Balta1701

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2015 -> 11:15 AM) There is no apathetic , disinterested play. You doomsdayers just made that up. Then win some ****ing games

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2015 -> 09:32 PM) Cruz now has more homers than the Sox Abreu was doing this to the Royals last year.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 2, 2015 -> 07:43 PM) If he ran as an independent, would he actually get invited to the debates? Nope. He's extremely likely to get my vote in the primary and I would not vote for him in the general as an independent. I'd be furious with him for trying that after living through 2000 and the disastrous aftermath.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 2, 2015 -> 08:34 PM) Thats why you go after K.Morales, N.Cruz or even Adam Lind on the cheap. We did sign a steroid abuser.

Yankees will refuse to pay Arods $6 million bonus for passing Mays on the grounds that due to his steroid abuse they are unable to market the accomplishment which is part of the bonus clause in his contract. They have been avoiding even mentioning the approaching milestone in their press releases this month and now I know why.

So how much of a 2-9 road record is a preparation/emotional thing?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 1, 2015 -> 05:42 PM) Prosecutor has laid out a timeline on what happened: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/baltimore...-events-n352096 According to Google Maps, the location where he was arrested is a 3 minute drive from the police station where he was booked. That ride took 45 minutes.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 1, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) Yea, I believe the rumor that he punched a locker/wall. I thought he punched his bat.

The Baltimore Police Union is calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed in the case. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to laugh at this but I want to.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 1, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) Balta, who did the research and did you find any conclusions that were drawn? That was taken from Wikipedia since I knew they'd host it but the original count is produced and maintained by the CDC. The government regularly produces reports on that data, here's an abstract version, I don't have time to cull the full details because doctor's appointment in 15 min. Readable english language version

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 1, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) Whats the real underlying or endemic cause? With the CHIP and AFCA, mortality rates should be falling, not rising.

I didn't want this to turn into an "I hate this team" thread. I just wanted to break whatever the other thread did! Sigh.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 1, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) Baltimore man detained with Freddie Gray: Police are using me to ‘cover their ass’ To be fair..."man arrested by Baltimore PD doesn't have nice things to say about Baltimore PD"...not exactly unsurprising right?

F*** that other thread and what it has done. Even has me in on the superstition now.

Can we please keep this up???

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 04:34 PM) Hell why even televise it all. Both games can't be terrible, right?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:53 PM) They can oppose all they want, and that works sometimes at the department level. But state law trumps, so states could very well write laws to force this. Unions have pull at that level too, but police unions alone will have a hard time fighting this particular thing, at this point in time. Of course, police unions can also do this.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) Shayne L. Marsaw @wasram · 50m 50 minutes ago According to @RapSheet the @ChicagoBears are in contact with Titans to move up to 2nd overall to draft Mariota. #Bears #2015NFLDraft I really hope this isn't true. QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:41 PM) Unless the swap includes Cutler I just don't see it making sense from a Bears standpoint, we can't afford to give up depth picks. If Fox is game for it at the given price then I'll give him that much of a leash right now. Bringing in a veteran coach so he gets at least 3 years to put together whatever he wants, and if getting the QB is his #1 thing, bring it.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 02:41 PM) Has anyone seen a diagram of how prisoners are secured in the vehicle? I had assumed that they are secured in a way that a "Blender" couldn't occur. Obviously I was wrong in that assumption. I think the point of a rough ride is that they're deliberately not secured appropriately.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 12:21 PM) White Sox bullpen ERA since April 11..... 1.29. You realize what you just set up to happen based on how this thread went yesterday, right?

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 10:45 AM) Wash Post came out with a report last night referncing another suspect in the back of the van with him. The other guy says he was trying to injure himself.....FWIW... QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 11:24 AM) When you put something in a blender, you basically put them in an enclosed space and turn on the blades, where they bounce around and get shredded for a whole. Partially from the blades, partially from just banging around in an enclosed space. This was a "rough ride" in the van. It's just a different term I'd heard used before. QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) if the van / patrol car has cameras, pull the tape. just to clear this thing up, yeah he may be trying to injured himself, to the point of killing oneself. self preservation of the human factor, will only go so far..... just throwing that out there. FWIW, someone actually asked one of the spinal injury experts at Johns Hopkins about whether that could even happen and they reported that there's only 1 example on record of a self-inflicted neck injury since they began keeping data. Video also shows when the police opened the back of the car and they don't do so as they would if they'd had a screaming madman in the back.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 12:19 PM) If people are going to go around praising Marvel for being the best thing ever. With movies like Iron Man 2, Captain America: First Avenger and Thor 2. Those movies were no better than Man of Steel. Review wise and box office gross. JMO - the weakest of those was IM2 and it was still far, far better than MOS. MOS was basically unwatchable. I wanted it over.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 09:21 PM) Few days old, but Yogi is returning. Should be preseason top 15 now with everyone back + Bryant. Top of the Big Ten should be competitive with Maryland/Michigan State/Indiana. Early early prediction is Maryland takes it. Diamond Stone and Melo Trimble on the same team is scary for everyone else. One more will still get Creaned, though. Wonder who. That translates to guy removed from the roster to clear a scholarship spot?

Link, lots of other versions.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 06:29 PM) I just don't even see the point. If you aren't going to draft mariota or winston, you are just drafting a QB to draft a QB. If we use a pick, they'll be off the team in 2 years. I'd rather us pick up Blanchard again. I know the odds are against it, but let's not forget that the 2014 winning/2015 losing Super Bowl QB was drafted in the 3rd round.