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QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:54 PM) So what do you do with Dunn the next 3 years? You judge a lot by Spring Training, give him as much time as humanly possible and push him hard. You start him off in April next year for a couple weeks to see what he's got. You might give him a longer leash if he has a really good spring training. If he continues to struggle starting next season, you transition him to the bench and you use him to give Konerko days off/days at DH against RHP, while hiding him from LHP as much as possible. You hope then he either snaps out of it or retires. Once he's signed, the money is a sunk cost.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:41 PM) How can you fault Guillen for playing a guy with those averages then? Because he's not putting up those numbers now? Hank Aaron averaged a .305 average and a .928 OPS. How could you fault Ozzie for playing him 150 games this year?

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) Third, it's important to recognize that the process is not "I miss one payment, bank forecloses, kicks old lady out." In consumer foreclosures, the reality is that the banks don't want those properties back because they are all under water. They would rather work something out with the home owner and get value from their collateral than foreclose, sell at sheriff sale, and chase debtors for a deficiency. My experience is that banks don't even consider FC until you are, at minimum, 6 months down on your mortgage. Yeah, I'm off topic, sorry. This is pretty much the exact opposite of a whole lot of people's experience the last 3 years. Especially in the HAMP program.

I don't know what else to call this other than fascinating.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) But it doesn't mean he was wrong for playing those guys either. No, their terrible performance, lack of hustle, and better available options is what makes him wrong for playing them.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) So the difference is 1 top 10 pick? And perhaps a couple extra years of development.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) See? The government sucks so bad it can't even privatize right! IMO, the problem is overwhelmingly the "Spoils system".

This is good enough to stick in here in case I ever need to remember it.

Zany!

XCel energy put them out of business, I think.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) You're right. And that's an indictment of Kenny Williams then, correct? Here's the thing...the 2 guys who really carried the weight...Lincecum and Cain...both top 10 picks in the draft. The White Sox have had 1 of those, well, pretty much in the time since I became a fan they've had 1 of those. So yeah...the fact that the Giants stank for a couple years really helped. KW hasn't done that yet.

We get it, the bank is fine and that's clearly the only priority that counts.

They don't carry those.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:56 PM) Inge volunteered to work on his hitting in the minors. It would have been nice if one of those 2 offered to do the same thing. BTW does the players union allow for this? Yes, I believe a player under contract can willingly accept assignment to the minor leagues without having to have his whole contract paid out.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) When your highest paid players don't perform you are not winning anything. And by the way, they haven't been playing for regularly for a while now. Rios plays every day. Didn't the Giants just win the World Series with Zito and Rowand taking in about $29 million and giving them virtually nothing?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) lol. If the bank is following the laws, they are fine. And if she's out on the street and starves to death, or if she's costing the taxpayer $150k a year in a nursing home somewhere (Totally guessing price...probably actually more?)...hey, the bank is fine.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:44 PM) So really you should be fine with this result because she's being taken care of by the government and NOT some greedy slimy corporation? No...I'd expect you guys to have a problem with it because she's being taken care of by the taxpayer.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:43 PM) If you think the new manager is going to sit Rios and Dunn, bless you. They will play every day. At least to start the year, yeah.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Didn't the story say she moved in across the street? I'm sure she's being provided for by us in some capacity. Exactly where I was trying to drag you. By having the bank put her out of her house, she basically becomes a ward of the taxpayers. Or best case scenario, she survives based on someone else's charity, probably with the assistance of the taxpayer.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) Not when she and/or her caregivers are given years and years and multiple opportunities to fix the problem BEFORE being evicted. At least someone gave an honest answer. Now the follow up question...what happens to her after the eviction? She's clearly not in a position to support herself and the legal caregivers for her have indicated a clear unwillingness to support her. Just send her to a nursing home and let Medicaid cover it?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) I bet Joe wishes he could get a redo regardless. It's entirely possible that delaying the surgery extended his career by a year.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Bachmann's being attacked even by right-wing blogs for her vaccine crap. Sadly, I know one or two people, who are Democrats mostly...who are probably endeared to hear by this.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 14, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Again, at what age do you get to not have to pay your mortgage, and who exactly is supposed to pay for it? You didn't answer my question. Is it a problem if a 101 year old woman is foreclosed on and evicted her home? My answer to your question would be..."is there a cognitive issue involved? Because that makes everything messy regardless of age."

None of those in this area.