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QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Jul 24, 2007 -> 01:35 PM) I was surprised too to see no game thread with the game already under way. Is it that dismal around here? So I was gonna start one, but I don't think that I ever have. Why start now? Yeah, this is the first time I've started a game thread, and now I have a meeting to go to...

No game thread yet? 1 - 0 after top of the 1st

Very sad

Let me start up the Owens bandwagon. Y'all can jump on later. I think that he is starting to learn to hit and to play this game. He may be a bit older, but that does not mean he can't be productive as long as he still has that speed.

Donaghy getting threatened Unsurprisingly, Donaghy is getting threats now, but to add to this is this interesting quote: So, now we may have more officials and players involved. This just keeps getting worse.

I hate how Manny watches his HRs

What draft position are we in now?

We now seem to have good reason for getting upset with some of the NBA refereeing. Fixing NBA Games

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 10:00 PM) Yuck. Those 3 names shouldn't even appear when talking about next season. I actually like what I see out of Owens this year. I love seeing someone with the ability to bunt for a base hit and cause some problems for pitchers on the base paths.

QUOTE(chisoxt @ Jul 20, 2007 -> 07:42 AM) Lost in all of this discussion is the fact that the Sox refuse to pay for quality relievers Hopefully that will change next year. How high do you think that the payroll can go? What "quality" relievers were out there last year to get?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 19, 2007 -> 05:22 PM) OK, I couldn't wait and I downloaded the leaked version off of BitTorrent. I'm about 50 pages in and already some surprises I hadn't expected. I've heard that there are different versions of leaked copies. So, you may or may have gotten a real one. Of course, this could all be the publisher saying that there are different versions out there. I have not actually checked for obvious reasons.

My boss was starting to expect things from me with all of the work I was getting done...

Game over 5-1

Haeger getting the job done!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 02:25 PM) Strikeout by Thome is a good start. Looks like a strikeout and a fly out does the job this time. I was hoping that they would screw it all up and drive a run in.

Bases loaded, 1-out. I now look at these situations and try to figure out how it can be blown.

Rob with a nice 3 for 4 game. Singles in a run.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Jul 18, 2007 -> 01:54 PM) Gameday is stuck. I see that matt Thornton relieved Matt Thornton (how can that happen?) and it's stuck. What happened? Induced the DP. 1st and 3rd now. Iguchi Tripled, Thome walked. PK Ks

Nice to see the BP actually get out of a bad situation there...

Very nice job!

In this on WCIU?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 12, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) Dude, you quoted a post with a whole list of names, then said that no one offered any names. If you are talking about people NOT with the big club yet, or who just joined this year, then its a silly argument - because there is no telling. Despite what some may say, NO one can tell you of player X at AA ball is going to be an all star. Most here would agree that the organization is definitely lacking in position player prospects. But the all star game isn't really a good measure to use. Yep. And there is always that if someone plays just good enough to get into the voting, we all know what we can do with that...

I'm sure many people here have heard Illinoissssssssss. Same thing happens with Desssss Moinessssss by where I live.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) Almost every religion, perhaps, but not all of them. The central tenet of Unitarian Universalism is the support of each individual's search for truth and meaning in concepts of deity and that ranges from a Christian deity to polytheism to atheism and everything in between. It's nice that there s a group out there that believes that nobody's Imaginary Best Buddy In the Sky is any better than anybody else's. That is not really saying anything meaningful. It is just talking in circles. That is just saying believe in something. It is just a way of getting around thinking and avoiding the issues. It is like saying truth is relative. Well if all truth is relative, then by definition, that statement cannot be applied to everyone, and it cannot say anything meaningful. You can not even say a statement like "murder is wrong" if truth is relative. If I say it is fine and you say it is not, how can there be any agreement? To add to this example, what if my personal religion, as an extreme example, is to go out and either convert all other people to my religion or kill them because they are just in the way of the "truth". What would be said of that?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 10, 2007 -> 02:36 PM) Well, with all due respect to the pope, he can go screw himself. We should do our best to be tolerant and respectful of all religions (outside of the violent extremists of course), and to not only say screw that but ALSO be arrogant enough to say your church is the only true church is asinine. How about you actually show some effort to get the child molestors away and clean your* own closet before you go and try and clean others, asshole? Somewhere up there, Jesus is looking down and shaking his head at this guy. One thing that people forget is that EVERY religion has its own claims to exclusivity. There is always a point where one religion says, we are right and you are wrong. Otherwise, they would not be saying anything at all about who we are, where we are going, or how to get there.