southsider2k5

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 12:42 PM) Really? They actually did hit Young? I don't even remember, but I sure as hell remember when Young hit AJ in the face and when PK was hit in the mouth, only to have Buehrle come in with his mid 80's fast ball to retaliate. Those are the things I'm talking about. If I were Ozzie. the very next twins batter would have been looking at a 100mph fastball high and tight from somebody. f*** "respecting" the twins. Respect them while you're getting ready for the playoffs and they're sitting at home in October. Only no one remembers TCQ going out of his way to get up into the knees of the shortstop and roll him during a double play.

How about having the Twins play in the Metrodome during a big snow storm?

Even if I could afford a Lexus, I wouldn't buy one at Christmas

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 11:17 AM) The Jayson Werth deal might be the new worst and I actually really like Jayson Werth. I think the Crawford deal is worse than the Werth deal by a long shot.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 11:26 AM) Oh come on Milk, we need to stop the public sniping. But what else do you expect when you say 'I'll take my personal experience over any argument you could possibly make.' Don't you think that flies in the face of logic and reason a bit? And whether you like me or not, or whenever it is that you remembered that, it was pretty clear in your reply to my post, which began with the innocent phrase "I don't necessarily agree," that you followed with 'Well I lived there for 6 years, but whatever you say," that you had every intention of the tone of this debate being exactly what it has been. Here's a hint, if you want the public sniping to stop, you shouldn't keep it going. Walk away guys.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 11:30 AM) Cullimore waived Per Bobby Mac Hopefully Boyton is next The sad thing is guys like Culli and Boyton haven't been the problem this year. Crapass performances by the top stars have been it.

I'm going at this ponit.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) Quizno's because of those horrible singing rat-like things they had a few years ago. Whatever insurance company that "Flo" works for. She's incredibly annoying. I loved the rats "They got a pepper bar!" Then again, the only time I have ever ate at a Quiznos was when the company I worked for was paying...

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 17, 2010 -> 09:44 AM) Yeah, the Cubs said they couldn't pay him, so he went to Cleveland. Now Ken Rosenthal just wrote a sob story about how amazing Kerry Wood is for taking less money ($2M? Not a big deal for a guy who has made over $70M) and even went as far as to say that Kerry Wood re-signing with the Cubs is the most touching story of the off season, and only a great guy like Wood and a team like the Cubs could make this possible...... I'm not a Cubs hater, but that is just ridiculous. Did they foget about the Lee guy leaving like $50 million on the table?

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 11:14 PM) Why does the NCAA need Cuban's money? Does anyone really think the schools don't realize more money can be made with a playoff? The lack of a playoff isn't about money. It's about power, tradition, control, tv contracts, etc. Eventually it may happen, but it won't because Mark Cuban throws money at it. If he can find a way to make it more valuable than the BCS system, I have no doubt the NCAA would jump on it.

Answer... Be the Yankees.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 11:06 PM) If he's not a closer, he'll be roasted alive in Boston. He's one of those guys that needs to shut the door. But, best of luck to the Big Guy. I wish we could have kept him, but he was getting to pricey to deal with his shakiness. I will say when he came up in 2005 and closing was not his role, he was just fine. That was the last time setting up wasn't his job. It will be interesting to see if he knows he has no chance at closing, if he can change his mentality towards setting up.

After watching a particularly horrible Jared's commercial I got to thinking there was no way in hell I would ever shop there because of their commercials. I was curious if there were other people who had the same sort of thoughts for specific commercials and companies/products?

I bet it did.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) The only logical choice is Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. We've been itching for real football for a century. Then why would you want the Bears and Vikings?

f*** no.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 06:43 PM) Not true. He had a higher BB/9 in 2005 and 2006 and a higher WHIP in 2006. His BABIP accounted for much of the higher WHIP and the H/9. His increased line drive rate accounted for some of the increase BABIP, but there were also good signs like the lowest flyball percentage of his career. He had the second-lowest FIP of his career. And the lowest xFIP. 2005 I didn't count as it wasn't a full season. You could argue 2006, except he had 10 intentional walks in 2006, and only 1 in 2010. Take out the intentional walks and his rate drops to 2.7 per 9 IP. If you do the same to 2010 it comes in at 2.9. That also makes his 2010 WHIP higher. The other really interesting trend is his IP have gone down every season since his first full season.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 05:57 PM) Who's in the market for an $11-12 million dollar a year closer coming off a down season 1 year away from free agency? Too bad we already traded Linebrink because that would have been a nice bad contract for bad contract swap.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 06:12 PM) Kurt Warner digging his own grave on the NFL network talking about all the pressure he faced last year because he felt as though he had to be the savior of the Cardinals every single snap. Can only imagine the Cardinals current/former players cannot be particularly happy about those comments. Deion chided him for whining about it, saying "that's the reason you have to pick up your paycheck with a wheelbarrow every week." Then again, the Cards are 4-9 now that he is gone.

Don't know.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) Really? His peripherals were quite good last year. He just didn't strand many runners. His BB/9, H/9, and WHIP were all career highs, as was his era. His K numbers were higher last year, but not nearly enough to offset the increases else where.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 05:10 PM) Everyone is welcome. Except for BS, that is unless he dresses exactly like his avy.

Brewer hasn't been a good defender this year. Heck the entire team has a positive plus/minus, except for three guys, and he is the only one of the three who has seen more than 69 minutes of time this season (505 for Brewer).

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 04:50 PM) f*** yeah! QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Yes. Even after having made almost $70 million in the last 12 years or so?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2010 -> 04:09 PM) I'd go for something that would end up as nice projectile vomit on whoever was executing me. Oh just a basic assumption...