Balta1701

Can you explain this "Subscription" to me, old-timer?

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 01:59 PM) Good God don't play with my emotions like that.... I know it's just a pipe dream, but would that be fun to watch or what? Throw that pitching staff up against the yanks in a 5 or 7 game series and watch them crap their pants Hell, in a 5-7 game series you only need 4 pitchers.

All depends on which news you read.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 01:48 PM) I would. I'd have a huge problem with that. You also can't ignore the fact that Halladay is not a free agent, you'd have to relinquish a whole hell of a lot of talent in order to acquire him. And Halladay is also a FA after next year, and is likely to get a really good offer from someone if he stays healthy

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 01:30 PM) If the Sox have less than $20M to spend right now then expect the payroll to be right at $90M on opening day. Depends on how they're counting the arb guys, doesn't it? I just get the feeling there's got to be a little more flexibility than these guys are letting on, otherwise that Teahen deal makes less sense.

Yeah, that's what killed the league too. The lack of Mookie.

Sigh

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 12:16 PM) I recall having heard it before, saying that he doesn't want to be put in a scenario where he has to pull his DH and leaving the pitcher in to bat, but don't recall where or when. If CJ's on the roster then we have the emergency backup so that we don't have to worry about that.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 12:54 PM) Is this another civil war, on the other side of the aisle? I sincerely doubt they'll let something silly like throwing women under the bus derail this bill. I expect a similar clause to appear in the Senate version at some point.

Well, that's a shame.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 10:57 AM) This party will get crushed unless they take an insane amount of votes from Republicans. Reality is about to kill the Tea Party movement. Frankly, I think the "Throw the bums out because we have no jobs" sentiment could easily overwhelm the "My God these guys are completely nuts" sentiment next year.

Useless these human brains are.

QUOTE (striker62704 @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 10:29 AM) I'm assuming the theory is that gap hitters will be more consistent than homerun hitters and the Sox need more consistency at the plate. Just my assumption. Overbay by month this last season, BA then OPS: April .250/.903 May .294/.861 June .246/.889 July .227/.684 Aug .329/.937 Sept. .242/.763

Cut out the applause!

You must think me a fool to expect me to obey that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 09:23 AM) How often has this happened out there? Most everything I have seen is rejection of taxes. We've spent an enormous sum through the initiative process. A very large fraction of the state's budget is required to be spend on education via Prop 98. The 3 strikes law was a proposition that has required a lot more spending on jails. Then there's all the small ones. The $3 billion for stem cell research. The Bullet train from San Francisco to L.A. After school programs. Mental health services. It's a long list, even in recent years. A lot of them are for good things...but the problem is that they become constitutionally mandated, such that even in the event of a budget crisis, the legislature can't override them, nor can it override Prop 13, the anti-property tax initiative. So the only thing the Legislature can do is crank up the sales tax, pull off gimmicks like closing all the state parks, or this higher withholding rate.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 09:20 AM) Really looking forward to the CERN tests for the Higgs Boson Particle. Very weird, the ways it has come up with to prevent its existence in the unvierse.

Here's my biggest worry, structure-wise...hypothetically if we do sign Lebron, how exactly are we going to move Deng's contract out of the way? We'd have $33 million or so tied up at the SF position. If we could seriously see someone willing to take on Deng's contract, then that makes it vastly more palatable. If we're stuck paying Deng and Lebron for 2-3 seasons, then we're suddenly in no-flexibility land and we're relying on the parts we have right now with little ability to get better because our backup SF is making so much money.

Next thing you know, you'll be telling me that I'm not actually sitting at rest, but relative to something else in space I'm moving quite rapidly.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 05:34 AM) Did it have a $43k per household's worth? That's in question. One can make a pretty serious argument about whether or not that much money was worth that gain. Hard to measure that. What should the money have done instead? Spent on what? Or not spent, and simply kept the deficit further down? There is immense risk there that many more people would have had even more dire financial circumstances. Based on what they were trying to accomplish, I'd call the program a success, but its certainly debateable how much of one. I think that $43k number is missing the material impact picture - it doesn't include the fact that property values, and by the way property taxes, are higher due to the bump. I'd say it was worth it. God no, it should not have been spent on lowering the deficit. that $43k is a very good paying job. It's a success in that it was used, but the question is how stimulative it was, and frankly, that's yet to be determined. IMO, what's going to happen is that eventually this tax credit will go away, and that will pull another $8000 out of everyone's property values as demand drops again. It's blowing air into a burst balloon...it starts to re-inflate a bit, but if you stop putting in the air, it deflates the rest of the way. The only way this is effective is if the economy on its own can take off while this credit is active, such that simply delaying the full deflation of the housing market spreads out the impact until the green jobs boom overcomes it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 08:06 AM) The referendum process is really interesting. At the end of the day it is the people saying what they want. The question becomes, how come practically a generation of California politicians haven't been able to adjust to a pretty consistent message from its residents? The problem is...the people can want anything, but there are consequences/tradeoffs that typically happen for things to happen. If you want better services, typically the trade is higher taxes. The initiative process though allows you to legislate higher services and lower taxes at the same time.

Liking the invisible women a bit too much these days?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) MJ and the statue be damned, if Lebron wants to play for the Bulls, you offer as much as you can. And I still think that Wade and Rose are FAR too similar in that they are most effective with the ball in their hands that they would be counter-productive to each other. We'd have the fastest backcourt in the league with an ability to get to the hoop like no other, but I don't think it's an optimal fit. I wouldn't complain, but there are better options. My wish list would go as follows: 1.) Lebron 2.) Bosh 3.) Stoudemire 4.) Wade 5.) Johnson 6.) Nowitzki/Redd/Boozer 1. Bosh 2. Wade 3. Lebron 4. Nowitzki 5. Boozer 6. Amare 7. The field

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 07:04 PM) Funny, I haven't seen anything like that. Do you have a source for this "research"? CBPP Alt.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 8, 2009 -> 04:41 PM) I don't even recall him getting traded to the Red Sox. Shows how much I paid attention to baseball this season. Prior to the Teahen trade...the Red Sox overpaying for Ramirez and thinning out our IF looked more plausible.