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Rose got more votes than Deng? Seriously, WTF?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) We're going to ride Alex Ernst to the promised land. Ew.

I am thinking about grabbing him in a Keeper League with 5 keepers. Good idea or a waste of a roster space?

bulls***

They also didn't have Jake Peavy coming back.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 10, 2011 -> 06:22 AM) Ugh Canucks advance.. I'm gonna throw up. There really wasn't a chance that Nashville would win that series, no matter how badly we all wanted it to happen.

It is always nice to wake up to some happy news!

Zero is how many wins they had for a while

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 9, 2011 -> 04:56 PM) I totally agree with this. If a player is found out to have a heart irregularity or a condition such as spinal stenosis at the combine, then they are going to be rooted out and probably will go undrafted as a result. A similar situation was Eddy Curry in the NBA, when the Bulls found out about his heart condition they wanted no part of it and justifiably so. None of these teams want to be the team that is sued because a family member deems them liable for allowing the player to play. When it comes to the health of these players, lets face it, there is not much that is private. It is in the teams best interest to have the knowledge of some sort of a defect in a player before allowing them to potentially kill themselves in an extremely violent sport. A blood test is not going to be invading any more privacy than what these guys go through at the combine. And on top of that, I highly doubt the WADA is going to be testing for anything other than what they are there for, dope in the blood. I think in Eddy's case it was more like he was fat and lazy too.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 07:11 PM) Not sure how you got Indiana. ...were mentioned in the article. You're telling me they'd get everyone to move to those states on their own dime and take a pay cut? I don't buy that. Either people move on their own, or they hire someone new at a paycut. It happens all of the time in corporate america. And I was just saying I would take them in Indiana. I didn't see the list.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 04:25 PM) I'd imagine that moving an organization of 6K people will be quite costly for Sears. I'd imagine a healthy amount of people will not make the move, causing them to rehire a large part of their workforce. That's a ton of lost institutional knowledge and experience plus costs for training and getting back to speed with new staff. The IT move itself will probably have lots of hiccups too. If they think it's worth it to leave then fine. Sayonara! You'll probably be bankrupt within 10 years anyway with the trajectory the company has taken in the past 20 years. It also would be a huge cost cutting move as they would get to hire back all of those employees for much cheaper in the current work environment. They can come to Indiana, I'd give them my tax money to put down roots, buy houses, pay our property taxes, pay our sales taxes, reduce our unemployment etc. The move would pay off in spades.

Congrats on the new gig!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) I'd reply that they're only less because I don't think M-56 wants to try for it. Even if you assume Mark tried to pitch until his 40's, his career arc isn't looking as pretty.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) Let me put it this way...M-56 getting to 300 wins would make him a much more sure thing than Konerko getting to 500 HR. And the odds of that happening are much, much less.

I'm about 40% yes on passing Frank and about 10% on 500 homers.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 02:26 PM) I don't think he gets to 500. To me a more interesting question is does he pass Frank as the all-time Sox homer leader?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 9, 2011 -> 02:41 PM) Leave your algebra to the math thread. A math thread? Damn can we just go back to every other thread being about firing people?

Good.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 9, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) I think people need to remember statistics are relative. It's nearly impossible to compare statistics across eras and say 500 HRs in 1960 was the same as 500 HRs in 2011. You have to compare Konerko's numbers to players of his era and when you do that, he just doesn't stack up. It's like saying Roy Halladay is nowhere near the pitcher Cy Young was because his career ERA is higher and he has far less wins. Roy Halladay has defined the 2000s in my opinion as a starting pitcher. But when you compare Roy Halladay to anyone, he is the best pitcher in the game and damn well has been for the last decade pretty much. That is the exact reason while I think Pauly is on the outside looking in.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 9, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) Milton Bradley DFA Designated f***ing Asshole

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 9, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) In an old box car in the desert on an indian reservation in New Mexico? Like on the X-Files? Google Earth should help us find that. I'm in. Everyone knows that got moved to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio. Geesh.

And I just wanted to throw out there, that the Lakers went out like straight b****es. You got beat, grow up and have a little dignity.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 9, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) And apparently even when they don't play he'll get brought up. Awesome!!!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) I thought it was 2 bullets in 1 eye? It's like we're the White House trying to get our story straight Sounds like bad porn to me...

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 9, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) Point taken. I think PK puts up these numbers in any era though. He just came along when a lot of other guys benefitted from steroids and the smaller ballparks. I'd think he would too, but it is hard to separate out all of that noise and find guys who were clean. That will cloud HOF balloting for decades because baseball was so slow to even act like it had a problem. Hell they still haven't fixed HGH.