Balta1701

Very happy the Rams are to get a win. They can now go 1-15 in peace.

Too many surprises.

Oh, it's that other company. Forgot about that.

Lieberman does that and he's your hero.

In more interesting news, down goes Citi. U.S. taxpayers could lose several billion in TARP funds.

Kinda wish I'd never read that one.

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Frankly, the only way that makes sense to me is if CLee simply says he won't be 100% on 3 days rest.

Hellacious amounts of writing.

Finally...beer...

Kinda doesn't help if he doesn't remember the weekend.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 10:05 AM) I could see JD being the Abreu of this off season. In terms of waiting until Feb. to sign an incentive-laden deal or in terms of giving his team next year great value on his contract?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 09:51 AM) Still, out-drawing the Bulls at home is an accomplishment in and of itself. Does the number of seats in the arena change depending on how the floor is set up?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 09:45 AM) I realize that. I like the Bulls depth and I think it will be a huge asset in a physical series. Plus I really really think people are sleeping on what Hinrich, Deng, Salmons, and Miller for a full season will do to this club. Add that to a year older Derrick Rose, a more mature Tyrus Thomas, and an in shape Joakim Noah and I think the Bulls are a serious sleeper. If Deng is healthy and can play at his form from a couple years ago and Tyrus Thomas can be a legit staring PF (He was in the 2nd half last night), this team could be vastly better than I thought.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 09:36 AM) Oh i'm not proposing Danks for Hermida (I don't know if Florida would even want him for one) but I just don't think a package like Fields + Nunez/Link/Torres would get it done. If they are dead set on trading him some team will offer them something good. If another team wants to overpay for a guy the Marlins don't need, then let them. Offer what would be fair value from us, and if someone wants to beat that number then we're better off keeping what we have and letting the other guy overpay.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 09:29 AM) If the market turns slow for Dye I could see the clubs finding a way to bring him back at a reduced rate to play as our primary DH with maybe 20% of the games in the field. My biggest problem with JD as primary DH is that it leaves us way too right handed-heavy in the middle of the lineup. Thome or Johnson flat out fits this team better with Quentin, Konerko, Rios, Beckham, Alexei being the likely middle of the order hitters. Sign me a LH hitting LF for the middle of the order and maybe we can talk, but I'm not sure we have a lot of options there.

If there were a lot of people talking about the Bulls...it could also be because there were 7 bloody overtimes in that series. Btw, whoever wants to commit a flagrant against Rondo tonight, as long as it's not done in the 3rd overtime, I won't complain one bit.

Speaking from personal experience in 2004, its really easy to convince yourself that polling data is obviously skewed if it doesn't perfectly agree with your personal opinions as well.

Apollo 17 landing site.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 08:59 AM) The assumption here is they are meant to be unbiased, effective polls. The people funding these polls generally have an agenda. There are not too many organizations willing to fund a poll that is just wondering, in an unbiased way, about something. Which is why you should be skeptical of any poll that doesn't publish their methodology, the questions they asked, the wording they used, and the order in which the questions were asked. You're wrong though, there's lots of orgs willing to fund unbiased polls because if the unbiased poll results come down on their side it's much more meaningful and useful.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 30, 2009 -> 08:53 AM) I get the impression they won't be doing an extension on the credit. If they do one, I'd be its at a lower dollar amount. That would be smart in any case. You are misinformed.

Fun can be found on rainy Halloweens too. The best trick-or-treating night I ever had was a rainy/sleety Halloween night, IIRC in 1998. I got so much candy that night. Why? Because there was pretty much only one person around the whole bloody neighborhood and so everyone was just dumping out candy.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 08:40 PM) Rondo has quickly become one of the dirtiest players in the NBA by the way. You're at a Chicago board. Everyone here agrees with you after that first round.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 08:26 PM) That's going to be a key for those playoff contenders who aren't "The Big 3". They've got to try and get that 4th or 5th seed so at least they have a chance of getting thru to the 2nd round. I want another shot at the Celtics if we make the playoffs. Just so that Hinrich can throw that little **** of a point guard into the scorer's table again.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 29, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) It took me a really long time to figure out that another chicago team was playing tonight. The Chicago Fire?