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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) Will the new family guy be on adult swim tonight? I had to miss it for a volleyball game. Last year, Adult Swim was able to get the new Family Guys either a week or a couple weeks after they were first shown on Fox. Not the same night though.

The 2nd tower collapsed at 9:29 CST. I didn't have any early classes that day, so my alarm went off at 9:30 CST. I still remember which song I woke up to that morning. The next time I heard that song was the day a month later where the other plane crashed in Brooklyn.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 08:44 AM) Isn't 9-11 already informally referrred to as Patriot Day. I've seen calendars that reference it that way, anyway. Linkity QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 07:36 AM) It should be remembered, but it shouldn't become a holiday for the same reasons December 7th isn't one. I believe you are correct.

The one thing about Brandon this season is that as a reliever, he's really not getting the chance to use his full arsenal that well. His best pitch is the changeup...it sets up every other pitch. But if he's coming out of the bullpen and just trying to throw strikes, he winds up being mainly a fastball/curveball pitcher, and that fastball is too straight and too slow for people to not hit it if they're looking at it. Also, I haven't seen much of that 2-seamer he was supposedly working on last offseason as far as I can tell.

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:02 PM) How about we send his ass to the Tigers... Maybe they'd be stupid enough to use him... Yeah. Thank God we dumped Jason Grilli's ass on them too.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) Oh don't take that the wrong way. I am not giving up on Brandon, even for this year. I am just wondering with the amount of input Ozzie seemingly gets into player moves, and his dislike for Bmac in the first place, if we could see the unthinkable happen, and see Brandon moved for a guy like Crawford in Tampa. I don't think so, but stranger things have happened. Just ask Jeremy Reed and Aaron Rowand. If Kenny Williams were to make a movie like that...trading away McCarthy next season...while holding on to 5 high priced starters, 2 of whom have expiring contracts after 2007...my time praising his work as GM would rapidly come to an end. Getting a Crawford might win us a lot of games in 2007. But if the starting pitching struggled again...we'd find ourselves basically in the point at the end of 2007 of having to literally do a firesale just to try to rebuild. Otherwise, we'd be trying to find a new outfielder to replace Dye (doubtful we'd be able to hold onto Sweeney in such a deal, IMO), a new 2nd baseman, and at least 2 starting pitchers all on the Free Agent market, at the same time as Uribe, Garland, Crede, and a couple others get even more expensive. With the amount of $ that we're spending now, we can build a team that can contend every single year, with the one caveat that we need to occasionally work in a couple of young guys so that we can afford the veterans. If we don't do that, then the other option is to imitate the 2006 Cubs.

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 05:48 PM) berman and TJ will be doing their thing on the 11 ET sportscenter...they lost rights to do primetime when they lost the sunday night game Which btw, really really really really sucks. For all of us.

So, I'd just like to say...I REALLY MISS NFL PRIMETIME.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 03:30 PM) We wouldn't have had to give him the $10M option in order to retain him. We could have given him the buyout and then an incentive laden contract for 2006. If I recall correctly, wasn't it quite a bit more complicated than that? I.e. to keep negotiating with Frank after the time his buyout was given, we'd have to have offered him arbitration, but the Sox were never going to offer him arbitration because salaries don't decline by 80% in arbitration, etc.

QUOTE(farmteam @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 09:58 AM) I want another Back to the Future. "Your daughter marries a black man!"

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) Jesus Christ. Who gives a f***? If the American people are that impressionable, as to believe a miniseries which has basically been labeled as fictional for over a week, than the Democrats should do themselves a service and create some sort of rebuttal. Even if they were willing to believe it, are Americans somehow supposed to associate Clinton's indifference with future democratic candidates? Stop whining. Um, one question...can you tell me the last name of the person who is currently the presumptive front-runner for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2008?

QUOTE(azchisoxfan @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 12:21 AM) Dont look now, but Buerhle may be a large liablility. Whether it is mechanics or betwenn the ears, Beurhle spends too many innings throwing little more than batting practice to the opposition. I suggest if we elect to sign Buerhle, we do so with a reasonable guarantee of no more than 2K and the remainder subject to achieving numbers commensurate with big money. Take a look at Frank Thomas if you want to see what such a contract looks and can work like. Anyone that beleives Buerhle has earned his salary this year and is worth as much or more next year has no respect for $$$. Let's hope KW has learned something positive from the Frank Thomas situation. java script:emoticon(':gosox1:', 'smid_15') azchisoxfan You know, I understand the concern about Buehrle, after this season especially. But I think the overall odds are this: we're talking about a pitcher who has a career ERA, including his worst seasons, of 3.79, a career ERA of 1.25, and a best season of 3.12. I just can't believe myself to believe that suddenly Mark has gotten so much worse that a 4.80 ERA is what we can expect from him instead of the >3.79 that we've seen in previous seasons.

QUOTE(forrestg @ Sep 10, 2006 -> 12:05 AM) We all love Joe.. I know MLB players love to have some guaranteed money.. No one can deny he deserves it. We paid frank for like 3 years when he was rehabbing something or another.. GIve Joe a decent guaranteed salary and give him some incentives if he stays healthy.. He's already did more this year than what was expected ......................... As a business decision...there's only so much you can do before major surgery before you know that a player won't come back after the surgery just as strongly as beforehand. What happens if we sign Crede to a $9 million a year deal for 4 years or so, and then Crede's back surgery afterwards is unsuccessful, and we wind up paying $35 million for Crede while Josh Fields handles 3rd base for 3 years? You have to make sure Crede survives the surgery first. After that, you have to sign him for a long-term deal, and then you either make Fields an LF or you sell him. You're taking a risk...if Crede's surgery turns out fine, you save a lot of money signing him beforehand. But if you wait, you risk having him turn in another .300/30/100 season, and raise his per year value even more before signing him. Personally, on that salary, with a reasonable backup, I go the conservative route, say we have Fields, and we sign Crede long-term ONLY if it's cheap enough.

QUOTE(juddling @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:55 PM) I heard on the radio the other day some clips of Harvey Kietel who played in the movie saying things like "I always thought this movie was wrong" and " I had a feeling this wasn't right". Gee.....i guess it didn't stop Harvey from cashing the checks now did it?????? Harvey Keitel = Disney Corp? (And keep in mind, Disney seems to have invested $40 million with zero immediate return, clearly expecting a return somewhere along the line)

QUOTE(tealeafreaderii @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 11:45 PM) White Sox Show Ace Chicago thought it had assembled the best starting staff in the league this offseason, but on June 8 Jon Garland was 3-2 with a 6.20 ERA. With Saturday night's 10-8 win over the Indians, the Sox starter has put together a 14-2 run with a 2.76 ERA, and the Sox remain one-half game behind the Twins for the AL wild card. Story | Watch if he can do that for a whole season... or hell even 3/4th of a season we are talking cy young right now. If Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, and Jose Conteras never wind up winning a Cy Young award amongst them, I will simply be shocked. I was blatantly wrong this year, maybe because of the long playoff run last year, maybe because of poor coaching, maybe something else, but I thought 1 of those 3 was going to win the Cy this year before this season started. I think one of those guys has a real good chance of winning one of those tropies next year as well...if they find a way to heal up in the offseason. On paper, right now, this is still the top rotation in the league in 2007, even if the key guys only do their career average numbers, and no one has a career year in 2007

As far as I know, the "rolls" of the die haven't happened yet. They will roll dice to determine home field advantage for each potential playoff game at some point, this week I would guess. In the event of a 3 game playoff, the team that won 2 rolls would play the 2nd game. The teams that lost at least 1 roll would play in the first game. The winner of the first game would be in. The loser of the 1st game would play the other team in a single game, on the road. The winner of that game becomes the 2nd playoff team.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) It's going to be interesting to see what we do at 3rd in the future considering Crede is going to have another back surgery. I think Crede's back situation means that the statement one could have made last season even stronger: Josh Fields will not be traded away until Mr. Crede proves he's healthy and signs a long-term deal, unless a very, very good deal comes along.

So...I was watching the whole game, start to finish,occasional channel flipping... top of 9th, watch the whole thing Bottom 9...buy ever second I can, watch until Konerko hits that lined shot to left field... I had to go pick the Fiancee up from work. She wanted picked up at 9. I left at 8:53 for an 8 minute drive. I left before AJ took a single swing.

I love these guys. They've hurt the United States of America so much...we'll be regretting their idiocy for decades.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:50 PM) that makes sense. If we can get a good deal for Cotts, we trade him. If we can't get a good offer, we could Just let Logan develop more in AAA, and see if Cotts can bounce back. If Cotts sucks it up, we could always DFA him and call up Loagn. DFAing Cotts is probably a bad idea. Look what we got for Javy Lopez in the middle of this season. Even if we can't get what we want for him this offseason...we can always drop the price early next season if he's still struggling and take what we can get. Someone will give us something for a bullpen lefty no matter how much he's struggling, especially during a season.

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QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:35 PM) I was at tonights game. My thoughts are I loved how our offense approached it tonight. Hitting the ball where it was pitched If it was center in or middle of the plate they pulled it and sent it out, if it was away they hit it to right center. Very sweet looking O tonight. it is games like tonight that have taken me from despising Greg Walker last year back to praising him somewhat like I was doing in 2004 (before I was at this board). Our hitters went up there with a plan on how to beat these guys, and they acted on it step by step. There have been quite a few games this season where you could see that they had plans, and had success doing it. The prime example is still our beating up on Halladay. Yeah, some of our guys have struggled at times or gotten pull-happy of late, but I've been much happier with Walker this season than last.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:19 PM) Even though Boone Logan didn't do so well tonight, he has good stuff. A nice breaking ball, and a fastball that can reach 96 at times. So, what I am getting at, do any of you think Kenny might trade Cotts, and use Logan in the pen? I am a bit hesitant to trade Cotts, because he is still cheap, young, and did have a 2 era a year ago. And, he hasn't looked right this second half, either he is injured, or has to work out some mental issues. No offense to Neal....who we'll all still love for 2005, and who will spend decades telling his family tales of what its like to pitch in the ALCS...I am more and more thinking that this is exactly what we should do this offseason. My reasoning: 1. Thor's hammer. If we only had 1 left in the pen, this would be a terrible idea, because I honeslty don't want Logan pitching into the 8th inning in a tie game against Hafner yet. But we have a freaking NASTY lefty sitting down there in the pen to come in otherwise. So Logan's innings would be more limited, and less high-pressure than Thor's, and he'd have time to develop in that role. 2. Marte. Marte was the best lefty reliever in baseball in 2003 IMO (outside of closers). In 2004, he was a step worse, and in 2005, he was even worse. If we'd traded him after 2004, we'd have gotten a lot more than Mackowiak. If Cotts were to stay with us in 2007 and then we decide to give the Legend his role...his trade value would decline significantly if he were 2 years away from a good season instead of 1. 3. Our minor leagues. Seriously...the value of a Loogy who put up a 2.00 ERA and a 4.xx ERA in 2 years is vastly higher than it should be for most contending teams. We might be able to get people to overpay for Cotts more than anyone else in our lineup. 4. Logan. I really like what I've seen from the kid, he has a very tricky motion, and I think he really will be a good LOOGY very soon. I really want him to go to winterball this season, and hopefully he'll come back next season even more acclimated to his delivery. 5. $. Logan will hit arbitration several years after Cotts. That's a difference of 5-10 million dollars, depending on how Cotts performs the next year or two. Whether or not this team hits the playoffs, and especially if they don't, I think penciling in Logan into the #2 Lefty role next year is probably the smart move, if we can find the right trade partner.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:16 PM) Bring back the Whimpster. Whimpy and Hawk were the best. I miss Whimpy. He's the color guy for the Nationals now. QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Sep 9, 2006 -> 09:20 PM) Black Jack did pretty good as an announcer. It was different without Hawk. Harrellson and DJ are good announcers. Black Jack is nice as long as he has new things/perspectives to talk about that we don't hear a lot of times...since our usual 2 announcers aren't Cy Young winners. Honestly though...sometimes I enjoy the homerism, the hawkisms, and the back & forth between Hawk & DJ. It gives a real spice to conversations that could really get repetitive over the course of a couple seasons.

Will Matthew Broderick and Sally Field be in Wargames 2? Will Jessica Alba acutally wind up nude in "Into the Blue 2"? Those are my only questions. Thank you.