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Ozzie Guillen's perspective on the VT shootings. Amen.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 12:56 PM) i dunno. chad ford's blog today had cook as a mid- to late-first rounder. if he gets that from scouts i can't see him staying. nor can i really see him staying if conley and oden go. osu's class next year is good, but the program will still take a step back. none of those kids are comparable to oden or conley really. plus, the buckeyes are painfully thin at guard and exceptionally thin at point guard. i'm guessing evan turner backs up butler next year and that is not an ideal situation. two years from now, though, the buckeyes will be nasty. Once the 2008 class rolls in, they will be nasty. They have Conley part 2, BJ Mullens and a whole slew of athletes. Im looking forward to it.

Crede, Buehrle, and Dye said that Thome is the best hunter on the team....And i believe it.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 07:31 PM) King Felix has been diagnosed with a strain in a muscle in his right forearm/elbow. 10 to 20 days or so, if their trainer can be believed. They said that if he kept pitching it would have resulted in a tear. I suspect this will happen sometime this year if he keeps throwing the slider.

QUOTE(iguchi=dank @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 10:27 AM) Everyone who can, use the power of dank for danks on this great day. I'll do my part, your welcome. There is just no way I see us losing today... danks on 4.20 .. its impossible right?? plus jimbo on a 2 game streak, its ALL in our favor today. ENJOY Ill be doing my part, you know it.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Apr 20, 2007 -> 10:21 AM) Thank you god. IU baby! I'd be surprised if OSU doesnt take the big ten again next year.

Happy 4/20 b****es!!!! With a name like Dank-s, 4/20 should be your day my friend.

Crazy!!!! Once Cook finds out he is not a top draft pick, nor a first rounder, hes going to have second thoughts. I guess OSU is going to have to lean on the 6th best freshmen class in the country...

ESPN coverage of the "greatest rivalry in sports history" has already started. ESPN will not be shown on my tv for the next 3 days.

Konerko is having a flashback to 03, look for him to keep up the trend. Ozzie has made GREAT decisions on when to go to the pen with Vaz this year, I want him to keep it up.

Wow that pitch sequence to Mack-o-whack was horrendous. Way to go low and inside against a LH batter idiot. QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 09:36 PM) I'll gladly take Mack's defense costing us a run if he makes up for it two run homers. Mack has been pretty good in LF IMO. MUCH better than the alternative.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 09:25 PM) Who isn't? My point exactly.

If Konerko out performs his 2003 numbers Ill be shocked.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 09:22 PM) Slightly off topic, but aren't you a huge Chris Stewart fan? Very nice play by Crede! Yeah, but hes still garbage and wont ever be 20% of the player AJ is. Better back up than Molina though.

Its hard to say Chris Stewart calls a better game than AJP when AJ just called a no hitter last night and a good game tonight.

Mendoza Konerko's stats at the end of 2007: .234 .305 18hr 65 RBI

Breaking balls, WTF

f***ing Sosa

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 08:11 PM) The first swing was a home run cut. The second swing was right on the freakin money. You cant fault that. Exactly, he was trying to get his hands on plane to hit it in the OF, and just caught it. Great at bat. QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 08:11 PM) Agreed. He was looking for the sac. He'll take the long ball. Chicks like the one in your avatar dig the long dong. fixed

OK. Now I know it sucks to score all our runs on HR's, but AJ was not trying to hit that one out, he just caught it correctly.

Well at least we are getting wood on the ball.

when the f*** did waving wendell get hired by the sox?

Heres a lesson for all you kids out there. Sammy Sosa cant hit offspeed pitches. He just cant.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) I think that's sort of my point though, do you create a database for everyone that has seen a therapist because they were depressed? Or that took Xanax during a rough period of their life? And how do you draw that line between "normal" mental illness and mental illness like in this shooting? You cant. The only extremely troubled people that are well known are usually locked up already somewhere. Mental illness is something we just have to deal with, its old as time. From serial killers in the old country to school shooters now, some people are just f-in crazy

They say 1 in 4 people have mental illness, but you have to remember that is a study done by people who thrive on mental illness. Serious mental problems are much more rare than that. This kid fits alot of the profiles of similar killers, but we cant just draw a comparison between sociopathic behavior and a killing spree, its such a rare thing.