southsider2k5

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) Nick Swisher is on next weeks "How I Met Your MOther". Hope he doesn't ruin one of my fav shows. I'm sure he'll strike out looking...

QUOTE (scenario @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 07:42 AM) If SD had the same impression about the Sox prospects as Keith Law, there would have pretty much been zero chance Jake Peavy would have ever become a White Sox. And Nick Swisher, and Freddy Garcia...

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 08:48 PM) Well in fairness to Law, he is a stats guy. Floyd was posting 6 K/9, 5 BB/9. That's not a Major League pitcher. Gavin Floyd's turnaround was seemingly unforeseeable by everyone other than Kenny and his scouting team. First year stats are not the most reliable indicators of how good a pitcher can be. Guys like Randy Johnson and Greg Maddux prove that.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) The Pacific Ocean has dibs on California when it breaks away from the rest of the country. That and Lex Luthor...

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 07:41 AM) i'd rather you all just secede Only if they take California with them...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 08:46 AM) And you'll notice one constant for all the guys who leave Phoenix the last few years...once they go somewhere else, their numbers always go down. They go from being great to good, or from great to average. Well except Joe Johnson...

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 08:52 AM) My mistake, I thought you were fomenting dissent in order to start some sort of mob riot. Mobs are not recommended in the Chicago area... We study Daley here.

It has always been Soxtalk's official policy to not allow the posting of premium materials for free public consumption. Ranger is 100% right when he said that we will NOT endanger the site so someone can know what is on Insider. It doesn't matter what the odds of being caught are, we do not allow it. This policy is pretty consistent with other things that could get the site in trouble, such as gambling sites, posting tickets for above face value etc. We err on the side of not being sued.

Now it ought to be interesting to see how quickly Johnny Damon's price falls and who calls.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) It may depend on what teams due during the trading deadline, surely the bulls will be busy this trade deadline, eh? If teams like Phoenix and Toronto are smart, they will try to get their stars to agree to trades, that way they can sign for the max's with new teams.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 02:34 PM) If they're traded for quality major league players, like Clayton Richard was for Peavy, then I'm fine with it. And I know where this is going, with us acquiring Garcia, Floyd, Vazquez, Swisher with highly regarded prospects who have yet to amount to anything. Personally, I'm more of the opinion of developing the best talent for the purpose of building within. So, instead of having to trick some GM into taking our crap, and then paying 8+ million for the veteran in return, we can fill a position for league minimum. I'm sure no one enters the draft room thinking they're going to draft someone that one day will be traded for a backup catcher, but not devoting enough money to the draft, religiously following slot recommendations, avoiding players with certain clients, or failing to sign a highly regarded prospect because they're off on 100,000 needs to end. There is a reason teams like the Yankees and Red Sox are always among the top of the list on any prospect rankings. Even if they're prospects are hyped (which they are), and ultimately fail (as many of ours do), they still put the effort into it. No, we're never going to have the funds they have; but there should be NO reason teams like Minnesota continue to run circles around us. And it's been like this for a long time. Something is obviously wrong with our personnel. This where I am at. To me, even if we aren't getting production out of minor leagues directly, if we are getting major league players from them, it makes it passable for me.

Meters? You communist.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...Heard_LeadStory

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01...works-show.html

Yeah, that's why I gave up trying to talk to recently. I really should learn my lesson and walk away. Trust me, you'll be great in the college environment.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:13 AM) I don't think any of the 2010 Superstars are going to leave their teams, except for maybe Joe Johnson. The Wade/LeBron group sounds like they are staying put. Once you get down to Johnson and Bosh, they sound like they are going to test the market. Here is the big question. At the end of the day do you trust this group running the Bulls to be able to get at least one of these guys to come to Chicago? I don't think I do.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:12 AM) So your argument is that rural doctors have less to do and thus they charge more per procedure and this drives costs up, because they have a lot of spare capacity in doctors in rural areas? Yeah, you just keep making up whatever you want me to say.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 11:10 AM) Cuddyer hasnt played a single inning at 3B since 2005....... Oops.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 10:10 AM) I'll take that bet - over/under at 20 games at DH, I'll go the over. What's the stake? Sig bet? No joke. He plays at least 50 games there.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) It doesn't matter if Hudson, Hynick, Torres, Nunez, Santeliz, Williams, Threets and Santos was our bullpen and our top four starters all had ERA's below 4.00, with an offense in the bottom quartile, we won't make the playoffs. Yep, that's what I thought.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) Hell, DWade might not want to come here if he thinks that Hinrich is still going to have to get his minutes because the org. loves him. Wade isn't leaving Miami.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) No one's going to say "no" because Kirk is off the roster, either. Am I the only one who saw how much worse the team was without Hinrich?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 10:55 AM) It's used up inefficiently, dealing with things that could be better dealt with through other method (spreventative care, avoiding ER visits, etc.). If a farmer plows each of his fields 3 times, he may use up all of his time, but that doesn't mean he can't take on additional land the next year. Most of that work isn't done by doctors anymore. It is done by nursing staff of various levels. It has no effect on the relative levels of doctors per person. One big factor that is missing in that prior number is how physically big the United States is. You are going to have to have many more doctors per person to cover the much less dense population distribution of people in this country, when compared to anywhere in Europe. It is a pointless number in comparison.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:20 AM) I actually did have an answer, although its not going to satisfy 2k5 because he's going to argue that my answer is impossible because a private market is always the most efficient system. 2k5's argument is that we can't afford to bring everyone into the system because covering everyone would require additional doctors. A corollary of this is that covering everyone requires more doctors per capita than the U.S. has. This is not born out by data. Some countries with nationalized health care systems (i.e. France) have more doctors per capita than the U.S. (in France they drive to your house. It's fun) while other countries (i.e. the U.K., Japan) get along with significantly fewer doctors per capita than the U.S. does, and they do so without being held up as an example of horrendous wait times as well. The issue is therefore not one of capacity, it's an issue of how the capacity is used. Like virtually everything else in the U.S. system, the additional capacity is used up by how the profitability in our system is used up; its more profitable to spend your time doing expensive treatments on the well-insured than it is doing preventative care before people get really sick. I'm not opposed to allowing additional doctors into this country on Visas, that would be fine by me. My argument is, it's unnecessary. The necessary capacity in the U.S. system already exists, it's just deployed in inefficient ways due in no small part to the private nature of our system, where the ultimate goal is profit and positive health outcomes are a side effect. So where is the capacity actually at then?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 10:47 AM) Ilgauskas's deal expires. Who cares about our backcourt? Play Devin Brown 35 MPG for all I care if it clears Hinrich's deal. Part of the issue is you still have to be a destination where big time players want to go. It doesn't matter how much cap room you have, if you suck, no one is going to want to come here for just Rose.