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If it is me, I keep putting the guys who are struggling in front of Paul Konerko to try to get them going. PK is the one really dangerous guy in this line up, and using him as protection for players seems like a good idea.

That is the schtick. She has put you in a situation where she is the victim, and you feel obligated to take care of her. Like I said originally, I really believe it is some sort of self-esteem issue where she creates situations to be "needed". Don't get sucked into the web. You saw it first hand last night, the girl has some big problems. No matter what happens, it will be a disaster. I have been there and done that before.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:38 PM) Blackhawks Prospect Camps is apparently going really well. Reports have it that the McNeill/Hayes/Hayes line is dominating, which is promising. Stan Bowman even said McNeill is working his ass off to make the team in October. Is there room for prospects now?

Don't fall for the guilt trip. that is BS.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:21 PM) Dunn is a four year deal, ending in 2014. Nevermind then. My brain is frying. If we aren't picking up years, I'm not interested.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) Gotcha. Some AHL franchises are owned by NHL teams though, so who knows. Really? I didn't know that. I know they had farm agreements, kinda like baseball, but I didn't know that some actually owned AHL teams outright.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) Puke. Sorianos contract is actually a worse investment. It is also running until 2014, whereas Dunn is 2015.

The biggest problem with this is we become even more righthanded of an offense that we already are.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) The backup QB put up an .840 OPS in the majors last season and has been putting up big numbers in the minors, meanwhile our everday LF has been battling Aubrey Huff and Raul Ibanez for the lowest WAR in baseball and has battled the last 10 days to move up to 5th worst. When you look at his numbers on the season what exactly does he do well? His K rate is pretty good, that's about it. His BB% is 6.8%, he has a .324 OBP, he's hitting .264, he has a .047 ISO, he's the most adept player in baseball at making outs, his SB% is 56%, his UZR/150 is -16.7, he has the worst arm in baseball and he's struggled to get down bunts since coming to the Sox. Sounds like a terrific player, why would anyone want him replaced? It isn't just Pierre.

I am boycotting Twinkees in protest of their obviously racist and exploitative nickname. I hope everyone will join me.

Don't be shy.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) After we implemented SAP in 2006 we've cut about 30% or so of the FT/contractors. The manager we had on this team before our current one was a POS worker and let one engineer (our top one) run pretty much everything for the team. HR has also been pretty weak here for some reason, haven't been here long enough to really know why though. Sounds like for some reason they are either caught between two different systems, or two different management styles in HR. Bizarre.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Does WAR accurately calculate Pierre's value in terms of his SPECIFIC replacement, or in terms of "league average" aggregates? More specifically, would Viciedo have potentially cost us games with his glove the same way, and is 100 PA in the majors enough to speculate about his offensive value? I see a lot of contrition for falling in love with Beckham too soon but then praise for Viciedo as if he's the second coming in exactly the same fashion. It's an interesting juxtaposition, to say the least. Its backup QB syndrome. The guy who isn't playing is always the most popular guy, because he doesn't ever make outs.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Just looked it up. It doesn't lock out, just guys on NBA deals can't play. Might actually be a good idea for rookies. That at least makes sense.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) The AHL ran when the NHL was gone. A lot of young players on entry level deals even came down to play. And then as the season progressed some NHL vets even signed on. The AHL is at least an Independent league. I'm pretty sure that the D league is owned by the NBA somehow.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:17 PM) I agree 100%, our HR for the IT org here has been awful from what I can tell. They can't seem to figure out how to structure the organization, we have a big mix of senior and group managers even though both titles mean the same thing. And on my team we don't have like Service Engineer I, Service Engineer II, etc, we just have Senior Service Engineer for everyone, even though there is a clear difference in salary and responsibilities that each team member has. They even had to give our top engineer a different title all together to make him a lvl 3. Now my manager and our senior manager have to go through and clean up their mess. The sad thing is about the whole situation is that I would love to work here fulltime, it's where I want to be, and I told my manager that as long as the offer is industry competitive I would probably accept it. Are they rapidly changing (expanding or contracting) in size? There shouldn't be any reason for that kind of a clusterf***.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:13 PM) Did those come first though? Facebook took it to the next level. Someone could certainly do it to Facebook, the problem is that it would be difficult to be as revolutionary as Facebook was Google didn't create the search engine, email, or lots of the things they do now. But they sure took them to the next level. If anyone can beat facebook, that is google.

Not bad really. If we end up our top 9 picks done, that isn't that bad.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) I'd give it a shot. If it fails, so be it. EDIT: And that's what Friendster and Myspace thought. I was thinking of myspace when I read that post. If you can come up with something better (IE something that limits hacking and spam tags) history shows people would quit facebook in droves.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) Still haven't gotten an offersheet, apparently HR feels that offering this early would put to much pressure on me to accept or deny now, even though my manager said that the timeframe he would give me would be flexible and would make sure I had ample time to look elsewhere if I so desired. But my director had a one on one lunch with me yesterday and told me that he would back me for an offer if needed (and this was all on him, I didn't ask him for anything) and said that he would love to be my mentor. I am really excited about that since he's well respected in the company and we seem to have many of the same values, hopefully it opens up some doors for me while I learn from some of the best management we have. Your HR is stupid. This is giving you the chance to go out and find more money.

Yeah it sucks, but you have to keep an eye on that stuff, because the banks don't really care if you get hit.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) This is yet further proof that selecting Qatar to host the World Cup was such a joke. They'd better not do this, it would completely bastardize the game. Qatar World Cup may feature three 30-minute periods The World Cup group might be the only one who is more corrupt than the IOC.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) I'm 90% certain that for some reason, it isn't. Aren't most of the guys there on NBA deals that they send down there?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 11:58 AM) Update on McGary Says Maryland recruiting the hardest but he's still intrigued with Kentucky. Kentucky is the perfect place for him if he is going to be one and done.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) Interesting. I'd like to see guys sign with the D-League just to mess with people. But at the same time, if players start doing this I want to see Joakim sign in France, Lu in Britain, and Derrick with Real Madrid. Isn't the D-league shutdown with the lockout?