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Yeah. Poor guy. How can one reasonably expect to live any sort of comfortably on a lousy $10 million a year? I wonder if he can qualify for welfare on that sort of pay. So you'll be giving back a large portion of your lifestyle to bring you down to the world average? as long as he hasn't totally burned through the $20M per year that the red sox paid him, i'm pretty sure that his lifestyle won't take a hit by deferring money and only getting $10M a year the next 2 years. it's up to him, and i don't begrudge him the right to decline this deal, but i think it's a pretty bad move on his part. they'll probably get the dodgers to defer a little less though - they'll meet in the middle somewhere. If they'll meet in the middle why is it a bad move? -
I was seeing numbers like $15m for JSC, who is much older, and not any good. I don't think you can find a potential starting tackle for much less than that.
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08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
jersey cubs fan replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
I'm surprised they haven't rested Huet. They could let one of the minor leaguers play, the 4th seed is pretty much a guarantee(sort of) so it's not like these game are incredibly important. Well, 8 games in a row isn't exactly unprecedented. And he was getting plenty of rest early in the season. I think they are trying to get him in a groove, potentially to justify a Khabi trade, or just to make it easier to pick a playoff goalie. -
Other names in 2003 test to be leaked?
jersey cubs fan replied to Clem Fandango's topic in General Baseball Talk
Don't forget, his career was essentially ended by a series of suspensions for the use of PEDs... amphetamines rather than steroids, but still... Not to mention that without them, his career might have ended in AA. Exactly. I don't get why people use the "well it didn't help him break records" arguement against the notion that PEDs enhance performance. The Sports Guy's Yankee fan friend tried to brush off the Giambi/ARod/Pettite issues by saying that if these things really helped then "I could take them and hit 50 HR." That's not the freaking point. Guys take them just to get promoted up the minor league ranks. There's tremendous financial incentive (not to mention competitive) just to take them to reach the majors. It's not just about hitting 70 HR. If a guy has the talent to play with some of the best in the world, but not the skill to deserve a spot on a major league roster, a slight increase in performance could wind up netting him a million dollars over his career. -
Interesting. Hopefully this means St. Clair is gone more than it means they won't draft a tackle early.
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Bradley out with mild left-quad tightness
jersey cubs fan replied to DiamondMind's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Hopefully he's being cautious. -
Other names in 2003 test to be leaked?
jersey cubs fan replied to Clem Fandango's topic in General Baseball Talk
Bet it won't. -
not sad for him, sad for those of us who had high hopes for him. I had no hopes for him when he was drafted, then slowly turned to being a fan and wound up as one of the people who most defended him in 2006/07. But I guess it was the lack of initial expectations that made it easier for me to let it go.
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Okay, but why does he have to make an immediate impact in order to justify being drafted? It makes absolutely no sense to say unless you have an established receiving core you can't draft a WR and can only sign free agents.
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Considering the fact that he did play as a starter and enjoyed a fair amount of success would seem to contradict your theory. You mean before defenses had a chance to get some tape of him and realized he lacked any sort of poise in the pocket and made horrific decisions at an alarming rate? Yeah he was pretty effective then. That Rex is never going to come back. He's simply not good enough to be anything more than a stopgap solution on an NFL team. Yeah, I understand that Rex isn't coming back, but I was contradicting your comment that he had a total lack of ability to play as a starter, when it was very clear that he did have the ability to play as a starter because he did play as a starter for a fair amount of time and enjoyed a moderate level of success doing so.
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It certainly helps to have veteran WRs around the young guy, but I think some young WRs can have success without an established group around them. How established do you mean, also? Do you mean only the Colts and Patriots should draft receivers, or can the Titans (who have veterans, but aren't very strong at the position) draft one by your standards? If you mean a strong, quality group, then there's not that many teams like that and most of those don't need WRs. If you just mean solid veterans, then I tend to agree. A solid group of veterans who are capable of producing, and don't count on the new WR to make a serious impact. For example, if a team is strong and has a solid core of veterans (the Titans) and seems in need of only a WR, by all means draft one (yes, I know they have other holes after FA). But if you need an impact WR (like Seattle), it's better to go out on the market and pick up a good FA and draft a different player at a position that is more predictable. How in the world do you justify that theory? Arizona shouldn't have drafted Fitzgerald? Why can't a mediocre team draft a WR?
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Injuries really hurt him early in his career. And that's really what lessened the fans' patience. When he did finally play he showed more promise than any QB in Bears history, and was among the best in the league for a while in 06. Then he hit rock bottom so hard and so often. The combination of these things did Rex in with Chicago fans. I'd say his total lack of ability to play as a starter in the NFL probably did him in more. Considering the fact that he did play as a starter and enjoyed a fair amount of success would seem to contradict your theory.
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there was a woman on suze orman (i don't really watch her show, it was on at work and i was facing the tv as i worked) who was being interviewed. the audio wasn't on but according the captions they were putting on, she and her husband were out $5 million, she had to go back to work and they were living paycheck to paycheck. it certainly didn't sound like madoff only took a portion of their money. Okay, but where is the evidence that she's smart? She's talking to Suze Orman about her finances, which is a joke in and of itself. The only people her advice is good for is middle aged lesbians who already have a couple million in the bank and only want to keep it.
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That's true I guess, but Grossman leaving now is fairly anti-climactic.
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Being good with money is an acquired skill, and there's nothing about pro athletes that makes them more likely to have that skill than the general population. That's why so many of them end up legitimately broke. right but i didn't say anything about pro athletes. this also happened to a hell of a lot of successful business people, enterpreneurs, etc. a lot of smart people lost a ton of money because of the ponzi schemes too. The actual smart ones didn't lose it all though, they lost a portion of their money. And just because people made or had money (many via inheritance) doesn't mean they were smart. After all, the Bluth family wasn't completely unrealistic.
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The dude made millions playing football for several years, and played in the Super Bowl. I don't think there's much of anything sad about this story.
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But Fontenot was already there. It's the Miles bat that makes the team more LH. Miles replaced DeRosa on the roster.
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There's no way they try and play Fontenot fulltime, and that doesn't save them $5m, when they replaced him with Miles, who makes $5m over 2 years.
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I don't get why so many people think the best thing to do in a recession is to shame people into taking lower salaries. But Goodell should be taking a cut due to the NFL's decision to cut staff and tighten belts. BAseball has made a ton of money under selig's watch, and they've grown revenues exponentially. He deserves what he can get.
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Your Favorite Sweaty Closer has Retired
jersey cubs fan replied to E.J.'s topic in General Baseball Talk
I'll never forget running into his dad in line at Shea on opening day 2003. He was dressed in Cubs gear, and some Mets fan asked him if he came all the way out from Chicago for the game. He said, "No, I'm from Bayonne and my kid is on the Cubs." with the biggest smile in the world on his face. -
Being good with money is an acquired skill, and there's nothing about pro athletes that makes them more likely to have that skill than the general population. That's why so many of them end up legitimately broke. There's actually something about them that makes them far less likely to have that skill than the general population. exactly
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Cool. I'd say we'll probably look at something like that and rent a car. You have to rent a car in and around Phoenix. Everything is 45 minutes away, at least. I stayed in scottsdale as well. You should consider seeing them at hohokam as well as a road venue. Good idea- there's several teams working out in driving distance, right? Yes, and more than there were when I went in 2006. We also caught a Blackhawks/Coyotes game.
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4/15 - Bulls (41-40) vs. Toronto (32-49) - 7 pm, CSN
jersey cubs fan replied to David's topic in Other Sports
It's a metaphor. Insert large' date=' carnivorous animal here.[/quote'] The term is paper tiger. Piper Lion is a book written by George Plimpton when he dressed and practiced as a Detroit Lions player, and was an obvious play on the actual phrase, which I believe has ancient chinese roots or something. -
It would be interesting if it became popular. But I don't think it has at all. Perhaps in another 15 years, after a couple rivalries build and a few "classic" games are played, and remembered, it will become popular. But you'll need far more stars playing in the tourny and not skipping.
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What if Samardzija spends the year at AAA due to the big league staff being full, and dominates?
