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I'm not saying the cavs would've or should've drafted sullinger had he elected to leave early, but your basketball IQ is less than average. JJ Hickson is a decent 4 man and he's 6'8" on his best day. Please forgive me for my mental handicap! I will be more careful in the future when pointing out that Sullinger is fat and can't jump and will have all of his shots blocked and that being a successful big in college is about as important to pro success as your college grade point average. Raspberry!

It should be noted that the Latino population is shrinking on the Near West Side (along with every other group) but growing rapidly in Old Brooklyn, Cudell, Edgewater, etc. It's the familiar "flight" pattern that has been playing out city-wide for decades.

Hispanics are the most numerous group in all census tracks contained in the area north of 71, South of Lorain, West of 25th, and East of W. 41st.

I believe these businesses have already received loans from the city to open their businesses? I agree that city council is almost entirely awful but I don't feel all that sorry for the truck operators either.

We could just SAY that the Casino is located at the West Park Rapid and that the Rapid is just a Monorail that connects the parking lot to the Casino!

Definitely an odd move. Green has value as a third option with two superstars, but not much as a bench guy getting 20 minutes a game on a team with 4 all-stars in front of him. Perkins is a perfect rotation guy who doesn't need the ball to be effective and who rebounds and blocks shots.

Boston is about to have an INFINITE ratio of attendance per victory!

In case you haven't noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven't, the Indians have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar.

Came across this quote from 2006 by accident. This Shapiro gentleman may have been slightly off.

Tribe sweeps Boston!

I make the league minimum.

I believe Htsguy is talking about the crushing disappointment of seeing this thread bumped only to discover that it's a conversation about taxi service.

^Bingo

The old Stockyard service area was bounded by I-90 to the north, roughly W. 44th to the east, W. 82nd to the west, and Denison to the south.

I posted one of those :oops:

Will there be two ladies rooting through their purses at the entrance every time you enter?

Vincenza's?

We've had the worst teams in all three for the past 50 years!

I prefer more equanimity in my fandom; I waste equal amounts of money on all three horrible franchises. However, I feel it's the enormous amounts of time, the great chunks of one's life that are frittered away that truly show the mark of a true fan and a stupid person.

The Indians haven't really shown that they can make a run every five years. They've shown that in the past 57 years they can make one awesome 7-year run and 2007 (I might give you 2005). I love the Tribe, though, so I will hopefully be taking your advice, Hootenany.

Plus, better teams attract better local tv contracts, improved merchandise sales, etc. Is it because it's hard to think about all those things at once and you don't want to work very late Mr. Dolan? I mean, the amount of talent the Indians have dispersed into the majors since their 2007 run is astounding, and they have virtually nothing to show for it. They missed on LaPorta, they probably missed on Brantley, they got nothing for Victor. Casey Blake for Carlos Santana is the only trade that's given us anything. Growl

I really can't fathom the logic of trading CC, Lee, and especially Victor for nothing. It seems kind of obvious that we would attract 10-20 thousand more a game if we had held on to those three. Maybe the attendance wouldn't totally offset the salaries, but it would come pretty damn close. I understand maintaining the bottom line, but why did you buy a baseball team if you had no intention of investing in it? It's so frustrating.

I was thrilled when Sullinger said he was going back to Ohio State. Not because I like Ohio State but because I was afraid the Cavs would draft him. I hadn't considered the fact that maybe somebody else before or in between the Cavs' picks might take a shot at him, improving the Cavs' options. It seems like an odd choice for these kids to go back to school. I can't imagine them improving their draft stock, since Sullinger and Barnes seemed like sure-fire top-ten (top five?) picks. On that note, a fat kid who can't run or jump, plays the four, and is only 6'9" was considered a top-three pick? Ugh.

That's true. But what they actually paid was $43.6 mil. (the rest was federal dollars.)

I still can't get my mind (the basketball part) off of Perry Jones. Seven footers who run and ballhandle like that are few and far between.