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QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 09:58 AM) The new Kid Sister album is like ear candy. loved her at Lolla two years ago - looking forward to hearing it.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 1, 2009 -> 02:11 PM) I think the Postal Service should look into pressing charges against Owl City. Honestly, i had no idea those weren't crappy Ben Gibbard songs until somebody told me. Me too - I thought the exact same.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 28, 2009 -> 09:16 PM) No you will not convince me that cheating is OK. No, it is not as bad as manslaughter, you brought up speeding and stealing office supplies, and if that is OK, then steroids is fine also. I elaborated and showed how we've always ha d a sliding scale. Go ahead and cheat and have someone read it to you. Bonds and the other players hid their usage and denied to this day. Why? When someone cheats you out of something that is rightfully yours, perhaps a promotion, money, whatever, I hope you have the same feeling and congratulate the person who cheated you. I'm not going to cheat my way to a victory, but if you can live with that, so be it. Millions of people cheering for you, thinking you played by the rules, but really, you just f***ed over the honest guy. That makes you a dishonest person. I guess that is how you were raised. Shoot a five, write down a four. Cork a bat. Slip an ace off the bottom of the deck. Then you are the man! Try and convince yourself you are a better golfer, baseball player, or poker player than the guy who played by the rules. Once you start lying, it is probably easy enough to convince yourself you are really better than the poor sucker who plays it honest. But when you change the rules, you change the sport. If Bonds really thought it was OK he'd be arguing just like you. But in this debate, I'll take honesty over deceit. If you believe that is holier than thou, so be it. But there are a lot more honest people in this world that cheaters. I hope one day you won't have to cheat to win. My guess is you never tried. In the end, you are a cheater. Fortunantly society doesn't honor that very much. Not too many parades and respect for cheaters. Well, this isn't meant personally at you, but this really does resemble the excuses of a LOSER. Anyone who feels like likewise has to realize the game has passed them by. And we're not looking to eliminate the rules - if you get rid of them, you eliminate the FUN of breaking them. That's what you miss in all this. Cheating is fun. Winning is fun. And that's really what it's all about.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 28, 2009 -> 05:44 AM) I find it objectionable when the skill of the players takes a back seat to which team can cheat better. Perhaps you will enjoy sitting there seeing which team is better at cheating, I'd rather see which team is better at baseball. And baseball, like all sports, is defined by the rule book. I'd rather see the achievements and failures of men playing on a level playing field. To see which man or woman is better that day. Not who found a better way to cheat. How special would Buehrle's perfect game be if we discovered he found a substance to rub on the ball that made it impossible to hit? How special would it be if we discovered the other team was paid to not get a base runner? You claim it would be fun. I pray that 100% of the rest of fans would not find it fun. Your argument basically lumps driving a few miles over the limit, walking out of the office with a pen from work, with all other rules and law infractions. In other words zero tolerance for breaking the rules, but 100% acceptance. To claim that if you drive 5 miles over the limit it somehow then makes breaking every other rule ok, is silly. There is a difference between speeding five or ten over and reckless driving. There is a difference between taking a pen home from work and stealing a truck load of supplies from Office Depot. Believing that 80% of your trip expenses were deductible instead of 50% is different than not filing or working off the books. That is why we have a sliding scale of punishment. That is why vehicular manslaughter lands you in jail and speeding five over gets you a warning. That is why it is not hypocritical to believe that cheating is not OK. The issue with steroids, which is different between corking a bat or throwing a spit ball, is there was no way to detect it on the field. At least with the others there was a chance that an observant ump could catch these guys. With steroids they could stand there with their artificially enlarged muscle mass, shrunk testicles, and big heads and the umps have no recourse. So even accepting your belief that a little cat and mouse between the umps and players is fun, this was not the case. I'm done with this argument, as there seems no point in going back and forth, but it bears mentioning-- technically it wasn't against the rules to do steroids for much of baseball's history. You talk about the sliding scale of wrongness - i equate roiding with stealing signs and speeding, not that bad in the scheme of things. You equate it wth manslaughter and the like. That's fine, but I'm not the one who cheered for these guys ten years ago and now wants their records removed. At least I've been consistent. Bring the steroids back as far as I'm concerned. All I care is wins, by any means necessary. But we can agree to disagree as it's clear we're not going to convince each other.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 27, 2009 -> 10:48 AM) wow. Nothing wrong with cheating? Your parents must be so proud! I can't wait until you hear that from your spouse. So why do they have a rule book? Do you really believe the game would be better if they threw out the rule book? That is what you are advocating by stating that cheating is ok. That is about the silliest idea I've ever heard around here. It's OK to cheat? Crazy. Well, it wouldn't be CHEATING it they threw out the rule book now, would it? Half the fun is breaking the rules just to break them. I'm not going to stretch this metaphor as far as it's been stretched by others. All I'm saying is ends justify means. To win at sports, sometimes if it's necessary to cheat, it's justified. That's my opinion, and all I'm saying. And congrats on being such a good driver, but that's not what I said. To see people harp on players trying to get a competitive edge while breaking the law in their own ways (speeding, cheating on taxes, stealing office supplies - even while not being caught) is hypocrisy. And I'd wager that 90% of Americans have cheated on SOMETHING in their life - and to blame people they don't know for something so trivial, it's just hypocrisy. Maybe this isn't you specifically, but if steroids bother someone THAT much, they should look at their own lives before casting stones.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 27, 2009 -> 06:52 AM) Really, that's like saying Ken Lay was the best Exec of our generation. I'll give him his due. He cheated to better stats than anyone else. When the cheaters line up, he's at the front of the line Congrats. And as far as being a hypocrite, I cannot think of any area I condone cheating. And I'll bet you always go the speed limit too, don't you? He was the best player of our generation even before the home run chase, and since his 5 mvps and both home run records, there should really be no debate on this. There's nothing wrong with cheating if it translates to results. I wish our entire team was on undetectable ped's if it led to another championship. If you're not looking for a competitive edge, you're not trying. Have all the integrity in the world and lose 100 games a year - that'll show em. The game was better when eveyone was on drugs anyway.

He's still the best player of our generation. It won't happen here, but he deserves his due. People are such hypocrites.

seems about 95 mil now including likely arbitration money. Hope we still have cash for RF, DH, and Bullpen.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 05:23 PM) Yeah, that Giambi contract had nothing at all to do with the fact that the Yankees lost in the 9th inning of the last game of the World Series the season before Giambi arrived and won it the first season after he was gone. I'm still in favor of every player on our team being on the juice if it translated to another championship, integrity be damned.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 04:58 PM) And an average lineup with a great pitching staff is one way to win a world series, whether the Yankees load up on players or not. In fact, it may wind up being that is one way of building a winning team now that the Yankees have figured out that they shouldn't spend their money on juicers. I'm not sure why juicers get such a bad rap considering the numbers they put up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 12:37 PM) If the Minority wants to filibuster, they should have to maintain their membership on the floor and shut down the rest of the Senate in the process. Agreed. let them read the phone book for hours on end.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 07:46 PM) PAL is the broadcast standard utilized throughout much of the world, and is 100% incompatible with NTSC, the broadcast standard used in the states. It's also incompatible with a third standard, SECAM, that is used here and there. Add the Region 1, 2, 3. . . DVD stuff on top of that and it becomes a total clusterf**k trying to get international commercial video titles to play nice on standard domestic hardware. To break it down: Film runs 24 frames per second. Video does not however. In Europe and the US, the standard is different. Video in the US runs 30 frames per second. This is commonly referred to as the NTSC standard. In Europe (and elsewhere), Video runs 25 frames a second. This is referred to as the PAL standard. For a long time, filmmakers in the US who chose to shoot video would rent PAL systems to utilize the 25 fps look, which many felt looked closer to film than 30 fps. Nowadays with the advent of HD and many cameras that shoot native 24 fps, this is not as widespread. Region coding has nothing to do with frame rate. Region coding was invented so that studios could control what regions of the world had access to different titles at different times, so that they could roll a film in to theatres in Japan, and not have to compete wth people buying dvds of the same film from Amazon, hurting the box office. Laserdiscs were not region coded and this is what my friends and I would do, usually with foreign films that had been released in the States. You can buy Region-Free DVD Players online. I have two, and they play dvds from any country. They also weren't expensive. FYI.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 11:32 PM) I'm pretty sure I read an interview where she's a classically trained musician. Either way, none of it shows in her current work. I disagree. There's a lot of performance art in there to be sure, but I find the songs hold up (at least they do what they're supposed to, no more.)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 01:36 PM) It may not be the best lineup ever...but if everyone puts up sort of their average numbers... Crisp Becksy Q Konerko Rios Thome or Matsui Ramirez Teahen Pierzynski .... it's still an average to below-average lineup, nothing more.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 10:23 PM) Anyone who sees this Twilight bulls*** is dead to me. I saw it. It was hilarious. EDIT: The first one, not the sequel.

This is the one of the major reasons Kathleen Savio's murder was ruled accidental - because Pat O'Neil, the Will County Coroner, didn't want to upset the Police vote with an election upcoming.

I thought Hard Eight was pretty boring actually.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 04:32 PM) Since Jay Hineybird is Jay Hineybird, can we have a vote on Cowley's nickname? My vote is for "Cowleysaurus." God, those are both awful.....

FWIW: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-angels...0,6435144.story

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 10:47 AM) Longshot....did the Angels try to sign Konerko years ago, yes. Have the Angels been long-tied to Konerko in rumors pretty much every year since he ultimately signed with the White Sox...yes. So how you go as far as saying the Angels would have no interest in Konerko is pretty ridiculous. Okay, we will agree to disagree, since I know you follow the Angels as close as I do. All I'm saying is there are no indications in any of the media I've seen that the Angels are looking to fill their DH vacancy from outside their organization, given their commitment to Morales and the glut of outfielders they already have. From all indications, the Angels are not going to be big spenders this offseason and there is a lot of speculation whether or not they'll be able to sign their own free agents (Lackey & Figgins) and fill their pitching holes. I would love for the Sox to trade for Gonzalez and to do so they would have to move Konerko. I just don't see the Angels are a trade partner. If this happens, I will eat major crow.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 16, 2009 -> 03:56 PM) Indeed. Who talks about potential acquisitions in the offseason? Sooooo Cub fan-like. We might as well just shut down the board until March. There's a dfference between trades that could actually happen and the Cub-fan "let's trade a nobody for Albert Pujols" type of trade like this. There is no way the Angels have any interest whatsoever in PK. None.

saw that art movie 2012 - funniest movie I've seen in a while.

How come I wasn't asked? I rule.

*bows*

I don't want to come across as overly critical, but this is such a ridiculous story. Teams have preliminary talks about players all the time - how is this newsworthy? Konerko would be a horrible trade for the Angels and they have no need of him. I know this is the offseason and we don't have a lot to talk about, but can we refrain from this silly trade talk? It comes off very Cub fan-like.