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Funny, I have no idea who that is.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) If you did a shot for every Super Bowl commercial that had somebody getting hit by a projectile, you'd have a nice buzz going. Junk shots is pretty much the theme so far.

There you go.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 12:37 PM) Really, there needs to be 1-2 more available slots. When you have 22 starters on the field, there should be more HOF slots annually to recognize that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) You remember how it was reported that KW came to JR at the end of last season and gave him 2 options...pull back, save a bit on salary, and legitimately rebuild, or go "all-in"? That was the decision. Go out and sign Dunn, Konerko, AJ and bullpen help, or let Konerko walk for draft picks, bring up Viciedo to DH/1b, put the rookies out in the bullpen, and trade away Danks and Jackson. Danks is still here because the White Sox expect to compete this season. I would also bet if the Sox didn't get Dunn, they wouldn't have spent as much as they did. They probably also let PK walk, and go cheap on the pen.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) Matt Holliday is pretty solid defensively. Carlos Lee would have been a better example. $37 million still left on that mess of a deal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 01:26 PM) With a low post player like Boozer and a 3 point threat like Korver, double-teaming Rose ought to be suicide. Especially considering that double-teaming him on the outside is an invitation for him to blow right past both of the double-teaming defenders given that he's 3x as fast as any of them. Having another shooter wouldn't hurt that though. Boozer doesn't factor in as much with the high double. Korver should, but they didn't do it when he was on the floor either. It was with either Brewer/Bogans/Watson back at the SG.

Be sure none of their daughters are around Ben.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) You don't make a trade based on 1 loss on a bad night for one of the best players in the NBA. You make a trade because it's the right thing to do based on a consistent problem. The NBA is a copycat league, so expect Rose to start seeing those double teams until the Bulls figure out how to beat them.

Zebras need love too.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 02:07 AM) in chess From the sounds of it, that isn't really saying much.

Why has this thread died?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) I don't know why Pujols would come down off that price. Maybe like 10/$280 as a discount for signing today, but other than a small discount, I don't know why he'd have anything to negotiate. It's really the correct contract for him based on where the market has been for that level of player at that age. Unless there is steroid stuff out there, or he REALLY loves STL, there isn't any reason for him to settle.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 12:53 AM) The Warriors did as good a defensive job on Rose as I've seen all year. Yes, the Warriors. The played an honest to god college style defense, and it worked. That is the first time this year I remember Coach Thibs just getting flat out-coached.

Damn Golden State had a nice plan for tonight. Throw the aggressive double at Rose, and make someone else beat you. The rest of the team just looked lost.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) Before I cut pop out, I used to do this all the time. I used to do that too.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 06:32 PM) If these 2011-2012 "All in" teams go deep into the playoffs I don't see any reason why we wouldn't be able to swim with the big boys and offer Danks 100M. Didn't we throw 90 at Hunter? No, the Angels did. We offered a lot less.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 07:58 AM) Tea is where it's at. My nuts agree...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 10:49 PM) How do people not know when a Super Bowl party starts? I mean how do you not know the Super Bowl always starts at the exact same time every year? Seriously? When do you THINK the party starts? Whenever you get the first Bud Lime opened?

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 02:52 AM) Got mine today. It's funny how excited I am to read about our awful minor league system. Imagine how excited die hard Royals fans must have been when they got their copy... I'm partial to being excited when publications pick us to win our division, but maybe that is just me!

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 03:05 AM) Or here's an idea: "Hey John. We'd really like to extend you. We want to do so at a reasonable cost. We're also not quite sure if your brother is major league calibre CF, or if we should convert him to a LOOGY and start him off in the DSL next season. Anyways, does X amount of dollars seem fair?" Seems like something KW would do. The idea that he hasn't tried to extend John Danks is just mindboggling. There is a better chance that we pay off the national debt in the next week, than Kenny Williams hasn't tried multiple times to extend John.

So have prices crashed for tickets?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) But they are attributing this big drop in the unemployment rate to this 500K number and not to people falling off the rolls, at least as far as I can tell, and if it was a net number, then the unemployment rate should not have budged at all, no? There was a massive drop in the total employment participation number too.

It was a big mistake for him to sit out last year. There is no chance some offers him a ML contract after missing a whole year.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 12:05 PM) I guess Ozzie does make the most sense. I'd love a current logo shirt with the stache of Jose Valentin though. Did Ozzie ever wear that jersey? I thought by the time he started they moved on to the script White Sox jersey?