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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 16, 2009 -> 02:50 PM) Theres a good one where he got the scammer to carve a likeness of his head out of wood and send it to him. He has this sweet wood carving of his own head now for free. Here are my two favorites. Tale of the Painted Breast. Baited by Shiver Here is the guy getting the tattoo that Kyyle had talked about. Its my all time favorite.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 16, 2009 -> 09:17 AM) i always delete the emails. The entire goal of these emails is to gather email addresses for spambots, if you send out some sort of correction, you are just sending out another forward that is going to gather a bunch more emails that will inevitably end up in the hands of another spammer who will turn it around and start sending you more junkmail ^^^^^ This is the formula for being a good netcitzen with this stuff. Don't forward, or respond to mindless crap being sent. Delete the email, and let it die. If you feel so strongly that its an error, pick up the phone and call them and explain it to them. Don't participate in the chain. Do you know how many moronic relatives send me crap with " WORST VIRUS EVAH" somewhere in the email or some other mindless chain email. Hell my father spends probably most of his day flooding me with some sort of mindless crap that some old mope sent him. It just gets propagated and for the most part its worthless. If more people did what Kyyle did above, our email boxes would be a lot cleaner.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 15, 2009 -> 02:47 PM) More likely, this was done for notoriety purposes (hence having been on wife swap). If this was a publicity stunt by Falcon's daddy. Falcon's daddy needs a good old fashioned ass beating.

Ah, Hooters is now dead to me. Just experienced the Tilted Kilt. The marketing at this place is genius. Take young women, dress them up in short skirts that have the tartan ( catholic school girl ) look. Winnah.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 03:00 PM) more like all the people that got the admin passwords. I'd have been curious to poke around Even with their admin's incompetence, people poking around are still breaking into the site and still might have the FBI showing up in their lives. These stupid 2.0 sites are relatively easy to secure. In fact their admin panels are in easily isolated directories that a simple .htaccess file can lock down. So even if you know the password, you can't even see the page to get in. 10 seconds and instant security from the noobs bombarding your site. AuthUserFile /dev/null AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName "Go awayl" AuthType Basic order deny,allow deny from all allow from x.x.x.x

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 11:00 AM) it's the flu. this years strain. just sensationalized by the media. big flippin' deal. I'm just so over all this swine flu bulls***. If you can show me numbers saying that this virus has killed more people than in years past, maybe I'll change my mind... but I think it's just a way to sell papers. Swine Flu

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) It has nothing to do with blinders or political affiliation. I really do think it's horribly bad. I've done better with less resources. I'll gladly lend my time to the GOP if they want it. Whats so bad about it. The fact that they use Red, I mean its kind of shocking the Republicans are using red and all. Or is it the fact that its a simplistic design.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 10:10 AM) It's the odd similarity to the Giant star surrounded by smaller stars. I'll remove that post if it can bring the attention back to talk about the website itself. You need to take off your Obama blinders, and your DNC change glasses for a second. Its a basic wordpress/drupal type site with some basic web 2.0 crap on it. Yes flash animation is annoying. But come on now, its not so terrible you need to start a thread on it.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 09:49 PM) i understand differing dimensions and whatnot in stadiums...but im pretty sure when baseball was invented, hits like teixeira's weren't supposed to be HRs....seriously my high school field was bigger down the line than the new yankee stadium over the last few years ive come to tolerate the yankees and hate the red sox more...but this yankee team is VERY dislikable...i suppose because of all the $$$ spent on their key players...i thought at first i was rooting for them to beat the twins, but tonight angered me......go angels and every NL team Baseball stadiums have been wacky with the dimensions from day one. Ebbets field 419-L, 450-C, 301-R (original), 348-L, 393-C, 297-R (final Baker Bowl ( Phillies ) Dimensions: 341-L, 408-C, 279-R (original and final) Polo Grounds Dimensions: 277-L, 455-C, 258-R (original), 279-L, 475-C, 257-R (final

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 09:15 PM) This No. 25 man has contributed us to winning games. What part of that statement don't you believe? I've cited some games he's helped us win this year and last. You think his defense and speed can't help a team in the latter innings? Or as a spot starter? Give me a thorough analysis of all No. 25 players; I believe Wise will not be the worst by a long shot. I just don't agree he is a worthless major leaguer. He is not worthless. He's not a starter; he's a damn good sub. I pray he doesn't come back cause I'm sick of people blasting him when all he does is his job. I hope he's gone as well. I am not going to waste time trying to pull together stats for the tallest midget award for worst 25th man. Wise is not a good baseball player. He can't hit, and I can find lots of guys who can run fast and catch the ball. I am glad a few brief memories have allowed you to identify with AAA roster fodder.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) Small moments?? My god. Those were all huge moments. I agree he's not a starter. I do not agree with those who say he doesn't deserve to be a 25th man. He has some value in that role. Are all 25th people on a roster stars? Wise can help a team. Is he a 400 at bat guy? God no. Last year Dewayne was put on waivers. Every team in baseball could of snapped him up. Yet not one team did. Why do you think this is? He is a career minor leaguer who can't hit. He can't hit at all. Do you know how many guys are in AAA right now that run very fast, can catch everything that is in the air but can't hit major league pitching. Lots. He is not a good baseball player. Memories lie. Your memory of that single catch, or whatever specific specific moment shouldn't cloud the reality that he is not a major league player. Brian Anderson is a younger player, and I would say his diving catch in the blackout game last year is more important to the franchise than his wall catch with Buerhle. Brian could catch everything, was decently fast. Cannot hit major league pitching at all. Who knows, he may never hit major league pitching. He is gone and I don't shed a tear. Lets try and keep our 25 man roster to players who can actually contribute to winning. Getting upset because a AAAA player declared FA is kind of silly.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 9, 2009 -> 02:05 PM) Amen. Why he is the whipping boy is beyond belief. He had 2 of the top moments of the season, definitely in the Sox's top 10. The catch, which is one of the best glove plays in Sox history and didn't he have a walk off hit versus the Yankees? I think he also gunned somebody at the plate to win another game didn't he? Wise is all right in my book. Go Wise! Wise the september call up doesn't bother me was much as Wise the starter and leadoff hitter did. He is a borderline 4th OF at best. I am glad that he gave you a few memories. He made outs in bunches and shouldn't of been on a major league roster more or less a starter. An Injury kept Ozzie from having Jerry Owens running out as a starter over Quentin, and this year an injury kept Wise from making outs at record rates as the leadoff hitter and probably was one of the things that had Kenny pickup Pods from the scrap heap.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 6, 2009 -> 12:04 AM) Southside no disrespect but did you read my post?? I'm standing up for Dye the outfielder prior to the second half of this season. He has not been a butcher out there in the past; he's been quite serviceable. I've admitted he looks like a DH now. People have been burying Jermaine saying he's always been a bum in right field and that is not the case. I'm not going to bury Jermaine just because he's the flavor of the second half to bury. Greg, he has been a bad OF for a while now. He has been a DH in RF for a while now. This is not something that just happened in the 2nd half of this year. His bat for years overshadowed how poor of an OF he is. When his bat failed him, then the rest just became more of a mess.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 08:49 PM) Quite a few. Why do you guys call him a butcher in right field for "several years now." Nationally Dye does NOT have this tag. I'm not talking about the second half of this season when he was bad out there. I'm talking about his other seasons with the Sox. He was serviceable out there. I honestly don't get where you are coming from with this s*** about how he has been AWFUL in right for several years. Take a deep breath and realize the country does not share this opinion of Dye with you. I'm not talking about this year's second half. Some of you act like Dye is a stiff; he was a f***ing stud with our team. Greg. You listen way too much to the opinions of Hawk Harrelson. His player evaluations need to be taken with a grain of salt. Dye is a DH who happens to run out to RF between ABs. He is a statue out in RF. Now if a ball is hit to him, sure he catches it. But if its hit a bit to his left or right then the runner is off to the races. You can say he has a good arm. However when he backs up on his heels on every flyball play, it kind of defeats the momentum of throwing to a base when you are moving backwards. I have no idea on how anyone could watch more than 3 games of the sox and come away with the opinion that Dye is a good OF. This is not something new also. Dye has been bad for a few years now. Dye is to the outfield, what Brian Anderson is to hitting.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) A little something for those who are sad Chicgao lost the 2016 bid....

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 09:52 AM) Hopefully KW follows JP's career-ending signing/lead and dumps Rios, what a stiff... Looking forward to watching some pitching in 2010, hopefully an exciting off-season and a new line-up coming. He is a .280 career hitter who hits lots of doubles and had a horrible horrible season. He is under contract for a long time. Get used to him. My guess is he bounces back, what do I base this on. His career numbers.

Lots to look forward to next season. This offseason will be particularly interesting. Hopefully we can add another stud next year when we draft hopefully at 13th. We have a protected first round pick, so we can get a type A free agent without giving up the best draft pick. Now lets get the offseason over as quickly as possible so we can get back to the business of building a champion here.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Will next season's theme be, "Blame it on Rios?" Or will he bounce back? He truly sucked as did many other Sox in the second half of '09. He is a .280 lifetime hitter. Bad year. He will bounce back.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Oct 3, 2009 -> 09:59 AM) Given the choice, I'd rather deal Flowers and sign AJ to an extension. You'd probably get more in return for Flowers anyway. I wouldn't. AJ is not going to play forever. And remember the mess of crap that caught before we had AJ. If we truly believe Flowers is the real deal you keep ahold of him with both hands and you develop him.

I would rather have Flowers act as AJ's backup for the year. Let him learn from AJ, let him adjust to being a catcher at the major league level as well. AJ is going to be a type A free agent after next year. Flowers + AJ gives us a pretty good hitting tandem for catching and allows Flowers to develop at the major league level.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:25 PM) I hate giving out things for emotional reasons, as I think emotions and being fired up and all that crap are overrated anyways. Start the best guy in game 1 (although they'll probably start Buehrle game 1 and I won't really care since it doesn't matter anyways). How about the more logical reason. Peavy would face both the Indians and the Twins in week one, and then follow up facing the Indians the following week. Maximizing our best pitcher against division rivals is the best way to win the division.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:16 PM) Bah, putting MB on opening day isn't going to add any starts to him. I like MB, Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Garcia as my rotation. I rather start our best pitcher on game 1. Not the sentimental favorite. Mark Buerhle is not the best pitcher out of that group next year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2009 -> 09:08 PM) He gets to earn that next year once he pitches us to the playoffs. Mark is my guy next year until he gets outpitched. Lets pass on the sentimental stuff. Mark has a lot of wear and tear on his arm, and seemed to tire a bit down the road. Moving him down in the rotation gives his arm rest. Peavy is our best pitcher. Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Buerhle, Garcia/Hudson You put Floyd between Danks and Buerhle to break up the lefties.