Balta1701

If there was anyone who actually was a psychic...why wouldn't they be doing things like making a fortune on the stock market or winning the lottery repeatedly?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 09:48 PM) If the state and federal deficits continue to mount, that climate will change very quickly. No, it won't. At least not for that reason.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Just can't see the new avatar yet. Is it Robot Santa Claus? Kid filter on? It's just Stewie with Santa.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 09:43 PM) It's a shame they could not have worked out a deal months ago. Just like last time, there's no reason for him not to figure out what his market value is first.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 06:39 PM) There are subtleties in the NFL that can have huge ramifications. The Cardinals have been without Breaston for most of the year, have lost Dansby and some other key defensive pieces, Boldin is gone, and they have substituted one of the better qb's in NFL history for one of the worst in NFL history. Yes, there is a focus on the QB in this league. It is the most important position in all of sports. But you don't just find a talented QB and solve all your problems. Which is what Lost was arguing. And yet, I'd bet you, if that team still had a (Healthy) Kurt Warner, they're a 10+ win team in that division and take it easily. That's what I'd say.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) I don't think $15 per is out of the realm of expectation... I just don't see who'd give him that kind of money.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 05:50 PM) That's not fair though, Balta. You're comparing a hall of fame QB versus a drunken fool, in Derek Anderson. Talk about going from one end of the spectrum to another. Exactly. That team went from that 100 point race with the Packers in the Playoffs to barely sticking their heads above water. That's all the QB shift.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 05:43 PM) As for TCU, ask Mel Kiper Jr, Rock. TCU's defense is absolutely loaded with NFL prospects. Auburn, on the other hand, is pretty damn mediocre with the exception of Cam Newton. So, one of Mel Kiper's "Agent Friends" has the in at TCU?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) Absolutely. And it hurts losing Dansby as well. True...but I think it mostly tells me how truly important the QB position is in that league (Going back to LF's statement that it isn't as important as some think).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 05:08 PM) One outed agent is the same as dozens of state department secrets being revealed? Really? Unless there's something a lot more significant in one of the next tranches, I'd actually imagine that the exposure of the full career of an undercover operative, exposure of the fact that the company that employed her was a CIA Front, and that everyone else employed by that company was also a CIA Operative could well have been significantly more damaging than anything in the Wikileaks release. At this point, the only thing that I think really looks like a serious downside on the current leak is the whole "The U.S. can't keep its own stuff private" angle. (Note the "at this point" objections)

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 04:54 PM) Wasn't he with Guillen and Pierre down in Florida? I think you're thinking of Luis Castillo. Hudson came up with Torotno and then went on to Arizona.

Ho. Ho. Ho. Now I have a machine gun.

For once, everyone agrees. Even the drunk ones.

Don't you know why? Clearly, more was brought, they just got wasted without us. Otherwise, why would this thread have sat so long without another reply?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) give them free health care, free tuition at any university, free house, free car, and checks from the guveyment. As long as they're willing to pick up a rifle and spend a couple years in Afghanistan.

Dear Milkman Delivers's boss...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 01:26 PM) That is complete f***ing horses***. It's a perfectly reasonable business move for Comcast if Netflix is taking up a significant chunk of their network. If Netflix customers are taking up a large enough chunk of their data, even if they lost all of their netflix customers, cutting the data they're transmitting would save Comcast money in the long run. Of course...the hippie in me would say that business benefits be damned, we ought to have a content-provider-neutral internet rather than one where the service providers can sell off advantages, but every day that goes by, that seems less and less likely.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 12:33 PM) Tulowitzki ain't no Alex Rodrigues, but then again Alex Rodrigues isn't either. Looking at $20M a year? That is outrageous Really though, it's $20 million a year starting what, 3-4 years from now? Read the Neyer link. With some assumption of continuing revenue/salary growth, that's probably the equivalent of a $15 million a year contract today, which is still high, but the player is performing.

ZBig with an interesting take.

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 11:24 AM) He is not so perhaps he'll be back? The Giants were able to somehow decline an option/buy out Renteria. They could bring him back, but he's currently a FA.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 09:03 AM) Jeff Passan thinks its a bad deal for both sides. Interesting read. I agree that it might be a bad move for the Rockies. Paying one player $20 mil year when you don't have the highest payroll could lead to trouble in the future, especially when you will have to pay Ubaldo & CarGo. Their past big money deals worked out awful, and Tulo played in less than 125 games in 2 of his 1st 4 seasons so far. I think he's way unfair on Tulo though. Yes, maybe in 4 years he could have signed a $200 million contract. But you never know whats gonna happen, he has a history of injuries, likes Colorado, and $119 million is a lot of money in its own right. Neyer replies.

Heyman

Oh Goodie. The Roberts court is about to take up a case where they have the opportunity to declare public financing of political campaigns to be illegal. I think we all know how that will turn out.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 09:02 AM) The Heat beat the wizards and Lebron said some stuff before the game so everything is better now. I really think Thursday is the first time in a long time that I can remember cheering openly for Cleveland's basketball team.