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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 01:45 PM) Michigan City's Rogers own Delray Brooks. One of three Mr Basketballs from MC. FWIW, this is the kid. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketba...cob-raspopovich Cool. I remembered seeing his name and was going to ask you about him. It's kind of weird but UTPA always seems to have a guy or two from Chicago and a German or two.

I always checked with the embroidery shop to see what they offered. Usually they had a great choice. It's their job.

Would you feel better if he said I'm a great manager and will only get better. In two years, when this contract runs out, I'm going to be a free agent and demand being the highest paid manager out there?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 17, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) UT-PA? A kid from NWI will be going down there for basketball next year. That be my school. In addition to the NAIA Title and a NIT bid in 1981 the other claim to fame is Lon Kruger got his coaching start here and Mr Indiana Basketball Delray Brooks torpedoed his coaching career here. We are set to merge the school with another smaller UT campus about 60 miles away and adding a medical school. The new university will be eligible for $$$$ through a state program for 'new' universities.

Last night was my local universities basketball homecoming game so the missus and I headed over there. It was the 50th anniversary of our NAIA National Tournament win so a lot of the guys from that team where there. They also finally retired Luke Jackson's jersey. The guy was the tourny MVP, 1st round pick by the Philly 76ers, NBA All-Star, NBA Champ, Olympic gold medalist. It only took about 40 extra years to honor the man. He seemed very gracious. This is also the last season before we jump to the Western Athletic Conference and a chance at a autobid to the NCAA tournament. Moving up.

BTW, Thank you Brian.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 12:56 PM) Jose Reyes talks about getting traded from the Marlins to the Blue Jays. Jeffrey Loria is quite a great guy This guy has got to be the worse owner of any sports franchise. If it wasn't for The Heat, I'd actually feel bad for Miami fans.

Here's a guy that could easily be thinking I only want to manage when I have the fire and desire to do so. I don't want to just be collecting a paycheck. We criticize guys for taking the cash, then criticize when they don't.

f*** Frank Thomas. If he cared about the fans and his teammates he would have juiced and who knows how many championships the Sox could have won. Selfish prick.

Someone has to tee it up and someone has to make it fly. This has been just a terrific thread.

I read that the last time an meteor that size hit Russia, the Cubs won the series.

While I am generally on the side of drafting high school kids, I don't think being forced to go to a top tier college and getting free everything is such a terrible thing. There are plenty of other athletes and entertainers who face the same kind of lifestyle issues and responsibilities at an early age and do just fine. And I do support some form of compenstation for ALL college athletes. But each one should receive the same whether they play soccer or football, track or basketball. I would hate to see a system that started sorting and shifting and paying different athletes different amounts.

A manager that isn't all about the money. I it pretty cool that we've gone from Robin!? WTF!! There are better candidates, we're throwing in the towel, etc to HE TURNED DOWN AN EXTENSION?!

This is a guy who by all accounts was happy at home, not really looking for a job. He isn't talking about an early retirement, he's living up to his contract and then thinking about the next one. A solid, ethical, path from a pretty solid, ethical guy. It would be easy to take the extension, then retire. But he seems to be a man of his word, and I have no doubt if he signed the extension he would have done everything to manage that year as well. Plus, physically he may be finding the grind to be too much. Is his ankle and leg holding up long term after surgery?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 07:15 PM) The Pope resigns? Did he get a no trade clause? He wants to spend more time with his kids

And parents who didn't want their children to be stigmatized by being a victim. Just like rape is under reported.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) lol how in the f*** did those cocksuckers manage to predict an 80-82 record for the 2006 juggernaut club that returned a WS champ plus Jim Thome & Javy Vazquez... unreal Winning the WS bumped them up 2 games from the prior year's prediction.

And then after the first game we will announce this team has no chance.

There is a concern with choosing someone too young and having them serve for three decades or longer. If they go outside Europe, I believe they will go older to shorten the time.

Wearing my Jerry Garcia baseball tie . . .

And it should be remembered that they were not necessarily bad contracts when they were signed. If Danks stayed healthy, that contract wasn't looking too bad. If Dunn had been Dunn and not Done in year one, it would not have looked that bad. s*** happens. Players are winning these and the team and fans are losing.

Are you suggesting that people who make more money love their kids less? That their kids will miss them less? That their kids don't need them to read them a story, play catch, or attend a school function?

As I said before, I have a lot of empathy for people who have little or no choice in where the work.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 08:47 AM) They will go with someone from Africa. One of the leading canddates is from Africa. What happens more times than not is the leading candidate has both strong support and equally strong detractors, leaving a path for the guy who is the 2nd choice but without much "baggage". Like SS2k5 I enjoy the pomp and circumstances and ancient ritual that lead to the choice.

Hmm. Let the politics and jockying begin. The last person from the US that was even close, and it wasn't that close, was Cardinal Bernardin. Cardinal Dolan in NY would seem to be the leading American candidate but there are a couple guys that Rome will prefer. I believe the first American will be much older, Dolan is only 60. However, Dolan is an awesome speaker, and seems to be well liked by the other Cardinals. You will hear a lot about the guy in Africa whose name escapes me now. It would be a nod towards breaking up the European influences. There is another candidate in Mexico and one in Canada that may also receive some attention, but I doubt they will get past the first round of voting. If they stay in Europe, there are a few Italians that will be mentioned, but Cardinal Scola is probably the only serious candidate. I can't wait for the non stop vigils outside the Vatican, watching the smoke from the chimney.