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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 11:11 PM) And neither of the b**** coaches stuck around. The NCAA totally sucks in the way that they punish teams. And in what, 2 years, Carroll will wash out in Seattle and take the newly open job at Florida/Notre Dame/Michigan.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 10:53 PM) Call me crazy, but I think more than a lack of suitors dropped that price. I take it they were never reported to ask for anything reasonable? Nope. First reasonable number I saw reported was the contract they signed.

Always wanted to visit Brandeis.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 10:38 PM) Were there any reports on what Scott was asking from the Sox? Yeah, 2/$15 mil was what they reportedly asked for last October.

Could you let us know where that new land you've discovered is?

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) frankly, I guess you have not been to Indiana. Now your new state is pretty Everyone has their own tastes. Some of us love flatness and smog.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) Yeah, he seemed to do a lot of damage against the Sox last year. Hit .220 against us but with 4 home runs.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 08:57 PM) And if that's what Pods insisted on playing for why did he sign the contract he signed? Its not like the season starts tomorrow. Probably because this was the best offer he's gotten recently, and if the Royals signed someone else he'd lose money.

QUOTE (SockMe @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 08:51 PM) Bosh to Chi-Town? http://dimemag.com/2010/01/nba-trade-rumor...h-to-the-bulls/ Basically this just appears to be something random that was floated on Boers and Bernstein and has taken off because it works on the trade machine.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 08:26 PM) I never claimed that they will be quite as good as they were last season, what i did say is they will have no trouble scoring runs. I envision that they will still be in the top five in the majors in scoring runs, something i am rather positive of. When you look at the stats, once you're out of the top 3, you can legitimately feel like a team that has at least occasional trouble scoring runs. The 4-5-6 teams were Minnesota, Tampa Bay, and Toronto, none of which you sit there and think "This team's just going to outscore me". The difference between offense number 3 and offense number 4 was about the same as the difference between number 4 and number 9.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 08:06 PM) The red sox have been a force to be reckoned with offensively since about 2002. They will have no problems scoring runs once again in this upcoming season, while we will be consistently struggling to score. Therein lies the difference, a very big difference. Really, you look at the Red Sox roster and think that they're still the offense they were last year? With another year on Ortiz and Bay gone?

One of the first places the BCS trophy will be displayed in Alabama? Walmarts.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 06:43 PM) He means an insult to Texans Girls, both your states are pretty.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) Pods received only slightly more guaranteed than Omar Vizquel. If the Sox offered him a one year deal , it must have been something similar to what they gave Jones. That's an incorrect interpretation. The Sox could well have offered him more money than the Royals gave him, but taken themselves out of the running after acquiring Pierre.

We can also adequately use Jones as a DH against LHP with Thome in there.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) It would be an interesting idea. I actually think Matt can resurrect his career under Carroll's system. Then again.. Carroll is a big Hasselback fan so who knows. Carroll can't make him younger. Does he have a kid Carroll could recruit?

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) Why the hate for Pete Carroll? He's awesome. Cocky as s*** and backs it up. Plus, he has a sense of humor unlike a lot of over-the-top, too serious coaches out there. He'd be an awesome coach to play for. Because I'm also convinced he's a dirty recruiter.

JT. We need a LH bat to balance the lineup.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) Ha, I like how Des Moines slipped in there. Is Iowa now a bastion of liberal thought? They hate the gays less than California.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 06:51 PM) I don't care what the exact number of jobs is. That sort of thing has to be our future, or we will be in deep s*** long term (as opposed to short term, where we are already in deep s***). We should be spending 10's of times this amount on similar efforts, and should have spent that much less on temporary construction jobs in the Stimulus. We only really spent a pittance on construction jobs in the stimulus too.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 04:18 PM) Well, Kiffin will be fired by then right? I'd say its more likely he goes on a big time run in a couple years and then bolts for the NFL before a serious recruiting scandal hits. A-la Pete Carroll.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) My guess is that Carroll may be thinking that with Bush and now Mcknight that sanctions and a real investigation arent far behind. Best time to get out is before an investigation. Ditto.

Stein

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 02:13 PM) I think Crittenton has gotten a pass because Arenas was really suspended for his attitude on the subject (allegedly). But still pointing a gun period Crittendon has yet to really discuss or admit publicly his role. If none of the guns were his, the violation of the CBA might be less clear. It's certianly possible/likely he'll have some consequences.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 01:38 PM) I'd package up a group of pitchers not named Hudson. That's about the only thing that Colorado needs. Who do we seriously have left that would be of significant interest in our upper levels? I feel like right now we're back to "Wait until midseason where a couple guys have really started to shine" territory on everyone except Huddy.