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http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=8956303 Alec Ogletree arrested for DUI. Top ten draft prospect could fall with all of his off the field issues

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 02:35 PM) MLB Transactionist ‏@MLBTransactions MIAMI MARLINS: Signed first baseman Casey Kotchman to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training. Kotchman should buy a nice home in Miami

SIU is not good this season, but they are scrappy. They have lost a lot of close games that they should not have even been in. Ultimately their lack of size has really killed them, only having Dantiel Daniels and Davante Drinkard as true big men has really killed them. Especially given the fact that Daniels has been injured a lot this season.

for my SIU brethren into sadomasochism, SIU/MSU is on ESPN3

QUOTE (TomSeaverFan @ Feb 16, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) I'd rather have Mark Buehrle on the team than Jake Peavy, that's for sure. i think it would be Danks you are swapping out here, not Peavy

I thought it was funny that a russian newspaper claimed that they shot it down. Sure, you guys mobilized fast enough to shoot down a meteor traveling 33,000 MPH that nobody knew was coming.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 11:46 PM) Have to hand it to Braun, it's a brilliant alibi It was for a little while. The more these little hand written "receipts" keep leaking, the less brilliant it looks.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 16, 2013 -> 08:30 AM) Someone has to tee it up and someone has to make it fly. This has been just a terrific thread. Soxtalk is the original home of terrific

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 07:26 PM) He is a good guy and alot of fun. I worked with the Kane County Cougars in the mid-90's and it had him, Josh Beckett, Ryan Dempster, Mike Remond and a few others. It was one of the most fun I ever had working with a team. They had one of those murder mysteries at the ballpark that year and most of them participated. It was an umpire murdered in the dugout. In 1995 a friend of mine worked at Funway in Batavia, and we used to dress up as the Funway mascots and run around KCC Stadium with Ozzie the Cougar. It was brutally hot but we had a lot of fun.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 06:06 PM) Kevin Millar believes the Sox are underrated playoff contenders. That is Kevin Millah

So I took my Aliens prepayment and transferred it to The Wonderful 101 and Pikmin 3. Can't wait until May /much more subdued Kyle

Juanita was MJs family corporate image. She knew it, he knew it. It was an arrangement in which they both profited immensely. "Be like Mike" wouldn't have flied without it. Just think what happened to Tiger when his skeletons came out of the closet.

Jose Reyes talks about getting traded from the Marlins to the Blue Jays. Jeffrey Loria is quite a great guy

You know what we need here? Fire and Passion

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 09:17 AM) I would think a giant turtle would take forever to get from Russia to North Dakota. You should be good. The Giant Turtle is just sitting there, waiting for The Nothing to consume it. It isnt going anywhere

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:40 AM) Why? She's the sexiest woman in America right now. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 08:21 AM) http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21703459/ Cuz thats the way these things go.

Get your tinfoil hats ready

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 10:09 PM) It is different. Each character has a unique level that you play for them where their skill is needed. The time travelers level almost drove me insane. I know that you are saying. I knew what I was supposed to do with the rock to roll it out of the way so the well would appear, but I wasnt rolling it far enough up to the right. The game is really fun though. The twins level I really enjoyed

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 04:19 PM) Ok, so that's a good example of how dumb NBA GM's are. How the owners and the commissioner negotiated with the NBAPA recently isn't. Well, Jenks mentioned the amnesty clause in the most recent CBA being included to relieve GMs of some of their previous stupidity

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) Once you witness a live birth, your life will never be the same. Truth. Last one in May. Unless something really crazy happens

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 04:01 PM) NBA GM's don't negotiate with the NBAPA. No, but their Owners do, and I am sure the owners dont like seeing picks and money being wasted on the Leon Smiths of the world

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 01:28 PM) I wish there was a little more story behind the characters. I think when you replay it with different characters the game changes. At least a little bit. I just beat it with the Twins, Knight, and Time Traveler. I missed two cave paintings though, so I want to go back and try it again. It was pretty funny when the Dragon ate the princess and king

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 02:36 PM) otoh this works well for big-name, super-star athletes but probably not so well for late-round or UDFA level players. And those are the players that really dont fit into our discussion, because the likelihood of them skipping College for the Pros is pretty slim. Those types of players would probably recognize that going to college would benefit them a lot. Lets be honest here, our discussion pretty much is about Elite high school athletes that everyone recognizes huge potential in.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 02:29 PM) I have reviewed agent agreements, but it was not free. Sure if RGIII walks into the office and says he wants to retain our firm, wed do it. But the problem is that no one is giving a lot of these kids advice. They just do not have access to a lot of independent people who dont have something to gain from them. The school wants them to stay so they can make money. The agent wants them to leave so they can make money. This type of stuff there is nothing you can do to change. But due to all of the inequalities all of the potential issues that even the most successful student athletes face, Id just rather give them the benefit of the doubt about being able to enter the draft and not lose eligibility, etc. If Im going to err Id rather err on the side of the players. Nobody said these attorneys and agents will work for free. THey will work under the premise that their star client will get drafted and paid well, and THEN they will get paid, which is why the previous post said delay payment. There are players that come from a poor background, and of course they cannot afford good representation at first, but the people that want to represent them know that it is a gravy train if they have a great athlete as a client. Its not like they are going to ask for all their payment up front before the draft happens. And these kids surround themselves with their posses. The advice they get is family and friends. That is their own choice, if they wanted independent advice I am sure they could seek out someone like World Wide Wes

Maurice Clarett lost to the NFL trying to get in early, didnt he?