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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) Canada sucks.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:26 PM) his number 1 obstacle as far as i'm concerned is getting around the screens, he's fast enough that one on one he can keep in front of guys enough, but once he can get around the screen then I think people will stop talking about his D. The nice thing is that I know he'll put all the effort necessary to become good at d. Yeah, that is the one hang up in his D I still see. He has gotten a lot better at keeping guys in front of him, he just needs to work on over/under/through the screens. Either that or Thibs has to adjust with the big man doing more than just showing on the backside of the screen.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:28 PM) I have Sprint and pay 79.99 for 450 minutes and unlimited data and text. I never come remotely close to going over my minutes since it's free mobile to mobile (any carrier) and free nights and weekends. The wife and I have 900 minutes, plus unlimited data/text for 129.99 month with sprint.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:48 AM) Link Obviously they need to fire Greg Walker.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:08 PM) No Royals thread like this yet...? The who now?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:16 PM) No, reread what I said. I was marveling at how much better DR1 was at keeping guys in front of him in teh 2nd half. Every guard and their grandmother was torching him in the first half, and suddenly in January I stopped complaining about our guard defense. I guess I took your order wrong. I though you were saying he was a guy who could block shots, and now he was a guy who couldn't keep someone in front of him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) The worry is...so far, he's striking out at the same rate as last year. he is a prospect non grata in my eyes until he either starts hitting for power like Adam Dunn, or quits striking out like Adam Dunn.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:13 PM) I'm on the train all of the time so I use mine way more than I probably should. I'm just impressed with how well you work your phone with one hand.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:08 PM) Early in the season, Derrick Rose was the first of those. By the 2nd half of the season, he was the 2nd. No one noticed how we stopped complaining about how bad our defense at the guard spots was sometime around the turn of the year? You think he has regressed defensively? I don't think that at all. He isn't great by any stretch, but he is better for sure IMO.

Can I get a refund on my playoff ticket deposit?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) And not the 51 game stretch to start last season where they played .418 ball? Nope, that one stays. Only the negatives Balta.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:59 AM) Yes, but that seems to be why LeBron is regarded as a godly defender, because of his highlight blocks. And I don't agree with that all. There are blocks you can make that make you a good defensive player, but getting your ankles broken, and then blocking a shot on the recovery doesn't make you a good defender. It means you can't keep someone in front of you.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:27 AM) OMG HOW DO YOU NOT CALL KEVIN LOVE A TOP 15 PLAYER AURGHTHRHG He probably even changes the O to a little heart in his name.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:53 AM) I wonder if anyone would have insured his contract. That'd change the calculation a lot. And it would have made it a LOT more expensive.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:43 AM) He'd have gotten that easily from the Yankees and you know it. That doesn't make it intellgent for Minnesota. I know it is counterintuitive, but the right thing to do sometimes is walkaway.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:45 AM) Let's put it this way, since the wild card era how I wonder how many teams went 26-5 (or 38-13) in any stretch during the season and failed to make the playoffs? My guess is not many. You're not a good team when that happens. Which is my point exactly. You aren't going to have a sustained runs like that if you are as bad as you want everyone to believe that the Sox have been under Williams/Guillen. Thanks for putting holes in your own boat.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 11:12 AM) Worst fans in hockey. You would think an expansion team with no Cup wins would be a little less irritating. And BTW, the Hawks didnt actually beat them last night, the refs did. The refs missed almost 50 calls against the Hawks in case you were wondering. http://forum.canucks.com/forum/24-canucks-talk/ Its Vancouver, what else is there to do or talk about?

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 10:29 AM) I'd hope they wouldn't...way too much money for someone that had already had some red flags due to injuries. More than the money is the years. that is the part that blew me away.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 10:29 AM) C'mon Phil...um, uh, make the Rays see their shadows? I got nothin. I'm going with It's Stacey King day! I WANNA GO HIGHER!!!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 20, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) Remnants of 2008 and 2010. If we didn't have the miracle playoff run the last week (along with Minny collapse) in 2008 (along with the fortuitous coin flip) and the 26-5/38-13 spurt last year, you're right...it would be hard for even the staunchest optimists to use much more than the Cardinals/Astros/Rockies and the fact that it's the Royals/Indians and not the Twins/Tigers out in first and second. Summarily dismissing hot streaks is unacceptable. No team is going exactly 6-4 in every 10 games. Any team that wins a division or wild card is going to have a hot streak. There is this obsession with the bad points, and then the good get dismissed like they don't really matter. It doesn't work both ways. You can't just wave away 26-5 and obsess about a bad September in the same breahth.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:15 PM) Brandon Wood has been DFA'd. End of an era. A horrible, sad era. Of course that's assuming the former #3 prospect in all of baseball doesn't clear waivers which I wouldn't count on. I hope for his sake that he's claimed or traded, an outright release would be pretty brutal. I have to imagine someone out there taking a chance and claiming him, right?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 09:37 PM) If only they could have broken through with that 1 extra goal in game 2 or 3 but I guess that's what will happen when you're the inferior team. I don't think this game alone will rattle Vancouver but if the Hawks can take game 5, some doubt might start to creep into their minds, going back to the UC, anything can happen in a game 7, yada yada yada. I loved the fact that they did finally pour it on, and didn't just win 2-1, 3-2, or something unconvincing. I'm not saying they even make it to a game six, but it was nice to see a pulse tonight. That is the team we should have seen in game 3 at least.

Very awesome indeed. Glad to hear it went well.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:33 PM) It still included the extraordinary run, so you can't look past that. And there were a lot of reasons they missed the playoffs...I'd argue that, instead of looking at a 55 game stretch where they were 9 games under .500, to instead look at an 18 game period where they were 8 games under .500 - 5-13 against the team that won the division has a stronger correlation to them missing the playoffs than does a rough start to the season. A .513 winning percentage over a 5 year period is pretty damn remarkable. I would guess, over the same time frame, there are 6 teams that are better. My guesses are the Phillies, Cardinals, Red Sox, Yankees, Twins, and Angels. It's hard to have any type of sustained success over that period of time unless you have a clear advantage - whether singular or some combination of advantages - in some aspect over every other team. The Phillies have had great scouting and development and have become big time spenders, the Cardinals have had the best player of the generation, the Angels have had money and some player development, the Twins have relied pretty much solely upon scouting and development until recent years, and the Yankees and Red Sox have pretty much been #1 and #2 in spending throughout that time frame (and considering all salary contributions during that time frame, they are certainly #1 and #2). So you can't look at this from a single season point of view because you have to account for some variability and different levels of talent on the teams themselves. And, if it WERE the 5 years of frustration, people would have been b****ing about wanting a new GM and manager in the offseason. I can think of about 1 person on here who was advocating for a new GM and maybe 3 who were advocating for a new manager. This is ENTIRELY because of one 7-10 start. I have seen several, if not close to 100% of the board, who have said that if 2011 doesn't result in a playoff appearance (or at the very least, a great season with a ridiculous amount of bad luck, as in the Sox go 97-75 and lose the division and the Wild Card), then you clean house. I'm on board with that too because, at that point, something has to give.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) See? This is the kind of s*** I'm talking about. The White Sox have started 7-10 and people are calling for the GM's head and the manager's head. Why use 2007 and not 2006? Or why not start at 2008? Of course, because you're cherry picking statistics and are trying to prove a point. They're 425-403 since 2006. That's a .513 winning percentage. They're 263-241 since 2008. That's a .522 winning percentage. Instead of having good discussions about the White Sox, let's just propose firing everybody instead because that doesn't make you look like the stereotypical fairweather fan when they're losing. I can guarantee you won't be singing this tune when they start winning. I'm betting by the post totals he won't be around at all if they turn it around.