Balta1701

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Hey I'm not arguing his K numbers, BABIP, low walk rate, etc. It's baby steps as far as I'm concerned. I didn't think he should be at W-S (still don't and hope he proves me wrong) and was gonna be over-matched. I'm going to focus on his K numbers because, much like D2, that was the worry for him coming out. If he drops by 25%, then he's in real good shape.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 10:36 AM) If I could only get a hold of some stem cells. I bet you could take them from his throat pretty easily without him knowing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 10:14 AM) i believe the Magic GM already publicly stated he is not trading Dwight in the offseason, so it is a wait and see approach now, especially with the CBA issue. I highly doubt he is traded during the season, with Dwight alone the Magic can stay in the upper tier of the Eastern conference, and who knows if they try and add around him this upcoming offseason to make a run and convince Howard to stay One thing I think we can take from the Magic is that "Of course they'll try and add around him". They've been trying to add around him, with varying degrees of success, for the last 5 years. Problem is, they've got a lot of sunk cost contracts and one total garbage one to deal with. So, however the CBA goes, it's going to be tough for them.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 09:51 AM) A good way to stick out at work is to save the company money where you can. *shrugs shoulders* Discounts that are offered for private purchases almost never transfer over to corporate purchases, the large purchaser will have established a bulk-buy program where they don't worry about day to day price offers. Learned that rapidly when I started having to buy electronics through the university a few years ago...the university gets a solid price, but they do so on the corporate models, and they just bill for that. The day to day offers have no impact on the corporate price. Plus, this place doesn't have any deal with VZN, sadly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) Have I mentioned recently how abjectly s****y our private health insurance system is? I have insurance, I need to use it, and now I'm going to wind up spending the rest of the weekend on the phone figuring out how I actually can use it. Rather than just going to the damn place where I went last time. I just got the phrase "Let me transfer you over to the computer".

Anyone ever notice the negative correlation between fuel prices and intelligence?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 07:32 AM) Quietly has a 5 game hitting streak... He's currently striking out at a rate that would put him at around 135 K's on the year...which is better than D2, but not by a whole lot.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 06:32 AM) If we pool all of our Soxtalk resources, think we could buy the Dodgers? We could run it my committee, we'd win a WS every year. Considering that franchises these days seem like they're often bought almost entirely on credit, what we need is someone here who's already on the hook for about $750 million to some investment firm. We find that person, and wall street will be happy to loan us another $500 mil.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 10:13 PM) So, that Chinese bubble better pop pretty soon... oh, but then our prices would go even higher... oops. Huh? If the chinese bubble burst, commodity demand would drop significantly, and right now commodity prices are the only thing showing increases; core CPI is still flat.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 12:47 AM) I know plenty of Republicans and libertarians, borderline anarchists, and some people who barely live in reality, and I don't think I've ever met an actual birther in life. I know they exist because I see them on the internet, but where are they in real life? How the F*** do you not have any birthers on your facebook list?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) For Balta This is about the 3rd time I've said this to you now, so I'm going to try to be as clear as possible. "I don't care about the price. It's being paid by another person's grant money because I taught his class this term, freeing him up to do actual work." Thanks for the suggestion though. Deals just are bouncing off of me.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 12:04 AM) Whatever with this discussion. What happens to Dwight Howard is the Magic happen to lose in the first round? That question really can't be answered until we have a new CBA. If there's such thing as a franchise tag or a hard cap, it totally changes the playing field.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) Hopefully his job will be easier if the Sox break the losing streak I don't think his job ever would get easier. I was never as on edge about baseball as I was towards the end of 2005. About the only year I truly didn't really care was in 2007.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 10:32 PM) According to Ozzie, Rios won't be put 2nd in the order cause he hasn't bunted enough in his career. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,3381064.story That hasn't stopped Ozzie from making people bunt into triple plays.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 03:19 AM) Can we impose a ban on Daniel Hudson threads until after free agency this year? We all literally know the ensuing pointless bloodbaths that follow. As a person who hated this deal when it went down, I'd like to add my agreement for this sentiment.

G!

(Breathes)

WSJ

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 09:40 PM) How bad were Foster's fouls? I didn't see the first 47:30 of the game. Bad, esp. the second one I'd say. They were "you're luck you didn't get hurt" cheap.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Apr 21, 2011 -> 09:39 PM) 3 would be nice Are the Hawks playing tonight?

This has been an F***ing rotten day, but at least I get 2 sports wins tonight.

At this point, you don't even hope you contain him.