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QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 09:10 AM) Pump those brakes Cub fans. Actually its really nothin just Tanaka's assistant saying no decision has been made nor travel plans. Thus this is still wide open. [1/17/2014] Masahiro Tanaka: still nothing new to report by Gen on Jan.17, 2014 @ 11:49 pm, under NPB Masahiro Tanaka's assistant Yoshiki Sato spoke to reporters today and said, "There is still about a week left to go so I think things are not yet over. The [travel] schedule has not been set." When asked if he expected negotiations to drag out until the last minute, he replied, "That is not something we are trying to do. The agent is handling everything and hopefully things work outs according to what [Tanaka] wants. Nothing has been decided." New York reads this as "HE HAS CHOSEN THE YANKEES! HURRAH!"

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) Didn't the Bears come out and say they aren't running a 3-4? They kept Mel Tucker. Tucker has experience running both 4-3 and 3-4, so it really doesnt matter that he was retained. All I keep reading is "hybrid 3-4", so it seems like they keeping it as an option

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) When Jordan left to play baseball, Reinsdorf honored his basketball contract and paid Jordan $4 million to be a minor league player. Still, he played baseball. It was so bizarre, I still remember that summer after they won their first three-peat and his father was killed, then the leadup to the following season. It still makes absolutely no sense at all

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) He's probably a good lay. I mean, if he can bag Dergan, he's doing something right. I will take "Things I dont think about, but Wite thinks about" for $2000, Alex

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:04 AM) He might be a good coach/manager some day. why did you have to go and do that

Im just glad this thread isnt suggesting him as a coach

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 12:46 AM) Haha yeah I'm sure the integrity of the game was more important to stern, the owners, and everyone who made untold amounts of money through Jordan than the ridiculous amounts of money Jordan generated Just as plausible as the GOAT walking away from all of that money in the middle if his prime, right? And then choosing to play minor league baseball when he got that itch to compete

Hulkamania has been telling fans that he is working Wrestlemania

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) We have entire cities devoted to gambling. Our society celebrates it. Why do you keep bringing this up as a moral deviation? Many people connect his retirement with gambling, ie. the s*** got out of control and Stern told him to pull it together.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) Nothing tops Kevin Costner trying to hit a Kennedy accent for horribleness. How about Kevin Costner in Robin Hood? Midway through the movie he is like "f*** it, im not doing this pretend accent anymore"

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) Isn't Bovada defunct? I thought their CEO got canned... Was this recent? Dan McNeil cites their lines all the time

unknown to me as well

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 12:23 PM) I felt the same way when I heard Hugh Laurie for the first time. No idea he was English for years. Also with Rick(andrew lincoln) from Walking Dead. My wife pointed it out because she likes the movie "Love Actually". I cant detect the slightest bit of english accent when I watch Walking Dead. Its kind of funny how english actors are able to suppress their accents, but a large portion of american actors cannot fake the english accent.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 10:13 AM) To try and make this as short as possible, bWAR tells more about past performance, but fWAR tells more about future performances. It's more of a true talent indicator. Like for pitching, fWAR uses Fielding Independent Pitching numbers to figure in the calculation, whereas bWAR uses runs, and team wins. You get more outliers it seems with bWAR than fWAR. I think the large majority of the Sabr community would say that fWAR is the better number to use overall. you dont have to keep it succinct. Expound all you want, that is why this thread was created

The ESPN "OMG TOM BRADY IS SICK"-athon is tremendously annoying. Today there was a story on the homepage "Source: Brady to return to practice today". GMAFB, the guy had a cold yesterday. He isnt dying, he will play Sunday

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) The fact that White Sox have not been even mentioned in a single tweet recently makes me think the ball game is over. Enjoy the $150 million dollar man. flying under the radar, Kenny Williams style

Alright stat nerds, tell me why fWAR is better than bWAR. Go

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 09:42 AM) The MLB, for "industry development". If they really wanted to dissuade people from going over the limit, they should make the luxury tax go to revenue sharing. Then maybe the Yankees/Red Sox would think twice before throwing a couple million to help out the Rays stay competitive. Wasnt it like this before the recent CBA renegotiation? I swear they had that in place but teams were getting pissed that owners like Jeff Loria and David Glass were just pocketing the money instead of investing it in their teams

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 09:26 AM) And they are round. So are boobs. Which are not orange. pics or its not true

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) This is the worst argument ever. I know, I apologize. I indulged in a dumb argument

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) Just so you know, this is the post I made that you started arguing with me: I don't think infidelity would have been that big of an issue. Most professional athletes are doing the same thing. I said im done. I am. The heads have been butted, half the participants in this thread do not care. Move along, move along

By the way, Greg Oden played his first game last night since 2009. That is crazy

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 08:53 AM) Again, why isn't MJ's image ruined? All these things are out about him. His brand according to Forbes is bigger than ever. It was 2 different animals. The thing that killed Tiger was his accident. Then the money grabbers, and the fact his wife was seen weekly at tournaments with their 2 toddlers. It was the perfect storm. MJ has been exposed. He hasn't lost endorsements. He is still raking in money with the best of them. You even wrote Tiger was exposed by the National Equirer, a rag sheet that has been around since at least the 70s which also featured stories of MJ cheating, yet no firestorm. There was a firestorm when Michael went gambling with his father before a playoff game with the Knicks. That fire was put out quickly and still would have been today because the guy did nothing but win. 2 DIFFERENT ANIMALS IS RUINED AND CHANGED. You obviously dont see the difference and you dont understand that if the s*** hit the fan through social media back in MJs heyday, he probably wouldnt be Mr Brand Name like he is now. Look, Im done arguing with you now. You are wrong, thats all.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) That is exactly what Kyle was saying. He said MJ would be villianized for cheating on his wife like Tiger Woods. That is what this entire argument is about. So everything is out there now about MJ, yet for a guy who hasn't played for 10 years, he's still raking in the cash. From 2010, 12 years after his heyday: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-...ordan_UGGU.html Yeah, knowing Mike cheated on his wife and was rough on teammates and mean to Jerry Krause really made him less popular. GMAB. He still makes $80 million a year in endorsements. No, it wasnt. I said his image would be changed, and I also included his gambling as part of my argument. You changed it to "you guys think that people arent cheating now because of social media, LMFAO" You also completely disregard the order of events and how social media destroyed Tigers image. Tiger still rakes in the cash, but not even in the same stratosphere of what he was making and what he would be making right now if that didnt happen to him.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 15, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) Wait, what? This site became Chaveztalk at the trade deadline in 05. It was fun. People argued, lines were drawn, eyeballs were gouged, and then the trade deadline passed and Crede remained the starter