RockRaines

I was extremely supportive of Morel when he was drafted, I'm glad his bat has started to come around to match his glove.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Sep 11, 2010 -> 03:17 AM) Nothing. He's still a pen arm and will be a very good one. He's going to be a very good starter. His best pitch, his changeup, isnt even featured out of the pen. Regardless at some point his elbow is going to give out and he will need TJ. Hopefully we've unloaded him by then.

Is there any doubt that Wisconsin's O-Line is better than what the Bears are going to run out there tomorrow? I think John Clay is a good RB and all, but those tanks up front are just driving defensive players backwards.

29 last week.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) I'm just telling you, like 99 percent of all NBA trade talk, the report with Noah is BS. It specifically said Denver doesn't want Deng. It can't possibly work even if the Bulls were to be willing to give up Noah if Deng wasn't involved. I didnt see an article where a member of the Nuggets said they specifically didnt want Deng. I saw some analysts speculating on whether or not they WOULD, but nobody coming out and confirming.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:46 PM) Some grocery chains/ mom and pop places have gas that has a lot of water in it. My friend had to have his tank drained of about 3 or 4 gallons of water one time after using those brands for more than a year. I ran into this with my boat actually after filling it up several times from a small crappy station. There actually ended up being water in the cylinders than corroded several pieces of my corvette engine which eventually had to be replaced.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:55 PM) That was then and this is now. Yes a totally different player that has only been the best pitcher on the staff all season. What a piece of crap.

My infiniti will knock like an SOB if I put anything other than premium in it. Still nobody on here can touch the MPG on my regular gas powered scooter, 100 mpg baby.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 02:37 PM) The twins will win the first two games at the cell, easily if Floyd and Danks go as the pee themselves when it counts, and if Garci-Harrell-orres pitches it'll be an easy sweep. Season ended before this roadtrip started They do? Apparently you've never watched Danks pitch at all? Ever seen game 163?

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) Oh yeah, nothing is ever Boise's fault. Maybe if Boise didnt demand that all their BCS games take place in week 1 they would find more suitors. Boise is 3-4 vs BCS teams during the regular season in games played in week 2 or later. That is why they dont like playing those games past week 1. And for 2011 Boise filled their non conference up with the likes of Wyoming,Toledo and Tulsa. They kept one spot open for a BCS team and that was once again for week 1. They tried to strong arm Nebraska into that slot since Nebraska was looking for an opponent but Boise wanted more money than Nebraska was willing to pay. So now Boise plays at Ole Miss to open the season. Exactly, its not like they are on the street corner with their hands out to BCS schools saying please come pay us. They dont want to go and play those teams, especially back to back like a real conference schedule.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) Boise State really hasn't been the Boise State that everyone talks about though since 2006. And since that time they've only lost to one team from a bcs conference. And if you're going to bring up Northwestern, the reason they might be able to pull off a big upset every now and than is because they get a ton more opportunities to face that competition so that argument works both ways. And yes, I'd absolutely love to see these guys in the title game, they wouldn't and shouldn't be favored in that game but there's just no way in hell that they get blown out by any team in the country, it's just not happening. The question is whether its more difficult to consistently face tough competition vs once in awhile. Boise just doesnt have to be perfect as often as a major conference title contender, which pads their record quite a bit. And you have no idea if they would get blown out, matchups are different with every team.

Premium, any brand name station for my infiniti. Any gas will do for my scooter.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) is that the kid who got jumped in a restaurant last year? yes.

What a feel-good story, Tyler Moeller named Big Ten defensive player of the week after coming back from a serious head and brain injury.

Florida doesnt even look like a top 25 team. Miami is literally one of the worst teams in the country.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 10:18 PM) I dont know but I'm preparing for heartache. Our OL has issues in pass protection and I think OSU will exploit that. LT for the Buckeyes is swiss cheese, I think Miami gets at least 5 sacks.

The Wheel in the sky..... Wait, what?

So Zen, what are the stakes for next weekend?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 12:32 PM) Would you? Why do you think it is that the incidence of heart failure and other chronic disease is so great here? That is nothing compared to what Mercury poisoning does to people and their offspring.

QUOTE (daggins @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 10:33 AM) They should be able to get something like two A prospects on the Sickel scale (or a prospect and a decent MLB player) plus a couple B/C prospects. Young, under team control for 2 more years, very good, left handed. We should get more than Seattle got for half a season of Lee anyways. So why would you trade a young, cheap, left handed pitcher under control for 2 more seasons for prospects? Why wouldnt you trade an overpaid, older left handed pitcher who can net us some players and free up cash for signings? If you are rebuilding you dont trade cheap young good pitching, if you are contending you dont trade young cheap good pitching. Its just making a move to make a move, the Sox are a MUCH better team with Danks on it. Even if you give him Jon Lester-type money he is still a bargain. 5 years/30 million is a steal for a pitcher of his caliber. They should be focusing on giving him that offer instead of dealing him because you think you can. Out of all the rotation he is by far the last guy I trade. I trade Peavy, Buehrle, and Floyd in that order before I unload Danks. If I told you that you could get Mark Buehrle at age 25 for the next 5 years at a total cost of 30 million, you take it. Thats what we could have with Danks IMO. Did everyone just go blind after a few rough starts by Danks? He is STILL the best guy in the rotation after those hiccups (save for the short time Jackson has been here). He's been our Ace all season.

Except that would be a ridiculously one-sided trade for the Sox. Quentin doesnt have a ton of value at the moment.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 07:26 AM) Off topic but have you wound up going to Karyn's on Green? If so, what do you think? No, not yet. I heard its awesome like her other spots though.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 10:11 PM) That's meatball "if the bears go 2-14 and they beat the packers, it's awesome" talk that I know you don't truly believe Rock, you're way better than that as a sports fan. There's no way OSU fans are happy if that happens. I'm not underestimating the matchup - but what I'm saying is that if Michigan turns into a mediocre program, the rivalry won't exist. It's not a rivalry when one team never wins. But I think we both believe they'll get back to a good to great program, similar to where Nebraska is back to, and the game will still have huge meaning and the conferences will be pretty fair, all things considered. They won't keep them for basketball, don't need it. If they did though, MSU would house their division, they may not even lose a game in the division some years. Krush I know its hard to believe, but thats really the case. Thats how important the rivalry is to the fanbase. It doesnt even come close to Bears vs Packers or Sox vs Cubs, not even in the same universe. And it will never NOT be a rivalry just because of one teams streak. There have been streaks before and there will be again, thats the beauty of the history of The Game.

Nervous, I dont like the looks of this game vs Marshall. Not only do I hate them and their fanbase, but I think OSU is looking past them to the Canes.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 11:56 PM) On the logic side, we should be able to use the money saved from Buehrle's contract to improve our CLUB, if KW makes the right moves. The problem with letting Buehrle or Konerko go is that it's also going to adversely affect your season ticket sales going into 2010...so we might save the money from Mark's contract, but end up actually doing more harm than good to incoming revenues. Sure, if we ended up leading the ALCD in April and May next year, we could theoretically make some of it back over the course of the season like our July-July stretch has done for us the last couple of months, but it's a big gamble no matter what KW does. All we can do is go by past history. KW has approached the starters in the past and parted company with the one who wouldn't sign a long-term contract...there's no reason to think he wouldn't do the same thing again with Danks. Danks has a lot of value to the White Sox, obviously...but he has incredible value because of the cost controls over the next two seasons to other clubs as well. Maybe I'm underestimating the Buehrle market, he has run off an impressive string of quality starts in the last 3 months, but what clubs out there are going to take his contract and give us equal talent? It's going to be more of a salary relief move...and maybe it's possible for just one season, but I'm not convinced the cost savings won't be undermined by public relations damage from dealing Mark. It's the classic Catch 22, your head says to try to trade Mark and your heart says to keep him and Konerko. Of course, that's how we ended up signing Jose Contreras to a bad contract, so we have to be careful...every possible move (including standing pat) is fraught with risk. Season ticket renewals are pretty much 100% locked up in the next week BTW with playoff invoices already out. Buehrle makes more money than he is worth to the Sox and Danks is worth more to the Sox than on the trade market. You wont get an A-gon which is ridiculously been mentioned, but you could probably get a prospect and an MLB role player. If you let Konerko go and trade Buehrle's 14 million dollar salary you literally have enough money to sign a superstar free agent and possibly a 5th starter or a good bullpen arm. Not to mention you WILL get value back for Buehrle, especially if he is traded to the NL.