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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 07:08 AM) Faster than a doctor or ER? Not around these parts. got a couple by me that we were out in 30 minutes, on 3 separate occasions.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 09:19 PM) Buehrle lead the league in WHP two years before Cooper was even the Sox pitching coach. You can't use him for an example with anything. Mark Buehrle is one in a million. Wasn't he the minor league roving instructor or something like that though? I'm sure he worked with him at that time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:59 PM) Didn't need them today, even was able to practice my talk while standing and walking around for an hour. Just pissed at the timing. Excellent! The urgent care clinics are helpful if you don't have the time to go to a doc or emergency room.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 07:06 PM) My opinion hasn't changed at all. If he signed with us, it would be pretty awesome... A scary contract, but awesome. I just can't find a scenario other than "because" that makes the Sox the winners. I agree. There really isn't much here for him compared to the others. We aren't the best team, we will be breaking in at least 3 new starters next year, the defense was awful last year and the weather here sucks. I really can't think of many reasons the current Sox team has an advantage over the others. If this occurred in two years when Eaton, Abeu, Davidson have proven themselves it may have been a different story. Don't get me wrong I would love to have another young quality starter but I think the sox are at a disadvantage.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) Walking is not. X-rays are a good thing if it hurts that much, especially if it hurts at the tip of the fibula. Palpate that area just in case.(a perfect use for x-rays even though it's common put here out of context)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) Probably better days to sprain your ankle than the day before you get on a plane for a job interview. Sigh. Quite possibly one of the worst.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) Michigan City will probably get some lake effect snow. Now, is the time to take down the Christmas lights before more cold and snow sets in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 10:06 AM) I come back to guys like McGwire, Palmeiro. These guys juiced quite heavily at young ages in the early 1990's or late 1980's and you couldn't tell. Palmeiro didn't really explode at all because his drug of choice was Winstrol, and McGwire didn't really start to inflate until the 1990's. His numbers when he was 31 don't look all that outrageous compared to his rookie year. Rafael Palmeiro pointed at Congress and denied juicing and a lot of people believed him because his body type didn't look like Bonds until he was caught for abusing a steroid that was supposed to do exactly that - help you build up but only to a certain extent. I still disagree. People who saw them on a regular basis knew something was going on. The type of PED and the training they did obviusly makes a difference. How a body builder trains versus a sprinter is part of the difference.However as we are discovering with some of the recent reports people knew they just didn't say anything. This is common in the sports culture. I can't tell you how many times I saw boosters walk into a training room in college and handed an envelope full of cash. You just don't talk about it. I agree with your point that average person who doesn't see them often doesn't have a good idea unless they are experienced with seeing people on and off the PEDs. Most body builders could probably pick mpost of them out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) I'm more wondering whether the new stuff is any good. Just a few, mostly no.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) http://deadspin.com/richard-shermans-email...icele-922762394 Still at Stanford. Still got into the school. Still an accomplishment.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 09:23 PM) By Tuesday we could have two new feet of snow. Or we could have two inches. Cloudy skies may be the determining variable.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 10:42 PM) I'm pretty sure Richard Sherman's a smart guy, but a 3.7 GPA in communications isn't proof he is. Getting into Stanford is though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 09:02 PM) Then point to us the specific physical change in Arod between the mid 90s and 2001 which tells you when he started doping and let us know when he actually started. I never said I could. I said people who see them on a regular basis in a clubhouse could tell. I did not. I only saw him during his days in Appleton and didn't think he did them at that time. I could be wrong but I don't think so.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 08:05 PM) This thread has become an deteriorating aging horse, any hunters around? Got a few pheasants this year. No luck with deer.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 07:03 PM) Who is the best Jedi? I liked the young Luke Skywalker and Qui-Gon-Jin. Anakin skywalker. Not Darth Vader but his grandson who sacrificed himself to save the galaxy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 08:29 PM) If it was as easy as this then people should be readily, easily saying which guys dope before they get caught. Most people who see them on a regular basis do have a good idea. You just can't suspend them without absolute proof. When you see them in the locker room, it's usually pretty obvious.

Bye, bye bouman. That was a nasty one.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2014 -> 01:11 PM) XRT plays some horrible music. Absolutely, awful that someone would say this.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) That assumes you can say when they started. I think its entirely possible they were doping much longer than just the latter portions of their career. Not every drug makes a person explode, Bonds could have just switched drugs in the late 90s. Even more possible, ARoid could darn well have doped his entire life. We know he was doping in the early 2000s, we know he said he stopped and that very second he was finding a new supplier. He acts like a guy who knows nothing other than juicing. Why should I even consider that he was clean beforehand when all we know of him is juiced? He was supposedly an athletic freak in high school, why can't the explanation for that be a good doping schedule? I don't think he was doing it in the minors. I was working for kane county when he played for the appleton foxes. I saw him enough and he didn't look like it. He was no doubt the best player by far but not PED like.

Fleisig is the number one guy for pitching research and has been for awhile. I agree with part of the article in that one of the primary problems is when pitchers try to throw too hard too often. When they make a effort to really add velocity it puts too much stress on the arm regardless of mechanics. This is part of Cooper's success. How many times have we heard that he stresses decrease velocity for increased movement.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) The cross town rival should never be the motivation. Put a competitive team on the field and fans will begin to show up, win some games and more fans will show up, so on and so on. Prove to the fans the team is a legit contender and they will come out to watch regardless of what the other team is doing. I disagree, a little. Most of the time if both teams are good or both a bad this is true. However, with the losing and complaints of the Cub fans in the past year, I think the season tickets are significantly down, it's a good time to "steal" some fans. This can only help the Sox for budget reasons.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:16 PM) Yea! Let's have CHINESE KIDS read Brave New World or 1984! I'm sure the apparatchik will appreciate a new crop of thought criminals to lay bricks on the Three Gorges Dam with no safety equipment. Nothing wrong with showing them what could happen if the government has too much control. A little revolution is good every now and then.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:14 PM) true, I more just meant that the stars are aligned for this to possibly happen, that some big name teams may be out and if its Cubs v Sox at the end, then you may want to overpay to beat them. I agree. As I said I think he is worth a chance especially given the Sox situation. I'm hesitant with any pitcher for more than 4 years but if they think he is that special you roll the dice.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) Brave New World is probably my favorite book and I always liked that "The Doors" were named after his book "The Doors of Perception". A govt that controls through happiness and logic is far more dangerous than oppression and censorship. But I dont consider him an American or his books to be American Literature (unfortunately). I agree. Great book. I still have my copy from high school. However, it's not really american literature.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:07 PM) Kershaw isnt a realistic option. Not many times do 25 year old Cy Young winners hit FA. And Im not sure if its overpaying when they are arguably proven to be the best. That was just an example. These types are realistic as when Sabathia, Maddux or other Cy Young types come up. My comment was based more on the "if there was ever a time to do it" comment. This to me would be a proven MLB players as opposed to a player who is a mystery to the MLB. He could be Darvish, he could be Irabu. All had the reputation of one of the best in Japan when they came to the MLB.