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QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 04:11 PM) Tavaris Jackson ain't the answer. Seriously, how do we know this? It seems like every game he's played since the 2nd half of the 2008 season, he's been solid/effective, and compared to Brett Favre, he has the benefit of being significantly more mobile and potentially able to avoid the pass rush better behind a struggling offensive line.

Whiskey, not money.

Unless that's waht I want you to think.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:53 PM) How far are the Bulls under the cap? $1.4 million. Jackson makes about $8 million. If the Bulls wanted to deal for Stephen Jackson before Dec. 15, they'd need to do Johnson + Rose or Johnson + Noah to get the contracts to match. After that point they could deal some of the guys they signed this year, but none of them save Scalabrine and Kurt Thomas expire this year.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 04:01 PM) His arm isn't any worse than it was. It can't be. Its like Konerko losing a step. He covered some ground in LF. There's no reason to think he would be any worse next year. Pierre has however Definitely lost a step or two since 2007. That was plainly obvious last year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:43 PM) Rare to surprise this board, they know everything already! Send me some more whiskey. It'll help correct that problem.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) It's got no teeth. Not just that, it has actively pushed people into foreclosure. People who are struggling but might have endured have gone into the HAMP program for trial modifications, made lower payments for a year, then been denied permanent modifications and billed for the entire amount that they'd underpaid plus penalties, which basically guarantees foreclosures and home losses.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:46 PM) That's because he was injured. I have no idea what that has to do with Pierre. Pierre is getting to about the same age. The fact that he was an ok CF a few years back doesn't mean he wouldn't be a liability there now. Plus, he's never really been anything more than average in CF, and the last time he spent significant time there was 2007.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) And tying up the whole system because of that means we don't move anywhere economically because that capital is still tied up. Oh, and if you want something to be angry at the Administration about...the HAMP program has done nothing but worsen this situation and ensure that it drags out for years, rather than even taking baby steps towards helping.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 03:45 PM) The important part I think that's pretty much what I've been saying for the past couple months. And my note has been that there is plenty of reason to believe that investors, and potentially homeowners, have a case that the banks have committed fraud here.

Please everyone else keep missing letters, it makes all my mistakes look less bad!

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 02:32 PM) Mike's a fan of sweater cows - who isn't? No comment...as my significant other may see this post.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 02:58 PM) One Dog played CF a long time for the White Sox. His arm was equally as bad. Lance also started transitioning into being a part-time player at age 33.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) If you just read Keith Law and not watched any games, you would think the White Sox lose 120 games a season. Somehow, someway, KW must have done something to really piss Mr. Law off. Really, his ability to hold a grudge is remarkable.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 10:02 AM) RECALL Having lived in California during that...let me just say...good luck with that! California; you have to be really, really stupid to emulate our politics.

Let's elaborate on 2k5's last post.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 12:26 PM) They did pretty well in 2006 and 2008. But since that election, they've tilted very heavily Republican, to the point where it was almost comical. Nate points out how high of a disapproval rating they had, basically double anyone else's, within the first month or two of Obama's term. This election they were biased and it caused them to be wrong on a lot of races. It's important to point out their problems (ideological or methodological) on election polls since we can compare them with the real results--not something you can do with issues polls. The real problem is the press issue, as usual. Ras probably put out >50% of the polls in this cycle. Many of the press organizations, not just Fox, get a poll and report it and discuss it if the results are interesting. Putting otu so many polls adn consistently weighting them 5% towards 1 side builds the narrative that one side is winning and the other side is struggling. It's push-polling, except with the media as the pushers. Those polls are especially useful if promoting the winning side happens tob e part of the explicit motivation of the press as well.

3 columnist links with no idea what's in any of them? Come on, at least give me an excerpt so i can decide if it's worth my time to click on them. The odds of me seeing "Kristof" and clicking on it are kinda low.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...gle+Feedfetcher Does this mean you're starting to agree with me on this being a serious, long-term systemic risk issue?

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Nov 6, 2010 -> 05:53 PM) One of the worst quotes in this thread. Which is why at times PER is a flawed stat that should not be the end all be all. Turnovers is actually killing his PER this year. Pretty ironic considering Rose has taken the next step in his stats this year, not to mention has had better court vision and awareness in that ideal third year in the league. I haven't caught as many games this year as I would like thanks to work, but the couple I havw watched I can't wait to see what this Rose can do with Booz in the line-up. You know what? Right now, I'm not sure Boozer will make that huge of a difference. Might draw some more double teams, but Noah and Gibson really are rocking it down low. Gibson can't give you 20 PPG, but I'm not sure Boozer can right now either. Both of them are hitting shots every time they get open; Gibson's in the top of the league in FG %age.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) What are we going to do without that wonderful hair? I was willing to give the guy a shot this year but he is back to doing exactly what annoyed me so much last year, he gets the ball and he just tries to shoot no matter what. I dunno, I haven't seen him that much yet, but he supposedly was fairly effective passing when he got a bunch of minutes last week.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 08:17 AM) Stephen Jackson...? Contracts aren't even close.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 09:16 AM) In the immediate terms, it is the quickest way, especially if people are serious about wanting to rebuild the farm system you were complaining about in another thread. On top of that...what quality CF would be available who is better than Rios and somehow at a lower price? It doesn't do too much to help the system if you trade Rios away, but then take everything you've gotten back for Rios and more and trade that away to re-fill that CF hole.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) That's actually a pretty solid point. We know Shafer had, well lets say, other motivations. Things really seem to be improving now in terms of drafting and development. The cupboard looks bare, but part of that is because guys that would have been massive prospects are already here, like Beckham and Sale. And another part is that we've used a lot of the "Depth" to make trades.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Nov 7, 2010 -> 09:33 AM) It all varies by team, by pitching staff. The World Series champion Giants were 19 games over 500 with Posey, and this is mostly due to his bat, not intangibles I dunno, that Giants pitching staff didn't really hit their stride until the latter part of the year either. Of course...that could be a function of Lincecum changing his workout routine/realizing he needed to lay off the "stuff" for the pennant race too.