Balta1701

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 04:09 PM) Obama never said anything about withdrawing from Afghanistan when he was campaigning and he said he was going to do more there because that's where the actual threat is. I don't personally agree and he is accomplishing nothing, but that's what he campaigned on, and that's what he's doing. I don't really get why people bring that up now out of any context besides "he needs to withdraw now." Especially conservatives because the vast majority of them didn't want to withdraw from Iraq (well, some of them were relieved that the clusterf*** was over) and were full of phony indignation when Obama said a withdrawal date out loud for Afghanistan (exit strategy is something Bush never did or even attempted to do and they never challenged him on that so I guess you can say they're being consistent). I'm in on it being a clusterf*** in Afghanistan right now, but I'm not sure what the answers are for the next few years. If I can say Biden is useful for one thing, I'm really hoping he spends the next 4 years asking "What will this do to get us out of Afghanistan" every time anyone in the military asks the President for something. He's kinda been doing that anyway, it'd be really nice if he got really annoying about it until we finally came up with something. For the alternative, Mitt Romney's Af-Pak plan is about as vague as everything else he's put forwards in terms of policy positions, he insists that somehow we have leverage over the region we're not using which is obviously a joke but one I can ignore...but the one thing he's really firm on is that we shouldn't be withdrawing any forces yet. He's strongly opposed to any sort of firm timeline for departure, which makes one start to wonder what the plan for getting out actually would be. I'm glad "figuring out what to do with Afghanistan" isn't a problem I have to deal with.

Crain really looking tired, the ball is sailing up on him.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 04:27 PM) How'd we get the runs? Viciedo solid single, Olmedo single into the hole, Wise hard hit ball right at Hosmer that went between Hosmer's legs.

THANK YOU WISE FOR TAKING QUINTANA OFF THE HOOK.

WHAT LUCK!!!!

That single upgraded the at bat from a good at bat to a really good at bat.

Viciedo working a decent at bat her,e no matter how it turns out.

Damnit. 6 inches.

DAMMIT AJ

Russia lost the most in WW2.

Dammit Jose, come on .

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) I'm not turning on anyone. I ain't even mad. Not my fault Jordan4Life is on his period today. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 03:33 PM) And it's not my fault you're terrible. Not going to act based on these...but count this as a warning, next personal attack in this thread of that sort will be gone for a while. This goes for everyone.

Everyone complaining just missed one big pair of balls on Jose.

BIG INNING Q!

Needed that. C'Mon Q, one more.

C'mon Q...

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) Losing 5 of 6 to a last place team at this point in the season...? Brutal The Royals are in last place?

Royals aren't doing a very good job on the basepaths.

Nice alert throw by Beckham!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:10 PM) NFL "experts" that use performance in the 2nd half of a preseason game as proof of a player's talent should be fired on the spot. So you're saying that there's no reason to think that the Jets are as bad as they looked yesterday? Yay! We can keep hearing Tim Tebow's name every 14 minutes of every day!

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:31 PM) Fair enough. I am just sick of seeing him in a Sox uniform. On that part, I'm not going to give you any grief.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:05 PM) Youk is going to need some sort of offseason conditioning program. He's at the point in time where he can't get away with a body more resembling a weekend softball player. I don't think there's anything you can do to keep him healthy on a full season other than have him at DH-1b. It's no coincidence that he started having the injury problems right after Boston acquired Gonzalez and moved Youk back to a much more physically demanding position.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:28 PM) Im thinking you can sign someone really cheap to produce what Beckham does. Beckham is someone you can still have really cheap to produce what Beckham does. At least for next year, he'll be on a pretty darn cheap, first year arb offer, probably in the range of $2-3 million. With Beckham's defense, he's at least worth that for next season.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:23 PM) I pray you are wrong. The Sox don't have anyone ready to take over at an infield position next year and have 3b, catcher, possibly SP where they need to spend their money. In 2 seasons we might be thinking about Sanchez there, but he's still very young.

QUOTE (MAX @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 02:21 PM) Why is wise playing every day? Bad back on De Aza, from sliding into 2nd on a steal attempt.