Balta1701

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) jcrasnick Jerry Crasnick #Tigers could also trade for leadoff man, but their prospect stockpile was thinned out by the Doug Fister trade in July. Jose Reyes is the dream candidate. Other potential lower-cost free agent targets include David DeJesus and Kelly Johnson. #Tigers With the money they have coming off the books, there's every reason to expect they'll make a run at Reyes. Only question is whether someone else outbids them if the Tigers get nervous about his health.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman word is, mccourt needs $1.2B out of dodgers to pay debts and leave with $. so cubans under a bil idea aint gonna fly How the F*** did he rack up $1.2 billion in debt on a $400 million purchase?

Ouch. I think this one would be comparable to congratulating the Cubs on winning the world series last week. The comeback...of course...was Elway.

Siri stopped working for a few hours yesterday. (Normally I'd have said Siri "went down" for a few hours yesterday but that sounded really dirty).

Any idea what show he was on? That'd be a podcast worth listening to.

NBA Players union starting moves towards decertification, and publicly leaking stories that they're moving that way.

F***. University sends out job announcement saying that the due date for applications for their position is November 1, 2012. I add that to my calendar...but don't realize they have the year wrong. Realized it this morning. Just sent in my application, pointed out that the issue was that they had the wrong date so I got no reminder. I'm hoping that they won't rule me out because I'm a couple days late by the day that they probably wanted applications, when I'm actually 361 days ahead of what their application actually said. F***. Why didn't I see that earlier. Edit: Whoof. Deep breath. Uck.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 10:13 AM) Kinda sad he's forced to do "stunts" like this. Not that his show didn't have these sorts of bits before, but this seems more like a "beg for headlines" move.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 09:52 AM) Conan O'Brien may officiate a same-sex wedding on his show later this week.

Link

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 09:24 AM) And the Dem's response to this sure hasn't been "Its none of our Business..." Serious question...have many Democratic public figures actually spoken about this case?

Sigh.

80k jobs last month, 104,000 private sector and -24k public sector, so yet another crappy month made crappier by the shrinking public sector. August and September revised upwards somewhat, which is positive.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 09:11 AM) Well, we were told for years that sticking a cigar into an intern's poos didn't matter and all that mattered was job performance. Somehow, I'm betting that the response of this particular Rep to the Clinton scandal wouldn't have been "Grow up and get over it!".

QUOTE (hawksfan61 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 09:08 AM) What two world series trophies does Loria have? The first title was won under Wayne Huizenga. What does suckering Florida taxpayers into building a new stadium have to do with being a good owner? Loria also murdered baseball in Montreal and does nothing but pocket his revenue sharing checks, he is a s***ty owner. Really, different owner? I lump them together mentally since they both did the exact same thing.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 12:42 AM) Agreed. I swear Lovie Smith's gameplan is keep the game close and maybe special teams will win it. Others would call this technique "Building an exceptional defense".

Keep in mind, the "50% haircut" is only a 50% haircut in name only. There are behind the scenes maneuvers going on by the banks to alter the payment schedule and the interest rates to make sure they get a lot more than 50%. The ECB and the IMF currently hold about 1/3 of Greece's debt, and they expect to be paid in full. Greece's pension funds and banks hold a good chunk of that debt as well, and the pension fund expects to be paid in full. Greece's banks aren't in position to absorb those losses without going belly up, so they're not going to take a 50% haircut either. We'll be right back here in a few months.

Everybody makes mistakes.

QUOTE (hawksfan61 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 07:27 AM) This Orioles GM thing is a complete boondoggle and the Orioles are finally getting some attention nationally for what a horribly run franchise they are. They have no GM and the offseason is about to start, and this is with knowing for months that McPhail was not coming back. They are talking about interviewing Dan Duquette, a guy who hasn't been in baseball in over five years for crying out loud. Baltimore is a great baseball town and the fans just don't care about the team anymore because of the horrible ownership, and I can't blame them. With McCourt on his way out Angelos and Loria are part of a select group fighting for the always coveted worst owner in baseball title. And as always must be noted...one of those guys has 2 WS trophies. Oh, and a new ballpark.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 4, 2011 -> 12:38 AM) Maybe Robin will be the good luck charm and end our hex against Central Division foes. Maybe Robin will stop kowtowing to them before every series and actually convince our team to come out and compete.

Bad enough to say it twice

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) Just received a call from Cain. Why? It's frickin' Nov 3 in TEXAS?? He either has too much cash or not enough brains. Don't be spending money in Texas in November. Cain doesn't have too much cash.

So theo doesn't even get credit for one of Theos better trades. Even better.

Zero chance

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 07:38 PM) Actually, Theo didn't make that trade, but it did get them a championship. How did Theo not make that trade? That's one of his better ones other than the ones where his former employees helped him out.