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QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Mar 29, 2005 -> 03:43 PM) I agree completely... It's a good thing I didn't actually hear this first hand, otherwise I would have gone nuts. I don't particularly like Mark Prior. In fact, I actually dislike the guy. He's not the most lovable character. But practicing this kind of journalism is ridiculous. - A guy is on steroids if he get injured too much - A guy is on steroids if he stays too healthy - A guy is on steroids if he gains weight - A guy is on steroids if he loses weight. There's no way to win. No way to not have your name arbitrarily attatched to the stigma of steroids without even the slightest bit of proof. I'd be seriously pissed off if I was Prior, or Helton(who got called out last week) Actually your middle statements aren't true. I haven't heard anyone who's too healthy or gains weight(unless its pure muscle and the head gets bigger) being accused of being on steroids. I do have my suspicisions about Prior though(and no it's not because of what was said on Sporting News).

I have turned the Sox into the Yankees. I just traded Zambrano for Jesus Urban(I think from the Phillies). He throws 3 pitches. A curve, 4 seam fastball and a 2 seamer. His Curve is 67mph. The 2 seamer is 99 mph, his 4 seamer is 102 and all with pinpoint control. I have thrown 3 perfect games in a row with him this season. I also traded Oliver Perez because his ERA was in the 5's. Got another starting pitcher(forgot name) who's ERA is 1.69 with 98IP pitched so far. He's second in the league in K's behind Jesus Urban. Urban has a 2.08 ERA with 106IP so far. Both guys are 23. Rotation: Urban-R the other 23 year old phenom-lefty Harden-R Reyes-L McCarthy-R For my bullpen, it says everyone of those guys(I have 6 BP arms) are potential Cy Youngers and the only guy I have over 25 is Frankie Rodriguez. My leadoff hitter(J. Allen) is batting a blistering .378 with 26 HRS and 46SB.

Kirk is a PG, he's not the best PG on the Bulls though. He sucks at making the post entry feed to anyone(including Eddy Curry) and his shot just sucks. It's been two seasons and last year he played PG all year and his FG% was still poor. With Kirk out the past 4 games, Eddy Curry's T/O's have gone down. Kirk looks for his shot way too much and he can't knock down a consistent jumper anymore than Duhon can(they're shooting around the same %). Duhon does everything better than KH at PG. He gets the ball into the post early. He finds the open guy and the offense runs so smoothly with him running the point. Kirk's alright, but he isn't that great.

I would certainly trade for that prospect. He sounds like a Buehrle.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Mar 26, 2005 -> 10:44 PM) Did anyone, at any point in the game, say "Damn........Hassan Adams remids me of LeBron James." I sure as hell did. He looks like him and his first step and dribble is like LeBron's. He blew by Dee and Luther a couple of times. I was like damn, he has a very quick first step.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Mar 26, 2005 -> 08:34 PM) Nice play calling to end the game, Lute.... They gawn! The play actually was supposed to be an option either with Frye having the ball at the top of the key or Salim getting it on a handoff with Frye sliding to the post. Poorly executed and the freshman(McClellan) choked in crunch time. Good play, but horrible execution.

Frye, but since he isn't on there, Deron. All I know is that Frye, Deron and Luther just rose their stock in the draft.

I have as number 50 in MVP.

^^Sure was. I hope they beat the living snot out of UW-Milwaukee. Just to make him think he can't coach at that next level. Kill the damn Cinderella, KILL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Mar 23, 2005 -> 09:10 AM) Found this is a NY Daily News article: Now I'm not saying it's true, but what if it is? Would this make Pearl more or less underhanded in his tactics? Maybe, if the NCAA wants to clean their games up, they should tape ALL conversations or send a representative with the coach on EVERY scouting trip. Of course no one has responded to that yet.

They should've signed Mantei(who wanted to play in Chicago) or Percival. They simply dropped the ball on that. They have the money to take the chance on those players, but simply didn't.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 21, 2005 -> 11:26 PM) They were put on probation, but not because of what Pearl taped. More reason to back off him. They were put on probation for other infractions. They cheated. Remember, Thomas made a verbal commitment to this "aggressive recruiter", then changed his mind, and told Pearl he was getting 80K and a Blazer. They weren't even put on probation for the Blazers, which was common knowledge every Illini player had. I am saying if Thomas never said Collins paid him, and never said he was gettting a car, all of this would never have happened. Pearl might not have been totally above board, but given all the information, there is no way the guy's a rat. Thomas bears a lot of responsibility for this. I don't know what the laws were back then, but considering Pearl was never charged with anything, and Iowa received no penalties, nothing illegal must have happened. I will guarantee you there were a lot of coaches and administrators around the Big Ten who secretly raised a glass to Bruce Pearl. A lot of crap was going on with that program, and everyone (except for maybe Lou Henson) knew it. Wrong buddy. He was pissed off because he lost out on a recruit. No one in the Big Ten liked the guy and everyone saw him as a rat, especially after the incident. Even Dickie V thinks he's a rat which is why he never comments on him.

I have a player J. Allen who's originally a CF prospect in FA. Got him, developed him in the minors for 2 years, brought him up and changed his position as a 2b and he's one 4 GG and 5 silver slugger awards. His contact is 100 and his speed is a 98. His power is in the 70's as well. The whole left side of my infield are GGers.

I said Frank because I think BMac could hold down the fort while Thomas for the past few years has been near the top in walks and OBP.

Anyone else think LaMont Jordan is a bootleg RB??? I don't think he's that good at all and I've seen lots of people hype him up.

I rather have QC personally. The Bears don't have a complete offense yet which means they are going to need someone who makes plays with their feet.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Mar 21, 2005 -> 10:54 AM) Oh Dick, Dick, Dick...c'mon...I'll agree with the Pearl over Collins coaching ability. But, the Deon Thomas and Illinois were cleared of allegations over that incident. They were put on probation for other infractions, which, if you opened up an investigation at ANY PROGRAM, would probably come up. Including Duke, UNC, Kentucky or Kansas. From what I remember (I was at Illinois at the time), Thomas was a 17 year old kid, trying to get an aggressive recruiter off his back. Did Deon say those things, probably, but the NCAA couldn't prove anything and instead saved face by putting Illinois on probabation for other infractions. Bruce Pearl is on the same level as Linda Tripp. Why wasn't he, or the Iowa team, put on probation for illegally wiretapping a recruit? Isn't that entrapment? Sorry Dick, but Bruce Pearl, good coach or not, is not a martyr, not a do gooder, he is a rat, plain and simple. I agree completely. Illinois was put on probation because of other things. I'm saying the Illini wouldn't have lost out on recruits, especially from Illinois(top recruits that is) if they weren't put on probation. Hell, they might've never made it back up ala UNLV.

McCarthy is the way to go. Hopefully he performs just as well. I'm surprised he hasn't broke a bone, he's skinnier than Pod. Anyway, I'm scared that we're rushing him, but I don't think there are many other choices.

So basically Buehrle is going to miss at least 3 starts?

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 20, 2005 -> 09:00 PM) That fact of the matter was Illinois was doing some illegal things. A lot, if not all players were indeed given use of Chevy Blazers. Pearl turning them in was frowned at by Illinois coaches and fans. If it were Jimmy Collins turning in Tom Davis, Illini fans would have an incredibly different take. The Illini were put on probation for violations. I don't remember if the Blazers had anything to do with the probation, but Pearl definitely got the ball rolling on the investigation. Pearl has become one of the top small school coaches in the country. I'm sure it chaps Jimmy Collins' ass that Pearl is 10 times the coach he is. Pearl did Illinois a huge favor. If this scandal hadn't happened, Collins probably would have succeeded Lou Henson, and regardless of Jimmy's ties to the public league, there is no way the program would be in the position it is today. You're right, It would probably be stronger. The fact that Illinois basically couldn't recruit from one of the biggest and best cities for basketball hurt them big. Look at Duke, they were getting Chicago Public League recruits all the way down there.(Latest 2 were Dockery and M. Thompson) and they wouldn't have had such a problem building up their program again. They were absolved of all things and the reason why Pearl did it was because he lost out on a recruit. Hell Duke gave Chris Duhon's mom a $155,000 job "coincidentally" as they were recruiting him. They also gave Carlos Boozer's family some money from what I remember too. I don't see Bruce Pearl trying to get Duke popped off. The Blazers didn't have anything to do with the investigation. He was just a bitter man. Hell Dickie V. doesn't even like him and that's why he's pretty much "blackballed" from a major program.

I always thought Jason Phillips was a 1B. Eh well, decent trade for both teams.

I had the seats upgrade up til level 3(outfield and more upperdeck seats) and I benefitted from them because they are cheaper and I made sure I bought every concession shop and gift shops possible. I was making 1.5 mil per game in my 6th season. Everything was a near sellout so it does benefit you. I haven't bough ads yet simply because I don't think they give you enough money in revenue.

Yeah, I didn't see Jenks at all. Did he do anything?? How'd he look?

What does plethora mean???? Just kidding. Nice preview.

What are these? MVP simulated season???