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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) It wouldn't be with a five million dollar lefty and you know that. But if it's a decent lefty, it's going to be a $3-$4 million pricetag.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) They have no idea what they have in Santiago. He is the king of small sample size right now./ At least in my view...that's why you spend big money on scouts and coaches, to decide whether a player is actually anything useful. If they don't think he's going to be ready next year or ever, then trading Thornton and trying to replace him with a free agent who is $1 million a year cheaper just seems excessive, risky, and particularly silly if you'd be giving up any sort of draft pick.

Repeating Rex's post...can we all drop the angry name-calling in this thread before we have to close it?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) It'll be interesting to see if we make a run at a LH reliever. It could indicate that Matt Thornton is on the move. If they have that little confidence in Santiago, then they ought to just hold onto Thornton.

Neck injury for porter, early word says "No neurological damage", on his way to the hospital.

QUOTE (MAX @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) When are they? Before or after new years? Early december. Starts on Dec. 8.

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 05:48 PM) Whoa, Chief. Actually, I wonder if I would like Old Fezziwig as much if it wasn't one of the first good beers I'd ever had. I'm not saying it was bad or anything, it just wasn't incredible.

I saw a thread that was listed as started by "Southsider2k4" and thought "WTF"?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 09:21 PM) The Emperor would be higher on my list. I had to put Vader quite a bit higher...because he's the main villain in the 2 best movies of the series. Empire puts him up on top.

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Porter is moving his hands at least. Being carted off.

New Orleans, Tracy Porter, down and immobilized. He's been down for 10+ minutes and he's not on the cart yet.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 01:06 PM) The coach wasnt associated with the university anymore. Would the same process need to be followed then? There is probably some level of non-disclosure or privacy agreement signed by every one of these employees when they take the position, if for no other reason than the fact that they have access to personal and professional information anyway.

Sounds like things are teetering on the edge of breaking down.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 12:27 AM) Actually I believe thats what Tressel did. As for the PSU thing, I dont see what an AD has to do with a grown man f***ing an 11 year old boy in the shower at the university. The Grad assistant should have called the cops, the janitor that saw him blowing a kid should have called the cops, and JoPa and Curley etc. Everyone needs to ignore the chain of command and do whats right IMO. The one thing that I would say is that a graduate assistant and a janitor would in most cases be scared about going outside the "Chain of command", in the sense that their jobs could be at risk if they went to the police without approval of their supervisors. Not necessarily right, but certainly could be the case.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 12:24 PM) Physical conditions can change over 6 years... Plus, he has to know going into the offseason that playing 1b is likely...which would require a different level and style of conditioning.

What a great 3 word description of me!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 11:46 PM) ah i see. but all criticism of Obama is somehow 'racially motivated'. very confusing! Either point to the place where we've said that or go away.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Nov 6, 2011 -> 11:00 AM) Cashless society my ass. It's cashless ONLY out of convenience. A convenience you want to use but by no means are you forced to use. What an intelligent financial system would realize of course is that having the system be largely cashless is a benefit to both the customer, to the retailer, and to the financial institution. It is much cheaper to do these things electronically at every step than to deal with actual cash. All 3 groups know that. The real difference has been that 1 of those 3 groups had the government on its side, and has used that to enable itself to take advantage of the other 2 by hiding their fees to avoid competition.

Creative uses of the postal service. Seriously, USPS, stop running ads telling me how nice it is to give customers a printed receipt, start running ads saying that it's a way to delay bankruptcy and criminal charges. That's how you sell the postal service in this economy.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) DO you really think recruiting is the issue? The conference is down this year, but its also very young. I definitely feel like the Big Ten has been outrecruited for the last decade.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 09:38 PM) Like the chick I linked to earlier who demanded that people be allowed to print their own money. And of course, the "human microphone" mindlessly echoed the idiotic statement. It might not be everyone, but stupid stuff like that gives the movement a bad name. Not that I mind. The Human Microphone is going to repeat whatever the "Speaker" says, it's making it so that the person can be heard. The silly looking finger thing is how they vote. If you dont' have a mic setup and electric, that one actually makes sense. And if we want to put "Crazy statements on currency issues" from each side up, I think the Conservative movement will definitely hold its ground. Fiat money, gold standard return, etc.

Captain America was solid. Helluva lot better than Thor.

The black and the grey don't look that bad, but as a person in Knoxville TN, I can say that the orange looks terrible.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) And again, if you pay cash, you pay no fees. Except ATM fees to get access to the money or check cashing fees to turn my paycheck into cash. But those fees are transparent. One can decide whether to be charged them or not. Just like any new fees for debit card use.