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QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 11:13 PM) I'm strongly against the mandatory GMO labeling. Not until there is a proven issue. We can assume it is GMO if it is not labeled non-GMO. It will make people believe GMO is dangerous when there is no evidence of that. We don't need to promote less efficient farming methods until we know it is warranted. So why do we allow people to label products as Organic? It's less efficient and studies really don't establish firmly that it's significantly better for you.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 11:02 PM) I hope Reed gets in.......................he never was a me spotlight guy. The problem, ESPN noted earlier...there's a lot of WR's coming up with bigger stats than him thanks to the evolution of the game towards more passing. In his time he was absolutely a top level, dominant receiver, but he was only 2nd best because of the GOAT...and his stats don't stack up as well compared to the passing league that developed after he left.

Thank you for bringing the #1 ranking to Assembly Hall, Wolverines. Let's see if we can keep it for a while. What a game by Zeller. Seriously.

A moderate delay before I could post this, but Peterson takes MVP. Arians Coach of the Year.

P. Manning wins Comeback Player of the Year. JJ Watt DPOY Peterson OPOY.

QUOTE (MAX @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 08:28 PM) Not even a low dollar amount one year contract? Personally, I think he is worth a roster spot. If he gets hurt, little is lost. We'll see what the OF is like in June when he decides to sign with a team. If we have 3 guys performing well, he's not going to sign with us, he'd have that choice. If he's healthy, he'll go somewhere that he at least can have regular playing time. If someone is struggling, then sure, I'm not going to complain about signing him, but waiting until June is the right move for both him and the teams in the league.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 08:30 PM) Rightfully so. Too many INTs for Luck I still call that a consequence of the systems they were put in, with Luck having to look down the field and playing from behind, while RG3 actually had a staff taking care of him until they decided to kill him in the playoffs. But yeah, the numbers are hard to disagree with.

RG3 beats Luck for Offensive ROY.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 07:08 PM) Regarding the labeling of GMO foods, the state of Washington has enough signatures to propose a legislative initiative. Seeing that marijuana and gay marriage passed, I feel good about this one passing too. I love this state. After the amount of money that came into CA on that issue...don't be confident. You've got an uphill climb, even if the polling seems to be on your side.

Apparently, winner tonight is #1 next week as well.

Andre is never going to make it.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) Well a lot will depend on the health of John Danks... I wouldn't be shocked to see a 6-man rotation at times throughout the year to give Danks, Sale and Peavy some extra rest. I think Q and Santiago will both get opportunities to have pleanty of starts this season. However, if it was one or the other- i'm going with Q. Santiago is the perfect long man/ spot starter. He is more versatile. I don't think Santiago does well at all in the long man role and I don't think he ever will. His offspeed stuff is too unique and control on it (keeping it at the bottom of the zone) is the biggest issue I saw for him last year. The obvious way around that is to be working a good number of innings and to have a legit routine. Furthermore, I didn't feel like he gained anything as a reliever. If you look at his velocity charts, his fastball at the end of the year when he was starting was basically at the same speed as what he threw out of the bullpen to start the year, so it's not like putting in the bullpen helped him keep his velocity up or allowed him to throw harder either.

Happy Birthday(s)!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 04:32 PM) I'm sure there are players on just about every team that are "anti-gay." Professional athletes in general are probably not your largest group of gay and lesbian sympathizers around. And I'll give them a bit of credit for knowing how to keep it in the locker room during Super Bowl week.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) Well apparently they may as well show up on every single post for everyone, since you're going to broadcast the results in a thread. And honestly, this stuff has gone way too far with this guy in general. The entire two weeks leading up to the SB have been about ripping on this guy. I'd love to go back to ripping on the 49ers for being anti-gay. I'm actually cheering for deer antler spray because of the week they've had.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 04:06 PM) I don't know, this investigation was fairly tame compared to ncorgbl. There's nothing really invasive about IP address checks. They actually show up on every single post for admins.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 03:44 PM) Seems to me the Rangers are taking a bigger chance with Olt than they would with Rios. Olt has to produce right away or his trade value drops and he'll have to switch positions to do that. I think it's a case where the Rangers have held on to him a year too long. Trade value isn't the only concern with a young guy, particularly with a team trying to establish a consistent record of being a contender. Give you a comparison. Moustakas and Hosmer have had their trade values fall significantly in the last year or two...but that hasn't stopped a whole lot of people from picking the Royals to finish ahead of the White Sox this year.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) How long is Noah out for?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 10:26 AM) Digger just made a fantastic point: The big 10 as a league is overrated because Illinois was 12 and 1 out of conference and is now 2 and 6 in conference, Minnesota has lost 4 in a row so while we thought the big 10 was the best conference in the country, it clearly has been proven to be overrated. What? The fun of this is...when there are so many teams in the conference that are this good...the conference is likely to go into the tourney underrated rather than overrated. Really good teams could go into the tourney with 3-4 conference losses because of it.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 10:03 PM) Also, f*** Nazr Muhammed. He's already a dumbass who thinks anyone with a college doctorate gets paid as much as NBA players and that they're easy to get. Now he's so bad I might see more minutes at center. Get Rip's ass out of here for Mozgov. Anything. Just goddamn any backup big will do. Well, to be fair, right now I'm just about as effective of a CF as he, so the Bulls could sign a person with a Ph.D. if they wanted.

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) No. I think they're an improvement over the red ones that they had last year.

Quintana could put up an ERA of 7 in ST and I'd want him having the job in early April. Of course, the team has made the answer to this question sound like "Both of them and Danks on the 15 day DL to start the year".

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) I don't think there's a bat on the free agent or trade markets currently who would be better than Rios. If they want to move Olt to the OF, great good luck with that. All I know is, were I fan of the Rangers I'd want them to use that system right now. If they keep Olt and he doesn't produce right away I wouldn't want to hear any excuses from them. Trading a guy like Olt for an expensive, unreliable piece under contract for 2 years is a high-risk way of using that system. If they're talking about "Sustained success", then some fraction of their young guys from that system have to be integrated in order to offset holding on to some of their expensive vets or making moves in the FA market. The real trick is to have it be the guy you hold onto that becomes successful and the guy you trade that is the bust.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 2, 2013 -> 02:47 PM) Blake Simon ‏@blakesimon76 @JakePeavy_44 @arios51 Marcus is a huge Sox fan eligible to be voted into the MLB fan cave. Can we get a retweet? http://goo.gl/I6o5y Expand Reply Delete Favorite More 1m Blake Simon ‏@blakesimon76 @TheBigHurt_35 @robv123 Marcus is a huge Sox fan eligible to be voted for into the MLB Fan Cave. Can we get a retweet? http://goo.gl/I6o5y Hopefully it helps, hopefully they will! Hell...getting rewteeted by those names is pretty good its own.