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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) I vote the election will get rigged. That's just what happens when you have a guy like iImaNutJob running the country. Whether it's even feasible or not, that's the first thing I thought of when the election coverage started picking up earlier this week.

Wow the UN showing a little balls with the ship inspection clause.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) I have required medical treatment in France. The treatment was well done, simple and free. Which, frankly, is bulls***. If we ever develop a nationalized health care system you'd better be paying into that system to receive it's benefits. And no, I'm not referring to the person who just got laid off and is actively looking for a new job. But seriously, why does that make sense? You should have to be a citizen to receive such benefits. If not, the level of illegal aliens in this country will just continue to climb.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 12:15 AM) The reason Orlando can't beat LA is because Kobe has a supporting cast who can play unlike Cleveland which is James and a bunch of stiffs Orlando is a missed layup and a missed FT from being up 3-1. Orlando blew it. They've definitely been right there with LA.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 09:07 PM) Can you guys imagine where we would be if he had have signed Orlando Hudson and kept Javier Vasquez? I don't care if he can't win in big games - he was an innings eater that got us to big games in the fall. Well we wouldn't have Tyler Flowers or Jon Gilmore for one. And two, we'd have a pitcher incapable of winning games for a winning ball club who was publicly chastised after the Tampa series last year. Also, given Hudson who is injury prone, that much money would have been risky and we may not have had the money to then give to Viciedo. QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 09:40 PM) Are we that sure that Tyler Flowers is a lock to contribute in the big leagues in the next few years? I mean I think with Orlando Hudson at 2nd playing like he has been for the Dodgers and with Javy playing like he always does we would definitely be in first place in this division. No prospect is ever a lock, but Tyler Flowers has Mike Piazza power number potential (or close to it) behind the plate and that does not come around too often. And LMAO at the bolded comment. Seriously? Have you followed his career? I mean enough with this f***ing Javy Vazquez garbage. I can't believe people are still bringing him up and complaining we got rid of him. He was almost universally loathed on this website after the end of last season and a lot of people were willing to let him go for garbage. We put ourselves in a position where we pretty much had to trade him and KW went out and got a pretty good return for him in the process. I laugh every time someone complains about getting rid of him. QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 10:19 PM) Nice win, but... I've mentioned this before, but I'm getting pretty sick and tired of watching Alexei out there. I've been one of his biggest fans and backers the past 2 years, but this s*** is getting old. Since there's not much hope for the rest of the season, IMO, there's no point in not letting Alexei go out there everyday and try and prove something, but I'm getting to the point where I don't think he's good enough to be an everyday player. I would not be upset at all to see Beckham getting a lot of time at SS. Alexei can still be a very valuable utility guy who can play all 3 OF spots as well 2B, 3B, and SS with average or better D. However, I don't think Alexei can be counted on as an everyday player. He tries to hit home runs every AB, and he just doesn't seem to have much baseball IQ (he's a natural player, but he's a bonehead). For real? The guy finished second in RoY last year and has hit the ball much better as of late. He started real slow and has definitely picked it up. Alexei has a bat capable of carrying this team if he can get hot and he is a plus defender at SS as well. Thinking about relegating to backup duty at this point in his career is ridiculous. Talk about an over reaction. QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 10:29 PM) The sleeper story here is Josh Fields with a nice game. It doesn’t look pretty on the surface but 0-1 with 3 BB’s is a marked improvement. Also, Jenksy owes Floyd a win and a beer. Here’s hoping the Scotty Pods 2005 reunion tour keeps producing these kinds of results. I noticed that too. Despite his low average his OBP on the year is close to respectable. One of his biggest problems as we all know has been his strikeouts. It's always a positive sign when a player like him can work 3 walks in a game like that.

hahaha oh Pablo...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) But, for example, I-57 has no name, but it's just called "57." Same thing with 95 and all of the spurs off it (295, 395, 495, 695 etc.). Those all have something resembling a name, but people call them by their number. Only on the West Coast do they do that. The L.I.E. (I-495 Long Island Expressway) The Garden State (Garden State Parkway in NJ) The Quickway (I-86 in NY) The B.Q.E. (I-278 Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) The Thruway (NYS Thruway) The Cross Bronx (I-95 The Cross Bronx Expressway) I never refer to those highways by number and I rarely hear others do either

Any ETA on when this game will start?

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving Man U for Real Madrid. A record 80 million offer was accepted and deal should be finalized by end of June per Goal.com US $131 Million

Rev. Wright Says the 'Jews' are Keeping Him From Obama

I'm generally not that big into FPS games, but I saw the E3 vid of Call of Juarez and it definitely looks like an intriguing game. Not many games have old western settings like that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) It is in fact meteorological summer (June-July-August). Just not official summer. Besides, ITS f***ING MID JUNE!!! IT SHOULDN'T BE 60 +/-5 AND RAINING EVERY DAMN DAY!!! Global Warming.

Some bumper stickers someone just sent me

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 02:40 AM) thats odd As someone said, probably just insurance. Kanny and Charlotte are very close so assuming they were both home he was probably filling in the emergency role.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 11, 2009 -> 08:30 AM) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290610104 Jammed it again last night and thats why we got to see Josh wave his magic wand at Verlanders fastball last night. If this becomes the nagging injury that it was last year, I have a feeling we will be seeing someone else besides Josh manning first base. Brandon Allen for his first cup o' coffee? If it's for a couple of days I'd rather leave Fields/Nix there. If it's for 10-15 I'd give a q ucik DL and call up Andy Phillips. Only if it becomes a serious thing do I want Brandon Allen coming up. He should remain in AA the rest of the year unless he is brought up with the intention of him getting regular ABs here for a majority of the rest of the year

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 04:42 PM) if you could start your team with 5 non pitchers who would they be? mine are: 1. ichiro suzuki 2. albert pujols 3. mark texieria 4. kevin youkilis 5. orlando hudson interested to see what you guys would do? This is an odd post for this thread...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) Probably but they easily have the money to do so. Problem is the Sox don't go well over slot because you have to basically talk to MLB who frowns upon it. It also comes down to the kids just not wanting to sign yet. Being drafted so late and thought so highly of, I could easily see Goodwin just going to college unless we offered him an insane and unrealistic bonus. Based on their track record, it's hard for me to get excited about the Sox signing some of these guys that are going to command a lot. But, at the same time, I do truly feel the Sox are moving in the right direction with the farm system and realize what getting these types of talent would mean. I really don't know what they'll do. But as you said about Thompson, unless they were just being careless, there's no way they draft him where they did without having a pretty good idea what it would take to sign him AND be willing to give what he'll ask for.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 04:22 PM) Do you really think that is a particuarly lucrative type of practice? Especially if you factor in what you have to pay in things like security, perhaps life insurance, etc.? No idea, although I'd suspect it pays pretty well. The point was more or less just to answer why anyone would chose to do anything. In this case, it just happened to apply to abortion doctors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:42 PM) You call it opting out, I call it exercising economic freedom. Believe it or not, the top half of this country was not put here with the obligation to support the other half in every single way, shape, and form.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 12:50 PM) Ryan Buch from Monmouth U in Jersey.....nationally the #90 overall prospect according to baseball america Buch broke out in 2007, when he went 9-2, 2.44 as a freshman at Monmouth and ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Atlantic Collegiate League that summer. He's always had a prototype pitcher's frame and an excellent curveball, but his stock soared in April along with his velocity. Buch has reached the low 90s with his fastball since he was a freshman, and he has still pitched in that range for most of this spring. More recently he had run his fastball up to 95, sitting at 92-93. The velocity on his sharp, downer curveball has also spiked, reaching 84-85 mph. Even when he throws it slower—and some scouts report seeing a 74-77 breaker, while others have seen it at 81-82— it's still a true above-average offering. But when he throws it harder, it can rate as a 70 or better pitch on the 20-80 scouting scale. Buch is refining his fastball command, and he does not have a lot of feel for his changeup. But scouts can dream on him, and he seems likely to be drafted in the first two rounds in June. Why did he slip so much?

From Winston-Salem: Charlie Shirek Dale Mollenhauer Christian Marrero From Kannapolis: Dan Remenowsky Tyler Kuhn Both games are on June 23rd. Carolina League plays the California League North division plays South in the SAL

D'Vontrey Richardson switched to baseball? Never knew that

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 10:30 AM) I don't think it will be either. Because it won't have to. The killing and harrasing of abortion doctors is actually working. Doctors do not want to get into because they are fearful. Why would you get into it if you knew that your life was in danger or at the very least you would be harrased 24 hours a day. Money.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 06:57 PM) No. Ok, it's something I'd get if I were 2000 miles closer to the cell. Got it. Look them up online. Theres 4 or 5 of them. They're actually pretty funny.

QUOTE (WSoxMatt @ Jun 9, 2009 -> 04:59 PM) If he outperformed the majority of the team, then the majority of the team isnt qualified Riiight. Clearly logic and common sense are your strong suits.