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QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 07:56 PM) Seriously, it's time to give up on that happening this season. It's been 4 1/2 months. Just like we've been saying sine May, it's hard to figure out how they can win this without him.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 06:43 PM) Ahh...that explains it...are you allowed to change your programming package with that contract without it restarting (reminiscent of cell phone companies)? Yes, I believe you just have to stay as a customers of theirs, there may be a minimum package requirement though, you'd have to check.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 05:49 PM) Aspirin is a gateway drug to Nerve Tonic.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 05:43 PM) Wow...that is pretty sweet. I wish I could find a way to trick them into thinking I was moving. I don't see how they benefit from that unless moving extends your contract or something. They locked me in for 2 years with their moving contract.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 04:31 PM) The Twins have kinda blown that theory. The Twins vs. the Yankees is a whole different deal though.

You guys have a point.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) I think that is the old school of thinking. But, Sale is closer or set up reliever material and does good. I won't say the team might not try him as a starter, but if not I think he fills a tremendous need right where he is at If Sale wound up as a closer, I'd be content. He clearly has the stuff for it... Problem is...the White Sox already have 1 pretty darn good cost controlled closer. Think of it this way...a really good setup guy gets paid what, $3-4 million? A good closer gets paid $10 million or more. If Sale is just used as a setup guy when he could be used as a closer, then that means the Sox are losing a huge amount of value compared to the going rates for those positions. Just in a "trade value" sense, the Sox would get a lot more out of Sale dealing him to someone who needs a closer (Philly?) than they would by keeping him as a setup guy.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:31 PM) Treason is one of the worst things you can do towards your country. He's saying this man committed treason so I wouldn't rule out that he implied violence. Didn't he more correctly say that doing it any more would be treasonous, not that having done so already was?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:21 PM) Then what did he mean by this? I mean, it clearly sounds bad but it's very vague. That could be anything from tarring and feathering him to booing him like Thome when he comes to Cleveland.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) I thought I saw he was something like 3/9 throwing out runners since his call up. That was a couple days ago, then he had a bad game. He's 3/12 now.

Here's a long version. I was unfamiliar with it as well.

I apologize for breaking my own rule of posting polls from this far out and a national poll to boot (since there's no national primary) but that's a big shift. Rasmussen has their first post-Perry announcement national poll out, and Perry received a very large announcement bump.

I didn't see it covered much in the U.S. press so I'm using a blog source (keep in mind the author has been very supportive of the operation the whole time). It appears that there may actually have been significant movement on the part of the rebels over the weekend.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) Well that sucks... Sox have been relatively healthy this season. I guess it was bound to happen. Adam Dunn's appendix would like to remind you that it sabotaged our season.

Ouch. Well Tyler, here's your shot. Earn it.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) didn't the sox give him a buyout There probably would have been a small buyout if his 2009 option wasn't picked up. At the end of 2009 he was a FA. There's no buyout or bonus of any sort listed in his salary data (scroll down to near bottom).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) After all of the posts you have made about Perry, you can't be asking that with a straight face. So, because I happen to be a Democrat, it's unfair to post the news of the day, and clearly oppressive to Republicans to do so.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) Posting the story no, the follow-up comment, yes. Can we get someone willing to defend those remarks then?

QUOTE (forrestg @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) We bought out his option otherwise we would have a what 16 million or something dollar dh. I think Thome thought he wouldn't negotiate any further with us. The whitesox extended his career by a few years enabling him to reach this milestone. The one thing I love about Thome's at bats was the sound his bat made when he made contact even a foul ball was music to my ears.power and Lumber against ball.. What a thud. It echoed througout the stadium even the upper deck. Thome didn't have a 2010 option as far as I know. He had a 2009 option which the Sox picked up and Philly covered 1/2.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:03 PM) It absolutely deserves a thread. It doesn't deserve a left wing catbox, which is exactly what this is. Rick Perry's statement that Ben Bernanke's actions have verged on treason is the #1 U.S. political story of the day on CNN's homepage right now. It's been reacted to by Karl Rove, who has an interest in one of the other candidates (although I'll admit I'm not sure which one). It's the top story in this race so far today. Is posting that "poisoning the well"?

Jim Thome's career OPS against the White Sox: 1.036.

If a foul ball comes at you, do not drop the kid while attempting to catch said foul ball.

F*** Cleveland.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 11:18 AM) That's what we were figuring. She'd get $100 and so would we. I was actually on their site checking prices and they have a package that offers 3 free months of HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and Starz. The problem is that after that first 3 months, they make you pay for those channels. I don't really care about those channels and don't want to have to pay for them, but I can't figure out if there is a package that I could get without those channels. Or if I could just cancel them after 3 months I 'd do that. Yes, you can cancel them after 3 months. Make sure you read your bill, it got very confusing to me for those 3 months what I was actually getting billed for (they were billing me for Sunday Ticket but not for the channel package, it was bizarre).