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QUOTE (BFirebird @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) Why Cabrera isn't in the 3rd spot is a mystery to me. That is even dumber than batting Kotsay 5th....wait maybe not. How long did the Giants keep tetrahydrogestrinone in the 4th spot despite having no one around it?

Kotsay, of course, flies out to the wall.

Come on Mark...Stop ****ing around.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) Mark forces another GIDP, two on the day Fail.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:46 PM) Does anyone else feel like Hawk is being a bit creepy when he's saying that? I think he feels like it keeps working.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) Hey, those are actually better than what he did last year. Oh, and he's 30/39 on SB's over that stretch.

This is what Porcello was like before he went down.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) Hey, those numbers look like the ones from 2009... Crap, you're right, somehow B-R highlighted one group of games and gave me different stats. That's weird, never seen that screw up before. His real numbers since May 1....284 average, .357 OBP.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:34 PM) MLBTR has a new post about the tigers and how they may sell if they don't turn it around. They mention a few players, the most interesting Johnny Damon. Any interest? I'd take him but I wouldn't give up anything I really liked. I'd do a waiver claim.

Juan Pierre since May 1: .298 average, .347 OBP.

Sweet Juanny.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) Is this the first time we've seen AJ bat 8th this year? He has 10 AB's in the 8 spot this year.

Actually, Mexico changed their law a few months ago to legalize undocumented immigration. I think the citation for that is somewhere earlier in this thread. Here's the reality as I see it...if you guys are worried about criminals crossing the border...terrorists crossing the border, whatever...then "Deport them all!" is exactly the wrong solution. Why? A couple reasons. First, I think we've proven over and over again that as long as there is demand for cheap imported labor that doesn't have to follow labor laws, people will find a way into the country to do that. We're spending enough money on the southern border right now that if we tried to spend 1/2 of it on health care for poor people there'd be a riot, and the only dent made in immigration is due to the crappy economy here and fewer jobs. Obama's spending $5 billion a year more than Bush on the southern border, arresting 100k more people on the southern border, but people just complain more. Secondly...if you really put together something like Arizona's bill...what's going to happen. If people such as criminals or terrorists are genuinely able to still get around the $20 billion a year in fences you're creating and you can't stop them from getting in...the last thing you want to do is have the people around them scared to talk to the police. Los Angeles had to deal with this problem in teh 90's, they had such a problem with crime among the illegals in the city because the illegals were scared to talk to the police because they'd be deported. L.A. had to basically say the police wouldn't check immigration documents...because otherwise, anyone who wasn't going to murder someone was scared to report the murderer living next door. If you want it safe and secure, you need a legal means to fill the demand for work. It's really that simple. If you're worried about terrorists crossing the border, you need to have a legal means by which 99.9% of the people crossing the border go through and have their ID checked. If you're worried about criminals crossing the border, you need to have everyone who wants to come in just to work able to come in legally. You can't complain about criminals or terrorists or whatever crossing the border and then pretend that it's possible to stop it without a legalization plan.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:51 AM) We would have been screwed. Well, if we'd kept him on the roster and dropped Kotsay, we'd still have been in better shape.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:37 AM) Theets being out of options has to clear waivers before being sent? I'm not totally sure about that...I'm sure he signed a minor league deal before the season, so I think there are instances where guys on minor league deals can be sent up and down without having to clear waivers. Of course, that could be why he's to the DL and not AAA.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:38 AM) I was spying on a Twins fan forum and someone there mentioned that the Twins usually light up Jackson, so they were glad that the Sox traded for him. Jackson and Coop will have to straighten them out right away. 1-3 record, 7.76 ERA against the Twins in his career. 8 appearances, 5 starts.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 01:02 PM) Enforce the law assholes. 1 dead , 2 critical. Blood on your hands. f*** these people. Throw their asses out of the country. Of course the douche survives the crash. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/a...lear_cache_true Serious question while acknowledging this is not a good thing...if I were to post every time that a citizen of the U.S. kills someone and argue to throw all U.S. citizens out of the country, wouldn't that be the same logic?

QUOTE (docsox24 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:48 PM) maybe mark wants to have a few drinks during the night game? Maybe Threets actually has an injury? He was unable to retire anyone his last time out.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:14 PM) I'm by no means an expert on our minor league players so can someone chime in and give us some perspective on how Sale compares to recent pitching hopefuls? Can he be the real deal? Check out his loaded AAP page for more info on him.\

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 12:20 PM) Oh yeah, they're completely done. Interesting that Terry Boers' guy said that Zambrano will be released this offseason if they can't trade him while eating all of his salary. Boers also said that Carlos Silva is a terrible human being that no one in the clubhouse can stand. I don't believe they'd buy out Zambrainless for a second.

Here's the question shack...how often does one find a good chiropractor?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 11:49 AM) At this point, I don't think the Vikings would care if he told them he was skipping training camp, they just want to know if he will play or not. And if he's not going to play, now's basically the deadline to tell them, so that they can start working with Jackson on regular reps with the #1 team. The Vikes management may try to entice him back, but the timing on this one reads "legitimate".

QUOTE (IceCreamPants @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:33 AM) I must admit I know nothing about this kid. Why the hell would he be ready this soon? Well, first of all, he's striking people out like crazy. Secondly, he's left handed. Third...and here's the important one...we don't know for sure, but the Sox were immediately talking about calling him up after signing him. When Andrew Miller inked his contract, there was a clause requiring that he was called up by the Tigers in the year after he was drafted. Gives him more income, gets an option out of the way, gets him some early service time, puts him on the 40 man immediately. I get a strong impression that Sale has a similar clause, requiring a stint in the majors this year. The Sox got him pretty close to slot money IIRC. That may be what they had to part with to get a deal done.

Well, I can't say I feel like Threets has earned a demotion, nor am I 100% sure Sale has earned a callup yet, but I think giving him an August callup was likely in his contract when he signed it. Better Threets - > Sale than dumping Viciedo for him.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 10:28 AM) Guess who's back? Back again. Kotsay's back. Tell a friend. Maybe they'll DFA him after game 1.