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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 01:14 PM) Is "Information" an item? Post your social security number on here if you don't believe it is.

Apparently the Royals payroll is going to be around Alex Rodriquez's if nothing else changes.

Eh, he should enjoy Charlotte. He is giving up 10 hits/9IP at AAA. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/philip-humber.shtml

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 01:09 PM) BUUUUUT...right before Pujols, their 1b was this combination of chemistry and biology named McGwire. That thing put butts in the seats as well. This is a regularly successful franchise. They've had 1 losing season since 1999, and 7 playoff appearances in that stretch. The Cell wouldn't be empty if we'd had 7 playoff appearances, 1 WS win, and 2 WS appearances in the last 10 years. That said...they've made the playoffs only 1 of the last 4 years, and in that time, they've seen their attendance dip by 250,000 people per year. The Cardinals have been successful enough that they haven't had to concern themselves with a period of losing and rebuilding. I can't see any way they'd avoid doing exactly that if they lost or traded Pujols. The Cardinals attendance is amazing. Going back 25 seasons, they have been under 30k per game only once if you throw out the post strike 1995, and hey were still over 2 million total that year (1992). That is an exceptional run. For reference even throwing out the strike marred years, the Cubs have been under 30k a night 7 times in the last 25 years.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 11:49 AM) Gil Meche has announced his retirement from baseball. Thanks for the memories Gil. He just walked away from $12 million. Wow.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:45 PM) 7.6 million higher from what number? Thanks for your contribution. Gonzalez had us at $110.05m before the two signings today.. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01...ts-service-time

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:40 PM) That very true. I do know that they love their Pujols now. If they lose to him to another team, partly because they didnt offer him as much money as he asked for, could you see some of them revolting by avoiding games for a while? I know they are faithful, but losing the icon that is Albert Pujols could upset some of the fan base. The question is would it upset them $30 million or so in total revenue per season for somewhere around 10 years? Otherwise there is the distinct chance that the Cards would lose money by resigning Albert.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:39 PM) For small town, yes. For a city bigger than many states, no. And FWIW, the budget of Chicago is bigger than 12 entire states in the USA>

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:40 PM) honestly, I just find that really simplistic when dealing with a city. "I'm going to cut taxes and budgets" vs "i'm going to improve social welfare and raise taxes", I really see a lot more over land management which REALLY is obscured in the two national party identities. You can have a few easy identifiers like more green parks vs. more retail space, but i don't often see that. Rent control/parking regulations/ etc. I really haven't seen consistency in the parties at this level. I'm not saying that there aren't ideological differences at the municipal level, but that you could create two new parties, find people that generally fit in either, that really don't fit that well into that national party identity. You could create anything in theory. In the City of Chicago you don't even get that much. You get everyone from the same ideal.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:32 PM) Only to a point. "Republican" and "Democrat" are defined at the national level and it only distills down to mayor or county board so much. What matters in national politics is completely different in scale and scope from local or regional politics. For small town, yes. For a city bigger than many states, no.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:34 PM) So who's more guilty... the person commiting the crime or the person illegally providing docs proving the person commited a crime More guilty? It is guilty or not. They are each committing a distinct crime (I believe that possession of stolen items is a crime in Switzerland anyway).

SI_JonHeyman john danks got $6 mil from #chisox

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:30 PM) Party templates such as this are too simplistic for me. I want creative people pulling ideas from everywhere to solve the multitude of problems we have here. That isn't the argument.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:21 PM) I don't think so, I think people have a general idea of how a democratic party would run the country and the GOP, and same with the state. But I really don't find those ideas translate exactly to city management. The only very basic level you can get is union v. non union workers. You can't get economy, such as tax versus budget cuts out of parties?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 12:13 PM) I don't understand why national party labels are helpful to this problem, though. I think they obscure more than they inform. They imply a basic set of solutions to questions. How does that not inform more than obscure? Not having parties would actually confuse more, because you would miss out on a basic understanding of what a person stands for.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 11:42 AM) yeah, that doesn't change my opinion. It is a whole different set of circumstances when you are talking about $10 billion versus something like the $50 million that my hometown of 30,000 people has. There are economies of scale and big social considerations that don't happen at smaller levels.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 11:01 AM) Tony Pena agreed on a 1 year $1.6M deal avoiding arbitration. per Heyman The smallest one is done...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 11:15 AM) Yes. Albert Pujols is worth more in revenue to the Cardinals than to any other team, Yankees included. Here is my question, even pre-Poo Holes, when has the stadium in St Louis ever been empty? That is a faithful bunch there. They are almost Cubs-esque in their Cardinal love.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) national parties at municipal levels seems pretty stupid to me anyway. Chicago has about as many people as Iowa does. Their budget is big enough you can't just pass it off as a municipality. Their budget including the coporate fund, is almost $10 billion.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 10:38 AM) giving three to the away opponent is pretty significant Especially considering they finished behind the Bears, and split the season series..

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 10:47 AM) Nicklas Lidstrom and Eric Staal have been announced as the two team captains. That was unexpected.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 10:35 AM) i wish we had a rent is too damn high party. s*** Chicago doesn't even have a second party... let alone other parties.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 18, 2011 -> 08:39 AM) I was actually referring to the person who obtained the documents originally. Assange, I am not sure how the laws may work for that sort of secondary passing of information. I have to imagine knowingly dealing in stolen documents has to be a crime in Switzerland, right?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 17, 2011 -> 09:02 PM) Completely disagree. I still think some of our own fans severely underestimate this team. I'm usually not one to underestimate our teams. If I do anything it is overestimate usually. The Bulls backcourt just scares the s*** out of me. Outside of Rose, that is an NCAA caliber guard group.