Balta1701

View of a meteor entering the atmosphere, taken from the ISS.

Fascinating poli-sci work that happened to interview its people in 2006, before the rise of the Tea Party, and just this year, after its rise, allowing it to see the makeup of the people who now call themselves Tea Partiers.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 12:54 PM) But those are things the NCAA can't control. This you can. I have to believe that if Miami gets the death penalty here every other program will clean house of this kind of activity. Currently it's worth it to skirt the rule because the penalties don't prevent the school from competing at a high level or from raking in tons of money. They need to start hitting the schools hard, regardless of their history. Here's the issue though...how long has it been since Miami has been a major, relevant power in college athletics?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) As far as I'm concerned, he has nothing to apologize for. If the school suffers and he does not, doesn't that give him a reason to apologize to the school at least?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) Considering Dunn has gone from having the same numbers pretty much every single year to one of the worst seasons in MLB history, I am going with the odds of that happening being something way less than 25%. Which is exactly what I'm saying. Given the damage that one bad contract can do to a roster, you have to massively overweight the risk of the highly unlikely collapse.

Stark

Cole Hamels will miss a start with shoulder inflammation. Supposedly MRI shows no structural damage but you never like hearing about shoulder issues with pitchers.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 10:12 AM) Well, Adam Dunn may have been one of the most risk-adverse signings we could have possibly made. Production has been staggeringly consistent, and he possesses a skillset that traditionally declines at a very slow rate as a player ages. Rios, on the other hand, was far more risk-intensive (obviously). If moves that seem risk-free wind up having a non-zero probability of totally imploding on you, then you simply have to re-calculate your risk estimates. Maybe you assume that the most risk-free move still has a 25% chance of being an utter failure and ask what that does to your whole team if it implodes.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 10, 2011 -> 06:47 PM) Congrats to all the unions that wasted 25-30 million of your members dues up in Wisconsin. how did that work for ya? You won two seats that will be re-districted right back to the R's next year. And you will likely lose one of the two Democratic recalls next week. keep up the good work. Both Democrats held their seats by double-digits.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:55 AM) That is copied from the link If you could do it straight up, that's one thing. At the end of this year, Rios will have $38 million remaining on his contract (with a $500k trade kicker). So if the Sox did the deal straight up, they'd save $20 million. If the Sox had to send over a substantial portion of that $20 million, then the contract savings would go away.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:53 AM) So your solution is to never sign players to large contracts essentially? Being substantially more risk-averse might be the right move. For a metaphor...it's the difference between going all in and having a King high and all in on a straight flush. One of them is a much better bet in most cases.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:49 AM) The Sox would lose years worth of Rios contract, which is the big win here. But, the way you wrote it, with $20 m going to the Cubs, the Sox would also have to come up with a substantial chunk of cash right now, or at least be on the hook for the next few years.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:49 AM) Why does someone have to be responsible? The player isn't performing. There were literally no signs which foretold this. Sometimes, s*** just happens. In this league though, the player's contract is guaranteed. In the NFL you can hold the guy responsible by making him inactive then cutting him. If **** just happens, then isn't it a mistake to put yourself in a position where **** can happen?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 17, 2011 -> 09:21 AM) Yeah of the things you can hold against Kenny, this is not one of them. It isn't like he threw the money at a guy who was already hitting under .200 or something. So who is responsible when you make a freakishly bad nearly-unforseeable signing?

Based on your guys' descriptions, it seems like Axelrod might be the kind of guy to try out in long relief to see if he can really get MLB hitters out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 10:37 PM) It would also ditch Alex Rios, which would make it worthwhile IMO. Who is the bigger attitude issue?

Although that writer didn't note them...this entire fanbase remembers him for 3 outs.

There ya go TFlow

Well, at least he can't GIDP

Konerkos happy he doesn't have to run hard

Yeslex!

Crap, bunt hit by the catcher and a wild pitch.

I do like how quickly Jiminez works.

Careful with that footing G

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) There's no doubt Choo would be on second if he didn't stop because the guy was on the ground in front of him. The rulebook might not allow them to give him 2b if he stopped running on his own.