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QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:00 PM) I wonder just how much that perfect game and the game afterwards really took out of him. He probably should have been shut down when it was obvious that the Sox weren't going anywhere. The perfect game was one game, and a short one at that. I really don't think that had a physical impact. A mental one, perhaps. But remember too, the very next game he pitched, he went how many more perfect innings?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 07:59 AM) The official definition of an aftershock is that it is an event within 2 rupture lengths of the original event that occurs before seismicity returns to background levels. Seismicity will be above background levels for years, probably a decade or two after that first event. Without knowing 100% the original rupture length, a brief check shows that this event was still, IMO, somewhat close to the original event, and occurred either on a very close fault or perhaps on the same fault. It almost certainly meets all the criteria for an aftershock. Interesting. So... do earthquakes along one fault, cause quakes on other ones? Like moving a pebble on a beach releases pressure on ones around it, sort of a chain reaction?

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 11:58 PM) I've also heard that Fisk is not very fan-friendly. Which is a real shame, because he was my favorite pre-Thomas Sox player. My experience was otherwise, the couple times I met him. But its entirely possible he was a jerk at other times, I have no idea. I kind of liked that he was a jerk when necessary, like with that loser Neon Deion.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) His age 40, 41 and 42 seasons were actually the most productive baseball he played since his age 27-29 seasons. eh, look at his whole career with the Sox - his HR numbers would go up, the AVG would go down, then it would go vice versa. Looks like what most players do, they adjust. He went higher AVG in those years. Nothing in his career shouts PED's, where all his numbers across the board suddenly skyrocketed. Besides, the reason I love these quotes isn't because Fisk didn't do this stuff. I think he probably didn't, but he may have. Its that he's willing to speak honestly, instead of the B.S. we get from a lot of current players. He wasn't even talking about himself anyway. though I did detect a hint of jealousy. And this whole idea that "they all did it" is just silly. Just as silly as thinking none of them did. Some did, some didn't.

This quake was 35 miles NNW of PAP, and was 6.1. Since it was like 60 miles from where the previous quakes were, is that really an aftershock? Seems like a different event. In any case, they are saying they can't tell how much new damage there is from this one. That might be because there was so little left to damage. But what it might do, is cause further damage in areas further north, that weren't as badly hit by the first quakes. Its like its spreading out. Ugh.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 07:16 AM) That's a farce, because he's passed trillions and trillions in future spending, but only now is he agreeing "its time to pull back". He's increased the baseline so far out that it will take Barack only knows how long to reign it in. What's the farce? First, re-read my post - note that I said RELATIVE LIBERAL. Meaning, he does like to spend. So if even HE wants to pull back, that's saying something. That was my point. Second, what people don't seem to acknowledge is, Obama asked for less money, and more targeted money, in the stimulus, than what Congress gave him to sign. Also, Obama has, without Congress, run programs for cutting waste in the federal government to save hundreds of billions, which the previous GOP administration couldn't be bothered with. My point here is, Obama's pretty liberal with spending, but he's not as liberal as Congress.

MA still loves Obama, his approval there is in the 60's. For some, this was about Obama. But for most of the independents who slid to Brown - and those were the difference makers here - they were dissatisfied (as someone else said) about a number of things, including... --ECONOMY AND JOBS - its bad, so, change is good --Coakley was a horrible choice for a candidate for the Dems, thoroughly unlikeable, and just ran a terrible campaign --Overspending at the federal level, and perceived tax increases on the horizon --Federal Health Care that MA residents would have to pay for, when their own state already did the same and taxed them for it --Brown was charismatic, and hit all the right notes --The Dems' internal fighting in Congress over Health Care got people impatient In that order. Obama would be somewhere near the bottom of that list. From my view... I'm happy Brown won. Someone like Coakley SHOULD lose, and I think both parties will be just a little big healthier after this election. Congress is becoming awful, so any small thing that helps light a fire under its ass is a good thing right now.

JPM definitely had banks, both as seperate pieces and when together as its current form. And GS is a self-clearing entity in the markets, so they are "the bank" already - they just didn't have typical retail banking customers.

I used to be a Pay-Go proponent, even in favor of a balanced budget amendment, as long as a war declaration and wartime spending were exempted. I've since changed my mind, and agree more with SS2K5 - careful use of deficits is sometimes the right way to go. But really, we aren't talking about just any increases here. The federal government's spending hasn't gone up 5% or 20% in the last few years - its gone up by multiples, and that is just not sustainable or viable in the long run. Congress, both the GOP-led and Dem-led, have put us down a path that is not good for anyone, and if we can get even a relative liberal like Obama to agree its time to pull back, then that's great. I agree. There is a piece of good news that has lowered deficit projections, though. TARP has ended up being a much smaller loss than even the optimists anticipated, and that's something pretty amazing, which has helped things out a bit. Instead of being out nearly $1T, we're going to be out more like $100B, minus the gains in the other funds. I'd say that was a worthwhile investment in averting a true financial disaster.

Trib Not a surprise really, but more confirmation of his potential move.

RE: McGwire: "That's a crock"

Rotoworld's take on Armstrong: So he may not be gone, but I'd say its unlikely he stays in the organization.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Cole Armstrong was outrighted to AAA. I would assume he'll be a non-roster invitee as well. I thought he signed elsewhere? Now I'm confused. Lucy was on the NRI list, and not Armstrong, which makes me think that Armstrong isn't with the organization anymore.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) It is very, very simple. More people would have jobs in the long run. Let me ask you this. Why do you think every recovery gets more and more jobless? Surely you are not saying that is the fault of increasing scope of government. That's an enormous stretch. Also, is it even true? I'm all for shifting jobs from public to private, as i think its healthier for the economy in the long run. I just think the association you make here is a huge leap.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 02:45 PM) Jim Thome $2M with $1M in incentives anyone? I think that's the most likely scenario at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) Has there been any kind of confirmation of $100 million being the ceiling? Not at all, I was just joking.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 01:13 PM) id love the sox to pick up Joe Beimel. Id honestly have another LHP for the pen then another LHB for the lineup. You think an extra competitor for a LOOGY job is more important than a real DH?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 18, 2010 -> 06:04 PM) Good, I believe we're now on the same page: $96.125M after the Pena signing. $3.45M for Danks, puts us at $99.575M, then, correct? Can we sign a lefty DH bat for $425k?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 18, 2010 -> 10:48 PM) You what Tex, you may have a point. if we know all this crap beforehand, then we have nothing to be suprised about later. No need for the opposition to try and dig up dirt, we already know it and can choose to ignore it or not. But I still would not like that ticket. Who was it in here that recently seemed convinced Palin would be our next President? I can't find the post, but I thought this was worth noting... She can't even get her own party to have more than 30% support for her to RUN, let alone win.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:39 AM) Be careful how you make that statement. In reality the further up the ladder you go, the less of a percentage of funds is spent at the respective tax brackets. Now job creation is a different story, because these ARE the classes that create jobs, because they are the ones who can afford to take the risk of starting a small business. That which is not spent, is either invested, saved, or pays down debt. Only the last thing in that sentence is a vacuum economically. The rest have impact.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) As an AMT'er myself, I can tell you that any extra money in my world neither gets spent nor invested (in the true sense). It goes into that Money Market account earning 1.25%, which the Banks aren't lending out to anyone. That is another possibility, but that's also an investment. The money goes somewhere - even if its MM. Any tax cut will result in SOME amount of that money going back into the markets and/or spending - the key question is always, how much?

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) I took the comment to mean that JD would be the best outfielder they had if he joined. Offensively, he would be (if the end of 2009 wasn't a sign of things to come). Defensively, Fukudome is better than JD right now IMO. JD's legs looked shot last year - if he can rebound from whatever leg problems he may have had, he'd still be a solid OF, but not like he's been in the past. My post: QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 07:19 AM) Dye would struggle in the Wrigley RF defensively, but offensively, I think he might be better than anyone else in the Cubs OF.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:01 AM) Fukudome's a pretty decent right-fielder. Defensively, yes. Offensively, eh, not so much.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 08:40 AM) But...it didn't have anything to do with economic stimulus. Of course it did. Those people that are affected by the AMT are the biggest spenders in the economy. Putting cash in their hands means some of it will be spent, some of it invested. Both are good for the economy. I'm not going to get into the whole multiplier argument, because no one really knows how much of that would happen, but at the very least, it would do SOMETHING to help. It is not targeted, nor is it a direct job creator, so in that sense, its perhaps not the most efficient way to generate economic positives. But its false to say it "didn't have anything to do with economic stimulus".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 08:05 AM) Here's the numbers I'm using: $70 billion for a 1 year fix. That's about 10% of the package. 70 of 825 (using that article's numbers) is about 8.5%. But I think you have to keep in mind, that only a small portion of that small portion, is the increase over last year. The rest is the amount from last year, recurring.