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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 05:53 PM) PS: CNN.com has a Live Stream of the outside of the Bayh house... in the dark... with just a porch light on. Do they still have a camera hanging out at Midway airport?

From the AP.

Griffey leadoff double

2nd and 3rd no out and Danks gets us out of it, with G*d's help.

Danksy in some 2nd inning trouble...

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 05:14 PM) Kieth Olberman: "We can now confirm.. the ticket is Obama and... not Obama." lol Can they really confirm that?

Yay free markets! And even double-yay!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 02:32 PM) The Aramis trade and the Quentin trade are very similar in terms of getting organization-changing players. Hell, at least Chris Carter could be something in the majors. Bobby Hill just sucked. I'd say one big difference is the scale of the numbers each of the 2 had put up before being traded. Ramirez had nearly 2000 at bats as a Pirate before being traded, and had already put together a full season with an OPS of nearly 900.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 01:26 PM) Also, some one mentioned yesterday that the VP might not yet know who he/she is. They said that most leaks tend to come from the "other guy.' So, it might be that the person gets the call at 5:03 and the txt is sent at 5:04. Except...in Eastern time it's already 5:32.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 02:19 PM) Pretty sad. We are about to announce a withdrawal from Iraq. Talk about that!!! PS: Obama is playing the media likea fiddle. This is EXACTLY what they want. How is this for message discipline, btw? Not a single bloody leak so far. Last time the night before it was announced someone caught the words "Edwards" being added to Kerry's campaign jet.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) That trend isn't unique to the NYT either... the internet is killing old-school paper circulation. But it's also doing so because the old school ones refuse to adapt. Instead of adjusting their content or working on their quality, or you know, occasionally getting stuff right, they cut back. When they cut back on actual investigative reporting, the quality of the paper declines, and then fewer and fewer people subscribe, so they cut back.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:12 AM) 2008 IP to date is 150.3 2007 IP was 139.0 What was the litmus test on acceptable increases to innings pitched before breaking down your pitchers over the long term? At this point, it's a gamble either way. We're gambling Danks's long-term health if we try to push him 180-190 innings this year, but we're also gambling this season away if we try to bench him and go with both Richard and Broadway in the rotation. Damn Twins. I'd still really like to give Danks 1 start off in September even if the Twins stay right on our tails.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) Is there an option C? Which part that appears in both candidates tax plans turns you against them both?

Is it also worth bringing up how much farther ahead the rest of the world is on broadband quality and speeds compared to those available in the U.S.?

The AP interestingly is throwing the name of Texas Representative Chet Edwards in to the mix.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:18 AM) Well I dont think Dewayne Wise will be back next season, and who knows whats going to happen with Anderson. I definitely think that he could be a very capable 4th OF. With the improvement Anderson has shown this season with the bat, I think that he probably would be starting for most teams that weren't carrying 6 OF's.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:11 AM) Dem Convention Stage Revealed. Pretty Dang Slick!! The wierd thing about this convention though is they need to build 2 stages, one for the Senator at Mile High and one for everyone else. So that's just the first one.

Keep it rolling Danksy.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 11:05 PM) This favorite Sox players thing just lost all credibility. How the hell is Willie Harris on this list? I know of one Willie Harris fan on earth. And we all know who that is. I know one thing, Scott Podsednik better come up at some point. If Willie f***in' Harris made it then he better make it. Willie F***ing Harris scored the only run in the final game of the 2005 season. That's got to count for something.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 07:10 PM) If I remember right, t was actually par for the course. I did election day coverage on a radio station and the "youth vote" was a story line of the election and I swear I remember it being fairly low. I'll cite a Pew study here... Highest %age of the electorate 18-29 since 1992, and an even higher turnout rate than that year.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 07:01 PM) thats what the swiftboaters want you to think Seriously, now this is just insulting.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 05:55 PM) Democrat demigod appears to be in a bit of hot water poor Chuck Schumer... first John Edwards now this http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNew...=22&sp=true LOLZ after learning a little more about the letter sent to the CA AG. Yeah, I can't for a second figure out why they might have some reason to try to go after Chuck Schumer with guns blazing.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) How many blown saves did Thigpen have in his record year? B-R says he appeared in 65 save chances that year and finished off 57. 2 times he came out of the game before it finished. They don't have "Blown Saves" as an official stat there, but I think 8 appears correct.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 05:45 PM) They no show, like they did for Kerry in 2004... McCain's got this one wrapped up. Based on exit polling data, I believe the turnout amongst young voters in 2004 was actually the highest it had been in quite some time.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 21, 2008 -> 06:10 PM) When you look at it, it still wasn't a bad trade for the Tigers, becasuse it's essentially Cameron Maybin for Cabrera. I never believed all the hype about Andrew Miller...he seemed very overhyped, and his stuff wasn't what everyone said it was. He looked more like Boone Logan than Matt Thornton out there. Thankfully, the Tigers also traded Jurrgens away to the Braves. That leaves Porcello (who has been solid but far from dominant in the FSL). We have our own version of Porcello in Poreda, although most scouts thought Porcello, especially for his age/experience, was much more advanced with his secondary pitches...we shall see. If Bonderman is able to get healthy and Porcello matures, they have a very solid 1-3 with Verlander. Miner has shown flashes, I think Robertson's time is up too, although look what happened with Cliff Lee from last year to this one. The problem is they have so many bad contracts now with Sheffield, Renteria, Willis and Pudge, etc., they may have no choice but to unload Ordonez...which would set them back another year in competing in the AL Central. Well, Rodriguez they already traded...but that's a minor detail. Bigger detail is this...Justin Verlander is 9-13 with a 4.60 ERA this year. His peripherals haven't changed all that much from his career numbers either, but he's thrown a lot of pitches with a big fastball quite early in his career, and a lot of people have noticed that his stuff has taken a step back this season. I don't know what they have for next year in Verlander, and neither do they.