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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 14, 2008 -> 05:26 PM) I was being sarcastic. If a high batting average is required to play once in a while, then why did Ramirez get a shot? Injury.

I almost want a couple people to get on so that Taveras can come up again in the ninth. How often does a guy get a chance to tie a 114 year old record?

Come on joe, make something good happen

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Jun 14, 2008 -> 05:09 PM) 5 SBs for Taveras. WHat is the record in one single game by the same player? According to MLB-Almanac, it's 7, set way back in 1894/1881.

QUOTE (rafacosta @ Jun 14, 2008 -> 05:03 PM) What happened to thome? Stiff back, will porbably sit the next game or two

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Jun 14, 2008 -> 04:33 PM) It also sickens me that Uribe is starting for the second day in a row. I wish we would just release him so we don't have to worry about him playing more than he should. There's no reason to have both him and ozuna on the team anyway, I would much rather have another pitcher up here. An 8 man bullpen for the least used bullpen in the game?

Danks pitches out of a little jam in the 4th...69 pitches through 4 for JD isn't that good though.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Jun 14, 2008 -> 02:18 PM) I guess Uribe is the regular 2B on this team. Incredible! When you are a veteran, you can suck and still play in MLB. Alexei played for 2 weeks straight and Uribe had a game winning hit last night.

Bring you A game tonight JD...

"I don't think that taste is there" on to pinch run.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 06:29 PM) The gun had that pitch at 96 mph. That's where Gameday has every pitch Bobby threw to the first 2.

Well, Uribe got a chance today and came through. That's a good thing.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 12:34 PM) You probably had a few members of the jury who were R Kelly fans that didnt want to wait until 2030 to get their next album. Dude....cell phones...

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 11:40 AM) Props to Tim Brokaw for how he handled the announcement. True professional. you could hear him fighting back the tears. Here is the video of that, if anyone is interested. I didn't know he was a Bills fan.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 01:17 PM) I say just don't boo...I don't know why we would boo but yea I don't think he warrants a standing O One swing.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 12:19 PM) Which is why I mentioned a bench player or a reliever. The Sox got Alex Cintron for Jeff Bajenaru, who, at his projected ceiling, was a middle reliever or potential setup guy, but he was still like 28 when the Sox traded him. Cintron was a respectable backup middle infielder in 2006. Going a bit further back, the Sox traded Ryan Meaux when he was 26 and in AA ball for Geoff Blum, who was versatile as hell and had a bit of power in his bat (a poor man's Juan Uribe, if you will)...both were quite valuable to the Sox bench. I would expect a slight upgrade in terms of offensive production, but that's about the type of player I'd expect to get for David Cook, and I'd have no problem doing that whatsoever. If you don't get the type of deal you're looking for, don't trade him. Versatile outfielders are always handy hanging out in the minors. But...the only reason you'd make that trade is if you really don't think that Cook has "Figured it out" and you're convinced that Cook is only putting up these numbers because of the age difference between him and the rest of the league he's in. If you think he's figured it out and has the tools to become a solid player, you don't make that move.

Holy crap, wow. I'm not going to say anything else other than that's horrible for his family. I believe his father outlived him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 11:08 AM) I'm not sure what your obsession with David Weathers is, but I don't think KW has one. You always make it seem like KW is going to trade every other prospect for him. Besides that point, Cook is an older outfielder...he looks quite a bit like a late bloomer right now, but the Sox have Dye, Swisher, Quentin, Anderson, and, if you want to consider him, Owens too. Trading Cook either alone or in a package for a potential upgrade anywhere - be it the bench or bullpen (if that's even necessary) - is completely logical. The problem with trading a guy like Cook is...as a late bloomer, his value is significantly depressed compared to where it would be if he was putting up similar numbers at a normal age for his leagues. In other words, it makes very little sense to trade a guy like him until he's been up to the big leagues, because no team is going to give you anything more than a pittance for him because of his age until he shows off in the bigs. If a team trades for him, they're trying to get him as a steal because of his age, but they're not going to risk anything really useful on him. You might find some use for him by dealing him to a team that's selling off at the deadline, but his value would still be suppressed by his age.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 11:01 AM) It is pretty simple what would happen. Lofton would play LF/CF against lefties and one of Q/Swisher/Dye/Konerko/Thome would be given a day off. I think there's plenty of ABs for him. Um, versus lefties over the past 3 years, Lofton has put up a dominant .246/.301/.290/.591 line. Jerry Owens is more useful against lefties than Lofton. Against Righties, Lofton put up a solid .321/.386/.436/.822

Bow before the awesome might of the Q.

Well, frankly...whether or not he's ousted...they need to do something firm. This has been going on for like 2 months now. Either make a decision to keep him and then stop bringing it back up, or just fire him already. The uncertainty has to be worse for the team than anything else.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 10:02 AM) Senator Dodd received two loans in 2003 through Countrywide’s V.I.P. program. He borrowed $506,000 to refinance his Washington townhouse, and $275,042 to refinance a home in East Haddam, Connecticut. Countrywide waived three-eighths of a point, or about $2,000, on the first loan, and one-fourth of a point, about $700, on the second, according to internal documents. Both loans were for 30 years, with the first five years at a fixed rate. The interest rate on the loans, originally pegged at 4.875%, was reduced to 4.25% on the Washington home and 4.5% on the Connecticut property by the time the loans were funded. The lower rates save the senator about $58,000 on his Washington residence over the life of the loan, and $17,000 on the Connecticut home. The former employee says the float-downs were free. Senator Dodd’s wife, Jackie Clegg, said in a brief interview that two other lenders they checked with offered comparable interest rates. The senator’s office said Thursday afternoon that it is preparing a response Well, depending on the response, that potentially pushes him out of the VP running.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 13, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) Or 3. There are other factors in the world. The commodities inflation and mortgage bubble have more to with the collapse in job creation right now than anything else. That Krugman graph totally ignores those realities. Not to mention things like the Clinton recession and 9-11 that also caused huge hits in the economy. If you want think it is prudent to increase taxes on the people who are the creators of jobs in an enviornment where we are losing jobs as it is, there isn't much I can say. Exactly my point! There are other factors, and they're easily swamping out the effects of the 10-20% changes in the tax rate on the upper percentile. That graph isn't ignoring anything...it's showing which ones are winning right now.

Destroy them Gavin.

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