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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) Of course, anyone who paid attention to history might have noted that we'd already passed 7% unemployment before the stimulus itself was even passed. So clearly, the stimulus went back in time to cause the increased unemployment rise. Because otherwise, having blown through the unemployment estimate made 2 months beforehand would suggest to an honest viewer that much more radical steps needed to be taken. A much larger stimulus, and much stronger action from the Federal Reserve. But that would of course require honesty and would invalidate belief in stimulus time travel. So what huge policies would those two FRB governors have brought to the table that the other 17 members (including the FRB Chair and Vice Chair) did not?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) Well clearly you missed the jump to 9%+ unemployment. I can see how two FRB governors would have totally made it down to the 7% unemployment that Barack promised us with the stimulus plan too. Damned evil Republicans.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) If the Cubs are insisting on "Raiding" someone they may as well just pitch him for the rest of his contract and pretend that these incidents never happened. That's the closest they'll get to getting value out of him. Like I said teams know if the Cubs were just going to give him away, they would have already released him. They are going to ask for something if they send $10 million out. That is totally rational.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) Seriously...having 2 open seats on the Federal Reserve at a time of the deepest economic hole in a century because you won't vote to confirm any nominee Obama sends forward isn't holding something of value hostage? Did I miss the shutdown of the Federal Reserve bank?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) I'd certainly add Boston to that list since it appears Matsuzaka is gone for the long term and Wakefield probably isn't a full time starter any more. With the chips they have, I think they would look to raid someone like Minnesota long before looking at Z even for cheap. Most importantly, I also don't see them bringing in those kind of guys after the way the Manny era ended up there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:50 PM) It'd be a more apt comparison if the legislators who did that never bothered to say why they were fleeing and never voiced an objection to any specific bill. Honestly it isn't because they didn't hold up the business of an entire entity to stop the opponents agenda. That is way closer to holding people hostage than just not voting on a single bill/issue.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) Then...the "You" who would refuse to take him is probably the special circumstance. Honestly it is too easy to narrow the list down. First you get rid of teams that are out of it, which is about a third of all teams. Next you knock of teams that aren't going to spend prospects to get pitching (because of the Cubs are picking up all of his contract, they are going to want something back. If they didn't, they would have already released him). Third are the teams which are close, but aren't going to take on that type of a nutcase in the fear that he could blow up what they have going. The next tier would be the teams who don't need starting pitching. My list of chances for places to Z to land would look something like this NY Yankees Detroit LA Dodgers Maybe Arizona if they panic at the right time. That is 3, maybe 4 teams out of 30.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:45 PM) If there are several teams that would take him...then the circumstances aren't all that special. "you" and "teams" are two different things being argued.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) Her little following is pretty substantial and hardcore. It may be around 30% when all is said and done which can TOTALLY win primaries. LOL, that is a liberals dream. Palin is Ron Paul with big boobs. She has a crazy cult-like following, and totally repulses the vast majority of her party. She doesn't have a chance.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:39 PM) GMAB Man. You're telling me that if they walked to the Yankees right now and said "Give us something garbage from single A and we'll give you Zambrano if you pay $10 million of what remains on his contract" they wouldn't jump at it? The White Sox might think about it for a minute because they already have 6 starters, but if the Cubs offered him up for a couple million dollars remaining they'd jump at it. The Yankees are one of the few teams that fall into that special circumstance because of their starting rotation.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:21 PM) Peter Diamond, the Nobel Prize Winning economist who President Obama nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has announced that he is withdrawing his name from consideration, after over a year of having his nomination sitting in the Senate without ever coming up for a vote. Thankfully, since we're at full employment right now, there's no obvious need for a guy who won his nobel prize working on issues of unemployment and employer/employee mismatch in that organization. That seat has now been unfilled for several years. Thankfully again, there has been no economic turmoil or major decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board over the last few years. They should have just fled to Illinois instead.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:35 PM) That's because you count everyone on TV who's not on Fox as a "lefty". The people on TV won't shut up about her. So how about counting her mentions in the relative threads here? Or amongst facebook friends? Also, I never watch Fox news. I won't any network news honestly. It is all biased garbage there to sell a viewpoint. I'm going by the people I see personally talking about her. Believe me, I know plenty of people I consider right-wing, and she hardly gets talked about.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) There's probably some level of money they could include to get someone to take the remainder of his deal off their hands. You'd take him if he was free, for example. It would have to be some pretty special circumstances to take him for free even.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) Did he even throw pitch in anger while up here? The only day they could have used him was yesterday, and he had already been DFAd by then.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:16 PM) I believe he is at Miami Dade CC, which would make him eligible for the draft even after one year. Only if you attend a four-year college must you wait three years to be eligible again. Actually hit .347, .400 OBP, 11 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 1 HR and 33 RBI. Also only made two errors at 3B this year. Very similar numbers to Brian Goodwin who was his teammate at Miami Dade and a former Sox draftee. I didn't know that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) You know, it isn't liberals and independents going to meet her in mobs at every bus stop. And it isn't liberals and independents putting her as the 2nd highest polling candidate in the republican primaries. And if the mainstream media and liberal media stopped publishing all the stupid things she was saying, she wouldn't disappear. She'd just be living a life without scrutiny with a huge audience on fox news. I see waaaaaaaaaaaay more lefties talking about Sarah Palin than righties. It isn't even close.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 10:59 AM) So what round are the Sox taking Ozney in? And is he even a legit prospect at all? I know a couple years ago he was mentioned as someone worth paying attention to. I don't think they can draft him. I don't think he is back in the draft yet.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) I always assume the Sox will take a college arm with their first pick. I don't think that's a bad thing either. That's pretty much how I feel about it. Question for the masses, should the Sox take a chance on any of these guys who have come up with injuries in the last month or so instead of picking from the healthy players? Could it be worth it in the long run?

Apparently Ozzie is accross the street from me right now at the CBOT.

Buster_ESPN There is no more ineffective group of veteran players, in terms of leadership and matching production to dollars, than those of the Cubs.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 06:13 PM) Just Carlos being Carlos That is just wishful thinking. No one is touching Z.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 07:48 PM) We held our WNBA fantasy draft the other day. The categories are ACL tears, pregnancy leaves and publicly coming out. I like my teams, got a lot of players with hyphenated names so we should be good with in-season pregnancy leave of absences. That is some quality sexism and anti-gay rolled up all into one post right there.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 09:54 PM) There's absolutely no way that's true. 11-0

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Jun 5, 2011 -> 05:16 PM) And, your point is ? My point is that the Sox have nothing in the minor leagues. They might as well scrap the whole thing for what it's worth. The Sox might have one player that maybe could be an impact player at the Major League level one day. That's it. It's a worthless farm system. Viciedo is the only one right now that might have a memorable big league career. And, he isn't even a slam dunk to do that. The Sox whole minor league stable isn't worth 1 legit A rated prospect. It's a joke. How many people actually do that?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 09:24 AM) The point of this post escapes me. Can you clarify? The big lecture you gave everyone in the NBA thread.