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QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 4, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) what the? can someone tell me what is going on around here? since when did floyd's value skyrocketed? floyd for fielder and a prospect? if i were the sox, i wouldn't hesitate to trade floyd for fielder alone. By fWAR, Floyd had more value in '10 than Fielder (4.3 to 4.2). Floyd makes $5M in '11, and in '11 Prince gets a raise from the $10.5M he made this year. Floyd is under team control for three years, Prince just the one. A straight up trade does not make sense even assuming Fielder is a win more valuable than Floyd. If you trade Floyd, it should be for younger player(s) with not much service time established

I believe he'll sign for 3 years at least 8 figures/year. And he'll probably be just about worth it over that period of time. But with our budget constraints, I'd like to see us sign/trade for a guy who will provide more surplus value than PK (worth more than we have to pay them). He'll be 35 on opening day btw

Boyer is currently working on hiring a new organist

We will have one of the least talented farm systems going into next season. The two comp picks we'll get by offering PK arb and letting him walk will go towards improving our franchise in that regard. This was PK's greatest offensive season by far, there will likely be regression to follow. With the amount of cash we have tied up in next year's team and several holes yet to fill, it is not prudent to offer him the amount of money it will take for him to sign

Yes, you should change it to horror only. Also limit the end list to 20 instead of 50 like you normally do, then it's easier on you as well

Rangers, cause I live in TX. I have some friends who are die-hard Rangers fans who haven't gotten to enjoy this for awhile. Also I genuinely like many of the Rangers players

I'm definitely still gonna check it out. Will post my thoughts

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 3, 2010 -> 12:59 PM) Count whatever you want, and if other people don't think it's a horror movie, it won't make the list because you'd be the only one voting for it? The end result would benefit from a clearer definition of the list parameters. If different people are submitting several different genres of film due to confusion, then the final list may not be very focused

You can't use a counting stat for Bautista because before this year, he had exactly one full season in the majors. So don't look at it like, "he never hit X number of home runs before", because he didn't really have the same chance as an everyday player. I looked at ISO, a rate stat, which implied the power has always been there (around .180 before this season for all professional ball). Another reason we should not be surprised by a late breakout is that Bautista's development path was f***ed up by the rule 5 draft. First promotion to the bigs came with no experience above high A ball. He spent 2004 with four different big league clubs getting 88 ABs. That kind of inconsistency at age 23 season will tend to throw a wrench in your career trajectory. And we should stop putting Bautista's size into the discussion as an argument. The biggest factor which a hitter has control over in the resulting distance of a hit is bat speed. Yes, larger/stronger guys can swing heavier bats which results in more momentum, but a guy like Bautista may be able to generate more bat speed with a lighter bat to hit for distance just the same. A good indication of bat speed is how well a player hits fastballs. Looking at pitch type values against fastballs on Fangraphs, only four players rank ahead of Bautista. The guy at the top of the list is Konerko, who we know has tremendous bat speed and is nearly impossible to throw a fastball by. Number two is Hamilton, and since I live in Texas and watch several Rangers games can say definitely have above average bat speed

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 1, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) I don't think it has anything to do with steroids. I think he just genuinely made a correction in his swing mechanics and he's been hitting the ball with a ton of power. On top of that, his confidence is through the roof, and that has to help his psyche at the plate. No dude. It's definitely steroids. Never mind the fact that there's an obvious visual difference in the way he loads up before the pitch between this year and last. Which is what Bautista has already attributed to being able to see the ball better this season and hit with more authority. His isolated power has always been up there throughout his pro career knocking on the lower end of the "power hitter" range. He just wasn't making much contact. This season he's dropped his K% by about 5% and is hitting everything in the air. There's been a lot of luck involved too in reaching the magical 50 mark, but he's legit and looks to be a perennial 30-guy going forward

Konerko's Kontract year was fun to watch, and will provide us with an extra comp pick

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Sep 30, 2010 -> 11:42 PM) The corporate? Sarah's own father. The real mystery is, typo of the year?

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Sep 30, 2010 -> 11:18 PM) He ABSOLUTELY OBLITERATED that ball on the grand slam. Oh my f***. It went to the 3rd deck. In Target Field. Maybe the longest homer I've seen this year http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_...84&c_id=mlb Aaand I now love Jose Bautista

New JEW sucks

Yes, it's 35/35 on rt.com with 9.4/10. It's basically averaging a 4-star review

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 23, 2010 -> 03:42 PM) Hopefully It's Always Sunny improves this week. We were heading towards worst episode of the series until Charlie's uncle brought some laughs in the last segment. Weak start to this season

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 23, 2010 -> 09:32 AM) This is quite a ridiculous post. You realize makeup/hair make a big difference. If you have a problem with what Christina Hendricks looks like in that photo, then you clearly do nothing but look at pics of hot chicks dolled up and have also met very few women in real life. I think she looks great for a "f*** it, im out doing s***" outfit. This coming from the guy who used a grainy mugshot as a counterpoint for multiple posters who were into Michelle Rodriguez. That's rich. Makeup and hair obviously do make a huge difference in the case of Ms. Hendricks. Her body is dumpy as well. I'm envious of you, I'm gonna stop looking at hot chicks and meet real women until this looks "great" to me too

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Sep 22, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) Neither HBO nor Showtime were interested in it. Even though the creator was a writer for "The Sopranos." If you want to be really sad, check out who her husband is... Link If you want to be even sadder, check out what she looks like off set (courtesy wwtdd.com) Looks like the snosberries guy settled.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 21, 2010 -> 05:31 PM) Hitting coach replacement = Frank Thomas? It wouldn't shock me. Please. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 21, 2010 -> 05:35 PM) Bah, I always thought Frank would make a terrible hitting coach...out of a combination of everything coming so naturally to him and the fact that he had such a unique swing himself. The (only) good part about Frank's time in the announcer's booth was hearing how he would approach each pitcher we were facing and showing his displeasure when our hitters didn't go up to the plate with any strategy in mind. Frank is not simply talent and a unique swing, it's quite clear from listening to him he always had a solid gameplan as well. That is exactly what I want from our hitting coach, more so than someone who tinkers with mechanics (exhibit A: Flowers). The fact that slow-throwing lefties have ruined us for years now suggests we could benefit from a new coach with as much MLB experience as possible who can provide our team with a different and better offensive approach

I've been rolling my eyes during previews of 'The Social Network', but early reviews suggest it's legit. A top critic on RT.com even compared it to Citizen Kane, lol

LFO lead singer Rich Cronin. He was a pretty cool guy, despite what you think

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Enjoying Hacker-Pschorr's Original Oktoberfest for the first time. Complex and delicious

Animal Kingdom was pretty intense. One of the characters was so creepy I was uncomfortable watching. But solid movie overall

Not that insane because they have surrendered the fewest walks in all of baseball by a large margin. Therefore, their pitchers are always around the plate and may give up their share of hits. But it won't necessarily hurt them that much because walks aren't coming around to score, they force you to string hits together to beat them. That huge park also makes it a bit easier for the Twins to pitch to contact without as much worry about the HR