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Rahm and Axelrod in the audience.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 09:28 PM) Goddamn IU is unbeatable in that arena. Wow. "you rank em, we spank em" -JC on Facebook

How often does the Bulls bench get out scored 22-7?

Seriously down at the half? To NOLA? WTF?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) If as I suspect the Tigers are less than what many think they will be, and the Sox are more than what most think they will be, then why wouldn't you turn to someone who's arguably the #1 starting pitching prospect in the organization if he could make a contribution? These sort of blanket declarations baffle me. If we're in a position where Molina needs to save the big league roster, then we're not that good. Molina should be behind Stewart, Axelrod, Castro, and maybe others in terms of being the replacement guy. I know he's special, but Stras has a hard 170 or so inning limit they said they'd enforce even if they were right there for the division.

They're farther from the border. Harder to turn around and get back.

Seriously, ranked teams, just stop coming to assembly. Save the airfare.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:32 PM) I thought Sept. callups don't get service time credit. It's not a full season but if a guy comes up after the super 2 deadline next year, it could still cost an arb year.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 08:31 PM) Oh come on. If that's a tech, every dunk Wade and LeBron have done this year deserves a T. Ok.

Yay Rip is alive! Now he needs to not get hurt tonight.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 06:28 PM) You sure would hate to get into a situation where we rush another prospect and he suffers for two or three years trying to learn at the big league level If you're in a situation like last year, where you're doing everything possible to win, then fine, burn the guy in the bullpen like we did with Sale. But if we have time with a guy like Molina (and we do), there's zero reason to start all the arbitration clocks on him right now. He's incredibly raw, he's thrown probably fewer innings in his life than some guys have done in high school, and he's never been above AA. If he earns it, then we can talk next year about a rotation spot early in the season, even better after the super 2 deadline. There is zero reason to push this guy upwards aggressively if we go into this season having cut $25 million from the roster and traded away guys like we did. Save the service time and have him ready to go when he arrives.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 06:14 PM) I still think he will get a look in the MLB at the end of the season. If they have to they will decrease his innings in the middle of the year to spread them out, which from a strengthening and endurance buolding perspective is a good idea. If they have to take steps like that at AA to preserve his arm mid season or earlier...then he shouldn't even make Charlotte this year.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 05:59 PM) PS CHRIST WAS WHITE (Can't tell if serious but probably untrue).

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 05:48 PM) That's a ridiculous statement. I don't think it is. He's pitched a total of 290 innings, period, with no high school or college background beforehand. He's barely reached double-A ball, only 22 innings at that level. He only threw 130 innings last year, and that was a jump up from 80 the year beforehand, so 150 total would still be being careful, and that's a full AA season. I really can't see any situation, no matter how much he dominates, where I'm going to want him seeing the bigs this year. If he rips up AA ball in the first half and then gets promoted and then rips up AAA for another 2 months, he's going to be right at what should be his innings limit, where actually having him make a start or two seems excessively risky and overkill.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 05:51 PM) Yeah why would you want to stir up or anger the crazy? When I read a list like that, my brain keeps piling up reasons to find ways to "ignore" this person. Facebook removal, blocking whatever you can from them, etc. A taunting is a push in the wrong direction, because now you'll have to deal with a dozen "what do you mean" and "How dare you" posts followed by an equal number of reprisals.

St. Louis is obviously the first that comes to my mind.

The Navy now has a working prototype of a railgun.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) But prior to doing all that, send her a text telling her to go straight to hell. Really, don't bother.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 05:32 PM) I think you'll see some of those "bad" innings ealy on when he's adjusting to starting in the MLB. He'll top out at 5 innings and people on this board will complain like they did at Peavy. He will need to build strength and endurance early on because he hasn't started with this intensity before. What you need to remember though is that we're not "All in" this season. We're not sacrificing things like valuable Chris Sale pre arb years by trying to put the best MLB roster possible together. If we lose games this year because we're trying to stretch Sale out and develop him into a starter, well, the priority is turning Sale into a starter, not winning as many games as possible. Last season, we were still "All in" when that crap was happening. Lose the games this year if you have to, just make sure you develop the kids while doing so. If we were going to lose games in order to build up Peavy's arm, then Sale should have been starting at Charlotte, and we should have been selling harder at the deadline.

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) will retire this year. Honestly, this might belong in the Democratic thread, because this retirement creates a huge opportunity for a Democratic Senate pickup. Senator Snowe probably would have cruised to reelection this year.

Donald Driver will be on Dancing with the Stars.

So by this "interpretation", any positive test MLB ever took on a Saturday would have been ruled out?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 04:10 PM) I'm going with 175. I think He'll get there this year. Then Molina will come up and clean up the last group of starts. I think this is KW's plan when he said that Molina will definitely see the show this year. They may push him to 175, but I said "150 good innings". I think he'll be breaking down past that. They'll still give him starts to keep him going, like they did with D1 back in 2007, but he'll clearly only have so much left. And I reiterate, I don't think Molina belongs anywhere near the big leagues this year. Especially with other options like Castro, Stewart, and Axelrod who can clean starts up if we need to.

Oh, visiting the Chinatown Gate/walking through Chinatown is a solid experience. Haven't really eaten there but I'm sure that's quality.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Obviously, tour Alcatraz. There's been this strange rash of murders lately that appear to have something to do with that prison, I might consider skipping it... Similarly obviously, head down and catch a view of the bridge. Or drive over it if you're driving.