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QUOTE (Hollywood_AU @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:20 AM) If somebody makes a waiver claim on Alex Rios, they MOST CERTAINLY will be taking over that entire contract. You can bank on that. Which means no one will claim him with the intention of taking over the contract. I think we're stuck with him.

I can see why the last option has gotten the most votes! I don't see him being any of those guys, but I would hope he at least doesn't have the off field issues. Because then his on field success will mean less. I don't know who I would compare him to, but stealing from others' posts, I would agree with a (hopefully) healthy Quentin or Carlos Lee. If he could hit 30 HRs and drive in 100+, but his OBP will be low until he has better plate discipline.

I would hope the Sox would consider paying a chunk of his salary in order to rid of him. If he's not traded before July 31 he'll be placed on waivers, but who's gonna pick him up? And if someone does, they're not going to do what the Sox did and just take over the contract. I know the view of a fan is very different from the view of the ones in change of the money, but right now, what's the difference between paying him to dog it and suck and paying him to not be on the team anymore?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) 3 pitches 3 outs? That's like videogame crap.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) Qrap. If it wasn't so depressing, that would be very funny.

The team could bring in Stuart Smalley. "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you, Adam!"

I haven't seen the three Star Wars "prequels" or any of the Harry Potter movies.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 04:30 PM) there are 2 outs Rios'll find a way...he'll find a way

So far, I like Falling Skies. There's been some comparison to Jericho, but I see a bit of The Walking Dead...but nothing truly compares to that spectacular show.

Seven. The streak should have gone eight, but in a game umpired by Joe West, Ozzie and Buehrle are ejected before the first pitch is thrown. West states that, "It was a pre-emptive strike. I didn't feel like raising my arms to signal a balk." Ozzie becomes so infuriated that he runs screaming from the clubhouse wearing nothing but a cowboy hat and assless chaps. MLB intervenes and forces the Sox to forfeit.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) via Not a bad idea. To make it worth your while, you'd have to hit 5 or 6 movies a month, right? Back before we had kids, we'd see one or two movies a weekend, so it would have been good back then.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) You mean Wicked, or something else? It's called Oz: The Great and Powerful. It's about how the Wizard arrived in Oz and became the ruler. James Franco plays Oz, and Mila Kunis is in it too, so that's a bonus.

Seeing a player dog it pisses me off much more than seeing a player like Dunn go through a (very long) slump. There's the skill vs. will theory that can be applied to just about any job, and those that lack the will shouldn't have that job.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) I'm completely cool with all of this. But as a fan of the Transformers from when I was a kid, I would have loved to have seen this series get produced and directed my some competent people. Speaking of competent film makers, did you see Sam Raimi is directing a prequel to The Wizard of Oz?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:55 AM) Just think "District 9" for an outlandish sci-fi premise that turned out to be an excellent film. That was a great movie. Much better than I expected.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:27 AM) What would you do, Jason? Send him down to AAA, move him back to SS? Sending him down would be best option. I don't think a change in scenery defensively would make a difference at the plate...but you never know. From what I've seen this year, I wouldn't be upset if he were traded.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Sorry, jogging back to the dugout or rounding the base after you have been tagged out on a routine grounder isnt exactly loafing, jogging towards a live ball in the outfield of the infield is. You will never see AJ dog it on a ball in play defensively, ever. He also was the main character in probably the best White Sox Hustle Play of all time in ALCS game 2. This is what I was getting at about AJ. I haven't seen many players who don't jog down the line on a routine ground ball or a lazy pop up. Rios is a perfect example of a player who dogs it running the bases. I've seen several times when he could have beat out a DP and didn't.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:18 AM) AJ didn't exact help much last night either... No, but one thing AJ does not do is dog it. He's a very streaky hitter and not a great RBI guy, so his high BA is a bit deceiving. But the guy doesn't slack off.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 07:43 AM) Put anybody out there that's going to play hard. I don't care if PK has to play CF. They have to set an example. Two guys dogged it in one game. If you saw AJ's reaction, he sure thought Lilli wasn't busting ass. He immediately pointed to CF and started screaming. I saw AJ's reaction. He was clearly pissed and rightly so. Last night was just a bad game.

Anybody watching Off Limits on the Travel Channel? Pretty interesting if you're into exploring abandoned buildings, old mines, ghost towns, etc. That stuff has always fascinated me.

I haven't seen the new Transformers movie but plan on doing so soon. I've taken my son to see the other two, and we both enjoyed them. I'll agree that the first was better than the second. I don't see the reason for having Ebert even review a Michael Bay movie. He does not like the director, and I remember a few personal jabs towards Bay in his review of Transformers II. For a movie like Transformers or X-Men or the like, I'll read movie-goer reviews on Yahoo before I put any stock in a review by the likes of Roger Ebert. If I want to see explosions and robots beating the crap out of each other, I'm going to turn my brain off, grab a bucket of popcorn, and enjoy.

I'm glad to hear Rios was benched for lack of hussle. I've seen it a few times already, including some DPs he should have easily beat out. As for Lillibridge's play at the end, my first reaction was that there was no hussle, and even a little giddy up would have made a much closer play. I don't want to believe Lillibridge was loafing, but I think it's pretty evident he wasn't hussling. Compare his reaction to that ball to those spectacular catches he's made this year. It wasn't the same outfielder. Ozzie's 100% right they deserved to lose that game. I didn't even watch the whole thing and I saw more than a handful of wasted chances. If it wasn't for the pitching, they wouldn't have been in that game at all. And someone pointed out that the Sox have scored 3 or less runs in 49% of their games? That points out the miserable offense and the good pitching...without the pitching, this team is much further back.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) I'll miss your honest posts, but if people here are going to constantly beg you to leave, then leave. Another board will benefit from your knowledge. I agree. There's nothing wrong with honest posts, and I think J4L is quite honest. I don't think this whole thing was aimed at him, and it would be a shame for him to leave based on pressure from others (not the mods). This whole thing has been blown out of proportion. I think many of us are reading too much into it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 11:47 AM) That's a terrible example. I thought the same thing.

This thread has been an entertaining read. The negative comments are still going to be out there, and I'm assuming (hoping) that once in a while in game threads isn't going to get a poster warned or suspended. I mean, if Juan Pierre steps up to bat with the bases loaded and two outs, how many of us as NOT thinking, "Here comes an out"? Someone's going to post that because we're all saying it to a friend, the wife, the kids, the wall, etc. As I said before, I understand where the mods are comiing from, and I agree. But a random comment here and there shouldn't start a riot.