Posts by staxringold

Quote:Originally Posted by GMMcL *Sigh* Wherefore art thou, pin cite? Damn, excellent point. And I should've tied the page reference to the post # to make it funnier. Funnier being a relative term.

Again, the owner isn't paying salaries. I don't think a shared owner affects it much. The teams are corporations with their own assets and payrolls.

Quote:Originally Posted by Rambo Thoughts on the CY Young awards? The closest race in 50 years in the AL with Price barely edging Verlander. I think that was a little Verlander fatigue, to be honest. He should have won. Dickey in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Dolfan954  Was that bluebook or alwd? Edit: law joke... Edit2: missing explanatory parenthetical. Bluebook would need more. See, e.g., Mexicutioner v. Good Taste, et al., 542 S.F.2d 1137...

Quote:Originally Posted by EMartNJ Every time staxringgold posts statistics an old baseball fan dies.   http://sadtrombone.com/

Quote:Originally Posted by bdeuce22 When the owner has two feet in the grave and wants a title desperately, $13 million more a year isn't much to him. Who were they gonna get at that price? They'd have trade a lot for Upton. I...

$26 million is high risk no matter how long it is. It's $26 million, which is roughly 5 WAR of free agent market value. Torii Hunter is not a 5 WAR player anymore (he was last year and in 09, but that's not enough to make a sane bet,...

Quote:Originally Posted by grendel That would be UGA, not OSU. Seriously, there's no good football outside the SEC.  Hey, speaking as a UConn fan... I agree.

I was pretty sure I was making a mistake. Oh well. Wish I knew what I was doing.

Went for a run today. Got some flat-front BB pants for myself, so not a complete loss if I get knocked around (again) for my other purchase. [[SPOILER]] Then, after much debate, bought this Gieves & Hawkes tan checked 42L suit....