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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 21, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) As you should be. My guess is he's done for the year. He will return for the post season.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 21, 2014 -> 09:32 AM) What I thought as well. I thought that or a meniscus. A meniscal injury is very possible.The injuries frequently happen together as there is a connection between the outer edge of the medial meniscus and the inner layer of the MCL. However, if they are predicting 3 weeks or so, it most likely is not the meniscus.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 05:11 PM) It is not worth pissing on. Correct, that means you made an effort ans cared about him and the opinions. Now if I was visiting someone else's grave and happened upon it, that is a different story.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 20, 2014 -> 07:19 PM) It's been a really weird day. From a family tragedy (my wife's ex passed away) to a weird text message from my ex who seems to think I am part of a Mason plot to keep our daughter from talking to her, to particpating on my first academic panel. I was part of a panel that focused on gender in literature. My paper, "Hill and Pill, the Rehabilitation of Faulkner's Temple Drake". Pretty cool. Congrats on the panel part (not sure of the rest). You always remember the first one, especially if it went well and was well received.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 10:10 PM) Thats why I dont agree with your point. It's nowhere in the same universe as tobacco and alcohol as far as health risks.why It is for the cardiovacualr system. It's worse than the other two by far. You won't get the liver problems with alcohol or the lung cancer from tobacco however you are much more likely to have a heart attack. Some studies even go further and state you are nearly guaranteed to have a heart attack with regular use.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 09:54 PM) Until I hear otherwise, I'm terrified of Kane's knee injury. f***ing f***. From the looks of it, I think it's ligament sprain probably MCL. It's tough to guess at the duration but it's minimum 3 weeks depending on severity up to 8. Judging by the why he came off the ice, I would guess 3-4.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 06:24 PM) The decriminalization side of it rather than the tax side of it may be what benefits the state both financially and otherwise. Good point. It may save the state alot of money not having to prosecute and enforce the laws which govern it. I wonder if like drunk driving, there will be monetary and medical costs. The cumulative health effects and what it costs long term still cause me worry though.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) I disagree wholeheartedly. Marijuana doesnt contain carcinogens like tobacco and the heart attack risk you speak of has no validity other than a questionnaire aimed at proving a correlation between the two. Not to mention edibles is by far the largest market for people which wouldnt have any cardiovasular effect no matter how false the studies are. The studies I posted showed the effects of marijuana on the cardiovascular system. There are real and do effect the body. I really don't care if they legalize it. People can do whatever they want to thier body. The idea that legalizing it will net the state money over the long term is probably not correct. We've seen what things like tobacco and alcohol have done to thehealth of people who use them and what that does to medical bills. With Obamacare do we really wantto add another?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 01:11 PM) Rock pointed out that in Colorado they're seeing a majority of the sales in edible THC. Is the comparison with tobacco done on a equivalent-amount-smoked basis or a comparison of how much tobacco someone actually uses versus how much pot someone actually uses? People might smoke a pack of cigarettes a day or every couple of days, but they're not going to go through 20 joints that fast. edit: I can't imagine that the long-term health effects of THC, especially if its ingested instead of smoked, are anywhere near as bad as the long-term health effects of alcohol. Its done on the chemical effects on the body not in a comparison of how much is smoked. I posted only studies that looked at the chemicals and their effects. I don't know about how it compares to alcohol. The effects on the cardiovascular system are different. My comment was only in relation to using money from it to bring in tax more tax dollars. Over the long term I don't think it will be much of a net gain.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 11:43 AM) What health problems would that be? There are many studies which show the adverse effects of marijuana. They are much worse the tobacco for cardiovascular risks. You can pretty much guarantee a heart attack if you smoke it regularly. I posted some articles in another thread. One of the paradoxical effects is the TCH and the anti-inflammatory capabilities. It is prescribed for some inflammatory conditions such as glaucoma for this reason. The other side is that any other injury will take much longer to heal or won't heal due to the inflammatory process not occurring. So in the short term and long term it will have an impact on your health, which in turn may have an effect on the long term health care of the state.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 10:49 AM) The other side of the coin is the people in the middle of nowhere that vote with jesus. Both sides are uninformed and are hurting the government. The only reason Oberweis keeps getting reelected is jesus and ice cream. This doesn't happen in the city. I think you painting with far too broad of a brush and are a little narrow in your view of religion.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 19, 2014 -> 10:08 AM) I don't know what the marijuana sin tax percentage is, but I think as more and more states move to (and do) legalize consumption, you'll also see diminishing marginal returns on taxes. I'm guessing Colorado itself saw quite the influx of new citizens due entirely to the legalization of marijuana. Washington is probably similar, but it's so far isolated that it makes more sense for people to move to Colorado as opposed to Washington. Right now, if marijuana were legalized in Illinois, you'd likely see a similar uptick in population. As well as an increase in state medical care in 10 years with the associated health problems.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 18, 2014 -> 02:36 PM) Keith Law had an insider writeup on C Alex Jackson . Pretty positive outlook. Law says he'd just move him to an OF corner and let him rake. He says that Brady Aiken looks really good. 6'4 LHP that throws 94-97 with a plus curve. He mentioned that Aiken will be in the top 5-6 mix when it's all said an done. Law also says that the Marlins have been linked to Tyler Kolek and the Cubs to Tyler Beede. Now you know why good hitting catchers are hard to find.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 17, 2014 -> 08:06 AM) Kershaw was a HS grad when drafted by LA. Still very risky, but if Sox can't sign the pick they get a very high pick next year. I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good pick. Lots of high school pitchers have panned out. I'm just saying in the position the sox are in, picking this high they will not pick a high school player.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 07:21 PM) The Cape Cod League, what a joke, you're hanging your hat on that? The only reason it's on the radar is that it's convenient for scouts to see a lot of players. Like the AFL. How much stock you putting in that? At the end of the day, it's a tiny sample size, like any other tiny sample size. You know, like 5 starts for instance. Except JH's stint was even tinier - 4 starts and 24.1 innings. I'm not Hoffman-averse, but if you don't think he needs to show folks some better results to maintain his lofty draft status, you're not paying very close attention. Law alluded to his slippage three weeks ago, and he hasn't set the world on fire since that time. And I'm anything but "sheepish", preferring the highest risk guy who I think might possibly be available, Kolek, but thinking Beede may be impossible to ignore if he dominates the SEC. Our braintrust seems rather non-risk-averse in this regard, given the Sale and Danish drafts, so I'm confident they won't play it "safe", unless they believe that the "safe" pick will also be the best pick in the end. Sometimes it is. The Sox will not draft a high school player with the third pick.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 07:52 PM) Which reminds me of how we needed to get lazy Jim Thome off the roster for the fact that he never changed up how he approached things at the plate and instead we needed a gamer like Mark Kotsay on the roster. I still like the concept. Having a rotation player who can play a position not just DH. Unfortunately, Kotsay was not the right piece.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 06:53 PM) Just had someone yell the N-word out the window of their car at me while I was biking home tonight. Stay classy Knoxville. The older I get the less I like people. This person is a good reason why.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 04:00 PM) Dude needs a hobby other than b****ing about the Bears. It's not a hobby. He actually gets paid for it. Good gig if you can get it.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) Because Soriano is still somewhat useful and Z was an Ozzie project. Cubs still ate about $39M of the $46M remaining and they'd been trying to do this deal for a long time. Cubs ate $15.5M of the $18M owed to him. In total the Cubs ate about 85% of Soriano's deal and 86% of Zambrano's deal. If the Sox ate 85% of Dunn's deal they'd eat $12.75M leaving the acquiring team paying $2.25M. Which is probably a little much for Dunn, maybe $1.5M is more likely, meaning the Sox would eat 90%, 4% more than Z and 5% more than Zambrano. So yeah you win nothing and your candy s*** I will have you know mixes very poorly with overrated imported beer. And Morgan Freeman doesn't drink that crap, he drinks Miller High Life Light with me & reads me stories while I drift off to sleep. I now understand all of your opinions.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 12:34 PM) Even RH wouldn't trade Jimmy Walker.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 14, 2014 -> 12:14 PM) If the plane was stolen and someone was planning on flying it again, how easy is it to procure thousands of gallons of gas on the black market? You can buy avgas at any airport. You wouldn't need the blackmarket. As was said though it's the radar of countries that would be to evade. Unidentified signals on radar make the military vary nervous.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 13, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) I had to post this somewhere... So, New Jersey's Governor Christie passed an Administrative Action (no need for the legislature) that effectively bans all direct car dealerships. Cars MUST be sold by third parties. This move effects exactly one company - Tesla, who will have to close it's two dealerships in the state as a result. Leaving aside the amazing hypocrisy here, of Christie's touting of free markets and then doing the opposite and stifling competition... and leaving aside how awful it is for the government of a state to target a specific business this way to make other businesses happy, turning the state into a tool for businesses driving out competition... this, to me, is a great example of how the corporate money invading politics actually results in business-stupid policy. Here's the kicker... there are two other states that have passed similar laws or actions - Texas and Arizona. Funny thing, Tesla is right now looking to build it's new Giga battery factory, with seven thousand jobs at the beginning and more later, as well as a possible new vehicle plant nearby with thousands more jobs. There are four states in the running - Texas, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. This is called shooting yourself in the foot. Congratulations, TX and AZ (and NJ). Your "leaders" are lining their warchests with lobbying money, while costing jobs and tax revenue that would actually help people in your states. If the incentives are right, they could still build the cars in that state but sell them elsewhere. It doesn't really shoot them in the foot. A co-worker bought one of the first Teslas. He put money down on it before production had even started. The car is absolutely awesome.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Mar 13, 2014 -> 08:24 AM) Boy that's one big cookie of encouragement for all you Dunn lovers who believe some team is going to swoop in and pick up part of this guy's contract. The other 29 see those stats, too. They also see this mindset, from the guy who was more or less dumped in his free agent year and who famously for a year or two had his desire for playing the game of baseball constantly questioned. I don't think the desire has been questioned by anyone with knowledge about him. Results, yes.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 12, 2014 -> 07:34 PM) I don't think this will affect Davidson either way. No it won't. He will start the season in the minors. The way RV talks about needing to improve on defense and the strikeouts, they've already made up their mind on him for this year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 12, 2014 -> 09:11 PM) Obviously the regular season hasn't started yet, but I have felt like Danks has been so quickly written off due to this one injury. He is just turning 29, I still don't see why he can't live up to most of his contract value. To be fair to the critics, it's a very difficult injury to come back from.