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I am going to predict that KC doesn't finish last this year, that honor goes to Cleveland, while the Royals finish third ahead of the Tigers as well.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) The name of the final episode of LOST: Ah yes, just vague enough to be irritating.

I think the divison winner ends up around 87-88 wins, but I am not sure if that is us or not.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 02:46 AM) Nice article on Peavy liking Hudson. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/artic...sp&c_id=cws And a video of anyone here who only thinks Quentin smiling was a one time thing.. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/vide...17&c_id=cws Those are the kind of friends that young pitchers need to make, instead of Brian Anderson...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 09:39 AM) Gavin Floyd has the highest HR rate since 2006. Good pitchers can still give up lots of homers. Bert Blyleven is a perfect example.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 06:06 AM) Happy Birthday! Your birthday and my Church's annual pig roast and fajita cookoff on the same day!? Coincidence? I don't think God works that way. Only if the pig had socialized medicine...

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 11:09 AM) the comparison the scouts make is andy van slyke I'd take that out of Danks2 for sure.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 11:11 AM) Was the housing bubble as big as oil futures? Pricing more than doubled within 12 months on crude oil futures, which at one point seemed to be pegged to the dollar. Everytime the dollar dropped in value, oil seemed to increase in value (at least to my uneducated eye.) Rather than being tied to fundamentals (because IIRC, when the bubble burst, there wasn't really a huge change in oil inventory levels), oil seemed to be used as an investment hedge against the dollar. At least that's what I remember. Depends on what you mean by "as big". Crude oil went up by a factor of about four from its lows to its highs. Housing hasn't done anything near that in a short term. You'd have to go back generations to see something like that. The difference is that the banks weren't leveraged on the value of the crude market either.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 10:01 AM) Oil prices spiked in 08 because of speculation and how they were buying contracts and making inventories look short, despite them not being short. They used the method in which inventory counts worked against itself. Well, that's not the ONLY reason, it was one of many reasons, but it was a bigger reason than people tend to believe. Actually for once, Balta is right. Much of the oil spike was due to the fact that there is no excess capacity to be had. The only capacity that can be added requires long term capital improvements, which take high prices to make worthwhile. The other big reason that crude oil goes up so far is that demand is super-inelastic, meaning that buying habits don't change very much relative to price changes. It take a large price spike to move demand down to any real amount. Usually in a market that is so hard to change production in, demand drops to take care of the capacity, or supply, axis, but in this case it doesn't work. Crude has always been prone to large price swings because of these factors.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 10:54 AM) So the Office used to be my fave on the Thursday Night thing on NBC, but it keeps going downhill, and I'm now a much bigger fan of Community, and to a lesser extent 30 Rock. Parks and Rec is even getting close to The Office now. They either need some new characters on The Office, or need to wind down that program. Thursday used to be my favorite comedy night, but between Thirty Rock and the fall of the Office, I hardly watch anymore.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 08:59 AM) You're referring to outliers and not the norm. Which is why the majority of most start ups fail within two years. Companies that last, plan. Think of it as corporate Darwinism.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 08:47 AM) And that's another reason why I hate capitalism. It's all about the short term. That's the same reason I hate our federal government. They are the kings of the short term.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 06:44 AM) I saw that a while ago. It was some nutters promoting the LaRoche PAC. Have you ever seen their double-bullhorned late 70's Chevy Blazer?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 07:57 AM) Here's the question then. Imagine in 1998 the West suddenly has zero additional need for oil. Does Russia's economy recover or is it still mired in corruption and disaster? I'd bet on the latter. Russia is a huge net exporter, and of more than just oil, even if you were to exclude natural gas as well. The reason they got crushed in the 80's was because of the huge cut in all in commodities prices across the board. Things such as gold, silver, copper, Aluminum, tin, etc have powered Russia's economy long before they really ramped up oil production. Based on the record prices in metals alone, they would still have started producing some hard currency to survive on.

OVERTIME!!!

Cornell opened up 10-2, since then it is 28-6 UK.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 09:28 PM) I dunno. With Mitchell going down, I think they are planning on using Danks next season in CF. I have yet to hear a single person knock D2's play in CF. The thing against him is always the big hole in his swing. His defense gets mad raves.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 08:30 PM) Oh I didn't know that but like I said, depends, they were probably talking about the big gap in coverage being filled weren't they (since that's what a socialist would care about usually)? I have a socialist ex-conservative friend of mine who was complaining about this bill not doing enough etc. and there was a statement by the Socialist Party USA basically railing against it. http://socialistparty-usa.org/campaigns/healthcare.html Socialists (and a good chunk of the American left) pretty much want to get rid of insurance companies entirely. I know what our left thinks of this bill, it's just the timing of your statement was just perfect as the WSJ has an article about Castro's reaction to it.

QUOTE (SnB @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) something about ash too right? Until Jacob died, then it didn't matter.

Well that didn't last long. Unless Cornell can find a way to keep the ball out of the interior, this will be a blowout.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 09:17 PM) Depends. Foreign policy or domestic front? Actually either way they think he's phony because he's still the US president They both cheered the health care bill.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 09:14 PM) If anyone asked an actual socialist (i.e. Socialist Party USA) about Obama or the Democrats they wouldn't exactly give glowing reviews. And they hate this healthcare bill. Do Castro and Chavez count?

Cornell with the flurry to start, but Kentucky can't hit from inside.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) Why Ozzie has never picked up Lou Brown's technique with him... Hell, I'd buy a ticket just to see Lilliputian doing 40 pushups every time he pops one up. Hmm, maybe then he could hit for power?

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 07:26 PM) The candidates maybe? Maybe Flocke can't leave, until they're either all dead or all on his side. Maybe if Jacob is dead and someone takes him off of the island?