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QUOTE (iamshack @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:08 PM) Jesus, it's tough to get a DUI in this city...I guess falling asleep at a light would do it though. I'm assuming he's plead guilty on both DUIs thus far. The first one he probably got supervision for, the second he most likely took a hard conviction for. The issue with DUIs is that even though you can usually get supervision or probation for the first one, it still counts as a conviction. Most states now treat a third DUI in less than 10 years as a felony and suspend your license for up to 10 years. I'm not sure how they tally them up though if they are in different states. As for his driving privileges, all states use a nationwide database now so that he can't get a DL unless he fulfills the conditions of his plea in every state he got a DUI in. So if he has a suspended DL in Nevada, he can't get one in Missouri until his license is reinstated in Nevada. As Badger says, we would need to know the particulars, but he is really, really f***ed. Lucky he isn't in Illinois, as it is one of the most punitive states in the nation when it comes to DUIs. I agree on the harsh comments, but don't direct them at me. I'm just trying to save his life. I realize he's a moron. I'm not the type to say, "You just got a third DUI. Lose this phone number!!" Thanks for the help and the links BTW. For now, I'm assuming Nevada will treat this as a second DUI since they treated his last DUI in Vegas as his first. Maybe it got negotiated out during his first Vegas DUI case. Although he did say he had no idea why the Vegas judge didn't know about the Kansas DUI during his Vegas DUI hearing. Like I said, Mr. Attorneys, if this was your client and he had committed his second DUI offense in Illinois, with let's say his first (undetected) DUI in Vegas four years ago, what kind of settlement do you think you could get for him in Illinois? Is this guy gonna serve hard time behind bars in Vegas?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 23, 2012 -> 04:40 AM) Is there a player on the sox you don't think is underrated? Anyways, this is Gavin Floyd, streaky as all hell, I'm sure in a couple of months, he'll have a 6 week stretch where he's one of the 2-3 best starters in baseball. ELrockin is like Will Rogers.

Anybody think Okie City has a chance vs. the Spurs? I say San Antonio in four or five. I don't think OKC is ready for prime time still. The Heat apparently got their wake up call when the Pacers went up 2-1 and everybody was saying Eric would be fired after the season ends and people were getting down on Wade. Right now the Heat are looking to be locks to make the Finals. No way Miami is going to lose to Boston or Philly. Overreaction galore.

The Cubs have a really really bad baseball team. I just can't imagine how they will fill that ballpark all summer. I know people go to Cubs games for reasons other than baseball, but still. It's a pathetic team.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 23, 2012 -> 12:08 AM) I love Hawk and hope he realizes his dream and announces White Sox games until he dies. I love the catch phrases, I love he wants the White Sox to win as much as I do and even more during spring training. Every poster has been influenced as to how they watch the game by the Hawkeroo. I could do without his umpire bashing. I could do without the Jerry Manuel bashing that is still occurring, but for my money, I don't know how you would want to replace a guy that understands the game as much or more than anyone else you would bring in, and who would be more happy if the Sox won or as upset if they lose. QUOTE (ROC Sox Fan @ May 23, 2012 -> 12:39 AM) Maybe it's because I watch out of market, but I don't want Hawk gone until he gone. It's like getting to watch every Sox game with a fellow fan. Hawk makes me smile, he makes me laugh, he makes me angry, he's made me cry. It's going to being strange one day to have White Sox baseball without the Hawk. QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 23, 2012 -> 01:24 AM) The problem with Hawk is that he dominates the broadcast and constantly cuts off Stone. I get really pissed off at times because I think Stone has a ton of insight to offer but his talent is limited with Hawk as his partner. I'm no Hawk hater but part of me is ready for a new PBP guy to team with Stone. Also, does anyone think Farmer would be an option? He's been a loyal solider for a while now and wouldn't be completely shocked if Reinsdorf pushed such an option. I just never want to see DJ in the TV booth again. 1.) Amen brotha. Great post. 2.) See 1. 3.) Fair criticism IMO. Sometimes it seems like Hawk is in a bad mood (not so much this year yet) and says some weird s*** to Stone or barks at him. I think they are both great, though. Or Stoney will say something and Hawk barks out something like "obviously." Overall I think they are the best. If I'm listening to a game at work and somebody hears the Hawk home run call, people inevitably start laughing and saying, 'put it on the board ... yes.' He's great.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 23, 2012 -> 02:19 AM) Tonight's a night that makes me glad I no longer buy tickets to every home game. QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 23, 2012 -> 02:48 AM) We got ourselves a few winners, the way it was typed should have showed that....like I told greg (to which he never replied after being so adamant in his case that he is garbage) outside of his game against the cubs hes given up just 3 earned runs in 16+ innings. Thats pretty damn good for the first guy out of the pen. 1.) Sounds like a lot of fans are sick of getting burned by the Sox play at home the past couple seasons -- way too many horrific games that could not be fun to attend. Those awful shutout losses and games like tonight snowball in the minds of the consumer. How much does it cost to park again, Jerry? People aren't f***ing stupid. Unless the team starts playing reasonably well (a few games over .500 too much to ask?) nobody will go buy a five dollar hotdog (how much are dogs these days anyway; i estimated?) Minor league baseball, baby. Cheaper prices, beer just as good. 2.) I had a comment to you that the games I saw on mlb.com Zach sucked. But I backed off when several posters pointed out he's been good. Truly horrible game tonight, typical of the Sox overall play in the Cell. Sox and KC both can't win at home.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:54 PM) He needs an attorney to try and resolve this. Its impossible to tell whats going on because I have no record of the 2 previous DUI's. Where they settled, are they open, was their a verdict? These answers could all definitely impact this matter. Regardless 3 DUI's is at a level where an attorney is probably mandatory to work out a deal. And he may even need 2 attorneys, 1 in NV and 1 in KS. It all just depends on what has already happened. Thanks badger. I know on his Vegas DUI he lost his license 6 months and he had no jail time and no community service. And in that case, they did not know about the DUI in Kansas City for some reason. If you were representing a client with let's say, one previous DUI (two total), in Chicago, what do you think would be a reasonable outcome that you could get your client? Considering nobody was injured, etc. Would the police use the fact the person was sleeping in a moving vehicle in the hearing?

I'll make this brief. A friend of mine got his third DUI in the past four years in Vegas a couple weeks ago. He got one in Kansas City, one in Vegas two years ago to go with this one. His court date is in August; he has no attorney yet. He was caught SLEEPING at a red light in his car and I don't know what his blood totals were. He has not received the results. I told him to call an attorney NOW. I told him his license actually might already be suspended as I believe DMZ does not have to tell you it's been suspended. It's your responsibility to find out. My question to u is (perhaps you have gotten DUI or know people who had multiple DUIs) ... 1.) Will judge find out about the DUI in Kansas City? Or will that one remain separate? 2.) Does the fact he was sleeping at stoplight matter in his case? That seems pretty serious/dangerous. 3.) With 2 DUIs, will he serve jail time? 4.) Are there any circumstances you still get to drive your car for a year when license is suspended? 5.) Can an awesome attorney get him off scot free? And on a personal level, do you think he is an irresponsible asshole for doing this repeatedly? Or do you think people make mistakes? THANK YOU for any advice you can give. He's 28 years old and the Vegas cops had his mom bail him out of jail; I don't know how they got her number back in Kansas, etc.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:26 PM) If you replace the word "GM" with "Ozzie", you have the exact response we have to 75% of your posts. Not really because I also applaud Kenny for 2005. I did want Ozzie to win the man-man standoff between he and Kenny. I've already congratulated Kenny supporters for winning that battle. It was an epic battle and Kenny won.

Ugh on the GM lovefest.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) With MLB.TV on the PS3, I get to hear a lot of announcers. It's like a breath of fresh air, listening to people who are younger than 100 years old talk about the game and reference players from the 90s, and have conversations that engage me that I haven't heard a million times before - Hawk doesn't do this. Hawk's schtick - I am finally tired of it. You could just have a Hawkbot at this point and really have no idea he wasn't actually there. Cue up his catch phrases and have someone record player names in his voice. As for Stone, I think he's brilliant, and with the right sportscaster he can be great, but with Hawk it just doesn't work. The reason is simple - no one with Hawk will work. He always turns it into a dick measuring contest, cuts the other broadcaster off, and winds up telling me about some garbage player from the Red Sox in the late 60s. The tv feed needs a breath of fresh air, and someone who went to broadcasting school, a real broadcaster, doing the play by play, and then save the homerism and the baseball references for a guy like Frank Thomas to be the color analyst. I have spent my entire lifetime listening to Hawk. I have laughed at his calls for years. I have yelled "HE GAWN" "STRETCH" "HEEYEEESSS" "DAT GUMMIT" "YOU GOTTA BE BLEEPIN' ME" - I have enjoyed it. (not so much the "HELL YEAH" though) I am so f***ing ready for it to end and to finally have an on screen duo that entertains me. Let the flaming begin. I don't know what to tell you if you think the other teams' broadcasts are better than Hawk. If you want plastic announcers, go for it. Hawk is amazingly good. I love he and Stone together. I really enjoy watching the games on mlb.com and listening to the Hawk/Stone duo.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:39 PM) I was curious to see what your remarks were going to be and now I am 100% convinced you are a troll. You MIGHT be a White Sox fan, but no one is as big a fool as many of your posts indicate. I've had you on ignore for a long time now and don't miss your schtick one bit. I can assure you I am not a "fool." So you are "curious" what my response would be? I think if you were curious, then that makes me a good poster on here because you were interested in what I might say. Thank you for the compliment. p.s. Quinary already said his brother shares my opinions on a lot of Ozzie related matters so I am not alone, sir.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 22, 2012 -> 07:52 PM) Why isn't this the SoxTalk banner yet? No offense but you probably should put in the corner a disclaimer "parody of greg775" cause to the average person this would seem like a mockery of Paulie and other "never forget" efforts. just saying.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 22, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) and this right here is why the bait continues to be passed back and forth. For every fan of the White Sox, this IS a big f***ing deal Not every fan, cause you have to admit I am a fan. And I don't care. The season was over. Didn't Cooper manage the games? It was prolly good to give him a couple considering his ego. If it was Cora, my bad.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 22, 2012 -> 03:31 PM) The funny thing is how much more focused the Sox appeared to be Saturday/Sunday after the incident on Friday. Assuming Konerko suffers no lasting effects, the events on Friday could be a huge turning point for the team this year. No offense, but generally the Sox do get pretty fired up for the Cub games IMO. I don't get how many of you (not directed at fathom) are not upset Paulie got beaned by that punk. I do think Samarj hit him on purpose. The guy has all the characteristics of a wild headhunter.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:28 AM) And unfortunately we take the bait that you dangle out there. Even if he was as good as you think (which he was not - he quit on the team), why keep praising him? He's the manager of the Marlins now. If you love Ozzie so much (more than the Sox it seems), be a Marlins fan. There's probably no one on this site that doesn't give Ozzie a ton of credit for 2005. He did a great job. But his last 2+ years in Chicago were bad. 2011 was horrible. And it took him absolutely no time to make an ass of himself in Miami. If he keeps it up, and the Marlins don't win a division title soon, he'll be looking for a job somewhere else. The Ozzie era (good and bad) is over in Chicago. I'll let it go if you do. I guess you don't believe me. I have let it go. I bring Ozzie up ONLY when I'm sick of reading a specific pot shot to Ozzie. I don't comment on every one but I'd say probably 75 percent of the time they piss me off and I do. I never just randomly bring up Ozzie or Pierre or Wise or Garland or Dye. I just respond. I don't understand the pile on mentality of Ozzie. Sox fans can't let it go. I am willing to let it go. p.s. Who cares if he quit on the team with two games left. He had another job offer and took it with the Sox going nowhere.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 22, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) Vintage. Why is that vintage? People have mocked my style of posting before. I really don't care about numbers much. I do wish we had a third baseman with more pop than Hudson/Morel. It is true that Hudson isn't the answer. He's just another KW favorite we finally picked up. Are there any still out there? Teahen worked really well. I think we should have just given Lilly a chance to play every day. Hudson is blah.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:06 AM) So you barely ever say a good thing about the Sox and you believe Ozzie is a candidate for Coach of the year??? I'm now convinced youre one of Ozzies kids, Oney is that you? I love the Sox. I've praised Dunn and Peavy and Paulie and AJ a lot and Flowers. I just don't like what I've seen the last couple seasons and change. It has jaded me a bit and angered me a lot.

QUOTE (59th street @ May 22, 2012 -> 02:10 AM) So saying: oz = Big hat....No Cattle is being "attacked"? Wow! You said you went to B.Rice; sure you didn't go to that "other" HS on 99th street? No but I went to dances in which the Mother Mac girls attended as well.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 22, 2012 -> 12:53 AM) Greg, I still think you're a troll, but this statement is so out there at least it made me chuckle. If I am a troll, then Fathom is a Cub fan. Neither is (are) the case.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 21, 2012 -> 02:01 PM) HOLY CRAP DUDE IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE. I think Samarj is crazy enough and cocky enough that in the heat of action he was headhunting. A lie detector test would prove it IMO.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 10, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) It's me..this whole time. That would be funny if he agreed to do a soxtalk chat. It would be greater if he said I was his favorite poster.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 21, 2012 -> 04:37 PM) HOLY SH*T MOVE ON QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ May 21, 2012 -> 04:57 PM) Oh my god. Really? Ozzie...does not...have...anything...to do...with...the...White Sox...anymore! He made people smile, he was in your face, he was funny...I don't care. So if a guy gets employee of the month once, but his next few years he's chronically late, mouths off to supervisors, and generally makes an ass of himself, we should focus only on his plaque hanging in the hallway? To hell with that. I got dibs on his office. You guys don't get it. When Ozzie gets attacked I respond. When I get baited to comment on Ozzie, I comment. I love Ozzie. I still stand up for him and I take the bait that is dangled at me a lot. Get it?

How come every year KW acquires a guy either he or Oz just had to have? Manny, Juan (who I liked, but...), Oldmar, Teahen, the various grinders like Kotsay? We always acquire a guy who is destined to be a Sox before he retires.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ May 21, 2012 -> 07:50 AM) Its all in the post man. The soon to be 3-4-5 of Dunn-Paul-Dayan just might hit 100 HR between the 3. Hope so, but Sox have turned me into a "bad fan" for the time being at least. They have to prove it to me. Maybe if and when they are 5 over .500 at home I'll start to think we have a chance. Til then, I'll keep watching.