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QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 06:07 PM) Beckett looks untouchable tonight. Please say more positive things about Beckett.

QUOTE(gosox41 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 05:59 PM) In this case, it's more then fair. They essentially shelled out $20 mill for him this year so you can't help but rate him. Bob If Matsuzaka comes out and for 3 of the next 4 years is lights out, puts up a sub 3.25 ERA in the AL East and pushes 20 wins, then no one will care if he struggled a bit his first year, the overall evaluation will be "He was worth it". If he gives you the same performance every year, then it's gonna be a lot more disappointing for the Red Sox. But here's the 2 other issues; pitchers his age usually don't get that much better, and pitchers usually have an advantage over batters the first time they see them, which for DK was this year.

All right! Francis got his ERA back below 30!

Beckett strikes out the side to start the first.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 05:31 PM) Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles??? Terminator: all of our real ideas were lost in a terrorist attack on Imaginationland.

MLB to name a lifetime achievement award after Buck O'Neil, erect a statue of him in Cooperstown.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 05:00 PM) I was shocked to see Davis' 4.8 apg number. The Heat don't really need his defense, but rather an offensive minded player to fill in for Wade's relative absence, that and to get rid of Walker's lazy, albatross contract, self. I would bet you will see alot of Alonzo Mourning as a PF next to Shaq with Haslem backing him up. I'll be surprised if we see much of that. Mainly because I'll be surprised if all of their front court will be able to stay healthy and on the court for the majority of games.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) The truth is, if you put anyone that isn't immediately stuck to one party or the other on a poll ballot these days - I think they'd get 10 or 12 percent of the vote. In that same poll, if you just filter to the 18-29 year old voters...Stephen actually comes in 2nd, beating either Republican option.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 02:22 PM) Wasn't he part of hte Chris Stewart deal or was there another terrible single A pitcher in that deal. To skew things even more compare who they had to pitch against. I think Danks really ran out gas or he really benefitted from the cold weather. Funny how bad April was and beautiful October was/is. Link. Chris Stewart was traded for John Lujan. Went 2-5 with a 3.73 ERA at Winston Salem, at age 23.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 01:30 PM) Ahhh, yes. Little Dick Durbin. Can politics stoop any lower then using illegal aliens under our capital roof to sway for policy and votes? What a disgusting act. Durbin fired back saying that the immigration status of everyone involved had in fact been resolved, and accused Sen. Tancredo of not bothering to take the time to find that out.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) Didn't the Sox get a third pitcher also? What is his name? Jacob Rasner. AAP Page. Went 7-11 with a 6.83 ERA at Kannapolis this year.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 02:04 PM) ive never given a reach around to a spider monkey while reciting the pledge of allegiance http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1430700896 See what happens when I go to the gym? Someone beats me to the punch...ARGH! Well played sir.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 01:57 PM) Well that certainly sounds like a fabulous idea, if his math is right that the spread would cover the short. I'll be waiting to see (after some folks like Concord actually crunch the numbers) if its the real deal. If it can do it, than no question in my mind this is the best idea yet suggested. The social security shortfall is so tiny and so far out that virtually any change that doesn't cost the system money (i.e. private accounts) fixes the problem on the infinite horizon. Raising the cap on what income level counts towards SSI taxes does the same thing, as does having a slightly higher growth rate than the conservative estimate predicted by the Social Security trustees.

The Facebook.com group dedicated to Stephen's campaign is now the fastest growing group in Facebook history. The company reportedly had to suspend the group to allow its servers to catch up.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 11:41 AM) They are both being controlled by the same puppeteer. Stephen?

So, while we're noticing these things, I may as well point out that 7 of the 10 busiest fire seasons in U.S. history have been since 1999 and #s 1 and 2 are 2006 and 2007.

QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 10:58 AM) It's hard to say. They still have time to put him on the 40 man, the rule 5 is still several weeks away. So it's not cut and dried they won't put him on. Also, it's tough to make the evaluation in a bubble so to speak, maybe they have their eyes on a similar player or two they're sure they can acquire. I think you have to feel right now they're waiting to make their 40 man type moves until the last possible minute, which isn't a terribly bad strategy I'd say. Kinda makes sense, if either of these guys were to get massively hurt in the next couple weeks then you wouldn't really want to have put them on that roster, and you'd expect a few more slots to open up when the options on Podsednik, Erstad, and Uribe are declined, so you'd have more room to maneuver by waiting.

That would be an intelligent move for both sides. Walker probably gets bought out, and the Wolves dump at least 1 bad contract in the process.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 10:52 AM) Is this a poll of likely voters? Yes. Check the link, full details are there.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 10:47 AM) Oh puh-lease. Acting like GW is the first President to do this is naive all by itself. Presidents have been one-upping each other for a long time, and if the promises/preformance of Congress is any indication of what a Democratic Presidency would be like, I really don't see that changing. Yes, presidents have been one-upping each other for a long time. In other words, you just admitted my exact point; the Bush Administration has one-upped the Clinton administration. In fact, I'd say that the last time it went the other way was back in the 70's right after Watergate when we realized how big of a disaster we'd had. From that point, we've gone through Reagan with Iran Contra, Bush the 1 following it up, Clinton with another step, and then Bush just topping it off. Just because Clinton did it too doesn't make what GW Has done ok. Nor does the fact that GW did it too make what Clinton did in cutting off access to documents and cutting openness good either. But until we actually demand things from the Congress regarding openness, and not just cower in fear and completely capitulate to the President every time he says terror, no one is ever going to see those documents or ever learn a damn thing about how this government is running.

The matchups: Hillary Clinton, 45% Rudy Giuliani, 35% Stephen Colbert, 13%. Hillary Clinton, 46% Fred Thompson, 34% Stephen Colbert, 12%. Yes, this is a national poll. And Stephen is in double digits.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 10:21 AM) That's pretty much it. And since our government favors compromise we get all the Dem spending and cutting taxes. Oh come on man, you're calling the $600 billion a year defense industry, the Medicare Insurance company bailout bill, and everything else from the record number of earmarks over the past few years to the creation of this whole new "homeland security" apparatus "Dem spending"? Yes, the Dems do their share of spending. But you're totally ignoring the last 15 years if all you're caring about is "Dem spending". Heck, on this one I can even cite the incredibly conservative Heritage foundation, and no one will be able to complain about my source.

Thanks in no small part to the actions of Sen. Dodd, and the online blitz that was being readied by pretty much every online left leaning group, Obama is now clearly saying he will support a filibuster of any FISA bill giving retroactive immunity to telecom companies for having broken the law. While this is good...it'd still be a lot more impressive if Barack were actually leading on any of these issues and not just following Sen. Dodd once his staffers realize he'll take a hammering on something that a more ballsy senator has already stepped forwards on.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 10:12 AM) Cintron won't be back with teh Sox next year, I would almost bet on it. Right now, I wouldn't be sure about anything. But I will say that if you look at guys like Erstad, Cintron, and Podsednik...I think you can come up with a very solid evaluation of how this offseason goes based on whether or not they're still with the team next year. We could make a steal of a deal in the trading market and sign ARod as a bargain, but if those guys are still around, then we're in trouble.

"I don't think that taste is there"