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It says a lot when people will laugh at the joke, do you really want your fate decided by people too stupid to get out of jury duty?

Put him anywhere that someone will call KW and ask for him.

Rios

Dunn

AJP

Dick Clark is dead and we can't ring in the New Year!? Well played Mayans, well played.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) I should add that I actually like this subforum, but being active and posting a lot isn't a license to break the rules. 1. I will not insult other posters, directly or indirectly 3. I will not bait people or push them over the line (a.k.a. pushing their buttons) 4. I will not post statements for the purpose of angering others 5. I will not prod posters repeatedly on a subject or chase them across topics to make a point I could find numerous examples of these rules being broken again and again by the same people - people with 10K or more posts who differ politically and go around and around in almost every thread in the filibuster. It may be ok between the people involved, buts it's tiring when it's the same two people making the same handful of points repeatedly. You name the topic, and I pretty much know how the most active people in this subforum will feel before I even enter the thread. Just my two cents. We agree.

I hope you are posting again soon.

Nicely played

I am happy to see the resignations that have been coming in. While it is legal where they were, it is clearly not the right thing to do. I wish the culture changes even quicker. But outside every military base I've been around are cheap bars, and prostitutes.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) Unfortunately, the loudest voices in these "discussions" are often moderators. The loudest voices in almost every forum or subforum are moderators. Two factors to becomming a mod is longevity and how active you are. So we are active and have posted a lot for a long time. As far as standards we do not publically announce when a poster is suspended, however, I can assure you that mods and admins have been suspended. We never consider a mod to be "above the rules". Actually in a few cases mods have suspended themselves.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 10:27 AM) Since when is "almost 31" considered too old to go out and party? Maybe if he was 51. And BTW f*** you

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 11:43 AM) I don't like the idea of employers directly subsidizing a civic duty. But if the government would tax the wealthy like it should they could ultimately be defraying the cost of such a program. Good point. I always thought it was more a case of allowing a few more vacation days, but your way is really valid.

Easyily one of my all time favorite Sox players.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 12:24 PM) Even then, the Sox aren't the one year contract for a pitcher type. I hadn't really thought about that end of the startegy. We all know the reluctance to enter into four or five year deals, but there hasn't been too many one year types either.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2012 -> 11:47 PM) Bring on tapatalk! x2

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 18, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Fix the Search Function, Jason! You jerk! (oh wait is that too specific to one person?) Using google's option to search within the site works ojk for some stuff. I know it isn't perfect, but it isn't that bad.

Bummer

Not a chance in hell

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 07:03 PM) 0/5 with 4ks is pretty much the same no matter how much you're getting paid. But the difference between the expectation and that is different. The 25 mil franchise player has a different expectation than the utility player, as you rightfully pointed out. So while we would consider .250 a solid season for a player developing, we wouldn't find that acceptable for the $25mil player. In other words a "bad day" for Konerko should be better than a bad day for (insert league min development project player). At some point yes, it's a bad day for either one. 1-4 leaving three runners stranded may be a bad day for Pujols, but an acceptable day for (fill in here) is my point.

How many people here could be on any of those juries and be fair.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2012 -> 04:00 PM) What's their job on a team? If a guy is getting paid $25 million to carry an offense/pitching staff on a contending team, there's not a lot of leeway, the guy better be Halladaying it. If a guy is a 25 year old on a rebuilding team, then my answer is completely different. Of course but wouldn't "bad day" be relative for each of those players?

Seriously, if Perry had *not* run for President, he may have looked good as a VP. Romney may have dodged a bomb there.

I am trying to keep pitchers into the discussion. Taking 150 games for a starter, can they have 15 bad games? 30? For a starting pitcher 3 outings where they are out by the fourth? Six? Clearly Dunn surpassed any number last season, but what are fair expectations?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 09:12 PM) Me neither. That's for suckers. Do you steal anything else?