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He has walked 2, hit 1, and AJ did a GIDP on the first pitch.

The Corps does what it wants. Screw you.

Good work AJ!

Herrmann? That's a funny name.

Hey, at least the Cubs are losing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 06:53 PM) Honestly I couldn't believe how many people wanted him on the Sox in the off-season. When I saw how much money he got, I wasn't the least bit upset we didn't get him. I was one of the ones who wanted him, but I didn't imagine anyone would give him that much money. I thought he might get the kind of deal Jones got.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) Yes, Ozzie, please please quit! It will cure what ails this team for a week. Hell the Sox will likely win five, six in a row like all teams do when they fire a manager. Then they will return to the piece of s*** team they have, but please quit. We need some new blood to b**** about. I think your post has inspired the Orioles to give up 3 more runs to the Red Sox.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 09:57 PM) Is the Indians line-up worse than the Sox? I'm not convinced it is. Both have one good player in it (Choo vs Rios), and then the rest are pretty awful. The Sox have 2 other guys with >10 home runs though.

Biden's there? And you can't use that as motivation to beat up on Philly?

Well, at least the Hawks are...oh, right. I think I have a couple of Iron chef episodes recorded. Maybe I should try one of those tonight.

And there's 3-1. Nice to know the Indians pitching staff still beats the crap out of us.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 09:51 PM) D1 just seems to get himself into a nasty inning in every start lately Really, we've been telling him "pitch a shutout or take the loss" for the last 3 years. It's sorta not fair to him.

D1 could really use the DP right now.

And there goes that game.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) Would drafting him speak volumes negatively towards the long-term future of Flowers? IMO, yes. Phegley as well.

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Some things just make me so proud...

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) Wow that is just incredibly pathetic. Especially when considering some of the weapons they have. Clearly, the only solution for them is to fire greg walker.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 04:06 PM) I stood right next to a cop while he was talking to another cop about how he got pulled over once for blowing a stop sign that he "always blows" (his exact words) near his house. Once the cop that pulled him over found out he was also a cop, he shut his lights off and didn't issue a ticket. A few years ago, the police in Hobart/Merrillville IN basically wound up in a ticket-writing war with each other after a similar situation happened and the first police officer didn't let the second one off.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) but you make it sound like by going from 6% to 10% that employers can all pay minimum wage and no benefits to anyone. Wow, the perfect Republican world. Of course there's some hangover, but really, the increase in competition between 5% unemployment and 10% unemployment is huge. A couple percent of the unemployment is always built in, so you're going from nearly full labor force participation to massive underutilization. There's a massive shift there in employees available per position. A good chunk of that leverage you refer to is inertia...the fact that it takes some time to retrain an employee. But really, the change in the labor market between those 2 numbers is monstrous.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) Case by case. And there is zero perfect method of doing so.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) I think its that flexibility that is the biggest reason for it. Companies will still be willing to give those benefits for some people they know they want long-term, but they will use the contractors to be part of the ebb and flow segment of the work when they can. If there's 10% unemployment long-term, then he's right, because the workers that are hired will have lost all of their bargaining power; there's always someone equally qualified out there who is currently unemployed.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2010 -> 03:20 PM) Here's my question: with numbers declining everywhere on offense, does this mean anyone that put up huge numbers in the last decade was using illegal enhancers? Of course not, that's just silly.