LOL, ok buddy. You are right, the refs really hate Illinois. They get the short end of the stick EVERY game they play. I still say that if the current fan base ever had to deal with a game at Duke, there might be a riot on Illini message boards. The ironic thing is that WHarris and WS99 are two of the best minds in these threads, so I'm not calling them out at all.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 04:28 AM) Right, 16 foul shots to 3. It's always been that way under Weber, and always will be. They're a catch and shoot team, and rarely drive the ball to the rim. I'm pretty sure for the last 5 years, they're in the bottom 5 in the country for FT shots.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 3, 2010 -> 03:20 AM) Because they arent calling s*** on Illinois either. An all around terrible game for the refs. yep, Turner's 3rd foul was a joke

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 2, 2010 -> 08:29 PM) Meh... Cabrera was a long shot to make it anyway. Hopefully he has a good year in AAA for the Knights sake and his sake. In some ways, I'd rather Cabrera really struggle in ST. He's a terrible fit as a bullpen guy with his wildness, etc.

How in the world can you say that he failed Contreras, Cotts, and Jenks? That's one of the strangest things I've ever seen on this board. The two biggest misses I would say have been Aardsma and Masset, but I would say what he's done with Thornton, Floyd, Contreras, and Jenks overshadow that.

Curry looks phenomenal out there. He's going to be a tremendous player, especially in that system. It's too bad for him he plays with the biggest ball hog in the league, Monta Ellis.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 25, 2010 -> 03:47 AM) And Purdue is horrible without Hummel. They are so royally screwed once that JR class is gone. THey have no talent at all in their sophomore and freshmen classes. Yep, they're maybe a top 50 team without him, and that's only cause they play good defense.

What gives with the awful recruiting classes in the Big 10 the last few seasons? It seems that most of the good players are juniors and seniors. Teams like Purdue and Michigan are going to be in a world of trouble when their current junior/senior classes leave.

The article about James makes no sense. He won't go to the Heat because both him and Wade would want to dominate the ball. I'm sure that's true, but why would he come to Chicago where we have one of the best point guards in the league?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) I hope you sensed my oozing sarcasm. Completely...I wanted to use that line for the last two weeks when the rumors really started.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) What a stand up guy. It's the same guy who left his wife after having twins so he could hook up with his current skanky looking wife.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 04:02 AM) Why not? They've both dominated throughout the minors through AA, but Hudson did a little better at each stop, and they are both the same age. Plus, Hudson is MLB ready, Drabek may need another year. I'm just going off statistics by the way, since I haven't seen Drabek pitch. Drabek is rated higher according to every scouting service you will find, I'm pretty sure. Scouts don't really care what type of numbers people put up, especially college pitchers that are in A ball. Taylor's also a significantly higher rated prospect than Danks/Mitchell.