southsider2k5

Have you seen NASA's budget? They do more on less than any other governmental agency in existance.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 10:23 PM) Boras is going to push the Tigers to trade him so that option gets vested, that guy freaks out when this stuff happens Who is going to trade for Maggs right now?

QUOTE (SI1020 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) I couldn't disagree more. Just because a guy's name is Bowman he still has to prove himself. I just don't understand all this Tallon hate. Do people forget how long this team was beyond abysmal? Tallon did a very good job. As far as his five worst moves being so much worse than his five best, I can't see that either. It has been said by several sources that worst move number one was actually the responsibility of the man that replaced him. I say that not to absolve Tallon of the blame he deserves but to put things in a little perspective. If you've worked for a while then you know that sometimes it doesn't matter if you're good at your job or not when a new team comes in. McDonough for all his supposed marketing genius comes across to me as very arrogant and think skinned. It won't matter one whit if the Hawks end their long Stanley Cup drought. Personally I think they are still a little short, and if they should happen to meet the Penguins in the finals next year, the result will be the same as in 1992. It would be different if Scotty wasn't involved in this organization as well. I do agree that the Hawks aren't quite there yet. You are not going to be a Cup Winner with Christobal Huet as your netminder.

I don't know why people get so upset about players like this. With 25 man rosters and 30 teams in the league, there are bound to be some bad players in the league, especially in places that don't have much of a payroll.

That's a really nice write up. The only thing that worries me are rumors about work ethic.

The Miller High Life commercials are the dumbest thing on TV right now. In every single situation where they "take back the High Life" the people that they are taking it from would have never had that piss water in the first place!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2009 -> 11:32 AM) Aside from the Phoenix Coyotes has any other major sports franchise ever filed for bankruptcy? The Buffalo Sabres went through bankruptcy with the worldcom mess.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,3286249.story

For the minimum, it is great gamble for them. Why not?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 03:24 PM) I think that was rumored. If the Sox offered Dye and we didn't get Jackson than the Rays GM is the dumbest GM alive. Because what they got was a lot less than Jermaine Dye for Edwin Jackson. He also cost $10 million per year less or more, which is a large consideration these days.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 03:18 PM) Oh, so now you guys LOVE the Congressional Budget Office? 2 nights ago they were a horrible horrible partisan group that has been seduced by the beauty of Obama's backside. But then its head says something that can be taken out of context appropriately to make it sound anti-health-care reform, and suddenly we're all good again right? That came from one person exactly, but way to categorize that as "you all"

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...ost-states.html And yes, they are still planning to tax insurance. http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories...13/daily37.html

QUOTE (Pumpkin Escobar @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 02:46 PM) Where did you see that? It was talked about here over the winter.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 02:45 PM) He's a barely above average player and he doesn't warrant anything great. I'd imagine a package involving John Shelby would definitely sway KC to make the trade. Why would KC move Teahen for Shelby?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 02:31 PM) Ah. I haven't gotten to see any of those movies yet. Are they any good? Good, not great. Pixar does way better.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) Probably not... We'll be handcuffed financially if we get Rios and I'm betting the Jays will be asking for a decent return. With Teahen, we can give them 2-3 mediocre prospects and he'd be ours. If we get money with his contract, we will give up something decent. If we take his contract, we could get him for nothing. Heck we could probably claim him off of waivers soon enough if we really wanted him. As for Teahen, I doubt he will be as cheap as you think. Its hard to find a guy that does as much as he does and still has a decent bat.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 08:58 AM) Don Sutton is in. Tommy John and Bert Blyleven aren't. Those were 3 guys with longevity based statistics. .... Hell add Phil Neikro as being in. So, if Mark hangs around long enough to get close to 300 wins it's a 50-50 chance. If MB can win 300, he is in no doubt. There aren't any pitchers who have won 300 and not made it, right? I don't think Mark sticks around that long. I don't think he needs baseball as much as we need Mark Buehrle.

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 02:21 PM) Did KW even ever look at Jackson before he was traded? Yes. We offered Jermaine Dye.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) Not a fan of King Julien?? I think his Julien ad libs are the funniest thing he's done by far. Is he still doing the voice in the cartoon series? If so, that is pretty solid.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 12:35 PM) lol @ "today", as if somehow that doesn't apply to the one before him. And the one before him...

Ah, yes, ready to be an instant favorite I was a big fan of the Braves growing up and my favorite player was Chipper Jones. They were always on tv on TBS so I would watch them everyday. I never really started following the Sox until I got drafted by them but I can tell you I already love watching the Cubs lose.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 12:07 PM) Scotty Bowman is sure getting a lot of credit for shared work done with Murray, Devellano, and Holland. Stan Bowman's getting a lot of credit for being a f*** trophy. Which is still more than Tallon has ever done.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 11:04 AM) Just applying your standards. So what contractors, vendors, and customers is Social Security worried about losing?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 10:57 AM) Southsider after reading most of your posts on this subject I'm having a hard time figuring out your point or what should be done. Actually I'm getting the feeling u don't think there's a problem with the current system at all. The last post was irony. Everyone talks about taking on the big bad drug companies, and yet here they are giving in at the first chance they get.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2009 -> 10:52 AM) When AIG et al. hold their big conferences, we get huge lectures from you folks about how they absolutely need to hold those things, they're a complete necessity to meet with contractors, vendors, people they do business with, etc. Take note of the fact that SSA held this thing in Phoenix in the summer. You know why they might have done that? Because no one in their right mind wants to go to phoenix for a conference in the summer. It's 120 degrees every day. The only reason why you'd go there is that the hotels are really cheap. They paid like $85 a night. The feds have paid retention bonuses to single AIGFP employees that cost more than that conference. And here you are defending it after it attacking it when business did it...