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I think you guys are underestimating how much Marc Gasol will make. There just are not very many centers worth a s*** right now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 03:57 PM) LA gets ragged on because of the pollution and the traffic. But there's a reason for all the traffic and the pollution - because so many people want to live there! The weather, the entertainment, the beaches, the food, the people...there are tons of reasons to live in LA. Not saying I would want to do it without lots of money, but let's not act like it's not a world-class city, folks. No, the reason for all the traffic is they built a city so sprawled that it's public transit sucks and you are forced to drive everywhere. Sprawl + 2nd largest city + no public transit = Awful traffic.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 04:24 PM) seriously? there's no such THING as proven among closers and relievers in general. If you play fantasy baseball you know that - every year the list of "top closers" is dramatically different. Why? Because they have no lasting power. They'll be good for a couple years then fall off the map. Who's to say Santos isn't exactly the same as the majority of closers out there? That's all fine and well, but that's what made Santos so attractive. If he sucked, it didn't set your team back salary-wise. Which makes him very valuable. His contract was affordable for a 7th inning reliever, let alone closer.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 12:00 AM) Beckham is a weird one. I understand why you would want to be rid of him, but you probably won't get much after his last two seasons. Sarcasm or not? I'm serious. I knew when we started off slow that we would have a may-june run that would have people saying "Oooh well maybe if we have a good second half" and then the second half is just going to be a brutal trudge to third place.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 12:16 AM) This seems like the same thing we hear each year. The Sox might have just enough talent to win this division, as long as other teams don't play to their abilities. Amen. That's why I knew the ending to last year in April.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 03:39 PM) I wish that xmas were less about gifts and tradition and more about having a great time with family. I've tried three straight years to get everyone to ditch presents (save for the young ones, of course) and use that money on a sweet ass vacation to start making some real memories. I would love that, but it's really hard to leave work for me over the holidays. My friends are all planning on doing a whiskey distillery tour in May, however.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 11:16 PM) Maybe Adam will run a few more laps since he heard it though. In the offseason? Not likely.

Damn it, i'm not sure i'll get home in time for the mizzou game. Totally missed that the tip off was so early.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 09:08 PM) He wasn't generally unknown to those who make it their business to know these things. I would love to know how many AA pitching prospects you or BMags could name off the top of your heads at 11 am this morning. Look at what people were saying they'd like to have for Santos a few days ago, and look at how happy they now are. They don't match up. I'm not a Molina expert, but it does worry me a whole hell of a lot that people aren't just split on whether he'll be a top of the line starter, but whether he'll even be a major league starter at all.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) Here's a fact for you guys... Nobody here has ever sat through am MLB trade negotiation. Nobody here knows what we could have gotten or should have gotten. Nobody here really knows the market for a closer 3 years removed from being a SS bust. Nobody knows what it really takes to land a top 50 type prospect. It seems the Sox have an organizational philosophy for pitching. You have to throw strikes to pitch here. This kid throws strikes. But we do have a centuries worth of case studies of trades happening in this league. Some trade negotiators make great trades and some make really bad ones. They are not all equal.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 07:48 PM) He's a cheap closer. He's 29. He's good, not great. You have a ML ready replacement waiting in the wings. I'll give KW credit for at least recognizing the value of a 60 inning reliever. Did he, though? Did he?

That said, if this kid doesn't end up as a starter...I just give up.

That "wasn't really the best team" that year has never bothered me. Even having a run in those types of scenarios is plenty to hang your hat on.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 6, 2011 -> 12:02 AM) For the record, OSU did not play a CCG like Alabama. OSU also did not have to win their division (like Alabama), because the Big 12 did not have divisions. Most people are going to agree that losing a game to LSU in OT is better than losing a game to ISU in OT. The best argument for OSU, is that OSU didnt play LSU and therefore its a new and more interesting match up. Well i'll take OSUs total schedule vs. alabama's.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 11:47 PM) And they were dropped behind OSU in the polls after losing. So OSU should not be penalized for losing 2 weeks later to Iowa State? For years people would say, "its not who you lose to but when you lose." Are people really expecting the voters not to drop OSU any spots when losing the second to the last game of the season to a 6-6 team when there are other 1 loss teams out there? And it's also "when you win", and when you win a game against a top ten opponent while the other contender sits at home because they couldn't win their division to get into the conference championship that used to matter. But now we know. Win a conference championship = meaningless. Lose a conference championship = f***s you out of any BCS bowl. Sit on the sidelines = Key to having a bowl bid. Suck just enough not to have to play for the title, while not so much that you are a bad team. How many s***ty losses did USC have that last decade and writers still put them near the top every year? It doesn't matter if you are a classic team, I guess. All of your former football players are all over TV, and the writers have followed you their whole lives.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 11:38 PM) Or if OSU wouldve dropped Iowa State when they were 28 point favorites then they'd undoubtedly be in right now. OSU controlled their own destiny and they failed. They had their shot at playing LSU but they lost to a 6-6 team. The same f***ing thing could be said for alabama. I don't understand how you have a point. They had their shot and failed.

Nonsense. Griffey made an INCREDIBLE THROWWWWWWWWWWWW

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 06:51 PM) Yeah, but who really cares? Other than the NC game, the other bowls are basically just for pride. Getting into a BCS bowl nets you some more $$$, not surprising that popular teams expected to generate more interest and revenue would get them. I think every fan base cares. BCS get prime TV slots where everyone will watch their team play.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 06:25 PM) There are 10 available BCS slots. Six go automatically to the champions of the six BCS conferences. Two more automatically went to Alabama and Stanford for finishing in the top 4. That left two slots where the bowls could actually pick from among eligible teams. The Sugar Bowl ended up with both of those picks and took #11 Virginia Tech and #13 Michigan. #6 Arkansas and #9 South Carolina were ineligible due to the SEC already having two BCS teams. Eligible teams passed over were #7 Boise State, #8 Kansas State, #12 Baylor, and #14 Oklahoma. I'm not in any way a fan of the Big 12 (minus 2) but they really got doubly screwed over by the BCS this year by not getting OSU into the championship game and by not getting a team ranked #8 into any BCS game. Just as a matter of principle, I'm going to make it a point to watch Boise State and Kansas State's bowl games and not the Sugar Bowl. First of all because the Sugar Bowl didn't pick the most-deserving teams and secondly because Virginia Tech really blows and will probably lose by 20+ points. Sugar bowl was a joke with selections. I don't feel these bcs bowls should get extra significance if they are just going to pick whoever they feel will make the most money rather than reward the best teams that year. That's great Michigan, you made a BCS bowl...because your fans travel more than Kstates. Great resume.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 06:15 PM) I just don't think you're finding a competent QB that's gonna be any better than Hanie at this point. And I honestly thought we'd still end up at 13-3 before these 2 terrible losses, but not anymore, this offense is a disaster without Cutler and a stubborn Martz You know, Hanie is just too susceptible to imploding on scoring drives. We've had too many drives get in FG or TD positions just implode for 0 points. If Hanie isn't going to get us 3rd down conversions and is also going to implode in the red zone, quite a few qbs can improve on that.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 06:08 PM) I recognize that the SEC is the best conference, at least at the top...but jeesh, I miss the SEC with the high flying Florida teams and a Tennessee team and an LSU team that can move the ball up and down the field. I don't think anyone really doesn't believe that the SEC defenses are the best in the country, but their offenses are lackluster at best, if not pathetic, and it's just not even entertaining to watch. You know what I think is what's pissing me off. It doesn't have to do with Big 12 bias, obviously. But as a fan of a school very similar to oklahoma state in prestige, it really sucks that when you have that amazing season, that 1-in-100 season, you get beat out by Alabama after just beating a #10 team on the last week of the season and Alabama has lost to the #1 team already, didn't win their division, and didn't play that week. It's a vicious cycle that when these schools do build up a great team, they have to also fight against the bias of writers sticking with what they know.

QUOTE (vandy125 @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 04:04 PM) I have the $79 Kindle as well as the Kindle Fire, and I just bought my mom a Kindle Touch for Christmas. What kind of questions do you have? So far we love them. The limited space on the Fire is an issue for plane flights or when you are not near wifi and want to watch movies, but I think I've found a solution for that. Mostly that I got it as a gift and want to upload a book on it. But, if I register their email address on it, will they get an email saying "hey thanks for registering your kindle." Is there a sneaky way to load it up? Can I buy kindle books onto my computer and load it on there?

To be fair, the reason Texas looks like not a quality win anymore is because they are on like their 5th runningback on a team that was designed around their running backs. I think it's bulls***. I think the writers decided that this should be the matchup and didn't budge. I'm sick of teams being rewarded for not making their conference championship game. It's absolute horses***.

fun for the fans too.

Whoa, lets see how much its' for before signing on to that statement.