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GODDAMNIT why is closing games so hard!!!

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 12:52 PM) Ranger IPA is from New Belgium, so I'm surprised you didn't think to much of it. I have yet to trt it but supposedly we're going to start seeing New Belgium's stuff come to Florida. The 1554...oh man that stuff and I get along so well..

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 12:38 PM) If Tyler can hit .250 with his power and ability to draw walks, would most be happy with him starting in 2011? If he could hit .250 in the big leagues? Absolutely. A guy like him though...I worry he'd be lucky to be a .200 hitter right now.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 12:05 PM) Ahh, nothing...a mistaken reference on my part from something I remembered incorrectly. Nonetheless, I hope Edwin continues to prove you wrong. In that case, I hope Edwin makes the pearl eat his words as well.

Link. Emphasis mine there.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 11:47 AM) Make Earl the Pearl eat his words... I have no idea what that means.

Considering how often it seems he's panicked and folded over a right wing crazy freakout, and that he really didn't need to spend political capital here...This deserves some serious applause. (Full remarks here).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 11:46 AM) Prove him wrong, Edwin. (I've asked him to prove me wrong the last 2 game threads for him, and he's stood up and pitched. I think that's my line for him now).

Pettitte had a setback in a simulated game.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) No you arent. You are just waiting for him to fail so you will feel justified. Just admit it. I want to see him legitimately prove me wrong. Forgot to say this; Prove me wrong Edwin.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 11:22 AM) Yeah but he became a completely different character on Fox News. I used to watch him on CNN. You have my sympathies.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 01:10 AM) That's all they would need for him to be on that team for the forseeable future. At some point I think they have to start worrying more about Morneau's issues becoming career threatening.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 11:35 PM) Despite all the crap he's taken, Flowers still has a .340 OBP and a .804 OPS in AAA despite his low average. Has he recovered at all in the 2nd half?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 05:49 PM) That's actually a pretty good column about our attendance and fans' faith in the team. The reader comments were interesting, too, especially the dad who couldn't afford to take his daughter to the game. The White Sox are actually one of the more expensive ticket/game experiences in the league, IIRC.

Jackson gets another shot at the Tigers. I'm genuinely interested to see what he can do if we ever give him a shot at a top of the league offense.

Patrick Kane and the Stanley Cup...trapped on the ladder of a fire engine in Buffalo.

A's 18 year old pitching prospect Michael Ynoa, who got $4.25 million earlier this year, is down for the Tommy John.

Twins no longer have a timetable for Morneau's return.

Larry plans to have the surgery and attempt one last comeback.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 05:13 PM) But there is a minimum. For example, people who have mental illness and cant' take of themselves don't pay a dime in and draw a lifetime of benefits. There is a minimum benefit that gets paid no matter how much is paid in. If you grant amnesty, there are going to be people who will be eligible to draw SSI, who may never have paid in because of their status as an illegal. But, as I noted...the increased number of workers paying into the system still wins in terms of OASDI's help, especially if you expect that there's a bias in the population of people who come here as workers towards people who are able to work.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 05:05 PM) So no amnesty? I can't handle that. Well it depends...if you're going to adopt the idea that anything other than 100% expulsion by force = amnesty, then yes I'm in favor of an amnesty. Turn the population into a legal workforce with some measure of legal protection and give the offer of citizenship if they remain in good standing as taxpayers for x number of years and pay a fine (x approximately 10, give or take).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 04:48 PM) Not everyone (including me) thinks American citizenship is just a worthless designation given to anyone that shows up to the border. You don't have to make people citizens immediately to set up a legal means to fill the demand for temporary and migrant workers. A decent number of people who come here for jobs would probably prefer to remain Mexican citizens if given the choice.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 04:25 PM) About 30 of those times we have been hit are to just two of our hitters. And frankly...our pitchers do usually show some solid control.

Other things I just need to post...Rush Limbaugh's quote of the day...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) LEGAL immigrants. Ones that actually pay into the system. Actually a number of illegal immigrants pay into the system now, tot he tune of $7-$8 billion a year. However, the key point there is...2k5's argument is that if we were to legalize current illegal immigrants through any fashion, Social Security costs would go up. The reality is...yes costs go up, but so do incomes, and the benefit of cutting the retirees/workers ratio winds up winning. Thanks in part to the Reagan amnesty and in part to the fact that crossing the border as a 65 year old and then working hard labor is pretty difficult...the current crop of illegal immigrants isn't exactly an elderly bunch.