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What's that now, 0 for 7 with RISP? Morel is having an all-time horrible game. At least Beckham had cheap hit to RF, even though he was overmatched most of the game and perhaps had the worst AB of the game when he had an early chance to get Viciedo to 3B with one out. And Alex Rios still sucks. Reed looked great at least.

And Rios supposedly has more value (in trade) as a RFer than a LFer. If Rios even keeps his job for the whole season.

Santiago's definitely still in the mix, too. In fact, lots of roto league articles are popping up around the net with that exact speculation.

Well, the fact that we're pretty clearly one of the perennial 5 worst teams in terms of drafted talent...but have a top 5 record in baseball for most stretches of the 90's through today, says something about the jobs that our GM's have done during that time stretch, particularly the last 10-12 years. It's not like we can say the $100+ million payrolls from 2006-2011 really were primary reasons we had winning teams, although that also certainly hasn't hurt, either. We've just not allocated our money as efficiently ever since 2005.

No relation to Jose Can You See (Offerman)? That's the dude from THE OFFICE, right? At first, I thought it (Craig Robinson) was going to be Michelle Obama's brother who coaches BB at Oregon State, I think.

Even though it's NSFW, it reminded me of the SI Swimsuit issue and how tame that used to be, compared to now. Especially with that whole body-painting trend, which seems to give license to nearly any woman to be sort of provocative and "artistic" without being completely slutty...if you think of all the female athletes who've gone this route for pictures in the last decade. See-through (I was surprised by THAT look in one of the pictures) is definitely tacky, comparatively. I think the same 3 girls must have changed into 5 different outfits or more during the course of the night.

He was very good his first 2-3 years in Pittsburgh, playing away from the Chicago spotlight. Of course, that was 10 years ago, but he had some serviceable seasons recently, with the Cardinals, among others. I wouldn't be any more shocked to see Kip Wells as our 5th starter in 2013, compared to Dylan Axelrod, for example.

Rubio is scary, as a DEM, for the future. He'll be hard to stop, if he survives the vetting process, and he will easily turn the 25/75 disadvantage to 75/25 the other way around in terms of driving the Hispanic vote. As far as debaters in my lifetime, that I've seen personally: 1) Mario Cuomo 2) Bill Clinton 3) Jesse Jackson 4) Barack Obama Picking Santorum is insane. Hilary Clinton has the same exact demographic in terms of her appeal, and his presence on the ticket will scare almost every woman in America out to vote. Obama's ego is too big, and so is Biden's, but the perfect countermove to that would be placing Hilary on the ticket as VP.

365 days now from today, the Kip Wells signing will look even more genius than the Mitch Mustain one.

http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/frank...pictures/127997 Frank McCourt's new g/f. Is it just me or does it look like she has a black eye in the shot without the shades?

Is that Chuck Norris?

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 08:05 PM) Thanks Brian. Btw, what is up with the pricing on the authentic Miami Marlins jerseys? I was trying to order an orange Giancarlo one and the thing was 320 dollars! An authentic Konerko jersey is around 215? Anyone know why the 100 dollar difference? With how cheesy they look you would think that would be enough to make people avoid buying them, but setting the price at 320?? I remember when an authentic jersey price over $100 was a bit steep, just more than 20 years ago. Or New Era caps were available for under $20. Now they're selling for about $50 here in China, the real ones, not the fake/knock-off ones. With Stanton, probably because of all the newfound excitement around that franchise, the colors, his rising status as a superstar, let's call it "dynamic pricing" for jerseys as well as tickets. Supply and demand, interest is much higher in Reyes/Ramirez/J.Johnson/Stanton jerseys than ever before in the history of the franchise.

Nor has he shown any ability to 1) hit for any power or 2) stay healthy or 3) play adequate defense.

For the purposes of this exercise, just players who started out with the White Sox organization (drafted or international free agent). That eliminates Omar Vizquel. Wilson Valdez would have to play there. Maybe we'd have to use Aaron Miles in the middle infield, but neither Getz nor Miles should be anywhere near SS. Including Olivo and Sergio Santos (since we really cultivated him as a pitcher, whereas the D-Backs drafted him in the first round originally as a shortstop).

Then you'll undoubtedly have all the stories about how supportive and patient Reinsdorf and KW were with Ozzie and his family...juxtaposed with how they are going to be treated by Loria et al in Miami if the team down there doesn't get off to a decent start. How Ozzie was allowed to "coast" for 3 years while he doesn't have that luxury in South Florida...that the novelty of the stadium will wear off quickly and the pressure to win will be almost as great as in Boston, Philadelphia, New York or Atlanta (after the late season swoon last September) because of the level of expectations that were raised this offseason (not unlike our own "All In" disaster), etc. Whereas there will be very little shock or suprise if the Sox start out 0-2.

Reminding me of the same things that were said about Dole, Gore and McCain in the past. That when they were campaigning, they lost something of their real personalities as their staffs tried to program them too much. The problem with Romney is the opposite one. They're scared to death of letting his actual personality out too often, preferring to limit interviews that are not pre-scripted or on Fox, debates, etc.

Kerry Wood and their once-invincible closer Marmol, who somehow managed to lower his FB down to 90/91 from falling in love with his slider, certainly got a decent smattering of boos for an Opening Day game.

Sarah Palin picked Allen West, that's enough of a reason to think it would flop, just on that endorsement alone. Having a Tea Party favorite isn't going to help much, because those people were always going to vote against Obama anyway and it's not like he has the magnetism of a Rubio to get people excited about him as a personality in and of itself.

There was a scene after Rue from District 11 died that could have been included. They sent bread, even though they were a very very poor district and they consistently described in the book how that would have cost so much money as it was closer to the end of the Games and the prices for sponsors/ships were going up exponentially. That connection with District 11 wasn't quite made clear enough, except for the final outcome of the movie, when there were only 4 Tributes remaining.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 07:28 PM) Just got out of THE RAID: REDEMPTION... wow. Just... WOW. Unbelievable action movie. I know I posted a trailer to this movie months back as it was highlighted at the Toronto Film Fest, and the movie did not disappoint. It's by the same director as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon so just imagine that with guns, knives, and fists packed into the narrow hallways of an apartment building. The action scenes are the best I've ever seen. Take the best scene in the Bourne series (the one that comes to mind for me is the one in the 3rd story apartment when Jason stabs the guy with the pen, etc. and then he jumps out of the window) and extend it 30x. It was so intense that I was legitimately left breathless at a few points; I can't count how many times I heard someone murmur "holy s***!" or "whoa...". That being said, it's one of the most violent films I can think of so it isn't for everyone; two young couples got up and left 12 minutes in. Highly recommend. I might even see this one again in theaters, that excited. It was Gareth Evans and not Ang Lee that directed CT, HD??? There's zero plot or "redemptive" character development, but that's not what anyone who goes to this movie is looking for anyway, just non-stop action.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 01:44 PM) All you have offensively is Morse, Young, & a washed up Caballo. Allen & Sweeney don't provide anything special, all Getz can do is steal but not get on base. Catcher is OK I guess. .275, 18 homers, 94 RBI's would have made him our 2nd most effective hitter after Konerko, if you consider Quentin's health issues/inconsistency and defensive problems in RF. But that would be paying Carlos Lee $19 million to put up a .788 OPS at 1B, which wouldn't have been league average. But other than Konerko, Ramirez, Quentin and maybe AJ Pierzynski, we weren't getting league average offensive performance from any positions, and 3 of those guys are quite limited defensively. Ryan Sweeney says hello. He just cost Justin Verlander his first win of the season, and broke Papa Grande's string of 49 consecutive saves from 2011 right off the bat, with a two-out, RBI triple. Valverde's lucky, because the following batter lined out right at an infielder or they would have been in jeopardy of completely blowing the game. Two hits for Sweeney, one of the few off Verlander.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) Ozzie was a rook in '85, not '83. But I do believe the AL ROY did play for the Sox in 1983. Yeah, Kittle. I always think of Guillen on the 83 team, but it's largelybecause of the year LaMarr Hoyt had, which eventually led to the Guillen trade. So he was a rising prospect in the Padres' organization at the time of their marriage. It's a bet many minor league girlfriends or hometown girls would make in Latin America.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:36 PM) This would compete for the worst lineup in the majors. Worse than the Mariners, A's or Padres? Surely, they would be better than the Orioles, solely based on their starting rotation and bullpen. The Twins, if Mauer and Morneau aren't healthy, would have a hard time topping that line-up as well, since they've lost Young/Kubel/Cuddyer in the last year.

Offensively, though, those guys would have done better than our team last year even without a 3B and SS. Or just sticking Carlos Lee at 3B and Brandon Allen at 1st.

QUOTE (shakes @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) You know, I forgot about that. I just met her at a charity event and she seemed really nice. I Guess I just feel bad for anyone who would have to listen to all of those mouths. It has to be exhausting, but it was her choice to marry that clown. If you grow up poor in Venezuela with the opportunity to marry a major league shortstop, it's not much of choice. http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?imgurl=htt...EwAw&dur=11 They married during the middle of Ozzie's rookie season in 1983, I think.