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QUOTE (shipps @ May 8, 2008 -> 08:49 AM) Are you distancing yourself from making wrong assessments on talent?Iam sure your a part of it at times also. and fwiw, soxtalk analysis > espn analysis

QUOTE (shipps @ May 8, 2008 -> 08:49 AM) Are you distancing yourself from making wrong assessments on talent?Iam sure your a part of it at times also. absolutely . I never take myself too seriously either.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 8, 2008 -> 07:39 AM) Two words: Dusty Baker. touche

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 8, 2008 -> 07:31 AM) Wow. What Major League team do you play/coach for? f*** The Soxtalk Softball game! We need to get all these experts in the dugout and the front office!

What awesome news to hear!

after reading the 1st few pages of this thread, it is a reminder of why not to take message boards too seriously.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 8, 2008 -> 07:04 AM) Normally I'd say this deal worked out for both clubs considering both players are at the top of the important stat categories in each league, but with the Ranger's in need of pitching basically since Nolan Ryan retired, they definitely lost this one. although I think Volquez is the real deal. I think it still may be too early to proclaim a winner and loser. Maybe a few years too early. BTW hamilton is on pace for 170 RBIs But how can you go wrong with a 24 year old stud with a 1.06 era? Our "ace" gave up more earned runs before April 1st(7 ER during the March 31st season opener) than Edinson has given up so far in his first 7 starts (5 er) .

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 7, 2008 -> 12:17 PM) Crooked police is not crazy talk. It's also not crazy talk to think that Benson might have done something wrong, considering his somewhat checkered past in Texas. I agree with you on that sense. But I think we both can agree, this story can go either way and it would not be a surprise.

I still believe Benson and now the girl who was abroad the ship. I have lived inner city most of my life and I probably just look at cops differently than the heart of suburbia. It is not crazy talk to me when I hear of crooked police.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 6, 2008 -> 10:15 PM) Don't worry, Brown will wait until the first or second regular season game to show why he's the football version of Mark Prior. I don't think Steltz is going to be anything in the NFL, but he can't be worse than Archuleta. You can't really compare football and baseball injuries. Brown is probably one of the hardest workers when it comes to rehabing, I won't be surpirsed if he put up a good season.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ May 6, 2008 -> 08:57 PM) Floyd has been really good, but also really lucky. He has to get that K/BB ratio up (which I think he can do). Heh. s*** dude. f*** the K/BB when his whip is under 1!

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 6, 2008 -> 09:45 PM) The Twins announcers were ragging on Ozzie for taking Floyd out after the Mauer double, saying that he should've given him the chance to throw a complete game. Not sure I agree, given that Floyd was already at 105 piches, has never thrown anything close to a 200-inning season, was already on the hook for the win, and Jenks hadn't pitched in a good week or so. Anyway, congrats to Floyd. Coop has done a great job of tapping this kid's potential. And kudos to Swisher for the effort out there. Nice to see that these guys are still playing as a team. I need a f***ing bullet listening to those morons.

I can't believe this is what we turned Freddy Garcia into. Awesome Gavin!

I blame the f***ing Twins announcers on my MLB extra innings package! They literally said the phrase "no hitter" every 2 seconds!

my heart just skipped a beat when I read the thread title. I thought it was mike brown. Glad it's not. Good Riddence Arch!

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 5, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) What you are basically saying is "if a quarterback sucks really bad, it's ok, because he's a quarterback and it's hard so we can't put that stigma on him" And yes, the general rule of thumb is that a first-round pick is expected to be a starter at some point, and if he's not, it's considered a failure. c'mon though. You're saying that there is not a difference in players based on the # they are picked? I just can't compare a #4 pick with a #12 pick.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 11:08 AM) Let's just say I'd rather drop 40 with Micheal than shoot up strip clubs. I guess I've evolved! Yeah I hear ya. I have to admit, when my 35 year old cousin was talking in detail about playing it, I kinda laughed in my head how silly he was making himself out to be.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 08:59 AM) I was watching the NBA Finals videos for the 6 bulls championships over the weekend, and got really nostalgic, so I decided to try to create Michael Jordan in NBA 2k8. Since the creating a player thing is ridiculously weird in NBA 2k8 though, it came out looking dumb. However, there are much nerdier persons than I online, and I managed to find the instructions to creating Jordan. His first game? 43 points (on 50% shooting), 11 boards, and 10 assists en route to being named PoG. This alone has renewed my interest in this game. Since we never got to actually play as Jordan in his heyday due to "MJ in the Windy City" and him being excluded from games, let's just say I'm loving it. It's weird to have him running with Kirk and Joakim though... This lessens the sting of the realization that I just needn't be spending my quality time playing GTA IV anymore. eBay $55 so at least I covered most of my investment. sold your game already?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 11:53 AM) And the level of hype normally coincides with the position at which said player is drafted. Bingo.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 5, 2008 -> 11:44 AM) Its not basketball,football your first round pick should be an eventual starter no matter where you pick him. you may be right (that's not what the argument is though) . there is considerable difference in value when comparing the 4th pick and the 12th pick http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft06/news/story?id=2410670

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 5, 2008 -> 11:12 AM) None of these guys can compete with McNown. He was far and away the biggest bust. if he were a top 5 pick. He was not even a top 10 pick.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 5, 2008 -> 07:40 AM) 162 games left..... when did they change the schedule to 191 games?

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 5, 2008 -> 09:27 AM) On the NFL site I regularly post/mod at, the Bears official board is a running joke. It's like the largest collection of lowest common denominator Bears fans on the internet. Ignorant/poor quality posts are said to be "offish-like," etc. Sometimes for laughs people will post a cluster of posts from there. yup, as you pointed out, Haas is the next coming of Jerry Rice and don't forget about Airese Curry.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:12 AM) No you dont.Bears fans acknowledge the guys role but nothing more than that. maybe you were browsing talkbears and the quality of posts are better due to a smaller base. However, go to the chicagobears.com forum and do some thread digging of bear fans ok with Peterson as the starter (because he has heart).

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) No, and comparing him to Cedric is a joke because Cedric's had more than one bad year. what about just comparing 2005,2006 and 2007? QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) And I have no love for AP, so I don't know where you got that one! that make's 2 of us. But talk to the core of Bear fans and you get mixed answers. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 5, 2008 -> 10:05 AM) Yeah, the O-Line sucked, but Benson's the guy who took himself out of the Superbowl after being told he could play without hurting himself further. He's the biggest bust. I can not defend that. Benson is a p*ssy, but it does not exactly mean he is a bust. If he can get back to 4.1 ypc, I would be VERY happy.