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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) Except it just so happens our #1 prospect who could be major league ready RIGHT NOW is a shortstop. right, I'm just saying we shouldn't move him to CF, he's more valuable as is. I think Alexei should move a bit north.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 09:26 PM) I forsee our opening day lineup being this: CF: Jerry Ownes 2B: Chris Getz LF: Carlos Quentin DH: Jim Thome 1B: Paul Konerko RF: Jermaine Dye C: AJ Pierznski SS: Alexi Ramirez 3B: Josh Fields Not saying I agree with it, but Ozzie being Ozzie, this is what I see happening. I really don't buy that. Frankly, each off season we give our ideal lineups and say, 'oh but ozzie is too stupid to do that because he has a man crush on x, etc.' 'If owens hadn't gotten hurt Quentin would've never played' etc etc. But last year we were all saying how the best place for swish to hit was at the top because of his high OBP, but we all said that ozzie's obsession with speed would never let that happen. He let it happen, and it failed, and he made due with the best he had. I think Getz will be our leadoff hitter, but I don't think it is good for Getz to hear it's his position to lose. For Fields, I think it was better for him to hear this was his shot, don't f*** it up. But for Getz, the competition is healthy and he just needs to worry about his position. I think we've created a caricature of Ozzie that is not realistic. He's not perfect, but more often than not he just strings us along for a while before making the correct (in our opinions) decision.

Naw, for as difficult a time as we have had, CF's are easier to find that great hitting short stops.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 08:57 PM) I thought Perry Ferrell is no longer involved/affiliated with Lollapalooza? He seems to be there every year introducing bands

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 07:41 PM) ^^^^^^^ I'd also like to give Lexi a shot at the 2 hole - it may "force" a little more patience on his part and increase his OBP to acceptable levels. He's a very smart and instinctive player who may be able to adjust. Me too. And even though Alexei doesn't have the ideal measures for a #2 hitter, he's great with RISP and he has some pop. So if our leadoff man gets on, I think Alexei and his aggressive nature could work out well. I'm not sure if it would force him to walk more, but perhaps the opportunities with a man who hopefully will get on enough, Gets/Nix, whoever, provides the incentive for Ramirez to focus the way he seems to with men on base. That, and considering his power and ability to net doubles, I'd rather him have hitters like Q/Thome/Kong behind him, rather than him trying to hit these slow pokes in. Now, granted, with Ramirez being so good with RISP, you'd have to wonder if putting him so high up will be giving him less chances. And then, I don't know. I'd just like to see how AR reacts to the #2 hole. But, it likely is not the best place for him.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 08:33 PM) Im actually excited about Janes addiction. 3 days is still one of my favorite songs of all time, maybe since the original lineup is reuniting I can catch them playing it live I wasn't disparaging them, just making the joke that Perry Farrel put his own (albeit former) band as the headliner for his festival.

QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) I would guess so. They own the lots, don't they? hmm, last year I thought someone told me a different company owned the lots but that may be the UC I'm thinking of.

I feel like this is good news, and I'm pretty much in the same boat as the majority of the comments so far posted. But, for the sake of discussion, I will now become an irrational D'wayne 'Wayne' Wise homer: What are you guys crazy talking about we don't have a legit option in CF? Ever Remember Wise? He hit that 3 run homer against the Rays in the playoffs? He hit that grand slam? When was the last time BA did anything with the bat besides put it back on the shelf after striking out? Wise is the next Ryan Ludwig! Clearly! He, too, a career minor leaguer. Then, starts hitting all these home runs! He's the tall, dark and handsome Ryan Ludwick, and you guys want to try out Josh Kroeger?!?! ARE YOU F&&&@& SERIOUS?!

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 07:31 PM) That's a pretty big step down from Radiohead, Wilco and Kanye West. KoL are good live, the Beasties are fun... but that's about it. I'm shocked that lollapalooza could nab Jane's Addiction!!!!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 02:58 PM) Its the Rock Island line, already exists. But one of the plans Metra has is to re-route a couple other south suburban lines, that currently run just west of the park, over the RI line east of the park. So then the station would be on 3 lines instead of 1. Cool, I think they should rework the line to wherever I end up living next year.

Bearsox brings the funnies.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 02:45 PM) Southwest suburbs, Orland Park etc. That sucks. IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING.

one year the braves had like, everyone in their bullpen under 2 era.

so hey what would this proposed metra line be? (what towns)

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 04:26 AM) I hadn't seen that one. That is a joke, you're right about that one. Can you link me? I'd like to read that one. I've seen a lot of ideas sort of floating around out there, but again, as I have said, the Republican party doesn't have a CLUE about how to get their message out. Frankly, neither does the Democrat party right now, but that's another side of this that I'm not going down right now. I'm not familiar with breitbart, but this is the AP wire of the story I saw on TV. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9...;show_article=1

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 04:03 AM) Really? That's one opinion. And even when they do propose something, it's "useless". You're even using the same language the honorable Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Reid do. Those Republicans are "useless". Their ideas are "useless". Hell, they are so useless that I don't want them in the room for debate! Well, it's one thing to have ideas, and it's another to not have a s***faced clue how to present them, which I contend is the Republican's issue and has been for 8+ years now. Re: your italicized points, yes, I do think they are presenting some of those ideas, but unless they REALLY work, they won't see the light of day unless the Messiah can get some credit. The reason Obama has been really quiet on all of this is because no one knows if this will work. He's betting a lot on something that's not proven, that's for sure. So, there are polar camps, just like always, which is frustrating. Why is it that Limbaugh jumped out to front page news? Be a Dem strategist here. Why is that? Hint: this is all tied together. They are proposing a spending freeze kap. That's not an idea. That's a joke. What are you hearing and seeing that i'm not.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 03:32 AM) But bmags, they wanted the President to fail. You can put words in any order you want to, but that is the bottom line. It is no different now from the other side of the spectrum. It's time to quit picking nits about how things are said. IF Barack Obama wants socialistic policies, you're damn right I want him to fail. IF George W. Bush wanted to spend $XXX money for nothing, you're damn right I want him to fail. Let's quit playing games with the wording because all it does is make everyone's three fingers pointing back at them mighty brown. I disagree, they didn't play it like that, if they did they'd always vote 0. Bush wanted to the power to act in Iraq, the democrats supported it for the sake of national security. Bush then jumped the gun without evidence. Once they were in Iraq and wanted the budget to be emergency funds, the democrats went along with it. The difference between the two, is the democrats maybe wrongfully play, we are already going to play it, so how are we going to get our fill. For the republicans, it's either we are going to do something or we are going to do nothing. Are the republicans right now saying "okay, here's how we stimulate the economy, we are going to remove mark to market, we are going to remove capital gains taxes to encourage investing, we are going to give tax cuts for small businesses and find acceptable projects." Their mindset isn't, we are already going to do something (clearly) lets make sure we get some things in there we think will help the direction of the country. They took up..."we are going to do nothing"... "WE ARE GOING TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT SPENDING" Whereas, you can make the argument, that I think the democrats are more realistic. Frankly, under the leadership of Bush and the terrible precedence of executive power of the last 50 years, and the fact that the war powers act is useless, Bush could've gone to war in Iraq regardless. At some point, if that is happening, you don't say we aren't going to fund the troops, good luck boys! You work in the new reality to try and give what's needed to succeed even if you conscientiously object. This was true for years until they finally got some backbone to say no more blank check until you show us some commitment or plan in Iraq. But the Republicans now are playing, if they are going to do something, we'll propose doing nothing. Then if something works, f***. If something doesn't work, then surely people will think NOTHING WOULD HAVE. This isn't a system of competing ideas. This is a system of one set of ideas, a void of where ideas should be, and an anchor that is republican politicians. They aren't proposing anything reasonable. Until they do, they'll be useless.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 10, 2009 -> 01:47 AM) That's the great secret, Balta. Seriously, every time these f***ers got in front of a camera, they would scream for Bush's failure. Harry Reid "The War Is Lost". Etc. But then, they never actually backed up their words. They are more deceiving to me then Republicans because they say one thing to the cameras and then do the opposite when push comes to shove. Hello, Mr. Obama re: TARP I, GM bailouts, etc = yes vote on the senate floor, and then run for the NY Times hotline and say they inherited everything. Can we please stop pretending that one party is better then the other? But kap, until 2006, they were in the minority and the only real success they had in opposition was with privatization of social security, which they shut down (I think more to Bush's strategy to go public so quickly). Otherwise, Bush got everything. Then, in 2006, yes they are in power in the house. But in the Senate, they only have 51 with Lieberman in the caucus...and guess what Lieberman was not - Anti-War. And frankly, there's no argument you can make that they didn't inherit everything. TARP and GM bailouts did not cause the financial crisis, they were reactionary policies to it. And it was drawn up by Paulson and the people Bush picked, and if one thing Bush was not good at, we all know it was at picking personnel.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 04:57 AM) Honestly, most of you would be bored to tears. I will write something up probably on Wednesday... (maybe tomorrow). I need to get my 401K/2=201K switched over to an IRA so I can tap it for COBRA without incurring a penalty tomorrow. Gosh only knows how long that will take to get all sorted out with my bank. And I need to go to my old MBA univeristy to demand that I get hooked up at the place I did consulting for during the program. They are hiring like mad and I need to get out there. Tuesday have two different appointments (not interviews, I wish I were that lucky). I understand, every time I was faced with writing a long explanatory post for internet friends, I realize how easy it is to disappoint them with no real consequences.

Weird. I'll try it.

This is really exciting!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 9, 2009 -> 03:15 AM) Question for those of you playing at home: Do you fully understand the mark-to-market accounting rules? Hint: The blogs and general commentary out there get it wrong. If you want to write it out, I'd be anxious to read it.

QUOTE (T R U @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 09:00 AM) yeah I agree with that as well.. why would you just leave a movie in the middle of it because you haven't liked what you've seen so far? Its pointless. generally, okay, but have you guys ever sat through the happening?

video phones were such a great fail.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 7, 2009 -> 09:25 AM) OMG!!! Since when is the Jesus Lizard playing together again??.... or is it a one time reunion performance?..... is Yow still in one piece? My favorite Chicago band, ever.Great line up by the way. friday's in the past have been those ATP ...masterpiece or something performances where they play their best album. I think Jesus Lizard played a show like that for the ATP a year or two ago.