Balta1701

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:11 PM) 3 for 20 now And again, it's not because he's lost a step, it was a poorly placed bunt./

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:09 PM) Yes, as tickets were extremely cheap on stub hub for this game. That's good though, every bit counts towards payroll. I grew up going to games on Saturday night because my dad liked the fireworks show.

When I follow his link, the $100 price tag is crossed out and replaced with a discounted price. Maybe there's no discount at that hotel?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) He's playing some really good defense. We forget how bad he was the first few months last year. Nice play by Nix to end that inning too.

Yeah, Hafner's slow, but that was a decent play by Alexei in the hole.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:55 PM) But you have to remember they needed to find a signable player based on it not being protected and the huge money given to Strasburg. Don't get me wrong, a top 20 pick shouldn't be on a closer unless it's a unique situation. How do you feel about the way Huston street went (40th pick)?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:53 PM) Since you're always disagreeing with me, would you switch our position with the Orioles based on their prospects, etc? It's a tough call, as even though they'll likely have a better team 3 years from now, there is just a tremendous gap between them and the top teams in AL East. You know? I really feel like I wouldn't...I'm getting the same "awful lot of busts" feeling about the O's that I'm getting about Beckham, etc., right now.

6.1 IP, 3 BB, 1 hit, 1 ER, 4 k's for Torres tonight.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:50 PM) However we don't want to be compared to Baltimore, they are an awful team this year. So are we.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:49 PM) You also have to remember how pathetic the Nationals bullpen was last season. Why stock up your starting rotation only to have an awful bullpen? Because it's disturbingly easy to create a decent bullpen for a year or two with a couple good pickups/signings?

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) Worst team ever with RISP? Probably. We're not even the worst in MLB this year; Baltimore takes that spot by a good margin.

Well, just ate myself a grilled bison burger and i'm sittin' here sippin some Jim Beam, so I guess I can live with this performance from Peavy.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 04:48 PM) This is why I wish we had unloaded just a little bit more. How nice would it have been to add Bosh real early and then have Lebron looking at a team that included Bosh, Rose, and Noah. The only way to have pulled that off, realistically, would have been to have turned Deng into an expiring deal as well, and I'm just not sure there were any takers.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 07:49 PM) The guy has been the most experienced, respected, prepared assistants in the NBA for the past few years. He has been ready for awhile but hasn't found the right place. I'm glad he likes our situation and I believe FA targets will like to play for him. There are only a handful of assistant coaches that everyone who's a serious NBA fan knows their name. Thibodeau has been in that group since at least 2008.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:38 PM) Good thing you're my friend then, huh? Yeah, I owe ya one. Wanna go geode hunting or something like that? When do I have to book these by?

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 08:33 PM) http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/a...equestid=739595 Click on the hotel and select check rates. It shows original price and discounted price. FWIW, you may well save me enough to pay for dinner at Michael Symon's restaurant.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) I agree with the Corps here. Closing the locks does definite and clear damage economically. Then there's the fact that they cannot keep them closed all the time, or they will cause periodic and massive flooding damage. The carp, based on the two most recent tests, aren't even near the locks yet. And here's something people seem to forget (or are too young to remember) - Lake Michigan had an ENTIRELY different ecosystem as little as 20 years ago. There isn't much natural in there now, in terms of fish species, anyway. That all said, I agree they need to do whatever they reasonably can to keep the carp out - but that doesn't include putting the entire river basin at flood risk and destroying an economic engine. Instead, do the electronic barriers, do some occasional cleanups, and declare some wall zones to keep things tracked constantly. Does the same thing, except without all the economic and home damage. I think experience says...follow your course, and they get into the lake. You want to stop them, you go the drastic route.

How long is this rate discount good for?

Why Sarah Palin endorsed Terry Branstad in the Iowa governor's race.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:45 AM) Well lets hope this works... Well...considering how the last coaching search went...it really can't do worse.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:41 AM) Cannot wait til July comes and we can finally move on from this nonsense. You think the Lebron James "I am the King" tour will only take July?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:42 AM) The EPA knows it can't do any better, so it is cowering in a corner somewhere. Actually, it could.

Mitch Talbot vs. the White Sox this year: 2-0 record, 16 IP, 1.69 ERA, 4 runs, 3 ER, 1 HR, 0 BB, 6 K's.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 5, 2010 -> 10:32 AM) Also, why does BP get to control media access to public beaches and waters? Everything their oil touches, they own.

Depending on what the leak volume actually is, right now the new top hat is collecting something on the order of 5-10% of it.