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QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 11:16 PM) That's pretty iffy calling defense and rebounding strengths given what the Bulls did last year. Sure, Tyrus and Noah block shots, but they also allow plenty of offensive rebounds and let a number of pretty average big men have a big impact (ie Big Baby in the playoffs). I really could see the Bulls missing the playoffs without the scoring of Ben Gordon to save them at times.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 08:34 AM) Another note is that the Rays more than likely would not be willing to move them to the Red Sox or Yankees, who tend to be the teams to get players such as this... I whomever moves will wind up in the NL, and that'll probably be Upton. Good point. You have to imagine that they will look to the NL and the NL west first of all. The last place they want to send these guys is where they will be playing 18/19 games a year against Tampa.

We also have to hope that the Sox make the right pick this time...

QUOTE (joeynach @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 08:03 AM) Yeah cuz Nick Swisher, Alex Rios, and Tony Pena are all on the verge of greatness. Hell you might as well throw Roberto Alomar and Carl Everett in there too huh. Swisher was a bust, but we don't know what we have in Pena and Rios yet. I know it is the cool thing to do to give up on Rios, but he is so far away from his norms, you have to think this season is an aberration until proven otherwise.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/parents-...2696&page=2

http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/...art0917-ON.html

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 06:41 AM) IF any of this is true (and this has been reported nowhere besides the Tribune), we won't be in the running. The Rays are in a very enviable position right now. This is what happens when your minor league system is overflowing with premium prospects. It doesn't matter that Crawford is a FA after 2010. They can and probably will demand a big haul. If they can't get what they want, they can go ahead and let him play out 2010, and you know he'll be super motivated with it being his FA year. They can attempt to resign him, of course. If they can't, no big loss for them. They'll just slide Desmond Jennings, who has all the makings to be even better than Crawford, right in. They'll also obviously get compensation for him signing with another team. They'd be fools to even dangle Upton. I don't care what he's done to this point. With his combination of youth/skill/athleticism, you just don't give up on a guy like that. And as has been mentioned, he's not a FA for a few years. Again, this hasn't been brought up anywhere except the Tribune. So it could be nothing. Honestly, I was looking forward to a Crawford, Upton, Jennings OF next year. That would have to be undoubtedly the most athletic OF combination ever. Why wouldn't we be in the running? This is the type of deal Kenny specializes in. He loves to load up his prospects to get a guy on the verge of greatness.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 11:10 PM) Maybe, or it could be Colin Fraser doing back flips. Bringing Madden in takes up one of those spots already.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 12:14 AM) And you just happen to be an asshole. Not your fault, it's who you are. lol sorry that was too easy, I had a burning urge Like I always say... I could totally win the lottery, because money wouldn't change me... I have always been a dick!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 12:29 AM) INTERNET WARNING!! If you get an e-mail titled "Nude Photo of Nancy Pelosi," Don't open it... It contains a nude photo of Nancy Pelosi. The one time you hope for a virus...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 08:33 PM) I haven't read that book but I've read a couple similar ones. If it makes you feel any better the KGB f***ed up a lot too. They would do stuff like select a target for assassination, then go hire an assassin and not properly vet him, only to have the guy get cold feet and confess to the target what he was supposed to be doing. Then shrug that off, and have the exact same thing happen on the very next mission. That's good to know. I haven't read on the CIA before, but that book did have the tone as a bitter dude who got fired.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 05:15 PM) I had never watched DWTS until last night. Seriously, they were trying to make him look like a pathetic piece of s***, yet, technically he danced the parts better then most of the others. I now know why I didn't want to downgrade my cable - we resort to watching s*** tv like DWTS. Honestly the only reasons I have cable are sports and the history channels. Other than that, I'd rather play playstation.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) Naw he's way worse than Sanford, Ensign and him are more comparable, but Edwards is even scummier with his kid. I was thinking more or less, the same thing about his wife... What kind of piece of s*** puts puts his cancer ridden wife as the centerpiece of his campaign, and then sleeps around on her?

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 04:58 PM) http://www.lostuniversity.org The placement test was kinda tough. I scored 16 out of 23 5 years ago today, the Pilot aired. And it is still about four months until the next episode

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 05:32 PM) Dude, you guys need to get over stuff like this. I know it isn't easy, but just cause someones gay doesn't mean you have to talk to them any different. And I will say this is easier said than done, but I was once pretty homophobic and now I'm pretty far from it. And my best friend from age 3 into high school ultimately came out and is openly gay. I'm not best friends with him anymore but it has nothing to do with the fact that he's gay, we just evolved and have different interests but still keep in touch. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. People are, who they are.

The last time a team had the ball so little and still won the game was 1977... Yes way before most of you were even born.

Well that pretty much clinches him being back with us next year...

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 09:56 PM) *walks in* ...we lost another game??? Ugh. *walks out* Thanks Mr Obvious, you're a life saver.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 09:51 PM) Where's that great American spirit of innovation and enterpreneurship? Don't be a quitter dude. That is totally the spirit of the 21st century.... Quit, and let the government pay for it!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) and if Rios puts up .300/.350/.500, will you say the same thing? I don't think anybody knows what the Sox have in Rios, and suggesting he is a bust and is overpaid based off of a month of play is very short-sighted. Especially because his swing mechanics have been for s*** since he got here.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 04:51 PM) So when is the baby due? [shivers in fear]

Ozzie has let it be known that he wants Kotsay back. I think it is a matter of what other teams are willing to offer him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) It really worked out well for the Cubs........... Assuming no one hurts his feelings that is...

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 08:13 PM) Sophomore slump. Well except that last year was his second year and best year... that is totally true.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 22, 2009 -> 05:38 PM) Or that our intelligence services are all staffed by Jack Bauer clones, etc. Have you read this before? It makes it sound like we were the biggest idiots on the planet in our intelligence agencies during the cold war. http://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-CIA-J...o/dp/0761525629