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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) Good post on the Rios/Ramirez situation. I wouldn't mind Robin getting the boot in response to this joke of a season, but I am OK with him staying on during the rebuild. He's a nice guy and I am not violently against him. You don't seem like a violent person.

Trade Winds forum: pissing in the wind until bucket or a national sportswriter shares information

The likely result of a much lower K rate by Dunn would be that the Ks would be replaced by ground balls and his success rate on grounders is horrible.

Sample sizes are fun

The Hollister shirt picture was taken August 2011. He was 16, 7 month pre-shooting.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 01:32 PM) I think all teams do some sort of long toss regimen. It's one of the best ways to increase velocity. We see teams try it now and then, but I agree that nobody will ever stick with it. I think we're closer to a 6 man rotation than we are a 4 man. About half of teams use long toss to a significant extent. There are significant divisions in certain circles about the utility and even safety of long toss. I went to a clinic that treats Cardinals players and they told me I would be doing no long-tossing with them. Other places I consulted saw long tossing as the centerpiece of strengthening.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 01:57 PM) We all know how well he did under pressure last summer...

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 01:57 PM) No pressure or anything, but we really need him to be good for two starts. He just has to look healthy. Normal velocity, don't get absolutely shelled. They know what healthy Jake Peavy is like. He wins you games.

Now this all makes sense...

I watched Ben Wallace makes 13 threes in a row before a Bulls game several years ago...I no longer believe anything I see unless it happens in a game situation.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 12:54 PM) Obama: "Trayvon Martin could've been me 35 years ago." Countdown to exploding heads in 3... 2... Obama was a rapper?

Yeah I'm still going with Miggy. Not Tulo, as he's a higher injury risk than pitchers are

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 11:06 AM) And apparently they(and you) seem happy with the status quo. I want the Bulls to win it all, not "be good enough to compete and maybe pull it out if certain other players get injured and our players dont get injured" It isnt sensationalist to want the Bulls to be better. If I were to say anything was sensationalist, i would say it was your opinion of Nate Robinson I'm just not convinced that one playoff series in 2011 was enough to evaluate the potential of this team, which is better than it was in 2011.

Yes, that is The Game. That email made my day thinking of all the angry white folks that wouldn't recognize The Game and assume all black people look similar enough that the young Trayvon could turn into The Game.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 10:46 AM) NSIS Anyways, Carlos is Spanish for Charles. LOL that was my first thought too when someone said Charles was Carlos's brother. I suppose I'll name my kids John, Juan, Jean...

My dad got this in a chain email from conservative buddy: LIBERAL MEDIA!!!

If I don't think about the price and don't have to deal with customer service (and I don't think I ever have), AT&T is great. Best or close to the best coverage with the fastest LTE in many markets.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 07:32 AM) Not wanting to stay the same doesnt mean I want the Bulls to get worse. I want the front office to get creative and stop saying "We really like our core." My non-sensationalist revision would be, "some folks in here would rather risk getting worse by making a splash than staying the same. Others of us (and apparently the FO) would rather wait for the move(s) that make us better beyond a shadow of a doubt."

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 10:22 AM) From BP's Eyewitness Accounts: http://bbp.cx/a/21255#hawkins Yikes - but of course, it sounds like they are saying he was never a good prospect in the first place so I guess we can just sit on our hands.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 07:43 AM) I absolutely believe LA would trade Pederson to fill holes they have. They have 3 untraceable OFers in Kemp, Crawford and Ethier to go with Puig. Whether the sox have what they need... Yet Pederson would be a guy to build around for the sox. This looks a lot like those guys to me...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 19, 2013 -> 10:33 AM) Not a single person in that group I'd trade Sale for straight-up. You can sign me up for Miggy

He teased that there wouldn't be many pitchers in top 15 due to injury risk

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 18, 2013 -> 10:19 PM) My point was simply that other teams, when told a legit star wants to be traded to them, hear the opening demand and then force a much worse trade down the throat of the other team. Except that's the exception when you think it ought to be the rule. We just don't know how many times teams unsuccessfully force bad deals down others' throats.

Sounds like they are already getting more than he's worth

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 18, 2013 -> 09:36 PM) That would be making a move just to make a move. Awful trade. I think that's what a lot of the folks in here want. They'd rather get worse than stay the same