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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 05:53 PM) Nah, they all think they will route us. They think nothing of our pitching staff. They get Danks, Contreras, and Vazquez, correct?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) 2,4,5 and 6 all scare me. 1 and 3 should as well. 1 because of the environmental damage produced by generating the stuff. 3 because its oil production is over the peak and has been rapidly declining for the last couple years.

Insider Advantage polls Georgia:

In the foreward to an upcoming book, General Anthony Taguba, the man who led the Army's investigation in to the Abu Ghraib disaster, calls for prosecution of members of the current administration for war crimes.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 02:03 PM) Let the War Begin: McCain Officially Accepts Public Financing Obama Rejects Public Financing Obama ($100+ million) vs McCain ($84 million) + "Hit-Job" 527s So, for honesty's sake I have to fire in on this one. The thing McCain has going more strongly for him is probably 527's, but they also have a solid advantage in the RNC which is able to raise more money from big donors also. But...let's face it, whether Obama says so or not, there are still Democratic 527's hitting McCain. I'll give you an example, Moveon.org's 527 PAC is running an anti-McCain ad campaign right now along with AFSCME hitting him on the endless occupation rhetoric.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 02:53 PM) Brewers moved to 39-33, 6 games behind the Cubs with their win today. They still have a long way to go, but they have made up a lot of ground lately after their awful start. Man I can't figure out how any of these teams in the NL are over 500.

QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 02:01 PM) It's just that Hinrich's stock would be low ATM, but can the Bulls justify paying that much to a tweener combo guard off the bench (because I don't think Larry Hughes would take coming off the bench too well). And if Del Negro is a defense first guy, Thabo should stick around for sure. Well no, honestly the Bulls shouldn't be paying that much for a combo guard coming off the bench. But they at least are in a position where they can afford it if their starting 5 is Thabo, Tyrus, Rose, Noah, and Deng...only 1 of those guys is going to be off his rookie contract in the next 2 years and that's Deng. Hinrich and Noc are the 2 guys you'd like to move the most because it's so long before their contracts expire, but the sheer amount of youth makes it possible to hold them. Frankly, I just want to see the kids play together. I don't care who's on the bench, I want to see that lineup (with maybe a change at SG to Gordon, Hughes, whatever). I think that you can develop that in to as good of a lineup as any team in the league has if they're coached right.

QUOTE (DBAH0 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:56 PM) So Hinrich's on the block I guess now. My guess is the Brewers trade Maurice Williams to move up in the draft possibly, and then try to trade for Hinrich. Even if they draft Rose, I could still see the Bulls holding on to Hinrich as a "Tweener" guard who can guard guys bigger than him and play the SG slot alongside rose sometimes. But in that case, they'd have to move Gordon, and maybe Hughes/Thabo also. Whatever, the Bulls needed to trade a SG before they got the #1 pick and they still do.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) So, honest question... Why would we allow Cuba to drill where we won't allow Americans to? I'm not saying we should, but why can they? Well, the short answer is that they actually can't...but the reason it keeps coming up is that for most sea-bordering nations, the nation is granted by the law of the sea (A treaty the Republicans really don't like and for some reason won't ratify) an "Exclusive economic zone" which allows that country access to all the resources and mineral wealth contained within that boundary, which is 200 miles thick. Cuba however sits 90 miles from the Coast of Florida, so their economic zone would hypothetically impinge upon ours, and if you use your imagination and think what would a boundary 200 miles thick around Florida and cuba look like, the Cuban one would be wider and would sort of extend around the bottom and the sides of Florida's because Florida is much narrower. After a little bit of research, it seems that because the boundaries would sit on top of each other, the result is that they basically split the difference and draw the boundary half way between Cuba and the U.S. The U.S. has imposed a moratorium (Not a ban btw) on drilling within certain specific coastal waters, starting I believe in the late 70's after a bad oil spill off the Channel Islands in the Santa Barbara area that contaminated a lot of preserved coastline. California, Florida, and a couple other spots have enacted state bans and a national moratorium was also established covering some of those zones. The idea then is that Cuba allows drilling in these regions, doesn't have the technology to do so, brings in the Chinese, and they slant-drill down to get at resources that ought to belong to the U.S. It's simply untrue, but that's the story.

Uribe just looked at 5 consecutive pitches without swinging. And then struck out.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:41 PM) Brewer bullpen imploding at epic porportion I'll trade them Linebrink back for Fielder.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:41 PM) Logan on the 15th and Masset on the 17th. I could live with Giving Logan and Russel a chance, or just Russell, whatever.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:39 PM) dye's ass is quite large as well.... .wait why the hell are we talking about this?? Because JD hit a grand slam.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:36 PM) Russel in ninth? When's the last time Masset and Logan worked?

QUOTE (Cowch @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:32 PM) Anyone have any idea what the Sox are batting as a team in June? As I look through everyone, it seems like everyone besides Quentin is batting at least 290. .309 in June coming in to today. Best in MLB.

Come on brian, don't take the O-Fer

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 01:26 PM) How are they above .500 against the rest of the league outside of Chicago? The rest of the NL.

You know, frankly I'd still like to see Linebrink get a little bit of work here.

QUOTE (north side chi sox fan @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:54 PM) We need to save him.. he is going to be our bridge to Jenks the next 3 days. Linebrink can pitch 4 in a row if he has to, especially after a good period of rest.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:52 PM) well. 5 and 2/3 out of Gavin, after sucking out loud in the second he pitched a decent game. This is one of those learning games for him. Struggled due to something happening behind him, came back, pulled it back together, pitched with some balls, and leaves with a chance to win. I'll take it.

QUOTE (jackie hayes @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) Fattest man to ever hit an inside the park homer? Do you think retrosheet keeps tabs on that? I dunno, which one would win that, the 2008 version of Prince Fielder's inside the Park Home run, or the 2007 version of Prince Fielder's inside the park home run?

Swisher...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:42 PM) A flooded market would be key for the Sox, because it would push the prices of these players down. Hopefully this is true. Who out of that list actually makes us a significantly better team? A lot of the guys are OF's, which means we'd be replacing either Q, Dye, or Swisher, unless Konerko is out longer than the AS break for some reason. The other guys are starting pitchers, and quite frankly, there's no guy in our rotation right now I have any interest in replacing.

Frickin' unclutch Thome, trade his arse.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 12:36 PM) This isn't one of those cases where a pitcher pitched his ass off and got robbed of a W though. Gavin's line aside, he hasn't pitched that good today. He can be somewhat excused for allowing the hit after the error, but not the home run right after that. Hopefully though this will be one of those games Gavin can learn something from. He's always been one of our guys who struggles more in his head than with his arm, learning how to pitch around a mistake by the guys behind you at an important time is something he's just going to have to learn. There's a lesson to be taught today. I do like the fact that we've stuck with him and he's toughed it out afterwards.