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QUOTE (Nokona @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 04:33 PM) Shonn Greene for President Hells yes to that Hawkeye's win. Whose going to start at QB this week? Christensen apparently played pretty solid in relief of Stanza.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 01:41 PM) How can Cincinnati not be mentioned as the worst team in football? I haven't heard Houshmandzedah's name or Chad's name once this year (besides the name changing thing). Carson Palmer can't throw the ball, and the defense is bad (way to be the last 1st rounder to be signed, Rivers, ya dope). I think they'll have a top 3 pick next year. 1 Chiefs- Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB 2 Rams- Michael Oher, Mississippi, OT 3 Bengals- Michael Johnson, Georgia Tech, DE 4 Lions- Vontae Davis, Illinois, CB 5 Dolphins- Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech, WR I was thinking the other day. Would it make sense to acquire Carson Palmer in the off-season. I haven't seen whats wrong in Cinncy but he always has impressed me but the Bengals have no running game, a horrid defense, and a terrible oline. This could be a perfect opportunity to buy a little low and get a guy who can be your QB for 4-6 years.

Whooo...I let out a hissy fit as I checked my phone seeing that the Twins had taken the lead. Nice to read the last few pages here and see that the Tribe won. Everyone's reactions were great!!!!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:49 PM) Jerry Owens sucks, and the only thing worse is the love Ozzie has for slappy, speedy (code name for crappy hitters) hitters. So does Nick Swisher. Honeslty I'm probably more confident in Owens up than I am Swisher. That says just how much I cringe when Swish hits.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:45 PM) No doubt...but Juan's gonna get some serious attention for a starter's role from a handful of teams this offseason. I really don't think (and I don't know...but he does like it here) if he had the choice for starters money...he wouldn't jump on it. He's proven to be a pretty valuable piece though. I'm just hoping he plays himself into type B compensation because the Sox aren't going to get it out of Crede.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:41 PM) If they go that route, they need some serious upgrades at other areas. What Uribe has done since Crede has gone down has been fantastic, but I'm going to let a month in a half take away from the last two plus years of Uribe being beyond terrible, almost getting cut for Ozuna. I want Uribe back, I really do, but not as the starter. Completely agree, however, I will admit watching Juan play defense is so f***ing fun. He is such a stud defensively.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 08:59 PM) So what 2 of Jenks, Quentin, Ramirez and Danks are you putting Floyd ahead of? Danks is younger, Floyd has better stuff. If I'd rate all for of those guys it would be Quentin, Floyd, Danks, Jenks & Ramirez. Thats the order. I do that because I feel closers are a bit over-rated. That said its nice to have quite a few young parts like that.

QUOTE (Sox It To Em @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:16 PM) I agree, and I think Anderson could match Swisher's .330 OBP if given more playing time. Hell, I could probably name 5 pitchers that could hit better than Swisher. Thats how f***ing worthless he is.

f*** yes Gavin. Floyd has been a f***ing man, more so than any other starter for the Sox.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:59 PM) Anderson with some huge hits. With Paulie back, I dont' want to see Swisher in the games (unless he's spelling Paulie). Swisher is completely f***ing worthless. In fact, if it weren't for Owens, I'd call him the most worthless piece of garbage on the club. Anderson should be starting the rest of the way. He wouldn't get on base as much as Swish, but he'd hit for a better average and play amazing defense in CF.

We have bad bets, but anyone mention how ridiculous PIMCO ending up making out based upon there shorts in Fan/Freddie. That was one hell of a one day earning (this is a little dated, because I've had computer problems at home but wanted to point it out cause I Follow PIMCO big time). My big client at work is the company that founded PIMCO. Bill Gross is also one of my hero's, just a great investor.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:52 PM) The 2 Mortgage giants are an interesting deal, because they were originally started by the government and it's only been really in recent years that they've behaved as entities in the market rather than as government run things. The government guarantee on them was basically implicit. If the government turned its back and let someone run them in to the ground to make a quick buck, the government was always going to have to bail them out. They actually have provided a fair amount of stability in the mortgage market and the peopel who have mortgages probably pay something like a half a point of interest less because they exist. AIG though is another matter. This certainly seems to be another case of the fed deciding that this company was too big to fail, despite all their mistakes. Lehman Bros. going in to bankruptcy is going to be a mess that takes years to clean up, AIG would have been worse. Would have been a major disruption to an awful lot of people's lives (Imagine needing to get in touch with them related to an insurance policy tomorrow. Yowza). Basically, it's the classic example of the government helping the big guy. You go bankrupt tomorrow because of some medical bills, ha, personal responsibility! You shoulda planned for that. AIG goes bad because of some bad bets, and the government is happy to help. Anyway, congrats Americans, we just bought ourselves a failed insurance company! AIG isn't what I'd necessarily call a failed insurance company, they just weren't anticipating a s***load of debt coming due because they couldn't hit the debt covenants. It all came down to a s***load of bonds going bad and them finding themselves in a world of hurt. Is there blame, sure, but they aren't near as dumb as Lehman. Hell, Lehman brothers had every opportunity to get themselves squared away but they were dumbasses, turned down that Korean money and are now s*** up a creek.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 05:27 PM) I'm going to do my best John McCain impression and say "I don't know anything about the economy", other than the fact it's bad right now. But shouldn't the government stay out of stuff like AIG and maybe even Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? It seems weird to have them involved in things like this. But again, I know nothing about the economy and realize I could be very wrong. Somebody please help me out and try and explain this. AIG is arguably one of the biggest players in the entire Financial Services Industry. THey have a piece of absolutely everything and my belief is that as a whole they are a good company. The problem is they were forced to pay up a s***load of debt due to bond's changing and they didn't have enough investments which were liquid that they found themselves in a major hurt for funding. I didn't think it was going to keep getting uglier, but it is.

Unless I skipped a shower, I just wash once and than use conditioner.

That was ballsy, Uribe almost beat that out. Bad bunt by Owens though. Jerry better make up for it with a steal.

Did you guys watch the Giants game? The Rams were actually in that game most of the way. Of course it had more to do with poor play calling on the Giants fault (they were throwing stupid bomb passes when they had been running the ball all over the Rams. By the way, I'm not saying the Giants are bad, more saying that Dallas and Philly are even better. Giants rank similarly with the Packers and all 4 teams mentioned have a legit shot at winning the super bowl.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) Right, McD should have pitched the 7th 8th and 9th innings......Thats his role. I never said that, but considering the options, I'll go with the best option early and hope the offense can take care of things so that you can than turn things over to a more risky guy. Bottom line I'd rather hold a tie for as long as possible and go with my best options than turn it over to someone that you know will blow it (and the stats back me up that they will blow it). Go with MacD for 2 and than if its still tied it falls into the hands of Wassy. But if Mac does his job who knows, maybe the Sox offense picks up a run or two and now you can go to one of the bigger guys for the final inning.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 07:44 AM) Thorton wasnt available either, and I believe Dotel was out as well. Basically he had no other options, but I would just let the previous poster vent his frustration, no matter how incorrect his comments are. MacDougall was available and he's lightyears better than either of those turds. Horacio has some of the worse stuff I've seen from a major league pitcher this season and Ehren is horrid.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 06:13 AM) I am interested to see how Guillen handles Swisher when Konerko comes back. I will keep my thoughtsto myself as thye are not positive. Here's one bloggers opinion: http://www.chisport.com/index/?p=53 I personally agree heavily with it. Swisher is hitting like .199 post ASB. The guy is f***ing horrible. He's had some clutch homers but is by far and away the biggest dissapointment on the entire roster.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 16, 2008 -> 07:50 AM) Andrew you were awful luck when you went to the game here in Chicago.Hence I dont feel good about our chances tonight. He was lucky enough to see the Sox get destroyed by the Royals.

I didn't watch TRL much but in high school it was always something we'd have on in the background as everyone was hanging out at someone's house.

Giants, are you kidding me? They had enough trouble against the Rams (possibly the worse team in the league, along with the Chiefs). The Eagles/Cowboys are both head and shoulders better than the Giants.

Awesome news on Paulie. Hopefully Mark and the offense can do there thing and get the Sox a win tonight!!!

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) Fox will probably cancel it just like they did with Reunion. Damn, I just wanted to see the end of that show. That was an entertaining show.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 15, 2008 -> 08:56 AM) Sage can pound sand. If Angelo targets someone, it better not be a career #3 QB One of Cleveland's QB's will be available. The reality is Orton failing means the Bears will have to address the QB position (via FA, Trade, or the Draft). If Orton is benched and Rex comes in than you are immediately indicating such and that is why the Bears will give Kyle every chance to prove himself. If Kyle struggles horribly the next 2 weeks, I could see the Bears making a change at that point but the reality is they'll at least stick with Kyle through 6 weeks.