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QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:28 PM) Kenny should be shot if he trades Danks. No, he should be shot if he lets him walk away for nothing.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 04:07 PM) Yes, I believe that paraphrasing is much closer to what Truman was trying to convey. The poor guy didn't even know about the Manhattan Project until he was sworn in less than four months earlier. Talk about having a lot to take in and very little time in which to do it. It's not my intent to get this thread 'bustered — and I thank SS2k5 for observing the anniversary with his post. But, I firmly believe that deploying an atomic bomb on human targets was a foregone conclusion the minute the US committed to their development. You don't spend ca. $2.5 billion (more than $20 billion by today's standards) to create a weapon you're not going to use. I was curious how this thread would go honestly. It is interesting to see how these things go.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:10 PM) Correct. But you could make an argument that Alito has a specific record and a specific track record on decisions that can be viewed as troubling, not just in regards to ideological differences - but in regards to basic concerns of civil liberties. The ACLU, for example, opposed his nomination for this very reason. Something they didn't do for anyone else besides Robert Bork, a deeply flawed nomination to the supreme court. In the case of Alito, there was a shred of a legitimate argument to be made about voting against this person. In the case of Kagan, its something very different. "Well I think she'll be liberal," is not a valid reason to block an appointment that you don't get to make. I don't necessarily agree with the motivation behind the Kerry filibuster - because the truth of the matter is that elections have consequences. And the election of the President means that he gets to appoint his choices to his appointments. Unless there is some serious concern about the good of the country, there's no reason to not support the appointments. So next time the Repubs find someone with no judicial experience, the Dems won't hold it up this time?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:13 PM) Bought my first stock today, so Im pretty anxious to see how it turns out and hoping I didnt f*** up my bank account I went with some high paying dividends who are showing a bit of risk but have potential, and since Im in it for the long haul I feel I can take that risk now. I hope it wasn't HP...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) It'd be funny to trade him back to Texas this offseason, wouldn't it? There might not be a better place to get hitters from.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) He's a decent CF actually. How much CF has he actually played?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) Is it really the biggest B10 market though? There is only one Big Ten team in Chicago and it has the least amount of fans of every other school in the conference. I really like the Dome idea, at least for year 1. There are zero in Indianapolis. The closest is an hour away.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) Isiah Thomas has been hired as a "consultant" by the Knicks, but will continue to coach at Florida International. Too bad it wasn't Miami, him and LeBron could do some idea swapping on the degradation of women.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) I would love to have it in Chicago, but like I said, Im biased. Indy is a decent city, but it also doesnt have the same appeal as Chicago. And I could be wrong, but I feel that Chicago would be much easier for teams to travel to, considering distance and availability of transportation. Bleh. Indy sucks. Put it in Chicago.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 01:27 PM) Who killed Viciedo...? People killing Lillibridge last year was more than warranted, he's a completely different type of player now. There was a ton of talk about him being a bust.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:16 AM) We saw how careful Ozzie was to let Santos pitch in April so expect similar treatment for Sale. Santos had also pitched about 50 innings in the last 10 years too.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 04:46 AM) That "crack" will cost between 25 and 45mil. No it won't. It'll cost about six million from all accounts.

I guess we know at least one big named pitcher that will get dealt this off-season...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/hirosh...ory?id=11340739

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) What are the odds that the Tigers waive Johnny Damon... and then that KW scoops him up ala Rios? Don't think there will be too many other teams standing in line for him. And teams that could block us are unlikely to take the risk just in case the Tigers chose to let him go. Just a thought... The odds of Detroit waiving Damon are 100%. The odds of him clearing are zero. They won't let him go for nothing.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 05:42 PM) Knicks to sign Roger Mason. Isola twitter. Knicks have done very well this off-season all things considered. I wonder if that helps us in the pursuit of Fernandez?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 03:48 PM) Can a player be placed through waivers twice? Like can the Nats pull Dunn off waivers, and then run him through again? Nope, once they are claimed and pulled back, that is it for the revocable status. Also once someone clears, they can be traded for the rest of the trading period.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 09:42 AM) I heard on Mulley and Hanley this morning that Delgado not only wants to play for a contending team, but he wants guaranteed playing time too. We could guarantee that he would play some time...

Not to mention his career numbers are really second only to Frank in terms of power production.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 11:27 PM) Yea but he can easily just pull him back. The Nats are still trying to resign this guy, and they won't lose him for nothing. They will gladly take the Type A picks and move on if it came to that. They have been trying to re-sign him for a while. Exactly. At that point, no one can deal with Rizzo.

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 10:29 PM) Rauch was back at the hotel because he developed rashes after taking a medication, or something along those lines Why am I not surprised?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) He lost that game in the first two innings (and that's when he couldn't throw a strike to save his life). Sure, he settled down when it was already too late. Harrell was about one pitch better than Torres, plus some great defense. Neither one of them really were that good.

Yet, at the same time, the Hispanic kids have huge advantages that no one else in the world has. They aren't subject the draft They can negotiate with all of the teams in MLB, instead of just the team they are drafted by They don't have to play years in their local professional league before being able to be a free agent, or convincing their team to post them for bids as a free agent They can start signing at 16 years old

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 10:55 PM) Yes. Or, if no one claims him, then the negotiating goes back to the exact process that was going on before the waiver deadline. Not exactly. If a player is on the 40 man roster, he has to clear waivers in order to be traded, so Washington would be even more limited in who they could get back from the Sox.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 10:58 PM) I wonder from what I've heard is true about teams not wanting to even deal with Rizzo in discussions anymore... If that was the case, someone would have claimed him out of spite, just to screw over Rizzo. You know he won't let him go for nothing, so you put in the claim, just to make sure he can't trade him.