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The New Madrid fault is a disaster of exponential proportions just waiting to happen. If the 1811-12 events recurred today, I believe the death toll would be hundreds of thousands, if not millions. Probably including me, as I live about 7 miles down river from the dam on the Tennessee River that created Kentucky Lake. I have read eyewitness accounts of the 1811-12 events and to be honest, it was mind boggling. The course of the Mississippi River was changed and for a while, the direction of the current was reversed. This change in direction caused the creation of Reelfoot Lake in west Tennessee. There were instances of ground surfaces changed by as much as 10 feet or more. Ponds turned into hills covered with fish flopping around. There were what I think of as sand geysers. Sand spewing up from fissures in the earth, reaching heights that today would be refered to as several stories. The effects of these events were noted in Michigan, the Carolinas and as has been mentioned, rang church bells in Boston. Windows were broken as far away as Louisville and Cincinnati. St. Louis and Memphis would be devastated to unimaginable proportions, today. Considering what a similar event would do to the infrastructure in the heart of nation, the economic effects of such a disaster would be felt from coast to coast, to say nothing of the nightmare of a humanitarian nature that would need to be addressed for hundreds of miles around the epicenter.

Sometimes, you just get beat. In this case, I think that's what happened.

I was at work when it hit. I'm about 100 miles from the epicenter and I definitely felt it and knew what it was. It lasted 20 to 30 seconds here.

We're the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 11:11 PM) great, another lefty pitching against us tomorrow, when will the madness end? edit: i hope he doesn't make our hitters look foolish, his stats are very bad, he had a WHIP last year of about 1.6, and he's off to a really bad start this year (9.2 IP, 7.45 ERA, 1.84 WHIP, 3 HR, 7BB, 8K) this should be the exact type of pitcher we need to face with contreras on the mound, to have a chance So far, we are 4-2 against lefties. Let's how this plays out before we assume the '08 are as bad against lefties as the '07 Sox were.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 08:41 AM) Yesterday was the perfect microcausum of what Joe Crede brings to this baseball team, without filling the statsheet... -1st inning throws out Clete Thomas at the plate to prevent a run from scoring. -Diving play to save a basehit and perfect throw to gun out runner. -Bounding ball to his left to start DP with a perfect throw to Uribe at second. The game really has a different look if Joe isn't at 3B yesterday. Crede pops up too much. That overrides all of this.

Maybe the fact that we have dominated the Tigers is more indicative of the strength of the Sox as opposed to the suckiness of the Tigers.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 10:30 AM) This is a game.Ozzie was unprofessional in judging the man's character as a person and taking it to the public.There is a diffrence between saying a man is a bad umpire and saying he is a bad person.Has it occurred to you that maybe Cuzzi is a good guy and Ozzie is solely being an ass towards him because he has decided he has made bad calls?In there last argument there wasnt anything reported that Cuzzi has said anything that was extremely disrespectful,and if there was Ozzie should have said what it was.Why not he says everything else that comes to his mind? Sorry man ... I totally disagree with you. If Ozzie feels that there is some injustice going on and he feels it's personal, it's his duty to speak up and bring attention to it. I'm not going to argue about it.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 01:16 AM) http://images.google.com/images?q=king+cri...sa=N&tab=wi Thanks. I thought I recognized that. Damn, it's been a long time.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 10:27 PM) Insane in the brain! I have to ask ... your sig ... Is that from an album cover from King Crimson?

Oh hell ... my mistake. I think it was Owens they mentioned.

According to the Trib, Richar has started playing. He went 0-4 in his first game.

QUOTE (DonnyDevito @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 03:14 PM) Typical ESPN article....the WRONG information. he walked 4, not 1. screw ESPN and their constant misinformation. but great read nonetheless. GO SOX! For the record, that was an article by the Associated Press which will be picked up and published by various media venues all over the country. It has nothing to do with ESPN.

QUOTE (shipps @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 10:25 AM) Ozzie said he didnt like Cuzzi as a man.That had nothing to do with the game or his calls,that was a cheap shot that did nothing"help take the pressure off his team".Nor will it help us for future calls.Its like being an ass to the media,its never a good idea because they stick together and will make you pay for it.He has made it personal with Cuzzi and his fellow co workers will back him up. Has Ozzie had any dealings with that man off the baseball field? It's Cuzzi's actions on the field that has led to Ozzie's opinion of him as a man. Therefore, it has everything to do with the game and his calls. It has everything to do with the way the man conducts himself on the field. There's a history, a trend being exibited by this man and that's why doesn't like him as a man. Apparently, in Ozzie's opinion, Cuzzi had already made it personal.

According to Gameday, JC never threw a pitch out of the strike zone that inning. Did he move back on top or something?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 02:29 PM) In that spirit, someone should have a Steve Bartman day. He saved a few players the same sort of treatment by being their scapegoat. That would be the Marlins.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 12:14 PM) Pet peeve, TV and radio ads, shows etc, that have ringing phones in the background. Wthout a Trace is terrible for this. At least once an episode I think my ohone is ringing. Dammit, I'm an old man and can't always get it up Sorry for your luck, old timer.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) Nothing is guaranteed,especially with backs. I just looked into it a little further though, and Alomar Jr. had his back surgery in 1993, which means he played post surgery for 14 years, including 3 or 4 stints with the White Sox, and his back was never an issue, although he had so many other injuries that maybe it helped his back from not blowing up. I've been wanting to say this for a long time .... I HATE YOUR AVATAR! Shew! .... I feel better now.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 01:16 PM) Thank you, I dislike repeating erroneous material. I'm glad you knew were to look that up. Unless, of course, you're in the 'Buster.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Apr 9, 2008 -> 06:46 PM) doesnt mean much to me, if they didnt win the World Series he still wouldnt be welcomed back in boston. Hell, Buckner was a decent ballplayer. This hang over his head for too long. If him and Boston fans can bury the hatchet, I'm happy for him. He didn't deserve the s*** he went through.

Hey Hey! Holy Mackeral!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 9, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) Anybody else already feeling the pain in our asses that will be the Royals all year? I've been saying "the Royals are gonna be a lot better next year" for the last 3 years or so and I'm afraid I might be right this time. Yes

QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 01:54 PM) Is Frank's name intentionally not being said? You all are failures. Frank who?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 12:07 PM) MLB and the MLBPA seem to have tentatively come up with an agreement to turn over the management of their drug testing program to an outside administrator. Gnarley dude!

Wait ... I got one! Ron Santo. I'm sorry .... just couldn't resist.