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QUOTE(fathom @ May 7, 2007 -> 02:05 PM) I don't think the Sox anticipate Pods being 100 pct healthy again this season. They know he has mental issues dealing with injuries. mental issues = groin injuries make him unable to run?

Indiana and California.

I count 28. 56% of the way there. Indiana Illinois Michigan Ohio Iowa South Dakota Wyoming Montana Idaho Nebraska Kansas Colorado Nevada Utah Arizona California Tennessee Kentucky Alabama Georgia Florida New Jersey Massachusetts Wisconsin Minnesota Maryland Virginia Missoura

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) If you really wanted to look for bias here, I'd want to know three things. One, how did they randomize their calls/contacts. Two, in larger scale polls or multi-poll results, what is the current percentage leaning for each party in the country. And three, if they leaner precentage doesn't match the current national percentages, then how did they weight the results of the non-party-specific polls. A couple different companies do record self-identified party identification numbers...in other words, you call up people at random and ask which way they're leaning. The trends in those numbers lately look godawful for the Republicans. This is the Pew poll, which is a totally different company than the Newsweek poll (and therefore a totally different sample) Rassmussen also tracks those numbers, and they have shown a very similar trend, although it looks like they don't push leaners as hard (Pew seems to have a much higher response rate). Rasmussen does show a significant erosion of people self-identifying as Republicans and a corresponding increase in independents. None of these prove that Newsweek did not use a biased sample of course, it's always possible that they're an outlier without more data. But on the question of how the party identification numbers are looking...well, let's just say there's probably a reason why the name "President Bush" was only mentionned 1 time during the entire Republican debate last week.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 7, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) On the Comcast pe-game yesterday that stated that he will be back in May and may go to a ML destination with Thome later this week. Hall, Podsednik, and Thome should all be producing for the White Sox June first. Unless something has changed I don't know about, I think Podsednik by June 1 seems like a big stretch.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ May 7, 2007 -> 09:56 AM) I hope he wins Honestly, so do I. Because I think it'd be a great thing for these gigantic media conglomerates to realize that there's a huge potential cost to putting people like this on the airwaves.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 6, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) Guess I was optomistic. 4.1IP 5R 4ER If one of our guys put up those numbers in his first outing, we'd be calling for him to be sent back down right away and wondering why we can't draft anyone quality.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 7, 2007 -> 07:55 AM) I wouldnt count on any of these deals getting done with the Angels any time soon. They dont want to part with their young talent. Someone can call me on this if they disagree, but I also wouldn't think that the Halos would be that interested in blocking Brandon Wood's path to the majors, considering they recently moved him to 3rd base in the minors because that's wehre the big league team needed a person. If Joe ever starts hitting, another interesting slot could be the other LA Team, the Dodgers, who have been struggling with the bats of late and who haven't gotten much out of Wilson Betemit this year.

Come on Jon....we could really use a shutout.

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ May 4, 2007 -> 08:55 PM) Buehrlesque

So if you're a terror suspect, you can have your phone calls and emails seized without a warrant...you can be thrown in jail for years without charges, you can be shipped overseas to any number of countries for torture, hell you can probably be beaten senseless by the U.S., you can essentially vanish off the face of the earth. But you better still be able to buy a gun!!!

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ May 4, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) WHAT!!! No more Simple Life episodes, very disapointed. Simple life: Jail time.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 4, 2007 -> 05:09 PM) Yeah, they signed Hall and dealt Garcia and McCarthy, but that only displaced one member of the starting rotation. They kept Pods one year too long and went with the cheapest possible solution in CF in Erstad, although that's actually worked out fairly well so far. I'd just like to add...the only reason people would say that Erstad has worked out well is that everyone else on the team is making him look decent.

QUOTE(max power @ May 4, 2007 -> 08:44 PM) How? Anyway, doesn't he have a no trade clause? He only had it for the first year of his contract, aka 2006.

Just walked in...gosh, this looks like every Sox game in recent memory.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 4, 2007 -> 12:56 PM) Probably the inning vs the Angels on Saturday night where we ended up getting the bases loaded and still didn't score.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2007 -> 05:43 AM) Heck after the one day of a 4% correction, Paul Krugman had already written up a facitious article about the collapse of the stock market from the perspective of a year in the future. The sharks have been waiting for the economy to go into the tank for a while now. I think a big part of the reason for this is that as far as the majority of Americans go, this economy is still not trickling down. To my eyes, it's the same reason why ads last year trying to run on the "Strong economy" didn't work for the party in power...the average person just doesn't feel this economy is anywhere near as strong as the market does. I can go up and down the list. Higher oil prices. Inflation (I'm paying 20% more for milk than I was a mere 4 months ago!). The weakening of the housing market (vacancies are at a record high now), the bankruptcy bill, skyrocketing health care prices, the fact that the job market is sputtering along barely able to keep up with population growth, and the complete stagnation of median income over the past few years. I know for a fact that you can tell me all you want about how great the Stock Market is doing, that doesn't change the fact that I'm working 2 jobs right now because the Fiancee can't find one. When people's personal economic situation is in the tank, no amount of stories about how great the stock market is doing will change their opinion of the situation.

If no one complains about Houston Street....

Hal. I. Bur. Ton.

Although the source (The Politico) is a vastly less than reliable rag, if by some chance they're right on this article, then the Dems are taking exactly the right approach if they push this bill IMO.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 4, 2007 -> 09:44 AM) I think they will do a behind the scenes "full court press" on Buehrle to sign an extension, and trade him in July to the highest bidder if a deal isn't worked out. They can't wait for compensation picks, because we need pitchers now, not someone who will develop in 3-4 years down the line...and then, it's a crapshoot. Actually, I think in terms of having pitchers "Now", that's the one spot where we're going to be in pretty good shape for the near future. We have at least 7 bullpen arms right now including 3 lefties, so even if some of the guys struggle or get hurt, we have depth there, and there's some possible guys working their way up through the system to follow this backlog. In the starting rotation, even if Mark leaves, we're 4 deep next season including Danks and Garland, so we even have a lefty in there. And we have a boatload of depth at the AA and up level that will compete for a 5th spot next year if one does open up...Floyd, Haeger, Phillips, Gio, Russel. Some of those guys are struggling in the minors to start this season, and some will probably have to be moved so that we don't lose them, but in terms of pitching, we're deep even if we decide to trade Garland and lose Buehrle. It's the position players right now where we need some depth. Right now, it seems like almost all of our position prospects are hitting a wall simultaneously. This is the potential disaster. We don't have nearly enough money to bring in a FA or resign a guy to play LF, CF, RF, 3rd base, 2nd base, SS, C, and DH before the start of the 09 season. Think about that...as far as I can tell, the only position player we have locked up beyond the end of 08 is Konerko. We need to get contributions from quite a few of Fields, Anderson, Sweeney, Owens, and maybe Cunningham, and we need them ASAP. And if we deal someone, we need to find pieces to fill in some of those holes. Otherwise, the only way we stay competitive is if we spend Yankee dollars to hold our lineup together as they age.

Me? Not a chance in Hell. But then again...that's just me.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 4, 2007 -> 09:13 AM) Amazing. But sadly unsurprising. Link.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 4, 2007 -> 09:02 AM) Is this an obscure reference to Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony or have you been a little drinky? Actually it's a goldfinger song I was quoting, but anywho, since I'm not exactly a hippity hoppity type guy, it could well work for some other band. And for crying out loud, it's 9:15 a.m. out here.

I've been wondering all offseason if the Dodgers offense was going to catch up with them. They're the complete opposite of us...they can get a lot of hits, but are really low on power. It's quite possible that as temperatures and the rest of the league's bats warm up, they'll find themselves just as unable to score enough runs as we are. Which is why I've thought they made a great match for JD for some time...a single, right handed power bat could well put them in the world series, if Jason Schmidt ever finds his fastball.