Jake

You might think that given this board's track record at predictions, they'd stray far away from them. But no.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:41 PM) Or he's just really bad at defensive fundamentals/fielding his position...and part of that's due to the fact that's he is essentially a minor leaguer learning at the big league level this year. It can't be ALL that surprising. I think it shows up in his pitching as well, which is why I think there's a mental block/focus issue at hand. You can't get by without being fully into it at this level, especially at his talent level

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:39 PM) Hawk making excuses... the team looks tired? Doesn't every team play the same amount of games? What is with this 'tired' BS? The Angels don't look tired. Everyone gets tired throughout the season. Going from Minnesota to Chicago to KC to LA with no days off during September is probably a logical time to get tired. Doesn't mean we should play bad, but it does make sense that we would be tired and that it might hurt our play.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:38 PM) Your first negative comment of the year!!! In all seriousness, I really appreciate your activity in these game threads this year. Crusading for patience since 2004

Q is one that I think might be a bit of a space cadet. I don't throw that around lightly but I really think he has a problem staying focused.

Q = very wet

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:34 PM) I'm going to make the prediction this is the last start we see from him in Sox jersey. Just have a feeling the Sox will try to unload him if they think Santiago can be a starter. Unless he can fetch something valuable, I think he is at the least very important depth.

Blue not doing us any favors on the inside part

Hate to break it to you q, you've got to pitch out of this

Just can't get yourself in a spot where you throw this many pitches in an inning. It's like doing a max rep set on bench press, you cross a threshold where you're not going to be the same the rest of the day.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:28 PM) The dude is 23. He might get "Sent down" next year, but he gets a long leash in terms of development given what he's done this year. Yeah, I was referring only to his role as MLB starter. Obviously he'll probably be in our system for a few years even if he doesn't do really well next year.

Lol, Hawk is certainly turning the heel on Q

I'm not ready to close the book on Q, but he won't get a real long leash next year. We won't know until then if this is fatigue related or not.

Does Hawk not like Q's fielding???

What is our record in games when ADA hits a leadoff bomb? The last two that I remember, we lost.

Why the word "apology"? I haven't seen where someone says sorry. I just see us saying that the government didn't produce a video that has incited lethal violence all over the world nor do we support its beliefs. I have a feeling he can "run the country" while making statements on the numerous things he has to make statements on.

In general, I just don't like those hypotheticals. Too many different events. "if we didn't trade so and so" "if we beat KC more" If we were in a just universe in which we beat KC as much as we should, we'd never be sweeping the Rangers and Yankees!

Youk had that look on his face like he thought he hit a couple bombs last night. Hopefully its a sign that he's finding the barrel.

Is he supposed to say that the government DID produce the film? That it AGREES with its sentiments? I think clarifying to a people that only know government-issued media that that American film is not indicative of the government's feelings is a good idea. The government has no religious feelings, per the Bill of Rights

I'm coming around to the idea of putting Gordon in the 2 spot and moving Youk down to 7 (DV and Alexei move down a spot each). I also understand that Gordon's wild inconsistency would reduce my faith in him staying hot down the stretch and I understand that moving him in the order again could blow his fragile mind. So I'm not sure if I care that they haven't changed things.

1. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF 2. Kevin Youkilis ® 3B 3. Adam Dunn (L) DH 4. Paul Konerko ® 1B 5. Alex Rios ® RF 6. A.J. Pierzynski (L) C 7. Dayan Viciedo ® LF 8. Alexei Ramirez ® SS 9. Gordon Beckham ® 2B

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 03:00 PM) Serious question. if the media can find Romney's grade school grades, why can nobody find out Obama's college grades or even the classes he took? Or how he managed to pay for said college? We always hear how smart he supposedly is yet never offered any proof. I wan to know what grades he supposedly earned and in what classes he took. I heard he is stupid and got F's. It's not My job to prove it, it is HIS job to prove me wrong ala Harry Reid. College grades are considered highly private, it would be disconcerting if those could just "appear" without being given out. My main question is what is the precedent for this? Do presidents/candidates normally release their college transcripts? We know he graduated from undergrad and got a JD. You can't get into law school without pretty damn good undergrad grades, and then in professional school grades change entirely (well, in graduate school they do...I confess I don't know as much about law school). At least in recent times the Ivy League schools don't give merit scholarships to undergraduates but it is possible that the President received a great deal of need based aid. There are currently a lot of sources of funding for a minority student as well, I suppose they may have been available at that time as well. Of course, you'd have to take his word about these things since those things are kept very private and I'd imagine the records of his finances wouldn't stick around for long. You can certainly get a feel about much of his education just based on his graduation and admission from the respective schools. He doesn't appear to have been a drop-out biology major.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Like Obama's transcripts? Or almost anythign else to do with Obama's past? yeah, good tactic to take. Serious question -- do presidents release transcripts? Also, what kind of content on the transcript would you be interested in?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 22, 2012 -> 08:58 AM) i'm pretty sure Romney is the R candidate if I'm not mistaken. I think this might be evidence that they have officially disowned him

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