Balta1701

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 3, 2012 -> 08:01 AM) That is pretty crazy for a guy who isn't considered to have much upside. Basically it takes him being in the big leagues for 1-2 years as a starter to be worth that money.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:23 PM) We should just start a separate thread for bashing Boozer. Could surpass NHL thread. Use Talkbulls.

Again Derrick?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:27 PM) I'm not following. I would think 7 yrs at $7M total would be a lot different than 1 yr at $7M, right? If it was 1 year that's obviously nuts, but the goal is to stick him in the minors a couple years, have this $7 mil basically wind up as a signing bonus, and then have him for 6.5 years if he makes the bigs.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:18 PM) I heard Goldstein float $7M around. I would have to think that's something like 4/5yrs at $7M. Right? The years really don't matter all that much if there's no out clause.

Espn

QUOTE (gatnom @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 08:17 PM) I don't remember exactly, but weren't the two of them number 1 picks in the old draft where a number 1 pick would essentially command the money of a top free agent? If so, you really can't blame them... They weren't both #1, Stafford was, but yes, it was impossible to have those 2 top picks without a huge cap hit. The Rams got killed by that this year.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) Their attempted backpedaling is hilarious. I will be intentionally avoiding any and all products and promotions they're associated with and have let them know. I've been iffy on them for a while since thy started suing any other charity using the phrase "for the cure", but I didn't explicitly avoid products that partnered with them because of it. But hey, they want to play rough, I can skip the pink yoplait lid.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 08:23 PM) Bloomberg has offered $250,000 in matching donations for Planned Parenthood. Donate here The Komen foundation will also stop funding any cancer related research tht involves embryonic stem cell research. This of course has nothing to do with politics and is entirely because embryos are facing federal investigation.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:02 PM) Agreed and he is only 18. Did Viciedo sign a major league deal? No.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 05:45 PM) What are you talking about? This is the VOLCKER rule being discussed. Sounds lke you are talking about the BUFFET rule. Man...that is one ****ing big miss.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 07:34 PM) Would you rather they lay off 20-30% of the teachers, or less than 1% with all taking a small pay cut? And a small tax increase is clearly off the table. Because you know, salaries don't affect performance at all. That's why wall street constantly lays off their highly paid employees. You don't have any need to retain top talent by paying good wages.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 07:53 PM) It will be interesting to see if he ever makes it to the majors It's an expensive draft pick that doesn't cost you the pick.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 06:56 PM) Now ESPN is reporting that Peyton Manning has been cleared to play football again. Until it comes out of Rob Lowe's mouth or Twitter account, I won't believe it. Again, if he's cleared to play by 2 doctors right now, I can't believe he's untradeable.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:47 AM) And tell me what you see in the proposed method that is silly. I honestly want to know. We already did it, except last time it was called the "Alternative Minimum Tax". And that one doesn't work too well these days either. The concept is nice, that deductions should be minimized at higher levels...but this is literally repeating one tax that has had enough holes poked in it by various mantras (no double taxation on dividends! Lower capital gains taxes are good for the economy!) that I have little confidence in it holding. With time, there's every reason to think this rule will just get more complex and have to exempt more stuff also.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) The state is better off now, with the exception of 1% of the teachers and some union bank accounts. Because you know what has zero impact on the quality of life and education in a state? Teachers.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:06 AM) No doubt The Sox have a significant offer in place for Cespedes, have pursued others aggresively and they have a great reputation within the Cuban community. I'd still rather them try and sign Soler as a first priority. He won't be signing as soon as Cespedes or Concepcion. He's a classic tools-heavy MLB RF that would instantly top most teams position player prospect list. I'd assume that Soler will do everything humanly possible to be signed to a contract before the salary cap kicks in.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 10:35 AM) That was a pretty hard fail there, Balta.Lee kicked our ass in the Golden State game. unfortunately I haven't gotten either of those games the last couple years.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 11:42 AM) We'd all be b****ing about Lee's defense too though. More than we do about Boozer?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:57 AM) Pretty sure he meant his hitting prowess. I get that. How many pitchers can you say go to Petco and they lose their value/

By the way, I'm totally making it a point to eat here. And they're getting a solid tip.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:14 AM) Balta, just wondering, did you ever end up getting a nook? No, thanks for checking in though, sorry to force you to write on that. Could still happen in future, but family fooled me.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:08 AM) Were Obama's favorables among independents heavily impacted like Romney's have been? Yes, they were impacted, but he was also starting from a better place.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 04:58 AM) Pretty much, but David Lee was still out there. I don't think I've heard his name from the moment he left the Knicks until now. What's he doing tehse days? Selling avocados?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 2, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) There goes his value in that park. How many pitchers can you say that about?