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Gordon looked terrible on those swings

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 09:29 PM) So that is what Tadahito is doing these days.

Thanks Juan

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 09:23 PM) To the point where they don't want to waste $5.5 million in cash? On a team that no one is showing up for? That is actually called fiduciary duty. To the point where they can't come up with that money 2 months in advance.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) Ugh, why do people always say "KW and Ozzie want to win?" Are there managers/general managers that don't want to win? The dodgers?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 08:48 PM) I hope the Mayor of Chicago is #1 on that list. I thought I ruled that out when I said "Illinois chief executive". But you know...

But its actually worth seeing!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) Will, but not until the courts pay them. That is the key there. If they pushed the budget to the point this matters they should all resign.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) His first homer in a month plus.... Which is werd considering how well he started the year. But we'll take it.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 06:06 PM) Bachmann isn't so much being an idiot as much as she's being phony. I bet she probably did a quick 45-second Google search before that speech was written and she saw the words "John Wayne." Bah, I think she probably knows enough about the state to make the connection and she heard that at some point, but didn't get all the details, so that's how it came out. It's like how a person might note that tax revenues started going up again in the mid-80's and credit the increased tax revenues to Reagan's 1981-1982 tax cuts if they were never told that Reagan started increasing taxes every year starting in 1983 to bring the budget back towards balance. If a whole party only knew about the first half of that, you might get ridiculous policies based on constant tax cuts being a panacea for everything. (Like how I turned that back to policy? I'm way more impressed with that one than I have any right to be.)

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 05:30 PM) Love this: My favorite:

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 05:08 PM) Please educate me ... a.) Will Blago be able to appeal? If not, why not? He won the first trial and govtment got another trial. b.) Do you feel Blago is a big-time crook or was his crime small in nature? c.) Will he go to a real prison? d.) Is the mop haired Blago a likeable guy to you all or a douche? My take is he's guilty and kind of dumb. I don't really see his appeal to voters. Is it the hair? I would think he would have the right to appeal though. Yes he will be able to appeal, but there's not a whole lot of reason to expect him to have success by doing so. I think he's about as corrupt as any Illinois chief executive has been in my lifetime, how's that for part b.? Of course he won't go to a real prison. He'll go to the minimum security type we send white collar criminals to.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 05:00 PM) Pick him up! I'm serious. We need to start stockpiling prospects/and or pitchers and give 'em the Coop/Humber treatment. There have to be more Humbers out there. Not in the body of Sergio Mitre.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 05:02 PM) They have to justify the annual increases in ticket prices and concessions to pay huge contracts to guys like this. If I'm going to have to pay more to see my team play because of guys like Rios and Dunn then I will gladly boo their disastrous performance. They'd be increasing ticket prices anyway, you're smarter than this. The goal in ticket sales is always to maximize revenue since there's little/no change in expenses to open the ballpark. They'll say that a ticket price increase gets you a player but it's BS.

You seeing that tonight? I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Well, next time I'm sure BS will do better.

That's a new guy?

RoyHobbs are you going to say something or not?

Potassium contents in bananas are high.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 04:41 PM) Well that would be one way to get Pierre out of the line up Are you kidding? Ozzie'd bench Rios instead.

Not for that typist.

Must wonder what he's doing on this side of the country.

Red Sox Phillies 7:05pm Josh Beckett (6-2, 1.86) Cliff Lee (8-5, 2.87). Ooohhhh....

Keep my license and school ID on me almost any time I'm outside my home.

I'm much more annoyed by the couple hours I've spent this afternoon trying to get documents in order for my efficient private sector health plan. Sigh.