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I forget what the appropriate satirical line is. Is it that we don't have enough doctors so the uninsured shouldn't be treated, or that it's too expensive to treat them, or that everyone has healthcare because they can just go to an ER?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 12:26 PM) Well Kenny is as good as gone. If he doesn't even have the power to fire the hitting coach, despite numerous players performing well below expectations, then he's in a lot of trouble. Also, this pretty much cements the theory that KW can not fire Ozzie, but I think most of already came to that conclusion. There's also a "KW can't be fired" thing that appears to be going on too. I have no idea who actually has the decision making power in this org any more.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 12:15 PM) All I've gotten out of the past few days is that Kenny wanted Viciedo up, at the expense of Pierre early on and wanted the hitting coach to have Gordon go back to his old swing. I have trouble figuring out who thought those would be bad ideas.

It's also kind of funny how convenient the use of the "I want this kept in the locker room" is. Great way to avoid answering questions on the record then dump everything wherever you can off the record.

QUOTE (Cali @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 11:47 PM) Unless Paulie moves to full time DH seems like Wilkins will be blocked for a few years and might wind up trade fodder... I hope not though. A season with the Barons and a season with the Knights with steady improvement like he's shown and he'll be a nice player taking over 1st... Oh great, another 1b asset that gets traded away.

Funky, you're confused.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 3, 2011 -> 11:54 AM) What competent experienced respected baseball man from outside of the organization would want to work for Reinsdorf? Clearly any of them. Lifetime guarantees are nice.

Baylor is hiring this year :-)

QUOTE (farmteam @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 10:30 PM) Yeah, I think so...but they're...oddly located, it seems. I have a studfinder, and according to the directions I'm using it correctly. I'll double check to make sure I'm entirely on a stud. I'll check again tomorrow, I got way too frustrated with it today. Holding the studfinder up to your chest is the wrong way to use it.

Well then.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 09:50 PM) Something positive to build off of. I take what I can get. Verlander still on pace for 25.

Hey, we didn't get shut out!

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) Its all Kenny's fault ! Plenty o blame to go round

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 07:30 PM) Its a great news source. Add "" around news.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) Ozzie sure knew how to psyche up his team. That's a vote of confidence!

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) Are there any wall studs? Studfinder time!

"hopefully we won't get swept"

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) Obamanomics manages to create 0 jobs last month. A total failure. What are you complaining about? There were another 17,000 government jobs cut. That's great news!

Apple apparently employs their own hired goons.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 05:50 PM) That's settled. My next question is why are they paying $25M+ for backups? Clearly, bad decisions that have backfired horribly.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) Still playing with a 23-man roster. Adam Dunn and Alexis Rios make adequate backups right now for the guys who are performing. Especially in the AL, you don't win pennants based on the strength of the bench. Play the guys who are performing and treat Dunn and Rios like backups. The guys who are performing are performing well enough that having weak backups isn't a big deal. And anyway...from now on that point is moot, since rosters just expanded.

Dude owns the copyrights.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 05:30 PM) Why not hold the players accountable for under-achieving. How would you suggest this happen? Send them to the bench? Who might make that decision?

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 05:27 PM) So what if he's a mouth-piece for one side. It still provides insight on what's going on. Note that you did not feel the need to defend the insults.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 2, 2011 -> 05:15 PM) What's that sharp drop-off, an assumption that they'll come up with a debt deal that cuts a significant portion of military spending? Or Iraq/Afghanistan phase-outs? That dropoff is the proposed end of the Iraq war. The war request for this year was actually the lowest in years ($117 billion for both and shrinking with time).