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QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 16, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) Anybody know when players can file for free agency? I'm pretty sure they don't have to anymore. It is automatic.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 16, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) I don't understand trading an ace- like young pitcher who you still have control of for 2 years, unless you get something very similar or even better back and it better be pitching. I could understand trading him next offseason when he will have a year left and the Sox came to the conclusion he was going to test the market and didn't like their chances. You still would get an excellent return. Pitching wins. Teams that dump their best pitchers, usually don't do very well in the standings. Trading him now because you are scared he may not re-sign is small market mentality. Let the Pirates think like that. If the object is winning, worry about Danks contract at least another year. You are the one who keeps saying we have no money to spend... Isn't it obvious?

Egads, where the hell do you find your avys?

Come on don't be such a wet blanket.

Zany concerts though.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 06:30 PM) Thing with Jordan is that scoring 100, or even 80, would be so out of character for him. He'd have to chuck it at a ridiculous rate to come close. That wasn't his game. There's a reason he had such ridiculous FG percentages and premium efficiency for a 2-guard. His shot selection and overall fundamentals were second to none. You'll see guys like Kobe launching 25 footers with regularity when he's hot. And while they look great when they're going in, you look like a ball-hogging fool when they miss. And you're obviously going to miss a lot more of those than you make. Jordan's game was free-throw line and below. He was never a volume 3-point shooter. Which he would have to make atleast 7-10 3's to have a shot. Again, that wasn't his game. And this might be me, but would 100 points even be viewed as a great accomplishment? Even if someone did it you'd have just as many people criticizing it as you would people marveling at it. I could give a s*** less what people said about it, it would be amazing.

It was like the not-so-good old days.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) MJ says in today's NBA he'd either foul out or score 100. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5686980 I'd been saying a for a while that with the way the rules are right now, MJ with his style of play would average 40 ppg, easily. Defense would be different but he would adapt. If he would have ran up against one of those Don Nelson teams that wanted to run up and down the floor without playing defense, and he got into one of his zones, I could see it being possible once. His average would have been sick with the defensive rules today, plus the clear out offenses.

+ WMT selling Ipads

Xylophone playing is a good living as well.

Very ironically, you are paying for me to live.

That's not cool

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 02:18 PM) That's the wrong interpretation and I think you know that. You don't draft a pitcher in the first round with the idea that this pitcher will be a Closer. Whether or not there's such thing as a 100% shot, you don't limit yourself to a 1 inning guy in the first round. I'm not saying you do. I am saying if the standard is being 100% sure this guys is going to be a major league starter, well you drafted Strausburg in the last 10 years, and that is about it.

Busy and tired.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 12:44 PM) It seems better if the organization has guys other people want. It also means the guys in the Sox organization aren't nearly as dumb as is thought.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 12:26 PM) Too much payroll? Money would been ridiculous.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 01:23 PM) I actually saw something a while back, quoting him at times, saying he DOES want to get back into it... but not until his kids are all out of high school. I have no idea when that happens. That's good news. I have wanted him back in the organization forever. Hopefully it works out for him, and Kudos to him for seeing his kids through school first.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 01:53 PM) Maybe "wasted" was the wrong word to use. But for a system that lacks, well, everything, I don't think it's really good organizational strategy to use a critical first round pick on a guy you're not damn near 100% sure can cut it as a starter. Closers are a dime a dozen these days. It'd be like an NFL team using their first pick on a C. If that is your standard, then you NEVER draft pitching in the first round. There is no such thing as near 100% sure, except maybe a couple of times a decade.

Relax, I won't talk about the availability of meth anymore.

Pizza is easy to find around these parts.

The other side of that is how much protection should a good samaritian have before being compelled to act. The whole reason that people are scared to help is they don't want to get sued.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 12:15 PM) Just imagine if the Phillies would've held on to Lee and added Halladay. They couldn't have done it.

Lunch is much nicer with Sox fans around.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 15, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) I hope Cora gets his shot. He’s a bit more subdued then Ozzie and seems to have a nice approach to the game. I’d like to see someone like Ventura step into the clubhouse and take his place. Robin has never shown interest in working in baseball again. He has been asked before.

Just as I suspected...