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QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 12:34 PM) No, it is very corrupt. People bribe officials with gifts and money all the time. Of course it's looked down upon, but it doesn't mean it isn't done. People who work as officials in the Chinese government don't make a lot of money, but most of them live a lavish life style with numerous houses and cars. How do you think it got that way? That's true, I guess I meant it more relatively to Russia. Either way, please remember that toilet paper only goes in the garbage bin, not in the toilet.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) I'm serious. I didn't remember anything like this during the Chinese Olympics and I'd think Russia is a little less corrupt than China and could actually get something done. Edit: NVM, I was wrong. The PRC is somehow less corrupt than Russia. http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results China isn't corrupt, it's just lacking in human rights. It's easy to get stuff done when the government can do what it wants, when it wants.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 11:14 AM) It makes you wonder where the $51 billion they have spent on the Olympics has gone. Everyone knows where the money went. There are not many countries as corrupt as Russia.

"Please do not flush toilet paper down the toilet! Put it in the bin provided."

So the media has descended on Sochi and the hotels are not ready nor fully functional. http://deadspin.com/staying-in-sochi-is-a-...dium=socialflow

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) It wasn't a spelling mistake or a grammatical error. He was using the wrong word over and over. If I was using the wrong word, I would hope somebody would point it out. Agreed. I'd be embarrassed to keep misspelling a word over and over again.

Another Ervin Santana thread? I'd like to add Ubaldo Jimenez into the discussion too.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 12:08 AM) Anything other than a high draft pick or a playoff contender is a bad result for a season. Mediocrity is a franchise killer. That's just ridiculous, this isn't the NBA. Do you know what happened the last time the Sox won 79 games in a season? They drafted Chris Sale with the following year's draft pick. That mediocrity sure destroyed the franchise. Sure your odds are better of hitting on a pick when you draft in the top 3, but there are great players all over the draft and internationally. And one player doesn't determine a franchise's entire future success like in other sports.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 10:46 PM) I don't know where to put this but this is amazing: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/jared-lore...river-monsters/ Every Giants game on TV I would search the sideline to find him for a quick laugh. And now he's even bigger!!

Last night's game was way past my bedtime, but 6 of 8 points so far on the road trip, good to see them turn it around. Ducks are up next, they suddenly can't win at home, have lost 4 of their last 6.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 05:55 PM) LOVIE LOVIE LOVIE Mike is our quarterback. ..

FIRE TIM BECKMAN ALREADY!!!!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 10:48 AM) He was great at USC (which it has been shown still needs a good coach to be elite) because he got out of the way and played and catered to his talent. He is well known as being a players coach who routinely keeps things light. It most likely works well with new pro players as well as vets. That's the same thing he does now. It wasn't coaching that made the Seahawks D so outstanding, it was pure speed and talent. Now I think Carroll has a major say in personnel and they gutted the entire roster when he showed up, so he definitely deserves credit for that.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 09:04 AM) it's not really one of those things you can just DECIDE to stop doing one day... it's a tad more complicated than that... nonetheless I agree with you that it's incredibly selfish and stupid to not at least try and seek help given his circumstances. 10 days in rehab doesn't quite cut it imo. so stupid. Yeah, I realize that addiction is a major b**** and it's not that simple to just say no. At the same time though, I still have a hard time feeling bad for someone with the world at his fingertips and 3 children to throw away his life like that.

QUOTE (Joxer_Daly @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 08:18 AM) What's the regulation of PEDs like in the NFL? It's usually a 4-game suspension the first time you are caught, then the penalties can be more severe for repeat offenders. In baseball though, any drug user is given the scarlet letter and looked down upon forever. In football, no one seems to care, there doesn't seem to be much of a negative reputation for PED users, it's just forgotten about. I think it's the nature of the game, it's so physical and violent, people don't care as much about it, the players are already so large anyway. In baseball, once the sacred records were broken by large unnaturally musuclar men, people got upset.

3 kids and he was still messing around with heroin? WTF

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 07:35 AM) I don't look at that roster and think "This reminds me of the Ravens/Bucs" in terms of NFL legends, but maybe in 10 years we'll look back on it and think exactly that. They flat out earned it. A lot of their players are so young, so they haven't built up legacys like some of the Ravens & Buccs have, so we will see where their careers end up. Just such a dangerous combination of speed and PEDs that makes them so good. And fitting for a baseball message board, having a good cost-controlled quarterback is such an advantage in building the rest of the roster. Meanwhile, the snow is coming down hard in New Jersey today, we were 12 hours away from a classic.

We have been spoiled by all the close Super Bowls recently, growing up they were all blowouts like this one. Props to Seattle for being the best team all year and props to Texas A&M's fans for leading the Seahawks to victory.

QUOTE (Pale Sox @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) I've loved baseball since I was a little kid. It was always my Dad's sport, so I just naturally followed suit. Being from Toronto, he was/is a Jays fan (he grew up a Brooklyn/LA fan, but adopted the Jays when they became a team), but I remember having a really cool 1991 Bobby Thigpen Upper Deck baseball card, and from there I started to follow him and the Sox. Kind of funny how one stupid little thing like a baseball card can turn into what will be a lifetime obsession. Well I don't live overseas, obviously, so it's not as difficult as living in Ireland. Toronto has their own MLB team, so the league gets a fair amount of coverage here in the mainstream news. There's also the internet, which is obviously a big one. I also am a MLB.tv subscriber, so I stream the games through Apple TV and it works pretty fantastic, I have to say. If I'm not home while the game is on, I just follow along via Gameday using my phone. I know I could just watch it when I get home, but I have a weird thing about not wanting to watch a game that's already happened. I need to follow it live. I've actually only ever been to one game, which was when it was still called New Comiskey. It was a great game, though. Frank Thomas, who had become my favourite player (I actually managed to book my Cooperstown trip to see him inducted!) hit what was the longest home run in the park's history (at the time) off of Johan Santana and the Sox won. I have the recap and boxscore from the next day's newspaper framed. When the Sox are in Toronto, I try to go to as many of the games as I can. I made it to three last year. For the most part it's good. I've never met another Sox fan here, but there's a surprising number of people that know their share of baseball. The Sox aren't really a rival of any kind for Jays fans, so they're more of an afterthought in people's minds here. People have taken a shine to Buehrle, though, so it's easy to have that in common with them. I saw him and a few of his buddies out at the place called The Underground last season, and I swear he rolls with a crew straight out of Duck Dynasty. Anyways, the only real downside is Jays fans can be pretty belligerent to opposing fans at games, but it doesn't really bother me. The only other downside is that hockey takes up the majority of all sports coverage, even in the offseason. I was there in April for a bachelor party, everybody we asked about where to go said "Go to the Underground, it's where the Blue Jays hang out!". They were on a road trip, but we still hit it up, your comment just reminded me of that.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 02:06 PM) 6th all time in rushing yards. He was very durable and played for a long time, but I just don't think of him as an all time great you had to watch. The yards per carry helps attest to that. I hate to use this cliché, but Hall of Very Good. Although to be fair, I feel the exact same way about Curtis Martin who was already voted in. That bodes well for Bettis who has a ring and is very well liked.

When was the last time Wisconsin had a three game losing streak at home?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) HOF is a total joke if Brown and Bettis don't get in today. I know you are biased, but I'm not sold on Bettis. 3.9 yards per carry? Meh.

Thome's walk off homer vs Thornton

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 07:44 PM) Why not? They haven't scored 28 or over in either of their playoff games. Yet they have only punted once in both games combined, which is very weird without scoring that many points.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 04:17 PM) I think he's the most entertaining guy on the team to watch hit. Sure he's going to strike out a lot, but there is still that 1 in 20 chance he's going to hit a bomb. I'd much rather watch a guy like that than a little slap hitter who hits .300. Agreed. I didn't watch much White Sox baseball last year, but when I did I actually paid attention when Dunn was up.