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He is just reliving his childhood... Uphill, both ways, in three feet of snow...

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 09:24 PM) You should have. He found the majesty of Al Capone's vaults too. I watched that entire special. Damn that sucked.

I never knew that the first person to air the Zapruder Film on television was Geraldo Rivera.

You know it! Steers AND queers.

That is a big statement game for Calgary. It means a lot more to them after we kicked their asses in the playoffs, than it does to us.

Very unlikely excuses really reflect poorly on many people in this thread.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 05:05 PM) If Quentin has another injury-prone season, he'll seek an extension. Otherwise, he'll go into arbitration like most players. I think he realizes that no one will give him a multi-year deal if he does have another injury problem filled season.

Happens all of the time...

Funny it only happens when Flaxx is drinking...

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 04:38 PM) Back to back posts cheapen the thread as well... Can't see the deleted post, now can you?

Zinged that one in!

Your cheating is cheapening this thread.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 04:18 PM) So what does that $75M include? If it's just the 11 players under contract for next year then I'm curious as to how you arrived at that number. Buehrle, Floyd, Garcia, Konerko, Linebrink, Peavy, Pierzynski, Ramirez, Rios, Thornton, Viciedo = $70.3M Danks, Jenks, Carrasco, Pena, Quentin = ~$15M - $16M 16 players = ~$85M - $86M Then there's the extra million to buyout Dye's contract. So even if we filled the roster with nine guys between 400,000 and 500,000 dollars, we are sitting at $90,000,000ish, with zero free agents signed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) And really, how often is Joe Nathan flat out beat? By non-Beckham mortals? Not often.

TCQ turned down an extension last spring. Maybe you should ask Carlos if he is ready to sign an extension yet.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 03:08 PM) It shows that Thome was an elite player, but is on the decline... Is that supposed to negate the fact that Nick would be one of the most productive players on the team if we signed him? His OPS is still better than everybody else on the team. What does that say for the team?~~~~~~~ And yet Thome is still be superior to him by pretty much any statistic you can pick out.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 03:17 PM) Don't let other fans' knowledge of the game intimidate you, Shipps. Everyone was a "newer fan" at some point, and you don't have to know who Lou Angotti or Jerry Korab were to be a "real" Hawks fan. Just go to the games and enjoy it, and don't worry whether anyone else respects your fandom. If you're into the Hawks, you're a fan. And I will say this at the risk of pissing some people off, but hard core hockey fans tend to be the biggest snobs about other fans. I think because the fraternity of hockey fans is smaller, they are more sensitive to "bandwagon" fans than other sports.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) Johnson's OPS last year was about career average. His OPS this year was about 15 points less than career average. You can see that through his career his OPS fluctuated between .800-.900 usually. Thome's OPS is over 100 points less than his career average. Thome's looks a lot more like physical decline than Johnson's. And yet he is still proving to be a much superior player to Johnson. What does that say for Nick?

Very good odds that this will continue in perpetuity with an attitude like that.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) Very true JPN; the Twinks were so overmatched. Yet think of all the times we played them and the Sox seemed to overmatched or at least guaranteed to lose in the dome. Crazy. The funny part is that the Sox would have been a much better match up against the Yankees versus either Detroit or Minnesota.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 01:29 PM) Yeah, I'm liking that number. Does anybody have any rough estimate on what it will be after we offer arb to danks, quentin, DJ, and pena? (hoping we dont offer it to bobby) I'm not good with the arb numbers. Read the payroll thread, pinned up above.

Leeson didn't either.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) Any clue when Part 2 runs or was that both parts last night? Nevermind, looked it up. It's this Sat. Tonight at 9pm eastern. http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=det...pisodeId=488296

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 12, 2009 -> 01:08 PM) I don't want the Sox to be one of them when it comes to good players. Spend the money Jerry. Looking at what 2010's payroll projection looks to be like, they are spending money.