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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) I may be wrong, but unless he's a U.S. citizen, not just a resident, I think he can be deported for DUI. Which I endorse, at least until October. I wonder if he'd be facing additional problems if the Tigers trained in AZ.

Atlanta gave Buff a 5 year extension worth $26 mil http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=6125392

Drive-by Truckers (a band I first heard about from previous versions of this thread) are on Jimmy Fallon tonight (2/15).

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 11:40 AM) Tim K was on the radio this morning and he said that the Cardinals have been saving and planning for this day and there is no way Pujols leaves. That has got to be true. The Cardinals are too good of an organization for it not to be, regardless of whether it happens this week or not.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 15, 2011 -> 10:42 AM) I've seen The Cider House Rules and Moon in the last two days. I came closer to crying watching The Cider House Rules than I have watching a movie since probably Schindler's List. To this day, Tim Allen's radio commericials for Michigan sometimes get me, because of the same music.

All the best!

FWIW, I also think "Dr. Phillips" is the same H.S. that AJ went to, and, if I'm not mistaken, at least one other major leaguer. I believe they have a very high caliber, nationally ranked program that obviously plays to win. I think that also is relevant. Their roster spots are undoubtedly highly contested and not often given out for "feel good" reasons.

I'm not sure how I feel about this, partly because we don't have all the facts with respect to his overall talent in comparison to the kids he was competing against. I don't think it’s that outrageous if he was cut because he was clearly not one of the team's best pitchers overall. The article seems to suggest that wasn't the case, and that his "stuff" is sufficiently good enough to cover for his defensive lapses. If so, I certainly don't think that the mere possibility of a hypothetical "bunt a thon" should have caused him to be cut, because that's not likely to happen. Ultimately, its probably not fair to anyone if he was kept or cut purely because of his disability, but if I were the coach, I'd certainly lean towards keeping him over others in even a slightly close case. Certainly at least on the JV squad, as was suggested.

I've always been optimistic that he'll be back sooner than projected, and won't be shocked if he's ready in April. Just a feeling I have, but he seems to be cut from kind of the same cloth as Contreras in that way. I hope they can keep him reined in and not let him rush himself back.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 4, 2011 -> 09:45 AM) I think "Cooperstown" is loosely used whenever Nike does anything baseball related using an old logo, but most of the players they used in this line are Cooperstown caliber or iconic.. I can't think of an iconic Sox player from that era who had that kind of stache. It didn't stop me from ordering a shirt though.. If by "iconic" you mean s***ty, it could be Jerry Don Gleaton or even The Dibber. My guess is Lamarr Hoyt, minus the beard.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 01:41 PM) I am Kenny Williams. And I'm hittin Taraji too. No way the real Kenny puts her in his avatar (but I'm glad you did, thanks). The move is classic KW. I am a fan.

I came in here thinking this thread was about Charlie Sheen's last house party.

Former Kane County Cougar Neil Allen

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) I liked it a lot. Just finished it out of Redbox. I won't go to loved, but it was very good. I watched parts of "Memento" the other night on the dish, and in a weird way it made me appreciate "Inception" even more. The word "genius" is overused, but Christopher Nolan and his brother are obviously very, very intelligent as well as extremely creative writers and film makers. I liked "The Prestige" a lot too, which I think is somewhat underrated, though not in the same class.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 24, 2011 -> 01:20 PM) It's so hard to deal with lovie. On one hand, some CRAZY stupid things done yesterday. on the other...he took a team with so many holes almost to the superbowl. And we held the most potent offense in the playoffs to 14 pts. How do you manage the two? He's both a really good coach and a bonehead. Well said. I think they still should extend him though, and I'm convinced that's going to happen.

The same crew of refs that flagged the Packers 18 times in the Monday night game against the Bears earlier this year will be back in Soldier Field on Sunday. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6041850

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2011 -> 01:26 PM) Fisk's double-tag? That was cool, but mostly because it was so unusual to have two runners cross the plate that close to each other. Fisk did well to react in time to get them both, but it wasn't an especially astonishing athletic feat on his part. He was fairly close to stationary the whole time.

Marginally NFL related, but absolutely shocking: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/...-meth-bust.html

1998 Volvo S70 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) Cavaliers offer job to homeless man with 'golden voice' Is that why this guy's every move is a "sports" story? I keep seeing articles about this guy on sports sites and have been thinking WTF? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more....html?eref=sihp

Ducks.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) Ohman's stats vs. LH hitters in 2010, are identical to Scott Linebrink's stats vs. RH hitters in 2010. Considering what they are paying Ohman and what they are giving to Atlanta to pay Linebrink, they basically swapped out a ROOGY for a LOOGY. Unfortunately Linebrink faced a slight majority of LH hitters. If Ohman faces a majority of RH hitters, the results will probably be about the same. True, but at least the career splits are much more stark. WO is like .210 against LH and SL is .270 against RH. I think Liney is a lot more brittle, too.

I like him a lot as a LOOGY. The deal doesn't bother me, as that seems to be the market. What bothers me is that he'll be left in to give up big hits to right-handers. I'll set the over/under right now at 4.