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Well, I imagine he is going to go back to the minors.

I loved Kaner calling Toews "Captain Serious"

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 11:21 AM) THIS is who will create jobs? And true to form, the private sector is getting crushed, and the government is hiring at a pace not seen since the Great Depression.

Usually the teachers didn't get it too bad, but man did I run through some baby-sitters as a kid.

[Remembers his rotten student days and smiles]

http://blog.american.com/?p=7572

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 09:29 AM) Exactly. So far, it looks to me like TARP has been far more successful than the Stimulus Bill. TARP has been seeing regular returns plus good interest, and the actual cost/losses will likely be only a small fraction of the originally allowed $700B in funding. In reality, the TARP program actually got in and fixed the real problem. The Stimulus really hasn't done that.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 09:10 AM) Compare that to other 24 year old pitchers and let's see how he was ranked. Anyone with a BP subscription pull out the comparabe player listing and that should tells us what we need to know. His VORP was 25th in all of baseball not bad but again he is 24. Which means that out of 800+ players, he was in the top 3% or so. Yeah, that is a little better than decent.

Now what was the best prank you had pulled on you Flaxx?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 09:07 AM) Bank of America to pay back 45 billion of bailout money. No big surprise, all of these companies want out from under the Feds.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 07:59 AM) I can also remember several games, especially his rookie season, where Danks either got a no decision or a loss due to bullpen or offensive failure. He also had a massive collapse with a dead arm in the last half of his rookie year which makes those numbers look worse than they really are. He has had an ERA+ of 1.38 and 1.23 in the last two seasons. Last year he was still three tenths of a run under that career era number. Overall record is about as pointless of a stat as their is for evaluating a pitcher. Batters hit .245 off of him, with an OBP of .314 and an OPS against of .726. That is a good pitcher.

No big surprises in there at all...

The fun part is that you can't really apologize anymore, otherwise it constitutes a potential admission of guilt. Yeah lawyers!

Lads are testing you early on, huh Tex?

I can't accept that excuse.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 09:48 PM) Sloppy, but solid win for the Bulls. Brad Miller was just outstanding today. Now I don't really care about the other soon to be free agents leaving us next year, but if he takes a good pay-cut (which I doubt he'll find 13 mil a year on the open market anyways esp. with him aging) I would love to see us bring back Brad Miller as a backup center next year. Sure this is also pending if we leave Noah at the 5 or move him to the 4. (also the Omar Asik scenario as well) Miller is such a valuable big man. The ability he has to pass the ball and to shoot opens up so much of the floor.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 08:40 PM) Sox fans over-value John Danks. He's a decent pitcher. I think you over-value your own opinions...

Getting off of the bandwagon, huh folks?

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 05:26 PM) Exactly. No need to rush to sign a DH. I think KW is currently figuring out how he will fill up that leadoff spot... this will most likely be his 'big splash' during the winter meetings. And Kenny has said almost exactly that about waiting for a DH.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 05:57 PM) Apparently the Red Sox are shifting Pedroia from 2B to SS and looking into signing FA Placido Polanco. . http://browniepoints.mlblogs.com/archives/...soxs_radar.html In other words the trade market for SS's sucked.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 08:18 PM) Given Bobby's struggles last year, his calf injury, and the Sox being unhappy with his conditioning, Jenks' value has to be pretty low right now. It's very possible that Kenny might want to wait until June or July, in hopes that Bobby rebounds. If the Sox aren't competitive at the deadline, a more successful 2010 Bobby would likely net the Sox some decent prospects. Not to mention that half to two thirds of his salary will have been paid at that point as well...

Aw, I was hoping the rumor about 10 year deals for Kane and Toews was true, but I will damned sure take this!

QUOTE (WCSox @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) I recall Ron Kittle's arbitration meetings with the Sox being a complete disaster. Reinsdorf et al. came out of that looking extremely petty, and it's probably a reason why they don't do it anymore. And that was what, 25 years ago? What other cases have we had since then? Any?

The interesting trends in the scores include that males outscored females in every question, except the health care, and that the scores got better generally with age.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 2, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) Ugh, to me Danks is untouchable. I think his ceiling is much higher than Floyd's. Until Danks signs a cheap extension into his free agent years, Floyd is more untouchable to me.