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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) I don't want to see that ever. You already saw him rape the NBA's collective Bargaining Agreement last summer. It can't be more unpleasant than that.

Different topic. The FEC has taken another step to significantly weaken the rules regarding campaign finance, Super PAC's, and broadcast television, basically giving permission for people to use broadcast TV to raise funds directly for campaign spending on any network. They did this, of course, by approving the request of one Steven T. Colbert, DFA, to do that. Of course, this really does come directly out of Citizens United and was probably going to happen anyway. It's interesting to see Steven actually making real law here.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) "Will my wife enjoy this" doesnt always mesh with "plots" in my life. Some Rom Com plots are absolutely terrible and women eat those things up And when I have to see those because there's something she wants to see, I get to hang out with Mr. Jim Beam.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) nDanks might be getting closer also hitting .324 in his last 10 games. He can field. unlike dv and Milledge he can field. He's still striking out a ton and only sporting a .738 OPS in June though.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 10:58 AM) You exactly nailed my view on movies. Sometimes, I dont want to have to "think" about a movie, or be wowed by it's incredible depth of and character development. Sometimes, I want to see s*** blow up and have a good time. When I was in high school or early in college I was that way. Now that I have other things to spend money on, and I have to think about "Will my wife enjoy this"...I've found myself wanting you know, plots.

I got way too ill the last time I did that in China.

Who are the Red Sox replacing him with?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) Think of how cheap the houses will be though! True.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) Our debt crisis day. I really don't want to see it happen. It'll screw me massively when I go to try to buy a house in a couple years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) Wade at least played all of those years of college, which kept him at 40 games instead of 80. But...he's taken a fairly unique pounding. We've all seen that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) No chance at being a buyer this year. With attendance being so s***ty with a record payroll, there isn't any money for it. honestly those factors make it more likely that a sell off could happen, even if we are "close". The logic being that this team wasn't going to win it anything anyway, which is sure what most of Soxtalk believes. Let me just say...I'll be absolutely stunned if KW becomes a seller barring a horrendous month of baseball from the Sox.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:48 PM) Can't you wait until it is us? I'm not sure what this means.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) It also means that someone like LeBron or Kobe could get the most millage out of this. Ahem...(Clears throat)...Wade?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) We have a whole other month to make claims like that. If we're anywhere close to hovering, KW will be a buyer and not a seller, you know that. It will take a major change in the standings to make us sellers. Do you see Detroit/Cleveland putting out a 20-5 run this month or the Sox going 5-20?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:42 PM) This from the person who is worried that the Republicans are going to let the US default? Odd. I'm convinced that Greece will wind up defaulting eventually too. Or at least some version of a default...maybe set up in such a way that they won't call it a default. The politics of this are even worse than those in the U.S. right now. Basically, the European banks loaned Greece a ton of stupid money that Greece will never, ever pay back. If they admit that they won't pay those funds back, then the European banks are in trouble and a run begins, probably hitting the other PIGS countries. Instead, the Europeans have spent what, 4 years now, with successive Greek bailouts where they impose conditions on the Greeks that will never be met so that they can pay back the European banks. Then, when the conditions aren't met, they wind up having to figure out another way to bail out Greece, when what they're really doing is trying to prevent a bank run on the European banks. At some point, a Greek Politician is going to get elected by saying "screw the European banks, we shouldn't have to suffer because they were stupid" and that will be that.

Good for your health, cat meat is?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:40 PM) With the reality that Peavy is all but untradable, Jackson doesn't surprise me at all. If we go into a full sell off, Danks has to be #1. Unless Detroit or Cleveland suddenly hits a 10 game winning streak, or the Sox hit a 15 game skid where they go 2-13, we're not going to do a full selloff. It's too late in the season and we're still in the race.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:34 PM) I can't figure out where the post was now, but someone wanted to know about Greece. It is not pretty. Do you honestly think that Greece will follow through with even a fraction of that in order to keep bailing out the German banks? This "Agreement" is just kicking the can down the road another year. Just like the last agreement was. And the agreement before that. And however many others there were.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) The problem is it will do the same for everyone else as well. Except I care about it a lot more for a guy like Rose...came into the league as a college sophomore, lotta miles on the odometer early, guy who is more effective when he is drawing contact and who always has the ball in his hands.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 01:07 PM) MLBTR's "expert" thought that Jackson is the one we're putting on the market. I'm sure we'd jump at moving Jackson if the return was good enough, but I'd say that about any of our pitchers. They're all available for the right price.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 12:10 PM) So Castro catching Peavy...interesting. I know it's a day game after a night game, but AJP's started the day game a lot of the time in the past. Wasn't Castro catching Danks/Peavy last saturday?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) the hope is the LHH will hit Cook so get them all in there the reality is that it will not matter Sox play three day games this weekend in what looks like 100 degree heat. Konerko and AJ getting the day off is not an issue to me. Aj also has caught a good amount of innings the last week with the extras. They could not hit Livan so maybe they can hit Cook. Good call on the weather forecast.

A 5 game winning streak right now would have us knocking on the door of first place. I've got to think it happens at some point. I'll go 5.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 30, 2011 -> 11:18 AM) I remember the NBA. It's too bad we might lose an entire year of D-Rose development on the court in actual game situations. It's possible that an extra 6 months off from competitive, 100% give it your all basketball will wind up being a good thing for his health years down the road.

Everyone likes cats. (Wait, did we move from cannibalism to eating felines?)