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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 11:57 PM) And wtf is that supposed to mean? Has my spelling gotten worse? Has my grammar fallen off? Has my VO-CAB-U-LARY taken a hit? Oh, I know. I don't kiss the White Sox collective asses every two seconds. Santos was not a product of the system. What are we debating? This is fact. Now I give them props for being able to, at least for 1 year, get decent production out of him. Thornton was 5 years ago. Again, I give them props for that and have for years. But the train doesn't come to a halt because of a nice move you made five years ago. You've just been on a huge negative streak J4L. It just seems like everything is pissing you off, not you not-kissing-White-Sox-ass. The debate for Santos being a product of the system is he was groomed as a pitcher solely by the White Sox. But man, it's gotten to the point where I don't even think acquiring Carlos Gonzalez and Mike Stanton would make you happy because CarGo's on a long deal and Stanton will only be a sophomore next year.

For those who play Jam, do the Kings (OF ALL TEAMS) baffle you? I can never get up-tempo offense against them, whether I'm playing alone or with friends. I'll walk all over Malone and Stockton and Hardaway and Mullin, but freakin' Landry and Evans give me headaches.

Weren't Randy Johnson's mechanics supposed to be terrible? Didn't Prior have flawless mechanics? It's all a crapshoot really, I trust ptatc though.

My guess is 2012 apocalypse. Everything else is a cover-up.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 11:50 PM) That birth date is surreal. No s***. This is all a sad, sad mess. I dislike Palin as much as the next liberal, but as Balta said, she's just a jackass. I guarantee she didn't want this to happen. For the sake of the dead, please let America put aside the political agendas for a least a day.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 06:11 AM) Orlando's on a 9 game winning streak now after beating Dallas last night. Hedo Turklogu had 17 assists. He's just fits perfectly into our offensive system as a facilitator for the offense when you've got scoring PG's in Nelson and Arenas. Dwight Howard would have to be top 3 for the MVP award right now also. Got a lot of publicity early along with CP3, then that died down a bit after the losing streak. Just saw highlights. Still want JJ Redick. Still hate Otis.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 05:02 AM) It just goes to show how underrated (STILL) he is with casual fans. Bogut is just so damn injury prone. I know I just was repping Noah, but Bogut's had what? 103 injuries to his arm while Noah has had two (albeit bad) injuries. That being said, I'd consider him a Tier 2.5 Center, but it seems he suffers from Kerry Wood syndrome.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) Huh? Sox didn't spend billions of dollars to get to his dream $180M payroll. Also, J4L, how is Santos not a product of the Sox? They are the ones who solely developed him as a pitcher.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 05:18 AM) Has any team in baseball had a worse off-season than the Angels? Or at least out of the teams that matter [Pirates don't count]. And no way in hell are we getting Soriano. And I don't want him for the years and money he will command. I still say his price will come down. His suitors went from Angels, Yankees, White Sox to Angels because Sox don't like the price and Yankees want their first rounder. If Angels don't pay him, his price will come down.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 05:47 AM) Been at NSBB.com for about an hour and most of their fans hate the trade. They think they gave up way too much for a guy with mediocre peripherals and isn't any better than Randy Wells. I actually checked it out and Randy Wells was actually better than Garza in 2010. lol. Of course, the AL east is a much tougher division than the NL central. But last I checked the Reds, Brewers and Cardinals could all hit. Maybe this wasn't such a good move for the Cubs. Just headed over there and damn they do not like this deal like the morons that call the Score. I love this deal from Rays perspective, hate it from Cubs. They're going to try and compete...but rebuild...at the same time. With a huge payroll. Garza just keeps them towards the middle of the draft, he won't propel them to victory in the 3 years he's there.

I like it for that cheap and for a year. Also, with Soriano's market dwindling to it seems just the Angels, if they don't sign him, KW could swoop in at the end of the offseason.. CL - Soriano SU - Thornton SU - Crain MR - Sale MR - Santos LR - Ohman LR - Pena Soriano would be a luxury, and it'll probably be the other six plus Infante, but that'd be a lethal bullpen.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 11:52 PM) $50 addicting??? I got it for $15 (giftcards) But is really addicting.

I miss Joakim Noah. Ugh. His scoring and our currently unknown shooting guard are needed.

So, looking over the Centers in the league I'd have to say Noah is #2. If he weren't injured he'd be the East's default backup center. The center position is just so bad. Top: Dwight Howard Tier 2: Joakim Noah, Al Horford Tier 3: Nene, Al Jefferson, Marc Gasol, Tyson Chandler, Andrew Bogut Tier 4: Everyone else.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 10:47 PM) Ever since watching Hard Knocks, I thought Mark Sanchez seemed like a pretty cool guy, but he just went up another notch in my book. He's an overrated QB, but this is a really good story... http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5991920 Sanchez I hate USC, but I couldn't help but like Sanchez. Good guy.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 03:30 PM) I really want something bad to happen to Jason Giambi. Could you imagine just what 1 more MVP would look like on Frank's resume right now? No way a 3-time MVP doesn't get in on the first ballot. DH or not. +1 If Frank isn't a first ballot HOF, some BBWAA members will not sleep ever again.

Yes on Omar. Harolds off the ballot.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 12:16 AM) I couldn't agree more. I'm gonna go ahead and third this.

http://www.sportspickle.com/opinion/4619/n...vorite-athletes Can't decide who's funnier between Tebow and Vick.

Doesn't Tommy John surgery take two years to recover from? Plus, Nathan is in his mid-30's. I think the days of Joe Nathan striking fear into the AL are long over. Plus, Capps wasn't that solid last year for them, so its not like they have a good BP right now. While the Twins core of Mauer-Morneau-Young-Liriano-Duensing is still intact, it's a big question mark after those 6. The rotation is suspect after Liriano-Duensing, the lineup still has Mauer-Morenau-Young, but Cuddyer-Kubel-Span all had down years last year from 2009 and who knows about Valencia-Nishioka-Casilla. It sure will be interesting to watch.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 10:42 PM) So who would you rather play? Philly or New Orleans? Philly.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 08:07 PM) Especially since we'd be giving up a second round pick as well to sign Soriano. Forgot about that. No way in hell I include Thompson period then.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jan 2, 2011 -> 07:34 PM) Let's say you can find a team (Oakland?) that will take Teahen's $4.75M in 2011 in full if you throw in Thompson and are willing to eat at least $3.5M of the $5.5M owed to him in 2012. Assuming you could then afford to sign Soriano to something like 2/$18M ($6M in 2011, $10M in 2012, $10M TO w/ $2M buyout in 2013) would you do it? Because I would. Wouldn't include Thompson and Cash.

If only you did Luol, if only you did.

Yea, the BUlls have been profitable for a while, selling out tons of games, so I think JR just wants to win now.