Balta1701

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2011 -> 08:43 AM) And of course Cowardly Joe won't call him on any of his lies. He just writes it like the 5th gospel, The Holy Gospel of Ozzie. Like it or not..."Ozzie Guillen's verbatim ripping of the team" is an actual news article. It was going to happen, we all knew it.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 10:36 PM) Coop and Kenny should both not say a word about this afterwards. Let Ozzie mouth off and make a fool of himself. Sadly...I have as much confidence in Kenny keeping his mouth shut in reply as I did in Ozzie keeping his mouth shut to start off.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Oct 18, 2011 -> 04:51 AM) “I have people on the street, saying to me, ‘I can’t believe you left us,’ ’’ Guillen said. “Look, those guys didn’t want me. I didn’t leave them. They didn’t want me back, and I understand their point. But don’t tell me I left here. “Since last year, this was about integrity, it was about loyalty, it was about do they want me here. Let me say it my way: The Sox were saying, ‘Yes, we want to f--- you, but we don’t want to marry you.’ ’’ What is so untrue about this statement. Jerry Reinsdorf added $25 million+ to his team's total salary this year to try to give Ozzie Guillen a chance to win the division and earn the contract extension he wanted. Ozzie got a $125 million engagement ring and is angry that he was asked to plan a wedding.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 10:00 PM) It would be impossible for Ozzie to get a fair trial here on Soxtalk right now. What exactly did he say that was wrong here? Calling copper Kenny's b**** doesn't strike you as unnecessary at least? Really was praying he'd keep his mouth shut.

Then they'll probably soon a lay off all their people and close their doors.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 5, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Perry pulled in $17 million in Q3. This is a solid number, similar to what Romney pulled in in Q1 when he announced. I haven't seen a Q3 number for Mittens yet. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 14, 2011 -> 11:50 AM) Mittens took in $14.2 million last quarter. Less than the $17 million Perry took in, but leaving them with similar amounts of cash-on-hand. The big difference there is that Mittens has been in the race for 6 months, meaning he's already spent a good chunk of money on infrastructure in the early states, while some amount of Perry's money will still be going to startup in those areas (assuming he doesn't call it quits). QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 07:49 PM) You gotta raise money to win and Perry jumped out to a nice lead http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/p...-third-quarter/ Nifty little graphic to see where it is from. Your post is as out of date as the Perry boomlet.

Took what, 2 weeks before he decided the laundry needed aired? Makes one so proud...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 07:01 PM) Rios as we all know is a dog, and Quentin actually can hit and produce. The outfield should be CQ in left, DeAza in center and Tank in right. Let Rios be the sub and/or take over if CQ gets hurt. That actually might be a winning outfield if Tank can hit like he did in the minors. Rios, DeAza and Tank is much more risky because Rios can't hit. If DeAza is streaky and Tank isn't the Tank we expect, then we need CQ's bat even more. If we actually want to try to compete, we have NO CHANCE with the Rios, DeAza, Tank outfield IMO. Presumably Ventura will take KW up on his offer to not play Rios because that was such an obvious move to the Oz haters. I assume that this means you agree Mark Buehrle is not needed in the rotation, since those issues are directly related via money. And it's not "If" CQ gets hurt.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) Why not just put Rios back in RF? Viciedo belongs there. He's limited in range but has a cannon for an arm, which allows him a shot at making throws to 3b that Rios can't make. The LF doesn't get many shots at throwing a guy out at 1b.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 06:40 PM) Balta when the dad is in prison and mom is working for the Zetas, the stats go out the window. Remember my population and situation. I'm looking at the exceptions. And on average...removing a young child from the parent(s) is an emotional trauma that does long term damage, at least equal to the psychological damage of a broken home. Maybe this would be different if we had a stronger foster care system or more interest in adoption, but we don't. Everyone will make exceptions...particularly if the child's life is in danger...but aside from that level...well, there you go.

Remind me to bankrupt them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 06:32 PM) I wonder why the Bears are getting into London so late. Bucs arrived today. 2 years ago, the Bucks treated it like a west coast trip and arrived on Friday, and lost. Last year, the Saints arrived at the start of the week and won. The Bucks are trying a different tack than what happened to them last time.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 06:33 PM) I use to believe that, and I still believe that is true for 98+% of them. But after being a little more involved and hearing some stories, the list of kids whose lives could be improved by being away from their parents grows. In many cases just being left to raise themselves would be an improvement. But I am not making excuses for them. There are plenty of great kids who overcome their environment and thrive. They may not go to college and work professional jobs, but they graduate, work hard, and raise a family. Again...the plural of anecdote is not data. The best data out there is quite conclusive, and it says that kids in a broken home are much better than in foster care in the long term, by a lot.

Things that probably could have been phrased better in the press release. (emphasis ours)

Can't believe I have to drive around a f***ing Durango this week.

If the Cubs's finances are that bad...I'm not sure that'd be a mistake.

By the way...apparently Congress actually authorized the President to take steps including military against the LRA last year in the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.

Pew research

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 04:48 PM) Living and working in a school system with 70% poverty rates, I don't care what the stats say. There are kids who don't have a chance, and it is because of their idiotic parents. ...But taking them away from those parents can still make things worse.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 03:19 PM) In a lot of cases, that would be a net positive sadly. (actually, most scientific work on this subject says that unless the parent is about to sell the kid for drugs...it's always better to keep the kid with his or her parent.)

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) I was asking because I noticed some of the more knowledgable baseball people here at ST would mention that Washington makes a lot of WTF decisions, but yeah, getting to the WS twice in a row means you're doing something right and he shouldn't get fired. I said it for Ozzie...a lot of the "WTF" decisions a guy makes have a background to them. "Sure this pitcher got in trouble and gave up a couple runs but he's a kid and we're gonna need him down the stretch". "Yeah, I bunted there, but I knew that my closer was hungover so I wanted to give my starter a lead early." You get the idea. Only fair way to really evaluate a manager is in aggregate. What does his team look like coming into the season and how do they perform based on that standard.

QUOTE (hawksox13 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 03:40 PM) I understand that rebuilding doesn't guarantee anything. But anybody who thinks the Sox are simply going to retool and be right back in the mix next season isn't seeing clearly. Peavy is a shell of what he once was and will never be that again, Rios just doesn't care to be good, and Dunn has lost all confidence. If Dunn starts slowly next year he'll be in the tank for the entire season. The only way he bounces back is if he comes out hot. Otherwise, it'll be more of what we saw this season. I'm okay with the Sox being bad for a season or two if it means they are heading in the right direction. Currently, I feel like they are in tread water mode. That's not a good place to be. It's certainly plausible that the Sox will compete next year. Peavy was coming back from a previously unknown surgery and if you just imagine the Tommy John recovery timetable, he might be closer to full strength next year. Dunn, Beckham, and Rios need to get their heads in the game...however it is done (that's all on the manager at this point). If most of those things go well next year and some of the young guys hit, contending is entirely possible. Contending is less likely next year than it was with this year's roster coming in to the season, almost no matter what happens. But the complete flops of Beckham, Dunn, Danks, and Rios, and the uselessness of guys like Pierre and Thornton early in the season, all happening in the same year...I'd have put the odds of that happening as lower than the odds of the Sox competing next year. All that said...Maybe keep a couple veterans like Konerko and M-56 who are producing and who I'd pay to see. Plug in the youth that we have around them. Clear out the guys who are about to hit FA. Run that team out, with the guys who struggled this year. If the team fails to contend but 1 of them turns it around...then maybe moving a majority of that guy's contract becomes possible.

I hope they pay well. And that they regulate his twitter feed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) Yesterday showed that as long as Cutler gets time the WR's are fine. Do you really respect Minnesota's secondary and their coverage skills? Getting open against the Packers is a different story I'd bet.

If you look at the non-Northeast teams...look how they've put together their teams when they're competitive. St. Louis? They have one monster that they originally found in the 15th round, and the big Holliday contract, but otherwise they've found key pieces like Jay from their system that no one really expected to do anything, they picked up Berkman off the scrap heap, their bullpen came from Toronto for a malcontent with talent, etc. The Rangers...Cruz was a throwin along with Carlos Lee and cleared waivers a few years ago, Hamilton was stolen, Napoli was stolen, their starters are guys who vanished for years due to Tommy John Surgery, Japan, or Immigration issues, they've got one big FA in Beltre, and then the big return from the Teixeira trade still paying off. The Giants...a bunch of big time front line starters, working around 2 terrible contracts (Zito and Rowand) and a bunch of scrap heap acquisitions, along with a top rookie catcher.