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Carlos Quentin no longer plays for the White Sox and there is a thread about this in the appropriate place.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 08:56 PM) You don't understand the state of the organization. Williams won't be around if this year is anything like last. Please, enlighten us then, and actually support it rather than repeating the same thing over and over.

Chiefs sign OT Winston

Poor guy.

UAB Fired Mike Davis. Yes, that one.

QUOTE (Cali @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 04:15 PM) Looks like we got another raffle winner doing play by play. Christ. Hahahahanahahanaha "Costco Fukudome" that is the best EVER. I'm borrowing from Beckham and calling him Fookie from now on.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 02:22 PM) Just like Kentucky-UConn and Kentucky-Duke, right? None of those would have involved me having something to do Thursday night

QUOTE (Cali @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 02:06 PM) If this season goes in the tank (and who are we kidding it's gonna) it should REALLY go in the tank. Where changes are made at the top The goal of this season is development. If you think otherwise, you're pretending, and that includes if you are in the group trying to fire Williams. Edit: Holy Hell, 80k.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 01:37 PM) Can't wait til Iowa State-Kentucky. Who knows what's going to happen. We wanted a shot and now we've got it. Hoiberg turned out to be a better coach than I thought much quicker than I thought. Hopefully it's one of those games that makes this weekend one of the best of the year. Unfortunately, whether it's fate, the plan of selection committee, the refs, of making sure I have something to do on Thursday, somehow we're going to wind up with The Rematch happening in the Sweet 16.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 01:06 PM) your $27M figure is wrong either way because it doesn't account for Danks increase in '13 even if it is from $8M. And yet you're still sitting here saying that competing next year is hopeless even though we've got enough money to add Cole Hamels or Matt Cain without increasing payroll.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 12:53 PM) Where did you get that $27M figure from? Use the spreadsheet you just linked to. Jake Peavy gets paid $17 mil this year and has a $4 million buyout in October when his option is not picked up (and counting this for 2013 is silly). AJ Pierzynski is due $6 million this year. 17 + 4 + 6 = 27. Even if you want to count the $5 million or so that Danks's contract does extend, a couple million more for Beckham in arbitration and a $2.5 million raise for Floyd...if we just want to come back with the same salary next year, we're going to have to spend nearly $20 million.

Well, at least we know not to believe you any more.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 12:44 PM) Danks salary increases from 2M this year to $15.75M next year. This is of course false. He gets a $7.5 million bonus paid between June and October of 2012, for a total payout of $8 million in 2012. 2012 of course is not 2013. And since his salary other than that bonus this year is $500k, I have no idea where you got the "$2 m" number, that shows up no where.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 11:53 AM) Cut that figure in half with the Danks extension. Why are we sending $13.5 million more to Jake Peavy?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 17, 2012 -> 11:26 AM) If the core isn't good enough this year to contend there's no reason to believe it will be in the next two years. $27 million comes off the books in Peavy and Pierzynski next offseason. You're telling me you can't upgrade a roster given $27 million?

Couldn't help but think about the Hawk while seeing today's Garfield comic.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 10:59 PM) If the Sox aren't contending in '12 they won't contend in '13 or '14. Peavy's contract clears at the end of this year. Even if Rios and Dunn continue to struggle, that should give the Sox room to add help where they need, and in '13 we won't be looking at a rookie manager, and we'll have guys like Morel, Beckham, and Viciedo with another year under their belts.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 09:55 PM) How about two in three hours?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 12:40 PM) Big Ten baby. QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 01:30 PM) Well look who's back. What's that, 1 loss in the first round?

Well, I enjoyed that.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 09:38 PM) That guy has had three awesome dunks in this half. Duke is giving them away with the heavy pressure, they keep leaving him open.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Mar 16, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) Was that really a foul? Seemed like the contact happened after the shot. Looked like a foul to me.

Come on 2nd 15 seed...

Ok I take it back, call on Thornton wasl worse.

Well there's the Duke calls