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Zambrano suspended 6 games. Does not file an appeal.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 28, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) I really believe that Lebron feels he has outgrown Cleveland. Obviously no one is sure, but I think Lebron will really weigh all of his options. And I think a big part of his decision is going to come down to how he feels the team will perform in the future. And I wonder how this shellacking at the hands of the Magic plays in to that.

So who knows anything about the Dominican justice system?

QUOTE (rangercal @ May 28, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) I understand what you said. What would Nike's motives be for Lebron? I am assuming big market would be at the top of the list, which would obviously give NY the edge, but Chicago is not chopped liver. Chicago also has that legacy thing from another wearer of #23. I have no idea how that plays in with either Lebron's head or Nike's, I can guess Nike would LOVE it, but that has to fit somewhere and I don't really know how.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 28, 2009 -> 10:37 AM) But where would he play? It's likely that to be players for Lebron, we'd need to move Deng's contract anyway.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 28, 2009 -> 09:27 AM) Because North Korea thinks that seizing their ships is an act of war. North Korea not so happy with seizing of ships. Siezing someone's ships/a naval blockade is an act of war.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 28, 2009 -> 10:09 AM) I think they are trying to give Fields every opportunity to make it as our 3Bman and not rush Beckham. The only bad thing about it is I am not sure that Fields is going to make it and how long e can go with the poor hitting and subpar D. If that was the case, Fields wouldn't have been on the bench last night.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 28, 2009 -> 09:06 AM) Hopefully he gets killed. The odds aren't exactly in his favor.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 28, 2009 -> 08:48 AM) I wonder where this leaves Brandon Allen. Given that he's probably the next in line for a promotion. I'd guess they feel like they have a little more time with Allen. If they think they need Beckham at 3b this year they could have him there soon, Allen is still blocked until at least next April barring injury.

Link. This series always gets such weird selections of regular 1-2 season cast members...

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 28, 2009 -> 07:46 AM) It was Rose. He was the only other player who started their career at Memphis in 07-08 besides Mr. Robinson. The name blurred out is much shorter than Robinson. It's also in the Sun-Times. I still don't believe how people will absolve Derrick for this but give Coach Cal all the flack for it. Rose went to Memphis because of the money from Addidas and from the boosters there. Coach Cal made it an easy process for him. It's a two way street and they were extremely happy to meet each other on the same street courtesy of Reggie Rose. The logic for absolving the athlete for certain transgressions is pretty simple; these guys make millions for the schools and for the coaches, if the kids who actually are playing get a little extra back, no one really feels that bad.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 28, 2009 -> 07:08 AM) The sad thing is you could take many of the bolded arguments to the auto industry, and yet we were ready, and are ready, to keep throwing money down the drain there, while adding more costly restrictions to the industry. Except...at the same time as we're closing down some of those programs...we're also increasing the overall defense budget.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 27, 2009 -> 08:43 PM) 2. L.O.S.E.R P.A.Y.S. That would solve 50% of the problem right there. With that said, as has been asked over and over and over and over again on this site, tell me when the hell the government has EVER gotten anything like this right in the lowest cost estimates they give when they say they are going to take over anything? With tort reform, there's a whole lot that can be done. The $250K cap here is bulls***, but that's not the point. I'm amazed you cited tort reform as a possible solution when the article I posted discussed 2 cities in Texas...one of which has incredibly high medical costs...and Texas has one of the nation's strongest anti-malpractice-suit laws. Texas has had the tort reform you ask for and health care costs have gone through the roof.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 28, 2009 -> 07:07 AM) The problem is not deterrence. Its the fact that they like to develop a technology and then sell it and the expertise for profit. Their missiles seem to be a hit in certain middle east countries. How much do you think certain countries/terrorists would play them for a workable product, or even some of those hard to get/make subsets of one. So why do we let their missiles through (I refer you to the event of the U.S. grabbing a ship loaded with North Korean missiles bound for Yemen a few years ago and then letting the ship pass through to its destination after protests from the Yemeni government.)

This should get some fun replies: Left Wing suddenly realizes Sotomayor hasn't issued any opinions on abortion, doesn't have obvious record indicating she's pro-choice.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 28, 2009 -> 08:39 AM) I'm thrilled we didn't get him. No doubt in my mind that in 3 years, we'll be better off having Poreda, Richard, and Hudson in the organization than having Peavy making near 20 million. Give me those 3 guys, and spend the 20 million on other holes. The fun thing is...we could keep Poreda, Richard, and Hudson, and spend $20 million to grab another pitcher this offseason or next offseason if we really wanted to go that route. And I doubt we'd have to be locked in for as long as we would be with Peavy.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 28, 2009 -> 08:27 AM) Michael's brother. How would he feel about pitching with Jermaine Dye in RF and Ozzie Guillen as his manager?

Damn. Even money says that's the last time we bring the tying run to the plate.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ May 27, 2009 -> 08:36 PM) 3 runs over 6 innings is still a QS correct. Yes, although it's certainly not a great start...but then again, Gavin probably still has an extra inning or two in him. If he gets in trouble again I assume they'll go to the pen.

Come on Nix, we need this run.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 27, 2009 -> 08:17 PM) So instead of "over testing", let's just deny people the care straightaway because it's not medically necessary - as determined by our government. Screw the middle ground, eh, eh? EH? Obviously, government handling everything in our lives is the only answer. I have a question. Why is it that you hear from liberals, like our friend that just got nominated, that it takes hard work and courage to get ahead in life? I mean, shouldn't these people have made it because of medicare (government health care), welfare (government assistance for the "downtrodden"), social security (since those funds provide everything we need in life, just ask our government)... I mean, if all these government programs are so damn wonderful, why don't the people running our country come from that very mold that the Democrat Party wants us to live in? 1. If you actually bothered to read the whole article it comes to a very different conclusion than what you're claiming it does. 2. What exactly is your solution that prevents health care costs from consuming the entire economy in 20 years? If you're going to respond with any version of a market-based solution, you're advocating the exact same thing...denying people care. Except in that case, it falls overwhelmingly on the poor. 3. A lot of us are totally willing to work hard. But you know what? The world still screws an awful lot of people who work hard. You lose your job. You're a kid who gets born in to a family that can't afford to have the kid, or you wind up going to a school that just isn't as good as the one down the road where the rich people live in its property district. You get sick at a young age. Or you do everything right planning for retirement, and then suddenly when you hit age 64, the the stock market collapses and takes out the business that was funding your health care while at the same time taking out a ton of your investments. We call it a safety net. Do people exploit it by jumping off, just to let it catch them? Yes. But if its not there...then when things do bad, when bad things happen to good people...those good people wind up destroyed. And even beyond that...when people are trying to do the right thing...knowing that they have something backing them up is helpful...you don't exactly want to go out and risk working on that bridge if you know there's no net if you screw up. If there's no Social Security, I put virtually no money in the stock market; I keep everything in low risk accounts that are FDIC insured (the bank safety net). If I get a job with health coverage, I can't afford to look for a new job and risk losing that health coverage. Same deal.

Come on Gavin, you just got that ERA below 6, let's keep it there.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 27, 2009 -> 08:18 PM) 20 pitches through 3? probably not. but yeah, it's possible. I could give him 30, he's been in the league long enough to throw 110, and the only inning we've hung any pitches on him was the 4th.

That was completely the appropriate response, Genius.

81 pitches through 6 through Weaver. He could complete this game at this pace.