RockRaines

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 07:56 PM) If a competitor offered you a guaranteed first year of $$$$ to jump companies, you'd take it. You wouldn't say just keep me on straight commission. Yes, but im also not making multi million dollars to the point where I didnt have to work the rest of my life.

ESPN is slowly sinking into US Weekly territory year by year. Just a joke.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 05:58 PM) I'd say it's based on the success of the Colts, and Manning by proxy. It was a joke. Have you ever seen the hastily made cleveland tourism video?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 05:02 PM) Those cocksucking Indians fans are going to cheer him now, I bet. Somehow, this twisted s*** pisses me off. Booing him for years will never be erased from my memory though. However those fans still have to live in Cleveland, so they lose in the end.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) It got classy since I left there. No brew and view, now its fancy apartments. Still a great time obviously. And since Ian's pizza is in Wriglleyville now thats not even unique. Make sure to go to Wando's and get a fish bowl so you can vomit Herbstreit style. It'll be my bday so I will make sure I get it done.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 04:30 PM) Rachel's not going to flip to keep Dani around. Shelly is working really hard on it and last night Rachel and Dani were in the havenot room making up. Then Dani told Rachel that Jeff through the Veto competition that could have saved Brendan.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 04:17 PM) Dani better be "She Gawn" or else I will be pissed. I can't stand her whiny ass. Shelly has flipped, if they get Rachel to flip too then Dani is staying and is playing for HOH. Worst case scenario. And its a double elim, so there is no game between voting.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) Nah, Mitchell is more valuable to us as a future September callup/pinch runner/embodiment of the system's failures. Kubel may end up as a Type A though.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) You wouldn't give back your salary if you had a bad day flipping burgers... Min wage vs millions is alot different. And my job is pay for performance, the way every job should be. And it was all my opinion guys, not a big deal.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:48 PM) Do people in Madison even wear shoes? All those damn hippies running around with bare feet. Im proud to say I never owned a pair of Birks. Ill be up there next week, Ill shoot back a drunken report.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Cant wear my green shirt without my white nikes with the green swoop b****. You only need 2 pairs in Madison right? Birkenstocks and boots.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:38 PM) Does that question really need to be answered??? Its going to be a question that wouldnt have been asked until he kicked a guy's face in. More importantly who the hell NEEDS almost 50 pairs of shoes?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:35 PM) Why would he do that if some dumbass GM wants to pay him for the Cy Young he won years ago? To back up his talk. I'm not saying he will, but if I was in his shoes, I would put up at least a season at the min salary to make up for my injured ass. But thats just me.

So they raided J Jefferson's apt and took 49 pairs of shoes into evidence? How the f*** can a college kid afford 5k worth of shoes?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) I guess AM sent in their papers. The press release seems somewhat convoluted. Its like sending a letter saying Im exploring divorce, but want to make sure my hotter younger lady will still stay with me. So weird.

So back to the original non-I hate Apple topic. I dont think its totally out of bounds to think Apple and the rest of the technological world loses quite a bit with Jobs stepping down and probably focusing on his health. The guy has done more for technology then just what has happened the last several years. Dont forget that it was Jobs who helped start the PC business and revolutionized it with a mouse-based interface. In all fairness it most likely had alot to do with Woz, but Jobs was the guy who brought alot of these folks together. He is also the single largest shareholder at Disney being that he completely revolutionized "cartoon" media and pushed it into the mainstream with countless box office hits. I am not sure how involved he is today, but its not out of bounds to think he still could have continued to move the rock within that area as well.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 11:40 AM) You are right, their prospects may fail too. Although, I think Choo & Cabrera are proven already. Santana's sophomore slump is still a good season for a catcher. Masterson has been great, but it's still his first full season of it. Ubaldo & the question mark he is now has been discussed. Beckham did the same thing Kipnis did when he got called up, so that's no sure thing. I know nothing about Chisenhall either. Chisenhall looks like Morel at this point.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) Technically, the robbery was committed by the Padres. No one forced KW's hand to take on that contract (same with Rios). KW needs to go. True, but he has a chance to make it right and work for 5th starter pay.

If Peavy really wants to prove himself he can sign back with us for f***ing peanuts to pay us back for the robbery he has committed for a few years.

They can have Beckham.

No more recruiting thread? Luke Fickell picks up his first 5 star recruit!

Hahn: too expensive, too old, and not good. What cutesy nickname can we give him?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 12:14 PM) Unless you have believe he's actually 32-34 and not the age that's stated on his birth certificate. Then, in that case, signing that extension would have made a LOT less sense going forward. Ya no, I dont think anyone has ever doubted his age.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 11:31 AM) The iphone is the dominant single phone, Android is the dominant smartphone OS. Well then you'd have to compare IOS to Android and not the iphone. The iphone is the standard that pretty much every smartphone has been using as a template for the last several years. Before it existed you had palm's and blackberries which were both struggling to come up with groundbreaking designs.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 25, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Apple/Jobs have definitely been influential. As you say, they set the interface standard for MP3 players and now tablets and arguably for smartphones (though Android controls the market now). But the way some people are reacting, like this guy on ABC earlier today, is that basically no other company is capable of innovation, Jobs s***s golden ideas and we’re all doomed to a technological stand-still. It’s like they’re not aware that Google exists or something. With the iPad, I still wonder how much of that is driven by the “OMG!! Apple product!!!” hysteria. Android is an operating system. Apple is an OS and Hardware provider. The iphone is still the dominant smartphone on the marketplace.