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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:54 PM) 2005. The end. I can't think of another manager in any sport ever living off of one year like Ozzie has and will likely continue to. Any Yankee pretty much proves this. Hell someone like Don Mattingly getting HOF votes proves players get special treatments due to circumstances off of the field.

Why?

Virtually that is true.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:42 PM) It has, but they mess with the #'s. That's why IMO you're seeing some of the work start to move again and remember, these people work where the state tells them to (kind of like here before too long... ) It is not a free floating currency.

That isn't sarcasm.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) By the way, everyone in the modernized world wants China to release its currency from peg. And eventually, due to its own issues, they will have to. That alone will help the rest of the world. If they release from the dollar fully, their economy will collapse into massive inflation. Hell MASSIVE in all caps.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Please point me to the right currency to look at then, where oil and commodity prices are dropping substantially right now. None of the currencies you pointed out has been free from this practice to some extent or another.

Lick your partner!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) If the rise in commodity prices were entirely due to the fall in the dollar, then the countries who's currency is rising compared to the dollar shouldn't see the same effect. That is incorrect. Even China, which mandates commodity prices at the government level, is seeing rising prices. Because their currency is tied to the dollar?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) How old is he? He certainly comes off as a 15 year old. 15? Oneyguillen Oney Guillen @ @gcastaldi he started it. r u blind

Just grab your partner...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) Yeah, a force towards economic expansion. Meaning that this is a deliberate action, with known results, and not some random forces of nature that can't be controlled. There is a big difference there.

Ho downs are more of an Indiana thing.

Carp is better

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) You're still missing one part...the changes in the dollar are happening as a result of the forces acting on the general economy, which is exactly what is impacting the oil market as well. This is a "Correlation not equalling causation" argument. The dollar value is changing because of the global economic picture, the price of oil is changing because of the global economic picture, therefore they're moving together. That "Forces" being QE2.

Also whales.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) Oney's on the Score now, says he probably shouldn't have said everything he said. In hindsight he would have not said a couple of the things he said. Says he did it because he "needed to be put in his place." Doesn't understand the damage it can do to his dad and/or the team. He truly thinks he is defending his dad/family. Doesn't like the "perception" others might have about Ozzie if people say things. He kind of thinks it's OK because he's seen/heard "a million things" in the clubhouse and only "this one minor incident" has come out of him. Believes is was kind of his job to "stand up for his manager and his ballclub." Standing up for what he believes in. Says players should take the high road. He doesn't get the damage it can do, and says everyone else doesn't understand the damage it has done to his family. Doesn't think it will be an issue to Bobby and people are only talking about it because there's nothing going on right now, and it will blow over. Doesn't think anything will come of it this season, there won't be any problems. None of that comes as a surprise, except maybe the first line about not saying all of it.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 01:04 AM) Actually they had zero. Well, they might have had 1 -- Kyle Taber, but he started as a walk-on, and averaged less than 2 points per game the year before. Yeah, I remember it being pretty sparse. All things considered, I can't complain. You are asking someone to literally build an entirely new team in the Big 10, without Calipari'ing it up.

My pleasure.

I doubt your wife would approve.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 12:17 PM) Was Oney born and raised in the states? His grammar is god-awful. That was the worst part about trying to read the tweetfest. My head hurt.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 08:35 AM) Two very interesting pieces of financial news I just saw - one good and one bad... First the good news... CareerBuilder survey indicates growing optimism for increased hiring in 2011, along with modest wage increases. Now the bad news... former President of Shell is predicting $5 a gallon for gas by 2012. His answer is of course to drill more - which will of course only make the slightest of improvements. Are people really still thinking that heavy investment in alternative, renewable energy is not worthwhile? There are few other things the government can invest in at this point that will have a bigger effect. Which is why we are looking at predictions of $5 gas.

QUOTE (quickman @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 09:16 AM) Oney behaving like this, sends a signal to the rest of the whitesox. Can't go to ozzie with your problems or when Oney is around you need to shut up, because Ozzie and his idiot sons can't keep there mouths shut. They will need to find someone else to talk to, which is ashame. A player should be able to go to his manager, as a leader, mentor and coach and share an issue that maybe affecting there play. That said, I am sure Bobby is not out of his problems and these will re-surfice once again fortunately not for the whitesox. And I doubt the Boston media will be quiet about them.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 28, 2010 -> 11:29 PM) I hate to see this come true, but I called this a while ago. If Oney was right and Jenks started drinking again and was having marital issues during the season, it explains the bereavement leave as well as KW and Ozzie said they were disappointed in Jenks on and off the field. There's still a lot more to this story, so Jenks needs to just be quiet. However, Oney is so ignorant for airing this dirty laundry. I remember saying at that time that there was more to that story. It was never really explained, which struck me as really odd.