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QUOTE(mr_genius @ Nov 2, 2006 -> 03:02 PM) members of the armed services are no less educated than the average american. that is a fact. I've always held the belief that Americans, on the whole, are pretty damn stupid. That study linked above is skewing the facts pretty heavily. 90% of officers have college degrees? wow, that would be like saying 90% of managers at Taco Bell have degrees. It's pretty much a requirement for the job.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 1, 2006 -> 02:18 PM) Actually he's arbitration eligible after this season due to demanding the trade last offseason. So we control his rights until after the 08 season. Just to expand on Rowand's post... By being arbitration eligible, if the Sox were to offer him, he'll receive a salary commensurate with his performance in a White Sox uniform when compared to free agents of the last two years who had similar numbers. Thanks to Kevin Millwood, AJ Burnett, Jarrod Washburn, and soon, Matsuzaka, Zito, Schmidt, and even the Suppans and Weavers of the world, I think it's pretty safe bet that with another year like '06 his arbitration award will be more than his '07 salary.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Nov 1, 2006 -> 11:11 PM) It's six days left until an election. And the GOP is losing on nearly every issue. So instead of defending their record, they attack.... a junior Senator... who isn't running for anything. In all fairness, our intelligence from Darfur indicates that Kerry is hiding the missing WMDs.

Kerry is a terrible politician. He tells the truth at inopportune times, (I voted against it, before I voted for it) and doesn't continue to back up those statements with truth, instead electing to go into damage control mode like he did today, which, incedently, doesn't resonate with voters. It only makes him look worse.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 1, 2006 -> 10:58 AM) John Kerry screwed up. "But it's just a little misquote". /rolly John Kerry has a history of slamming our troops (for political gain, I might add) for over three decades. The guy is a class A jerk (to be nice). Which is worse, Slamming the troops even for "political gain," as if that ever won anybody an election, while wanting to keep them out of harms way or Supporting the troops by pandering to crowds with quotes like "we have the best and brightest military in the world" while sending them to die in a useless war for "political gain." ******** Kerry's a f***ing idiot, but he's a f***ing idiot because of how he reacted to the backlash from his statement, not because he might have backhandedly insulted our military. This situation just illustrates how terrible he is at politics. Instead of continuing to stand up and spout the truth, perhaps "learning" that he can't backpedal from statements in the last election cycle, he does the democratic equivalent of waving the american flag and praising the troops, bashing Bush. He looks like a grade A idiot, but only for his political hackery, not for speaking his mind. All the people attacking him for maybe, in a very roundabout way, calling the military dumb -- even though he served in the Nam while Bush was ducking his reserve duties in the south -- and using Kerry's statement for "political gain" are political hacks as well. They're all grade A douchebags.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Nov 1, 2006 -> 01:00 AM) It doesn't matter. Even if it's true on average (which I'm personally sceptical about), the military is, for many very intelligent people, their first choice. (Two of the most intelligent people in my hs class went to military academies.) Cheat, you're a smart guy. You know the difference between averages and stereotypes. If someone said, Work hard in school or you'll be like a black person, you'd know it was idiocy. But here you're asking for standard errors. Come on. Yeah, I'm smart enough not to fall the I know 2 very intelligent people who went to military acadamies fallacy. Hell, I know 8 from within one year of me in HS, and yes, they were all very intelligent. So what? That doesn't change the fact that a disproportionate amount of our military is black, hispanic, and undereducated. Kerry was speaking to a group of students in the LA area, where dropout rates can reach as high as 50%. These are areas that are highly targeted by military recruiters. Why? because for those students who don't stay in school, and I mean stay in school through college, the only out may be through the military. And that's what Kerry was saying. You're a smart guy. You're smart enough to know that The wingnuts can spin it anyway they want. OMG, "Kerry called the military dumb," except that he never said anything of the sort. All he said was that Education as a means to a career without RPGs wizzing by your ear, in many parts of the country, that's the f***ing truth. It's a socio-economic issue that you can ignore with all the rhetoric you wish, but it's not going away until the education system improves on the whole. Kerry's call to students to work hard, to stay in school, is now being portrayed as being unpatriotic and non-supportive of our military. It's ridiculous. But it's election season, and I expect nothing less. Let's keep the focus on being politically correct, not offending anyone, and ignore the larger, actually important issues that plague this country.

Can somebody come up with stats to refute Kerry's claim? What's the % of college graduates in Iraq? (It's actually probably much higher than you'd expect with all of the damn reservists they were forced to call upon.) What's the % of college grads in the US workforce? This reminds me of the backlash following Cosby's comments at Temple's (actually I think it was another historically black college) graduation ceremony a couple of years ago. Who the f*** cares if they hurt somebody's feelings by backhandedly calling them dumb. They're speaking the truth. The more education you have, the less likely you'll be shot protecting your country from the fictional WMDs in Iraq. This country is so damn PC it's disgusting. Oh no, John Kerry said something that might offend our military. Boo f***ing hoo. QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Oct 31, 2006 -> 09:33 PM) Since Kerry thinks all the soldiers in Iraq are dumb, and Charlie Rangel assures us that almost all the soldiers stuck in Iraq are black and hispanic, does that mean Kerry thinks that blacks and hispancis are dumb? A little from Column A, a little from Column B

DB, you can keep offering Contreras, but it's not going to happen. He has a full no-trade clause in '07. As a SS, Young makes a good 2B.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 30, 2006 -> 02:27 PM) The White Sox exercise the options on Dye, Buehrle, Iguchi ≠ Dye, Buehrle, Iguchi will be back. nor does it mean Hermanson won't be back. It's unlikely that he won't be back, but if other teams are unwilling to take a risk on his back, the Sox will gladly swoop in to offer him a 1/year $500K incentive laden deal.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 26, 2006 -> 11:36 PM) There is no way in hell he could be as bad as Cora. I don't think it's a stretch at all. Razor has managed each of the last three seasons (the only 3 I've really paid attention to his teams) with a much more aggressive style than Ozzie. I don't see why the guy who gave practically every player on his club the green light to steal would suddenly be anything but aggressive in his approach as third base coach.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 26, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) I noticed that too when I looked. So I'm wondering, does 2007 start when the World Series ends, or at 12:00 AM on January 1st? A week after the world series ends. But that still doesn't mean you can trade him this week.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Oct 26, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Yeah, I really doubt the likelyhood of the Sox landing Pelfrey. I could see maybe Humber, but even that is shakey. Maybe there's a scenario where the Sox could ship off Contreras, not Garcia, to the Mets. Although the injury could scare some teams off, Contreras is signed at a reasonable price ($10 per year, I believe) for the next couple seasons. That might be more appealing to some teams than Garcia, who's only locked up for one year. Then again, a starter would have to be included in on the deal then. Personally, I'd take Heilman + Milledge for either Contreras or Garcia. Then, in 2008, you could give Heilman another shot in the rotation, along with Broadway (competing for the same spot, of course). Contreras' contract includes full no-trade protection in '07, the first year of his deal.

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we were up 2 games to nil, headed to the bottom of the 14th, at this time last year..... So um, yeah. Happy Damaso Marte is trying to give this game away anniversary.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 25, 2006 -> 12:02 AM) ARod at SS = Above average defensively There's no debating that A-Rod was a good defensive SS in the past. He was even a fine defensive 3B initially. However, he's added body mass, specifically to his legs, and his defensive range has declined dramatically. (Plus he got a case of the yips this year) I'm not so sure that he would return to be even a league average defensive shortstop if moved there in '07. I think any conversation regarding Rodriguez returning to short has to question the defense that he'll bring to the position on a team that has only one starter with an above average strikeout rate, or a strikeout rate that's not trending downward.

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QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Oct 24, 2006 -> 05:02 PM) yes but the white sox with a-rod + bmac >>>>> crede + garcia I don't see it.. BMac is already on the team, so there's no "+" next to his name. Losing Crede is a minus, offensively and defensively. ARod figures to be a downgrade defensively at short, negating some of the offense that you pick up, with the dropoff from Crede to Fields picking up the rest. The pitching staff is comprised of a bunch of guys who depend heavily on the defense behind them, weakening an entire side of the infield, when the other side isn't exactly strong to begin with, isn't a recipe to help the pitching staff, which, if you read the article, is the number 1 concern this offseason according to Guillien.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Oct 24, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) If Milledge isn't ready to play with the Mets, why would he be ready to play for the White Sox? He is ready to play. He's had issues with some of the veterans.

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QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Oct 23, 2006 -> 04:06 PM) Don't forget about Jay Howell in 1988. He had tar on the glove and was suspended for the rest of the ALCS. I'm suprised Tony didn't put up more of a fuss. Wouldn't it be pretty hypocritical of Look The Other Way LaRussa to challenge Rogers blatant cheating when he was practically endorsing it in the late 80's and early 90's.

I agree. The only team to hold the #2 team in the country under 300 yards this season sucks ass.

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QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) If a guy can adjust from a corner outfield position to center, odds are he can adjust back to the opposite corner just as smoothly. Although it really isn't worth debating, because nobody knows for certain.Your understanding of the defensive spectrum is warped.