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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 03:23 AM) Air dropping in an urban area doesn't work well. They'd have to find clear area somewhere outside town, off some lousy road, and you're in the same place again. Also, MRE's actually require that people in PAP know how to use them - its not obvious, believe it or not, and the instructions may not be in Creole. Then there's the problem where, if you don't control the supply of that food, then the gangs will. Makes sense, but doesn't seem like it'd be that much of a waste to try.

I love hearing about his bat speed, however I'm not so confident our system has shown the ability to make more compact swings. And I'd thought what we'd heard about his being out of shape was overblown, but now, I read again that he was. I don't know how the hell a professional athlete can be overweight, for the majority o f the day they are doing physical activity, and have a workout regimen.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) WOuld you have an issue with Tebow (or anyone else) using his celebrity as a carrot in a very serious decision when it comes to electing a President? Our votes are secret and personal and very serious stuff. They are individualized based on location, needs and wants. I know there are many on here who have no problem with people using their celbrity to push political choices, just wondering if that extends to this choice? funny enough iis were the case the super bowl supposedly wouldn't air it.

Love this quote Sullivan just put up: ""Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essentially an apostolic work, you may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the results but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work itself," - Thomas Merton, "Letter To A Young Activist""

This is like going into a gun fight with a knife, pez gun, nail on a 2x4 and pillowcase filled with soap because you think it gives you more options.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 06:43 AM) I wouldn't call the DH market a "great" one because there really haven't been that many good DH's available at a cheap price. I don't understand how you can say this. In fact, it was pretty clearly the opposite. There were many pretty good hitters that could play no other position and it drove their price down.

You know the DH situation is bad when it makes me forget how poor our leadoff hitter is.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 05:50 AM) There was a thread presenting 30-40 different options and KW has passed on all of them (so far)...one would have thought that going into 2009 with no legit starting CFer would have taught him a valuable lesson, but perhaps he thinks it's a lot easier to just go out and find a DH at any point in the season or Spring Training THAN an everyday outfielder, especially a CFer. Say he does this though... I can't imagine it will be cheaper in talent and money than the couple of million we are talking about now.

Firefox has spellcheck my good man.

I'm inebriated currently.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 03:40 AM) I thought I was pretty clear in what I said. Most of what I get (caller, emails, texts) is that people wanted Thome gone by midseason last year. Actually they wanted him gone midseason the year before. Now it seems to have completely changed. Actually, the Sox are really only in this position because Thome doesn't have a job yet. And because he said publicly that he would welcome a return, which then piqued everyone's interest and it became a topic. And because it became in issue, they've had to address it. I thought it was fairly obvious they decided to part ways with him this winter. I'm guessing at midseason last year no one was expecting: Kenny and Ozzie to be stupid enough to go into the next season with Kotsay/A. Jones as our DH when we knew going into this offseason that this would be a great buyers market for DHs. And I'm guessing what piqued our interest about thome now is not the fact that he said he would return, but rather we are really going into the season with probably a .750 ops from our DH. That's inexcusable, and who is on the market that is LH and cheap? Thome. And I don't think fans give a damn what was obvious when they parted ways, their plan instead of thome is god awful and embarrassing. This situation is a mess but easily fixable with 2 million. I can tell you it is not going to be fun to say "I told you so" when the platoon DH is a miserable failure that leaves us 5 games behind the twins at the allstar break.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jan 25, 2010 -> 03:26 AM) ide agree with you if Minnesota hadn't beaten themselves.. NO's D relies on turnovers. You said that wouldn't last. It's lasted until the ssuper bowl. I win.

I suppose I win the "New Orleans is better than Minnesota" argument from earlier in this thread?

typical elitist liberal.

i am hoping beckham can put up a .850 ops

I debated whether to put this in the catch all or it's own thread, but I was laughing hysterically at this, so I guess it's own thread. So a wife started to record the ramblings of her sleeping husband and make a blog about it. Here's some samples: "Jan 22 2010, afternoon Lucky us! Adam just fell asleep on the sofa.... "Pleased to meet you? Huh, gotta be a f***ing joke." "I like the balloons. I want one. If I don't get one, I'm gonna squeeze one out right here, right now.... I warned you!" "I want to dance in the rain but without the getting wet bit. Rain! Rain...."" Jan 21 2010 "You know, with you you you, it's all me me me. Well f*** f*** f*** f*** you you you." "Yeah I do. I have SO much to give. Choke on it!" "Deedoo. It's a deedoo. A deedoo...Oh, it's not a deedoo. I have no idea what it is." [chuckling throughout] "I'm trying not to laugh. But your face! Your face! Oh, please look away. Please?" http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com

yes, I don't understand why but i just start giggling hysterically at the sight of the fish market. They seem so grotesque. So huge, as well.

Why can't we airdrop MREs and water like we did so many times? Would it cause riots? Are we doing this? I don't understand why the bottlenecking has to destroy all of this.

Flaxx, what fish? I should take a picture of what fish markets look like here.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 11:47 PM) remember the band 'The Goo Goo Dolls'? i wish they had been aborted. I AM NOT JOKING [poor taste] You have to wonder if it was the lead singer's mother telling the tebow story if abortions would suddenly rise [/poor taste]

pictures for my fanssss http://bit.ly/7h5Jgh Yeah i looked for mushrooms but all that they had were the jarred champignon s***. I find those absolutely revolting.

If this is the best that AQ now has to offer, a guy failing to blow up his junk, then count me as unimpressed, and therefore, fairly encouraged.

I'm going to help out tex here so he doesn't appear to be arguing against something that doesn't exist: GOOOO ABORTIONS!

In the beginning of the offseason Thome was not on my shortlist for future DH. But with the current list and knowing our budget constraints, I feel its unconscionable to ignore this position that can so easily be improved. The most optimistic thing you can say about Jones/Kotsay is that they are unknowns, cause if we get the last 3 years production out of them, it's disgusting. Thome provides a near .370-380 OBP at least, a >.800 OPS at least as well and all that for probably 2 mill. It's about taking an easy step to improve the team instead of just going in with a s*** bunch out of delusional adherence to your idiotic managers wishes.

God that's despicable. However I would like to get into the free lunch program. I don't understand why we don't make it healthy foods.