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QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 05:25 PM) Yeah, I suppose that will help them....although Addai hasn't been all that much of a force in the last 2-3 years... I don't think it would change my outlook. He doesn't need to be as much of a "force" as he would need to just fill that checkdown receiver role.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 03:45 PM) Seriously, that's a depressing read. Don't worry, the government bailed them out, so no one important was hurt.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) It's not, but its against the rules. The important thing is that the program is not at fault. OSU can reload with players, its program sanction that cripple a school. We'll probably see a reduction in games on the suspension and most of those guys will go pro anyway. The problem though is that there's plenty of reason to think that the program ought to be at fault...they basically came out and said that they hadn't educated their players well enough on the rules through 2009.

The Colts could have Addai back this weekent though, that could really make a difference.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 03:37 PM) Oh myyy! Happy Christmas everyone!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 03:27 PM) We'll probably be back here tonight though with you posting "I have the incredible urge to say 'I told you so' again." I plan to take the wife out to dinner tonight then head home and enjoy the fact that I'm not yet out of whiskey, so who knows.

To answer, no I didn't watch that game. Anywho, this is why I'm not a gambler. At least you've defended your position well.

Funny.

Don't you get one? What color is yours?

The Steelers beat the Bengals 23-7 on the road 2 weeks ago (which would cover that spread). The struggled more against Baltimore and the Jets, but those are 2 actual good defenses. They didn't blow Buffalo out, but nobody's blowing buffalo out lately; they're playing too hard. Before that they dropped 35 on the Raiders, and put up 26 in a losing effort against the Pats, albiet with more health there. I think most teams would come out of a 3 game stretch at Baltimore, then home vs. Cinci (in Pittsburgh's weather) and home against the Jets (in Pittsburgh weather) thinking their offense was struggling a little.

Booze kills spirits. Makes pink elephant appear and stomp them.

The Panthers lost 31-10 to Atlanta, 31-14 to Seattle, 31-13 at Baltimore, 31-16 against Tampa, and 31-3 against NOLA since November, while they played close games against Cleveland and then beat the Cardinals last week. Pittsburgh is playing at home. There's a chance of some precip tonight but it decreases as the day goes on. I'm not a gambler, but I wouldn't have any confidence putting money up saying that Carolina won't be blown out by a good team coming off a tough loss.

Zero chance, bub.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 12:47 PM) the school is planning to appeal its own decision? The ESPN article makes it sound like these were NCAA suspensions.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 10:44 AM) Those 2 signed those deals when they were in the same spot Danks is now--2 years from free agency. It was basically a 2 yr extension. Except for the fact that Greinke signed his before actually becoming a valuable pitcher, sure. He had 1 season of 200+ innings at that point, a 34-45 record, and a 4.28 career ERA.

The only reason they signed those deals was that they were getting their last 2 arbitration years guaranteed, and both of them get paid like $13 million in those years. John Danks has already gotten through the equivalent of the first 2 years on those contracts. Based entirely on comparison with those contracts, it'd take well more than $14 mil a year to extend him at this point. That's the difference between signing when you're 4 years away from FA and signing when you're 2 years away.

QUOTE (beck72 @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 09:40 AM) I'm saying if the sox signed him to an extension now, he'd be making less than Mark. Not his value as a FA. Clearly, there's no good reason for him to ink a contract right now that pays him less than MB. You're arguing that he'd make less than MB in the hypothetical world where he signs a substantially below market extension, which he has no reason to do. If he's a $17 million pitcher, and could well be a $20 million a year pitcher if he pulls off a really good year once out of the next 2 years, there's no reason for him to sign a $12 million a year extension.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 09:34 AM) You're out of your f***ing mind calling them "on par" with humans. Maybe they're just being dumb, like dolphins.

Xylem-stored liquors are more in my favor right now.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 08:45 AM) Third and final Q3 GDP revision posted at 2.6% growth - just above the previous 2.5% reading. Price index gain was slightly lower though. Still seeing divergence of retail sales traffic (up) and price trends (down), which never lasts terribly long. One or the other will give. He's overly pessimistic since inventory accumulation does tend to precede recovery, but this part of the data is worth noting.

Good luck remembering reading this thread!

Very lucky you are to be able to regularly afford such niceities.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 11:13 PM) And some of us would say the same thing about SSI. SouthsideIrish?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 23, 2010 -> 03:32 AM) Like I said before, and I forgot what your reply said, but "lockout" doesn't automatically mean "missing games" I know, I know...I just think that if it gets to the "Lockout" stage in either league this offseason, the owners go until the unions break.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 22, 2010 -> 10:34 PM) An outfield with Quentin in it may be slightly better offensively than one with Gardner in it, but the defensive difference is earth shattering. You are talking about swapping out one of the worst defensive OF in baseball for one of the best defensive OF in baseball. Those are opposite ends of the spectrum. We are talking a -33 UZR/150 vs. a +28 UZR/150. A difference of 61 UZR/150. There is NO bigger gap between two starters at any position than Quentin and Gardner in terms of UZR/150, and I am not even sure if there has been a larger one in the history of UZR/150. Those 2 OFs though aren't comparing an OF with Quentin to an OF with Gardner, they're comparing an OF where Quentin is in LF to an OF where Pierre is in LF.