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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 02:28 PM) Because we've decided as a national policy that manufacturing is the biggest economic sector that has to compete directly with low-wage workers from overseas, so it has been effectively dismantled over the last 40 years. And we have decided that everyone has a fever, and it needs more government!

TCQ is at his best thinking up the middle and the other way. If he sticks with that and stays healthy, he will have a big year.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 09:05 AM) Could have used a Humberger yesterday instead of the rest of the 'pen! Oh well, c'est la vie. He had just pitched a couple of days ago, right?

BTW, yesterday was a perfect day to be a real Chicago fan. Sox win. Bulls wins. Hawks win. Cubs lose.

Magic # 161 Why? Because I can.

Congrats!

TRADE HIM!!!

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 12:34 PM) http://yfrog.com/h2tnfkvj This is from Mark Gonzalez an hour ago, says it looks good to go.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) Progressive Field on Thursday... View from pressbox at 11:35 am. Workers shoveling snow off tarp and onto vehicle to set up workout http://yfrog.com/h38gaxgj Are they going to be able to play?

QUOTE (jhonnydanks @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 09:12 AM) DON'T STOP GET IT GET IT! Now THAT makes it official

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 11:09 PM) That is one snowball fight I would hate to be part of. With an average snowball of like 95? No chance. All I can think of is the Geico commercial with Randy Johnson...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 03:18 PM) Yeah, it's not like the ultra-wealthy systematically exploit social safety nets to keep wages low and profits high! But keep continuing to ignore the gigantic wealth gap. Ignore 400 people controlling close to half the wealth in the country. Ignore stagnant wages for decades for most Americans and sky-rocketing executive pay. Those aren't the real problems. The real problems are poor people on food stamps! They're enslaved somehow! And yet this is the product of 80 years of social welfare. That alone should be telling.

The Hawks are about the most passive team in the NHL. Teams are getting pissed at them? Ha!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 05:31 PM) I'll be elated if we finish with a better record than the Lakers. Does anybody really think San Antonio can match up with LA? The Spurs have choked in the playoffs for years now.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 04:33 PM) Milkman Delivers, Southsider 2k5 and Jordan 4life who the f*** are you 3, I expressed my opinion on MB period, you 3 can make an opinion and If you do not agree with it then you do drive by personal attacks. I could care less what your opinion is or is not of me, you 3 seem to have an awful inflated opinion of yourselves on Soxtalk. And yet, here you are complaining about it... I'll tell you what. Give me a paragraph about it, instead of the usual one line and then an emotocon, and I will take it seriously.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) The way I see it is, you can give out contracts in the $3-5 mill range easily to mediocre or even bad players (Linebrink, Teahen, etc), and an extra $4 mill into the draft each year would do wonders for the system. So eliminating one of these bad contracts can give you a better chance at stockpiling high viewed prospects which can be used to target young, good MLB players. So which of AJ or Crain from this off season?

He really screwed up last winter.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 12:28 PM) If the Sox had done this earlier it wouldn't be a problem now, just like in 5 years if they don't change they will still have the same problems. It's something that needs to be addressed now, it won't go away. And there is a balance that can be found, the Sox added what, $20 mill to the payroll? If they signed a DLee for the $5 million less than Konerko than you have your draft money right there, while still keeping the team very competitive for the division. Great. The problem is this board would have melted down if we had done it with the express purpose of spending it in the draft instead.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 10:51 AM) Thanks J, you are the best!`

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 12:17 PM) LOL @ Michelob being characterized as a local brew. Same with LaBatts Blue. Get me some 50-50's and then we can talk. I can go to any store in Chicago and get Blue's.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 11:57 AM) We had this same conversation before the Sox upped the payroll, it's obvious that they have the money to do it, they just don't want to (stubbornness, or whatever). I look at it this way, if the Sox didn't have to spend so much more on FAs because they had some young studs to play or trade than they would have more to invest in the draft. It's a cycle that begins by investing in the draft, then saving you money by trading for good players with reasonable contracts or filling holes with good young players. Except when it actually comes to spending, people have to be willing to wait the extra 3 to 5 years for the investment to payoff. Listening to the people complaining about the lack of a 6th starter right now, and why we didn't sign one, I can only imagine the complaining that would have been going on here without another major league arm in the pen, or major league catcher behind the plate etc. The cycle begins with major league funds being diverted to the draft. You can't just create monopoly money to make all of your wishes come true. It doesn't work that way.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 11:11 AM) No, I obviously wouldn't trade anything for the World Series. The problem is that we don't have to be one way or the other. We can have a good farm system and compete as we do. Thankfully, they've been turning this around in the last few years with the draft. They need to continue drafting well, but they also need to get a better foothold in the Latin market. The method that everyone keep throwing out there is spending over slot on draft. Even if you got past the big thing that JR will never go against Seligs edicts on slot, the problem is that any money spent on the draft has to come from somewhere. Would you have been OK with the Sox not signing Jesse Crain this year and putting it into the draft? Or the Sox signed a lesser hitter than Adam Dunn and using the savings in the draft? Or if the Sox let AJ walk away and went with Castro and Flowers behind the plate? That is the reality of what is being proposed here. These things don't have a vaccuum. If you want more spending on draft picks, it means less money for the major league team's budget.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 08:46 AM) No double-double and we didn't even have Joakim. He did come up with 0 steals, 0 assists, and 0 blocks though, so at least there's that. I finally paid attention to the kid last night, and all I have to say is Dennis.Rodman. This kid has zero offensive game. He is an incredible rebounder and hustle guy, and pretty much nothing else. Its pretty bad when the TWolves won't even run a play for you.

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