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Agreed. One of the most relaxing things in summer is reading a good book out on the deck, or at the beach or a park. For me, that beats the crap out of playing video games. Thats how I study for my finals. I go to the beach where there is a great atmosphere and look over my notes or books and throw some football in between to relax the mind. Plus, its a GREAT Atmosphere

Well Ring's stats are very very good.

Don't defend yourself by calling others names. Thats not the way we handle things here. Yes you can get into heated debates here and we tolerate pretty much everything, but useless name calling doesn't fly and your just throwing out personal attacks.

Congrats to the Warthogs.

Even Sunny California isn't that hot. Its like 65 or so and overcasty the past two weeks. During finals it was like 85 everyday. I like warm days (85 to 75) but I hate hot nights cause it means the whole freaking house is hot.

HSC, he got it to work. So everyone should be able to have fun uploading images. The one thing is after about 2 weeks I'm going to have it set where those images get deleted so it doens't bog down the server. Hope everyone enjoys

How many pushups can yall do? I once did 75 without stopping... I can do about 50, if I go all out. I weight like 155 or so. The one thing I do really freaking weak is bench, because I've had a bum shoulder from my baseball playing days. Its getting a lot stronger now.

Heads, what michelle wants is a way for users to upload images. I turned the settings on in the admin control panel but its not showing up. Was going to see if you could solve this dillema.

Ok, will do. I'll make a master one tomorrow and get it up.

Thanks, its what all the ladies tell me

Heads does good work. I like it when people do stuff, instead of me. I'm a real lazy ass of a boss. My theory is if other people do my work, then they are damn good employees

I'm gonna put Heads on that task and see if he can figure it out. I have everything clicked that should let it work, yet it does nothing. He's more persistent then me, so I'm gonna let him try and figure it out

When your young I think your not supposed to lift. Not sure when your supposed to be alright to lift. I do bench, bi's, tri's, run, sit ups, and pushups. With Bi's and Tri's I do a few different exercises so they work different aspects of it. I do 4 sets and do 15 reps, 12 reps, 10 reps, 8 reps. For Situps I do about 2 sets of 100 when I'm not lazy, but a lot of the time I'm lazy. For running, when I run I go about 3 or 4 miles, but thats only like twice a week and the past two weeks i've been off, only done it like once. Pushups, just do as many as you can do and then take a breather and do it again. I do all this crap off and on. If I ever was consistent I'd be a lot bigger then I was, lol. But it does keep me rather cut, which is all I want. I don't want to have "no neck".

The site is still largely a work in progress, but we'll have box scores of every team almost every day. On ocassions we'll miss it, but we have it set up so where everything is archived so you can go back as well. Well, back as far as when we started this feature, which is just now. The Roster pages are still in the process of being built, as are standings and stats pages. Were also still finishing up the schedules (Charlotte, Bham, Kannapolis, Great Falls and Bristol are done). Slowly yet surely things are being added. Once the site is fully functional, I'll be getting back to doing the minor league week in reviews. I've put them off this week and the last week because of the work that had to be done for the site. Also a new feature that we'll have are an updated list on draft pick signings that will be updated whenever I hear of new guys signing. That should be up this weekend. If anyone has any other sections, post away. The address is www.futuresox.com

I'm negative as far as this team, but I'm not negative in the aspect that the Sox can really rebuild this team fast if they make the right trades (I still go by my original trade ideas on the most part).

Hey alterity, I'm pretty sure Brando was just messing with ya. I'm the head honcho here and you and every other Sox fan is always welcome here

Welcome aboard. I'm figuring about a week I'll have the formats done

When you give up 3 straight hits in the ninth and the game is tied you make a change. You don't keep him out there to give up another hit and then balk and eventually load the bases on an intentional walk. After the homer you pull him. No point in letting him go the distance with the game tied and you know he could be tired. You definately have him out there entering the ninth and to face Bonds. After that you could maybe let him face another batter, but after that single there is absolutey no reason to have Colon out there. It was a very very stupid move.

Rob, I really enjoyed the article and agree with you. I don't blame JM for leaving Colon in to start the ninth, but after Bonds homer, there is no reason he should of been left in and then leaving him in after a single was absolutely ridiculous. Awesome job.

Commentary: All Fingers Point at Manuel By Rob Knowles June 13, 2003 SoxNet.net Jerry Manuel loves to send Bartolo Colon out to the mound for nine innings: Colon’s five complete games rank second in the American League. It wasn’t surprising, then, to see Colon firing warm-up pitches before the bottom of the ninth Thursday night. Holding on to a 4-2 lead, Colon was rapidly closing in on his sixth complete game. Sox faithful, however, saw No. 6 deteriorate into complete shambles. Typically in a close game, a manager calls for a reliever after the first runner reaches base. After Durham’s single to lead off the ninth, it made sense to keep Colon in to face Bonds. After all, Colon had sat Bonds down on strikes in Barry’s previous 3 at-bats. Unfortunately, in his fourth trip to the plate, Bonds clubbed a 2-run game-tying shot. At this point, Manuel decided to shrug off the scoreboard and let Colon carry the team. In a tie game, Manuel most definitely should have called for a reliever (probably Marte, who has been doing rather well in the closer’s role of late). Instead, Manuel opted to carry on with Colon. Benito Santiago then singled, making a call to the pen seem absolutely necessary. After a fielder’s choice, Manuel watched, lackadaisically, as Colon gave up another single, balked, and then preceded with the intentional walk. The game had reached a superfluous and startling pinnacle. With powerful right-handed shortstop Rich Aurilia coming in to pinch hit, Manuel went with lefty Damaso Marte. Why not Billy Koch? Sure he has had some rough performances this season, but why not go with a hard-throwing righty who is showing vast improvement? Marte would have been a nice call with the bases empty and a clean slate, but bringing in the lefty to face Aurilia, with the bases loaded, was absurd. Aurilia is a career .286 hitter against southpaws, and has fleeced five homeruns off lefties this year. The battlefield being set as such, Aurilia fired the deciding bullet - the grand slam, signaling defeat for Colon, White Sox, and whatever coaching “strategy” Manuel had pulled out of his …er … playbook. Who is to blame here? Colon? Obviously not - you can’t possibly blame the big ace for running out of gas. Marte? How can you blame Marte? He was put in a mismatch and was simply beat. Manuel is to take the fall for this one. All signs were pointing to the Sox playing real baseball again, but Jerry put a stupidly dramatic end to the good times last night. While Manuel was asleep in the dugout, the White Sox lost the rubber match of a series that could have ended with a decisive, momentum-sustaining victory. Why is Manuel still wearing a White Sox hat today? Losing a crucial series at a crucial point in the season must have no effect on the bosses upstairs. If Manuel does not feel comfortable using Koch, what business does Kenny Williams have being a White Sox executive? How can Williams not be searching the Jobs section after trading for a star closer that now suddenly won’t even be given opportunities to close? Perhaps Neil Cotts will salvage the trade for Koch, but last night Neil Cotts was no help to the White Sox. Nor is Billy Koch if Manuel will not give him opportunities. Sorry, Jerry, I think I have seen enough of your managing. It’s too bad for Sox fans that Big Jerry can’t get enough of it.

Marsh, I just bought the book on amazon yesterday and look forward to reading it.

That may be every three months.

Thats freaking hillarious. ROFLMAO

He transferred to USC from Vanderbilt.

I heard that movie was funny as hell.................. I thought it was super funny. Super funny!!! Swell!!!! Cowabunga