Chi Town Sox

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 5, 2011 -> 11:15 AM) Then it's a no-brainer, and your league sucks. Haha. CBS League, I think the basic one does not count FG% or FT% but that's OK, I am about to win $900 for the 2nd year in a row

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 5, 2011 -> 10:56 AM) If you can handle the field goal percentage, Crawford is simply on fire right now. With the extra game in there, Crawford's value is high. Fortunately FG% is not counted in this league, both him and Thornton have 4 games. Sactown playing some of the lesser defensive teams while Wiz playing Boston, ATL, Pacers who are middle of the road to pretty and very good

I know this isn't the right place but thought I'd get the quickest answer, who do you all think for my fantasy championship. I am benching Nash because of obvious reasons but Jordan Crawford or Marcus Thornton? I have already picked up Thornton but now it just came out that Nick Young is out the rest of the year, I may just pick up Crawford so my opponent does not. He is starting Monta and Jason Kidd who both have 3 games so I am thinking he may take a chance on Crawford with 4 games!

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Apr 4, 2011 -> 09:23 PM) He is really exciting to watch. It's hard not to enjoy seeing that guy do his job, even if he is on the Yanks. When I went to NY I really wanted to see MO in action in person, but I knew if he was in, it was a sox L. I actually got to witness one of his blown save and losses to the Sox, one of very little at the Cell a few years back

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 08:22 AM) Shame on anyone that actually paid money to go see this idiot. LINK How does a Trib article not even mention that he is in Chicago tonight at Enclave?

I don't know if anyone listened to LeRetard on AM1000 but Silvy smoked him, Silvy gave him a player X and Y with some statisitics and LeBetard took player X (Monta Ellis). Player Y was Kobe Bryant LeRetard ended up saying "well you can't do that without more information" LMAO, that is exactly what his article was based off of Here is the article that he wrote.... http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/28/2137...rrick-rose.html

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 02:43 PM) 7pm Wednesday night Damn, I was hoping it was later, I have class at 7:30

I might be interested, what time is the draft?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 12:43 PM) I'd personally go with AGon & Rasmus, although I think a case could be made for Lester & Stubbs. I wouldn't keep any of the other ones in your situation. Thanks, I think I may go with AGon and Stubbs, I was going to go with Rasmus but Stubbs has gone 30/40 in his first 190 games or so and is now the leadoff hitter. Hopefully it works out

What would everyone do here? I am torn, you lose the pick that the player was chosen in. Undrafted players you would lose your last round pick This is a rotisserie league so it would be better to focus on just hitters, however, I still have 2 (maybe 3) potential pitching studs that I could get at a good bargain I have the 9th pick, keeping Hanley (1st rounder) and Ryan Zimmerman (13th round), I need to pick 2 others to keep Adrian Gonzalez - 2nd Ian Kinsler - 3rd Lincecum - 1st, got him via trade so I would lose my 2nd rounder as I am already keeping Hanley Ramirez Jon Lester - 4th Colby Rasmus - 19th Stephen Drew - Undrafted (probably not with keeping Hanley already) Drew Stubbs - Undrafted (just named leadoff hitter and went 20/30 last year) Edinson Volquez - Undrafted I am kicking myself right in the ass because 2 years ago I did not keep A-Gon in the 9th round and ended up taking him anyways (do not ask why because I don't know) - at the time I decided Kinsler was going to explode in 2010, I am leaning towards Adrian since 2nd round may still be a bargain and Stubbs since he can give me superb value losing my last rounder. Rasmus may also be a good value depending on if he can build upon last year (hot to start/cold to end) What does everyone think?

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 25, 2011 -> 06:04 PM) Is that with friends or a public league? That would be with friends, sorry just saw your post

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 14, 2011 -> 10:51 AM) When it comes to a persons resume, and this is from a person that interviews people from time to time, sometimes, less is more. Things I hate and immediately notice when going through resumes: 1) Super busy resumes filled with nonsense that nobody cares about, strewn about the entire surface of the paper as to make it look more impressive than it actually is. To me, that shows the person is trying to throw stuff at the wall rather than being concise about what it is they can actually do. On a resume, WHITE space = good. I want to know the basics about you by glancing at the top half of page 1, and if I can't...I'll find another one that can. 2) Resume fabrication whores that do nothing but flatter themselves in their "scope of work"/experience section with gobs of what I call "impossibilities". For example, a person claiming they installed a network of 50,000 servers, spread over 14 states. Reason: Because no you didn't...you assisted many other people with such an implementation, but you didn't do it yourself, so don't make it sound like you did. 3) The "Impossible Skillset liar-face". Example Skillset: Windows 7, Windows XP, *nix (Linux/Unix), Mac OSX, VAX, Mainframe, C++, Java, C#, Scripting, Perl, PHP, HTML, Cisco Routers/Firewalls, Checkpoint, etc... Basically, they claim to know everything about everything related to a specific industry. These are immediately dismissed, because no you don't...and if you did, you wouldn't have to look for jobs...ever, because jobs would look for you. 4) The "I work at every company for 1 year and move on, and in that 1 year, I did 50,000,000 things" exaggerator. This is the guy/gal that has a list of previous employment that reads like an encyclopedia. 9 months here. 8 months there. 1 year here. 11 months there. This means you can't hold a job, or you are a unloyal b****face (which is fine to look out for yourself, but don't let your past employment spell this out in big bold letters), because I'll take a chance on someone that might be more loyal out of the box. Oh, and somehow, during their short little stint at the company, they somehow accomplished 5 years worth of work/projects...which again...no, they didn't. 5) The "10 Pound Resume" dickface. If I need to work out with Rock in order to lift your stupid resume, you aren't working here. There is some information you do not need to include...such as where you worked 20 years ago. If there is a need for me to go that far back in your employment history, I'll ask for it...but if it's going to make you're resume more than 2 pages, just stop. 6) The "MVP Award" Whoremonger. A.K.A: I was a superstar MVP employee at all of my previous places of employment and won awards for being so awesome, yet I need a new job. Why? If you were so awesomely invaluable, why didn't they promote you to some position that paid you millions of dollars to assure that they kept your awesome services? ----- If it's on your resume, it's open game. For example, if you claim you can type 90WPM, you might run into an interviewer like myself that says...ok, show me the money, Jerry. So if you printed it, you'd better be able to do it...and not only do it, but do it under pressure, such as in an interview. I have many tips for resumes/interviews, but so much of this skill is in feeling out your interviewer...and figuring out what they like, and somehow talking about it. For example, I got my first job in the IT industry because the interviewer found out, during the interview, that I played the game Quake online. I LOL'ed at the 10 pound resume dickface LMAO For good measure, this morning I did a typing test and topped out at 128 with no mistakes, I'll show the interviewer the money with no problem Yes, I totally agree with the white is better, I had (still have) a job throughout my college years that many people only get into when they are very experienced in our field. I could make the resume five pages long but any normal human would realize that the company just most likely isn't going to read it all. I condensed it to one page

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 14, 2011 -> 09:24 AM) If the job requires diction or typing skills, yes, it matters...if not, not really. Like for a standard IT job, it wouldn't matter. If you were a secretary, however, it would. Thanks, i should have put that this is mostly for marketing positions. Where I would be sending out promotion e-mails and all that good junk, etc.

If anyone knows, do companies still look for words per minute on a resume? If I only typed like 50 wpm I would not bother putting it but I am up around 100 I am trying to just add a few extra things under additional skills and whatnot

I know someone that is there right now and they are OK, they had no warnings or anything!

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cherokee-grill-gatlinburg Really good reviews

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Mar 2, 2011 -> 12:56 PM) Coco Crisp the next to get a DUI. Does he change his name to Sam Adams now?

QUOTE (smalls2598 @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 11:35 AM) Kendrick Perkin's signs a 4 year, $34.8 mil deal. Apparently the Celtics only offered 4 years years at $22 mil To me, he seems like a player that is going to try to dominate to prove his worth with that contract. Just read an good article wondering why the Big 4 didn't take a pay cut to help Perk stay in Boston if they were going to miss him so bad (I know that's not something we will ever know but just food for thought.) http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/...-perkins-trade/

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 11:04 AM) Hmmmm..... @SpearsNBAYahoo Free agent forward-center Troy Murphy has agreed to sign with the Heat, sources tell Y! Sports. Murphy also turned down Celtics. @STEIN_LINE_HQ Troy Murphy HIMSELF confirms to ESPN.com that he is going to Boston. B-O-S-T-O-N He's going to Boston, he's Irish, has played for the Irish and now wants to be on the Celtics as the only Irish player

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 28, 2011 -> 02:30 PM) Perennial dud of a RB, Clinton Portis, was released today. He will inexplicably still be drafted in first rounds of fantasy drafts as he has been for the past 5 seasons. Can I be in your leagues? Seriously

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 28, 2011 -> 01:27 PM) About half of mine went that way. It was a nice feeling to finally kill that bill. The only debt I have left is a student loan. Fortunately that was about all I have owed so far in my 3 1/2 years of school, other than that I paid out of my own pocket. It is nice though after you see that balance at 0

http://twitter.com/JimBowdenXMFOX/status/42324511504334848 Looks like Twins trying to trade Liriano to the Yank-me's

$3000 in, $3000 out to Capital One

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 06:20 PM) My buddy and I were thinking about putting up some money and co-managing a team in a higher $$$ league. Has anybody tried any and have any opinions? I am in a league that is $200 a team, $5 per pickup and $10 per trade It's great, it makes the owners a little more passionate about the game since some actual decent money is involved at the end for not only the overall champion but even the regular season winners (who I think personally, should get the most money of anyone in the league in damn near all fantasy leagues)

Just divide the amount of times you have sped (heavily) over the years by the amount of the ticket and just eat it. No big deal