Balta1701

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) Maybe someone like Jorge Cantu to replace Omar as our utility infielder. Unless someone thinks he's going to take a huge step forward with his bat in his 2nd AAA year, Escobar is probably an option there.

QUOTE (TheHugeUnit @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) What kind of return are you looking for when/if you trade Danks? Say from the... Yankees. A moderately talented, AA level player and a moderately talented lower level player.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 11:50 AM) Rick Perry seems to be indicating, due to his poor performances, that he may not participate in any further debates. Says his mistake was being in them at all. One school of thought is that this will help him stay away from an area of weakness. Problem is, he already showed he's weak, and now if he does elect to not go to any more, I don't think that helps the image. If he had chosen not to from the beginning, that would be different. Besides, if he were to win the nomination, he'd have to do some debates with Obama anyway. Thoughts? Perry's campaign appears to have dropped this trial balloon and has committed to appear in at least 5 more debates. He better practice.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Coop will fix him" pitcher appear somewhere. Bedard brandon Wood, hell maybe D-Train, something like that.

QUOTE (MAX @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) The only game on cable sucks big dongs buds. I feel like fairy deon sanders is going to show up at any moment. I'm not sure there's a game on that interests me.

You sonofa...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 5, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) If the Angels job is basically the guy who takes the blame while Scioscia and Moreno make all the decisions, I hope he doesn't. Rick Hahn appears to think like me.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 10:44 PM) You have to much value to society. Hit the Beam instead... Why do you think I got past the writers' block? Not kidding.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) Sometimes I wish I could punch you in the face. Frankly I'm actually in the mood to have that happen. Sitting here just working on a paper. Would provide some spice to the evening

*Google didn't exist in 1996.* Not even a matter of them not having their IPO for > 5 years...they literally didn't exist. /Balta's contribution.

Saturday night, sitting at home next to a bottle of whiskey and a bowl of Halloween candy, Next Iron Chef repeats from 4 years ago on in the background, half ignoring wife, 7 or so pages of a paper written tonight. This is going to be one crazy month. Didn't I leave grad school?

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 09:42 PM) Anyone want to put together a prediction thread for free agents? You just volunteered.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 08:26 PM) Carcillo is gone for 2 games. His history with the league did him in on that one. Not as bad as most thought however cause there was no penalty on the play. (same length when Kubina was suspended after he concussed Bolland with no penalty) Link

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 06:00 PM) I think gortex ones. Somehow that seems excessive.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 05:55 PM) I'm glad I can work in just a thong at my new job. REI sells those?

Just bought first suit ever. Feel old.

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The Chairman was in the crowd last night.

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QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 03:43 PM) Yes but look at Ozzie. To those of us Ozzie lovers it hurts badly to see him get shown the door. I know ... I know ... he resigned. Hiring former players usually ends badly. Ozzie's legacy was 2005. He was shown the door because of multiple years of failure and turning the locker room into a completely dysfunctional mess. In 5 years, when you ask about Ozzie, the first thing you'll remember is 2005. The fact that he became a caricature of a manager for a few years will be the part that goes away in memories. It's only because certain people insisted that we had to view his current performance during the lens of 2005 that it seems like 05 has been forgotten.

Costumes at Halloween party of NYC Foreclosure Mill? Bums thrown out of houses.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) The problem is that people want to make him the backup, and he clearly deserves a shot at being a starter. It's never bad to have plenty of other options, though. The right backup going into the season is Zach Stewart. It should be Humber's to lose. Of course, if Danks and Buehrle are both gone, then we might well need both of htem.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) I can't believe people want to make Humber a swing man/reliever/6th starter. The man flat-out earned a spot last season. THe issue is going to be the fact that it's worrisome to trust him for the whole season...just don't know how his arm will hold up for 175 innings with what we saw last year. If he didn't have the "6th inning collapse/Why the Hell doesn't Ozzie have the bullpen up" tired sessions he'd have been in the cy young discussion. By inning, ERA: 1-3: 2.36 4-6: 3.97 7-9: 9.37 Guy needs to be the 4th/5th starter to start the season absolutely...and might well be a real leader...but we still need some depth/backups somewhere.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) Wow. I always thought highly of DirectTV. Don't have it but thought about getting it sometimes. It's a dispute with Newscorp. Newscorp wants 40% higher rates for their channels (presumably having nothing to do with their collapsing stock price and giant scandal overseas).