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That was a really bad read by Rios.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) Mauer to rejoin Twins as early as Tuesday. Opponent? White Sox. Here comes the comeback train.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 07:07 PM) Give me Lance Berkman. That's been easily the best signing of the year to this point. That was such a WTF signing too. It was like, so you want a guy who hasn't played the outfield in 5 years to play there again? Not to mention the fact he came off a really bad season (for his standards).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:39 PM) Im pretty sure there is a moratorium on trades anyway, so if there is any talk it would have to be pretty limited, especially with the CBA. I could see the Bulls doing a deal where they give up Boozer + picks for Ellis. Some rumors say Golden State would be interested in Nene, so maybe you can convince them that Boozer+ picks would be a great deal! I don't think they want Boozer. They have David Lee already.

FanGraphs did a study on the biggest rivalry in baseball based on Google results (flawed, but something). http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/w...es-in-baseball/ Apparently, White Sox-Tigers is the 7th best rivalry in baseball, followed by Sox-Cubs and Sox-Twins. You'd think it's the other way around.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:26 PM) Rather than having an "uck no" reaction, my reaction is to ask "What would the Bulls do about the SF spot?" Clearly, unless you want Ellis guarding James, that move only works in tandem with another. Chicago's finest brew. Or maybe go out and sign somebody. I don't know. I don't like the deal at all. You lose more defense than you gain on offense. Ellis is not a very efficient scorer, so I don't see it helping the team.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 02:21 PM) Ugh. God no. Thibs will never allow it to happen.

Bulls and Warriors are rumored to have talked about Deng for Ellis. Yuck, please no.

I've read a couple of Duke Nukem reviews. All indications towards being bad and outdated. I'm not surprised.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) The more people b**** about the quote feature, the less likely I am going to use it. Even more interesting, there are plenty of people on this board who also dont use the feature, and I cant recall 1 time ever asking that they use it. I really cant understand why its such a big deal on this board, as using the quote feature takes unnecessary time and is annoying when you have to quote multiple people in the same post. That being said, Ive never had anyone complain about it on any other board, I myself have never complained about it, so if people have a problem with my posting style, the answer is simple, skip my posts. Now onto the ridiculous arguments that are being raised. Rock, Its unreasonable expectations and quite frankly what people are wanting Lebron to do would actually hurt the Heat (imo). I give credit to Lebron for trying to be more of a team player, instead of a ME player. Yes he wont put up the numbers that MJ did, but the Bulls are not the Heat and vice versa. The statistical comparisons are nonsense because Lebron is not being asked to be MJ, hes being asked to be Magic. So if you want to hate on Lebron, hate on him compared to Magic, because that is the role he should be playing. Magic consistently put up more points, rebounds and assists than Lebron, and there is a reason for that, its because he didnt have to compete with Wade for being the playmaker. The only reason Lebron should be compared to Jordan is that they at one time had the same number, since Lebron went to the Heat he has not had the MJ role. Sqwert, No I dont understand how people can misconstrue such simple arguments. I never said I dont understand why people hate Lebron (in fact you can go back in this very thread where Ive been extremely critical of Lebron). I said that the hate on Lebron for last nights game, is irrational, and it simply is. The Heat scored 105 points, well above their average. The Heat shot 52%, they shot 25+ fts, they out rebounded Dallas. The only stats Miami was worse than Dallas were turnovers (Lebron and Wade had 4 a piece) and fg%. Lebron is not the reason Miami lost last night. And anyone who is blaming Lebron for last night, is simply kicking him while hes down, because last night Lebron was not the problem. Steve, No one has yet to even respond to my argument, that Dallas won because of Dallas, not because of Lebron. Simply put, the haters want to blame Lebron for a game that was lost. Some times you lose because the other side wins. This all started with a post where I said: Im not sure how that statement isnt true? The people in this very thread are saying that they are critical of Lebron because he called himself the king or acted like a douchebag, all things that have nothing to do with the actual game that was played tonight. The argument that hes a bad person, therefore he had a bad game, doenst really fly with me. I guess I care about the game that was played, not all of the sideshow antics. Some people hate MJ because he in their mind was an arrogant prick. Should that take away from his actual game play? No. Willie, I cant explain why Lebron didnt get more foul calls. I thought Lebron deserved about 5-6 more fts, and Wade deserved about 4-5 less. But that was how the game was called, free throws are a pretty bad indicator of anything because you can get gift fts or you can be screwed. You mention scoring role, but Lebron contributed to 37 points. 37/103 is a better than Dirk who contributed to 35 points for 35/112. The fact is, Lebron contributed more to the Heat offense than Dirk did for the Dallas offense (actually Lebron contributes more to offense last night than any player outside of Wade), yet Dirk did great and Lebron did bad. People are just biased against Lebron, and while I may hate what Lebron did, Im not going to completely ignore all of the statistical evidence to hate on the guy. I am going to be happy if Dallas beats the Heat, I dont care how it happens. Greg is infamous for not using the quote feature.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 11:37 AM) Cuban Monsters putting up .870 OPS's in AAA don't often put up .950 OPS's in the Majors. Just sayin', I'd still love to see him up here, and if he did put up a .950 I'd have to call a doctor because my erection would last more than four hours. He'd then ask what I took, and I'd say, "I took Cuban Tank". He'd probably hang up. FWIW, Viciedo's Minor League Equivalency for his numbers this season would translate to a .265/.307/.431 line at the Major League level. However, Viciedo's shown he can hit at the ML level at a much better rate. So it's only fair to think that Viciedo could very well put up a .850 OPS with the big club given his improved patience at the plate.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 09:51 AM) Call me when the Twins are above .500... The Sox may still stink against them but they won't win the central this year. They dug too big of a hole. We're still not even .500.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 10:04 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break...93495.htmlstory Im not sure why in the world Wade would think doing things like that is a good idea, but sometimes you just dont want to mess with karma. And the reason Lebron isnt posting more is because if he goes below the ft line he draws an immediate double team, so last night he was trying to spread the floor and facilitate offense. If you want to complain about any aspect of his game, it would have been 3 point shooting and that he maybe should have passed more. Even if Lebron only scored 17, he had 10 assists, which means that he contributed to at minimum 37 points for the Heat. And no one is even mentioning that Lebron is basically playing 45+ minutes every single night. They deserve to have very bad things happen to them.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 09:18 AM) Twins have quietly taken 7 of 8. Just in time for our visit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) It took Grantland less than 36 hours to run a paean to Wrigley Field. The facebook reaction of one of my friends: Your friend is totally right.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:51 PM) Wow, Lebron had a triple-double? ESPN nailed it by calling it the "quietest triple-double in a big game you've ever seen" Sounds about right.

It sure was refreshing seeing Dunn and Rios do SOMETHING tonight.

One more win and the Mavs are going to be my second favorite NBA team. I'm sure a lot of others will think the same.

Dunn and Rios both look a lot better. This is good.

Rios is getting base hits, something at least.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 08:58 PM) I know its cheap, but id run Wade through a million screens and make him pay for staying on the court. That's not cheap, that's strategic.

I don't think it's true, but the more jokes I can pile on LeBron, the better.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) In Chicago? Enough, that is for sure. I was talking about the Urbana/Champaign area. Only Burrito King is open late around the area.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:01 PM) FWIW, the party line right now is still that the Bulls FO doesn't expect to make any big changes this offseason and will hold onto its draft picks because of CBA uncertainty. Like usual. I really hate how conservative the Bulls FO is sometimes.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 01:17 PM) That's an argument waiting to happen. But it's false. Mexican food trumps all for late night. How many Mexican places are open at 2 in the morning? I'd take Chipotle or Qdoba over JJ everyday, but they're not options most of the time.