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@PWSullivan Source says Big Z may sign in Japan or Taiwan if he can't get major league deal. #Cra-Z

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/bulls/2013/02/12/derrick-rose-knee-injury-return-chicago-bulls/1912521/

I'll accept nothing less than a regulation loss free season.

Foley has gotten me laugh several times recently. I forget the exact play, the Hawks had the puck in the Coyotes zone and the puck kinda squirted away, and Foley just deadpans..."oops". I dunno, struck me funny at the moment.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-chicago-bulls-toronto-raptors-trade-20130207,0,1586359.story Sounds unlikely because of Booz's contract though. Isn't Nate Robinson a slighty better scoring/slightly worse defending verision of John Lucas? I'd say Nate is a much better scorer. But also he's making less than JL3, so I'm sure it's part of making the money work.

Bears right in the middle of the strength of schedule list for 2013. Easiest in the division though. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000137115/article/2013-nfl-strength-of-schedule-released?campaign=Twitter_news

Oh, yeah I actually forgot that. Saw the image posted on another site.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-chicago-bulls-toronto-raptors-trade-20130207,0,1586359.story Sounds unlikely because of Booz's contract though.

The idea isn't looking at one year's worth of WAR. The idea is that those were the top 25 pitchers from seven years ago. How many had seven years of production you'd be happy paying 7/$175 for since that time? Pick any year as your starting point and count seven years forward from that one. You'll find damn few pitchers (who are eligible/nearly eligible to sign a FA contract) that will be worth 7/$175. And there's basically no way to pick out the ones who are in advance. In order to be worth considering for that kind of contract, a pitcher probably has to have at least three seasons (preferably more) of elite production already. Then you're projecting seven more years of elite production on top of that. Just how many pitchers over the past 20-30 years can you think of with a ten+ year stretch of dominance? I'll start you off: Clemens, Maddux, Unit. Theo faced this decision when he was with Boston and he made the right call. He could have given Pedro the contract he got from the Mets, but he held off and the Mets got stuck paying for nothing after the first couple years. Then the Mets got burned again with Johan. Let's not be the Mets. Playing devil's advocate, because I agree with you about paying pitchers. But I don't think Felix is getting this deal based on one good year. More like the last 4-5 years. The data is probably harder to come across, but I wonder if the list of the top WAR pitchers from 2004-2006 under say, age 28, would look very different than your list.

Man that game sucked last night. No hat trick for Kane? [expletive] that!

Most points in Bulls/Thibs history. Bad night, banged up bigs, and playing in Denver. One of those you just have to forget about.

I'm sure this totally means something. http://i.imgur.com/aGbTbQS.png?1

i didn't say anything about being the highest paid. joe flacco played better than any other quarterback in the playoffs, he had a stupid TD/INT ratio. how often does an average qb do that? Well by TD/INT ratio he was the 12th QB. (11th if you take out Kolb) Just ahead of NFL great, Matt Shaub. http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/touchdown-to-interception-ratio/2012/ and yet flacco is the one with the 11-0 ratio in the playoffs. i ask again, when is the last time an average qb went off like that in the playoffs? Eli Manning had a 9-1 ratio last year and a 6-1 ratio in '07. He's also a pretty mediocre/good-but-not-great regular season QB.

i didn't say anything about being the highest paid. joe flacco played better than any other quarterback in the playoffs, he had a stupid TD/INT ratio. how often does an average qb do that? Well by TD/INT ratio he was the 12th QB. (11th if you take out Kolb) Just ahead of NFL great, Matt Shaub. http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/touchdown-to-interception-ratio/2012/ I think he meant in the playoffs. Whatever then. His highest QB rating in a season is 93. He's nowhere near the Rodgers/Brees/Brady's of the world. Romo's had a 100+ season. Flacco is a good QB that had a awesome playoffs.

i didn't say anything about being the highest paid. joe flacco played better than any other quarterback in the playoffs, he had a stupid TD/INT ratio. how often does an average qb do that? Well by TD/INT ratio he was the 12th QB. (11th if you take out Kolb) Just ahead of NFL great, Matt Shaub. http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/touchdown-to-interception-ratio/2012/

Emery will be in goal tonight.

There was a whole lot of debate about just how good Joe Flacco was prior to the playoffs. But now all of a sudden he's gonna be the highest paid QB. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Still talking about PED's and affecting baseball conversation. Talking about Castro now. Spiegel asking about his numbers at various positions in the lineup. Hoyer talking about how lineup spots can get in guy's heads, but that year over year, lineup spots don't really make a difference. Envisions him getting on base more, and more power. Hoyer's definition of a "prospect": Combination of scouting and numbers. Certain physical skills. Back to Castro, he's younger than most of the guys on the top 100 list, but has 3 years of major league experience. End of interview.

Asked about how much patience for rebuild the Ricketts family has: Complimented the Ricketts, talked about how the Cubs have never really had a long term plan...they've had a hot team here and there. Whole FO wants to win badly, but don't wanna try to do it too quickly at the sacrifice of long term. Asked about Curt Schilling's comments this morning about someone in the Red Sox clubhouse in regards to PED's: Hoyer denied that either he or Theo were involved in that conversation. Talked about how well MLB and the union are doing with testing...etc etc. Don't caaaaaaarrrrrrre.

Paraphrasing.... On Edwin Jackson in context of rebuild: Gotta do things in pieces. Can't get a ton of players at once when you decide you're ready to really compete. Talking about positives out of last season...Rizzo, Shark, Barney. Silver linings in minor leagues, but don't lose sight of major league team. Looking for more core guys to emerge. Talking about Kane County: Talked about how good a team was at Boise last year, and how many of those will play at Kane County. Complimented Peoria, but excited about Kane County.

Jed Hoyer on the Score momentarily.

McShay has the Bears taking Te'o first round.

Could you tell me where Jonathan Cooper and Lane Johnson went (obviously Joeckel, Fisher and Warmack won't be available)? I'd rather have Cooper than Fluker, not sure about Johnson. I can't see Kiper's draft (insider) but Walterfootball has Johnson going #11 to the Chargers, and Cooper going to the Bears. Fluker to Carolina in 2nd round, #44 overall.