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QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 11:03 AM) Personally I think Griese is going to be worse. Sure he might not throw as many interceptions, but we'll revert back to the Orton offensive days of having 5 yard passes and lots and lots of punts. At least with Rex there's the chance he'll make a 15+ yard pass. And I looked up the stats of QB rating for the first few years of a lot of pro-bowl qb's (manning, brady, montana, favre, elway, etc) Save for Montana and Brady, just about everyone else had a sub 75 qb rating their first year. Favre went something like 72, 84, 71, 69. If the Bears D was average, this qb situation wouldn't exist. But because the Bears D is good, everyone assumes Rex is to blame. I think the entire offense is to blame. If all Griese does is complete a few of those 5 yard passes, it might help. Anything to open up the running game. Just get the ball in a damn receiver's hands. At this point, of course it's the entire offense. Unfortunately, you can't change every single player there. You do have another option at QB, and a couple other receiver options you can go to. Might as well try a few of them.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 10:45 AM) You know, as much as I find some perverted glee as these names are made public, I do feel bad for the kids who jave idolized their favorites. And it just isn't kids. I can think of at least one Sox icon that if I heard he juiced, I'd probably stay away from baseball for a long time. I think a lot of us have one. And for a lot of us, it's probably the same guy.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 10:49 AM) I disagree that the Dems have a better plan to keep me safe from terrorists. I think the GOP plan would keep us safer, but at a much higher cost in our freedoms. We'd lose out on about every cornerstone freedom we have, but we'd be safer. Has invading random countries and making them into havens for Al Qaeda made us safer? Don't forget, you have to judge all of their actions, not just the ones that seem like they might help.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 10:45 AM) should be Les Stroud. Between my edits I mixed it up. Fixed it now. Love that Survivor Man Ok, I was wondering who you meant. Figured you meant Les, but didn't want to say anythin'.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 10:12 AM) No one that I recall. I'm sure there were some. Probably only a minority though. I think there's a feeling right now that the oil markets are probably going to keep inching up at about the rate they have been during the Bush years, something like up $10 or so per year, for the next couple years. Going from $75 a barrel to $100 a barrel is another big jump, and each one of these jumps seems to have taken a major event for it to happen. The Iraq war, Katrina, etc. So I don't think $4 is reasonable this year, but it's entirely possible next year, esp. with the collapsing dollar. But of course, that assumes nothing big and bad happens, and between unstable governments, hurricanes, terrorism, and the Bush/Iran staredown, I don't think anyone would be surprised to see something disasterous push the cost rapidly towards $100.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 10:06 AM) I'd have to argue that, as of late, they're on par or better in some areas. They just have decades of reputation from building POS cars to overcome. Probably the single biggest reason I bought a Honda was that I owned an American made car in High school. And I've driven American made cars as field vehicles. My experience with both has been less than positive...particularly with GM.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 09:40 AM) No sarcasm Nuke, these guys are no longer worth what they think they are to the US. We can have all this stuff made in Mexico for a whole lot less. Which BTW is great for me and the border economy. So please, GM, dump these overfed union loyalists and send these jobs to Mexico. It will keep down the price of cars and let the American automakers compete. Of course, then the remaining question will be...how long will Americans be able to purchase cars?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 09:18 AM) My Honda Pilot is made in the USA and I'm proud of that. Is it also worth noting that many of those Japanese cars that are made in America are not made here because of any actual price or efficiency reasons, but are in fact made here because of laws enacted during the wonderfully pro-capitalist Reagan years which required the Japanese auto manufacturers to open plants here in order to be allowed into the U.S. market. Once companies meet those requirements, they tend to move factories outside of this country. My favorite example of course is still Toyota's decision they made a few years ago to put a new plant in Canada, when they had it narrowed down to specifically canada and the U.S. as final choices, and picked Canada citing almost exclusively the lower costs to Toyota due to Canada's national health care system.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 08:20 AM) Would Garland for Furcal/Kershaw be out of the question? WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Sorry bout that.

Just out of curiosity, what happens to Owens's numbers when you only include his numbers since his most recent callup (and thus exclude his terrible numbers during his first callup?)

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 07:16 PM) Sadly, this is like the 3rd or 4th best memory I'll have of the Chicago White Sox 2007 season. Oh come on man, in terms of individual stuff, we've at least got Mark's no-no, Thome's 500, Jenks's 41 consecutive batter streak, so that's at least 3 others.

Meanwhile, Duncan Hunter (R-CA) thinks an appropriate response is for Columbia to lose all of its federal funding.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 03:53 PM) That's great, but, whomever wrote the article seems to have missed a key piece - what were his responses? From a mere blog, which I'm sure will get me yelled at by someone:

Columbia's President tore into the Iranian President during his introduction.

It's going to be incredibly disappointing if the Bears have to spend a high draft pick on a QB this year. Esp. given the state of their O-Line.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:03 PM) This is a tax increase I would actually support. The 97k SS cap is a regressive tax as it stands now - I would be more than OK with applying the SAME RATE (not a higher rate) to money made beyond that point as well, given the need to stabilize the SS fund and hopefully stop Congress from borrowing from it. Congress WILL NOT STOP borrowing from it. We had a candidate who ran with that idea as a huge part of his campaign in 2000, and he was lampooned mercilously for it and beaten by a person who pledged to make up for that $ by giving tax cuts.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 12:11 PM) Id love Hall or Frucal on the team. When does trading usually start? The days after the World Series. Usually the big ones won't get done until the Winter Meetings in Early December though. But you'll see what teams have decided in the 10 or so days after the end of the Series when teams announce whether or not they're picking up anyone's contract. KW deals throughout the Winter. Thome was November deal, before the Wint. Meetings. MCCarthy and Garcia were December. Stuff like finding Iguchi, Pierzynski, those were January. Dye was signed in Dec. Etc.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 11:37 AM) I did. And I still think it happens. It was pretty "interesting" that Bayh was going to run, her and Evan go to Iraq together, in two days after that, Bayh says "nah, I'll pass on the run" . . . and I'll guarantee you that the "deal" was made at that time. What happens in Baghdad...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 10:54 AM) I just don't understand why the workers do not accept a cut to save the company. And if somehow this management team can save the company, they deserve some huge raises and bonuses. Because cutting all that cost will be a huge undertaking. Already Done.

Bayh endorses Hillarity...

Newt: If I raise $30 million by November, I'm in.

Owens 4/4. Hitting .362 in Sept., with his OPS at .842.

Richar 2/2 with a triple and 2 runs scored. Owens 3/3 with 3 RBI. He's hitting .353 in September.