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What %age of our offense in the last week or so has been accounted for by Josh Fields?

QUOTE(Grebeck Fan Club @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 07:33 PM) Taste of Chicago isn't getting a lot of votes. Daytime stuff is still up in the air for sure. What other daytime activities are recommended? Thursday and Friday are open. No, we aren't going to see Oprah. Well, I'll give a vote for the Taste as a pleasant experience, as long as your'e willing to tolerate a big crowd and spend a little bit more money on food than usual. Usually makes for a fun day, esp. if you can avoid having to drive in and out of the city (thank you South Shore!)

What pitches do you throw? How is that supposedly big sweeping curve ball feeling this year? Has the Sox organization tried to work with you on anything new? How is your fastball these days? At least once in the spring we saw you topping out around 96, can you keep that up for a game? Do you ever attempt to sacrifice velocity for control or vice-versa?

If the Dodgers get Buehrle, I'm buying tickets. Repeatedly.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 03:07 PM) All your arguments on both sides here assume that the green movement limits this to the business areana. Just wait until they atsrt 'taxing' individuals who pollute more, and can't afford carbon offsets. Older car? pollutes too much, you need to pay more for your sticker, or buy some offsets. Don't have a front-load washer? Oh, too bad, extra fee on your water bill. When it gets to the individual level, you will have created Edwards two Americas, as the rich will still pollute, and the poor will get screwed. Well, at some point, you still wind up having to weight those losses versus possibly losing New York, Boston, London, Florida, and so on. If the problem is as severe as we say it is (it is), then the fact is, everyone is going to have to make sacrifices somewhere in order to give science the time to figure out how to either remove the stuff permanently from the atmosphere or create a carbon free power source.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 06:22 AM) So this is what happens when the weed runs out? We resign Garcia.

Newsday.

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 11:31 AM) For a 20th round pick, the kid is a legit prospect Any chance the reason he dropped was signability?

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 11:30 AM) I'm sorry, I forgot that we have a no tolerance policy for immigration. Of course the ONLY way to better your life is to come into the country illegally. What a shame it is that people have to work their way through life and abide by the laws of the land to be successful. Tell joe-schmo alien to go through the proper channels of immigration and he can be as successful as he wants to be. No one is forcing him to take on these crazy ridiculous extreme jobs you think actually exist. I'm not one of those people who think we need to kick every illegal out, but it's ridiculous to give blanket amnesty to people who willfully break the law, regardless of their motive for doing so. Devise a system where people who've been here for X number of years (proven by documentation) can stay, so long as they pay back every cent of taxes and social services that they owe the rest of the public, and I'd proudly support it. Well, the one big overlooked aspect of this IMO is that at some level, you're actually right on the first part. So, let's accept for a moment the claim that there are jobs at wages that Americans won't do but that immigrants will do. In that case, it makes sense to allow enough immigrants into this country to fill up at least most of those jobs, because otherwise, crops die in the fields, New Orleans isnt' rebuilt, and so on. But clearly, that hasnt' happened. There aren't 10 million immigrants out of work because the illegal immigrants came in and took their jobs. No, the problem is actually at a different level; the problem is up in the government. There is clearly a large demand for these workers, on the level of millions. But because of the structure of our laws, the government has denied businesses the ability to find the workers they need and the government has denied workers the opportunity to fill those roles. For whatever reason, be it xenophobia, other interests who don't want the workers, whatever, this is a problem at the government level, and the sole reason why we have 12 million illegal immigrants or however many in this country is that the government has not given either employers or workers the ability to fill these jobs by any legal means. This, IMO, is why we need to pass something resembling an immigration bill immediately, if for no other reason than to just get us on the path to fixing this government mandated wall between the demand for workers and the supply of workers, because that wall is the entire source of the problem.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 04:26 AM) So when George W Bush talks about the enviornment, that doesn't bother you at all? If he actually supported legislation that meshed with some of the words his folks use (healthy forests, seriously?) or kept to even his own promises (i.e when he promised in 2000 that CO2 would be regulated and flip-flopped on that immediately after the election) then I would have no problem with his background as a failed texas oil man. I have a problem with his background as a failed texas oil man because of all of the policies his administration supports which wind up helping texas oilmen at the expense of the rest of the country, for example.

Kick ass Danks.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jun 19, 2007 -> 09:55 AM) Masset needs exactly what he's finally getting, some consistent use. It really is unfair to put too much on his shoulders considering how ineffectively Guillen has used him (with him often times sitting around for a week at a time). That said, Masset needs to step up but I want him at the major leauge level and throwing a lot (otherwise send him down to AAA and have him starting so he can continue to develop cause he has a very nice repetoire of pitches). Why does this sound so familiar to me?

ESPN piece on KW.

Am I allowed to quote Paul Krugman in reply? Times Select

5 games a piece for Lee and Young, Cubs hitting coach Gerald Perry gets 3 games, Peavy and Giles get fines.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 04:06 PM) First thing that popped into my mind is the pool of "talent" at 1B. If we're serious about rebuilding (which we should be, very soon), we can make a killing trading Konerko. When the best 1B option on the FA market is Shea Hillenbrand, Konerko has to look like Babe Ruth. Konerko has 3 more years on his contract, I believe, so that will make him desirable to other teams, plus he won't be too good by the time our rebuilding has taken place. Tex is probably also going to be available for a team looking for a lower cost or shorter term option.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 08:48 AM) I haven't been to the taste in years. Way too crowded for me, but if you're not from here...it's definitely something to check out and the best way to "taste chicago" so to speak. I haven't been back in like 5 years and I think I'm finally going to get a chance to hit up ze taste again this year. Looking forwards to it, even with the crowds.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 11:54 AM) Most Chinese knew something happened that day, but they don't know what. I've learned this through talking to some exchange students directly. Even then, they're a little sheepish talking about it. They don't know until they get here and read some stuff on it exactly what went down. It's really interesting to go there. The security is absolutely everywhere. Armed guards, cameras on every lightpost, army soldiers marching and drilling in the square. It's really not even a good idea to mention what happened around anyone; everyone there is too scared. If you try to ask a taxi driver where that statue was or which street had the guy with the tanks shot on it, they wont' tell you until you're out of the area.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 10:42 AM) Ridiculous contract? Vaz is an average to above-average pitcher who gives you innings and a great K/BB ratio. The only thing bad I can say about him is he loses focus at times. But, considering the other contracts that have been doled out to pitchers recently (see: Zito, Barry), Javy is pretty affordable. Pretty affordable relative to other players at his position does not necessarily equate to pretty affordable for this team in its current situation.

The Baltimore Orioles have hired former cub and twin front office man Andy McPhail as their new chief operating officer. There is now speculation that this will be it for Baltimore manager Sam Perlozzo, and that the Orioles could be the next team to target Joe Girardi as a skipper. No idea what any of this would mean for Leo Mazzone.

SI's John Heyman

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 06:13 AM) The source doesn't matter? Would you take enviornmental advice from US Steel? Would you not wonder about ethics advice from Ken Lay? How about some family matters advice from Elijah Dukes? So, what you're telling me is that you feel it's a bad thing for a person to become wealthy in this country? Because each and every example you compare this to is one of a person doing something bad or illegal.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jun 18, 2007 -> 09:35 AM) I hope so, cause I really want Salty. Right now might well be an ideal time to see if we can't get the Dodgers, Padres, Mets, and Braves into a bidding war on Dye and Buehrle. All 4 of them have needs that we can help with, all 4 of them have good chances for playoff runs, and all 4 of them have a team they wouldn't want to see Dye or Buehrle go to.