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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) I'll believe it when I see it. I heard the same crap when Don Baylor, Lou Pinella, Tom Ricketts, and McFail came to the north side. I think the money they're throwing at their coach/front office magic fix groups is increasing exponentially, and now its costing them players too.

For those who haven't followed the story at Berkeley, a group of so-called "Climate Change skeptics" decided to put together a program a year ago to test the supposed flaws in the consensus interpretation of the statistics. They received a ton of money, as all supuposed climate change skeptics do, including industry money. Their preliminary results were released earlier in the year, suggesting that...wow, the current interpretation is actually right, and they can no longer be skeptical of anything climate science is saying. They submitted a bunch of stuff a couple days ago...and once again...they're confirming the standard interpretation. Their "Average temperature increase over the last 100 years" is actually coming in on the high side. In the press release announcing the results, Muller said, "Our biggest surprise was that the new results agreed so closely with the warming values published previously by other teams in the US and the UK." In other words, climate scientists know what they're doing after all. These results I'm sure will get enormous press coverage. After all, they even had industry backing, which shows again that scientists aren't just some massive conspiracy after government funding.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) So what's the deal with the hitting and bench coach? I'm not entirely sure but I think MLB either really doesn't like it or actually has rules against doing announcements on these types of hirings during the Series.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:38 AM) If the front office people live up to the hype and produce a winner 5-7 years from now, wouldn't that future playoff/championship revenue make up for what you spend now?? This of course assumes that there is truly something magical about these 2 which makes them substantially better than any other GM in baseball.

Guys...wrong thread for this. Let it drop or move.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:14 AM) Sounds like they are going to give up two guys for Hoyer from the lower levels, plus a pretty good one for Theo. The funny thing is that the Sox getting two of FLA's top 5 guys probably set up the Red Sox to ask for as much as they are asking for. That makes me I struggle to see how any set of front office people are worth paying this kind of price in both dollars and talent. If you think it will somehow sell tickets...sure...but both the dollars and the talent will set that franchise back.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:10 AM) NCTPadres Dan Hayes by espnchijon Got confirmation from a #Padres source that the team will receive compensation if/when Jed Hoyer/Jason McLeod go to #Cubs. Can we get everyone to agree that after this gets done, the Cubs system will make the Sox's system look solid?

30 hours of talks over 3 days ended yesterday with no agreement. In general the 2 sides weren't talking to the media during this session, they're back talking to the media now. Stern missed yesterday's session with the flu (seriously dude, get a flu shot). There are currently no additional talks/mediation scheduled. The ball is probably in Mr. Flu's court to cancel more games now. If no more talks get scheduled in the next week or so...it's possible that we'll start seeing the legal cases go forwards. -Dwyane Wade.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 09:04 AM) timdierkes timdierkes by mlbtraderumors Talked to an agent tonight who thinks a Yu Darvish posting fee would be $50MM, and then a five-year, $75MM contract. Enjoy this one Theo!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:28 AM) Umm. So tonight Tony gets owned by Washington? LaRussa makes THE WRONG choices in the pen late. LaRussa calls for bunt in ninth; Punto can't get it down and whiffs. Managing is overrated. Players win games; Rangers won this one late. The godlike Tony got schooled by Washington. Why? Cause Texas won. I won't mention what the reax on this board woulda been if our manager called for a ninth-inning bunt and we couldn't get it down like Punto. There is actual reasons to question LaRussa last night. For one, he took his "Closer" (in everything but name) out when he didn't need to. But then again...LaRussa also has his team into the WS, tied 1-1, in a clearly competitive series.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 08:46 AM) They both destroy soxtalk's bandwidth and they both fight in nearly every thread (unless it's with Marty/Victory/Greg, etc. then they agree) with both stubborn to get the last word in, so obviously it'll be southsider (though personally, I hope Balta catches him. Mike's been at the top long enough over the years). I'm like an underdog in the MLB playoffs

So...I'm supposed to show up and do the limestone dissolution dance? Would it help if I were pantsless?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 11:02 PM) yesssssssssssssss I think you either need to lay off the sauce or stick to the "I am drunk" thread.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 06:55 AM) Do we think he was a 1% er? It seems like he owned ~1% of the world's population of Bengal Tigers.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 12:34 AM) Exactly. These owners need to be protected from themselves. At least in football teams can cut the player and no more money. Of course those football players get all that bonus money up front. It's crazy. Almost all these long term deals looks s***ty at some point. Great story there by Posnanski. These owners have no need to be protected from themselves. The Fact that Selig has legitimately iron control over the league, who becomes an owner, and how these owners carry themselves has prevented a lot of the NBA-style damage. There's a reason almost no one expects a labor stoppage in MLB this offseason despite their CBA being up. MLB's system works. There are bad contracts, but they don't cripple the league. Teams don't lose money. Even teams that sign terrible contracts can work around them and still either win or turn a profit, or both. The Giants last year won the world series with 2 of the worst contracts in the league on the books (Zito and Rowand).

There are now 3 teams in MLB history that have come back from a 1-0 deficit to win a world series game in the 9th inning. 1911 Athletics, 1986 Royals, and 2011 Rangers.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 10:26 PM) On second thought it's a poor analogy, plus many regular companies just promote from within when they have a good candidate in house. Anything which suggests that the Sox failed to do their due diligence when hiring Ventura must be a poor analogy.

Are we sure that the 7% in Frank's "beer" is not "7 proof"?

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Oct 21, 2011 -> 06:59 AM) I find it comical you mention all those names: The only player that is a worthy player on a playoff contention team that was drafted was Daniel Hudson and we traded him away when he had 6 years of service time before becoming a free agent. The White Sox will never be a playoff team with players in your lineup such as Morel, Beckham, Axelrod, Short, and Flowers unless your using them as a backup. Our development of Beckham is a prime example of how we ruined this player. Look at what his swing has turned into the last 2 years. And yet, if you look at the numbers for Morel and Flowers in the 2nd half of the year, they compare favorably to others at that position around the league. Flowers put up a .709 OPS as a rookie, AJ put up a .728 OPS. Brent Morel in the 2nd half put up a .759 OPS, which combined with his defense would make him one of the better 3b's in the AL. this is, of course, one of my pet peeves. Taking a guy who is a rookie who clearly needs development time and just assuming that they will never improve, that their numbers for their first 50 PA's are going to reflect their entire career. Hell, Axelrod was actually quite effective for this team, and the team isn't exactly relying on him to be their next #1 starter.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 10:20 PM) Do you promote a worker to manager in a company or hire someone else's manager? You interview both, look at their resumes and decide based on which is more qualified for the position.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) Sounds like this guy was a nutjob.....................How does a state let a guy keep that many exotic animals in a private collection? Just think about how many guns he could have bought.

QUOTE (MEANS @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 09:35 PM) Fight Club gets better every time I watch it. Yup.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 20, 2011 -> 09:44 PM) Who rounds out the top 10? Go to the main page, go down to the bottom, there should be an overall top 10 posters link.

6 innings of ball, 4 hits. There's that pitching we've been missing.