Balta1701

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QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 04:36 PM) i don't know, the whole story still seems very 'fishy'. Yeah, it does seem very fishy that a guy would put out a regularly racist newsletter under his name without caring about what was in it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 02:19 PM) With Jim Thome on the roster, do the Phillies even have roster space for a "fifth" OF? Hence the "Minor league deal" part. If nothing else, they're playing a lot of OF youth, so there's at least the possibility of playing time.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) So if they shot and killed her, should we replace her, or would that be a 'win' for the terrorists? Perhaps it is time to have some kind of stand-in for when someone can't do the job due to an illness or injury. A person absent form congress for an extended period of time is simply NOT doing the job they were elected to do, which is represent. Not saying it is their fault, but still if you can't do the job, why should the voters get shorted because you can't vote? In th event that a congressperson can't do their jobs, they could be removed from office by various means, allowing either a special election or an appointed replacement, and various states will hqve different rules.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 02:56 PM) Since no one else has done it yet, I will say it..... Since Batman is not on the list it has to be ROBIN. (yes, i am a geek) "Bat"man is on the list. He wears #14.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 02:12 PM) Guys, Booz had 5 fouls. So you're trying to save him for an overtime that might not happen?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 01:45 PM) What does a "fifth" OF do? Anyway, that suits those two bums just fine. Backs up the stealth elf/becomes the backup when Rios finally gets benched.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 02:03 PM) I believe there is a differnce between being voted out of office and being forced out. So is there any reasonable situation where a person survives this attack but then departs congress which you'd count as being forced out? It seems like if the person doesn't die, then there's nothing that can happen you'd regard as being forced out.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 12:26 PM) Ah, west Tennessee. Such a bastion of intellect. Can someone post the quotes from that bigoted Tennessee sob telling the world that gay people die sooner and are responsible for aids because of money rape? I figure that adds to the fun. Edit: here it is now that I'm home. Sigh.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 01:47 PM) She made a voluntary decision to resign while recovering from her injuries. No one forced her to resign. If I knew y'all would define forced in that manner I would have rephrased my original statement. If we demand, forcibly remove, cause to be removed, or in some manner beyond their own voluntary decision, have someone resign because they are taking too long to heal from a terrorist attack, we are allowing the terrorist what they wanted, the person removed from office. That to me feels like they won. The terrorists got what they wanted, the voters did not. If the voters decided to remove her in November based on the fact that they felt she was failin at her job due to her injuries, would that be a victory for the terrorists also? Because she'd clearly be forced from her office because of the event.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) I'll go with Viciedo.. I think he is going to have a huge year I read the question more as who will we give a pass to when they are struggling; as I often did with Morel last year. In that sense, yeah; I'll give Dayan a pass this year if he doesnt immediately destroy the league, since he is a rookie.

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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 11:21 AM) As he should be. I'm fine with so called "competition" for the 5th spot in the rotation, but it should really take something significant to bump Humber from this spot. IMO, he earned this spot based on last season. Mostly so that he feels te same type of pressure he felt last year.

I could see the Tigers doing that, they have no DH. I'm not benching Brent Morel for Dmitri Young. Ever.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 09:46 PM) What? When has this board said anything bad about Brent Lillibridge??? When a large fraction wanted Milledge kept over him?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 07:20 PM) but the moon base will have solar panels, so you can support it. Actually, that'd be a pretty terrible way to power a moon base, since it would only have sunlight 50% of the time. And go 14 days without.

Fractured left ankle on Bogut.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2012 -> 02:04 PM) How much you want to bet that the subsequent investigation which finds no voter fraud but instead finds that 900 errors out of 2.7 million possible registered voters is not a high number when you don't put much money or training into operating your election system will receive much less press than this outrage? The usual explanation is that voters wind up either having names that are similar/identical or they wind up signing their n ame on the wrong line and the politician who wants to make a splash totals up the numbers and puts out the press release before doing the double-check. Link

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 03:44 PM) Bob Dole trending on Twitter, he says a Gingrich nomination would be a landslide for Obama, and that Newt cost him in '96. Dole would know something about landslides though This is the early phase of the establishment Republicans lining up against Newt. I'm traveling, but apparently there's been a lot of it today.

QUOTE (SuperSteve @ Jan 24, 2012 -> 09:49 PM) Why is the ad I see for a cougar website and why is it telling me I can meet young men?! Hahaha Google thinks you're a 45 year old woman.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 25, 2012 -> 11:19 PM) The Bulls aren't saying exactly what the injury is so it's hard to predict exactly what is going on in Deng's wrist. There are only two structures in the wrist that are absolutely crucial to stability in the wrist. One is the scapho-lunate ligament. If this is the one he tore it will be really diffcult to flexion or extension in his wrist without pain. It will be a real struggle for him and surgery is usally indicated sooner rather than later. The other structure is the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC). It is a stucture similar to the menicus in the knee. It spreads out the forces in the wrist and holds the radius and ulna together at the proximal part of the wrist. Again, surgery is usually indicated sooner rather than later to maintain stability for the wrist. Any other ligament really isn't crucial to the wrist stabilty. They are usually treated like a sprained ankle, rest and bracing until you can do the activity unless it feels to unstable to him. My guess is that he will try to play within the week and test it in game conditions and go from there but if it gets wrorse an extended period of time could be needed to let the pain and swelling go down. Thanks for coming into the thread to supply info.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) jaysonst Jayson Stark Jim Leyland leaves no doubt about Tigers' plans. "Miguel Cabrera is going to play third base." Spoke w Cabrera & "he's 100 pct onboard." So who DH's for them?

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 03:23 PM) I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Rios was playing as a spite move, but I also will need to see all the great talents that were benched in favor of Rios during that time. Kenny won the press conference when De Aza had a nice stretch last year, but I find it hard to believe that there was this huge movement by Ozzie to suppress De Aza's advancement. And Viciedo didn't exactly turn into a world-saver last year. Again, we get back to a poor bag of groceries to work with. And yes a sometimes unfair manager. But when he had proper talent to work with, he too was easier to live with. It was also nice when his kid was a bit more anonymous. Viciedo was also raking for the portion of the year when his injured hand wasn't acting up, and got called up and received playing time after his hand had started acting up again.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Jan 26, 2012 -> 05:49 PM) In all fairness though, and I'm a big fan of Mark Buehrle, some of Marks performances after piling up all those innings the last few seasons have been less than spectacular. I would take everything that Chris Sale has to offer this season, and if he runs out of gas in August and September, hopefully one of the minor league guys will be ready for an audition. Really, I gotta disagree, I think Mark's level of consistency over the last 4 years has just been astounding. He's basically doing exactly what he did in 2008.

If they're only willing to offer those guys 1/$5, even though Floyd keeps them under the tax, they'd have to give up talent and basically similar amounts of money for him.