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QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 1, 2009 -> 10:26 PM) Why does Jerry Owens have the edge over Brian? The same reason he had the edge over Quentin last ST as well. He has a great 40 yard dash time. Too bad outside of Owen's speed, he has no other benefit to a team.

The compromise of your personal information could of happened in a few places. 1.) Your computer. If your computer was compromised with the right malware that data is ripe for the picking. Modern browsers, and operating systems are built around ease of use and not security. Think about the number of times forms seem to auto-fill information. These little fragments in memory could be harvested and sent off. The little lock in the corner of your browser only tells you that the transmission is secured. It says nothing about your computer and the end server. Hell the site itself could be compromised and you could of picked up something, or have been redirected based on a small piece of code. 2.) Their server. You could have a traditional breach were the data is harvested. Most states have a notification law. But then again, they have to find out the hack, and then they have to be willing to report it. 3.) Rogue employee. Remember, in the end. People work at these companies. And the same person who is smiling at you when you purchase your item, could be selling the information later on. It is not as secured as we think. Gas Stations used to use this scam a lot. 4.) Mailbox snatch. Most people have bills that come to your house. It sits in that mailbox all day long. Bad guy comes around, grabs your mail. According to an Infraguard FBI meeting I was at a few months ago. This has picked up. If you can receive electronic invoices or bills. Its better in the long run. 5.) ATM false face. This is another big one lately. Bad guy comes up, puts a false front on the ATM keypad card reader. You swipe your card, enter your pin. Its all captured. Hell a lot of the time the bad guy uses a pinhole camera, or a remote camera. Watches your car, records your plate/watches you put in your pin. Most companies offer a virtual credit card number for purchases. This is an alternative for risky sites, and worry for giving out your real number.

Amazing. Everyone is running away from Blago like he is a bomb. And the minute he decides to appoint a African-American Mr. Black Panther comes out of the woodwork to cross the party unity and defy his party. I wonder if the entire black caucus will rally behind this and force the issue and seat Roland. What a joke this process has become. Race Debate with Blago Pic Does Obama's successor have to be African-American.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Dec 28, 2008 -> 02:09 PM) This would be the ultimate worst-case scenario for me. Bears lose and Vikings lose. That would suck major. If we lose, I would rather everyone else win. Actually its the best case scenario for change. If we are eliminated by our own stupidity and lack of play, then its on the team and coaches. If we get eliminated by other teams winning, then there is a built in excuse.

Other QBs must have sleepless nights realizing that all they need to do is throw a post and they can look like an All Pro. That play has been open all year long, yet no one adjusts.

Well looks like Lovey has decided that Forte needs a rest.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Dec 28, 2008 -> 01:20 PM) Babich made Olsen fumble. Babich made Tillman go apes**t. Babich made Orton throw it to the team in the purple. Okay. Please tell me you are not defending Babich. Babich sucks. He is not the entire reason this team sucks, but he has his seat at the table of suckitude.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 28, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) The good ole' Cover 2. The Cover 2 is all about keeping with your assignments and gap control. The problem is our secondary can't keep their assignments, they bite on plays they shouldnt. Its one thing if this is the first year they have played this defense. But its years now, and we have guys who can't get the basic packages down. We either have to get a traditional defense or we need to pay better attention to the IQ's of the secondary when we draft them.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 02:02 PM) It's not necessarily being anti-gay, it's making being anti-gay part of your platform and being a political activist against it. BUt further, as soon as Obama picked a pastor they become recognizeable. No need to pick an asshole just because people know who he is. Hey, Jerry Fallwell, he's pretty recognizeable, albeit a little stiff at the moment. So what makes him an asshole, because he opposes gay marriage. Maybe he hates the sin, yet loves the sinner.

If somewhere in pretend land that Dye could net you Votto, why in the world would you involve the angels and move Votto on. If Kenny gets into that 3 way and walks away with Figgins, and the Angels wind up with Votto then Kenny needs to stop drinking before he makes these calls. Votto > Figgins

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Dec 20, 2008 -> 10:41 AM) isnt the WBC going on at the same time as Spring Training? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought you were just replacing an at-bat in Phoenix with an at-bat in the tournament. Spring training is about preparing the player for the grind of the season. Have you been to spring training? Players don't play the entire 9 inning. They get their work in and then are done. Sometimes they will play a B game to get ABs. They won't get the same preparation as they would going through traditional ST. Where they start off slow, and then move towards game speed at the end of ST. They lose ABs ( B games + traditional ST games ), the ability to work on specific issues, and the ability to get acclimated with their teammates ( turning double play, etc). When a player plays a ST game its not as competitive as the WBC. Will they push themselves harder too soon because of the competition. Can you tell me Jason, what is the benefits to playing in the WBC for any of our players. Doesn't the risk to the season outweigh the gain.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 10:14 PM) ehh maybe hold back on Buehrle or Jenks, but would 15 extra at bats kill Thome, Dye, Konerko, etc? you can't baby these guys. 06 had some pretty big names Francouer C. Jones A. Jones Bedard R. Hernandez Tejada Ortiz Varitek D. Lee Zambrano Griffey Jr V. Martinez Francis Holliday C. Guillen Maggs Polanco I Rod D. Willis Lidge Colon Vlad F. Rodriguez El Caballo Liriano Morneau Nathan J. Santana Beltran Delgado J. Reyes Damon Jeter A Rod Street Abreau Bay Peavy Piazza Alou Vizquel Beltre Ichiro Pujols Teixera M. Young Rios Wells Soriano All in all, the following playoff teams in 2006 had the following number of players in the classic. WS champs- St. Louis= 4 AL Champs- Detroit= 10 AL East- NYY= 5 AL Central- MIN= 9 AL West- OAK=4 NL East- NYM= 12 NL West- SD= 6 NL Wild- LAD= 7 Its a 162 game season with a almost 2 month prep time for spring training. And you want to add more competitive baseball. Dye, Thome and Konerko are not all spring chickens. The very idea of exposing them to a risk for a meaningless tournament is pointless. Toby Hall played 1st base in one game in ST. How did that work out.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 09:45 PM) any Sox players (major or minor league) commit yet? I think in 2006, they had 3 players, including Javy, Freddy and Cintron. It would be cool to see guys like Buehrle, Jenks, Thome, Konerko, Dye play for Team USA or Ozzie coaching the Venezuelan team. I would rather see none of our players play in it. The extra stress on their bodies, and arms doesn't bode well for the long grind of the season.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 19, 2008 -> 09:26 AM) Unless you are a teacher or go to school, snow days dont exist. Our CIO told everyone to work from home today. I am working from my kitchen table and its awesome.

I hope that Ned conceeds to Cabreras demands for the bat phone to the scorers box. 17th pick. That works. Come on Ned, get yourself a gold glover. You need him, he needs you, we need your pick.

Congrats Cabrera. Hopefully your new team is now motivated to get you even quicker. Hopefully the Dodgers are impressed with your slick fiedling and winning ways. We will like that first round draft pick, hell you dont need it.

I was driving from New York to Hartford over the summer for work. I received an emergency call near Bridgeport, and I had to pull off and look for Wifi to connect in. Went to a McDonalds there for the Wifi, and they had a Angus Burger. Probably the best McDonalds burger I have tasted. Its a testing location for it. And they haven't brought it here yet. I have been haunted by it ever since. http://www.slashfood.com/2007/03/08/new-an...s-at-mcdonalds/

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 09:39 PM) This game is a carbon copy of the Tampa and Carolina games from earlier this year. Some more amazing adjustments by Babich. He is another person who needs to go as well. Can't believe we chased Chico Rivera away for this bum.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 09:34 PM) It wasnt a great pass, but thats a very catchable ball... thats all on Davis for not catching it. Davis needs to go after this year. You hit him in the hands, and he muffs it, and it goes up in the air for the defender. Its bad enough when you can't make above average plays, but when you can't catch balls that hit you in the hands then you need to find another line of work.

Isn't Weaver a Boras client. That kind of nixes that.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 01:29 PM) I'm heading to jail for 30 days, any suggestions? Tell everyone that you are HIV positive and looking to hook up.

QUOTE (striker62704 @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 01:32 PM) I'd love to have 8 all stars take the field and 5 all stars pitching for us but that's not realistic. If you look at our 2005 team it was full of mediocrity. Rowand hit .270 with a .339 obp, Crede hit .252, we had 1 hitter with over 90 rbis, nobody hit .300. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2005.shtml That team SUCKED on paper. So mediocrity is fine as long as we win. And in 2005 mediocrity won it all. The reason we won in 2005 was outstanding starting pitching. Please review their stats and show me the mediocrity in that bunch. Let me help you out, that teams offense wasn't good. It got hot at the right time. But for most of the year was carried by the best pitching we have had.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 09:26 AM) Could you come to one of my classes and evaluate me? Will I make it in life one day? epic fail

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 10, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) I wouldn't mind Taveras as a FA. Doesn't mean you guarantee him a starting job though. Ozzie is the manager. If he can run, he will start. Owens if not for injury would of started over Q last year. If he is on this team, he is our leadoff hitter and starter.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 10, 2008 -> 09:38 PM) Reds are talking to Baldelli and Riviera. Dye trade still in stasis. http://hotstove.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/..._agent_out.html. Come on, Kenny. Get moving... That ship has sailed. The Reds have about 10 mill to spend. And the Whitesox don't move money in the other direction in trades. If they want to trade Dye this offseason is his highest value. Moving him at the deadline in the season will get us 2nd tiered crap. So its either move him now, or let it ride.