Jake

He'll find a hole eventually

Is Robin a wizard?

Marty -- There is a budget deficit. There are two ways to fix it...reduce spending or increase income. It makes no sense to only do one of those things when you can actually do both. The three biggest, relatively equal sizes of that puzzle are defense spending, medicare, and social security. Defense is absolutely bloated and should be reduced, and perhaps significantly reduced. Social security is going to implode at some point, so I would like to see a plan put in place that gradually phases it out in favor of a government-overseen, private system. My suggestion would be that what you pay in is in fact what you get to take out. Of course, the government-overseen aspect would require that you pay a minimum into it and require that you don't take out from it until a legitimate retirement age. I am against pinching pennies on things that don't make a dent in our government spending like Planned Parenthood, etc. It's just dodging the actual issue. Real reform to institutions like Social Security will have to be bipartisan. Moreover, I think it will require a 2nd term President. It simply will not be popular. Ideally, raising tax rates would also be bipartisan...but I won't hold my breath on that.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 05:35 PM) Then why don't Illinois Democrats simply raise the taxes on the 1%, they control the state. That would fix everything. I despise state governments....have no choice but to act to the contrary of the national good

There wasn't much of a reference point for Dayan Viciedo. What is almost certain to be a 20+ HR, 60+ RBI, .250 AVG season seems like an okay reference point. Gordon is a disappointment. Morel is hurt, I have to think. Sale is awesome, Quintana as well. Thompson, Hawkins, Walker, Sanchez, Barnum, and various others are worth thinking about in the MiLB. I'd say this is definitely a good year for the organization, it is safe to say we're moving in the right direction.

I'm not about to throw my support behind every part of the Democrat platform, but I think the national income needs to be increased significantly. People will likely have to pay for this, and probably not just the super-rich

da f***?

I vote this trivial discussion be moved to the catch-all thread.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) Game is on ESPN2 due to Nascar lol

Shannon Hoon or from that list...Freddie Mercury

I agree, criticize the only guy to hit a single pitch of Scherzer's hard tonight

QUOTE (Caesar @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 09:19 PM) Vegas has opened the Tigers at a =175 favorite tomorrow night with Sale pitching. That is terrible news for the Sox. We get swept. f***, Vegas is always right

O-Dog > all?

Yep, sure sucks that we have to play the same or 1 game worse than Detroit to be able to make the playoffs this year

That one from the Konerko school of hitting

Austin Jackson is one heck of a player

Back to back to back to back let's go

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 08:43 PM) What does that mean? Any IP addresses associated with my account (like the one I stupidly just signed in with) are not allowed to view, register, post, etc

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 08:40 PM) What happened? I just used my log-in here to see if I had ever made an account there, and apparently not only do I have the same account name, it was banned. I think a bunch of us in chat were trolling over there like 5 years ago or something. Now I can't make new account lol

Fuuu IP ban at another board

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 08:29 PM) So you take out the 2nd best lefty in the lineup tonight for defensive reasons before the game even starts? Wise has done his job tonight at the plate. More of a general statement that I would have started Danks from the get-go over Wise. Much like most of Soxtalk

f*** Comerica Park

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 08:24 PM) So you have the numbers staring you in the face that Danks provides a better opportunity for success than viciedo, but you trust your gut. Got it. If it was "any righty" vs "any lefty" ... sure, probably a lefty. But we're looking at Jordan Danks and Dayan Viciedo. What Dayan might lack in hits compared to Jordan, I believe he'll make up for in extra base hits. I would have started Danks over Wise, though. Wise provided offense today but his hustle and defense continue to frustrate so it's tough to say what the right call is there.

Being a tough guy doesn't fix a slumping bat. The fact that two of our top hitters in Dunn, De Aza are not present and three of our other best hitters PK-AJ-Rios are slumping doesn't mean our team is a bunch of p*****s, it means we're slumping. I'd like to fix it, but I don't see evidence that we're gutless, just very unsuccessful thus far

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) Veal continues to do the job vs lefties I think we'll see him back next season.