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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 09:09 AM) Why would that be the best thing for them? So that they can have enough talent to take the 7-8 spot and be stuck in limbo for half a decade while their fanbase walks away? Versus being in the lottery in two years and be stuck in limbo for decade while all of their fanbase walks away? Yes. That is better than the lost decade that the Bulls had when their superstars left, and we tried to "rebuild".

Apparently there are tickets available for all three Cubs/Sox games at USCF. Wow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 09:04 AM) Laugh all you want...that's the reality in the NBA for a team like the Magic. We saw the same stuff on the Cavs before Lebron left. They have a team that is a playoff team, with a star, but a star who has the ability to leave as a FA in a couple years. They start gambling...everything...to try to win while that star is there to make him willing to stay. Which is making my case why the best thing for Orlando is to deal him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:31 AM) Yeah, that's how we send the message. Pierre is struggling, Viciedo came up, filled in, and murdered the ball. But hey, Pierre's back, the only way Viciedo's ever going to learn how important it is for this team that he stops hitting the ball is if we send him down. Um, that is exactly what people want to do with Pierre. He has stopped hitting, so we want to send him out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:29 AM) Even if he didn't personally say "Make this deal"...think of it this way...you've got $10,000 to gamble, you've got the odds stacked heavily against you, but if you don't make the bet, someone's going to rob you and take away your $10k. In that case, you'd make bets that you otherwise wouldn't.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:22 AM) The thing that really gets the magic in trouble is that they don't just have to worry about their big deals, their smaller deals make things messy too. In 2012, they have 7 players on the books guaranteed. Arenas at $20.8 million (H. Christ), Turkoglu at $11.4 million, but then 5 other guys (Duhon, Bass, Reddick, Richardson, Nelson) together for about $25 million between them. The other guys may be moderately moveable, but that's still a ton of money sitting there. Hypothetically if the league's losing $300 million this year, that might imply a substantial cap drop is required here, which might make it really hard for them to sign a max guy even if they could dump both Arenas and Hedo. The role players are easy to move. Hell Chicago and Miami could be first in line for a couple of them.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 05:29 PM) On my way back to Chicago after a successful interview in Seattle for a major company. Hopefully I make the final cut of interviews. Good luck !

Be sneaky and steal one from a sleeping passenger

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:16 AM) Did he really think that would be Arenas, or did he think "There's a 5% chance it could be Arenas, which is better than what I'm getting from the post-steroids Lewis, and since my whole franchise is on the line, if I have to choose between a 1% chance and a 5% chance I'll take the 5% chance". Howard needs to get out of the GMs business if that is the case, because if he really did force those deals, he f***ed his team last year.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 01:03 AM) I'm not sure which has been the worst investment, KWJR, the Dominican Academy, Manny Ramirez, Jerry Krause or Dave Wilder's disco "Burn." No offense, but really?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:13 AM) I think he really emotionally kinda broke after getting outplayed and sent down again. Might actually be good for him. If that is the case, he wouldn't have done anything here. The only reason he was going to stay was because of his bat, and if he was that fragile, he wasn't going to get a lot of time here either, because he couldn't play CF or any IF positions.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 08:09 AM) That doesn't solve the problem. It will go a long way towards making the point. If Viciedo succeeds, you find a way to get rid of Teahen or Pierre. If not, you can send him down and have made your point.

Pierre needs to get a "pulled hamstring".

Zero chance of getting caught if you use digital cameras

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) I know some of you guys are space program fans, so I thought I'd let you know that I get to give former shuttle astronaut Capt. Winston Scott a personal tour of the institute I work at tomorrow. According to his bio, Capt. Scott "served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997, and has logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space, including 3 spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 26 minutes." He is now the Dean of the College of Aeronautics at the school where I received my doctorate, which is pretty cool. Awesome. That has to be very cool. Ask him if you can hitch a ride with him in trade!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 09:43 PM) Well we know he wouldn't be playing the kind of defense of Lillibridge has been playing... QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) Hasn't exactly been lighting it up in Charlotte. 162 at-bats... .235BA, .323OBP, .364SLG Exactly. The guy is hardly outslugging Juan Pierre... At Charlotte.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 05:05 PM) Wondering why it's disabled? Makes it a PITA to find older posts. With the stability of the database, it can literally crash the site if used at the wrong time.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 08:18 PM) LOLuongo is back. They have just got to figure out a way to win in Vancouver.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) I can't even figure out a plausible situation where that would be true. Maybe if the next CBA re-instituted the Houston rule and some team traded for Boozer to get out of as much luxury tax as humanly possible. You are right. Teams couldn't use a PF scoring 20 points a game... No one wanted him during FA or anything, right?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:25 PM) Or they could end up like the Cleveland Cavaliers and also be stuck with Carlos Boozer's contract. Carlos Boozer is an asset to many teams, and would be to a team looking to start over.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) Hmmm. A .202 BAA, but a 6.37 ERA. 25 BBs in 29.2 IP. I think I know what needs to be fixed with him. Control, control, control. You have to like the 192 Ks in 135 IPs though. 192 Ks in 172.2 IP. 135 appearances.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:31 PM) I need a quick work of advice. Earlier this year I applied for a job that I was VERY VERY interested in. I got to the phase where they contacted my references (one of my references was my supervisor which, as I said in another post, I have since learned actually had no clue what i do). Ultimately, I was not interviewed for the job. I recently logged into the companies job's site and it is listed as "cancelled", which means they chose to not fill the position at this time and they might reopen it in the future. Is it "pushy" to contact the HR person and see if the position will be reopening soon? Not at all. What are they going to do, not hire you? Check and see. Odds are they don't respond, but it can't hurt.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) He somehow just lost all his control. Really crazy. I would give him another shot. Clearly needs some sort of mechanical tweak. Still young enough with good enough stuff to be a lefty reliever. Repeatability is a specialty of the Sox. I'd love to have him back in our system.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/press...sp&c_id=cws

QUOTE (LayelBurton @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) Sox add Leyson Septimo LHP off waviers from ARI, assigned to BHam 2011 Mobile Bay Bears (AA) -- (2-1) 6.47 ERA 29.2IP 22K 25BB Interesting. http://diamondbacks.scout.com/a.z?s=247&am...amp;nid=3663325