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Have one, but not for my phone. I use it for the PS3. Works great.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 10, 2007 -> 07:30 PM) Product Details Mark Buehrle played a key role in the Sox winning the 2006 World Series...... If only he did...

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ May 10, 2007 -> 07:21 PM) At first when Mikhail told Ben of the outsider(helicopter Pilot) and looked surprised that she was on the island, I believed he was putting on a show for Locke so that Locke would believe that he didnt know about her. But when Ben shot Locke and basically lost it when Locke wasnt telling him what Jacob said, then I started to wonder what was really going through Bens mind. The great thing about Bens character is how he is able to manipulate any given situation by presenting anything as the truth at that time. I am really looking forward to seeing his transition to the leader of the Hostiles and how he got to where he was. And one thing that is still really bugging me is how Mikhail survived the fence. Blood doesnt tend to hemmorhage out of your nose, mouth and ears for no good reason. And if you survive that, you shouldnt be able to run around an island aimlessly. Well, the woman with the collapsed lung (who fell out of the helicopter) healed in two days. The island has strange powers, however, the show has done a poor job with this. Unless the island heals only a select group, others have had injuries and they didn't recover at all.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ May 10, 2007 -> 10:30 AM) Ben flipped out when Richard said he didn't have the recorder with Ben's message on it for Juillet. Sayid's the best character left on the show. Kate might be the worst. I've really grown tired of her and Jack this season. If either or both died, I'd be happy. My guess is Sayid and Charlie get the boot this season. Charlie offers nothing to anyone except s***ty music--also, if he goes, will Desmond see the future for other characters? I think Sayid offers a lot to the group, but the show wants some shock value. In the grand scheme of things, Sayid really has no ties to the island. So he probably serves no purpose to revealing the answers of the show. Although, neither does Kate. (Kate would be the first person I'd get rid of.) That's just my take of it. And if Ben and the Others killed off Dharma, why did Desmond and his partner make it? And why were food supplies still getting shipped in? Are the Others posing as Dharma? Is that why they keep bringing in new recruits, etc?

QUOTE(chimpy2121 @ May 9, 2007 -> 11:35 PM) Hmmm "Help me".....Locke gets shot Jacob is Locke. That's my feeling now. Or something of the sort. There is no doubt in my mind that Jacob is real. I highly doubt Locke is dead, either. Ben just had to kill Locke off as he was losing his grasp as leader of the others, or hostiles or the natives or whoever the f*** they are. But he ain't dead. Not by a long shot.

The question: Who should hit lead off when Podsednik returns, Darrin Erstad or Scott Podsednik? The answer, whether we like it or not is Darrin Erstad. But, I thought this was a better question: What do the White Sox do with Ryan Sweeney when Scott Podsednik returns? With Pods return, that'll give the White Sox three left handed batting corner outfielders--something they don't need or want. The easiest way is to send Sweeney back to the farm. But Sweeney even having only appeared in a handful of games, I don't think thats the best decision the team can make. He may have some ways to go, but it's not hard to see he poses as a threat at the plate. Mackowiak hasn't really done anything worth a damn this year, but he's healthy and he's been healthy. He can also tag a ball over the fence at will (sort of)--something Podsednik cannot do. That alone gives him more value than Pods, but I'll mention he can play almost anywhere on the field too. Pods? Well, he got off to a good start this year, but does the team really want to hand him the job back just like that? This is his second year plagued by injury, he doesn't steal bases even close to the effectiveness he used to and he's a terrible defender. All that said, can the Sox just outright release Podsednik and have no second thoughts? Is there enough faith within the organization that Ryan Sweeney is, even at this early stage of his career, a legitimate MLB hitter? Discuss, my friends.

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 8, 2007 -> 09:58 AM) I swallowed a larvae once, had butterflies in my stomach. Mr. Pun?

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ May 1, 2007 -> 11:20 AM) I think the lyrics are hilarious, and almost everyone who ever went to college participated in stuff like this or joked like that... I guess art school's are different?

QUOTE(juddling @ May 7, 2007 -> 02:10 PM) I think the show ends with the Harlem Globetrotters showing up on the island and rescuing the remaining losties...but not before Curly Neal takes on Hurley in a game of ping-pong. I'm all for it.

Stewie Griffen to Vinny Chase: "Oh, b****, you got jacked b****." Great episode. Ari bringing up a Phil Mickelson meltdown reference, his wife taking his phone's away and walking back to temple with his head down like a little kid. King pissing on the driveway. Does Vince have any choice but to go back to Ari now?

That was way too funny not to laugh. Props to the guy who wrote that, props to Page 2 for putting it up.

I'm hijacking the SoxTalk chat room tonight. Anyone that wants to join, go here: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat

Does she get conjugal visits? I'd tap it.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ May 5, 2007 -> 12:13 AM) Without Dye and Crede the 2008 payroll is apparently already at $100M. There won't be any big FAs brought in, though the Sox will probably clear salary to sign Rowand. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

QUOTE(SnB @ May 4, 2007 -> 11:35 PM) i'm literally starting to dread watching sox games. that's a first. I didn't even watch tonight.

My question is when does Ozzie step in? Say enough is enough--pull your heads out of your asses or pay for it. Not only is the offense terrible, but the defense has been borderline terrible too. It's not normal to be this bad. We'd all like Greg Walker to be the scapegoat (and he certainly is a good candidate for it), but what's Ozzie done to stop the bleeding? He's pulled the same old s*** that has failed in the past and continues to do it. Where's the 2005 mentality, "my way or get the f*** out of my clubhouse"? Can we even pin this on KW? Did his ego grow after 2005 and are we led to believe Ozzie has more control of the clubhouse and the on field operations than he really does? I realize injuries happen, and I realize we've lost probably our best hitter. However, this isn't the first time it's happened to the Sox nor is it the first time it's happened to any team. The Sox have way too good a pitching staff to be on a five game slide--one this hopeless, at that. And it's not like the team doesn't have any capable hitters. Whether this is Greg Walker's fault or not, I don't care. But somebody--be it Ozzie or KW or Greg Walker or some shmuck on the bench--has to get this team on the same page. Jim Thome is on the DL, f***ing deal with it. Quit feeling sorry and figure out some f***ing way to score runs. If that means the ball doesn't go over the fence as much, so be it. Score some damn runs. I mean, does this team ever have a game plan? Looks to me that opposing pitchers come in with the same plan every day and our hitters don't know what the hell to do. When the defense starts to play like s*** behind it, it's absolutely hopeless. SOMEBODY TAKE CHARGE. (Vent over.)

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ May 4, 2007 -> 12:49 AM) Did you mean Zambrano? He's a free agent after this season, Johan is not. Santana, Sabathia, Peavy, and Sheets are free agents after 2008. Ahh. I was under the impression he was a free agent after '07. I guess that changes my ideas quite a bit. As far as Zambrano, I wouldn't touch him with a 20 foot pole. Either way, I still don't think the White Sox can afford to let Buehrle just walk.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ May 3, 2007 -> 11:27 PM) Santana is going to get $22-25 mill a year, and I wouldn't rule out more. Zambrano is going to get $16-18. And I don't know why you'd rather have Oswalt considering his peripherals continue to get worse every single year, though that could be because he's turned into more a control and pitching to contact guy than a strikeout guy. And I'm sick and tired of this ace bulls***, you don't need a f'ing ace to win a World Series, you can have 4 #2's or for #1's who aren't aces, like the Sox had in 2005 or the Angels had in 2002. If he's good, and you have faith in his health, you try your damnedest to resign him. Secondly, though it will be topped in the next 2 years, Barry Zito signed the biggest contract for a pitcher in the history of baseball. He tops out at 90. Third, Buehrle's been throwing 87-90 all year. I don't get where you are saying he's having trouble hitting 88. His velocity has looked better, and his pitches still have movement. And he's always given up a ton of hits, but that has never stopped him from being a great #2-3 pitcher his entire career. His problems have been control and homers; if he can walk around 50 a year, and allow 25 homers a year, he's going to be good even when his H/9 is right around 9. However, if he's allowing more in either of those aforementioned categories, he's going to get hit around. It's that simple. Fourth, I've never made him the end all, be all. I'm just suggesting he's a good candiate to build the rotation around. As much as I love Vazquez, he's too damn streaky, and Garland will never be much more than a mediocre pitcher. Gio is a guy that has that potential, but he's in AA. If Buehrle gets let go, the rotation is probably Contreras, Garland, Vazquez, Danks, and Floyd/Haeger/Phillips/Russell/Gio next year, and that's just s***ty; if that's the rotation, the Sox may as well go into a 3 year rebuilding plan. Finally, yeah, I'll take Felix over Buehrle, but I'll leave it up to you to find me a way to get him without giving up the White Sox top 10 prospects. That's a completely assinine statement, you can't have Felix and you'll likely never get him. Beyond that, the kid may be destined for a career on the DL simply because his slider takes too much of a toll on his elbow. Basically, if you resign Buehrle this offseason, I think you have a shot in hell at competing in the next few years. If you don't, s*** hits the fan and the Sox are mediocre or bad for the rest of the decade. Pretty much right on. The way I see it, the Sox have two choices with Buehrle: resign him or trade him. The Sox are absolutely f***ed if they just let him walk. While they've recently added depth to pitching within the system, it's nowhere near ready, nor does it look flawless and "the can't miss plan." However, if they were able to pull off a miracle and get Santana, that's when you let Buehrle walk. And I think that's the idea the Sox have (pure speculation and hopes). Let Buehrle take his offers and court Santana. If they can't get Johan, they match whatever deal Buehrle is offered. The ideal situation, if we're talking about rebuilding, is to deal all of Buehrle, Dye, Crede and Thome by the deadline and do whatever you can to get Johan. With a Johan at the front of the staff, and the bullpen they have and the years they'll get out of it, they won't need to overpay the market and fill holes offensively--especially if you can get major league talent back for all the players dealt away. Pitching wins games (unless the offense is as bad as it is now, which is pretty tough to do) but the Sox cannot go into next year without somebody they know will flat out get the job done. Whether that means a legitimate ace or Mark Buehrle doesn't matter.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ May 3, 2007 -> 11:08 PM) The police would have protected her better! No need for personal firearms! Sigh...

QUOTE(Texsox @ May 3, 2007 -> 04:24 PM) Interesting idea, but if it is bad there, how could it be ok over there? The way I figure it, if they have enough balls to say it's bad EVERYWHERE, they'd have enough balls to say it's bad HERE, but okay THERE. There's no perfect solution to this (the problem started when tobacco started), but I don't think they should speak for everyone by banning smoking in every bar, restaurant possible. The people should have a choice whether they want to be in a smoking environment or not. It is sort of like that now, but as already brought up, most bars are smoking because it bring in extra revenue (or so it appears.) They could do it through a process of selection. Bar/restaurant owners apply to be a smoking bar--with only a select number getting the approval--and do it on a first come first serve basis, or they can have owners show administrators (whoever is in charge) that their revenue will take a big hit by banning smoking.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ May 3, 2007 -> 01:13 PM) Dude, I know that I and many friends have decided to stay home on various nights instead of hitting the bars, especially in the winter, bc we didnt want our clothes/coats reeking of cigarrette smoke... so yes. You're one person...or at least no more than 20. Is that enough to off-set the damages? Most, if not all smokers will not go into a non-smoking bar. That much is already known. The question isn't whether the smoke free people will make up for those losses, but whether the smokers will bite the bullet. A smoker loves his booze. Besides coffee, nothing goes better with a smoke than booze. The city should not restrict every bar possible. They should make zoning areas. "You can smoke here, but not here." Just because the non-smokers don't want to breathe the s***, doesn't mean the smokers should suffer for it.

What is your favorite word? Pussy What is your least favorite word? Chill/Chillen'. Especially in the context of, "That's chill." What turns you on? That scene in Sin City where Jessica Alba is half naked, has a cowboy rope and is swinging her hips and stomach around. Instant boner right there. What turns you off? Ego. What sound or noise do you love? "HARDER! HARDER! OH YEAH! HARDER! THAT'S IT! RIGHT THERE! OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!" What sound or noise do you hate? When a girl is pissed, stupid and can't think of anything better to say than, "WHATEVER!" What is your favorite curse word? Pussy What profession other than yours would you most like to attempt? Sniper. What profession other than yours would you least like to attempt? Priest. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? You'll never run out of toilet paper again.

I would not have guessed those were the same people. But as said already, I'd bonk her pre/post surgery. Doesn't matter to me.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ May 3, 2007 -> 02:51 AM) How would that work? It doesnt matter what the place is, you cant smoke in it. This is pure speculation based on nothing, but they can make it a "members only" bar. Walk in, pay a buck, you're a lifetime member. If people agree to pay, then they agree to breathe in smoke. The beauty of it all is probably that nobody will keep tabs. After awhile, the "members only" club becomes just a regular bar with people filling their lungs with smoke. But since it's members only and people agree to their rules, nobody can complain.

I'm a smoker. I'm a drinker. I live in Chicago. I'm pissed. There are ways around everything though. Just wait until the businesses find loopholes. For instance, make the bar a club. Pay a buck, become a lifetime member and you can smoke your ass off in the place.