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QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 24, 2009 -> 10:35 AM) You do realize Nix played only 22 games, got only 65 PA's, was getting his 1st shot in the majors, and even then played nearly flawless defense, correct? He was then sent down to destroy AAA, and help lead Team USA. um, I'm a fan of Nix's defense too (see my posts from this summer), but...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 01:05 PM) Maybe we'll get a bunch of op-ed articles from VP's whining about their pay cuts. Remember the Jake DeSantis guy who wrote a whole letter talking about how altruistic he was for staying on with no pay while simultaneously b****ing about not getting the $750k he was promised? That was great. I wonder if he was expecting sympathy? Most of the rest of us were rolling our eyes at the tone he was taking, the sense of entitlement to our money. I was thinking "oh f*** you." Probaby not what he intended for me to feel.

Usually I don't take the side of the player in cases like this but assuming the school did tell him they can make an exception, I'm siding with Jordan. I understand that the school has contractual issues to be worried about but they should've told him that up front.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 05:21 PM) A lot of companies were offering free upgrades to Windows 7 with purchase of a new PC/laptop over the past several months. I bought a new PC about 2 months back and should be getting my upgrade kit delivered sometime in the next few days, I'm definitely looking forward to that I don't know how much more of Vista I can take. Windows 7 is all the goodies of Vista but without all the resource hogging.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) I disagree, I think he was much better late in the season than he was earlier in the season. He looked much more comfortable, had better footwork, etc. Whatever you're seeing, I didn't see. I didn't watch him that closely in late September, but I saw zero improvement. His problems aren't physical, they're all in his head, and he still didn't look like he was getting it.

QUOTE (East Side Z @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 05:56 PM) I finaly understand why people hate these message boards................. I've only seen about 5 posts you've made and they were all terrible, do yourself a favor and check the mirror if you don't get banned first. edit: too late

I don't actually know Nix's numbers vs. RHP and I only have to assume it sucks. I'm only going off the few times this year that I saw him do anything vs. RHP, and he didn't look good. He very well may improve if given time. He may have hit a wall vs. MLB RHP. I don't know. I'm just saying what I see.

I don't think that really qualifies as a personal attack but that's just me. That was more of an "I'm calling you out" post.

Earlier today I was trying to politely explain to this girl on Facebook how she was the source of her own problems and she didn't have "haters" that she constantly whined about, and she wasn't trying to hear it. She'd just keep missing the point or repeatedly deny the truths I was trying to tell her or argue her intentions, which was completely irrelevant. I ended up losing my patience and I told her "you fumble in ignorance, incapable of understanding and unable to compreh...end the bare basics of adult social interaction." At that moment I realized how much smarter I was than this girl and I felt kind of bad.

For a chuckle or two search the tags on Amazon for "keeping america stupid" or "waste of a good tree" and see the books that come up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:57 PM) My point exactly. But here's the thing to really consider. Who exactly is it who considers him a respected voice on those issues? The "liberal media" to start.

And the dismissal of that is "I don't care who did what when, just fix it" which misses the point. Cheney is the wrong man to be criticizing Obama on Afghanistan.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 12:10 PM) He's a respected voice on national security issues, privacy rights, and the treatment of detainees. Hilariously, these are all the reasons why he's had zero credibility. Even the one thing he could reasonably make a claim for (national security) comes with major consequences as the United States is starting to feel the strain of imperial overreach and the Bush Doctrine/neocon worldview collapses under its own weight.

Cheney doesn't have anything constructive or relevant to say, so he should seriously take a cue from his former boss and sit down and be quiet somewhere.

I can't wait for it to come out. I want to find a way to actively show my non-support for this fraud and embarrassment to our society.

Oh damn that s*** would be hilarious if someone thought they were buying her book, and ended up with that instead. I can't find this on Amazon...

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 11:21 PM) Nice, I bought the upgrade awhile ago with the student discount but havent had a chance to actually upgrade yet. 3 gigabyte download, took me about 30 minutes and it was going at about 1.5 M/s. FIOS is so awesome

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 11:55 PM) How much is it for others? I don't remember, low 100s I think

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 11:24 PM) Once they knew he was having issues with his neck...yeah real smart to hold on to him because some of the meat head fans would be mad they kept one of the most overrated players..... Hindsight is 20/20, what you're saying really just doesn't reflect reality. Besides, his performance didn't even start declining then, he had won DPOY the year prior and still was a top 3 MLB in the game, why the hell would they have traded him? That would be insanity. Why don't we just trade Jay Cutler right now in case he has a sharp decline in performance?

I just upgraded to Windows 7. Completely painless. By the way Microsoft is selling 7 for $29.99 to students if you have a .edu address (google it for the site, I forgot where).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 01:44 PM) I'm just saving us some time before he gets a chance to post. I thought this was incredibly condescending and also pretty funny. Here's factcheck's statement on the study referenced. Kucinich did the same thing a few months back.

QUOTE (ChWRoCk2 @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 09:33 AM) Lillibridge should not even be in the discussion as a utility player. He is awful. Give CJ a chance, no need to waste space with Brent. Agreed, throw Lillibridge in AAA and see if he can salvage his career and earn another shot at some point in the future, but the future is not now for him.

Pre-existing conditions is one of those things pretty much every sane person agrees on.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 12:21 AM) You wish...your BABIP would be N/A, because you would never put the ball in play... That would just make me even more unlucky.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Oct 21, 2009 -> 06:38 PM) You are thinking Nix could do a hell of a lot better if given full playing time, while I actually believe he'd do worse, since over the course of a season *he is going to face a lot more RHP than LHP* so his splits aren't going to be roughly equal as was the case in 2009. I love Nix, but he got favorable matchups and that skewed his numbers up. Not that there is anything wrong with this, because that's exactly how he should be used. I see no evidence that he will be able to suddenly start hitting RHP if he gets a full season of ABs. That will probably drop him below the Mendoza line actually, not push him up to .260 or whatever people are projecting for him. If the idea of him hitting .260 was plausible then there would be no question who the 2B was.