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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) Not really. Kershaw won 27 of 32 1st place votes, Halladay won 3, Kennedy 1. He did win the NL Triple Crown. Halladay solidly outdid Kershaw on the advanced stats though, as a function of pitching in a better hitter's park than Kershaw. The fact that the voting is so 1 sided is telling again that the voters didn't look at the advanced stats on this one.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Insert *Sun-rises* joke. Nope. This one was actually competitive.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 02:06 PM) Guys I'd take ahead of him for sure: Mike McCarthy Bill Belichick Mike Tomlin Sean Payton Rex Ryan Jim Harbaugh Mike Smith John Harbaugh Tom Coughlin Maybes (but probably not): Ken Whisenhunt Jim Schwartz Mike Munchak So, probably in the 10-14 range, i.e., average. The remarkable thing is of course that 1/2 your list of "Definitenly take them" will be either in your "probably not" or "already was fired" list in about 2 years.

The time I missed the NBA was last Saturday night. Nothing on except a college football game I didnt' care about, working on a talk so I couldn't go out, mugh.

Rick Perry challenged Nancy Pelosi to a debate in a letter. I'll let y'all figure out which one is the winner.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) I actually wouldn't mind adding two more teams to round it at at 32 - 16 in each league. In the long term (10 years+) this wouldn't be the worst idea ever...the talent is catching up to the point where the league could handle it... But the U.S. economy doesn't have it in there right now to build 2 franchises from scratch.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 09:16 AM) I am sure he won't, not just because of the odds, but because I think he was unusually lucky (which is what you are getting at I think). His stuff was good, but didn't look as good as the perfect save % made it seem. You can say the exact same thing about Verlander.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 09:00 AM) tepper Greg Tepper CJ Wilson reportedly wants 6 years, $120 million. That sounds disturbingly close to Zito numbers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) This year is a bit different. How so? They got to the WS with contributions from Young both years.

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 02:59 PM) + 1 But, Dylan Axelrod looks like he could be the next Bob Gibson. Yeah, there's no difference between the expectations for the supposed best hitting prospect to come out of Cuba ever and Dylan Axelrod.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 08:32 AM) I can't see the Rangers trading Michael Young right now. He has Mark Buehrle status down there. They tried last year though, just to clear that contract.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 01:20 PM) Probably something we'd get from the trades of Quentin/Floyd/Danks, which is assumed under the scenario he mentioned. Which kind of defeats the purpose of trading away the Starting Pitching in the first place.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 01:14 PM) My biggest problem with expanding the playoffs is that the season already lasts too long. Real baseball should not be played in March or November. Maybe they can shorten spring training a week or something. They did a real good job of getting things done on time this year, just by cutting back the playoff offdays.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 17, 2011 -> 01:32 AM) Not sure I'll ever truly understand the love Brett Gardner gets from some people. I totally understand the love, take a look at his stats, especially OBP. Would fit in well with our needs last year. Problem is, he's about to start getting much more expensive by hitting arbitration, and we have a guy who with some luck might be able to give us something similar in De Aza for much less cost. Bringing back an MLB-ready OF is a mistake. We have too many guys who should get playing time at those spots right now

Obviously i must build a fire first. For warmth.

My legs?

Keeps my legs warm.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 06:12 PM) I don't want to see them half-ass a rebuilding plan. I'll be pretty excited if they don't. I don't want 3-4 years of being a losing team. I'll be pretty excited if we have a chance to win.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 05:01 PM) We'd get pitching at the deadline if we needed it. By trading away what asset?

I wish I knew how to quit you.

Hypothetically, if the Marlins were to land him, and also got JJ back for at least part of the season, would that make them competitive for the WC at least?

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) sooo what happens if we rebuild and dunn, rios, and beckham all have bounce back years but we fall short because we traded/let go of buehrle, danks, and or floyd and our pitching is turrable??? Do we blame kenny or since thats what we all want itll be all good??? just a thought If Dunn, Rios, and Beckham have bounceback years, we should do whatever is within our power to try to trade Dunn and Rios. This includes letting them go if claimed on waivers.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) I hadn't realized the sweep rules were that open-ended. I thought it only covered Money Market, US Treasury debt and cash-for-cash. Leaving foreign obligations in there may have been intended as a way to allow international customers to have their own nation's "safe" debt, but that is highly dangerous to leave it open as such. Thank you for replying, I genuinely wanted to see if one of the people who knows this stuff read it the same way I did.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 03:09 PM) I haven't seen Rodgers do the belt thing in a couple weeks. Has he personally gotten in the endzone in a couple weeks?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2011 -> 03:08 PM) Winner I'm more prepared for it now with Kenny's statements yesterday, but I do have to say, esp. if I am moving next year, I'm already considering passing on Extra Innings for a year if this team has no shot.