Balta1701

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 12:53 PM) Well, you're a long-time fan, just as I am. This is something that has seemingly plagued us since well-before Ozzie and Walk got here. The 2001-2004 teams experienced the same kind of lacksidasical, underperforming attitude that some of these teams have under Ozzie. Maybe it's the way Kenny builds teams, I don't know. I always love his teams on paper but they rarely seem to have a fire about them to where they actually outperform their talent. 2005 was obviously the exception. We always seem to be losing games we should be winning. This is just how losing teams look

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 12:14 PM) No, no... the EPA could nail their balls to the wall, according to Balta (which is a true statement... ironically enough). So, it's the EPA's fault because they refuse to act. But I'm sure George W. Bush told BP to blow up a well, you know, because every policy he had, or did not have, has led to the destruction of the world. I don't really care whether or not the EPA nails them to the wall right now, what I'd like to see is an effective containment and cleanup strategy rather than the joke we've seen for the last month.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) If you put in your weight and hold onto the heart rate tracker, very accurate. I'm never able to grip the heart trackers, they're always in positions that make them useless.

Happy Birthday. Your gift is another shrubbery.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:07 PM) So AJ goes first. Then I would guess a reliever, Putz being the best one actively shopped... after that, sky's the limit. I'm kind of looking forward to seeing the team get dismantled, because at least then I won't be watching the same group of guys lose every day. I'll be watching a whole new group of guys lose every day. No idea who goes after AJ. I don't think there's anyone I wouldn't move for the right price.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:08 PM) I think they should interupt the WGN News weather with Hawk telling a Catfish story.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:04 PM) That's great to hear. I hope he's made his adjustments and hits from here on out. It would be nice to see him getting some at-bats for this team after the purge. 10 k's in 35 at bats isn't really great to me. That's still about a 170 K/600 at-bat pace.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:59 PM) I am an idiot. I have been weighing myself w/o shoes on, like I was when I was back at school. Starting Weight (4/7/10) - 272 LB Current Weight (6/510) - 260.5 LB Total Loss: 11.5 lbs Went to the gym for the first time today. I replaced the kettle weights w/ the stair master. Stair master is not worth it methinks. Lost only like 46 calories in 5 minutes, and my legs were killing me. When I do the eliptical, I bang out about 210 calories in 13 minutes. For the people who know these things better, how accurate are the calorie counts on those sorts of machines?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:57 PM) Danks was moved back to leadoff and went 1-3 with no K's. I'll take it. Counting tonight he has 10 k's in his last 35 at-bats. I checked.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) So how long after the draft until KW starts selling off guys? 1 week? 2 weeks? The deadline to dump AJ before his 10/5 no trade rights kick in is June 13th.

Soxnet.net game writeup.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:44 PM) I would rather watch UT and UK play in football or basketball than watch this game. UT/UF or UT/UGA would be fine, too. And I hate the SEC. Try my technique. Down a bison burger for dinner then sit around drinking Jim Beam. Makes the game much more bearable. I just ran out of Jim.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:43 PM) What type of pitch? They just showed a replay. 3-2 pitch, straight fastball, waist high, outer half, out over the plate. Drove it off the CF wall for a double.

The pitch Hafner hit was awful.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:41 PM) When did you move from CAL to Knoxville? 6 months ago after finishing Ph.D.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:40 PM) If Morel could hit in AA, he'll be ok in AAA. And Morel was flat out raking in AA. Not HR power, but seriously, hitting like mad.

This tornado warning interests me more than the game. And I don't even live in the area anymore.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:37 PM) Greg Walker should have been fired like 3 years ago, and if JR was as pissed about the performance of this team over the past few seasons as he's said he is, then other changes should have been made. Bah, you're still not going to convince me that the trophy hitting coach scalp does anything.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:36 PM) Morel is really not adjusting well so far. It's not even been a week though, but only 1 hit. Thankfully, only 1 strikeout though too. He jumped past AA surprisingly fast. It's ok to be patient with him. The normal schedule was supposed to be AA this year, AAA next year. Better to get the AAA struggles done early.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:34 PM) f*** D. Wade and his thinking that JR isn't loyal. The 2010 season is what happens when you are too damn loyal! Who should we not have been loyal too, Quentin, Beckham, Floyd, or Buehrle?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) That's bulls*** and you know it. If they could, they would be. There hasn't even been an attempt to do proper booming work around the Gulf, and right now, if you had the money to pay for 10x the number of workers to shovel up oil on the beaches, you still wouldn't have enough people. The EPA could have done better if it took about 30 minutes to hire people who knew how to do booming. Or if it was willing to spend BP's money. They could also find work for about 20+ oil tanker vessels vacuuming up the stuff.

Thornton this season has given up 3 runs to the Indians, 2 Runs to the Yankees, and that's it.

Really? Matt Thornton gave up a run to Branyan?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:15 PM) With Andruw Jones struggling, we're seeing the worst possible offense that we all imagined/predicted in the spring. Nobody was sure about Rios coming in and Konerko was expected to tail off, and while Quentin's numbers overall look so-so (like Peralta) it keeps coming back to CQ and Beckham (along with the pitchers and AJ) looking like shadows of their former selves and not being able to get on sustained hot streaks. Quentin's numbers are not so-so. They're awful. He has a lower OPS than Teahen.

What a catch.