Balta1701

Well at least I can check in on an iPhone now to see if we get a hit. That's something.

Beeb.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 3, 2011 -> 06:04 PM) In an age of advanced stats, Im surprised win totals are what we think future writers will vote on. My guess is that there will be a greater emphasis on quality starts, etc, because as pitchers go less innings, they have a greater chance a bullpen pitcher wastes a great start. I just can't see Hall of Fame voters going off of a standard like "6 IP and 3 ER or less", it seems so bloody weak.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 3, 2011 -> 05:52 PM) Actually he has been quite good at blocking pitches in the dirt throughout his tenure on the South side. He hasn't seemed to be this year. The Sox are #5 in the league right now for most wild pitches.

FWIW, M-56 is now #14 on the list of active career win leaders, and that list doesn't tell the whole story (includes some guys like Pedro, who are quasi-retired)

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And of course, I get a manufacturing defect.

I am posting on an iPhone.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 3, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) A grade 2 sprain is a partial tear of the ligament, up to 50%. The ligaments are extension of the joint capsuleso there is concomitant laxity in the joint with special tests. The results don't change much during the playoffs. You tape it tightly add a functional ankle brace and hope he doesn't make it any worse. The downside is he may play a little more tentative due to the possibility of making it worse. Thanks

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 3, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) these situations are different. People didn't get along with Fisk because he was stand offish and arrogant. He just didn't really associate with people. AJ is just a pain in the a** to everyone. He is tolerated because winning teams will tolerate it if he is helping them win. As soon as the losing starts so will the complaining about the personality.It's similar to the Yankees with Gary Sheffield, although AJ is not the class of Sheffield. Pt, you've been paged to the NBA thread

It wouldn't surprise me at all if there were people wanting to hit this compound months ago, based on what we've already heard. The reports are that the CIA "Red teamed" their intel early last week...took everything they had to a fresh set of eyes to get them to agree that independent analysts agreed UBL was on site, and that was the final straw.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:17 PM) Haha, I wonder if he was considered tall enough in that area to stand out. I apparently don't know enough about Pakistani stereotypes. All I have to work with is the guy from Seinfeld. Amazingly, Wikipedia has the list, but doesn't include pakistan! The average height in india is about 5'3", which is ~6 inches shorter than for your average person in a western nation.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:54 PM) I'm just saying that it seems to suit our luck. Who do we fire to fix that?

QUOTE (Tex @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) I am a little surprised that Pakistan is trying to take some public credit. That would set them up for reprisals from what remains of Al Qaeda. Which tells you that they're more scared of losing billions of U.S. dollars than they are of another terrorist attack.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) Don't let the 62-20 cloud you, this team had a lot of bad games this year, usually when they were heavily favored to win. But usually they'd still pull together on defense.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:46 PM) The White House confirmed that the burial at sea was taped. I'm sure they recorded every single thing they did from the moment the helicopters landed.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) I may have missed it, but is the assumption he's been there since 2005? I'm not surprised he was living in a mansion, with his money I assumed he was in some remote villa with access to multiple escape points. My second assumption was he had multiple safe houses to move to, never staying more than a week or two at any one place. Perhaps he grew tired of running. If he had been there since 2005 there is a bit of satisfaction knowing he was a prisoner, even if he was a prisoner in a prison he built. I think it's safe to assume he's been in this compound, maybe with the occasional trip out, since 2005. If nothing else, the U.S. has supposedly been watching this facility quite intently for the last year and there's no reports that we saw him coming or going.

Prove me wrong, Edwin.

QUOTE (Yoda @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) Don’t be afraid to be so keen if your accepting reality as it is. Whose to say Dunn wasn’t going to flop his first year in the American League? Most of his career he’s played against pitcher’s who he has a record against and of course he’s always had a defensive role. All he can do now is just sit there until his turn is up and hope for the best. You can try to be as optimistic as the next person, but you will be dissapointed more often than not. Adam Dunn has a career .885 OPS in interleague games, 36 HR in 567 PA's, nearly a full season of interleague at bats against the AL.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:04 PM) They respectfully listed the names of the victims of the sept 11th attacks. I think its worth seeing. Thank you. I was trying to get you to tell me what they'd done since the Sun Times is unavailable in Tennessee.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:44 PM) Pick up a Sun Times today and read pages 14 and 15. No.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 3, 2011 -> 11:19 AM) Wow, Hawks had all the breaks but at the same time, this is why I don't see how anyone was picking a sweep. Bulls have been the worse team on the court in all but one of there playoff games for the majority of the game. That is bad. The Bulls from the regular season would sweep this team, or maybe give them a game in Atlanta.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 3, 2011 -> 11:42 AM) yeah, but it did take US 4 years from really honing in on the courier to finalize this, and i assume they aren't as good as us. There have been fugitives in the US who've also lasted this long and pakistan is far less developed. Correction...4 years from getting the guy's name, 2 years or less from actually finding his residence and location.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:14 PM) I don't think it's quite as hilarious as you. I think the main point that is incorrect is that all of Pakistan's officials are working together, as in some high ranking officials in the military could have possibly kept bin Laden's location under wraps while the president and other officials were indeed working with the best of intentions to find him. It's more difficult than you think though...if the rank and file were doing regular searches of that city, then the rank and file had to be ordered not to go to that spot, not to ask questions, and not to tell anyone else. And over the years, presumably hundreds of people rotated through those cities.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 3, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) Just posted this in the AJ thread, but as of June 2nd, the White Sox will have played 35 of their 57 games on the road. I think if they can be anywhere around .500 at that point in time, things will start looking up very quickly. It may also just be the optimist in me, but it seems that the schedule gets much, much easier from June 3rd and on too. But if they're still 9-10 games below .500, they're in real trouble. Which means they need to play above .500 ball on a stretch of schedule that is still quite difficult.