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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2011 -> 10:02 PM) The city population of KC isn't the sole indicator here. They're not sharing the city with another franchise and they're a "regional" team (like the Cardinals) that historically drew very well from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska (the AAA team was always in Omaha), Arkansas, Colorado, etc. The KC population has been pretty stable over the last 10-20 years. I haven't looked it up, but I'd guess the attendance for the Royals from 1976/77-1994 was very similar, even though St. Louis also has a much larger population base. But compared to capacity, They don't fill up that much. Pre- strike they grew slowly to 2.4 mil and have hung around 1.6 since the strike

QUOTE (dielac @ May 13, 2011 -> 09:34 PM) Pierre sucks, he should of been out. Sox catch a break there. That was almost the first time I've ever seen the fake to 3B work

Juan Pierre's bad baserunning led to a run

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 13, 2011 -> 09:16 PM) Not sure if he had options left? He was signed as a fa, so no options

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 13, 2011 -> 09:07 PM) I used to think McCarthy's motion looked a lot like Mike MacDougal's. It's definitely changed. Full windup now rather than the quick one. Probably easier on his body this way.

Remember though, the population of the entire K.C. Metro area is 2.1 million. The population of the City of Chicago, not counting the suburbs, is 2.6 million, with 4x that in the metropolitan area. The population of the K.C. Area is similar to Indianapolis. I don't know where the upper limit is for what that city can turn out and no one here does either.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2011 -> 02:22 PM) http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spo...gh-unemployment Actually, after a correction, it turns out he's at least a "Little bit" right, in that government employment has been declining for the last year or so, the same time period that the private sector has been expanding.

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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 13, 2011 -> 05:02 PM) I'd like to say Bulls in 6, but you know the NBA wants this to go to seven. So i'm going with Bulls in 7 with each team stealing one on the road. If the Bulls can take advantage of having the first 2 games at home, they can tear this team apart. The Heat are a good team when the pressure isn't on them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 13, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) And if you spend in cash and just blow all of your cash, you still are going to be stuck. And if you have no card, what is to prevent you from instead going to those paycheck advance places, etc. Those payday loan places make the Credit Card industry look like shining examples of well behaved honest corporations.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 13, 2011 -> 05:21 PM) If KC keeps winning, the place will be 30,000 plus all June and July and the first 2 weeks of August. Problem is they've already had a ton of home games. KC doesn't draw squat in April and May, at least not the last 15 years when people have been resigned to s*** teams. KC will be fine. Really, what basis do you figure that out? KC hasn't averaged more than 22k a game since the late 80's. They've had plenty of June/July/August games with 10-12,000 fans showing up the last few years. How do you know this with no evidence?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 13, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) I'm sorry, there's no need to ever bring up another person's molestation to anyone but said person. No one's disputing this statement as far as I can tell. Here's the question. You do something or say something extremely offensive to someone that you later regret. It deeply harms another person. Pick the topic. In this case, molestation, but you could go with any other number of them. If you did that, are you forever beyond redemption?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 13, 2011 -> 03:38 PM) Bigger man, my ass. Hawk is the last person on Earth I'd ever refer to as a "bigger man". If the higher ups brought Wimpy back for a series and told him to shut his mouth about it and offer a weak apology, then I'm sure he would just go along with it because he's a company guy and knows his place. I'm also willing to bet that Wimpy hasn't seriously forgiven him for it (again I don't think Hawk was serious about his apology, as nobody would joke about a person who was molested unless they were absolutely a bad person), but he does it to collect the check that I'm sure he could use. WTF? The higher ups? Told him to do something? He basically went off to broadcast for the Nationals for a few years and then quasi-retired. He doesn't need to be coming back to broadcast games if he doesn't want to. Where on Earth did you come up with the idea that he's some sort of slave to the Sox corporation? Are you just at the point of assuming that anyone and everyone that ever associates with the team is that way?

Ron Paul is officially in.

The HGH side of this story is slowly starting to get more attention.

Go check my word capitalization...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) BIG pop up thunderstorms again happening as we speak. Tornado warnings in a couple of counties south of Chicago. Along the I-75 drive in Northern Georgia, I hit 2 spots where it was clear Tornadoes had crossed the highway in our April outbreak. One had leveled a bunch of buildings (including a Ruby Tuesday), the other had just left a 1/4 mile or so snapped and stripped trees.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 13, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Could this be the trip that gets Dayan's foot in the door? http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break...story?track=rss Into Teahen's role as a once or twice a week backup again? Probably.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 13, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) As much as an apology is appreciated, I will still question a person's judgement and character when they make comments like that. Almost everyone slips up at some point, but it really does call into question on what type of person they are if they make comments like that. You're correct, it does. But it takes a bigger man to make a mistake and then admit he was wrong later.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 13, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) IF true, and he actually did make jokes about a man getting molested when that man was a child, then yes, he is a piece of human garbage. The good thing is...it does appear that the Hawk realized he'd done something wrong and apologized and made amends. That's something we approve of in this country.

every Rose has its thorn...

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 12, 2011 -> 11:58 PM) Oh geez...don't be that guy. I have zero problem with a person who decides to be "That guy".

My whole row, like 20 people, were all Bulls fans. At least 25% of the lower deck was unfilled until the middle of the 2nd quarter, and it never got more than 90% filled.

QUOTE (farmteam @ May 12, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) I'll be attending the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis next year...now I only have to find a place to live! Go and curse at the Twins a few times.

Man, I haven't been to an NBA game in a decade. It's impressive how much goes on you never see. Guys bumping DR1 all the time early in the game to try to get into his head, Atlanta leaving boozer open over and over and over. I kept expecting the Hawks to make a run and they never did. The defense was just all-world. I don't think the Hawks had a clear shot after the 2nd quarter. Lotta weak fouls on the bulls, a couple on the Hawks but the Bulls built on them and the Hawks didn't.