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  1. 17 Seconds
    wouldn't it be awesome if holliday ended up being like an .850 OPS guy? i dont think he will, but it's possible and it would be glorious
  2. 17 Seconds
    what a gift title
  3. 17 Seconds
    oh god it would be all kinds of glorious to see saban lose like this
  4. 17 Seconds
    where is xzero? texas has my little brother playing quarterback right and are within a score
  5. 17 Seconds
    because lou is senile
  6. 17 Seconds
    you knew that mccoy was going to get hurt? Bama was winning this game regardless. The only difference the injury makes will be in the margin of victory. if mccoy was still playing then the game would be close right now. so maybe wait until alabama puts up more points before bragging about a prediction
  7. 17 Seconds
    you knew that mccoy was going to get hurt?
  8. 17 Seconds
    I think you guys are understating how much cap issues the Hawks are going to have the next couple of years. That is basically what the announcer was talking about. no, i understood what he was talking about, and i understand we're going to lose some guys. i was referring to the "blowing up" part.
  9. 17 Seconds
    the bruins announcer just said the hawks better win it this year because the team is "going to be blown up" this offseason ummmmm, what?
  10. 17 Seconds
    do you guys realize how lucky we are to have this team? this is like a dream situation
  11. 17 Seconds
    i love how the hawks have the opposing team's announcers gushing over them pretty much every time they play.
  12. 17 Seconds
    i hope you enjoyed your lead, boston
  13. 17 Seconds
    don't forget that in may mitchell boggs missed like 2 games due to illness
  14. 17 Seconds
    Next season at 3.5, then an RFA http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=CHI&season=0910 so have there been any talk about an extension for him, or does keith's contract mean they'll probably end up losing seabrook?
  15. 17 Seconds
    can somebody who knows more about hockey contracts (i know close to nothing) tell me what seabrook's situation is? is he under control for much longer? do they plan on extending him, or are they going to lose him soon? etc. etc.
  16. 17 Seconds
    nobody is saying it's a great move or even that kotchman is good. he's just a lot better than bill hall. hall is worthless. it's just a solid trade Only in your world is there a meaningful distinction between a "very slick move" and a "great move". It's garbage for garbage. Hardly worth a second thought, let alone a bunch of gushing. i'm not even the one who said very slick move, but whatever. kotchman helps the team this year more than bill hall, period. it was a solid trade.
  17. 17 Seconds
    So paying $9M for 1 year is smarter than paying $4.9M for 2 years. Fascinating. wtf are you actively try to be obtuse with every post you make now? i mean, seriously. assuming you're a rational person, there's no way you can make a post like that and not understand how pointless/irrelevent it is in regards to the post i made before it. but to answer your question, yeah. paying 9 mil to an above average player is better than giving 2/5 to a crappy player. (not that any of this has anything whatsoever to do with my original point.... which was all about contract length and risks). Hey you're the one that drew the comparison to Aaron Miles. I just pointed out the unintended hilarity in your "logic": <$5M spread over two years is apparently a bigger risk than $9M spread over one. Just stop and let that resonate for a moment, and maybe you'll crack up too. No one compared Beltre to Miles. The point was that 1 year deals made with surplus money are smart because there's little lost. If you signed a 2 year deal with what you have left over, you can still be burned by the second year. That's what happened with Miles. The team had much tighter budget restrictions in year two of his contract, and since he didn't meet expectations they were forced to eat money just to get him off the team. yes
  18. 17 Seconds
    So paying $9M for 1 year is smarter than paying $4.9M for 2 years. Fascinating. wtf are you actively try to be obtuse with every post you make now? i mean, seriously. assuming you're a rational person, there's no way you can make a post like that and not understand how pointless/irrelevent it is in regards to the post i made before it. but to answer your question, yeah. paying 9 mil to an above average player is better than giving 2/5 to a crappy player. (not that any of this has anything whatsoever to do with my original point.... which was all about contract length and risks). Hey you're the one that drew the comparison to Aaron Miles. I just pointed out the unintended hilarity in your "logic": <$5M spread over two years is apparently a bigger risk than $9M spread over one. Just stop and let that resonate for a moment, and maybe you'll crack up too. obtuse obtuse obtuse Which would be a bigger risk to you..... -signing albert pujols to a 4/40 contract -signing carlos delgado to a 2/20 contract Pujols is getting more money, so he's a bigger risk... right?
  19. 17 Seconds
    So paying $9M for 1 year is smarter than paying $4.9M for 2 years. Fascinating. wtf are you actively try to be obtuse with every post you make now? i mean, seriously. assuming you're a rational person, there's no way you can make a post like that and not understand how pointless/irrelevent it is in regards to the post i made before it. but to answer your question, yeah. paying 9 mil to an above average player is better than giving 2/5 to a crappy player. (not that any of this has anything whatsoever to do with my original point.... which was all about contract length and risks).
  20. 17 Seconds
    False, especially regarding Brendan Ryan. Skip is pretty average, but Fangraph's had him valued at $5.4 last year, with a salary of $0.8. He's getting a raise this year in arbitration, but I'd expect his value to still be a bit more than what the Cards are paying him. Ryan, on the other hand, was worth $14.2, making just $0.4, making him an excellent value based mostly on his stellar defense. hooray for more fangraphs figures. i don't believe that brendan ryan was worth 14 million dollars last season. also, that same formula had him as worthless before last season. so is he 2009 brendan ryan? i just don't like how it's now commonplace to look at a fangraphs value figure and say "_____ was worth ______ dollars last season" like it's a fact oh well, maybe saying they suck was a bit strong. my popint was just that i don't think you can look at brendan ryan and skip schumaker and say "well, we're tying up a ton of money elsewhere, but we're set at these positions for a while"
  21. 17 Seconds
    nobody is saying it's a great move or even that kotchman is good. he's just a lot better than bill hall. hall is worthless. it's just a solid trade
  22. 17 Seconds
    I don't mind the idea of small ball like the M's are setting up, but you still need to have that threat to go deep. And without Branyan they have nobody that scares you. i'm saying that with their defense and their potential pithcing, they probably won't have to score a lot of runs to win games.
  23. 17 Seconds
    the sedins are insane this season
  24. 17 Seconds
    this team is so annoying. they always stay right in the area or the standings that doesn't help them in any way. they'll probably hover around 5-10 games under .500 all season, flirt with a playoff spot in the comical eastern conference, and all it will do is keep them from a lottery pick and save VDN's job. these jokers can't even tank a season properly
  25. 17 Seconds
    schumaker and ryan suck when pujols banks next offseason, the cardinals are going to have half of their payroll committed to 2 players every year. that's never good. and what if carpenter goes down again? then you have about 55-60 million going to 2 guys when your payroll is usually around 90 million. i'm not necessarily saying it's a bad move, but it definitely is going to make money really tight pretty much every season and basically takes you out of the running for any premiere free agent over the next several offseasons
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