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Now that's thinking outside the box!

That's a visual I could have done without.

If any of the internet listeners are customers of the advertisers on the DJaxx broadcasts, letters to those advertisers might prove to be more effective.

And no one in his right mind would want to waive his no trade clause to get away from a serious pennant contender like the Cubs.

So, yeah, we just may OBLITERATE the record The only thing that will stop us is not getting enough players on base to double up.

Fixed I'm tempted to force either Tim or 1908 to change your title to Manbrano. O:) Hey, I'd take it with open arms. And RUsch should be Manbrayes

When all other things are equal, you take the guy who has the advantage in the one area that is not. But in this case one would have an advantage in AVG and the other would have an advantage in IsoD.

And totally out of character. :^o

It doesn't appear to be an organization wide issue - Team IsoD - Rank/Total Iowa .077 - 3/16 DJaxx .068 - 8/10 DCubs .077 - 1/12 Chiefs .058 - 14/14 The contrast between Peoria and Daytona is rather dramatic.

Let's hope doesn't pull a Jose Canseco (ERA 27.00) and blow out his arm.

When I see how much money the medium market D-Backs are willing to eat for an unproductive player, I can't figure out why big market Hendry won't do the same with the equally unproductive Glendon Rusch, who has one less year and significantly less money owed to him than Ortiz. Must be that lefty thing - different topic for a different day I guess. I don't think Hendry would admit he made a mistake. Also, I think the fact that Wood and Prior might not come back could have something to do with it. What I don't understand about this line of reasoning is that to me it would seem to be worse to be reminded you made a mistake every time Dusty rolls him out there than to admit you made a mistake, correct it, and not have to think about that particular mistake ever again.

So if I understand this correctly, if we are shopping one of our guys, and we get offered player A from the White Sox and player B from an AL team, and everyone in the Cubs organization agrees that player A is better than player B (maybe not dramatically better but still better), there are some who would prefer to trade for player B. Am I reading this correctly?

As noted earlier, the Cubs, for example, only publicly report the earnings of the Cubs in combination with their broacasting segment. The earnings numbers you hear for just the Cubs are estimates from outsiders. I believe one person mentioned that Forbes provided one estimate. I wonder if any MLB team's earings are reported publicly as a unique segment. Any attempt to break out the earnings of the Cubs as an entity distinct from the broadcasting group is going to be highly subjective because the amount paid to the Cubs for broadcasting rights is not an arm's length transaction. Also what the Cubs pay the broadcasting group for advertising, etc. I'm certain that this is a continuing source of contention in establishing the revenue levels for revenue sharing.

The Official Hotel of the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx The DoubleTree is nice in that it is within a mile of I-40 and a short drive up the Interstate to Pringles Park in addition to being a great place to stay. I sent you a PM about additional info as well. What DJaxx said - I stayed there last year and it's very nice. Free wireless internet is good for posting those action pics.

At least no GIDP!

It's not only legal, but in some cases necessary to keep separate books for tax purposes vs. reporting to shareholders. For example, the method most companies use to depreciate assets for tax purposes (MACRS) is not acceptable for reporting to hhareholders because the write-off is too fast (an asset may really have a 10-year life, which would be the required write-off period for reporting to shareholders, but be depreciated over 7 years under the tax law). Requirements for reporting to shareholders are based on generally accepted accounting principles, which are developed mainly by the Financial Accounting Standards Board with input from the SEC, while reporting for tax purposes is governed by the tax code and IRS regulations. The two frequently contradict each other, requiring two sets of books. Sorry for the accounting class, but I am a university accounting professor. Class dismissed. :D Thanks for information. Can companies intentionally mislead the public/IRS and have it be legal? Well I work for GE so I am pretty sure they are under quite a bit of scritiny over such things. As for the question of misleading shareholders that is what lands people in jail. The numbers that are reported for tax purposes are not open to the public, so there wouldn't be confusion on the two sets that are being reported. Thanks for the refresher NCCubbie, I have took my MBA accounting class 2 yrs ago and its good to hear that I rememered something from it :) Additionally, many companies keep additional "sets of books" for performance measurement distinct from financial reporting. Financial reporting is covered by GAAP, but if you want to use different methods internally for determining bonuses, capital spending, etc., that's not only legal but can make good sense. Many of the rules in GAAP are arbitrary (to eliminate or reduce judgement calls, etc.). Just looked at their 10-K, and they only report on 2 segments - publishing and broadcasting/entertainment. That means they don't have to break out the Cubs separately from broadcasting in terms of public reporting, so the pricing of internal transactions between the Cubs and the broadcasting unit would not impact their public disclosure.

But Hendry isn't going to trade Jones so it doesn't matter. I don't think you'll see a trade where it looks like we're getting rid of him and throwing in cash to help, but I can see Hendry trading him as value in a package to bring in an impact player.

The bottom line is all of this is Hendry is not going to trade Jones, regardless of how he plays. If he can, he won't. If he can't, he can't.

In theory, it'd be a good offer, but another team would trump it if ARod was on the block. If he ever gets traded, the team that gets him will vastly overpay. I don't think that the bolded statement is necessarily true. Arod has been the whipping boy of Steinbrenner, the fans, and the media in NY. Also, taking into account is his salary and how much the new team will pay. Of course, everyone's definition of "overpaying" may be different. I happen to think the offer you stated (Wood, Aram, Jones, and a reliever) is overpaying depending on salary issues and other deals that the Cubs might make. Looked at another way, did the Yankees overpay when they traded for ARod? I don't think so. If the Yankees could get him from Texas without overpaying, what has changed this time around?

Go Cubs!

How long had you been waiting to use that one? :)

You've got a job! Stop complaining, things could be worse. Working on Saturday is hardly a job...thats hell. There's been many a Saturday I was thankful to have a job to go to.

You've got a job! Stop complaining, things could be worse.

If someone would have told me the Cubs would have scored 4 times with Pujols only reaching base on an intentional along with having 3 Ks,, I would have asked for a hit off of whatever he or she was smoking.

I know the all caps is an occupational hazard, but the first time I read this I had a different understanding of what you meant by POS players. Unfortunately my interpretation is not totally without truth.