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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) Ah yes, the "I have nothing to hide" argument. Whenever I see that, I always think of: When they came for the Communists... Well when we found a keylogger on one of our main developers machines, we checked and it wasnt the FBI listening in on the conversation. It was the payload of some trojan that he picked up, when visiting a website. The device was sending things back to mainland china to some ISP. Remember, its not just the big bad boogyman FBI agent trying to spy on you. Everyone is so worried about this, when I would be more worried about other countries and individuals that will impact your privacy more than the government ever will.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2007 -> 11:58 AM) So, a little summary of this mornin's news. The Patriot Act gave the FBI the ability to use something termed "National Security Letters". Basically, they allow the FBI to take action in the classic "Ticking clock" type scenario; in the event of an emergency, the FBI is allowed to get their hands on phone records, internet records, and so on, without having to go through the process of getting a warrant. Here's a summary of what they do from the WaPo. Of course, this morning, in something that should have come as a surprise only to people who have been in suspended animation for the last 6+ years...it turns out that the FBI has been misusing the new authority. Issuing NSLs without proper authority, failing to record and report thousands of NSL's to the government, and so forth. Interestingly though, what only a few folks have noticed this morning is that what the FBI has been doing is not only expressly prohibited by the law, it's also exactly what Mr Bush said he would do when he signed the Patriot Act reauthorization a year or so ago. Bush said he'd be willing to defy parts of the law requiring the FBI to report on NSL usage to oversight agencies, and voila, the FBI turns out to be defying those same parts of the law. So, in other words, here we go again. Who cares. Just assume that everything you do electronically is an open book and you are fine. I spend my time assuming that once the traffic leaves my firewall, unless its encrypted its open season. The minute the phone call leaves my PBX the same thing. If you think that your phone conversations are private and privy only to you, then I suggest you never experienced crosstalk where another conversation appears on your line, or you can hear another conversation. The minute you experience spyware such as a trojan or keylogger, you are experiencing the same level of information leakage, infact more than if the FBI is tapping your upstream connection. If you really want to keep something secret, use military grade encryption and memorizes the cipher. OMG THE GOVERNMENT CAN HEAR ME GETTING THE GROCERY LIST FROM THE WIFE. WHERE ARE MY FREEDOMS.

If we can give up a Tracey, a Phillips or B prospects like that then its no risk. Giving up a Masset, a Logan, or MacDougal is just too much of a price to pay. I was not a big fan of Rowand when he was here, hitting 235 and 245 in the stretch run. His defense while spectacular during the Yankee series, was poor at the end of the season when he was breaking back on flyballs and then running like a madman to makeup for the fact that he played the swing, and not the ball. The best thing he will bring back to me, is his attitude and his friendship with the team.

What are we trying to lead the majors in depth at 4th OF. If we give up Mike McDougal for Rowand then Ozzie has compromising photos of KW. Sean Tracey, and poo to be named later is enough.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 03:04 PM) And I was there. So was I.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 8, 2007 -> 10:12 AM) What? I was laughing the whole time. "Apologize." Takes off pants, shakes hips. "Apologize." "You wan't me to? Oh... Ok..." "Yeah, apologize." That little real-estate midget cracked me up too. The background music with Disturbed's "Down with the sickness" with Cartman and the midget fighting was great.

QUOTE(G&T @ Mar 7, 2007 -> 06:35 PM) My laptop is telling me that I only have a few hundred MB of memory on my C drive out of 51 GB. But when I open my C drive and count the amount of memory each folder uses it only comes to 22GB, which seems more accurate. Where are the other 30GBs and why is this happening? Is there something I can do to find what's using all this space? And yes, I've tried all the disk cleanup stuff that XP wants me to use. You might want to see what files are there. Try hunting for large files. Start with a gig then move back to 500mb and so on. You may find some large files that are outside of your search pattern. Click Search In the window... Click the little down arrow button under the back button Where it says Title, click and select Size Where it says Equals, click and select Is Greater Than Where it says Zero, clck and Select Large or whatever size range you're looking for You may want to start at a gig, 1000meg and then move from there.

Dumb cub fans are calling up the score to whine and b**** that we should complain about them paying for their pitching when Lilly and Marquis are much better pitchers than Vazquez. They are stupid.

QUOTE(Frankensteiner @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 08:41 PM) For those expecting a breakout season from Vazquez, let me remind you he's now had ERA of 4.91, 4.42 (NL), and 4.84 the last 3 seasons. Really, based upon the last 3 seasons, which are much more relavent in any sort of player comparison, one could argue that Ted Lilly is a better pitcher than Vazquez. Expecting Vazquez to be one of Coop's reclamation projects is wishful thinking, IMO. At this point, what you see is likely what you get. I really don't think finding a replacement for Vazquez would have been all that hard. The free agent market is overflooded with 3rd-4th starters every single year (i.e. Suppan, Meche, Lilly, etc.). So you can always overpay for mediocre pitching. This medicore pitcher strikes out a lot of batters, while the group you added happen to get the majority of their outs via the ball put in play. Also Vazquez is a stud through 5 innings and then falls apart. One could use a bullpen to leverage that, if Ozzie can get over the use of the pen. I guess all "medicore" pitchers are the same. I would rather have Vazquez and the promise of what could be, instead of a Lilly a Marquis or a Suppan. I would not dish out 5 years for Meche.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 08:09 PM) Hey, Southside. I'm referring to the fact that Mac pitched great down the stretch in 2005, only to be booted as the potential 5th starter for 2006 because KW traded for Javy. McCarthy never fit in the bullpen, and I seriously question whether he was put in a position to succeed in that position. Then Ozzie and Kenny got down on him (that's pretty clear), and off he went to Texas. Yeah, there's some assumptions in there, but I'm convinced that Brandon would have fared much better as a starter -- and, in fact, better than Vazquez. (As for the trade of McCarthy to Texas, I think KW is full of it. When McCarthy was traded, the implication was that Danks's stuff made him a better fit for the Cell. Now all I hear is that Danks throws 89-92. That was McCarthy's velocity. So, Danks may become great (and Masset, too), and he's certainly left-handed, but what I heard Kenny say is not what I'm hearing now that Mr. Danks is actually in Tucson.) I am as big of a brandon supporter as you will find on the site. And I have a ton of autographed stuff from him, and was hoping that he would be here for a while. The Buerhle situation probably did more to get this trade going than anything Bmac did. If you look at Danks, what does he remind you of. A slightly harder throwing Buerhle with a better curveball. Danks has been targetted for a few reasons. He is young/cheap/left handed. The way a lot of teams get their young starters into the game is to use them in relief. Buerhle, Liriano, Santana, Papleboner, etc. These are all starters, or would be starters that all started in the relief role. These are all examples of guys who started their whole life, and had to adjust to warming up quick and throwing strikes out of the pen. It helps them work on a limited number of pitches, get some experience and work in game situations with a bit of pressure. Bmac didnt do to well in this. He missed in the strikezone, and then had to come over the plate with a fastball late in the count. Bmac uses his changeup as a pace changer to keep people off of his fastball. He had a hard time getting command of that at times, and the scouting report on Bmac is to lay off the curve, because he has a hard time throwing it for strikes. So basically you have eliminated 2 of his 3 pitches and you sit on the fastball. McCarthy is gone because most likely he failed the litmus test, and because we could get Danks who is lefty and projects with similiar stuff.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) Javier's games in which he got massive run support: April 14th against Toronto. 13-7 loss (L). The Sox score 5 runs in the first three innings but it's not enough. June 3rd against Texas. 8-6 win (W) . Javy gives up 11 hits and 5 earned in 6.1 innings, but the team bails him out by scoring 8. June 25th against Houston. 10-9 loss (ND) . 9 earned runs and 10 hits in 6 innings pitched. Iguchi almost wins it by himself despite that. July 1st against the Cubs. 8-6 win (ND) . Pierzynski's homer bails us out after Gload extends the inning. July 30th at Baltimore. 8-7 loss (ND) . Sox break a 2 all tie to take a 4-2 lead in the top of the 6th inning, Baltimore takes a 5-4 lead in the bottom half because Vaz implodes. So there were 5 games in which he got massive run support, and the team goes 2-3. The team scored less than 2 runs in support of him a grand total of 6 times down the stretch. Like I said, sort of evens out, huh? I think that Martinez's age might have had something to do with the fact he wasn't as dominant until later. Usually this is the case with most pitchers. I'll break down the rest later. So Mr GM. What would you have done. Extend Buerhle for about 5 years at a good clip. Or trot Danks out next year, then Gio and Broadway out in 09. And had the rotation filled with kids and no vets outside of Contreras who is 60.

QUOTE(Friend of Nordhagen @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 05:00 PM) The contract is fair for the market, and it's probably moveable. But for me, it's just chasing bad money. I didn't like trading Young for Vazquez, I didn't like putting McCarthy in the bullpen because of Vazquez, and I don't like being on a longer hook for Vazquez. Maybe he'll do better. Maybe he won't. But Williams's love affair with this guy has effectively cost us the top two prospects in our system (Young and McCarthy). He better do more than pitch 200 innings with a 4.7 ERA. Because he's cost more than the money he's being paid. How does his love afair with Vaz cost us bmac. I understand the Young part, because he was traded for him. But bmac. As much as Javy frustrated me with his 6th inning crap last year, this is an awsome signing. The frustrating thing, is he would completely own a team, and then would unravel. The talent is obviously there, he just needs to either keep his mechanics in check past the 5th inning, or his mind in check as far as focus. If he can learn either of those two he can be a steal.

QUOTE(U can putitontheboarrrrd...YES @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:28 PM) I dont think that at all. I was hoping Javi would have been traded before we got to this point regardless of the Freddy & Bmac deals. We we traded Young who was a great prospect for a guy that we were going to dump. Okay that makes sense. We ditched Young, because KW wanted Javy, and not for a year, and not for 2 years, but for a while.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 03:22 PM) Yes, lets forget the market price of pitching all together, and just offer players what YOU think they should have. Hmmm great call. You must be a shrewd businessman. There is a not so bright group that thinks that because Vazquez took 3 years and 34 million, that Freddy would of taken the same. Freddy is going to make silly money, probably with the Mets, next year. It will be for 4 to 5 years and for boocoo money.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 02:50 PM) I don't think Terrero has any shot of making the 25. Not even a chance. I've read nothing to suggest that we will, and nobody else seems to have anything suggesting that either. If Brian isnt the starting CF they want to get him ABs, and that is called the minors. So who praytell plays CF on the frequent days off that Ozzie gives his players, and if you say Mack just dont. We have no CF when Erstad needs a rest, gets injuried, pulls something.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 6, 2007 -> 02:36 PM) That would be such a disaster. Terrero is a bad baseball player....at least Anderson can contribute defensively. If Anderson gets sent down to AAA, it further enhances the claim some of us have made that the Javy trade was the worst one in club history. Why does Ozzie feel the need to put crappy players on the 25 man roster. We had to deal with OMIT for the longest time. For a guy preaching defense, he kept shoving out the worst possible defensive OF at times with Prancer frollicking around in LF, watching the ball bounce off the wall, picking the ball up, dropping it, kicking it, then throwing it like he was born a righty. His partner in crime was a 3rd baseman/corner OF playing CF. Does Ozzie just ask the magic 8 Ball for his lineup/player advise. I know that this guy is better, but Poo on a Stick over there is looking good to me. The biggest issue is that on game 2, he will trot out Terrero in CF because he needs to rest his starters for the offseason. Ozzie subs too much to put crap out there as a backup. Terrero = OMIT

And of course the piss de crapstience. Adam (Chicago): More wins this year? North Side or South Side of Chicago? SportsNation Rob Neyer: (1:09 PM ET ) Good question! Cubs will be better than last year, White Sox probably a tad worse. I sure wish they still played a City Series after the season.

Well its the normal ST tradition. Some asshat Indian fan starts to chomp about how we suck and all of our players are going to regress, and then the king of asshats Neyer who admitted in a chat last year that he doesnt like the sox because of their uniforms agrees. Upon examination Peter 1948 was a long time ago. I hope the indians fall on their ass again. Peter (Cleveland): Rob, upon examining the White Sox it seems to me that they're simply not very good. Their offense is bound to regress (especially Dye and Thome, and to some extent Konerko, Pierzynski, and Crede), and this won't be negated by whatever "improvement" they get in LF and CF. Similarly, their "top 4" pitchers PECOTA ERAs are 4.83, 4.96, 4.50, and 4.77 for B, C, V, and G respectively. This team seems more likely to win under 81 games than over 90... SportsNation Rob Neyer: (12:35 PM ET ) Hard to argue with you, Peter. I like Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen, which I think colors my analysis of the club's future. A fundamental question we might ask is, "Which key member of the roster is likely to play *better* in 2007?" And with the possible exceptions of Buehrle and Uribe, it's hard to come up with names. Here are a few other nuggets from that chat. dave, chicago: don't forget the indians have no bullpen. Many of the AL central games come down to the 7th 8th and 9th innings, due to the power in the White Sox, tigers, indians, and twins lineups, and the indians have the worst bullpen out of all them SportsNation Rob Neyer: (12:32 PM ET ) Dave, I'll bet you shiny nickel that the Indians do *not* finish the season with the worst bullpen among those four clubs. Yes, they were bad last year, but 1) the year before they were excellent, and c) anyway, they revamped the pen this winter. The rotation is the bigger question mark. And here is the non-whitesox nugget which proves that this year he is in the jock of the injuns. Brian NY: If you can't answer this question Rob, maybe Peter (Cleveland) can...if there is an expected regression from Mauer and Morneau, shouldn't there also be anexpected regression from Sizemore and Hafner? SportsNation Rob Neyer: (12:47 PM ET ) Big differences, Brian. Sizemore is still quite young (and not a catcher), and Hafner actually missed last September with an injury. Here's a guarantee (absent serious injury): both Sizemore and Hafner will be viable MVP candidates, and neither Mauer nor Morneau will be. Mauer and Morneau cannot be an MVP candidate. Sure Rob. Go back to Rany and cry about your pathetic royals.

Happy Birthday to the both of you. Hopefully KW gets flash his power arm in the draft this year, or there will be hell to pay.

When Konerko hits a dong off of Zambozo in the interleague games, he should stand at the plate and scream "NICE PITCH CUPCAKE" and then jog around the bases. When he comes to home plate, he should do a point to the sky, then a double tap for the sosa memory. That should put bozo into such a rage that he immediately pisses his pants.

Here you go Tex and Kap your social security numbers online. This is dumb.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 01:38 AM) I think good is the wrong word. I think when they tell them how to go to school instead of providing it, it feels like a little bit of a "f*** you" from "the man". Not everybody is in a position where they can just go to school. If I understand correctly, soon as you're enrolled in school, they take away the governmental handouts? How's one supposed to feed a family with no job or aid? If I'm right on that...isn't Walmart in turn saying more of, "Well, you can either work your 40 hours/week here and put food on the table or go to school, lose out on your paycheck and starve until you have the education to get a better job." Plus, getting those grants and loans isn't nearly as easy as they make it sound. ...Of course, I might be talking out of my ass here. And I probably am. I am sick and tired of hearing how people who are able cannot work, and will not work because the handouts are better. How about this work and work hard and you can succeed. Preach education and hard work to your children, and they will follow suit. When my family came over we didnt know if we were going to eat after the first week, but my dad worked his ass off, working multiple jobs. He preached the hard work, and he preached education is your primary goal. He never said, well lets get some public aid and maybe the government will take care of us. Why, because he had pride. Pride in him, and pride in the message he gave his children. The poor of society can make a difference and can bring themselves up. It doesnt happen overnight, and it takes a generation or so. And that is the problem. There are a lot of people that would rather blame their situation on outside factors, and would rather wait for their payday. Like some money fairy is going to drop off bags of gold. This is why there is a high dropout rate, and a high crime rate amoungst the poor. A parent has a profound affect on their children and the people they are going to be. If they see laziness, or lack of hope...they will have lack of hope and will be lazy. Its a shame that this child had died on something that could of been fixed easily. However the parents had a responsibility and should of worked on that one. Here is the formula for making it out of being poor. Live within your means. Dont buy expensive cigarettes. Quit, Take the money you would use on that, and put it towards your kids educations. Dont drink, take the money you would use for drinking and put it towards your kids education. Dont eat out, eat at home. Go to second hand stores to get clothes. You dont need expensive shoes. Go and garbage pick for a bike and put it together yourself. These are the things my family did to take themselves out of the situation that they were at. Other people have to realize that their children are their legacy, and they should do whatever it takes to make sure that they are better off than they are.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 10:19 AM) I think they gave up trying when NBC started thoroughly dominating Thursday nights. They have their TGIF crap, but its just fluff Friday and Saturday nights used to be a power time for TV. Especially when we were kids. Now outside of a few shows, it crap. Las Vegas is good on Friday night.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Mar 4, 2007 -> 10:16 PM) Not surprise to see TAPOS Rich Hill make our Minor leaguers (including Anderson) look bad and get taken deep my our major league guys. Maybe those losers northsidebaseball will let go of TAPOS' jock for one second and show Ozzie a little more respect. I took a look at the thread over there, they are insane. They make comments about how it was their scrubs giving it up, however they forget that they basically had their starting lineup in for the most part and we had a B lineup going for the most part. After watching Soriano today, he is what I expect he hits well but man he has no clue on how to break on a fly. He is going to make Rob Mack look like a gold glover out there.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 4, 2007 -> 09:57 PM) I'm not that confident about Gonzalez. He still needs to develop control. Pitchers were all over the zone. I don't believe he threw one curveball for a strike. Danks looked much more polished. Although it still worries me his fastball didn't appear to fool major league hitters facing him for the first time. He should find Buerhle and shadow him. Learning the cutter, and the sinker would help Danks alot. The cutter is a great equalizer for a left handed non-power pitcher. You can pound a righty in, and in and in and then snap off that hook and drive them crazy. Every young sox pitcher should learn the two-seam fastball based on our park.