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A 4 spot here would be nice.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) Have the Olympics lost their appeal? Besides the hoop squad, does anyone have any interest in other events? My interest is usually focused on the success of the American athletes. My interest seems to pick up as the games progress.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) Indians sign Jeff Weaver C. C. must be packing his bags.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) You are not being an ass at all. Even if I thought that, I typically enjoy your posts so no big deal. Sometimes people disagree however. I think I did suck it up. I watched the game and did not stage any massive protests. If you mean I should not even have said anything here, I guess I could not do that. I was just exercising my right as a independent American to sometimes go against the grain, even when facing overwhelming opposition. Frequently that is how progress is made in this country (although I am not sure my posts here merit such comparison ) I heard Buehrle might have been behind it. Just because he is a good pitcher of pretty sound character doesn't mean he is right about everything either. As Crash Davis once said, "he is as full of s*** as anyone." Wait! What makes you think 1st amendment rights apply to you? Ok, Pants ... If nothing else, your point of view brought on a good discussion. So here's to you:

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 07:04 PM) He was laying there in pain, oh that was good to see. You've made some pretty damn good posts since you've joined Soxtalk. Unfortunately, this one is crap.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 12:09 AM) You know who might be dealt? Joe Nathan. If the Twins fall back more than 7 or 8 games, he might go. Minny dealt Santana, they can't afford Nathan either. And what, pray tell, makes you think the Twins might be 8 back by July 31?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 07:29 PM) Compare the stats for Brian Anderson and Chris Young (extrapolating BA's out to 342 AB, same as Young), and you have creepily similar numbers. I haven't actually done as you suggested. But if it is the case, I find it extremely humorous.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 10:29 AM) I know I am in the minority on this. I understand the other side of the argument as well. The camo unis are just not my preferred way of celebrating the 4th of July. Not to be an ass here, just a legitimate question. Would have been to much to ask for you to suck it up and suffer through it for one day? I don't think the uniforms were particularly attractive, but the sentiment behind them is honorable to say the least. Also, if I got the correct information, this was a small concession to Buehrle when he sign his latest contract. Now considering what Mark has meant to the organization over the years, and the fact the he felt strongly enough about this to ask for it during contract negotiations, what could really be wrong with this?

Let's just play the same 9 guys in line up game in and game out. After all they are the best we got, so you have to do that to TRY AND WIN TODAY'S GAME! The should be the ultimate factor in deciding the line up. Cheese Us. Ask Leo Durocher how that plan plan worked out for him. Oh wait, you can't because he's dead. Just like his team was at the end of the '69 season.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 01:02 PM) i havent read more than a few posts, but is it seriously Blum v. Uribe here? Take it for what it's worth.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 01:58 PM) Not to mention the fact that the 4th of July is not memorial day or veterans day. For some reason this country equates patriotism and the military for every national holiday. Do not get me wrong. While I personally do not want to serve in the armed forces, I have a high level of respect for anyone who put their lives at risk for something they believe in. However, July 4th is about so much more that military success. The revolution was an inspiration of ideals that had been trounced in the west by feudalism and colonization since the end of the byzantine empire. The fact that a handful of men were able to create a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal is what makes July 4th so special. It helped inspire the French revolution and, although the results were not good, the end of czarist Russia, among others. People standing up for their rights as human beings to rule and be ruled as they decide is the primary reason the 4th ever happened. I fully understand that without military victory in the revolutionary war, this holiday would not be possible. However, the constant cheerleading for our military forces every time we have a national holiday gets tiresome. I wish they would just wear the special hats with the American Flag. I'm sorry, but I disagree with your comment about the 'constant cheerleading of our military forces' getting tiresome. I think ever opportunity should be taken to recongnize and honor the fine young Americans that step up and volunteer to serve their country with the very distinct possibility that they are putting their very lives on the line. From an individual shaking a soldier's hand, buying him a drink and saying thank you to a small gathering in an airport greeting soldiers returning home with a small standing ovation to various large scale public recognition like today's game, I believe they are all appropriate and well deserved.

Agreed that Thiggy wasn't great. He was pretty good for a couple of years.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 04:43 PM) While Jenks is out, I'd really prefer to see Thornton as the closer. Dotel I don't trust late in pressure situations and Linebrink should stay as the set up man (and I'm not saying that because of last night). I can't argue with this, at all.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) I'm not against a little fist pump or something like that, but this dude has a 10 minute dance thing he does. Yelling like a idiot. Give me a cool and calm pitcher with ice water running in his veins than some idiot running around like a show off. You never used to see Sandy Koufax or Bob Gibson doing little dances. You gonna tell me those guys didn't take things serious. LOL ... Bob Gibson's picture is next to word 'serious' in the dictionary.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 01:42 PM) What? You would argue that a player who got one world series at bat did more to secure the WS victory than the starting short stop? Im not Uribe backer, but thats insane. Exactly! Our pitching was the reason we won the Series, and got to it for that matter. Part of the reason for the effectiveness of our pitchers was the defensive excellence shown by the team. Juan Uribe was a big part of that defense throughout the playoffs. I know Uribe is considered in very low regard by some people around here, but step back and take a good hard baseball look at what Juan meant to the '05 team before you minimize him with comments like Blum's contribution was more important. Ridiculous.

I was at the game where Thiggy broke the record.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 05:43 PM) Yes. They were on the same team together for Mickey Mantle's last season. Well I'll be damned.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 04:43 PM) LOL I like Uribe's defense, but come on, Alexei Ramirez waxes that mutha f**** Any pro Uribe comments I make are strictly about him being a back up or insurance against injury. I feel he has a lot of value in that context.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 04:37 PM) I second that. Defense! That my friend, is the key word in my opinion.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) They were bad, but they were significant for one reason. OK ... I'll take a wild guess ... Mantle's last season?

QUOTE (ChiSox35 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 05:19 PM) Since there's no gamethread yet, Crede's sitting. I'll throw up in my mouth if Ozuna is at third again. Which is why I'd rather dump Pablo than Uribe.

Hoping for a rain out is un-American!

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 03:36 PM) People just don't respect his Russian heritage. Nyet, Commrad.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 01:16 PM) Yes but the real answer is what is significant about the '68 Yankees? They were pretty bad back in those days. It isn't worth researching to see if that was the worst season in Yanks history or whatever, but they did suck.

With my tongue planted firmly in my cheek I say ... This is just Manny being Manny.