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Ugh, that was quick. Any details out there? Hopefully not arm related.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) I still struggle to believe that could possibly be the *only* reason. We all know Kenny would trade his own son (well if his son had any trade value) if the thought it would help us win now.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) I want people to be convicted of crimes for which the prosecution has met the burden of proof. I don't want vigilante juries who don't understand the law and instead seek to punish people to get "justice." Greg is pretty much telling us he would be the jury equivalent of this nut in OK who attacked a woman for looking like Anthony.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:40 PM) They must have thought his ceiling was pretty low, to also give up Holmberg and given the financial negatives of the trade, JMO. They thought they could win in 2010, which is why they did the deal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) Well, at least you admit that your commodity price/blame is wrong. More like CPI is wrong.

In 2/3/5/10 years when things are better, then you can cut. The only things they should really be looking at cutting are ways to fix medicare and social security in the future. You have got to figure out a way to cut the costs going into the future before those programs self-destruct. But those things have nothing to do with the economy today, which is why.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Then the fact that there was a huge burst in those prices in June to the point that the full CPI was negative in June means we're in the clear. Well all except for confidence numbers being in the toilet, and commodities prices not being appreciably different, i am going to go with no.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Unless I'm reading this wrong, you're rejecting the plans to raise the debt ceiling that include trillions in cuts? Pretty much yes. I hate both parts of this negotiation. Raise the ceiling because you have to, and don't do anything to make the economy worse.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) I watched each of his starts with the Sox intently, and when they traded him, I couldn't believe they were passing judgement so quickly on a guy who had made so many leaps forward last season. Still don't understand it. I really don't think trading Hudson was a statement of the Sox thinking he was bad. I really think they thought they were giving themselves a better chance to win that year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:23 PM) Keeping things steady right now and controlling spending is the path to the exact type of job market we've had for the last year. Public sector job cuts and anemic private sector growth. We have been controlling spending and cutting back in the public sector...it's just all happened at the state and local levels since they can't print money. The job market was picking up pretty well, as you pointed out many times, on its own. The job market died when the Presidents policies exploded commodities prices.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) I have never read a word from the books but really like the movies. I'm sure it is the "in" thing to do to hate on Potter, despite the acclaim both the books and movies get. I agree. The movies are really well done. It is one of the few things out there that I don't feel like I have seen it before I actually see it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 10:40 AM) Woman Who Looks Like Casey Anthony Attacked By Driver In Oklahoma WTF? Wouldn't you at least want a positive ID before you try to kill someone?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 10:30 AM) You mean half-assed quasi-stimulus and a bunch of tax cuts aren't working? Shocking. Maybe if we cut federal spending by huge amounts and throw in some more tax breaks, everything will be awesome (even though it seems like an overwhelming majority of economists disagree). Well, it's not Bush's fault directly, but it did happen during his Presidency and his "temporary" tax cuts to refund a surplus that the GOP will never, ever give up are his fault. What Obama is doing, focusing so much on the deficit and ignoring the giant unemployment and stagnant economy problem, is stupid and ineffective because fixing the later problem will drastically improve the former. I'm not sure why you keep forgetting in topic after topic that I don't support Obama. What we need to do right now is control spending. The cuts need to come when, however long that might be, the economy turns around. No more trillion dollar bombs that don't fix the real problems at hand. The economy needs to fix itself, and all we have been doing is a bunch of plans that just put off of the eventual reckoning date. Keep things steady right now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) Of course, that depends on how you value the assets they have on their books. If only we had someone to explain Mark 2 Market valuations to us. Valuations shouldn't matter, M1 differences would be able to tell us what the paid for them.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) At least I know he'll read it. At best you get mocked with some idiotic point of meaningless parsing. Most likely you just get ignored.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) Steve9347 Steve Harnden @dan_bernstein Kaner is bulked up and looking like he's worked out all summer. Any apologies for the false rehab speculation? Good luck with that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 13, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) How many keepers do you get? I'm assuming one catcher? Honestly, I'd wait until towards the end of the year. Santana has been a disappointment so far. But his BB rate is easily the best among catchers. His .363 OBP is well above average for a catcher as well (I believe only McCann's is better). His BABIP is only .251. Well below league average. So he's been very unlucky. In other words, he's going to hit. Wieters has been showing signs. Thing with him is his defense is so good that you know he's going to play everyday, independent of his offense. But the offensive upside is still tremendous. Who the hell knows what Posey will be like when the season rolls around next year. Wait and see how the first two finish the season. If somebody scoops Posey up before then, so be it. You'll still have two young stud catchers to choose from. 5 keepers, and you have to keep at least one position player and pitcher. My other for sure keepers so far are Hanley, CarGo, and Kershaw. I've been stocking up on the top kids, so far I have Trout and Smoak too. Thinking about going after Moustakis. Dan Uggla might be a keeper, but he has to return to form in the second half.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 12:37 PM) wonder if SF would be interested in Flowers....? Or would they dare take back AJ? San Fran wants an established guy as a rental. They don't want to block Buster at all.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 11:29 AM) Over 16,000 people have played in the major leagues. It is pretty amazing that one of the 100 worst players of all of them lasted 16 seasons in the league. Not to mention multiple organizations...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) and the Hawks signed D-Man Sami Lepisto to a one-year deal. 26 yrs old, will be his 4th NHL team, Finnish. That's all I know I think the writing is on the wall for Campoli.

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 10:22 AM) Uh, wasn't the whole housing run-up and derivatives nonsense started in the early 2000's? edit: I do like that, no matter what, this must not be Bush's fault and there's no way his tax cuts weren't a brilliant economic idea. The reality is that Obama is using pretty much the same policies as Bush and getting the same results. Free money for everyone isn't working. All though I do like how no matter what, this has to be Bush's fault, and there is no way that what Obama is doing isn't brilliant.

QUOTE (Carlo Paz @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 09:56 AM) He also made Deadspin's list of the 100 worst baseball players of all time. Career OBP of .286!!!!! 9. Ozzie Guillen, 1985-2000 (White Sox/Braves/Rays/Orioles) Ozzie Guillen, like many managers, was a bad baseball player. His on base percentage in 15 seasons was .286. His slugging percentage was .238. But he won a Gold Glove, you say. And a Rookie of the Year award! He was a three-time All Star! And he stole a lot of bases! Actually, Guillen was caught on almost 40 percent of his attempts. And after his last All Star appearance at age 27 (for a season in which he had a .284 on-base percentage) he hung around for nine more years, doing nothing in particular with his glove and less with with his bat. Deadspin is wrong about his slugging numbers. Wrong by a lot actually.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 10:19 AM) Well yeah it was "better" because the bubble hadn't popped yet but it was still impending doom. And it still popped under his watch and was pretty terrible by the time he left office. The bubble really popped at the end of the Clinton administration, and we have just spent the last 10 years trying to rebuild the economy by whatever artificial means possible.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 09:57 AM) No, it doesn't. That's what the Federal Reserve is. They were sitting on a trillion dollars before the crisis started and they had to print an extra $2 trillion or so out of thin air. That's the whole "Expanding the monetary base" bit. If they lose every dollar there, no one has to pay it back, the Federal Reserve can't go bankrupt, it just creates more money to cover its losses. Again if it were that easy, you could look at M1 and know what was on the feds books.