Balta1701

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 11:39 AM) Howard has pretty well dominated whether Joakim is around or not IIRC> Yeah, if the Bulls are beating the Magic, it's because the Bulls win the game on the outside.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 09:59 AM) If we keep them positive how am I going to win any!? Write the site's 3 millionth post.

My family constantly winds up at the Blue Chip and the Four Winds. The Blue Chip was very nice on the hotel part. The Casino Floor at the Four Winds was absolutely ridiculous; that was like 3 Vegas Casinos stitched together. Oh, and in the summer, you can get to Redamak's easily from either.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 11:04 AM) I really have nothing against the Magic, it just really confuses me why this version of Orlando is considered so much better than this version of the Bulls by nearly every analyst around. Obviously it's not a big deal but it makes me that much happier when we defeat them. The simple fact is, the Magic have earned that respect. They got to the Finals. Yes, they got trounced, but they've been at the top for years, they've won big series, and they've beaten teams they're not supposed to beat. On top of that, they've been beating the Bulls badly in recent matchups. I'm not confused by it at all. The Bulls have to earn that respect. The Magic had to earn it before they got where they are now, and they still get a decent amount of razzing (for things like Howard's offensive game).

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) Should have used green font. I was quoting Dbaho earlier in the thread, because the Bulls are currently top 2 in the East. Ok, I actually got angry when I read your post. Oops.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) Gallardo strikes me as someone who puts undue pressure on himself. Now he doesn't have to be "the guy." Plus, for fantasy purposes, he will no longer be going up against the other team's ace. Has anyone actually run the numbers to see how often a #1 starter goes against a #1 starter or against a #5 starter?

Here's the pre-ST Teahen fluff piece.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:18 AM) Honestly, I'd prefer it if the S&P was down at it's 2008 lows and stayed there for the next 10 years or so. That way I could buy way more S&P500 index in my 401k for the next decade and have it go way up and make a ton of money. Buy low. Buy BEFORE it's high. People, for some reason, do this completely backwards with everything market related. They only want to get involved when it's already high. Look at the fools buying into the Gold craze. Buying gold now is foolish...it's already too high, you needed to buy gold 10 years ago when it was at 300, not now when it's at 1300. Yeah, it would be nice if we could make the stock market magically work perfectly for us

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 10:53 PM) Bulls can't hang with Top 3 in East. How do you come to this after a win?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:47 AM) Wasn't one of his postseason HR's in Boston? You were there for that? No, that was in game 1 in Chicago. He hit it in the Game 1 rout, just to make that rout even funnier.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 04:07 AM) Defensive metrics had Pierre much better than Young which I strongly disagree with. Really? Why do you disagree with that? I thought the fact that all Delmon Young does well on D is throw was pretty firmly established.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 07:19 PM) The White Sox won a World Series with Carl Everett as our main source of pop from the left side. I think we'll be ok with just Adam Dunn. It's possible that with the increase in dominant pitching and the decrease in steroids-aided power, the importance of LH power has increased since 2005.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) I will say that IU is off to a HUGE start recruiting in 2012 with two 5's and a 4 and Zeller was a huge get. That gives them a chance to turn things around from 2012-2013 on. This alum doesn't care about leaving people in the dust, he just wants to be competitive again.

I think the Yankees FO is a little annoyed with the Rangers.

Frankly, I'd be shocked if anyone has looked at this. The people who would benefit are the ones running in small races like you note, where you can potentially reach a large number of your voters, but none of them actually have the money to acquire that sort of data. Plus, you're really hurt by the fact that social media seems to change every other year (can I see your election Myspace page?)

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 28, 2011 -> 05:09 PM) If the Bears would've won, I doubt many Packers players would root for Chicago...it's called a rivalry. Which is why our previous poster was taking joy in Urlacher's statement.

Balta's face doesn't look like pasta, if that's waht you're asking.

-Brian Urlacher

Does the strike zone actually expand with 2 strikes, and why does home field advantage exist?

From my "Things that I just had to post" file. To answer your next question, no this is not from the Onion.

Could flop around his glove like no one else. Well almost no one else. Mark Buehrle.

This year, the U.S. government will collect the lowest share of GDP as taxes since the year 1950.