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123 Thornton. Yay.

A batter hit a ball off of Matt Thornton to LF and Juan Pierre did not drop it. Let that soak in folks.

Byrd to the DL with "Multiple facial fractures." Reliever Justin Berg called up for roster spot.

Well, here's Matty. Pray.

Whoof. Nicely done Jesse.

Nice whatever the Hell that 88 mph thing was.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 22, 2011 -> 04:38 PM) there just isn't the funds for this spending. these interest payments on this debt is too much. these massive deficits will have very bad consequences. it's a question of return on price. i don't think the return on most of this spending justifies the cost. First...a huge chunk of our debt is actually held by the Federal Reserve...which takes the profits from those interest payments and sends it back into the treasury. Last year, the Fed returned nearly $80 billion in profit to the Treasury. Although, a good chunk of that came from the other things they purchased during their buying binge. Secondly...the long term interest rates are at rock bottom. They have been for years. They've been trending straight downwards for 30 years. Interest payments on the debt in 2010 were actually less than they were in 2007 despite the debt having grown by something like 25% in 2 years. That's one basic, easy reason why you're not supposed to run deficits when the economy is strong and near full employment and why you do when the economy is shrinking and well below full employment.

Great start Jesse.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ May 22, 2011 -> 04:29 PM) Yep. His walks are better than his K's, that's for sure. I wish he'd start hitting but we'll settle for walks. I did snicker a bit at Hawk suggesting that Dunn needs to cut down his swing.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 22, 2011 -> 04:18 PM) IMO he is rotting away. What are we saving him for? 2012. Hell, if we wait a couple weeks we can probably buy another pre-arbitration year. It's not the right move for winning this year, but you've got to see what I mean here. He's getting at bats, and he's getting better, especially on the patience part. Beckham nearly flew out of his shoes on that last swing.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 22, 2011 -> 04:15 PM) It's a smart to have a multimillion dollar player rotting away in the minors when we could use his bat. At least IMO, he's not "Rotting away" as long as he's getting AB's and work. "Rotting away" is what Brent Morel is doing on the bench now.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ May 22, 2011 -> 04:15 PM) Someone told me it's hailing in Chicago. I'd like to see that on tv during a game. That happened a few weeks ago at Target Field.

Nicely done Chris. Nicely done.

Ok Sale, no margin to be wild here.

Ozzie on Dunn: Link Quentin supposed to be back in tomorrow's lineup.

Viciedo, 2 solo Hr.

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ May 22, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) My point wasn´t to complain about Paulie getting time off as much as Dunn as a liability. Adam Dunn is going to keep getting at bats the whole season, and he should.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) (I still think it's a f***ing joke that the first thing people say about Jose Bautista is "STEROIDS/HGH/PIGS FEET/WHATEVER"...it's insulting) MLB earned it. Don't blame the people making the assumption. Every time they gave someone the benefits of the doubt for the last decade, it turned out that the person was juicing.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 22, 2011 -> 03:43 PM) This DFA stuff is crazy regarding Juan. We're not going to actually DFA him...but you can pick people up off the scrap heap for the league minimum who will perform better than him. No one's trading anything for him.

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ May 22, 2011 -> 03:46 PM) Great Ozzie, another one of your hair brain schemes backfiring. Dunn is horrible at the plate so far this year and we all know he is a defensive liability at first and what do you do? Put him out there and he misses on a sharp grounder Paulie would have scooped up. Ozzie is so damn hard headed it is incredible. Paul Konerko can not play 1b every day. He gave Kotsay credit last year for him having a good season since he was able to DH sometimes. Yes, Dunn at 1b is weak. He's been there 2 days and maybe he'll cost us a run this inning, while we're going to have won both of the games big (barring a pitching meltdown). Complaining about extra time off for Konerko is crazy. Oh, and there's a nice save by Dunn.

Link(ed in).

Link

Very afraid. Boo!

Wow that was close at the plate.