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Good bribe perhaps, not great if its too fu nky though.

Had a storm come in this morning from the East, moving West. Those are always fun.

Everyone's tried to bribe you. It's how they get access to your 11 herbs and spices.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) That is pretty funny after hearing about all of the ways that Obama won't compromise now.

Huh? Richard Daley and Bill Daley are the same, interchangeable people?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 11:13 PM) I'm hoping the Walker draft pick serves as a kick in the ass for both Mitchell and Kenny Jr. "Hey, Kid coming back from having destroyed your ankle....get to work!!!!" (Kick)

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 12:15 AM) Did anybody see or hear about this? They have a pool in the OF but no security around it to keep people from standing on the furniture?

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 02:56 AM) I bet you almost every athlete cheats on their wife, only reason Jeter hasn't is because he never got married as far as I know. Jeter is a good player but on any other team he would prob be a fringe HoF and a 2B but since his career was with the Yankees it gave him the chance to be what he is and props to him for it. 3000 hits is 3000 hits. The Yankees aren't putting him in their lineup as a charity case. Maybe you could say that keeping him at SS is done out of charity, rather than moving him elsewhere, but the guy can simply hit. BGO is going to the HOF for getting to 3000 hits.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:29 PM) Funny how there were concerns about lawsuits but the poster turns out to be accurate. I thought it was much more focused on specifically a Yankee, Damon, rather than clemens.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 07:06 PM) This is not true. He does more than just host the pre and post game shows. I would guess he puts in minimum 8 hours a day at the station depending on what event is going on at the time. He also hosts weekend shows. You dont have to like what he says but you dont just show up and flop down in your chair 5 minutes before you go on air to have his job, there is a lot of work, research, and interviewing. The question for anyone is...why do they post here? Some of us enjoy it, or at least get a mental break from whatever else we're doing. Rongey's job is basically to deal with the type of people who post here non-stop. Coming here is not a break from that.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:29 PM) Quentin for Bourne: yikes! Doesn't help us in any way. You do this trade to get the pitching set for next year; with good pitching, we'll at least be decent. Quentin for Beachy is a tad light for the Sox, but not that light and compared to recent trades, damn strong. It's only light for the Sox when you don't consider service time.

QUOTE (WHITESOXRANDY @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 03:43 AM) Right. Or, how about, Jackson, Rios, Peavy, Sale, Dunn and Beckham for Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon ? Add in Danks and they might well do it.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 04:09 AM) SPECULATION: Teahen to NYY or Atl could be a possibility. Both have a hole at 3B for up to 6 weeks. Atl is going to be mostly using Prado there starting at the end of this week, but that does leave them short on depth.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:29 PM) Some of you (i.e. StrangeSox) are acting like I'd disown the kid and have his image erased from the family photographs, Stalin style. And I never said that. I just want my kids to go on dates with girls, I want to meet his female fiance some day and I want a normal family experience. Having a gay kid would be a big adjustment and I don't want that. And I'd be really sad for a while. I'd probably accept it sooner or later, but it'd always eat away at me like Jordan said. Here's a sort of random question, Strange Sox. Say I was a priest in a gay marriage state like Massachusetts. If my interpretation of my religion said marriage was between a man and a woman only, what would happen if a gay couple came to me to be wed? Am I obligated to do it? Just curious. And Heads, no, I do not have kids. Not yet, at least. Here's one thing worth thinking about. Do you want to have a kid who is scared to be themselves around you because they know that being themselves would leave you "sad".

Well here he is

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:55 PM) Sure, but after realizing why it's harmful, I stopped. Same with retard etc. That said... This whole thing seems really overblown. Someone could take 5 minutes to explain to Gordon 1) why that's unprofessional and 2) why it's offensive and the whole situation is done. No need to jump all over him and make a big story out of it. I don't really care that Gordon did this, but then again, I'm not gay. There's been way more offensive things said ITT. The fact that people in the stadium could see it made it guaranteed that it was going to be a big story. Or at least big relative to the white sox. Unless more has happened than I've seen, the only sense in which it is overblown is that people feel the need to insist that gay-bashing is some sort of virtue that should be defended.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:51 PM) Have you ever called one of your friends gay or a f**? I think 99.9 percent of people here have. I also haven't seen any quotes from anyone in the gay communty about this thing. And I regret the time that I did it to this day. One of the worst things that came out of my mouth.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:42 PM) If a team wants one of the Sox' starting pitchers they must take Rios and his salary with him. Like the way the Marlins got rid of Dontrelle Willis or that third baseman whose name escapes me at the moment - turned out good for the Red Sox but the Marlins couldn't give him away at the time. I could see the Yankees possibly taking on Rios contract if they want one of the Sox starters bad enough. The only team that has the money to absorb Rios and another pitcher now is the Yankees. Limiting to dumping rios could prevent the sox from getting a solid offer.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) Actually, I'd give Jackson away to the first GM that would take on Rios and his entire salary with him. I think we all would.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:29 PM) Yeah, they will finish with 82 or 83 wins and a few people will say this is part of the best stretch in White Sox history, above .500 baseball. IMO no matter how good or bad they play the second half this season, if they don't make the playoffs, this year was a failure. I did vote they would do nothing, but I think something has to and will happen. I would imagine not tonight or tomorrow with the AS game, but Wed. or Thurs. I have no inside knowledge, but it would really be crazy if everything remained status quo. They are going to lose a ton of season ticket accounts if they do nothing and things don't change. If they try a major panic shakeup, they're going to lose a ton of season ticket sales anyway.

Gotta say, I'm excited to see Bautista, since they snubbed him last year.

Can't hurt his political career.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:13 PM) Obama the Republican, pushing to cut medicare and social security. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/us/polit...iscal.html?_r=1 http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/index.html Depends on the type of cuts. Strengthening the IPAB or adjusting the growth rate of OASDI I can consider depending on the numbers. There's talk though of him supporting raising the Medicare eligibility age, which is the type of thing that would have me joining you in not voting next year.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) Speaking of whom, has anyone else noticed the Ranger hasn't posted here since maybe mid-April...? Well...he does get kinda busy during the season, what with the whole spending multiple hours on the air every week.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) I wish more college athletes were like Jared Sullinger regarding staying in school. http://www.foxsportsohio.com/07/06/11/Sull...amp;feedID=9467 I know he said he'd stay...but he said he'd stay when everyone has known for what, 5 years, that he'd be locked out of the NBA this year if he turned pro?