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Boo VORP, yay ARod and Santana.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 28, 2007 -> 10:31 PM) He isnt leaving the Yankees because of his overwhelming commitment to winning. Teams that go to the playoffs 13 years in a row are the best bet. Getting in is half the battle. He is doing this to get a very very large payday. Whomever gives him the largest payday over the longest period of time and has the best endorsement deals is the winner. The winning capability will only factor in on a tie. I dont care what it takes or how many years, you sign Arod. His impact to the financials for the franchise will offset his salary. You immediately trade Konerko to the Angels to restock the system a bit, and put Fields at first. Thome, Arod, Dye, and Fields would be serious power. Arod as he gets older could slip into the DH position, and he will break records in our bandbox of a park. The revenue from him would be silly. You know I agree with all of this and ARod is my favorite player in baseball who isn't currently or hasn't played for the Sox before, but I'd still have a hard time just throwing a massive amount of money at him. He's such an interesting case for all the reasons that you said but another problem is that you'd have to base your whole offseason on his decision and we all know that Boras clients don't decide anything early.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 28, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) Fantasy people with Tom Brady -- like me -- have to love how New England continues to pound teams in the second half, even after the opposing team is holding up a white flag. The league I'm in, QB touchdowns/yards aren't worth as much as RB or WR touchdowns/yards, and Brady is still one of the highest point players in the league. This week he even helps by getting into the endzone twice on his feet, three times through the air and throwing for 300. He is my fantasy team in one of my leagues and I'm tied for first.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Oct 26, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) I can see you still need some time with your therapist to get all of the Duke fan out of you. :-P. I can't see UCLA ahead of UNC, and I'm totally unbiased. UCLA can match up pretty well with Collison, Shipp, Mbah a Moute, and Love. But even after Lawson, Ellington, Ginyard, and Hansbrough UNC just outclasses them with experienced depth. Really depends what style the game would come down to. If UCLA could slow it down, they could win, but if UNC can push it then it's over. Still, you wouldn't find a more fun matchup to watch than Love/Hansbrough and Collison/Lawson. I would bet a decent amount of money that Love and Hansbrough would get into a fight. I honestly think you could go 1a. UNC, 1b. Memphis, 1c. UCLA. All 3 have their reasoning and tournament success to back it up. UNC actually has the least amount of tourney success in the past 2 years of the group, and they were beat by final four George Mason and final four Georgetown. I'm really getting tired of George. As for Duke, there's no reasoning for putting them ahead of NC State. State has a ridiculous amount of talent in the frontcourt, Gavin Grant and Courtney Fells as double digit scorers on the wins, and newcomer Farnold Degand(sorry Heads) set to take over at PG. I can't argue with any of that to be honest. Still, if I were ranking the teams I'd have Memphis at 1, UCLA at 2 and UNC at 3(obviously at number 3 UNC has no shot at winning the National Championship ). Obviously it's just my opinion but I love how UCLA looks right now, with Love they can basically slot everyone down a spot(mata 4, moute 3, ship 2, collison staying at the point) and they also have that inside scoring threat that they've been lacking the last two years. Definitely agree about the tempo, if these two match up some time in March whoever can make the other play at their speed will win.

Glad to see us in the top 25 to start the season, doesn't mean much but it's just more good pr for this program. Guess we have to knock off number 9 on December 1. Not that I don't think UNC is a great team but imo Memphis and UCLA are the two best teams in the country.

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QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) I've never played Monopoly. /waits for SnB's angry reponse I feel like I've already yelled at you for this too but still, you're a communist.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 01:05 PM) Glad to see Martin Zeno on there as well, he should have a big year. All 12 of us TTU basketball fans appreciate it. There's at least 16 of you, cmon. Anyways, Memphis is playing SLU in an exhibition game, interesting...

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Oct 25, 2007 -> 06:28 AM) Who is Randal Falkner? Dont know that guy Ya, that's pretty bad. At least Randal's evil twin made the list though.

50 preseason Wooden Award candidates: http://woodenaward.cstv.com/ot/08-m-baskbl...candidates.html

I've never left the country and don't have any desire to. Never seen any of the Star Wars movies.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 11:19 AM) unless I'm forgetting a team A-Rod actually took to the World Series much less won it with. This argument sucks ass.

What an awful idea.

This trade didn't make much sense to me when it happened but nobody is winning this thing as of yet. IMO, Brandon will be the better pitcher but we'll have to see, hopefully I'm wrong.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 12:18 AM) If he's capable of playing SS, Alex Cintron shouldn't come near the 2008 team. I'd love to see a scenario where Bourgeois makes the team and Mackowiak is (cheaply) brought back, but I'd bet on the Sox going with the old-and-busted (Cintron + Erstad). Agreed. QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 12:49 AM) Its weird though, he's a minor league free agent come spring, and the team hasn't added him to the 40. It seems like they aren't interested. I just don't get why. Who knows, maybe they have, they still don't have Eggy listed there either.

I think it's time to at least start paying attention to Bourgeois.

And Aaron Cook is on the roster and is supposed to start game 4 for Colorado. If he is healthy, that's absolutely huge for the Rocks.

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 10:01 PM) You gotta register and sign in on the site. Understood.

Chat doesn't work for me either.

Good stuff, Tony.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 06:10 PM) No, bring it to Vermillion and I guarantee atleast 1 person will be there What's a Vermillion? You and heads need to move.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 06:50 PM) What's everyone's favorite World Series? 2005.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 04:27 PM) Haha yah i completely forgot about that. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn41...29/ai_n13855132 That is the best moment of Stevenson school, especially if I remember the victim correctly. Whats funny is that the members of the 2002 team were the ones subjected to that, as in 2000 they would have been sophmores. Its just a shame that while I some what knew the people who perpetrated it, I was no longer at the school. Ah yes, I remember that.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 01:58 PM) Stevenson hasnt been good since Kyle "Real World" Brandt and QB Keller went there. Lies. We made it to the State Championship my sophomore year there. Good times indeed.

Yay, I can actually listen live tonight.