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QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) I wish we'd of traded him for Juan Cruz when we had the chance... At least find a decent CF somewhere... I still remember you stroking out when Kenny traded for Lofton/Everett because another CF couldnt hit for s***. Can we give the kid a little time before you bury him.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 09:29 PM) Screw Texas chili, give me Skyline!!! Skyline, YUCK!!! :puke Who wants sweet chilli on spaghetti.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 11:22 AM) Yawn. Its such a shock that Aboz would write an article in favor of bringing Buerhle back. When we trade Freddy maybe we can get Freddy and Ozzie vonage so they can have unlimited long distance calling so they can keep in touch.

There are some other side affects of people who are here illegally. Some of them try to fit in, so they create or steal identities. Sometimes its a dead person, sometimes the person is alive. Identity theft is not a victimless crime. There was a story on NBC in January where a legal mexican immigrant couldnt buy a house because her credit was ruined. She had worked for years and had saved for the american dream. She was a single mother, who had finally had enough to get a house for her children. NBC tracked down the person(in a nice big new house in Zion) who stole her identity , it was an illegal immigrant who lived here for years. The son stated that she had done nothing wrong but just had problems making payments. Well that person has ruined another persons right to the american dream because they were a bit short sighted on the cause and affect of identity theft.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 11:01 AM) For Joe, it was only enough so that his hair wouldn't show under his hat. He still has a lot of hair, according to the radio. As demonstrated by mullet imagery. I believe that anything below the black line was taken off as it would protrude from the baseball cap in the back. But the top was probably left alone.

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 08:41 AM) If the shoe fits. Did I say stats...? I'm trying to say you're consumed with s***ting on him for whatever reason yet accuse others of slurping him, and tell them to get over him. What is the obsession with what the hell Frank is doing? Thome is the Sox DH. Who gives a s*** if he hits .100 points better than Frank? Is there some sort of award between the Sox and the A's for this accomplishment?. Anyone with half a brain cell knows it was the right move.. so who are you trying to convince? It's not you specifically. The Frank watch is beyond stupid, IMO. I thank Frank for everything he did in a whitesox uniform. However now he is no longer a whitesox. So when he plays against the rest of the AL Central I hope he hits at a 700 clip and beats every team with a dong. When he plays us, I hope he goes 0-15 in the series with 15ks. At this point I am very happy we have Thome, he is providing a presence we havent had in a while in the DH role. This Frank watch is funny. We have people trying to convince themselves one way or another that we made the right decision based on stats. We made the right decision because we needed a left handed power bat to balance our right handed power bats. Have a great Career Frank, but when you play the sox I hope you strikeout everytime and I hope we sweep the As.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 07:59 AM) 17 K's in 38 at-bats. This cannot continue. I'd feel a lot better if he were at least making productive outs. I know he's always had high strikeout totals, but I am beginning to get concerned about him. Hell, those are Borchard like strikeout totals. I'd like to see some improvement over the next couple of weeks from BA. I think the best solution is to bring Walt Hrniak in to work with Anderson directly. This is the same approach they took with Uribe last year. Walt can help Brian simplify his swing process and get him a better timing mechanism.

EAT s*** KC, EAT s*** DOUGY MWEROWJERLWJWITCZ

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) :puke :puke :puke :puke I blame you. LOL

Singelton seriously needs to abandon the PBP. Its terrible.

For your midgame entertainment. Dumbass award of April. My father in law might be going to the emergency room. Its all due to easter you see. You see he made some eggs for my son to find on Easter. He made those on Saturday night. So what did he decide last night, hey I am hungry and those blue/green/red colored eggs look mighty yummy(why didnt he throw them out on Sunday is another question). So he ate them. He woke up this morning feeling like someone was stabbing him in the stomach. The pains have gotten worse over the day and I just got a cal l from my wife telling me they may take him to the emergency room. She of course was a bit upset when I started openly laughing on the phone when she told me he ate 5 day old red/blue/green hardboiled eggs at room temperature. So what have I learned from this. 1.) My father in law is a dumbass 2.) Eggs go bad after a few days out in room temperature. 3.) Everyone knows number 2, so see number 1 4.) Learn to use the mute button on the phone before laughing.

Singleton needs to learn to think and speak at the same time. The pauses are caused by him trying to collect his thoughts mid stream.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) 9 of our 12 outs have been on pop/fly outs. This is the same MO he has had against us. He throws a crappy high fastball and we try and hit it hard and all we do is get underneath and put it straight up.

So far we are sleep walking through this game. Getting underneath everything. AJ gets a hit. Lets go O.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 12:43 PM) I have a feeling next inning will get ugly for Elarton. When Scott has beaten us its the same MO. He throws a high fastball that looks juicy and sweet, and then we get under it and we have a s***load of popups. Make him throw strikes and get the ball down and we will kill him.

We have a pitcher who has no control, yet we cant control ourselves and need to swing the bat. So in inning number 2 we bail out a pitcher who wants to give up an 8 spot. Dont swing until the first strike is called.

Earlton is walking the world. People should be fined if they swing at anything before a strike is thrown.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Apr 19, 2006 -> 12:34 PM) Actually Singleton is gettin better. I actually enjoyed listening yesterday Do you enjoy listening to FM 88.1 for the local high school broadcast, because they are about the same.

On the good news side, the sox are up 1-0 On the bad news side, sooner or later I will have to listen to singelton doing PBP today.

QUOTE(Shamrock4Life @ Apr 18, 2006 -> 12:39 PM) I see what you are saying about Garland being a veteran himself, but the catcher can control the pace of the game just as much as the pitcher. AJ can do this better than Widger. AJ will see when Garland is a little of his knocker and go out there to calm him and slow things down. AJ also calls a better a game and will probably set Garland up for success more than Widger can. Now I have no problem with Wigder catching say Buhrle, Contreas (i suck at spelling), or even Garcia and Vazquez, but when you have a struggling pitcher use you number one catcher. Garlands problem is not how the game is being called. Its hitting his spots. If he hits the target and pitches ahead he will be fine. When he gets behind and they start to sit on his fastball then he is meat. Is been the same story for years. Last year no matter what catcher was up, he was 0-1 and 0-2 on every hitter in the first half. He had good control of every pitch including his change.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 18, 2006 -> 12:46 PM) Does the DA have a moral or ethical responsibility to do what the public wants even if he knows it is wrong? I don't think so, but I'm wondering how we view elected officials and following what the people who elected them want. I have seen attorneys on both sides SAO and Defense push cases that they have known are dead losers just to appease either the public or the victims or their clients. Sometimes with a jury those cases still win. The only ethical issue is if you know the person is lying or you know your evidence is tainted.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 18, 2006 -> 10:09 AM) But a LOT of men were put away for rape prior to DNA testing, on what evidence? Evidence collection is very difficult with a rape case. The first thing they teach you in the police adademy is to isolate and contain the crime scene. However with a persons body that is almost impossible. The first thing that a lot of rape victims do is to shower. Which is the worst thing from an evidencial standpoint. DNA evidence has been around for a while. But even back in the late 70s investigators were collecting rape kits known as Vitulo Kits. Its basically collects pubic combings, dried blood, scrapings from underneath the fingernails of the victim. The pubic hairs were used to match the accused. Its not as foolproof as DNA but its pretty selective. Blood was typed and matched. Other things you need to look at also, does the accused have any wounds that could of been inflicted by the victim. Do they have any scratches or defense wounds. Plus description of the attacker, clothing they were wearing, any details. Most rapes happen amongst people they know, its not the stranger rape that everyone sees on TV. These are all things that help with the evidence gathering. Now in this case a few things are fishy. They have obtained some genetic material obviously or they wouldnt have performed a DNA exam on the players. When a rape victim is interviewed one of the questions have you had intercourse in the last 72 hours. The reason for this is to collect genetic samples and pubic pullings from all those who could match for DNA. You eliminate DNA samples that do not apply. However this is not the case here. They have drawn material and it hasnt matched. This is a huge item that the defense will use to get these guys off. Beyond a resonable doubt is the criteria. The DA is pushing this only because of the political issues at hand. If this was cook county and the DNA testing came back negative for genetic material found in the rape kit then you drop the case. Its not like they didnt get the right genetic drops from these guys, she positively identified them. So if the genetic material doesnt match them, then where did it come from.

I just got back from the game. Cold game. Watching the absolute beat down of the Royals kept me warm. Brian Anderson with a web gem catch, and a hit. He is definately pressing. He will be fine once he relaxes a bit. Conteras was dominating. Crede and Kong started the beat down. Pods with a nice stroke. The team is looking good.

Shelton just hit his 9th homer in the 2nd inning today. 1-1 Tigers and Injuns

Thome should hit a dong off of Mays unless they IBB him. I will be at this game. Hell yeah.