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Well, for me, I'm not trying to tear him up based on today - I just want to see the guy be into every start mentally, because if he is, he's one of the best "stuff" pitchers in baseball, today or any other day notwithstanding. That's all I want from Javy. But, 'tis a game played by humans. That's why it's so interesting to watch, 'cause it's not predictable, eh?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 09:47 PM) All those things were mistakes, no doubt. Sad how close they probably were to nailing the guy. Often times in cases like this, they know who did it but they screw up so bad they can't prosecute.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 07:53 PM) Mayor Daley says hi. Same thing on a smaller scale. Not coincidentally, Obama is a product of dirty Chicago politics, you can't make it very far without slinging a little mud. First election he won in Chicago, he did it on a technicality by getting everybody else disqualified and running unopposed. You're right about that. I'm just going to put this out there, and you can make what you will of it, but SOMEONE/SOMETHING/SOME ORG. is backing Obama, like huge, and I don't mean through the "normal" channels. You just don't erupt onto the scene like this to three years in national politics be our next president. (Yes, McCain's a doofus and won't win, at least unless something drastic changes, which I hope it does, even though I can't stand him).

QUOTE (KevinM @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 06:11 PM) This is just what I was expecting from our stellar fanbase. Not only do people insult Javier's intellect for being unable to have a good game against one of the most dangerous lineups in the game, Milkman insinuates Javier has no genitalia (par for the course on his part). I would bet anyone that Javier finishes at 4.20 ERA for the season and over 200.0 innings. This is such bulls*** on everyone's part. He's our third best pitcher right now and that's not debatable. I'll take him over any other righty we've got for the rest of the season. It's not just the "good lineups". Look at what most people are saying here (not some, those are the, um, not so smart fans, and I'll let you determine who those folks are). Most people here are saying he has some of the best stuff in baseball, and that's what keeps him around, but he blows up mentally at times and it costs him dearly. You want a Cy Young pitcher? I would love Mark Buehrle's head with Vazquez's stuff... that right there would be a Cy Young candidate every single year. Just a thought.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 08:19 PM) Anyone can say that about any political candidate if they wanted to. Seriously. Yes, but it takes a special machine to pull it off, and Obama's got one of the best machines I have EVER seen in politics, well above and beyond the Clinton machine. He beat her at her own game, which still amazes the s*** out of me.

QUOTE (TCQ @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) I totally agree that vazquez has the best pure stuff on our team and probably now in the division with sabathia gone, but he will never put it together. He is the perfect example of all the talent in the world but without the head. Hes never won more than 16 games in a seasons which he did once, and i dont think he ever will win more because he lacks concentration. I cant tell for sure this is exactly why but someone else give a reason why someone with all the talent in the world cant put it together. That's really all that needs to be said, right there. Javy has the best "stuff" on this team but his problem is between the ears.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 01:58 PM) WOW! McCain is getting really desperate: McCain Spokesman: Obama Hasn't Visited Mexico City! WOW! Obama's s*** doesn't stink, and he doesn't break a sweat! Meanwhile, McCain and his campaign breathed through his nose yesterday, causing Athomeboy_2000 to exclaim, "McCain breathed after swearing in a 1999 video he wouldn't breathe through his nose on July 27, 2008, so he HAS TO BE A LIAR!!!!" It's seriously laughable.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 06:15 PM) Oye Vey It's not so bad, hehe.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 06:59 PM) Ya know... just screw him. Seriously, f*** you John McCain. This is really low, even for a dishonorable man like yourself. So much for that "civil" campaign you promised to run. McCain To Obama: Welcome Home, Troop Hater I'd expect this s*** form 527s and maybe even from the parties themselves, but by the candidates? True Colors His honor has now become non-existent. War hero my ass. Game on McCain. Game on you old fart. OH the f***ing OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is stupid, the whole thing.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 11:46 PM) It's too early for the Tiger's funeral dirge to be played. I agree. They have a big ass run left in them...

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 02:54 AM) exactly what I was going to say. And I don't think it works like it was intended, it's become a big boondoggle.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 10:13 PM) But you know what? I think that's a perfect example of the "Small government" philosophy and a perfect example of why it fails. Because assuming that limited government and free markets are always the perfect answer to everything gets you messes like this one. There's a happy medium. Name me one big government program that works like it should. The intermediary stuff... sure, there have to be some safety nets... but the private sector does it better then government time and time again. You're grasping at straws to make this the "hill to die on" example of why government should do everything for us, and that's just not the case.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) I wish they played again tomorrow with a noon start. I think the hangover would still be with Detroit. Nice thought.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 10:06 PM) And my point? The market works better, and cheaper, when it's properly regulated. I've never disagreed with that - you can't have a PURE free market. On the other hand, it's plain distasteful (har har) to blame this whole thing on "Republicans" either.

Wow. This is absolutely terrible journalistic debauchery, right here. Obama nor any other human being should never, ever be subject to this sort of travesty.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 06:54 PM) I think it's a great example of how the limited government philosophy dramatically failed and cost business hundreds of millions of dollars. Fine. The market works. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I don't think people getting sick is a good thing, but that's a risk of the process.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) I think this right here is a classic example of Republican politics in action. In 2003-2004, the FDA was looking in to setting up a computerized food tracking system that would allow for much easier control of the food supply, since it would be able to track food products as they're imported, exported, or shipped around the country. So, if you had a problem in one spot, say a salmonella outbreak, you'd have a much better chance of tracing the origin of it because you'd have very detailed records stored in an easy and searchable form. This was thought of as part of the anti-terror campaign, since hitting the food supply with a bio weapon is a potential way to hurt a lot of people in a large area of the country. The costs of developing this system of course would be in part taken by the food industry, since at some level they'd have to spend additional funds to add in the tracking capabilities and electronic documents at each step. So, they dumped a couple million dollars in lobbyist fees on Congress, and viola, the plan went away. Then of course...2007 and 2008 roll around, and there starts to be a bunch of salmonella outbreaks, in no small part because the government has massively cut back on the amount of inspectors working on protecting the food supply. Suddenly the FDA tries to swing in to action, but really has no way of figuring out what exactly the common threads are in the cases, because the documents are all kept in paper, they're not complete, and there's no quick or easy way to search them. So a warning gets put out on random foods, like tomatoes, cilantro, etc. The food industry loses hundreds of millions of dollars, months go by while people still get sick, and eventually they find one contaminated pepper. The hundreds of millions of dollars lost over the couple months of course...are far less than the cost would have been to set up the electronic tracking system. So sure, the industry flushed millions of dollars down the toilet and a lot of people got sick. At least they don't have big government on their backs. I think it's pure bulls*** to blame this on Republicans. It's all of them, Balta (I know the article said "Bush administration" but come the hell on). Just pick your topic du'jour.

I doubt it. This is not good... although I guess in the big picture it doesn't matter a whole lot, eh? Will it diminish his "sandwich pick" value?

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 01:23 PM) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/c...icle4392846.ece That is just f***ing BRILLIANT.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) In some states car seats are manditory until a given height. But, the cancer was 4 years ago, so you are correct, it does seem as if it was post cancer. This whole thing is just sad, whether true or not. Either Edwards gets raked, or Mrs. Edwards gets raked. Either way, it's just plain sad.

There needs to be a way to build people up and out of the situations.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 02:18 PM) I think we should all do a better job of keeping perspective on these sorts of things. I've personally made a strong effort to ignore the frivolous b.s. that others bash McCain over. Am I perfect? No but I'm doing my best. That you are. I wish others would show the same restraint. I, for one, appreciate it. You've pretty much stuck to issues. My entire point is that both guys have issues, and neither is perfect, but the defense of every single piece of s*** that is flung is starting to get annoying from the Obamatrons. I don't like McCain, either... I've made that clear, but I don't also post every little detail about Obama that could be s*** slinging either.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 01:10 PM) I could be wrong, but when Kap said "outclassed", I think he had a different definition than you. Not class, as in, classy. Class, as in, rank. Outclassed, in that connotation, meaning the opponent is beating the pants off you at whatever game you are playing. Right. Right now, McCain *is* being outclassed.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 02:08 PM) tpm: Pentagon Confirms That It Told Obama He Couldn't Visit Army Base With Campaign Staff By Greg Sargent - July 25, 2008, 11:13AM I've just gotten clarification from the Pentagon on what really happened with regard to Barack Obama's canceled visit to an Army base in Germany, something the McCain campaign has been using to hit Obama since yesterday. A Pentagon spokesperson confirms to me that because of longstanding Department of Defense regulations, Pentagon officials told Obama aides that he couldn't visit the base with campaign staff. This left Obama with little choice but to cancel the trip, since the plan to visit with campaign aides had been in the works for weeks. The Obama campaign yesterday announced that it had decided to cancel the visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, saying that it would be "inappropriate" to make such a visit as part of a campaign trip. The McCain camp has nonetheless been using Obama's canceled trip to insinuate that he's anti-troops. "Barack Obama is wrong," McCain spokesperson Brian Rogers said in a statement yesterday. "It is never 'inappropriate' to visit our men and women in the military." But it turns out that the Pentagon did in fact tell Obama that in this case, it was not only "inappropriate," but against DOD rules, for him to conduct the visit with campaign staff. "We have longstanding Department of Defense policy in regards to political campaigns and elections," Pentagon spokesperson Elizabeth Hibner told me. "We informed the Obama staff that he was more than welcome to visit as Senator Obama, with Senate staff. However, he could not conduct the visit with campaign staff." After being told this, the Obama campaign announced yesterday that it had decided it was "inappropriate" to make the visit as part of a campaign trip. It's unclear how Obama could have made the visit at all, given the Pentagon's directives. No Senate staff was on the trip, and the Obama camp says they received the Pentagon's directives on Wednesday, after they were already abroad. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 02:13 PM) I agree on both counts. That it's stupid and it should be in the other thread. It is stupid, yet, it was clearly (IMO) Obama's choice. Campaign staff is not allowed. Okay. But he could have still gone and chose not to because he wouldn't get the mileage out of it. Yet, it's frivilous in a sense... people looking to manufacture news. At the same time, how many Obamatron posts would we have if McCain would have done the same thing? I guess that's what bothers me about this whole cycle.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) You're finally catching on. Nice one. In all seriousness, BS, if the guy weren't made out to be so perfect, I could maybe respect him but not want to vote for him because of his ideas. There's a big difference. But, the "front" (yes, an opinion) is what has me worn out on Obama.