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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 12:28 PM) If they really like them, than why can't they consider it. Honestly that frustrates the hell out of me. Don't comment on it if thats the case. It's one thing if we are talking about Arod, its another when we are talking about these guys. I like the fact that Kenny is honest, versus the old group that used to horribly underbid people and then act like they made a realistic run at a player.

Its kinda funny that a Clinton brings up an ethics question

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 2, 2008 -> 11:31 AM) Unfortunately the way to most completely mitigate it is to curb civil liberties and essentially become a police state. And since I take intelligence-related college classes I see people discussing this in class periodically, where I hear people basically say that. When I tell them that what they're calling for is basically becoming like China, they either back down, don't respond, or deny that's what they mean. Exactly. I have said it before, and I will say it again, people ARE going to die in terror attacks and there is NOTHING the government as it exists today can do about it.

Knowing the Cubs, I wonder if this is an injury red-flag going up?

It will happen ( I don't know exactly when), and because of the constitution a President is very limited in what he can do to prevent it. There are too many holes in this country, and you can't close every one, no matter what some people think.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) Well, I thought I was being funny. Oh, and can I take a personal jab at you now? Or will I then be suspended? It might be funny if it was once, but it sure doesn't get funnier the more times you repeat it. As a matter of a fact, it only contributes to the overall blah on the board.

� Bert Blyleven � Rickey Henderson � Mark McGwire � Tim Raines � Lee Smith This would be my HOF list. The closers haven't gotten enough attention or respect IMO. McGwire is a tough one, but I think without knowing who was using and who was not, you almost have to ignore that. Then again, tomorrow I will probably feel the opposite... Its a tough one. I do believe Blyleven should be in, and Rickey and Rock should be in as well. Henderson deserves 95% of the vote, at least.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 08:22 PM) This is probably about as much of a partisan callout article as you'll get from the AP. So, to summarize....the changes were out there, proposed, that could at the very least have softened the sharpest parts of the bubble. The Executive Branch could have added those regulations without Congressional approval. Congress probably could have jumped in and added them if they thought they were important enough. A bunch of banks said no, we can't do that. Those banks are now all dead. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editoria...nancial_fiasco/

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 07:00 PM) I have no problem with Obama dividing up the room into Cubs and Sox. It's all in good fun. But are we so damn politically correct and worried about peoples feelings that we HAVE to apologize because a reporter was "miffed" that he DARED be put in the "other" area? Come on. Seriously. Communist

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 29, 2008 -> 03:56 PM) I think you missed what the bald comment was in reference to I'd hardly say he'd been "missing it"

QUOTE (Texsox @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 11:54 AM) True, it would be better as ice cream! The person below me is just posting to add one to his post count. 100% True The person below me has been at a Soxtalk softball game.

Happy Birthday Mr G.

I think there is one right aroud Hyde Park close to the metra electric tracks as well.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 09:43 AM) Why tip someone for a job I'm capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones. Because you aren't doing it yourself?

QUOTE (KevinM @ Dec 1, 2008 -> 08:12 AM) If that's the case, he should have posted similar numbers in 2007. He didn't. Most likely, this is not a repeatable skill and his affinity for allowing base runners will prevent him from being a special pitcher. He was also 23 years old a year ago, and 24 years old this year. 2007 was his first full year as a major league starter. Its not like he is putting up these numbers at 30, or even 27. Jackson is still learning on the job. And actually a great example of this is Randy Johnson. Go back and look at his numbers at a similar age. At 27 years old in 1991 he walked 152 guys while giving up 151 hits! His WHIP was over 1.50, yet his era was 3.98. The next year at 28 years old he still walked 144, while giving up 154 hits coming in with a whip of 1.42 and an era of 3.77. That 1991 season was after logging over 500 innings at the major league level. Going into 2007, Jackson had logged about 100. Was he lucky? Did it prevent Johnson from becoming a special pitcher? No, because he had the arm to pitch over that. Not to mention, as he got more major league innings underneath him, he mastered his release point and repeatability of his delivery.

Happy Birthday Zach

I can't imagine an event like this. The odd thing was I had never heard of it before reading this in the Sunday Trib. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-...0,5766256.story

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 30, 2008 -> 12:37 AM) Not really. It says he did better in clutch situations and that he was uncharacteristically good in those situations, so he'll get worse as time moves on. That doesn't make sense, firstly because like I said before, the kid is 24 and he improved his peripheral stats. The only peripherals he didn't improve upon were HR/9 and K/9, but IMO there is a very good reason for that and it has nothing to do with some clutch stat. IMO, his HR/9 and K/9 rates in 2007 were artificially high. Jackson turned in his first full pro season that year and the league hadn't adjusted to him yet. In 2008 he harnessed his control more, but the opposition probably stopped chasing his slider as much as they had been and decided to just sit on his fastball and make him get over the plate. Instead of reading that crap, just go to baseballreference.com and look at the stats themselves, especially by month. He was better in the 2nd half of '07 than he was in the 1st half of '07; he was better in the 1st half in '08 than he was in the 2nd half of '07, and he was doing better in the 2nd half of '08 than in the 1st half of '08 until September came, and then he hit the wall and had 3 really bad starts that hurt his 2nd half numbers. He has been improving his game gradually and actually seems poised for a breakout. If you look at his gamelog, he had 6 really bad starts where he gave up 6 runs and generally couldn't get out of the 4th inning. There are lots of games where he was walking 3-4 people and still getting away with it based on stuff. He cut his BB rate by a full one walk plus last year, and if he does that again he'll put up an ERA in the 3's. As far as him becoming a better pitcher with men on base, why is that a bad thing? That is a sign of a guy turning a corner and becoming a Major League pitcher. Those numbers say one thing to me pretty clearly. Tampa Bay is having Jackson pitch to more contact which reduces his hits, walks, and strikeouts per nine innings. Then when things get dicey in the clutch, Jackson rares back and throws his hardest fastball, or his nastiest slider to get out of the situation, because guys aren't responding in the clutch the same way they are the rest of the time.

QUOTE (KevinM @ Nov 29, 2008 -> 11:55 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php...-jackson-clutch That sums it up fairly well. This article is a great example of why the pure statistical approach misses on a great game. There is a reason Edwin Jackson is clutch, and that is because of his stuff. Put fairly simply, it is hard to center up and hit his pitches. Its not like he has anything that is straight which he is throwing up to home plate. It would be different if he has a mediocre fastball, or ordinary slider, but he doesn't. Looking at those numbers doesn't tell that story. I know you can't just look at this stuff either, and proclaim him one of the best starters in the game, but you can't completely ignore it either.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 30, 2008 -> 05:02 PM) Something please happen soon. This site is incredibly boring. With contributions like that I can't see why

Interesting article, especially when you take it in the context of how Gavin Floyd was thought of before this year, and how Homer Bailey is thought of now... Its the reason that if Kenny goes out and gets a pitcher in a trade, I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt if he is seemingly buying low. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8866556...in-recent-years

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Nov 28, 2008 -> 08:31 PM) Was that the Peter Jennings special on the History Channel? It was awesome. The debunking of the JFK movie was great. After watching that I really felt dumb to think that there was a conspiracy. So many theories were wasily shott down. Funny how his neighbor got him the job at the book depository. The coincidental happenings like Ruby and LHO's desire to become a Cuban or Russian citizen was really cool. They had KGB agents on and basically it said that both conutries wanted nothing to do with him. The interview with LHO's brother and the his neighbors were really telling as well. The amount of conincidences can be hard to believe but that documentary did a nice job of proving them all. I enjoyed that episode too. Combine that with the one where they actually did ballistics tests on gelletian figures and simulated the shots to show that it was all possible... I really enjoyed them.

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