Balta1701

Unless I remember incorrectly, y'all told me that was a good deal for the city. And the money from that went to where, JPM right?

So I should have added units. I meant "Per year".

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 05:34 PM) ...if i'm still bleeding like this should i call someone? At this point...maybe. Can you still reach the office where it was done or have they closed? Have you been able to apply pressure at all? When I had my 2 out I was able to bite down gently on the Gauze for about 30 min and that was sufficient to stanch blood flow. Applying pressure helps.

Quitters, those Daleys are. They stopped at hundreds of millions. Goldman Sachs defrauds people out of tens of billions regularly. The Daleys need to step up their game.

Obviously if you give him bulldozers, that's true.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 04:42 PM) I was careful to say "tends." It's certainly possible that he has developed more plate discipline and better contact skills, and I hope that he has. However, this season so far isn't a reliable sample when compared to the rest of his career, so I wouldn't be comfortable considering it a long-term option quite yet. Dude's taken 2 fewer walks than he did all of last year. He had a patient year in 2009 but the average was down a bit so that kept his OBP at .333. He keeps hitting .290ish, he's giving you that .350+ OBP.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 04:39 PM) Heavy rain forecast for tonight. Yup. 30% chance of showers at game time, rising to 1000% by 12:00. Should the game run into extras the rain will get it, and an early delay could hurt.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 04:42 PM) This series worries me. I hate that the Twins are still around. They looked a lot better when their GB was double digits. Can't say that this wasn't expected. Their GB was double digits for the same reason ours was big...one team at the top on fire. Their GB was bound to decline once Cleveland slumped.

Maybe you can direct me to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce offices then. No one does corruption better.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 04:06 PM) Wait, was that actually the case at one point? Remember what, 5 years ago when Belichik had Doug Flutie come in and do a drop kick?

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 04:02 PM) Speed is overblown in the leadoff spot, but OBP isn't. Problem with Alexei is that he tends to have an OBP of .330ish. Most of Alexei's value is in extra base hits, which is best put in fornt of OBP guys. This isn't at all true of this season's alexei ramirez.

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Keep my lungs out of there.

Twins have had the best pitching in the league the last couple weeks.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) In his last 10 games, he also has 4 losses to go with the blown saves His record on the season is 2-3. How are you counting these losses?

G! Take game 1 of this series. Come on. Take it.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) Uh, have you seen sergio pitch lately? That's exactly my point. When thorton failed he just wasn't throwing any of his pitches very well. I think he has reigned control in and could now perform. Do you think its a mental thing? I'm still not sure that I'm confident in Thornton right now.

I'm no where good enough to avoid jail if I tried that stuff.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:06 PM) This team is going to be like the 2010 Blue Jays. All power, no on-base. It sucks that our only reliable on-base guy happens to be one of the slowest guys in the majors, lol. Currently, the White Sox have the 6th best OBP in the AL (conveniently the Blue Jays are 5th). If Rios and Dunn were hitting their weights, then the Sox would probably have the 3rd best OBP in the AL. (Detroit is #3 with a .330 OBP, the Sox are 6th with a .327. Boston and NYC are well ahead of everyone else)

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) It would put too many players out of jobs. I don't know what the average DH makes but I doubt teams will want to keep them around for the same price to be a back-up which is essentially what they would turn into. Well clearly there'd be a phase-out/warning phase so that teams could rebalance their rosters. But either way, it's locked in there in the AL and it's not happening in the NL.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 02:59 PM) Ok so you guys want Alexei to lead off fair enough, so who hits 2nd? You're going to call me crazy and I would too. Viciedo.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) you can't gdip if you lead off an inning. Read the post I was replying to. That's exactly the point.

If the MLE exists, the Heat are already looking at offering it to Samuel Dalembert.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) I think it's about time that the NL goes to the DH. Quarterbacks stopped being placekickers and punters several years ago, so I think it's OK if pitchers stop hitting any day now. That would get both the AL and the NL on the same rulebook. Seriously, it's absurd that the AL and NL play two separate and entirely different games. I'd say it's more likely that MLB does away with the DH than the NL goes to it.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Is there a big market in Ohio for a mansion the size of a mall? Even in Ohio, there are still filthy rich people.