Balta1701

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 05:38 PM) If Mauer and Moreanu are MVP candidates and and some pitcher pulls a Cy Young type season out of their ass And a few of their kids will somehow stun. That's just how it works for that franchise.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 06:11 PM) Rep Walsh is in the middle of litigation with his ex-wife, amid claims he has failed to pay child support. I see, and he's lecturign the American people about how they need to grow up.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 05:23 PM) Like the Spurs glory years that started that year? I do not understand the phrase "Spurs glory years".

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 05:00 PM) I believe the drop-dead date was January 7th in '99, struck a deal on the 6th and went on to have the worst season of basketball in the modern era. Was the worst season of basketball in the modern era because of the lockout or because the greatest dynasty of the modern era had just ended and the league had nothing to replace it?

I really don't want to know what "Stuff" this guy has. Grow up and ignore sexual harassment settlements? Congrats North Chicago Suburbs.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) If something doesn't get done there, I fear for the season. They're not going to reach a point where they stop talking, I think I'm gaining confidence in that. As long as they're talking, they'll have a shot at moving closer. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they wound up close to repeating the 99 schedule with a January start.

Andrew W.K. "Ready to die." Might not exactly be student friendly, but I've never heard such a big contrast between lyrics and music.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 04:52 PM) That's why I loved populus way more than Sim City. Build up the civilization and then go attack the other competing group. It was awesome. 7th grade: Sim City 2000. 9th grade: Civilization 2.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 04:48 PM) jonmorosi Jon Morosi Rival exec: “I’m not sure any team lost as much talent to free agency as the #Twins.” jonmorosi Jon Morosi ... And I agree. At present, their outfield is Benson, Span, and Revere. They don’t have a DH, closer, or RH setup man. Suspect rotation. Which of course means...miracles will happen next year.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 03:17 PM) It leaves it there? Seriously? You think it makes no difference? Then why do YOU think they are bothering to do it at all? Why would Germany give up its own money if it knows with certainty they will lose it anyway? That makes no sense. Because every option involves Germany losing money...and thus, the farther Germany can kick the can down the road, the better it is in the short term for Germany...they sustain higher employment and their politicians don't have to deal with making the hard choices.

You judge that Scenario 1 is worse in every way than Scenario 2 because of 1 clause which I reject..."The risk level of that event is significantly less." Greece accepting a totally inadequate "Bailout" which still leaves them with a debt that can never possibly be repaid does not reduce the risk of default from absolute certainty, it leaves it there.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) So, you prefer waiting for it all to go badly at once? Again, I fail to see what you are saying is BETTER about Greece not taking the deal. If you think other countries are going to have a major shock, then all the more reason to make strong attempts to stabilize things over time. If you simply let Greece fail, not only is that worse for Greece, but it dramatically INCREASES the chances of this sort of thing happening to those other countries. If you conclude that Greece breaking is inevitable without actions that the ECB is unwilling to (or maybe legally forbiddein from) do...then the question becomes "What is the least damaging way for that to happen."

If Greece leaves...it's still possible that aggressive action from the ECB might be able to stop it at Italy, by doing what the Fed did in 08. If Italy is in a worse position a year from now and Greece goes...then the hole that needs to be filled in Italy will be even larger.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 10:38 AM) The Cubs are interviewing Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin for their Managerial job. He interviewed with the Red Sox on Monday. Moral of the story? Theo's a dick. They've also added Dale Sveum, who is on the Red Sox list, and Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux.

I'd bet that the longer you paper over the fact that the shock is coming, the worse its going to be when it hits. The Italian, spanish, Portugese, and French employment and debt positions seem likely to continue to erode barring strong action from the ECB. If that is the case, then that will require the ECB to take even stronger actions to stem the shock if and when it does occur, and the stronger the actions need to be, the less likely the ECB is to do them.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) My favorite line is concerning the enormous net worth of $18 mil, I'm guessing he's one of the poorest of the candidates. He was the CEO of a fast food company and only took home $18 million? That makes him a complete failure as a CEO. A normal CEO should have taken home 20 times that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) So what? You'd prefer the shockwave here, eh? Well you can tell the unemployed here what a better deal it was for the Greeks. There's a real good chance that they're going to wind up with the shockwave anyway.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) not necessarily a function of the work put in during ST. Sox (did) run a great camp. Well whatever it is, the team has come out of camp the last 2 years looking like absolute garbage, to the point that April has legitimately destroyed 2 seasons. So if they're running a great camp...maybe we need to try a terrible camp. I'm only half joking.

NBA schedules new talks for Saturday.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 01:12 PM) I can't tell if this was just incredibly shrewd by the Greece PM or just dumb luck. But I'm glad it worked out. Yup. See you in what, 3-4 months when this deal stops working out?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 01:17 PM) I look forward to seeing how ST is run this year. I've been impressed with how Cora runs things the last few years, it's a tight ship. I've been incredibly unimpressed with the results from ST the last couple years.

Very wierd.

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 08:15 AM) I was pretty shocked that Napoli didn't win, but i suppose it was because he split so much time between C/1b/DH. Actually I'd guess its more becuase he missed 1/3 of the season with injury and didn't have enough PA's to qualify for any of the titles.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 12:13 AM) Just off the top of my head, Schilling, Foulke and the Nomar trade were pretty huge in the grand picture of that championship No idea, if he used them to acquire the correct talent than good for him. And this 3rd point really means nothing. The thing that I keep coming back to about almost all of Theo's winning trades has been...in almost every case, he took advantage of the fact that he had Boston's resources and the trading partner did not. Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Curt Schilling, Keith Foulke, Adrian Beltre...these were all guys that were close to becoming Free Agents and had teams that were unwilling or unable to sign them, because they knew that the next offseason, Boston could outbid them.