CubbieBum

He might end up being a starting corner OF in the majors, but first he would need to prove it before trading our starters to give him the job. Explain to me how you can prove you are a starting corner OF in the majors when you are always on the bench because of someone else having the starting job? Like I said before posts like this are dumb. There is no way to know if someone is good enough to be a starter unless you have him start a significant period of time. Some guys do great in small doses in platoons but then wear down and suck when playing everyday. Some guys are the opposite. Either way you don't know what will happen until he starts. But we do know that Colvin has been a professional baseball player for a while now and hasn't come close to showing he deserves a chance to start in the majors as a corner OF. Agreed. Like I said before I am only OK with trading Fukudome if almost all his salary is taken by the other team. In that scenario we give Colvin a couple weeks to start to see what he can do and then if he struggling we replace him when Nady gets back. I am OK with doing that if it frees up $10+ million.

He might end up being a starting corner OF in the majors, but first he would need to prove it before trading our starters to give him the job. Explain to me how you can prove you are a starting corner OF in the majors when you are always on the bench because of someone else having the starting job? Like I said before posts like this are dumb. There is no way to know if someone is good enough to be a starter unless you have him start a significant period of time. Some guys do great in small doses in platoons but then wear down and suck when playing everyday. Some guys are the opposite. Either way you don't know what will happen until he starts.

Oooo I love it when you are proven wrong so you try and change what was argued so you can look right. The post you quoted was ... You then had some guy who said in all his 30 years he can't remember a case quite like the one you were talking about. I just showed you two cases in 2010 that were very similar to that one plus one from 2004-05 that may have been the one that I remember from class. Were we talking about $20,000 in this argument? No. That was a different argument so shut the [expletive] up and stop trying to be a cool smug prick because you don't know what you are talking about and that was evident when you had to email someone else to have any knowledge on the subject. You then chose to take that guys one sentence response as if it was gospel. Try doing some of your own research rather than passing off others hoping it is right.

Wait, a lot coaches do it cause there are no good centers, yet it creates a mismatch? How? If everyone is doing it how are you gaining a mismatch? 1.) Shane Battier, Glenn Robinson or even Carl Landry isn't a talent every team has. 2.) Most teams play a guy who is tall at center even if he sucks rather than go with a small lineup. Therefore playing an athletic guy that is 6'8" or so, strong enough to battle in the post for rebounds but athletic enough and with good enough range to step out and hit jumpers or threes creates a mismatch.

The better play would have been to make a pitch that the batter couldn't make contact with.

Okay, I was gonna let this go and not pollute the thread. But I did some digging, and my sources aren't secret. I e-mailed Mike Shannon, who runs IndianaAirwaves.com, which covers news involving the Indiana radio scene. They've been covering the $7,000-case that I brought up and you said wasn't the one you are talking about. I asked him if he knew how common it was for Indiana high school stations to be fined by the FCC. This was his response. Bold added. Who to believe... who to believe... Hmm be lazy and email someone who may or may not know what he is talking about or do your own research ... Believe it or not this is a subject that interests me a lot and going to school for radio or newspaper means I follow this subject closely and know quite a bit. Following FCC fines isn't something most radio guys care to do because it's hard to find the info unless you FOI from the FCC. Plus there is a huge list of fines the FCC does and they don't organize in a way that is easy to follow and pick out the info you want. Anyways ... http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/27411/ http://www.rbr.com/radio/23099.html That's two in 2010 I found in 30 seconds with a simple google search. I'm sure If I sent in a FOI request for all their fines given out in 2009 and then checked them all to see if they were schools I would find many many more but I'm not wasting my time on proving something I know to be true. Plus that would take many hours and probably weeks to complete. Oh and I may have found the case I was talking about. I saw something about Ben Davis and then searched with that name and found this. I searched the document for FCC and came to a paragraph that said they were fined $10,000 in 2004-2005 for "public file violations." It says the fine was reduced by $1,000 and the rest of the fine is still in appeals. This is from 2006-07 so I don't know what ended up happening in the appeal and without that I can't know for sure if this was the station talked about in my class. I think it is though.

You expect him to make a post force out of that oaf Zoubek? My guess is he'd find some room for a big-time post player in his system if he managed to recruit one. Right like he used Boozer? Or Josh McRoberts? Or Shavlik Randolph? Hell even all of Shelden Williams' offense came off second chances and the such cause they were busy drawing up every play for Redick. This year he did a nice job, but he has had talent in the post there recently and hasn't done squat with them. Thus why no good post player wants to go there now. I agree for the most part but for fairness didn't Battier play in the post predominantly? Kind of, but again that's what he does now. Sticks a 3 as a post player and has him float to the perimeter. Gene Keady did that a lot as well. A lot of coaches do because it is hard to find a great true center because there are so few of them. However, playing a big 3/4 at center creates a mismatch against most teams.

You expect him to make a post force out of that oaf Zoubek? My guess is he'd find some room for a big-time post player in his system if he managed to recruit one. Right like he used Boozer? Or Josh McRoberts? Or Shavlik Randolph? Hell even all of Shelden Williams' offense came off second chances and the such cause they were busy drawing up every play for Redick. This year he did a nice job, but he has had talent in the post there recently and hasn't done squat with them. Thus why no good post player wants to go there now. I agree for the most part but for fairness didn't Battier play in the post predominantly?

I unfortunately can't help but do you mean top 30 for team rankings because BA publishes their overall top 100.

purdue was the 4 seed, they were "supposed" to make it where they did. da bum wants a purdue highlight reel for some reason. Seriously dude? They were the most popular first round upset pick (even Obama took Siena) and just about no one picked them to the Sweet Sixteen. I obviously didn't want a highlight reel so let's not be a donkey about this. I said I was a bit disappointed that Kramer's lay up was included and that the only time Purdue was shown was more because of Singler than the Purdue player. Congrats, they beat a 13 seed and Texas A&M; a team that dies year in and year out in the second round. Who cares? Good God you guys a bunch of donkey's. I said I was a bit disappointed that Purdue didn't really have a single highlight. Anyone who is a fan of a team that did something in the tourney should be a bit disappointed they didn't get anything in the final highlight. I'm a fan of Purdue excuse for preferring to see them in a highlight. Step the [expletive] off your high horses.

For the ladies. The fact that they're finishing the season after the men should tell you something. Umm what?

purdue was the 4 seed, they were "supposed" to make it where they did. da bum wants a purdue highlight reel for some reason. Seriously dude? They were the most popular first round upset pick (even Obama took Siena) and just about no one picked them to the Sweet Sixteen. I obviously didn't want a highlight reel so let's not be a donkey about this. I said I was a bit disappointed that Kramer's lay up was included and that the only time Purdue was shown was more because of Singler than the Purdue player.

How'd I guess you would post that. It didn't matter who sang it you weren't going to like it because you love the One Shining Moment so much. I prefer the original because I don't see a point in changing it and it is what I am used to but Jennifer Hudson can really sing.

Ugh. No Kramer lay-up and the only time anything Purdue was shown was Grant and Singler being face to face. For a Sweet Sixteen team that almost no one picked I'm a bit disappointed.

You mean where he fouled and the shot shouldn't have counted?

Is that the biggest "almost" since the Titans/Rams Super Bowl? Bigger. That "only" would've sent the game into OT (assuming the Titans went for the PAT). I'm thinking...there's never been a moment like that in the history of American sports. Chalmers making the 3 against Memphis was just as do or die but it was only to tie the game and it wasn't a half court buzzer beater. I'll take the Titans-Rams play. Also in the top ten is probably the Music City Miracle from those same playoffs.

Anyone remember this crap.

Howard got same payback on that last pick. He destroyed who ever that was (Smith?).

AHHHHHHHHH

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That's why Nantz needs to stick to golf.

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Zoubek is my new least favorite player and it's all because the refs allow him to get away with murder.

Just realized the KenPom bracket I filled out on facebook has Duke as the champ.

I'm sure they have a few female members.