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Nicely Donely Addy.

What a play by Hudson!

CMon Addy, pretend it's a save chance.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) That'll be Viciedo, Jones, Quintana, and Pedro Hernandez please. You could get them to give him up for Sale too.

Better than getting no hit

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 09:11 PM) Then I change my remark to: Why you should always refuse to talk until you speak with a lawyer. There ya go.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 04:32 PM) It doesnt matter, he better be 100% sure that Martin said those things and there isnt a way to prove he didnt. This whole case rests on Zimmerman's credibility, so really no reason to take this risk. There was no case at the time he wrote those statements.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 03:42 PM) Of course he won't. He can't pass up the $7.7 million franchise number. Plus if he skipped the season it affects when he can become a free agent too, right?

Damn Aramis Ramirez swings....

Unusually good looking swing for Konerko off Greinke. I thought that was go e.

When would be normal rest for Axelrod and Bruney?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) Filed bankruptcy today. Schilling claims he lost his entire baseball fortune on this. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/base...y.ap/index.html And a whole lot of money from the taxpayers of Rhode Island, I believe.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 02:28 PM) I understand the rationale behind the rule--FOX has paid a lot of money to have exclusivity in their time slot. I just think there has to be a solution out there that gives FOX (or whomever succeeds them) what they want without blacking games out. Great. I'd be happy to watch one of the other games Fox is broadcasting, as opposed to not watching baseball at all. I'm already paying $200 for the package, I will keep doing that, just put all 3 Fox feeds on the DirecTV MLB channels and let me pick. Otherwise, I usually don't watch.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 02:17 PM) Here is the map: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1133/bas...ritorialmap.jpg The biggest problem is when a team's blackout area does not coincide with the distribution of the channel carrying the team. For example, the Sox blackout area covers Indianapolis, yet the cable and satellite systems in Indy do not carry CSN, unless you buy the special sports package that is an extra $10/month or whatever and along with CSN includes 49 other channels that you'll never watch. So in Indy, you don't get to see Sox games on your regular TV lineup, but you also can't see them if you buy MLBEI or mlb.tv, because the Sox want to protect CSN's advertisers even though nobody in Indy gets CSN. Make it simple--take a look at where each team's primary channel gets distributed, and then set that as the blackout area. Then every team's games will be available either via your regular TV lineup or via MLBEI/mlb.tv. The other fan-friendly thing MLB can do is find a way to make FOX games available in the areas where they aren't on. Maybe there could be a special FOX package for MLBEI/mlb.tv that gets you access to all of FOX's Saturday games and FOX gets that money. I believe this is the year the FOX contract is up, so hopefully all the angry emails I've sent to Fox and MLB over the years complaining about that specific blackout rule will have some impact.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 02:07 PM) People can be shot in the heart and run a few blocks before collapsing. The question would be whether being shot in the lungs really impacts speaking. Muscles can keep going even if the heart is struggling because there is already some oxygen in those muscles that can continue to be burnt, but my vocal cords cannot work if I cannot push air through my throat. Can't say exactly if it would impact without the exact autopsy reports, of course.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 10:07 AM) I would have to say that there's a 100% chance of this being the case. If camera phones and twitter existed in the 80s and 90s, Michael would have had many Tiger Woods moments. The question, of course, is whether or not a guy can simply be smart enough to avoid them. Michael did a decent job of covering his tracks with the things that he did do...it's possible he might have learned even more quickly that he needed to keep the "pregame gambling" under control

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) Promoted to AAA Charlotte. Follow the bouncing reliever.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 09:39 AM) So I assume when Michael stood on the scorer's table in the UC and put up fingers for championships 6, 7, 8, and 9, and didn't win 9 championships, that you've held it against him, right? It's so funny to see fellow Bulls fans have so little understanding of how much of a dick Jordan was, just because he was ours, and then refuse to enjoy anything LeBron. I don't have to enjoy watching, but I'm not going to give teams grief for celebrating when they win a title. But you don't have to make me like how this came together, it doesn't change my opinion of this group of players, and I'm quite glad I didn't watch this NBA finals.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 09:14 PM) I can help with any modding if help is needed, but I'm definitely going to post a lot now that we seem committed to reopening it. If you're worried, don't be, I've read just about everything on that page for the past 5 years. Just come and post, give me things to reply to.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 04:11 AM) I would think Doyle would have gotten a chance before Castro, Hernandez, and Santiago. That really just leaves Stewart, Axelrod, and Quintana in front of him. Either way, he is getting a massive pay raise, and it's hard to blame the guy. It's not like he has already accrued millions and millions in the majors. He is going from just getting by, to making a very nice living. Hard to turn that down. There's starting to be a decent chance Castro will get a look this year if there's need for another starter, although they're talking up Leesman a lot so he might still be ahead of Simon. Either way, he's back up to AAA and is probably in the team's long term plans as I'm typing this.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) As usual, no idea what it is you are saying. You just treated an entertainment option (baseball, XBox, etc) the same as something that can be key to the development of a person's career/life.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 21, 2012 -> 07:19 PM) No one considers the fact that perhaps Chris's arm may have been bothering him, leaving our hands tied as to when we could start Stewart? He's been a relief pitcher and hasn't thrown more than 3 innings all year. It shouldn't have been surprising to see him fall apart in the fourth and fifth innings. It's hard to switch to the bullpen and takes time, physically, to be ready to start. We had to take a chance because we just didn't have a fresh bullpen and I'm guessing Chris forced our hand to get extra time off. It was still a winnable ballgame when he left the game, be mad at the bullpen that we got blown out. Everyone considers that except one person.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 08:39 AM) Awful analogy. A better one would be a parent having the money to send kid to college, but making him decide to either go to college and pay for it himself or not go at all. Because going to a baseball game is a great career move that can pay you back 5x in terms of total lifetime income.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 22, 2012 -> 08:23 AM) WTF? So only well respected people are on TV show? You are DELUSIONAL. Did the players "throughout baseball" just vote for Ozzie for something related to his managerial skills, what was that poll? Ozzie Guillen's perspective is just as well respected as Tim McCarver.

My q is...is this a "Trying to build up their trade value" article or is this a "we're legitimately going to be seeing some of these guys and maybe sooner than you think" article. Because if they really believe this...no matter how many articles they write, they're not going to build up Leesman's trade value, he's going to have to prove it in the bigs.