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QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 09:43 PM) Just to piss me off, Fuko will play a lot this season at the expense of DeAza, not Rios. That will just suck. I want DeAza to play all season to see if he can hit. If you got to sit somebody, sit Rios!!!! We have no idea how Robin will run the team.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 03:28 PM) My instinct is that Herm helps guys get back to being healthy but he doesn't control things like pitchers spring training conditioning/throwing schedules or their offday work schedules, or their throwing technique, all those I'd put under Coop. He specifically says he does "prehab", preparing athletes to avoid injuries and recover quickly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 08:14 AM) The Sox under Ozzie generally had a pretty good record of keeping their starting pitchers healthy compared to the rest of the league. Some of that might be the presence of M-56, some of that might be Cooper's throwing program, some of that might be herm, some of that might be Ozzie. If that translates down to Florida, they'll be in pretty good shape...but obviously, Johnson is the key. Herm.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 02:25 PM) He'll have a career in the NBA, that much is clear. Yes. But the overhype is getting way to ridiculous.

I just want to see Lin face a real challenge when he isn't confident in himself. Right now he's balling by oozing confidence and facing crappy teams. The people he beat for most points in starts all started as rookies and faced better competition most likely (there are 3-4 teams that could qualify for "worst ever" in the Bobcats, Wizards, Nets, and Raptors). He's had a year to work with NBA staff and study players and the league has both great (Bulls, Heat, 76ers) and terrible basketball right now due to the lockout. What Lin is doing is a amazing, but he's not better than Shaq/AI/MJ as that stupid graphic likes to imply. Once he plays the Heat, Bulls, or 76ers he'll come back to Earth. Also, that stat is misleading because it's "since the ABA/NBA merger." Wilts first 5: 43 points 36 points 41 points 30 points 32 points Shaq had better first 5 games, just not points: 12pts, 18 reb, 3 blocks 22 points, 15 reb, 4 blocks 35 points, 13 reb, 3 blocks 31 points, 21 reb, 4 blocks 29 points, 15 reb, 3 blocks Then the next 2 games... 29 pts, 19 reb, 3 blocks 29 pts, 16 reb, 3 blocks

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 15, 2012 -> 01:36 AM) Is Loria that bad? Does he ever shut up and let the team's season play out? Loria is up there with Clay Bennett for worst owners in sports when it comes to how they treated a fanbase or two. The Marlins are nothing more to Loria than an art show that produces money. That's why he has all the big signings and the media headline manager. They'll make him money.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 06:32 AM) He absolutely no showed at Mizzou. Since then he has been Anthony Davis-esque For a while, I thought he was Andres Nocioni when he was here.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 11:45 PM) No way this is true. Our team is expected to be one of the worst in baseball. Which is when we generally do best. And the Marlins...Loria and Ozzie will fight more than KW/Ozzie and they are in a stacked division.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 11:43 PM) Are you guys joking? Or really discussing this in this manner? I'm with greg. The f***?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) Yup and Mongolians (especially the nomads) probably don't know WTF sushi is. I know, it's disappointing. Well damn.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 14, 2012 -> 11:32 PM) I don't think anyone here thinks Asians are all the same. If you do, then well...time to get educated. f***. I thought Mongolians and Japanese people were the same thing. Now you're telling me they're not?

Cheap, outfield insurance. He starts out hot too, so he's a nice piece to sell if we're out of it. Could be a good piece if we somehow contend.

I'd like to point out we were favorites for Concepcion and Marlins for Cespedes.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) I'll respond with something another poster wrote to me. In fact, being kidded and chided and called out has caused me to rething my posting style A LITTLE over time, lol. This was from 2009. So you're not the only one here, Marty34 and VictoryMC, dick allen on Greg Walker or financial conspiracies, J4L has had his share of detractors through the years, etc. Good to see you're still posting. You catch a lot of s*** from people here -- more than I'm used to seeing, and perhaps have ever seen -- and it's just people massaging their ego. Good to see it hasn't gotten to you. As a fellow English major (and aspiring writer) I know exactly how easy it is to write a thousand words and drift off the point here and there. Most of the people here couldn't write a thousand words if they had a gun to their head. So, keep at it, even if it means I write another long post that makes no sense and suggests Alexei should play catcher to parody your style. After all, if anything, that just means you're doing something right. The thing is greg went from being a minority to a caricature of himself after Ozzie's firing. And I do really like greg, maybe it's just the fact that my brother is greg in real life that it annoys me.

Push hard for Soler...

I want the Bulls to hire Herm to the medical staff.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 08:13 PM) Or he pushes him through the crowd of KU players Matrix-style? This

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 05:50 PM) Wait, what?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) Lin Diesel? Nah, he's Asian, so needs more racism for society. Maybe ShaoLin Monk.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Feb 12, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) If this is true, how much do you think affects what Soler will get? Significantly. And it helps the Sox for both.

And faith in humanity goes from 0 to -1

Ok. I'm cool with Lin now, but drop the Linsanity nickname. Only Vinsanity is allowed. No copy-cat nicknames.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 11, 2012 -> 10:08 PM) Unibrow is too intimidating. Angry Birds > Vanderbilt

Come on Vandy