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QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 04:51 AM) Chicago would be hard pressed to acquire Ellis or Iggy without giving up either Deng or Boozer in a trade. If a team is serious about rebuilding that Bobcats pick ought to look pretty good, but it's a long-term asset at best.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 09:12 AM) I get being upset about some of the Sox recent picks, but this is just a completely false statement. In no way should KW Jr have been drafted in the 6th round, but if we didn't draft him, someone almost assuredly would have drafted him in the 10-15 round range. As for Ozney, he was a legitimate prospect last year and also was this year. Not top 15 like the Guillens are saying, but there was no real reason for him not to have been drafted. I guarantee this was because teams wanted to avoid the Guillen family drama (because he's not a good enough prospect to deal with that). He was drafted last year outside of the top 15 rounds...by the White Sox. Which of course started all the crap. And yeah, you're right, the reason no one else wants him is that no one wants to deal with this.

If there were no emotional attachment, it'd be "Ask how much his contract is for, and not be angry if it's under $2 million." But of course, that would mean Viciedo or Quentin goes to the bench, given our management.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 09:42 PM) Hangs the two strike breaking ball. I guess it's simply a matter of the baseball gods getting you back for beating Pineda and King Felix. Can't believe he's already thrown 110 pitches in 6 innings. The John Danks special. Bullpen better hold 'em. Ozzie, don't throw Harrell out there please, just because we're trailing now. Gavin totally lost his release point with 2 outs in the 5th

Gotta somehow get 2 more runs off a lefty with a changeup.

Crap

Gavin nearly lost it there. Some extra time on bench would be good here.

Man quick inning

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:41 PM) Rios and Teahen. Who was paying Teahen thy much and expecting much from him?

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) This Quentin guy reminds me of someone we had back in '08.. what was his name.. Phil Humber, apparently

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) I know, and I said it as well a few weeks ago but backed off. I took the "LeBron doesn't work hard" route, which by all accounts really isn't true. But his lack of an inside game, given his physical size and athleticism, still seems inexplicable. He's bigger than Carlos boozer for crying out loud.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:25 PM) Obama should just claim 5% GDP growth in all of his plans and we'd have a motherf***ing utopia before too long. If he did that the press would call him on it. Plans that either push to -1% unemployment or involve $8 trillion in tax cuts are serious. Because they're cutting taxes on the media members.

Man Carlos got hold of one before I tuned in today

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) Read that really terrible WSJ editorial. "Oh, sure, he was wrong, it's never been done. In fact, the closest was a couple of years of near-5% under Reagan and Clinton. But it's an admirable goal!" Yeah, so is ending poverty world-wide and lasting global peace. That doesn't mean it's an actual policy, and it certainly doesn't mean your ridiculous ideas of gutting the government in favor of the incredibly wealthy will actually get you there. edit: that'd be a 62% GDP increase in 10 years. I don't think Pawlenty understands compound interest. Ezra Klein Was that also the post where Ezra pointed out that 5% growth for a decade would also likely wind up pushing unemployment to -1%?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 06:28 PM) Bill Simmons: How many times have I said that in this thread?

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:06 PM) Joba to the DL. Oh the irony of the "Joba Rules", they've completely wrecked this kids arm now. With all the pitch counts, and going between the pen and the rotation. What a shame... I think he did a lot of that to himself also.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 08:08 PM) As bad as their lineup is, I can't believe it took them so long to call him up. Super 2 deadline = early June

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 05:33 PM) Good run down. All those players for Gavin Floyd. Almost an even steven deal right? At least as of now, if you count the fact that we got 4 years of Jim Thome as well...Gavin Floyd + Jim Thome has almost certainly massively outtotaled the people we gave up in WAR. And really...the only guy who is going to change that calculus is Gio.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 05:14 PM) On top of the fact that even if you were to create and adequately fund such a program, the kids we're talking about won't show up anyway. But every one that does is a win.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 04:58 PM) Just because you aren't married doesn't mean you don't have a father. And just because you have a father doesn't mean you are growing up in a functional family atmosphere. Now we're at the game of picking out variables though. Here's at least one study I found testing various family structures, and in general, the father and mother present situation beats out all of the others on child performance, although multi-generational households pick up the gap in those cases (i.e. father is gone but grandparents are present). The real game is figuring out which came first, the poverty or the broken homes or the poor educational performance or the poverty which comes from it?

2012 olympic torch looks surprisingly like Cheese Grater.

Solid catch.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 04:23 PM) Luis #64? Who is that? A coach? And why would someone pay $119.99 for his game worn jersey? Santos Luis.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 04:12 PM) I think Taber actually earned a scholarship because they had an extra that final year of Sampson, so that's probably it. He was a walk-on to start though. Regardless, it was the biggest turnover in NCAA history, matching the Evansville team that passed away in a plane crash in the 70's I believe. That would explain it, when I got the roster there was def. one guy listed as a walkon and one guy listed as a sophomore. So yeah, not the most auspicious starting point. From that Hell it would have taken any non-corrupt coach years to come back.

I miss Erik Threets.