Balta1701

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 08:00 PM) Gordon is a Gold Glover. He doesn't hit well enough for that. More seriously, who's likely to get it at 2b in the AL? Pedroia I'm guessing?

Well, that worked.

Sigh. Thank Goodness for the foul pole.

Sigh.

Jake has nailed that outside corner at the knees a couple times tonight.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:45 PM) Youk hitting below .170 over last 30 games. I thin I would rather see Beckham batting 2nd What's each of their OBP's over that stretch?

Man, nice range Wise.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:27 PM) Yeah, and Keon Barnum's comp during the draft was Ryan Howard, but I'm not going to count on either of those. Beckham, after his ROOKIE year was voted to be the future 2B of the decade by MLB Network. That's higher praise than a prospect being compared to an above average, but not great player. Beckham was supposed to be the next Utley, IMO.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:35 PM) It's considered a minor, noninvasive type of surgery so it's possible that Urlacher did this through personal channels. Or, perhaps there was some miscommunication on behalf of Urlacher, the Bears, the sources, the reporter who broke the story and the fans. Again, the Bears pay for Urlacher's health care. Unless he was trying to cover it up from the Bears by going overseas Ordonez style, and paying cash for a minor scope out of his own pocket, the Bears would receive those health care records.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:29 PM) Yep.......................This game is a rerun when we play the Royals. Normally the Royals rip our hearts out in the late innings.

That sure seems like it was on purpose.

Sigh.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:12 PM) I really think fans think certain organizations are omnipotent and omniscient. No. Thats not how things work in the real world. Occams Razor. Whats more likely: That the Bears knew about this beforehand and purposefully engaged in a media conspiracy to keep this news from you? Or maybe they just didn't know. Maybe there was some miscommunication. There is zero chance the Bears didn't know about a previous surgery by Urlacher. Hell, if nothing else, they paid for it.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 07:12 PM) DWEEZY! I'm really hoping this late-season hot streak doesn't convince Ventura that he's a reasonable leadoff option for next year. Again.

Frustrating crud.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 06:20 PM) Can't wait to see the USC Trojans play. We will be #1 this season :-) This is one of your picks I can believe.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 06:01 PM) There is corporate bias in the media, that is true. Most of the news media has a strong corporatist Democrat slant. And when you add in the word "Corporatist", you can substitute "Republican", IMO.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) Balta, we have already argued this in the past. Basically, this is like a situation I have with someone I know that does not believe in evolution but will debate about it all the time. She has terrible references and 'facts', but a lot of them, therefore she thinks she is right. I have decided to let her live her delusional life, and just leave it alone. I will do the same here with your 'conservative' mainstream media bias theory. No, my theory is that the media is biased towards whatever makes them the most money. If you look at it over a period of a few years, you see them big time after things like wars because that draws them ratings, tax cuts and slashing social security/medicare because the on air personalities are pretty rich, but then also positive towards issues like gay marriage because they know people who are gay, and hugely after people who can get magazine covers like Palin/Obama in 2008.

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Surprised no one posted this yesterday. This is actually kinda interesting...MLB trying out high tech options for replay down the line.

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) The debate has been over for more than a decade. The pro-Democrat media is a fact. Sure, true Democrat zealots will deny it, but the vast majority of legitimate studies have shown very favorable coverage for Democrats and news presented in a way to coincide with the Democrat party narrative of the time. Great. Would love to see some of these. Particularly if it covered the Bush era. Edit: Great summary line from the Wikipedia entry:

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 04:01 PM) at first thought I thought it was neutral, then I looked at his numbers... they have to be banking on him getting better, which he certainly can since he's so young... but he has to improve. It will be a interesting to see if he can stick at SS The real worry IMO is attitude. They're already complaining about his attitude a lot. Now he's gotten rewarded without having to fix that.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) I mean Brand got 2 mill and Boozers the better player, he should get at least 5mill. That extra 25 doesnt count towards any kind of tax right? There's supposed "a plan" for 2014 and I cant imagine that doesn't include the amnesty of Boozer.. No, that $25 million would not count towards a tax payment, but the Bulls would still have to pay that $25 million, and they'd still be no where close to being under the Cap.