Balta1701

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) Yup. And the policy has been in place for a lot longer then "10 years". Again, you people want Bush to be Obama's savior in that he inherited every problem in the world, just stop it. Take some responsibility and STFU. And if the Obama administration tried to shut down a drilling operation for safety violations? You'd be the first one out there calling him a socialist and saying that it's a terrible idea to make business have to spend more money on things they'll never need. Or you would have been before this mess.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:37 PM) No matter. We'd get next to nothing for him anyway. Salary savings and a role for Flowers.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 14, 2010 -> 05:31 PM) While not surprising, is this individual act alone a fireable offense? He's put up a combined .608 OPS over the last 3 years. And that makes the .380 OPS he's putting up this year look good. I think he had a productive out at one point tonight.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) How bad a Sox team is this? Not trying to flame, but it's our worst team since ?? 2007.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) Catfish got plenty of air time tonight. No Yaz stories though. I heard some yaz discussion earlier.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:53 PM) I don't think too big really is the deciding factor. Depends on how you're defining big. If you're letting companies leverage 40 to 1...they can be pretty small and still be systematically threatening.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:19 PM) Oh yes, we get "f***ed over". OMG. Evil f***ing capitalists. Yeah...because you know what is good? Dumping an enormous plume of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. That's as good as you can get. What would we do without Kap defending BP's right to spill oil, for the good of mankind.

AJ becomes a 10/5 player on June 14th and says he'll block trades.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) I'd prefer to bring in someone with experience. Not a whole lot of those available that you'd actually want.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) I liked the point that B and B made, and that is if you want to start fixing the Sox, you have to get the dead weight off the team. Thus, you go ahead and get rid of Vizquel and Williams. It's like last year, where having Lillibridge in the majors made no sense. And Quentin.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) I think they would have been better off keeping Mark in. Bah, he was done.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 14, 2010 -> 10:13 PM) It would be a shame for him to get a job with another organization, only to have KW fired a year later, etc. However, after watching Sports Sunday on NBC, I wouldn't be shocked if KW takes another position in the organization very soon. It worked for John Paxson. Maybe KW can start picking fights with the coaches.

AJ becomes a 10/5 player on June 14th. Looks like June 13th is the firesale deadline start.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2010 -> 04:45 PM) So if anyone wants to see something interesting, President Clinton is doing an interview on CNBC right now, in it he saids that he isn't sure the repeal of Stengal Glass had any effect on this mess, and that the regulatory system broke down. I am sure it will be podcasted later. I've heard him say similar elsewhere recently I think. Good to know passing the buck is a universal trait.

The designated hitter... is Omar Vizquel today.

Damn, somehow while shifting computers I lost the post I'd saved where NSS insisted that we'd never see Vizquel at DH.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 14, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) Just finished watching Dan Gilbert's press conference. That is one stressed out lookin' dude. This could be me just hoping. But going by demeanor, you see a guy who's scared out of his mind. He's about to risk losing what, $100-$150 million in franchise value overnight in a few months?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) Well if the history of Chicano's in America is being taught, there are some electives left. Frankly, if you want to really allow that population to "naturalize", that's exactly what you should be teaching in some of these areas.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:48 PM) I just think the radio broadcast as a whole is not very good. The production value of the pre and post-game shows are pretty laughable as well. First...it's vastly better than it was with Singleton. Second...it's really not that bad if you listen around MLB. It's not like Vin Scully sitting down and doing a game...but it's not the bottom.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) The Spainiards were kicked out in 1821, this was Mexico. They don't speak English, therefore, they must be clueless.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:32 PM) Brown should've been fired ages ago. Heck, just last year, don't you remember when John Kuester had the board drawing up a play while Mike Brown was panicing in the background walking back and forth? The guy has been a joke. As I said, he probably had Lebron lobbying for him. And Cleveland wasn't doing anything to piss Lebron off, even if Lebron needed it.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) It's a sac bunt. The abbreviation for Sacrifice Bunt is the same as the abbreviation for Stolen Base, so if you want to compile them all, you need to change at least 1 of those abbreviations.

QUOTE (G&T @ May 14, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Please read my post. There is nothing inherently wrong with teaching history of a particular ethnic group as long as it is open to everyone. So your class would not be covered. I think there's a difference between what you say here and what the law appears to say...you say "open to everyone", the law says "Primarily designed" for one ethnic group.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 14, 2010 -> 02:54 PM) http://zoowithroy.spreadshirt.com/stinks-t...omize/color/196 Just sent that to a Phillies phan phriend of mine.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 14, 2010 -> 11:56 AM) BP CEO: "When oil's in the water does it get wet, or does the water get oily instead, nobody knows, oil-spill man"