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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 06:29 PM) Go Da Bears He's going to be angry with you.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 05:36 PM) I wonder if the Diamondbacks would have any interest. He lives in Scottsdale during the off-season and I believe he grew up in the Phoenix area. That would seem enticing. They've already expressed interest in resigning Adam LaRoche, and they also appear to have Brandon Allen as a guy who's beyond where he can be in AAA and hitting positively this month. I'd be surprised if the DBacks would be spending money on FA's this year.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 05:32 PM) I'm watching FOX 'news' right now and Glenn Beck just called Obama , AND I QUOTE, a "pile of poopy" RALLY THE TROOPS. This must not go unpunished. WTF?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) If its that hot in LA, I wonder how hot Death Valley is today. Or how hot Phoenix will be tomorrow. Or, is this a localized LA area phenomenon? The L.A. basin is a unique individual from Death Valley. The Valley's supposed to be at about 115 tomorrow and declining from there. Death Valley, in particular in the summer, tends to insulate itself from the surrounding climate. It's surrounded by steep moutains on all sides that run perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction. Typically what happens is that the sun heats up the mountains in the valley and you create an isolated convection cell in the valley with normal weather heading overhead, so that even if it's hot outside, the Valley doesn't care until the sun starts moving south. Phoenix is supposed to spike to 108 on Thurs.

Yesterday was the hottest day ever recorded in Los Angeles. It was so hot that the official weather service thermometer actually broke and couldn't record peak temperature. Oh, and Lake Mead is about to hit the danger/water conservation point.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) I'm not sure what seemingly outplayed means, if you mean GB had long, clock-draining drives keeping the ball away from the Bears, then yes that happened. Aaron Rogers was the best player on the field for either team, and he had pretty much the best QB rating a player can have in the first half. If anything, Rogers outplayed the Bears for alot of the game, at other positions, I'm not sure it was lopsided towards the Pack. Matthews was supposed to come in and dominate the horrific O-Line of the Bears and no-name Kevin Schaffer pretty much shut him down the entire game. OTOH...acknowledging that Rogers is a very good player and giving him enough to allow him to drain the clock but not enough to hurt the Bears appears to have been a key part of the Bears strategy in that game too.

Still no Viciedo

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) My point is, you have to prioritize all spending. And making sure people can vote, to me, should be near the top of any list. I'll agree that it should be higher. But I would also argue that a lot of things should be higher...and that cutting taxes on high-earners should be lower to balance that out. When it comes down to making that choice though, I think we can see which way the wind is blowing.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 02:30 PM) Everyone does, unless they are one of the meatheads who use it. For God's sake...everyone in Chicago has probably used that term at some point.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 01:11 PM) There is always waste that can be trimmed. Like I said...if someone came forwards and said that they're going to cut back on buying new voting machines, you'd be happy because that person had just cut waste.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 02:22 PM) What exactly is Konerko gonna address about free agency? Unless he and the Sox have worked out a deal, he has no idea what the Sox or any other teams will offer, so what can he really say about it?? He could announce that he's decided not to come back.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 02:05 PM) I know, but I think they give him a new contract Certainly possible. But OTOH...I wouldn't want my team being the one giving Pavano a multi year deal. He's definitely earned a significant raise from the $7 mil he's making this year.

QUOTE (Real @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) Liriano, Duensing, Pavano, Slowey, Baker will be the best staff in the AL Central next year, and Don Cooper will still have his smugness and guys who can't throw strikes or get past the 6th inning. SIGN ME UP. Well, first of all, Carl Pavano is a free agent, so that's strike 1.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 12:43 PM) Even with voting machines runing 100k, how do you get billions? It's not like there are NO machines out there at all. And if they are funded locally, no one locality will need billions. A million, perhaps, or few million for larger places, but not billions. Each town fire a few overpaid government workers and you have your voting machnes paid for. Here is a much lower cost example. Santa Barbara, CA example: $1,300,000 spent on a 200 machine system to count 100,000 votes per election. I think Santa Barbara can find $1.3 million in waste they can trim for at least one year to get new machines if needed. That is only about $6500 per machine. You don't think that there are more than a couple hundred Santa Barbara size districts in the country? Just do the math here. 100,000 votes per election for $1.3 million. Last presidential race, the turnout was somewhat around 100 million. Carry those numbers through...and that's $13 billion using that ratio. And remember...if you're solving this problem...you need to buy enough voting machines to handle the largest turnouts. And really, stop pretending that there is "waste" that can be trimmed. If we're talking about finding more money for schools, using your old voting machines longer or having fewer voting machines is counted as trimming waste. That'd be heroic if it we were discussing school funding, and most districts are going to think so.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 12:38 PM) But you're a biased observer. Call me what you want, but those were flat out obvious. The only real phantom penalty I saw the whole game was a holding call on Kreutz. There was at most 1 phantom call on the Pack the whole game.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 09:51 AM) Of all things to spend money on, I consider making sure people have the opportunity to vote to be awfully high on the list. This is basic stuff. Here's the counter-point though...if it's an unfunded mandate to do it...where does that money come from? The problem is concentrated in areas that can't afford it anyway. So...if you need a couple billion dollars to be spent...are you happy with it coming out of schools? I know the right answer is to have the Federal Government take charge and just pay for the bloody things...but you know what the reaction would be to that.

Almost all of those flags were actual, obvious penalties though. If the Packers didn't foul people that many times, Cutler would have had more completions, more TD's, and Peppers would have had 5 sacks.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 09:56 AM) Started in late August, just before ManRam was acquired. As you show there, with September being a down month. If that part is true, that means Ozzie was actually playing Kotsay more heavily in early August than he was in June or July.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 12:08 PM) See, value-wise, I think this isn't the case. I agree that PK is unlikely to put up 2010-like numbers in the next couple years. But, I also think that PK would sign with the Sox for a lot less than Dunn, and this team's financial constraints may make that the best move. Plus...if the Nats offer Dunn arbitration...we don't lose a draft pick if we resign Konerko.

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 09:19 AM) Like someone else said, it was a prayer. I'd say it didn't hurt to challenge that...except GB wound up really needing that time out.

So...I'm going to wager a guess here. I think that if the Denver 4 way deal isn't done already, it's not going to get done. I can't find a link but there's been radio talk that part of the problem is that in the AK47+Favors+Picks deal, the Nuggets would get an expiring deal, but would also take on about $5 million or so in additional moneys this year altogether. Because they're over the tax...that would translate to them taking on $10 million this year in exchange for not necessarily getting better, and their owner hesitates to do that. I think this drags out until the deadline if it's not done yet...and I think that plays to the Bulls advantage, because the Bulls have a real shot at having more valuable players by the deadline than they do right now.

Rahm takes his 9 fingers and tries to run the City. This oughta be fun.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 28, 2010 -> 08:39 AM) Neither Florida team can. They were pretty stupid to put two teams at once down there like that. I can't believe the Marlins duped the taxpayers into building them a new stadium when they can't get more than a thousand people to their current games. One of those two teams will move in the near future, probably the Rays. What city is out there hunting for an MLB Team? I think part of it is that those cities might have a shot at supporting a team, but neither one of them has had the facilities to do so.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 08:43 PM) Anyone ever hear an update on how Floyd's meeting with Dr. Yocum went? Hopefully no news is good news. There was an injury update attached to the bottom of most of the "Ozzie Guillen to return for 2011" articles.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 06:26 PM) The side show is part of the act. Its never going away. I don't mind some portion of the side show. Some portion of it is entertaining and useful. My problem is that this year has been a whole 'nother level. This year it's been far more pernicious and personal.