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Jones!!!!!!!! Gets his title shot now!

As a SIU fan it's hard for me to say that Weber deserves to be fired buuuuuuut he needs to put up results and quickly or he belongs on the hot seat for sure. That being said, he's more than welcome back at SIU.

I usually hate not going out on weekends but I gotta admit, sitting at home watching the Bulls+UFC 126, drinking a few beers and eating chips and salsa ain't too bad.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) U would hav gon eall Derrick Rose on the basket if he was there 1 on 1 wouldn;t u. Haha, I love drunk DBAHO I shall crack open a beer in honor of you right now.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 10:12 PM) I hope u chaed afta him, flipped his bike ova, and he's feeli sorry for himself in the hospital right now.... By the time I got people off of me, he was gone. Probably for the better, as I was too damn drunk to show any discretion and might have hurt the kid real badly.

Leaving a bar at 4 am last night(this morning I guess) some dude who was trying to pick a fight with a buddy of mine, ends up spitting on me and proceeds to run away and get on a bike and ride off, it was quite odd.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 09:34 PM) Marcum is one of my favorite pitchers in the league, so I understand that him leaving opens up a hole, but I didn't say they were suddenly elite, I said I like what they've done and I could see them making the East more competitive than it has been in recent history. Who's left that's elite? The Red Sox and Phillies are the only teams that I consider in that category. On paper those are definitely the two elite teams coming into this season. I like what the O's have done as well this offseason but they're still far away from being a playoff contender. The Blue Jays on the other hand, I don't see improvement from at all.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 09:33 PM) All I know is, Five Hour Energy is a huge scam. Man, I completely disagree. That stuff works like a charm for me.

QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 07:45 AM) My brother drinks coke in the morning because he doesn't like coffee. Anyone else do that? Before I cut pop out, I used to do this all the time.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 06:45 PM) Someone who makes a brilliant post, then someone replies with "Agreed" or "What he/she said" or the ever popular "^^^^^^^^^." Balta's call about the fantasy team is a good one too. QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 07:05 PM) ^^ It's a message board, I am not going to go through and re-read every post to make sure I have the correct usage, punctuation, etc. ^^^

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 06:45 PM) Someone who makes a brilliant post, then someone replies with "Agreed" or "What he/she said" or the ever popular "^^^^^^^^^." Balta's call about the fantasy team is a good one too. Pssh, I will talk about my fantasy team and you guys will like it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 04:35 PM) Oakland? I think Oakland is going to win that division, I expect Texas to be about a .500 team this season.

SIU is awesome.

The wildcard may actually come out of the central this year. I'd still bet on the Yanks but I wouldn't be shocked if it's the Sox/Twins. No chance in hell it comes out of the west though.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) Ha, I remember that play, awesome (this link starts off showing Danks highlights BTW, you have to go to the Alexei highlight at the bottom). I think he did the same thing 2 nights in a row, went way out to get a ground ball and got the runner with an impossibly long throw all the way across the infield. Vizquel grinning because it reminds him of himself from 10 years ago. He did that so many freaking times this year, just unreal. Gotta love his reaction too.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) Depends if you are talking about present or future. However, either way you just can't take Carmelo over Wade. Wade shoots a much higher percentage, is a better passer, and is a much better defender. I don't see how anyone can honestly say Carmelo is a top ten NBA player anymore. As for Kobe vs. Wade, you can flip a coin. Both can score with anyone, Kobe is a good on-ball defender, and Wade is a good team defender. They both belong in the top 4 players in the league for now. I think there's a pretty clear top 5 of LeBron, Durant, Wade, Kobe, and Howard. I think you will see Rose in the top 5, but I think it's a year away, and I think he will take Kobe's place. I can honestly say that besides LeBron, Durant and Kobe there's not a player in the NBA I'd take over Rose for just this season, he's that good already.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 09:53 AM) Eh, I wouldn't put it past the voters. I'm saying imo. I have no clue what the hell the voters are going to do. Andy Pettitte was never an elite pitcher and belongs no where near the HoF imo.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 10:27 AM) Closest examples I can think of are him trading Garcia for Floyd + Gio and trading Lee for Podsednik. Whenever he's had a key component going into the last year of his contract, he's held him rather than dealing him, other than Garcia. (Buehrle and Dye in 2007, Konerko in 2005, Ordonez in 2004, Konerko in 2010, Thome in 2009, Contreras in 2006, Loaiza going into 2004). That doesn't mean he hasn't tried to deal them, but he really hasn't done so. Ha those were the exact two I thought of off the top of my head. I'm tired as hell right now so I just wasn't sure if I was forgetting anything bigger or not. But ya, that was my line of thinking and while Garcia was certainly solid, he wasn't our best pitcher at the time like Danks is now and the Carlos Lee trade was just a whole different situation to begin with. Unless Kenny is absolutely blown away by an offer, I can't see Danks being dealt unless we're out of contention by mid July in 2012.

Has Kenny ever traded away one of our best players for prospects in an offseason? That seems 100 percent against what he does.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 07:13 PM) If you don't win the war, you still have the money available you earmarked to him to spend and some draft picks. I'm not a huge draft pick guy because most are the picks behind where the Sox have annually selected and a lot of people have used as a reason for their poor drafts, but they are better than nothing. If the Sox are a contending team, trading Danks makes little sense unless you are getting guaranteed studs back. Non contending, trading him makes sense. I'd hate to be KW and trade Danks away for a package like Cleveland got for Sabbathia and try to sell Matt LaPorta to the fanbase. It would be better to have Danks finish out his contract. I'm completely with you on this one.

No on trading a starter and no on Pettitte being a hof, steroids or not.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) One of my favorite things about Daniel Tosh is just how big of a sports fan you can tell he is. Was actually going to say the same thing in here. He's no doubt a big sports fan.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) He isnt what he used to be, and without his exception athleticism he is not a top 5 player. Wade's always got by because of his athleticism and he's still doing that. The guy is still unbelievable, I wish him nothing but the worst but he's a fantastic player still.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) I hate to have to invoke the name, but Jordan didn't really shoot until a few seasons into the league because he didn't have to, he got by on pure athleticism. Obviously that's an extreme example but you can certainly get by without a consistent jump shot, especially if you're a big man to begin with. Like I said, Blake's already putting up insane numbers, if he can ever learn to become more consistent with his shot then we're talking about one of the best ever to play the 4, no doubt in my mind.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:14 AM) How was Tosh.0 the other night? With our power outage the DVR obviously didn't record it. Should I bother hunting down a copy on the Interwebz? I missed the first segment but everything I saw was absolutely hilarious. For the web redemption they had that girl from a while ago(guess it was 8 yrs ago) who f***ed up the National Anthem at a Blazers game and Mo Cheeks helped her finish it, well she's pretty damn good looking now a days.