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Guys, you may want to listen to our radio show. Mario and I's sources said that Contreras was being treated for his back.

Here are some posts that were made on Flight 93 at Soxtalk.net Flight 93 Anybody see it??? I think it should be required viewing for all. I think we owe it to those passengers. The movie didn't need any movie tricks or background stories. The final scene is about the most powerful cinematic scene I have ever witnessed and there was no shortage of emotion in that theatre. One of the main questions people have been asking about this movie... "is it too soon?" I don't think so. This story needs to be told and in this day and age the best platform we have are movies. Perhaps David Beamer, the father of Todd Beamer, answered the question best, he said "Is it too soon to remember? It's too soon to forget." God Bless the passengers of Flight 93. IP: [ 38.98.131.98 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Queen Prawn Posted: May 3 2006, 03:15 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 17 Member No.: 28 Joined: 3-May 06 I plan on renting it when it comes out on DVD, but currently have no plans to see it in the theatre. IP: [ 209.176.67.51 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top THEWOOD Posted: May 3 2006, 03:17 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Advanced Member *** Group: Members Posts: 33 Member No.: 24 Joined: 3-May 06 Yeah my girlfriend wont go see it in a theatre, she said we have to wait till it comes out on DVD. I had a buddy go see it last night and he said it was pretty good. IP: [ 204.16.84.50 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Controlled Chaos Posted: May 3 2006, 03:23 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 11 Member No.: 29 Joined: 3-May 06 I would advise to see it in a theatre. My friend downloads movies all the time and I told him DO NOT download this movie. I think it has a much bigger impact at the show. I can't really explain it, but you'll know it when you watch it. It's one of the few films worth the price of admission. IP: [ 38.98.131.98 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Heads22 Posted: May 3 2006, 03:25 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Advanced Member *** Group: Admin Posts: 68 Member No.: 3 Joined: 3-May 06 I'll probably wait for it on DVD, but may go out and see it in the theater. IP: [ ---------- ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top aboz56 Posted: May 3 2006, 03:54 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Admin Posts: 27 Member No.: 42 Joined: 3-May 06 I may actually go out and see this. IP: [ ---------- ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Guest Posted: May 3 2006, 04:00 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Unregistered I recommend it. Made the right way and doesn't exploit anything. IP: [ 71.201.4.169 ] Top Brian Posted: May 3 2006, 04:32 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Newbie * Group: Members Posts: 5 Member No.: 44 Joined: 3-May 06 I liked it as well. First hour is very suspensful and left me with a sick feeling in my stomach. IP: [ 71.201.4.169 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Controlled Chaos Posted: May 3 2006, 05:47 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 11 Member No.: 29 Joined: 3-May 06 FYI Director Greengrass' most inspired casting choice was to use air traffic controllers to play... themselves, just as they were, on the job, almost five years ago. The most notable of these is Ben Sliney, who in real life was manager of the Federal Aviation Administration's National Operations Center in Herndon, Virginia, on Black Tuesday. Sliney is authoritative and crisp -- of course he is, after 40 years on the job. IP: [ 38.98.131.98 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Controlled Chaos Posted: May 3 2006, 05:55 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 11 Member No.: 29 Joined: 3-May 06 United 93 The filmmakers got it right. BY DAVID BEAMER Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT The calendar says it's April 25, 2006. At noon, my wife, Peggy, and I are walking around Battery Park--near the Tribeca area--in New York. It is our first time. The flowers are blooming; kids are fishing; people boarding the ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Kids are laughing and noisy. The sun is shining. The vendors are hawking T-shirts, pretzels and some "designer" wares. And just up the street there is a hole in the skyline and in the ground. In the park, there is a memorial with walls standing tall. Walls filled with so many names of those who gave their all in the Atlantic in World War II. How fitting that the names are here to honor those who gave their lives to enable this fun, this laughter--on this sunny day. The sights and sounds of freedom continue. Fast forward--it is 10:30 p.m., April 25. We have just seen a movie premiere at the fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival. A film festival that has done so much to energize and revitalize the city, its people and especially the area that has that hole in the skyline and in the ground. This year the movie that had its worldwide premiere at the festival is titled "United 93." It is about the day when the hole in the skyline of New York was made--the day when a hole was made in the side of the Pentagon near Washington, D.C.--the day when a hole was made in a quiet mountain meadow in Pennsylvania. The day that our nation was attacked; the day when the war came home--Sept. 11, 2001. The day our son Todd boarded United 93. Paul Greengrass and Universal set out to tell the story of United Flight 93 on that terrible day in our nation's history. They set about the task of telling this story with a genuine intent to get it right--the actions of those on board and honor their memory. Their extensive research included reaching out to all the families who had lost loved ones on United Flight 93 as the first casualties of this war. And Paul and his team got it right. There are those who question the timing of this project and the painful memories it evokes. Clearly, the film portrays the reality of the attack on our homeland and its terrible consequences. Often we attend movies to escape reality and fantasize a bit. In this case and at this time, it is appropriate to get a dose of reality about this war and the real enemy we face. It is not too soon for this story to be told, seen and heard. But it is too soon for us to become complacent. It is too soon for us to think of this war in only national terms. We need to be mindful that this enemy, who made those holes in our landscape and caused the deaths of some 3,000 of our fellow free people, has a vision to personally kill or convert each and every one of us. This film reminds us that this war is personal. This enemy is on a fanatical mission to take away our lives and liberty--the liberty that has been secured for us by those whose names are on those walls in Battery Park and so many other walls and stones throughout this nation. This enemy seeks to take away the free will that our Creator has endowed in us. Patrick Henry got it right some 231 years ago. Living without liberty is not living at all. The passengers and crew of United 93 had the blessed opportunity to understand the nature of the attack and to launch a counterattack against the enemy. This was our first successful counterattack in our homeland in this new global war--World War III. This film further reminds us of the nature of the enemy we face. An enemy who will stop at nothing to achieve world domination and force a life devoid of freedom upon all. Their methods are inhumane and their targets are the innocent and unsuspecting. We call this conflict the "War on Terror." This film is a wake-up call. And although we abhor terrorism as a tactic, we are at war with a real enemy and it is personal. There are those who would hope to escape the pain of war. Can't we just live and let live and pretend every thing is OK? Let's discuss, negotiate, reason together. The film accurately shows an enemy who will stop at nothing in a quest for control. This enemy does not seek our resources, our land or our materials, but rather to alter our very way of life. I encourage my fellow Americans and free people everywhere to see "United 93." Be reminded of our very real enemy. Be inspired by a true story of heroic actions taken by ordinary people with victorious consequences. Be thankful for each precious day of life with a loved one and make the most of it. Resolve to take the right action in the situations of life, whatever they may be. Resolve to give thanks and support to those men, women, leaders and commanders who to this day (1,687 days since Sept. 11, 2001) continue the counterattacks on our enemy and in so doing keep us safe and our freedoms intact. May the taste of freedom for people of the Middle East hasten victory. The enemy we face does not have the word "surrender" in their dictionary. We must not have the word "retreat" in ours. We surely want our troops home as soon as possible. That said, they cannot come home in retreat. They must come home victoriously. Pray for them. Mr. Beamer is the father of Todd Beamer, a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93. IP: [ 38.98.131.98 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top steve9347 Posted: May 3 2006, 06:32 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 10 Member No.: 33 Joined: 3-May 06 QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 3 2006, 08:55 AM) Anybody see it??? I think it should be required viewing for all. I think we owe it to those passengers. we OWE it to those passengers?? this does nothing for them, it just makes big bucks for the movie studios. IP: [ 67.173.39.192 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top retro1983hat Posted: May 3 2006, 06:41 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Newbie * Group: Members Posts: 3 Member No.: 60 Joined: 3-May 06 I saw it Saturday. The theater was silent after the movie. It was very powerful. It wasn't exactly entertaining, per se, but more of a documentary. I thought it was well done. IP: [ 12.100.7.140 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Yoda Posted: May 3 2006, 11:52 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Newbie * Group: Members Posts: 5 Member No.: 89 Joined: 3-May 06 I've read/heard mixed reviews about this movie. I'll be able to judge by myself this weekend. IP: [ 63.235.141.123 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top Controlled Chaos Posted: May 4 2006, 11:49 AM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Member ** Group: Members Posts: 11 Member No.: 29 Joined: 3-May 06 QUOTE (steve9347 @ May 3 2006, 01:32 PM) we OWE it to those passengers?? this does nothing for them, it just makes big bucks for the movie studios. We owe it to them to see the story. To see what they did...how they fought back. They saved hundreds possibly thousands of lives on the ground. Yes the movie studios will make money...get over it....all movie studios make money. IP: [ 38.98.131.98 ] Mini ProfilePMEmail Poster Top FranSnarkington Posted: May 4 2006, 12:26 PM Report PostDelete PostEdit PostQuote Post Advanced Member *** Group: Members Posts: 36 Member No.: 68 Joined: 3-May 06 QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 4 2006, 05:49 AM) We owe it to them to see the story. To see what they did...how they fought back. They saved hundreds possibly thousands of lives on the ground. Yes the movie studios will make money...get over it....all movie studios make money. All studios do make money. And to be fair, they are giving 10% of the box to the Flight 93 monument fund. But it is presumptuous to think that everybody needs to see a film recreation of the event - or any of the 9/11 events - to remember them or keep them relevant.

By the way, I apologize in advance for the time or two I cough into the mic. I had no voice as of yesterday, so I was surprised I could even do the show today.

Lefty. Although I play golf right handed and am a better hitter with my right hand. And my theory is lefties eat with the fork in there left hand, but unlike righties, we use our right hand with our knife and don't set it down. Righties tend to use the knife and switch hands when they do things, but than set it down.

In this weeks show Jason and Mario go in depth on the effects of the Jeff Nelson signing. Will Nelson get called up, and if he does, who will go down? Scott Podsednik has continued to hit, while Anderson and Uribe have continued to slump; Should they be benched? Despite a winning record, should the Sox be concerned with their lack of small ball, or is small ball a bad move with this lineups pop. Downloadable Version Streaming Version of the Show Directions on How to Subscribe to Our Podcast Last Weeks Show: Due to the site upgrade, we never got up a version of last weeks show, but we did record it, so if anyone is interested in listening to it: Streaming Version of Last Weeks Show

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 7, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) I think Soxtalk is home to the highest % of lefties in the world.

QUOTE(SnB @ May 7, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) 2 in 1 i don't remember this being taken, that was a fun night, Ahhhhh

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 7, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) Are you a lefty Chisoxfn? Of course...its the only way to be.

One of me wearing girly sunglasses (my ex girlfriends glasses) and the other with me EATING the worlds best burrito. Plus I know SNB wants to see the Grizzly Adams beard.

Tex, I don't know what to say, but good god 40 year old virgins. I thought that was only a movie...or...AC Green.

QUOTE(Felix @ May 6, 2006 -> 09:40 AM) Any timeline on when the real skin will be back? After we make the upgrade our skins will be changing and we'll be creating a custom one. So it will probably be about 7 days, give or take 3 days.

Very nice play by Garland. His command hasn't been there, but he's missing IN after giving up a few hits and thats not a bad thing since he's actually throwing inside.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 5, 2006 -> 01:19 PM) Wilbur Wood, Chicago White Sox, '72, '73, '74. #1 starter on a team that contended, albeit while falling short of the A's. Tim Wakefield: 144 game winner Charlie Hough: 216 game winner (3.75 Career ERA); He also had a 25 yr career Wilbur Wood: 4 straight 20 plus win seasons with the White Sox Obviously there aren't many that succeed, but at the same time there aren't many guys that try it (usually its a last resort). Haeger actually has a mid to upper 80's fastball and a relatively decent slider (albeit he rarely throws it) to go with the knuckler and from what I've been told he isn't that bad when it comes to holding runners (obviously they can steal at will when the knuckler is thrown, but apparently he isn't quite as slow and deliberate as Wakefield).

SHHH you. See how zoned out I am.

Sox play the Royals tonight @ US Cellular

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 2, 2006 -> 07:57 AM) After years of owning cars, im thinking seriously about getting a lease on my next one. I like to get new cars every 3 years or so, and buying them seems more expensive than leasing. What are your thoughts on both? If you get rid of them quickly than you may be better off with leasing, especially since you only pay sales tax on part of it.

How many keyboards have you had to retire during your legendary career?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ May 2, 2006 -> 02:31 PM) Just saw a mention of it on MLB.com. Anyone else have any details? I know Jas was planning on going to the game so he can probably offer some insight once he gets back from the game. I have no idea what the hell he did. It was neat to see, but the pitch wasn't even close. I don't know if the two had prior history, but Lackey did say something to Kendall. I guess it was something along the lines of Lackey being made that Kendall was trying ot lean into a pitch or something. Than the explosion happened.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 5, 2006 -> 06:45 AM) Read my post more closely. There is no way we would bring him up for middle relief. A knuckler basically cant pitch in relief due to the walks and the passed balls. If he came in with runners on base, there is a large chance they will score. Wakefield would be the rare exception to that rule since he did close for at least one season in Boston.

Done and Done

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ May 4, 2006 -> 03:35 PM) THIS IS f***ING BULLs*** Lol, maybe everyone will be impressed if I get this done and no outage is noticed I say this now, but 20 minutes from now when I blow the thing up you'll all be saying different

I'm going to be doing a quick security patch update in 15-30 minutes. There should be minimal, if any downtime, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Another Sox win

QUOTE(THEWOOD @ May 4, 2006 -> 03:07 PM) ARE WE BACK?? The site is back online. We had some delays so all the upgrades have yet to be made. THe next and final wave will be in 7 days, but we are pushing the server company to get it done before that. After that we should be set for a long long time. We apologize for this, but we are doing our best to ensure that things will be smooth for the rest of the season and than some.

Another Update: Soxtalk.net will likely be up in about 20 minutes and when that happens these forums will be closed for a couple days as we undergo all the upgrades.