Balta1701

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:59 PM) Rios would make a pretty good fourth outfielder. That's a pretty expensive fourth outfielder, but the cost is sunk anyway so might as well pay him for the role he is suited for. How much better would the Sox be this season if Viciedo and De Aza were on the 25 man roster in place of Pierre and Rios? De Aza didn't play well until recently either.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:46 PM) I think we're another 2 weeks from Beckham going back to the minors. He made solid contact in his first at-bat...but at some point his long-term viability (2012-2014) as a player has to take precedence over one season. They're going to have to re-engineer a Tiger Woods swing change and get rid of that hitch in his swing somehow. If they didn't send him down last year I don't imagine they'll send him down this year. They won't make vizquel te regular second baseman.

That man needs to be an all star.

Blah 16,000 sq. ft. Isn't enough.

Paul Konerko passes Jim Rice on the all time home run list.

Carlos needs a day or two off.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:28 PM) Yeah, I'm kind of shocked he's still in the game right now. What if he were to have some sort of after-effects and just lose his fine motor skills? He could end up beaning someone else in the head... Since he's showing no symptoms that's probably a low risk, but the NFL suggests that's one of those things that causes cumulative damage.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:24 PM) This may surprise you Balta, but Reagan was considered a 'protectionist' by the Wall Street Journal and Neo-cons in general. And every President since then has been more in favor of "free trade" than his predecessor. It makes a ton of money for wall street and hurts the average worker unless the economy can make up the jobs. Therefore everyone in Congress and the media loves it.

First atbat for Mauer, base hit, RBI.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:24 PM) It's the hardest part of his entire body probably...just got really lucky. And I am sure it did hurt, and will hurt tonight/tomorrow. The skull itself will bruise but there isn't a lot of tissue right there to damage. the issue is the impact on the brain, which is poorly understood at best. They at least did the basic concussion tests but people fight those.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:23 PM) How did that not appear to hurt? He got hit by a line drive in the head, and it didn't appear to have had any impact - WTF? It's probably going to wind up doing more damage than anyone realizes right now.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:07 PM) Not really. It's like when people thought cars would increase unemployment. No more horseshoe makers!!! But sure, when all the new US jobs get off-shored, unemployment goes up. Durr. Obama cannot put 2 and 2 together. He is very stupid. I mean, the dude just green lighted a massive increase in L1 outsourcing visas for bribe money. How can you defend that? Dude, "shipping jobs offshore is good" has been the economic mantra since Reagan.

At leat he only gave up 2.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 18, 2011 -> 09:19 PM) I think it was his shoulder/upper back/lower neck area. At first, it seemed like it went off his head. Scary moment. Side of his head, up and to the rear of his left ear.

Is Paul Konerko an immovable object or an unstoppable force?

Extra bases the other way for Brent. That'll shut people up about his slugging.

A break!

Ok John, deep breath, calm down. Can tell he's frustrated by how he caught that ball.

Rios should have caught that.

Danks with the catbird seat!!!!

Come on D1!

Hey, a run! Even if it was a weak ground ball, the weakness was what scored paulie.

Lovely swing alexei.

Konerko is rollin' again.

Hey, a good play by Rios!