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The free agent contracts they are talking about are just stupid. 12 YEARS for a hockey player? Good god.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 01:51 PM) But then again, think about how much we'd have been helped if we'd had freer trade in things like the investor classes, if they weren't so well protected by those same "free" trade agreements. Hell, we might have had investors who were intelligent enough to realize that a gigantic bubble was building in real estate. But then again, those guys have even better lobbyists than the unions. FWIW, there are products out there for exactly what you are describing. The CME trades contracts based on the average housing prices in specific US markets. http://www.cme.com/trading/prd/re/uscre.html

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 01:06 PM) I do, I've never seen that statement. Not much I can do for you then...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 01:12 PM) He broke down even earlier last season, but if you look at his minor league inning totals you can see that he hasn't even come close to throwing the amount of innings that it takes to pitch in a complete major league season and the White Sox need to be aware and careful because if you push him too far past his prior year inning totals you take a major chance at ruining a promising arm (and this is statistically proven). Which, dispite the howls from some fans, they have been.

I recently read in one of the papers ( Sunday Trib I think) that the Sox weren't interested.

Cool. This would be a fun night to check out.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) Hell, even if he said Uribe was one of the best defensive infielders in the league, it's still pretty hard to argue that's a crazy thing to say. ^ That. Who here is better?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 11:21 AM) Which at a corporate level are the same as the US. Individuals are taxed quite a bit more, though. not to mention the value added taxes being way higher than most sales taxes.

The main opponents of free trades are the unions who are hurting their own workers by burying their heads in the sand for their own self interests. Look no further than the auto industry. Free trade makes many more products affordable to everyday Americans, but you won't see that in the union propaganda. Think about what $4 gasoline would look like if we had protectionist trade that made the cost of a Japanese car prohibative for all but the richer classes. You'd be stuck with one of the SUVs that are rusting on the lots, because the US auto companies would have no reason to change their behaviors. It does cost Americans jobs, but more American jobs get hurt by ineffecient industries than ever get hurt by free trade. Some people just have been lobby's.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 11:47 AM) BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD move. Avery is an asshole, and a locker-room cancer. I wonder what Andre Roy is doing these days... I haven't had my life in danger in a while

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 11:02 AM) Looks like Hawks got a 2nd round pick from Calgary for Rene Borque.... Wow. Great deal! That is some value for Rene.

If I know my Kenny Williams history at all, I would be willing to bet that there are at least 6 guys in the starting line up in '12 that are not in the organization today.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 27, 2008 -> 10:18 PM) Garret Johnson's had a very nice start to the season, 12.1 IP, 19K, sub 1.00 WHIP, 0.73 ERA. He's not that old either at 20 (21 in September). Just looking at his MiLB.com page and he's huge, 6'10", 205 lbs. Anyone know anything about him, stuff-wise? Is 205 lbs correct? If it is, someone needs to get him hanging out with Toby Hall and Bobby Jenks!

American Rock band best team season in sports history (or just baseball if you prefer)

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) proof? Watch CNN, MSNBC, Fox, or anywhere else that plays the campaign events.

QUOTE (bkmoney @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:33 AM) My list. and you forgot crede? Thanks, nice catch! I will edit.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 08:56 AM) Would Melvin Mora be someone the Sox might be interested in? IIRC he can play multiple infield positions, has much more pop in his bat than Ozuna, can handle 3rd base better than Ozuna. I'd love to have Mora if the price wasn't obscene.

OK So I am a day late... sue me. The A's Kenny Williams-Top grade on the whole team. Some of the players he bought low on and got huge returns for are just incredible (CQ, AR, and GF) I guess Detroit really did need to add players to compete with us. Ozzie Guillen-Crazy like a fox. Knows exactly what buttons to push, and when to push them Don Cooper- Second best team ERA in all of baseball, playing half of the games at USCF. If that wasn't enough, look at guys like Gavin Floyd and John Danks. Carlos Quentin- He has been a God send who carried the team for a couple of months until the rest of the O has started to stir. John Danks-Has had a great first half so far, seems to be really turning into a little Buehrle. Jermaine Dye-Great numbers across the board Alexei Ramirez-has stolen 2B away from Uribe, and never looked back Gavin Floyd- Leads the team with 9 wins, and still has an era under 3.5 Scott Linebrink- Pretty much has been unhittable Bobby Jenks- hasn't got the gaudy numbers of years past, but still getting the job done Jose Contreras- dispite a bad stretch ERA is still under 4, and has been way better than anyone expected Boone Logan- limited work, great results Matt Thornton-done everything asked of him well AJ Pierzynski- Average is way up, and his catching has been great, except for throwing out runners. Nick Massett- see Logan and Thornton The B's Mark Buehrle- some really bad starts, but seems to have rebounded Javy Vazquez-struggling as of late, after being great early Octavio Dotel- I fought over an A or B, but has given up some big games Orlando Cabrera- rebounded nicely after a bad start Toby Hall-has done a very nice job in limit ABs, defense has hurt him The C's Pablo Ozuna- pretty much what is expected of him, we have gotten Greg Walker- Would have been much easier for him to walkaway when the entire planet wanted him fired. He manned up, and the team has responded. Joe Crede- A for offense, F for Defense. Looks like he is avoiding torquing his back too much, and it is hurting in the field. I wouldn't be surprised to see him out for a while in the second half. The D's Jim Thome- rebounding as of late, making a push to get back to low end of career norms Nick Swisher-see Thome Brian Anderson- hasn't played much, numbers have faded as of late, even with more ABs after PK DL trip The F's Paul Konerko-I know injuries have hurt his numbers, but he has been a big void Juan Uribe-his career is circling the drain Incompletes Adam Russell- 4 IP, probably not long for Chicago Ehren Wasserman- back in Charlotte, has been unhittable there Esteban Loiaza, in Charlotte ISO velocity Mike MacDougal- couldn't find the strikezone with GPS and a guidedog. DeWayne Wise-very nice work in his short call up time

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 08:41 AM) BTW I have no interest in Furcal, it would be great and all, but the last time we signed a guy with injury questions (Erstad) it didn't work out so well. I'd rather re-sign Cabrera if we were going to do something other than Ramirez-Richar in '09. Then again with Jermaine Dye, it worked out pretty well...

Happy Birthday

Happy belated!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2008 -> 05:35 PM) Ok, bullet points: 1. Collisions of the sort that will happen in the LHC happen all the time in the universe, in the solar system, and even on earth (involving solar and cosmic rays hitting each other or hitting celestial bodies). Therefore, there is no reason to be afraid of them. 2. In the event of something unexpected happening, like the generation of a black hole, the Earth would not be destroyed, because a black hole or other wierd particle like a magnetic monopole would die out very quickly because of its small size (a small black hole would lose the energy within it very, very rapidly, although it'd be really cool to do, and it wouldn't destroy the planet. A tiny black hole is not a dangerous gravitational well like the larger ones...in fact, it's basically just a rapid system for converting matter to energy because that's all it would do) Or that's what the neo-cons want you to believe

47-35 + 2.5 GAMES won 6 out of 7 games and still 9 out of 13 including the sweep at Wrigley.

If nothing else, I hope the article is right on the draft signings. The more guys we get into the system, the better. Personally I like sending Anderson down. I think Uribe needs to stick around just in case Crede's back relapses.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 29, 2008 -> 01:08 PM) but what's the point in saying that? Why not just say he's just another John Kerry? What if someone said "He's just another George W. Bush, but older" It has pretty much been said everyday on the campaign trail...