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QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 17, 2011 -> 04:59 PM) Not fair. Ah-nold never held himself out as a moral majority suck-up or "family values" Republican, and John Edwards put that partisan claim to bed (pun intended). He did veto marriage equality legislation in California. Twice.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2011 -> 05:38 PM) Agreed, but they'll spend again. Technically, the Palms was off the strip (or did they own another casino as well)? True, they're just across the highway. I just remember the Maloofs flying coach all throughout 2008/2009 and I find it hard to believe they have the $ to spend on that franchise. I don't think their casino revenues have picked up much since them, I think the packed houses would have to come first.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2011 -> 05:32 PM) Do you remember when the Maloofs spent tons of money on there franchise? Cause they did when they had a really good team. I think they will again too. That was also when they had enormous revenue coming in from one of the hottest casinos on the strip. Those days have sorta vanished.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 17, 2011 -> 05:20 PM) No, i just let it dangle inside the lid vent so that the end of the probe is taking the temp of the "air" inside the grill. The probe has a curve on it that rests on the outside of the lid. I tried that once with a non-digital thermometer and it didn't work very well IMO. Does the digital make a difference?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2011 -> 04:49 PM) Big Jim is singing the anthem at Bulls games for the rest of their season. Thome? I thought he and his blue ox were on the DL up in Minnesota.

You do realize that chicago spent 5+ years getting spurned by FA's who could have turned that team around, right?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 17, 2011 -> 04:13 PM) The real problem is the hiring of Gm's that have no clue what they are doing, they then get fired and hired by another team to do the same nonsense. I'm not sure I'd even say that. If I hire you as an NBA Gm tomorrow to take over, let's say, the Raptors. Your job is to take that team and turn it into a winning team within 5 years. Let's also say that you fail to land the next Derrick Rose. You do everything right. You get rid of your big contracts, you try for the lottery every year, but when you win the lottery you wind up with Bargnani. After 3 years of that, the owner and fans have become impatient with you because you're supposed to be winning, but you can't win because you can't land Lebron James as a FA even though you had the cap space, and you can't land Derrick Rose in the draft. What do you do? You have 2 options. Keep doing what you're doing, stay under the cap, maybe even have to pay a bonus to your players because you're under the minimum, and hope to finally land the guy you couldn't land the last few years. Or, 2., try to make the playoffs one of these years. To do that, you take the cap space you have, and you spend it on what's there, whether it's worth what you pay or not. If you do nothing, you're fired in 2 years, so why not gamble? Sometimes the gamble pays off. Take a look at Memphis. They dumped money on Rudy Gay that I thought was crazy, and they took on Zach Randolph's contract which was absolutely nuts of them to do, and they made a pretty good run this year and added probably years to the life of their GM. The problem is that the incentives in the NBA's current system are broken. You can't win as a small team doing everything right unless you happen to land Rose in the draft or unless you happen to be a big enough party/endorsement market that Lebron wants to come party on your shores. It's a fundamentally broken system.

QUOTE (onedude @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) actually over the last few games, alexei has grounded into a few double plays making anything Pierre does pointless, mostly because he can't steal 2nd anymore. But he's also hitting .311 with a .901 OPS for the last 2 weeks.

QUOTE (onedude @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:15 PM) over the last few games Pierre, Ramirez, Dunn hasn't really worked. The sox have went 1-2-3 in the first...leading to PK and TCQ to come up with no one on....I would like to see Lillibridge, Ramirez, Q, PK, Dunn, Rios, Beckham, AJ, Morel.. It would be nice if the Sox could score first, I think that lineup gives them a better chance to score in the first. It hasn't worked because the #1 guy in that part stinks. Quentin flat out hasn't hit for the past 10 days or so (.302 OPS for the last week). Dunn is hitting .300 (.958 OPS) over the last 2 weeks.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:13 PM) Haha, yeah, it is a bit progressive/grungy in some areas for me, but what are you going to do... Thanks guys! Learn the guitar, obviously.

Xanadu just received several hundred million in New Jersey Tax dollars.

That is a ton of money this early in the season.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:04 PM) Oh the logic in here is so annoying with those backing Ozzie and Kenny on this saying we'd have to bench Dayan anyways. This is an opportunity to reconsider the whole Pierre situation and of course we made the wrong decision. THAT is what this is about. WAKE UP! This has nothing to do with Juan Pierre unless Pierre can play 3b. In fact it probably makes the Pierre thing more ensconced since Teahen was one of our backup OF's and now he's unavailable.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) On the other hand...who the hell are these "U.S. officials" Way too much info for a secret mission like that. Also, ya think? Between having a major DOD operation happening, with a group that was specially flown in from their U.S. Base to make it happen, U.S. naval and ground forces involved, and U.S. diplomats spun up in case Pakistan realized we had declared war on them, there's a lot of people here.

QUOTE (juddling @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) i'll have to find the article but i swear i read somewhere that in Obama's first two or three years in office he played more golf than Bush did in eight. of course the Dems loved to make it seem like Bush was all over the links. Since you asked.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:02 PM) How is Dallas Mcpherson in the field? Poor.

QUOTE (onedude @ May 17, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) now switch dunn with konerko or quentin. Why?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) Super easy set up - First, get yourself a wired, probe thermometer (unless you have the Weber with the thermometer built-in). $15 bucks at Walmart. The 2nd most important tool besides the grill itself. Do you just put the thermometer next to the item you're cooking to monitor the grill temperature?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) I'm glad people are starting to come around to this, but why has it taken so long to realize this? Because it takes 3 or more occurrences to label something a trend. Previously you could just use the excuse that he didn't like Anderson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:43 PM) With another 3B on the roster? It seems like this is a tryout for Dallas to see if he can take Brent's job to me. I'm guessing Omar starts the lionshare. Then send Brent down today and let him play in the open 3b spot in Charlotte every day for 2 weeks to get his stroke back.

QUOTE (3E8 @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:42 PM) Power hitters tend to do that. Like Dunn has every single year. McPherson is actually hitting .305 this year in AAA. His OPS though is only .824 because he hasn't hit for a whole lot of power.

Maybe this will mean Morel moves back to getting regular playing time.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) I don't disagree and it is a negotiation, but still, I was blown away that the owners were going to be starting that low. Probably about 1/2 the teams in the NBA are close to their break-even point at $50 million player salary.

That's what I'm staring at for sure.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 17, 2011 -> 01:36 PM) Well yeah, some players are overpaid, some are underpaid. Bautista is definitely more than earning his contract, I'm not doubting that. I understand how the statistic works. I just think it's ridiculous if it just projects numbers that are incredibly unrealistic. He was so good this year, he should have made $65 million in one year. Then why doesn't his agent hold out next season and ask for that much? He's worth that much, right? Problem is...there's a risk inherent in every contract that the player won't repeat that ridiculous season the next year, and that risk gets priced into the deal.