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QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Mar 8, 2008 -> 03:21 PM) Would you want Rowand as your #3 hitter? Just saying. The Rowand from last year? Yes. The Rowand from 04? Yes. The Rowand from 03, 05, and 06? God no.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 8, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) They played a clip today on the score of Lloyd in a conference call saying how he was told Rex is the starter and the team still has a lot of faith in him and all that. LOL, the Bears caught in a lie once again, open competition my ass. Turner, of course, later came on that same conference call in which Lloyd said this and said Lloyd was mistaken and both QB's have a shot, but you know Lloyd was just caught telling the media what his former college coach told him. The Bears are just so damn stupid, and they then try and lie to us and expect us to believe it. Get ready for another year of Rex. Out of those 2...if they both have good training camps, Rex gets the job. Orton would have to perform better by a non-trivial amount for me to anoint him the starter over Rex.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 8, 2008 -> 12:14 PM) He's inching there. 78% and it's 59-40 Unfortunately, Wyoming doesn't exactly have a big urban center that won't be coming in until the end of polling.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 8, 2008 -> 11:56 AM) With 70% of Wyoming reporting, obama leads 58-41. Looks like he'll take Wyoming easily. Clinton campaign likely to whine and moan that it's undemocratic, the state doesn't count, blah blah blah... The results will keep coming in throughout the day as not all areas do theirs at the same time. If BO could push himself up to 64% or so, he pulls off an extra delegate.

The Trade Winds Crede threads wound up in here also right? Because that's where this post would have gone if those threads were still around.

The Tribune chimes in with a full article this morning on how this could actually happen.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) I still haven't heard anything about Freddie Garcia? I wonder if he has recovered from his arm injury or not? Garcia won't be ready to pitch until very late in this season at the earliest, and so no one has been willing to sign him until they see his rehab moving along more first.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 02:12 PM) Crede is only two years younger than Konerko...yep, old age is really hurting Konerko. Between the arthritic hip and the fact that his power output has declined by nearly 25% in the past 2 years, one could argue that you're seeing age hitting PK.

McCain vs. an NYT reporter today.

Andrew W.K. takes on the McLaughlin group.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 12:21 PM) No one has really brought up some names of states likely to flip, which is what this discussion should be about. Which states will the Democrats win that they lost before? I just dont really see that many states where its likely to flip, thus my belief.) If you go by the Survey USA Polling, here's your flipping list from 04-08. Obama pickups: New Mexico Colorado Nevada North Dakota Iowa Ohio Virginia Obama Losses: Pennsylvania New Jersey Hillary Pickups: New Mexico Arkansas Florida West Virginia Ohio Hillary Losses: Washington Oregon New Hampshire According to their polling, Obama loses some of the more recent Swing states (Florida, PA) but makes up for it with major inroads in the Midwest and in the West. Hillary takes a more normal path, picking up Arkansas and sweeping the 3 recent swing states of Ohio, Florida, and PA. The idea in their polling seems to be that an Obama/McCain race puts a lot of surprising states out west in play, while Hillary has a shot at winning by taking Ohio and Florida.

Kelvin Sampson seems to be hanging out with the San Antonio Spurs lately.

Well, I defended Richar when he missed some time due to the Visa issue, but now it seems like he's officially writing a ticket to the minors. Also, Floyd was scratched yesterday because of the Flu and Linebrinks' had a few days of migraines.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 11:44 PM) I'd be hoping for a lottery pick since he was one, but I'd have no clue if he's even shown enough to be worth that. I wouldn't want to give up Thomas unless it was in a trade for an actual, proven All Star.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 05:44 AM) So... everyone in Nebraska will suddenly grow candy stripes? Either that or NB has already split its electoral votes.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 07:50 AM) states always vote the same way? Then why is it the map of states, who votes for whom, is different every single time? What you are saying applies to probably half or two-thirds of the states. But that's the key - the states that DO change from time to time, and that even if they haven't changed, tend to run very close. To say the results are in now is like saying Barry Bonds didn't use steroids. Survey USA, who's been pretty much as right on as a pollster can be this season, yesterday released a set of matchup polls of 600 or so voters in each state, with some interesting results. Both Obama and Clinton have current electoral leads, although you could argue that Clintons is weaker because there are more toss up/fewer strong clinton states. But the real interesting thing is they each pull off the win in different ways. Obama loses Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, but makes up for it with a bunch of wins out West. Hillary is behind in Oregon, Washington, etc, but pulls in Florida and Pennsylvania to pull it off. Of course, this is just the early polling, and it's hard to believe that even with McCain on a ticket places like New Jersey, Washington, and Oregon are truly going to be in play, but especially with Obama, the pattern of states could show some pretty strong shifts this year. He really puts a dent in the West.

QUOTE(SEALgep @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 07:34 PM) I liked that idea when people were tossing names like Kendrick and Kotchman around. With the Mets trading their highest ranked players, you have to wonder what they could realistically give up. The Yankees have some talent, but since the new Steinbrener has taken over... the man's a loon. I don't think we'd get what we needed unless the Angels stepped up a package, and I think they are liking the guys they got. Right now, the Mets aren't a good matchup for us unless they want to move Jose Reyes (HA!) or that Fernando Martinez OF who's still their #1 prospect, which they probably won't do for Konerko. The guys we'd expect to get back for Konerko would be on most teams their #2 and #3 type guys, but the Mets don't really have those guys any more because they made up the bulk of the Santana deal.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) Did some more math- Total Votes To Date (includes caucus "delegates" which count as one vote) Obama - 12,747,492 Clinton - 12,398,606 Edwards - 684,633 Total - 26,225,940 Trouble with that of course is it all depends on how you count Florida and Michigan. Do you count them both? Lots more votes for Hillary. Do you count Florida but not Michigan since everyone was on the ballot in Florida? Do you count all the undeclared in MI as for Obama? Do you count neither?

QUOTE(Getupstretch39 @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) Just curious....how long did the Sox have before they ran out of time on Uribe's option? What I mean is....is something that KW couldn't wait on before exploring other options? Obviously not I guess but I was curious as to how long teams have to pick up/decline options on players.....if memory serves me right, didn't KW decline the option and Uribe and sign him for $500k less? If it was a re-signing.....why do it so soon? I don't see the market for Uribe being THAT hot where someone would have stepped in with a better offer.... Forgive my ignorance on the time sensitivity of options. had like 10 days after the end of the world series.

The general consensus I've gotten is that Otah seems to have fallen to the back of the 1st round or even the 2nd round after a poor combine performance.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 12:30 PM) I recall KW saying Konerko wasn't going anywhere. He told Gio he wasn't losing him again also. Usually when KW says that it means you can live out of a suitcase for the next few months.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 01:49 PM) McDougal will be given a shot to come north regardless of his spring. I think Wasserman will really have to outpitch Massett to make the team. Massett is, IMO, going to have to look worse than anyone on the roster to avoid making the team, because he's out of options. McDougal and Wasserman each can be sent to the minors without us losing them.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 02:05 PM) To this point, KW has really botched what he did with the left side of the infield this offseason. What move would you have preferred? And don't say not picking up Uribe's option, because we all know that was picked up for timing purposes/so that we weren't desperate for a shortstop when we were trying to trade for one. Would you have traded Fields? Would you have traded Crede for nothing or not offered him arbitration? Would you have taken an aluminum bat to Joe's back? What else would you have done?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 11:51 AM) Howard Dean needs to be fired. Yeah, because that 2006 election and his whole 50 state strategy turned out to be absolute disasters for the Democrats. "Bye!"

Our good friends at KBR, Halliburton subsidiary, have avoided some $500 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes by hiring American workers that they're sending to Iraq through one of their shell corporations in the Cayman Islands.