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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 09:00 PM) When KW gave his intellect comments, most of us assumed he meant the Sox should try bunting a little bit Cabrera's way. Have they done that at all so far this series? There was Wise trying

Yay Becksy!!!

Holy crap that stayed in

C'mon jake

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:35 PM) I thought there was a stat that no homerun champion has ever won a world series? Doesn't address your question but I remember the cards in the early 80's having one guy Jack Clark. Ever? Find that hard to believe thanks to the 27 Yankees. Maybe more recently?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) Who cares about RISP? Just hit homers. Well, that formula works pretty well until October, at least. Don't power hitting teams do better in the playoffs in general?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:30 PM) It seems like a lot of players like Wise love being on the White Sox. Remember that era where nobody wanted to play in Chicago? I'm surprised players like Mark B and others don't give the Sox just a tiny discount in wanting to remain in Chicago. I'd think Youk would be the same way. Why go play in New York or Boston or Philly where they will boo your ass? Stay in Chicago for a million or two less. I think Youk would give Boston a nice discount if tey wanted him back and Valentine wasn't there.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) The starting salary for a teacher in Chicago is the median salary for a household in the United States. Right out of college, that is pretty good money. $74k a year is about the 80th percentile of income for a household in the US. $74k in Chicago cost of living adjusts to $57 k in Knoxville, while I'm at it. The median salary in a city ought to be substantially higher than the median salary nationwide.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:22 PM) Weren't you the one just saying that they won't hire people with Masters Degrees? Was I? Doesnt ring a bell, any extra context?

I was just about to type that the first 2 guys timed their swings well but failed to square it up, late-movement style. Wise interrupted by squaring one up.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Isn't it amazing how much Dewayne Wise has played for the Sox? He's played in every game hasn't he since he was acquired? I'll give you credit on this one.

Boom!

That's f***ing better.

Strike a f***ing throw.

f***ing leadoff f***walk.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 06:35 PM) Recently started dating a Buckeye fan from Cleveland. She is determined to convert me and doesn't believe in my devotion to the Ducks. Interviewed there last year and they didn't hire me so I'm holding a duck grudge.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 06:55 PM) ill step in and work if they dont want to. i could live with 40k and the summer off, i dont need a contract either. Do you have the requisite skills, a masters degree and a teaching certificate? Could you also live near your actual place of work on that salary? (quick cost of living calculation says that $40k in Chicago buys what $31k buys here using CNN money's calculator)

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 05:32 PM) Of all places in the world, this is the least applicable time in the history of the world to bring that up. Every single member of the governance of Chicago is a Democrat. City Council, Mayor, County, School Board, Governor and President are all Democrats. So what? His specific statement was that the teachers union shouldn't be doing this during an election year (regardless of when their contract expires). What does that have to do with anything?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 05:03 PM) Does Viciedo ever get on a tear anymore? Beckham has continued his pattern of getting hot once in a while. It seems Dayan has settled into being a fairly lousy hitter who hits the occasional home run. He's got a lot of work to do. I wonder if he'd agree to play winter ball and actually take some coaching on how to be less maniacal at the plate. I sincerely doubt anyone would ask him to play winter ball. Team would probably say no if he wanted to. Once a guy has arrived at the big leagues you don't want him getting hurt playing in winter ball.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 03:47 PM) A better time would be not in an election year when other people want to completely destroy unions. On one hand you have a side saying, its just not a good time, lets figure things out. On the other hand you have a side saying, lets kill unions. Is now really a good time to push the side that is slightly in your favor? Which election? Chicago Mayoral election (2010-2011)? Illinois Governor election? (2010)? And at what point in the near future do you expect the Republicans to stop trying to kill all unions?

Seriously, when's a good time to do this? They probably had cause to do a walkout a year ago or whenever it was that the city broke the last contract and didn't give them the raise that was in the contract. The economy's been depressed for basically 5 years now, and I'll bet they got more generous salary increases when there was the last negotiation during the housing boom. When would that statement be inapplicable?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 02:49 PM) I'm guessing it is an old number (remember they started at 30%, then 25%). If the media isn't keeping up, they could be mixing up the two numbers. The problem of course is, if that is a mistake, and the real city offer is the 9% that ABC printed, then anyone reporting the 16% is making the city's offer look better than it really is, and thus making the teachers look worse than they really are.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 11, 2012 -> 01:41 PM) The numbers I've seen along the way, were that they wanted 19% originally, and came down to 16%. Now I am seeing those much lower numbers bandied about. Asking for a simple COLA seems pretty reasonable to me (leaving aside the extra hours for the moment). And if they didn't get COLA's before, then catch-up is also worth discussing. Where it gets sticky is raises over COLA numbers, and whether or not they are associated with more hours. I'm also still trying to find where the 16% comes from other than the city. The only number I've seen in print with specifics I've posted in this thread, and it comes down to 9% raise over 4 years, which is just a cost of living adjustment.