southsider2k5

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Vertical monopolies are even better

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 12:41 PM) Heh, I knew someone would do that. Ya, our youngest one(which drives me crazy in general) not only tries to knock everything off the damn tree but decides she also wants to climb the damn thing and sit in the middle of it. Wait until you have kids...

And that was before Lane Kiffin even got there...

Trojans make the best horses, you can't argue that.

Quite likely he prefers a trojan high horse.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) I've always loved Pence. The OBP leaves a little to be desired. But he's a fine all-around player otherwise. He'll still be fairly cheap, even with an arb raise coming up. Other than Sale/Danks, there isn't a thing we could offer they wouldn't roll over laughing at. Scott Linebrink seems like an appropriate offer for Ed Wade.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 12:28 PM) And Hampton. Eh, pitchers with long term contracts are a whole other level of stupid versus hitters.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 10:41 AM) Of course, Ivan Rodriguez was 32 and not 37, and he was still good offensively. He was also still good defensively, which Jeter is not and hasn't been for a while. Magglios contract was also one that no one else came near when they were throwing money around.

Well we can all hope that this was the million dollars that was going to go to Kotsay...

I am surprised the Rockies ponied up like that after the disaster that was the Todd Helton contract.

Sounds like they want to try to get an extension done before they accept the option. There is zero chance at going to arbit

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 03:30 AM) What is "How to set a franchise back by 5 years"? That one was one of the ways the Tigers tried to rebuild.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 10:01 AM) It's potentially exploitation. He's offering loans to people who probably have little money otherwise, and before they're going to be getting serious agent representation offers. By doing this, he's taking advantage of their current situation and short-cutting the process later on so that, when they are ready to move to professional baseball, he's the first in line as they already owe him money. I was struck by how similar the process is to human slavery and prostitution being propagated. Usually there is some form of "debt" that is used (normally money) to force an obligation that has to be worked off. Boras is doing the exact same thing here with his loans. If the person thinks about leaving, the debt is used an excuse to remind them exactly what their standing is (just like Boras did by calling the loan at an inopportune time).

King of the high horse right there...

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 07:58 PM) Took me forever to figure out you meant Berkman. Thank you for that, because I sure had no idea who Berman would be replacing...

Cowley is such a stooge. This is the annual attempt to downplay what the Sox are doing in the market... Think stealth.

psychics know my opinion on psychics.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Nov 30, 2010 -> 02:23 AM) Jesus.. when he isn't turning the puck over, he's still hurting the team. (literally) And Hossa is quickly approaching Carlos Quentin-type status (injury prone) in a Hawks uni. To be fair, the first injury we knew about when we signed him, which took up almost all of those games.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 09:43 PM) Venison Goulash. Oh yeah. My pants just got a little squishy.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Nov 29, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) May just be me but I think 2 players inflicting pain on each other is a helluva lot different than a cheap shot on a defenseless player On purpose is also a lot different than on accident.