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Kanter is definitely going top 10. Perry Jones has a lot higher of an upside than Tristan imo. Thompson is solid but there's definitely guys I'd take above him even in this weak class.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) There's a lot of things worth replying to here. 1. Won't the Cardinals be crippled for 5-ish years if they don't sign Albert? 2. If he were to leave...I have difficulty thinking that the response would be a Lebron-like response, barring a TV special of some sort. Leaving for more money is one thing; people would be just as angry at management for not offering him the deal that he got elsewhere as they would be at him for taking it. 3. (A question I can't answer)...how much does team revenue drop if that team falls back to the back of the division for 3-4 years while they rebuild, loses LaRussa, and has to deal with Holliday's contract being their big mistake? They don't have the pieces to do a rapid reload if they lose Albert unless they sell Wainright, Carpenter, and Rasmus. They wouldn't have to rebuild at all though. They'd still have a very nice rotation in place and have a lot of extra money to work with to fill Albert's void and still be able to fill whatever else they need to at the time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) We have no sixth starter. Our fifth starter is hurt. Not many teams have six major league ready pitchers in their system. Ya no s***, someone is still mad about the Adam Dunn signing for some reason. Anyways, the more and more we hear, it sounds like the Sox are counting on Peavy to be out for about a month to start the season here.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 12:36 PM) Top 4 teams Eastern Conference Boston: 24-5 Home, 15-9 Road Miami: 20-5 Home, 19-10 Road Chicago: 23-4 Home, 13-12 Road Orlando: 20-8 Home, 15-13 Road The Hawks have a better winning percentage than the Magic.

94 Wins, AL Central Champs, lose in the ALCS to the Red Sox Sale dominant closer Alex Rios bad That's all I got for now, more to come when I'm not so damn tired.

The Nuggets now supposedly want Felton, Gallinari, Curry and a 1st round pick for Melo and Chauncey. I hope that goes through.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) Eh. KU only had 1 loss and Texas had 3. Nothing wrong with Kansas being bumped up to #1 IMO. Kinda like how when the UConn women lost they fell and Baylor hopped up to #1 even though Baylor lost to UConn earlier in the year. Difference being that Baylor lost by 1 at UCONN(makes me sad that I know that) where as Texas won at KU. Like I said though, you could have really made a fair argument for any of the top 3 to be number 1 as of yesterday, but it obviously doesn't matter so not sure why I keep discussing it, ha.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 08:39 AM) If we get off to the same start we did last year, then we're going to be thinking about it by May. I should have added "barring a collapse by this team," I don't think it's going to happen so I'm not too worried about it at the moment. Danks isn't going anywhere unless the team does indeed fall out of playoff contention by July, Kenny certainly isn't going to throw in the towel in May.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 09:35 PM) Anyone who wants to, or thinks we will, trade Danks during the season is insane. Yeup.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) Am I a bad person for loving the Rock out there? Crazy it's been 7 years, but if you didn't know better, Rock made it sound like he'll be a little more involved with WWE even after WM. I just youtubed it after reading this. That was good stuff. Sounded like a freakin bomb went off in that arena when his music hit, that place exploded. Oh and why would you feel bad about it? The guy has never ever had a bad thing to say about the WWE, he just moved on with his career, he did nothing wrong.

QUOTE (PeavyTime @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 01:15 AM) Ohio State should have remained the #1 team in the country. I mean, you really could have made a fair argument for any of them, and as Dan said it really doesn't matter. Texas is playing the best basketball in the country by far right now but the rankings are meaningless.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 10:58 PM) Garbage because you've never heard of them? So you mean the best white rapper to ever do it then? I agree. Man, you honestly think Jay Z is the best? He's damn good, don't get me wrong but he's not the best ever.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 03:13 PM) Sigh... Estimated time until this begets a Tribune article and a full thread here? I laughed.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) I don't always care for his scowl and attitude, I just think he's one of the best hip hop MCs thats ever been around. This.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 14, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) I guess a lot of that depends on how well he would have played. Really not a bad looking list for an MLB.com list. Not sure I like Ackley so high, but overall it's pretty fair. The Sox system is awful, and has been for a while, so it's not surprising that they only have one in the top 50. That's definitely all we deserve. At least he's a blue chipper though(gotta look for a positive somewhere).

I watched a bit of the grammy's and the performances for the most part were pretty damn solid. Eminem's was A-mazing.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 12, 2011 -> 07:43 PM) Yeah, I'm avoiding any sausagefests even if I always have thought it was a lame "holiday". I mean there's bound to be good looking, single girls at a Bucks-Clippers game on valentines day, right?

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 06:56 PM) I'm going through the same frustration with my alma mater. Speaking of, we're still awful but hey at least Diamond is playing tonight.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 08:51 PM) As long as he stays out of the AL I'm cool. I still think they'll work something out. And another thing, am I the only person that gets really f***ing annoyed when I read s*** like Pujols is "perhaps" baseballs best player or "probably" the best player of his genertation? There is no f***ing perhaps or probably. It's like saying Jordan was probably the best player of his era. Albert Pujols is WITHOUT QUESTION the best player of the last decade. Nobody is close. Not Mauer. Not Cabrera. Not Carlos Gonzalez. Nobody. Mark Kotsay is damn close. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 09:07 PM) What AL team could afford to add a $30 million dollar a year player to their roster? The Yankees and Red Sox are just fine at 1B. And I don't even think they would or could open up their wallets for Albert. Tigers? No. Maybe the Angels? And they just took on the most ridiculous contract in baseball. I'd bet that the Yankees and Red Sox would still try to go after Albert if he hits the market. It's Albert Pujols, luxury or not those type of franchises aren't going to pass up having the best player in the game if they have their choice. That being said, I don't see Pujols going to either of those teams, I still think he'll be back in St. Louis but if not, the Angels would be my 2nd guess. Oh, and he's not going to the Cubs, that's not happening.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 06:24 PM) Fixed Because he's white, not black.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2011 -> 11:59 PM) Mauer has a history of knee problems. It is the reason that they have been talking about moving him away from catching since he got to the majors. People are just paranoid about catchers so a guy that has that much value from just his bat is always going to have the talk surrounding him that he should switch positions. Problem there is that Mauer is so awesome behind the plate too that you can't be in any rush to move him anywhere else.

The fan base argument is just ridiculous. Everyone has good ones and everyone has awful ones, it's that simple.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) Agreed. Thankfully while in Europe I don't have many people to text and it's really expensive to so I dont feel compelled to at all. But in the states, it's bad news. My best defense against it was to just start deleting some numbers out of my phone because I'm very good at handling myself when I'm wasted but apparently drunk texting is my weakness.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 13, 2011 -> 04:21 PM) I need to start leaving my phone in my room before I go out, or just have someone else hold it for me. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten myself in a lot of trouble because of drunk texting. It's bad news.