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Without knowing Gordon personally...my guess is that's exactly the kind of stuff he needs.

F***, I'm picking him until he goes a game without a GIDP. Pierre.

New oil leak found in the area of that drilling blowout, this one could be 5x the size of the one they knew about. That cuts the time for "1 Exxon Valdez" from a couple of months to a couple of weeks. The western edge of the spill is now 10 miles from landfall. Other estimates, based on satellite photos, are estimating that the spill could be happening at 20x the rate originally estimated, and that we could already have 60% of an Exxon-Valdez in the gulf.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) He's been, at times, throwing HARDER this year than he had in previous years. I highly doubt he's injured. He can't control it when he throws harder though. With the Padres, he could, that's how he took the pitching triple crown in 2007.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 11:07 PM) I love Scott Skiles. Too bad he can't keep a teams attention for more than a couple of years. In reality the guy is a college coach, he just doesn't want to admit it. I wonder if that would have been true if the Bulls hadn't done the double-mistake-whammy of drafting Tyrus Thomas and signing Ben Wallace.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) And ships in that class are usually named after cities, not crooked politicians. John C. Stennis says hi.

Come on G, pick it up on the road.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 06:37 PM) What other teams will we be competing with for theses big-name/big-ticket 1Bs/DHs? Can we expect their value to decrease at all given the number of names out there with (possibly) few destinations, despite the precedent that Howard set with his contract? It's possible...but I don't see it as "Likely". Pujols is staying in STL, we all know that. 1 of Fielder/Gonzalez is likely bound for Boston. Beyond that, there's what, 1 more big name 1b? Someone will come up with a $25 million offer for him.

Someone posted the data a few weeks ago. White Sox #2 hitters saw the fewest number of fastballs in the big leagues last year. This was despite having a supposed stolen base threat (Podsednik) in that spot for most of the year. Why? Because no one in their right mind was throwing a fastball to Alexei. Pitchers just don't care about guys stealing as much in their pitch selection as we'd like to think.

Strasburg supposedly has a clause in his contract that limits him to throwing no more than 100 innings in the big leagues this year. That's why there's no hurry to bring him up; they'd just have to shut him down.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) Well, there are some big markets that are going to be looking for first basemen in the next few years. Mainly, the Cubs and Mets, besides the Red Sox. Oh, and the Mets at least for now are liking Ike Davis at 1b.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 06:00 PM) The thing to keep in the back of our minds is that with Konerko coming off of the books for $12 mil this year, and Buehrle only another year after that at $14 mil, we aren't that far away from being able to afford the money for a big time deal. It could be sooner if we could dump Jenks for anything. But of course...think of what "Big time deal" means to us. We had huge numbers coming off the books last year, and added Rios and Peavy. That is a big time deal for us. And it's probably the largest level a team at our salary level should go to for any 1 player unless there's a huge surge of youth coming in. And Buehrles isn't leaving unless he wants to, I think we all know that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 05:29 PM) I hear you but like most Americans these days we don't have a ton of savings. Having a $5K or greater moving expense and having to potentially pay our current mortgage on top of our new rent in Portland in case we have trouble selling our place could be crippling. Just weighing the pros and cons right now. And what if my wife struggles to find a job there? FWIW, that's more than I paid to move to Tennessee from CA by a fair amount. I'd say I spent $6000 when you include things like buying new appliances, all of the hotels, a few nice meals, and a couple nights in Vegas. But that was for a 1 bedroom apt.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) Seriously? The Sox had three straight games where they came back late to win, just this past weekend. Their clutch hitting is still bad, but did you not notice those games they just played? Those games didn't count, they were against the Mariners.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 05:13 PM) And the 5 sac bunts we have this season (AJ with the other) led to a grand total of 0 runs. Of course...swinging away hasn't exactly helped that often either (Juan, last night, 7th inning, you SOB)

Harry Reid can now leave congress saying he's actually broken 1 filibuster on bringing a bill to the floor

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) Heh, the first two slots are the worst parts of the lineup. Ass f***ing backwards. AJ?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) I wonder if that has ever happened. A bunt double. I know there have been infield doubles, in fact I believe Guillen hit one back in the day, in Minny. Google and Baseball-reference. Powerful combo.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) How often has that person bunted this year? Beckham and Pierre are both 2/2 on attempting and succeeding to sacrifice bunt this year.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:34 PM) Nick Swisher had his worst year of his career with the Sox under Greg Walker. And was then traded in part for refusing to work with him.

Broncos LT Ryan Clady has suffered a possibly serious knee-injury in a non-football matter, currently very few details.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:28 PM) And clearly, Andruw Jones is incapable of playing two days in a row. Frankly, that's not the worst idea I've ever heard

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) What is the point of this? You can trick me into registering Republican but it doesn't make me any more likely to vote Republican come election day than I already am. If anything it makes me less likely. Then when I figure it out I just change it back to Democrat or Unaffiliated (whatever the unaligned category is called in CA). Well, first of all it screws up the Democrats ability to campaign to people who want their literature or get their people to the precincts. Not a huge deal to me. What really bothers me though is we all know how this actually happened...it's 99% of the time a paid signature gatherer. Which if it is done by a Democrat group or is done to register, you know...MINORITIES (angry music)...is the most heinous crime in human history.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:58 PM) I love Rios and Teahen in the top 5 but MUST Vizquel hit second? That's just silliness. I absolutely hate having 2 guys at the top who are in no way a threat to go for extra bases let alone reach base. Who else in that lineup would fit at hitting 2nd? You could put Rios there and Teahen 3rd, but then you've got Konerko protected by a guy hitting

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 03:36 PM) On the OK anti-abortion law: unbelievable and completely unethical. On the pending FL anti-abortion law: brilliant stealth move on the part of arch-conservative legislators to make seeking abortions cost-prohibitive for poor mothers who can't afford an ultrasound. Pathetic. How dare that Obama try to put a bureaucrat between me an my doctor! This is an outrage!