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QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 07:32 AM) I was wondering the same thing. Seems as if he will be gone for 2 weeks legitimately at least?? Could be more I suppose.... Putz pitched in the game on August 24th, even if it was only 3 pitches, so he couldn't be put on the DL retroactive to anything. I think he can't be back before Sept. 9.

Proveth me wrong, Edwin.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 02:24 AM) Sale already was hitting 99...if he got some muscle...wow. Sale lost a bunch of weight back in May on an illness/food poisoning bout.

So...the Obama administration today denied that there has been any talk of reinstating the housing tax credit. Of course...the whole ridiculousness of this mess is...if I'm of the sorts who might be considering purchasing a first time house in the near future (true)...and I heard that there was any consideration of reinstating that credit...might I just not sit on my hands a little longer, let the market deteriorate further, and jump in once they decide it's gotten bad enough to bring back that credit?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 05:48 PM) No kidding. How can you get tired from DHing every day? Plus there are some off days during the month. Oh come on, we all saw Thome wear down the last year or two as a regular DH. I was at the top of the list saying he needed to rest more. I'd like to say "but Manroid has only taken 200 PA's this season!" in response...but he's also been banged up all year, and his body has taken a decade long chemical beating. What's better...having him for a 1 month, playing him for 2 weeks and then having him pull another calf muscle running the bases, or sitting him for a couple days?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) Right, but some suggested Sox would have to give him all the money this year. I think the rule is that the money is deferred...but it has to be set aside this year.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 05:33 PM) Ha, so you see a possibility of the Bears being 6-10, but a 5-11 prediction is pessimistic? The more games we add, the easier this gets.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:50 PM) To this day, I have no idea how I became a Sox fan. All I remember is getting a 1989 Chicago Cubs team photo plaque for Christmas, but by 1991 I was a Sox fan. If you're like me, it might have had something to do with that pretty good hitter the Sox called up right around then to play 1b. He was kinda tall, IIRC.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) Obviously the money means something to the Dodgers. They have to be rejoicing today, getting some team to pay that bum for the rest of the season. Actually, they're not rejoicing today at all...the divorce hearings are starting today.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:05 PM) Isn't Baltimore older than the cell? Opened in April 1992. New Comiskey was 91.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:55 PM) Maybe they can get the Extreme Home Makeover team to spice it up a bit. I think they've already done that. It does impress me to think that the Cell is 20 years old. It certainly doesn't seem that old when you go there.

By the way, on a slightly different subject...I absolutely have to praise CBS for doing this. Every time there's a rally in DC, now that the park service stopped doing estimates because they're controversial, we hear estimates that range by an order of magnitude. CBS did the Beck rally scientifically. They hired a satellite image company, took pictures of the actual size of the crowd, calculated the density of people, and came up with a number that is probably accurate to within 10%. The organizers are still pushing higher estimates...but I seriously hope this happens every time there's a rally or event on the National Mall. That'd be so bloody useful.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 01:28 PM) Rios has an OBP of .285 since the ASB. He's basically putting up Kotsay numbers since the break while getting to bat 3rd. Basically then you worry more about Manny driving in Manny.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:14 AM) I think they kind of have to reinstate the credit. PS: I'm still a bit upset we didnt qualify for it when we bough our townhome earlier this year. Apparently my dad and I missed the fine print that you cant buy a house off of a family member and get the tax credit. (My parents owned the town home, and we had been renting it from them for a year before buying it) Basically...it can never end.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 12:22 PM) I said 3-13 and everyone was like, "No!" When I look around the league for 3-13 teams, I run into teams like Buffalo, maybe KC still, etc., teams with legitimately nothing going on either side of the ball. I still think it takes a lot of injuries for the Bears to fall anywhere near that far.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:45 AM) There's a woman I work with. She's really friendly and nice, but every time someone walks past, she says their name in a sing-songy way. I mean like every time someone walks by her. For a while, it only bothered me a little bit, but now I want to dropkick her when she says it. It's one of those things that just cuts right through you. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91grichmeister.phtml

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:32 AM) When does the waiver claim go through? He'd better be in the lineup tonight. It all depends on how long the Dodgers want to drag their feet. This could easily be dragged out until Wednesday's game.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:19 AM) I'll be able to sleep at night when he's a teenager. Really?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 10:13 AM) Don't stop Maybe they should try re-starting?

QUOTE (Special K @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:54 AM) Also, September call-ups start Wednesday so it really doesn't matter. They'll just send Lilibridge down for a day or something. Unless the rules change in September, you can't do that. If someone gets sent down, they have to stay down for 10 days.

QUOTE (IceCreamPants @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:10 AM) LOL. I wouldnt walk a 6k. I dont know, it just feels good celebrating every thousand posts. And no one can stop me because my name is red and I can do what I want! *high pitched yelling voice* I remember when I celebrated every thousand posts... Get off my lawn. Hippy.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:40 AM) If Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios were doing their job the Sox would not need Manny. Don't be mad at Manny for being Manny or KW for getting him. Be mad at Quentin and Rios for forcing his hand. The Sox are not making a run without him as the current nos. 3 & 5 are not getting it done. If Carlos Quentin and Alex Rios were doing their jobs the Sox would still have DH performance as bad as any other contender in the AL, and as such, they'd still have a need for Ramiroid. The difference is whether the Sox are 5 games back or 1 game back or 2 games up. No matter what...they can still use him.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 09:30 AM) WTF? I hate Manny, but he can be a full time DH, you don't have to play him in left field and then give him days off afterwards. You probably still need to give him a day or two off a week down the stretch even as a DH.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 11:55 PM) we didnt give up on BA we gave him many chances We definitely gave up on him...it was just time to give up on him.