Balta1701

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:26 PM) I'm not talking about the death penalty... Ok, he's white. They don't get lynched in the south either.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) Hell in Texas you could get him lynched... He's white and employed. People like that don't get the death penalty in TX.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:21 PM) I know at some point I remember that someone suggested Hawk had made a remark about Wimpy's revelation that he and his brothers had been molested by a priest, but that came out in 2002, after he had left the Sox, right? I'm not sure when it "came out", but everything I've heard says that is why he left.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:10 PM) Mike Brown deserves to get fired for the way the Cavs gave up at the end of the game last night, if not for anything else. I couldnt believe they let the Celtics basically dribble down the clock with a minute left. ^.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) That would be the Mexican-American war that we started. You're lucky you don't teach in Arizona, I could get you fired.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 14, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) I thought I remember a falling out. You remember correctly.

QUOTE (zenryan @ May 14, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) Anywhere in the East that Lebron lands will make them an instant contender. New York is going from a payroll of 85M this year to having only 17M on the books going into the 10-11 season. The Knicks could sign a James/Bosh combo this year and then go after another all-star type player in 2011 when Curry's 11M comes off the books. How is NY getting to a Payroll of $85 million next year? Who wants to do a sign and trade with any of the guys that the Knicks have who are expiring (TMac, Curry, etc.)? $65 is possible.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ May 14, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) I heard on the radio that the Thunder have enough cap space for a max signing. If we're talking strictly team and not marketing opportunities, then I would think that they would be above the Bulls. Unless there's a really huge cap, they're a couple million away from max deal territory, prior to any trades or draft holds. Kristic also has a $6 million player option it appears.

QUOTE (zenryan @ May 14, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) Talks of a Miami-Notre Dame game in 2012 at Soldier Field. link I think that's 20 years too late for me to be interested.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ May 14, 2010 -> 11:30 AM) Balta, is there any idea what the size of this reservoir is? BP would have mapped this reservoir seismically and had a good answer to that before they started drilling. But a lot of that information is proprietary, so you have to go by public statements. BP's CEO did say this: For comparison, the amount the Iraqis dumped into the Persian Gulf in 1991 (the worst oil spill in history) was about 12 million barrels. The Exxon valzez was about 250,000 barrels spilled. That assumes, of course, that BP's public estimates can be trusted. It seems pretty obvious by the fact that they held off for a long, long time before releasing that video that they knew their leak rate estimates were too low and they were hoping one of their doming procedures worked so that they could suck it up and no one would ever get a really good number of how much leaked. There could easily be politics playing into that number as well.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 14, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) I though I read somewhere that we are either dead last or close to it. Bottom 7 teams in MLB: DBacks Giants Pirates Twins White Sox Astros Orioles All at 17% or so. The Sox being that low isn't surprising. 2 teams that caught my eye were the D-Backs, who were the same team with the anomalously high batting average given their strikeouts/PA ratio, and the Twins right above us.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 14, 2010 -> 11:08 AM) Don't forget that against the Cavs, Rondo looked amazing too. Mo Williams is a garbage defender. I think Rose is > Rondo, but I think people tend to underestimate Rondo a lot, especially because he's the best defensive PG in the league, imo. Rose on the other hand is a pretty damn terrible defender most of the time (mainly due to lack of commitment/focus). Rondo's spent 3 seasons with an excellent defensive coach though.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:50 AM) Wouldn't Big Ten expansion talk fit best in its own thread as it impacts more than football?? Once something more than a rumor happens, sure. Some of us like keeping the number of new threads down though.

Rondo's also been playing in the league for 4 years versus Rose's 2. Per 36 minutes, in Rondo's first 2 seasons (pre big 3), he averaged 5.8 and 6.1 assists. Per 36 minutes, Rose has averaged...6.1 and 5.9 assists in his 2 seasons. Rondo has gotten 2 more rebounds and significantly more steals per game than Rose.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:10 AM) If Lebron stats in Cleveland, I could see him staying there for 1 more season. Dallas would be a possible option also, especially with Dampier's non - guaranteed deal. From a business perspective, not locking yourself in with a long term deal right now is insane, because of the high probability of a lockout and the high probability that the Owners will break the players, again. It's fairly likely that player's contracts and players share of the pie will decrease significantly next year after a lockout. Lebron would be a fool to play for a 1 year deal.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:09 AM) Where do the White Sox rank in terms of strikeout rate? I am sure that a large part of their low strikeout total has to do with the fact that they don't have that many plate appearances due to making frequent outs. Edit: They are 25th in plate apperances I just did the Math. The White Sox have the lowest K/PA rate in the league as well. Edit: What is interesting in that data is when I plot K/PA versus batting average, there is a weak correlation, but there are 2 obvious outliers. The Diamondbacks have the highest K/PA in the league and an elevated batting average, and the Astros and particuarly the White Sox are well, well below what you'd consider to be the trend.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:04 AM) i could see Shaq hanging it up similar to AI, saying that he would rather not be a bench player at this point Frankly, he really ought to hang it up.

This story reminds me a lot of, well, every other regulatory agency in the government over the past 8 years.

I think it's now fair to say that the worst case scenario has moved from "A couple of Exxon's" to "The entire reservoir drains into the gulf".

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QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:27 AM) Probably because the franchise has been walking on egg-shells ever since Lebron came in. You find any little way to piss him off (by pushing him too much) and he can just move on when his contract was up (which he'll probably do now anyways). Then you should have set your goal with him on winning a championship, not on doing things to make him happy.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 13, 2010 -> 09:45 PM) Agent Smith from The Matrix was right. We human beings are a virus, a cancer, a plague of this planet. When I saw the video, I figured it wouldn't be long before someone could do that. Frankly...I think he's probably overestimated it, because that video is from early in the leak they said, and at that point we actually could gather a reliable estimate from the areal extent of it, before the fires and chemical dispersants started hitting it. But yeah, the estimate currently out there is probably low by a factor of 5.

The Winner of the 2000 election is getting an honorary degree across campus from me. I'm watching his talk online and my head is quibbling with his units already.