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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 20, 2010 -> 09:55 AM) Well yeah, that's what I had in mind....the miracle being they maybe move into the top 10, as it has happened recently against the odds. I don't think James Johnson getting dunked on by LeBron a few times and seeing Taj Gibson put up his typical workmanlike effort 4 or 5 times in a playoff atmosphere before going home is worth losing that chance. It sure worked for Joakim and Rose last year.

I know this isn't a White Sox story from the sound of it, but the hot rumor around is that an NL pitcher is going to get a 50 game suspension soon for PEDs. I haven't seen a name yet. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/...minent.html.php

Home ice means the least of all in the NHL playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Hawks got off to a quick start tonight.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) I love how this thread has become about Lebron being a douche, vs about the Bulls being crap. I love how this thread has become your personal temper tantrum since the Bulls made the playoffs. Like I said, we get it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 08:37 PM) I find these posts with hope that the Bulls were going to win to be comic gold. The Cavs took the first three quarters off, then went out and won the game. Reminds me of the Bulls in the late 90s... against good teams of course. This was just a much better team going out and winning an easy one... We get it. Now go away.

James just took over in the 4th quarter. There is no defense for that.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 09:13 PM) Murray shouldn't be coming off of Moon to double team West. That's just dumb. yep. Know your man.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 08:35 PM) noah has f***ing heart His playoff series last year is proof enough that just making it to the playoffs can pay dividends for young players.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 07:50 PM) wha? Joe Borchard was considered to be a guy that could hit 40+ homers a season. Josh Fields had massive power as well. Brian Anderson was an all-around good player, and Lance Broadway was basically acknowledged as a safe pick that the Sox thought they might be able to capitalize on his value early on and deal him (much the same as McCulloch). I would also say that you don't like the pick of Jared Mitchell, whereas everybody else in the baseball community basically loved that pick. I want to see them draft guys with great natural talent, regardless of whether they are "baseball" players or "athletes." Not to mention Tracye Thompson.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 04:09 PM) I was talking, more or less, 2-3 years from now. Not necessarily 2010. Shapiro has done an amazing job over the last few years in turning older, past their prime vets and all-star caliber players they were sure to lose through FA into young/cheap talent that you can legitimately move forward with into the future. You mentioned the Gutierrez trade and the Wood signing. The former obviously being a bad trade. Wood is gone after this year. So that's nothing to dwell on. But what about the doozies Shaprio has been able to pull off? Eduardo Perez for Asdrubal Cabrera. Ben Broussard for Shin Chin Choo and some other scrub I can't remember. Casey Blake for Carlos Santana and another player that escapes my memory. Mark Derosa for Chris Perez. We've seen first hand how good Cabrera/Choo are. Carlos Santana for Casey Blake was a steal of epic proportions. Santana, along with Posey/Montero, are the 3 best catching prospects in baseball. And Chris Perez for an aging Mark Derosa is another tremendous value. They got premium talent in the Sabathia/Lee/Martinez trades. Matt Laporta, Michael Brantley, Justin Masterson, Jason Knapp, Nick Hagadone and Carlos Carrasco are all considered very good to elite prospects. They've also drafted well the last few years. Alex White at #15 was considered a steal. And he's already been impressive at high A (though it's a small sample size). They're just really stacked. Of course, like all farm systems, you'll have guys that produce and guys that flame out. But if even half of these guys come through for them, they'll be a force again sooner rather than later. They also have an empty stadium and no payroll, along with a team that has sucked for years. I kinda doubt Sox fans would put up with that for years.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 07:17 PM) Bulls are looking competitive right now. I don't know if they'll win but they're doing a decent job of containing LeBron, all things considered, although it's left them to give up a few wide open threes. Did anybody catch Barkley in the pregame? They asked what the Bulls had to do to beat Cleveland and Barkley was like "I dunno, kill LeBron James?" That is his schtick. Its too bad because he brings a unique insight because he isn't afraid to take an unpopular position. The act kinda takes away from that and makes him seem basketball dumber than he really is.

That was a great first half. All they really have to work on is shutting down the three point stripe. LeBron is going to get his, you just can't let guys like Parker and Moon pour it in from three point range.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) These are amazing. There might be nothing more awe-inspiring in nature.

He is in the Top Secret bunker... duh.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) Well that would have been embarrassing! At least offer him the choice of who you kill...

I remember thinking he reminded me a lot of the Brandon Allen path. Hopefully he progresses like Brandon.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 12:51 PM) Do those compare to the way Rondo threw Hinrich into the crowd last year? I'm sure his trainer's nuts feel like that was worse...

QUOTE (Sox72 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 11:53 AM) I've never understood why people find it necessary to point out this distinction. It just seems like some sort of meticulous criticism that you probably picked up from B&B. And if it is an important distinction for that particular poster, he is hanging out in the wrong place, with the wrong people.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 11:01 AM) When he supposedly kneed his trainer back in 04...? Or stepped on a third basemans back? Or he sticks out an elbow at a 1B trying to reach around him to get a wide throw?

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 11:22 AM) Wow I would stay it is the complete opposite. Me too. If I wanted to go watch eight guys stand around, I could go watch breaktime at the local factory.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 10:18 AM) None of those deals were stopped by KW, so I'm not sure what the point of the thread is. I'm sure there are plenty of deals that he offered that were turned down. The deal with Houston was turned down by Kenny because he wanted Hunter Pence, and then spun Garland for OCab instead.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 09:32 AM) As I just said...the structure is already there to prevent Kotsay from batting 3rd, but if, for political reasons, Ozzie insists on doing so and it destroys his team...that doesn't mean you can't structure rules to prevent Ozzie from batting Kotsay 3rd in the future even if he remains on the take. Like I said, you already have the rules in place. This is a complete waste of time. Just like everything else big the Obama administration has done so far, it completely misses the heart of the problem, and instead creates a strawman to represent the problem. More laws solve nothing. Repeating strawman arguments over and over again doesn't change that. Until you change how we actually regulate the banks, all of the laws in the world aren't going to fix a damned thing, no matter how much you go on to demonize our system.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2010 -> 09:26 AM) A more accurate metaphor is that the Twins have someone in the White Sox clubhouse bribing Ozzie to do insane things like put Nix in at P or Kotsay batting 3rd. It's not that they can't handle the work load they have. It's that they were deliberately, based on the political beliefs in the free market regulating itself...turning their backs. And even if that were remotely true, the rule structure is evidently there already, or else they wouldn't have been able to bring a lawsuit. So again, the problem isn't laws.

Rondo is the AJP of the NBA.