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Dombrowski: Leyland:

Would people give up the Bobcats pick for him.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) A guy like Parker makes us better than a guy like Asik does(when Noah gets back) With the size that the Celtics, Lakers, Spurs, and magic bring...and the total lack of size that the Heat bring...I'm not 100% sure about that.

Although no one can possibly disagree with your statement, it's worth noting that the dollar amounts extracted from the system by that type of corruption are in general small compared to the size of budgets/budget imbalances. People get elected promising to balance budgets by getting rid of that type of corruption. They usually wind up finding there's very little of it, and they like what little of it there is because it can reward their supporters.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 12:33 PM) Yeah but Quinn is the other side of the coin. We have all these financial problems as a state. He wants to raise taxes and now he wants to add about 1000 new employees. You can't have it both ways. You want to raise taxes, then also cut some of the spending. You can't use raising taxes as the endless money pit to grow government. Can't we have something in the middle. I can't speak to every case, or even this case in particular, but there are a number of times when simply "Having fewer employees" translates to spending more money. The IL gov is claiming this is the case with some of his additions. The classic example is the IRS. You cut funding for IRS employees, and suddenly you have a lot more fraud, you take in less revenue, your cuts actually cost $10 for every $1 you cut. If the Republican national level cuts actually take hold, some of them, like cutting the management budget for social security, will lead to more uninvestigated fraud.

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Colts to release Bob Sanders

Should Sale, Chapman be starting?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 11:15 AM) Some say he could have been a top 10 pick had he not been under contract overseas. I think Asik has Andris Beidrins-like upside. He's a solid big... pretty nuts as our 3rd option at center. Never want Noah to get hurt, but "additional playing time for Asik" has not been a bad result of it.

The governor of WI's anti-labor campaign is over a deficit of about $120 million that he created. Turns out, if he succeeds in stripping transportation workers (bus drivers) of their rights to unionize, he'll lose an additional $45 million in federal funding. His anti-union campaign will actually create a larger budget hole.

Rich Harden shuts down for 2 weeks with lat-stiffness.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) That's how I feel. I'd rather be able to match Chris up, then to have him pigeon-holed. I don't think I like the idea of having both of the lefties as matchup-guys. I have a feeling they'll both benefit if they know that one of them is getting the 9th and the other one needs to be ready earlier.

On the rail topic, here's Tampa's paper on where Gov. Scott got his numbers. Worth noting, I haven't read every Floridian paper for some reason, but I have seen now in several places the contention that Gov. Scott canceled the project without actually taking bids or estimates for the real cost.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 09:07 AM) From what I understand, you can generally count on it being 18 to 24 months before a pitcher gets back his total effectiveness after TJ surgery. That's the "average" though. Some guys take longer (Liriano really wasn't himself until last year again, and still wasn't what he was pre-surgery). Some guys can come back faster, and even get stronger from it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 08:49 AM) The union didn't "beat" him, that was negotiated. If Selig wants to suspend someone, he can. He just won't in this case. An arbitrator cut Rocker's suspension in half (basically making it time already served) and slashed the fine from $20k to $500. I'd call that beating the commish. Quite badly in fact. The arbitrator might have reduced it even further had the ruling not happened after 14 days of suspension.

QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 08:49 AM) Ahhhh....Hawk is on the Score and mentioned Catfish within 45 seconds. It's that time of year and it feels good. And I'm not annoyed about it. Yay!

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 08:37 AM) I'm assuming he is being sarcastic. Poppovich is a more likable Phil Jackson in post game. Well clearly. I thought it was funny.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 08:05 PM) The machines that produce and package that stuff have all sorts of additional sealing and testing on them to make sure sparks from motors or other components won't blow the plant up. Same principle as grain silo disasters. Yeah, almost anything in a finely ground powder form will flare.

-Popp

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 08:16 AM) Technically he has more power than any of them. Selig has an anti-trust exemption and the ability to "Act in the best interests of baseball". He just is scared to use them. He's not scared to use them...he knows he has a monster of a union to face. The Union beat him when he tried to use that power to suspend Rocker.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 08:00 PM) Hmnn....seems like that would be BMB....I think he means f*** Mark Buehrle Bleep iamshack.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 18, 2011 -> 03:03 AM) This is not bad player management. This is player management with which you disagree. There is a big difference. Mark Kotsay at DH last year was bad player management.