javy knows my name

They need to be careful before they make me like him in spite of myself

Until he starts to show some polish on his tools, it's hard for me to put him in the top 30. I mean, I'm not sure I'm going to have Junior Lake in my top 30, but he's far more deserving than Easterling. I thought tspain already polished his tool.

Holy [expletive] [expletive] I can't believe this. Ricketts = Gods among men. Jovial NSBB is fun; maybe Jersey will be awesome from now on.

Don't ever stop being awesome, Aramis

Maybe they're really concerned about signing Pujols to big years and money, but they're cool with Prince at fewer years/money. I hate my life.

does brian kelly have an alibi? i doubt it. Yes. he was at the Indiana State Fair when it happened. A++

RAMIREZ WITH A HOLLANDSWORTH FACIAL

If he dances out of the way of another strike, I'm going to [expletive] on his face

How did this happen?! I turned over to golf like 2 hours ago.

I doubt they even have to do much, or that they'll even get involved; Zambrano isn't walking away. It sounds like his agent already slapped some sense into him. There's absolutely no way the union isn't all over him if he accepts less than $25 million a year and/or at least 8 years. That completely plays into Pujols' "good guy image," because there's no way he wants to be painted the villain like that. If he takes a discount to stay in St. Louis it's not going to be less than those figures. I'm agreeing with you that they'll apply serious pressure to Pujols, which he'll have to account for because he wants to continue playing. If Zambrano truly didn't want to play, the MLBPA could piss and moan all they wanted, but ultimately wouldn't be able to incentivize him to stick around. But I've heard his agent's comments, and arguing this hypothetical is a waste of time because it's such a long shot.

I agree that it's really unlikely, but I also think if anyone were to decide to leave that kind of money on the table it would be Z. It's possible that he's run out of people to blame for his dwindling success and may just not enjoy going out there anymore because he's not up to his own standard of play. He very likely has too much pride to phone it in and count his money next year, and the trade that he'd be likely to force could potentially offend him as well. He's also just stubborn enough to tell his agent and the mlbpa to go [expletive] themselves. Allowing for ALL that, I think there's a 10% chance he retires. Jesus, I just did this up PTI-style. There's no way Zambrano leaves that much money on the table. Also, his agent and the player's union would certainly push him to return. Hmm, never really thought of it that way before Yeah, that's why I mentioned the union; they're going to be VERY interested if he's trying to walk away from that kind of money. They're the same reason I don't see Pujols taking the severe hometown discount many seem to assume he'll end up taking. The union simply will not let players leave that much on the table, especially when it establishes a precedent detrimental to other players down the line. In Zambrano's case it's arguably a further hindrance to any talented player with any kind of "emotional" history trying to max out a new contract. I was being sarcastic. I addressed your union argument, but was uninspired by the response I got from B2B. What could the union realistically do to keep someone who wants to walk away from that kind of money? What incentive is left if it really does get that far? Pujols is a completely different story, and you know it.

I agree that it's really unlikely, but I also think if anyone were to decide to leave that kind of money on the table it would be Z. It's possible that he's run out of people to blame for his dwindling success and may just not enjoy going out there anymore because he's not up to his own standard of play. He very likely has too much pride to phone it in and count his money next year, and the trade that he'd be likely to force could potentially offend him as well. He's also just stubborn enough to tell his agent and the mlbpa to go [expletive] themselves. Allowing for ALL that, I think there's a 10% chance he retires. Jesus, I just did this up PTI-style. There's no way Zambrano leaves that much money on the table. Also, his agent and the player's union would certainly push him to return. Hmm, never really thought of it that way before

[expletive] Keystone Kops out there

I agree that it's really unlikely, but I also think if anyone were to decide to leave that kind of money on the table it would be Z. It's possible that he's run out of people to blame for his dwindling success and may just not enjoy going out there anymore because he's not up to his own standard of play. He very likely has too much pride to phone it in and count his money next year, and the trade that he'd be likely to force could potentially offend him as well. He's also just stubborn enough to tell his agent and the mlbpa to go [expletive] themselves. Allowing for ALL that, I think there's a 10% chance he retires. Jesus, I just did this up PTI-style.

lol

There's a cap on the number of days a rehab stint can last. Not sure of the exact number though; it's like 10 or 15 days IIRC. Hopefully nobody in the league office finds out about Angel Guzman. hahahaha

Right after signing deadline

Dammit, I glossed over that. I was thinking that he just made his first salient point, and I was in celebratory mode.

Nice forfeit lineup to kill our winning streak. [expletive].

YES

If you have to search that hard for reputable sites, it has been banhammered. Pokerstars and Fulltilt are no longer accepting US players. Full Tilt hasn't even paid out. I have no clue what room you're talking about here, but I can guarantee you it's not big and it's not reputable in any way. Maybe Cereus? It operated for a couple weeks after Tilt/Stars were seized, but it's shut down like the others AFAIK. Absolute/Ultimate Bet has been shady for years. With the Russ Hamilton and superuser issues. Cake and the Merge networks were complete [expletive] with very few players. The only 2 reputable sites with good traffic were Tilt and Stars. Online US poker is DEAD. They have national sites like pokerstars.it and .fr where France and Italy then collect taxes. IIRC, Belgium as well with Germany on the way. I suspect you're talking about of your ass here. Ah, that's what you meant by regulation. I didn't know those governments were collecting taxes on play at Stars. Merge was the network I was talking about. Of course, they aren't currently taking new signups. This thread on 2+2 is my main reference. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/where-can-us-players-play-1021260/

Who is their QB and wouldn't they have lost a bunch of commits when Tressel left?

For me, it's Florida State @ 5, Nebraska @ 11, Auburn at 19 (ahead of Mississippi State, even) that I don't get. I get Nebraska there. With you on the other two. Why is OSU even in the top 25?

The Angels wouldn't trade Cron for Castro and Garza. PTBNL

The Harmon Killebrew article is amazing. "All the guy did is hit an ungodly amount of HRs and take walks, and not much else." The hell else is there to do?