Harry Chappas

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 06:54 AM) one year we might impact the financials one way or another (by capitalizing an item, thus delaying a chunk of the expense from hitting the P/L or by expensing the item, thus taking a 1 time hit which might allow future Net Income to apear higher). But one way or another the amount is still going to flow through the financials. And people are forgetting, teams can make a lot of money by seeing there franchise value increase significantly as well. You are exactly right. The key thing with these are not the P&L you can get these to look however you choose. The Balance Sheet is where everything lies. What is the debt on the books and what is the equity of the franchise those are goign to determine where you stand. A football bonus is an expense in year 1 for tax purposes yet it can be accounted for a couple of different ways and I am not even referring to the fictious salary cap. Eventually though it all comes through the P&L. Julio Cruz just came of the Sox books a couple of years back. He resided on teh Sox B/S for almost 15 years and hit their P&L annually. You can not really hide anything unless you have a holding company....or own the television/radio station that broadcasts your games. That is where you hide revenue from the team.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Aug 27, 2010 -> 10:13 AM) I wonder if GM Jizzo wishes he had a replacement stud like edwin jackson in rotation going into next year. Any chance of competing next year is gone as Dunn isn't going to hang around....that is a move that is making KW look like a genius as Jackson is doing much more than Dunn would do. If Peavy can get healthy that staff has MB or Peavy as the number 5 and can move Danks if he won't sign an extension......Sale is also in the mix.

I'll take Jackson but I really think that pitchers can thrive with weaker stuff in the NL. I don't know why I just do.

Dibble looks like a real ass now.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 11:06 AM) Here's the Big Ten division split: Division 1 Michigan Michigan State Iowa Nebraska Illinois Northwestern Division 2 Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Minnesota Purdue Indiana Nice cakewalk that top division is. And it looks like OSU-Mich will no longer be played as the last regular season game. Way to completely punch tradition in the face guys. It will be played as the Big Ten championship instead.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 08:32 AM) It's always possible that there may be issues between the Yankees and him that we don't know about as well. The Marlins did not seem fans. If I were the Cubs and he didn't sign a contract until November, I'd at least ask, and there might be a 1% chance of it happening. Can't hurt. I'll still have my mind blown if it's not Sandberg. They will do Girardi over Sandberg as the minion will eat that up. The Yankees will let Joe go, the cubs will nto hirre him away. The Ricketts do not have the cash to spend on the players they need to turn that thing around. They will not be any better next year so why would Joe voluntarily go for that? The Yanks may be leading him in that direction if they are not very high on him.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) We were probably top 2 or 3 about 2 weeks ago. Number one before the Baltimore series.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) Ozzie needs to rest Rios a few games and see if he feels better. He's not really contributing much right now, and if he is banged up, rest him up for the last month. Put Lilli out there De Aza will be up in a week as well.

Aren't all players on the 40 man on 9/1 eligible for the playoff roster? If so, sending a guy down at this point does not keep him off the playoff roster same as the DL.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 25, 2010 -> 10:56 AM) I don't see how that could be possible. Has he even hit waivers yet? We don't know. Not sure why the Dodgers would not do it yesterday. He is in Milwaukee I believe

Manny's motivation is a nice DH deal for next year.....oh and possibly facing the Yanks this weekend and Red Sox 7 times may be incentive enough..along with a playoff run. He also mashes at the Cell. If Rios is hurting, this is a no brainer.

I like Threets and for some reason I think the new roles for Pena and Linebrink will get them going. Remember Pena was going to be the closer and Linebrink main set up guy not too long ago. Time to earn that money.

Santos looks to be out of gas.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) Cause what's the point of having Pierre if you're not going to let him steal to get into scoring position. You might as well have an OBP god like Thome being your leadoff hitter if you're not going to trust him. Now, if Pierre is on 2nd base and no outs, I'm fine with the bunt. Moving the guy to third to get him home on a ball in play is good. Needing a hit with only two rather than three opportunites is my problem. Unless the bunter is a bad hitter like the NL pitcher or kotsay.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:41 PM) Ozzie is arguably the worst manager in baseball from a decision making/tactician standpoint....really...is there anyone worse? That are employed? I like Guillen and think he does things very well but he does some simple things wrong.

I heard that Kendall is batting .576 aginast Linebrink in his career. On Sunday with the man on third and two outs put Kendall on and let the .175 hitter beat you. No the .175 hitter was left handed that and the bunt are the only situational managing moves Guillen makes. The Twins may get swept and the Sox should have swept the Royals and should sweep the O's. They are in a pennant race and need to play like it.

I want guillen gone simply because the bunting is not working

So Lou walks out on the last two teams he has managed. Has this been brought up anywhere? It also seems the Rays did not need him at all and he took the cubs right into the crapper. I really think he should be known more for his failures than his successes. The M's collapse The Tampa debacle The cubs debacle. With the money spent on that team to not win a single playoff his embarrassing. The 91 World Series was a long time ago.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 07:29 PM) Please tell me we won't start Garcia next weekend against the Yankees. They are going down with that ship.

I think time is running out on Freddy.

Sadly neither team really looks to care Quentin and Rios have been abysmal. I think the game one winner wins both tonight and I think the Royals have the upper hand as the Sox can not ouch Humber and the Royals pen gives them fits from time to time. The Twins would be up 7-0 right now waiting on the curve.

I heard Garcia and Pena......yikes is all I can say they could easily be swept regardless of who pitches for the Royals. Both starters could go less than 3 innings very easily and neither will go more than 6 and we play again in less than 24 hrs

The Sox are 0-5 in one run games since the beginning of the O's series. Putz has blown 3 games and Thorton 2 granted the Minnesota game was Guillen fault still Roberts and Thome did not get lucky against him. Jenks is the only option and chance this team has right now even with Putz being available.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 19, 2010 -> 09:53 PM) I wasn't impressed with any one of Baker/Liriano/Pavano. Other than Baker Liriano and Pavano can go down at any moment with the innings they have logged this year compared to previous years.

Berkman on DL Twins hopefully face Haren and King Felix and then also the Rangers Berkman on the DL and will miss next weekend.......... The Twins rotation looked bad in this series....maybe the innings are catching up to Carl.