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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) Go Hawks Score 90+ points again and the Big Ten is gonna ask them to leave

Scoring play Commercial Kickoff Commercial just brutal...(yes, it happens all season)

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) So who do we like today, fellas? I'm going with a Denver -4.5 and Seattle -3.5 parlay for $200, Alex. I really really like Denver. Absolutely perfect weather day in Denver, little wind, I think Peyton goes off. IMO San Francisco is playing much better football than Seattle right now, but the game is in Seattle, tough to bet against them there, but I would take San Fran +3.5

2 seconds into the Vancouver/Calgary game, a line fight and 142 penalty minutes. Sedins not involved.

Detroit sucks! Detroit sucks!

Wow. Chris Collins already making a difference in Evanston. Not an easy game to watch though. Had to turn on OK State/Kansas to restore my faith in college basketball.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 12:59 PM) I hate the Cubs as much as the next guy, but they aren't in as bad a shape as everyone makes them out to be. In 2015 they could easily field a monster lineup with Rizzo, Castro, Baez, Soler, Bryant, Alcantara, Almora, and Olt all in the mix. I know a lot of those guys aren't major league proven, but their top four prospects (Baez, Soler, Bryant, Almora) all have all-star potential. Their farm beats the hell out of ours so I am not convinced selling our future is as big an advantage as everyone makes it out to be. Just stating a probable unpopular opinion. Are they gonna win every game 10-9?

I'm 3-5 at picking winners so far this postseason, so might as well jinx two more teams. 49ers 20, Seahawks 13 Broncos 41, Patriots 28

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 12:16 PM) Let's go back and remember all these "AJ's OPS is so easy to replace" arguments where posters put forth the idea that Flowers would be a better player than AJ and blah blah blah it would all happen so quick. I really want to point that one out because that was really dumb and lasted for a while. Not as bad as the Dan Hudson love fest though. That was never the argument. It was about giving Flowers a chance to prove himself instead of spending money on AJ again. It wasn't Flowers >>>>> AJ. But I guess this is the right thread to be posting incorrect statements.

QUOTE (MEANS @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 12:07 PM) What?!? You never knew that? No, I didn't! As a kid I assumed it was a chick rapping, and I never knew differently. They play it all the time on XM Backspin, and I found that out. It was a life changing moment.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 10:33 AM) What younger player? Assuming Tank becomes the next DH which is very possible who takes over LF? ADA and Danks are not the answer and the Sox don't have anyone ready in the minors to take LF so Ethier wouldn't take at bats away from anyone really. Ethier would give the Sox a a lefty bat that can actually hit above his weight while drawing walks. Like I said earlier, I admit Ethier is not ideal and there are other players I would rather have but I wouldn't bed against Ethier under the right circumstances. Any younger player that's not 32 and costing money for 4 years?

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 10:15 AM) And he also exlained money would be coming with Ethier. There's no way I would take that contract as is, there would have to be plenty of money coming back. So hypothetically let's say that the Dodgers pay 1/2 his contract, which is probably unrealistic anyway. He'd then be due $36 million over 4 years. He's still an aging platoon OF and the Sox are still a rebuilding team. What good does he exactly do? Take at-bats from a young player who might be part of the future? Dunn's contract expires and you just want to replace it with a similar player, no thanks.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 09:49 AM) Its obvious neither one of you bothered to read Paulstars post. I did, it sounds like he is a Dodgers fan trying to rid his favorite team of their OF logjam, because for the White Sox Ethier makes zero sense. Again, he is due $71.5 million through his age 35 season.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) Winslow was supposed to be the next big thing, he just never got there ZING!!!

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:57 AM) Trading for an of is literally the last thing this team needs to do. Not to mention an old platoon OF with a long, expensive contract.

Ugh, not another Ethier discussion.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:09 AM) Yes he did. Who won the game?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 07:41 AM) Why was Self's record 3 years at Illinois better than his first 3 years at Kansas? And the recruits were coming. The best 3 year stint for an Illinois head coach was Bruce Weber. It was when he had Self's players. The second best was Self in his 3 years. You build on the success. Charlie Villenueva was a top 5 recruit, and that was when guys went pro. LeBron was #1, Luol Deng was #2. Do you really think Cliff Alexander knows anything about Kansas basketball history. Did Derek Rose go to Memphis because of their tremendous history as an NCAA heavyweight? According to Rivals, in 2003, the year Self left, Kansas had the 8th best recruits, Illinois was at #19 after losing Villenueva, a top 5 guy. And if it is all about the school and not the coach, why do many players want out if the coach is canned or moving elsewhere? Self's first 3 years at Illinois were so good because something got in the water in Peoria and tons of basketball talent was produced that Kruger convinced to play at Illinois. Weber's first 3 years were his best because Self is a way better recruiter than Weber is. No one is saying it's all about the school. It's just that the school does matter, and it's easier for the same coach to recruit at Kansas than it is at Illinois. If it's all about the coach, then why didn't Self get top 10 recruiting classes at Tulsa?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 02:38 PM) 決定 = THE DECISION; JAPANESE STYLE. Where will Masahiro Tanaka take his talents? Hopefully not to south beach. Really, that would be horrible. That would double their payroll

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 02:31 PM) Yeah, but he was the king in Champaign. Had he stayed, you add Charlie Villenueva to that title game team, and maybe they win it all. Many fans turned on him when he left. I don't think Kansas is an easier place to recruit for Self, maybe for others, than Champaign. I think if he coached Loyola they would be top 25. IMO, there had to be more. Maybe they had better toupee guys in KS. I think you are underestimating the draw & allure of a program like Kansas to coaches & recruits.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:51 PM) I really think expecting Illinois to make it to the Sweet 16 regularly is pushing it. I know a lot of their fans like to exaggerate how great they have been, and they have obviously been a good program, but in the last 50 years they have made the Sweet 16 eight times. The Elite 8 four times and the Final Four twice. It is still pretty good, but not exactly College Basketball Blue Blood Program territory. Bill Self, who many of the U of I fans I know, slammed as not a good coach...cheats on his wife with cheerleaders...when he went to Kansas has 7 sweet 16's,5 Elite 8s, and 2 Final Fours his first 10 years at Kansas. I always wondered why he would leave Champaign. He was recruiting well, had Chicago in his backyard. Maybe he didn't want to play the Chicago recruiting game. From what I understand, it makes Chicago politics seem tame. Because Kansas is arguably the #1 blue blood basketball program in the country. It's not like he left for Kansas State.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:51 PM) I really think expecting Illinois to make it to the Sweet 16 regularly is pushing it. I know a lot of their fans like to exaggerate how great they have been, and they have obviously been a good program, but in the last 50 years they have made the Sweet 16 eight times. The Elite 8 four times and the Final Four twice. It is still pretty good, but not exactly College Basketball Blue Blood Program territory. While I do think some Illini fans exaggerate how "elite" the program is, I don't think a 50 year period paints the right picture. They were nothing until Lou Henson get there, so the years before him mean little, and Bruce Weber did f*** things up bad the past 5-7 years. If you take the 25 season stretch from 1980-2005, they made 8 Sweet 16s (32%), 15 round of 32s (60%), and only missed the tourney five times (once on probation) (20%). I think those are realistic goals, make the tourney nearly every year, every senior class makes at least one sweet 16, and every 5 or so years get the special Elite 8/Final 4 team.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) The Sox seem to have been the most "respectful" towards Tanaka, whatever that's worth. They said they met with him and had Merkin write a sales pitch, that's it. Translation: The Sox were the only team to take their shoes off before the meeting.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 12:55 PM) I was just trolling. I knew it, damn, you got me.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 12:21 PM) That's an insane amount of money for a guy who choked in the playoffs. LOL. I think I trust 1100+ innings of work more than one 4 inning start where every ball seemed to find a hole. In his 3 other postseason starts in 2013, he went 19.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 23 K