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QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 08:41 AM) Good point. I think we place too much value on some of this stuff, but in this case you could be right. Didn't Colon have the same problem? But, if winning another WS in our lifetimes is a goal, isn't there room in the rotation for one "Big Game" guy? I'd love to have him in Rocktober . . . I'd love to have the "Big Game" Freddy Garcia in October too. But we haven't seen the "Big Game" Freddy Garcia since last October.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 08:31 AM) Whatever. I love the in-depth, highly detailed replies and point-by-point refutations I'm getting today. Anyway, here's a summary of an FBI report on the actual psychological state of the 2 kids involved in Columbine. If we're going to bring that mess up, I think it's important.

We're 1-4 against the Yankees this year. We're now falling behind in the Wild Card, and we're several games behind the Yankees as well. We've got the Tigers this weekend, who were beaten last night by the Twins. It'd be nice to have momentum against them. This is the definition of a must win game. Javier Vazquez can forgive a lot of ills by repeating his Toronto performance tonight.

QUOTE(WinningUgly85 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 08:31 AM) why are we making freddy think hes walking out the door. I don't see this as a good thing. Freddy might not be playing wellbecause of this. I don't see how this could cost him 4 mph on his fastball.

I had a scoutmaster named Art for several years.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) Allowing kids to experience the little disappointments as they grow up prepares them to deal with the bigger disappointments life will surely throw in their paths. We wonder why kids go 'Columbine' on us. It's because they weren't taught how to deal with things as they were growing up. Pretending that there is a simple explantion for not just Columbine, but for any of those school disasters we've seen is just silly. You cannot just change one thing and prevent the psychopath who initiated that mess from showing up. It's almost as productive as blaming the whole thing on Marilyn Manson or the NRA.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 07:03 AM) In a wierd way, right now might be the safest time to fly for Deploderer. Help me out here. I don't know much about liquid explosives. but part of what I read mentioned that liquids, such as hair gel, hair sprays, perfumes, etc will be banned from carry on luggage. Why did it take so long for someone to realize this? Dude, do you have any idea how many insane things they still let you bring on as carry-ons? Heck, they still make sure to let people bring lighters onto planes, so that when passengers get off, they can quickly light up a cool, refreshing smoke. Never mind that lighters could be used to, say, light something else. Side note/other topic for discussion: does anyone think that something like this may have been an effort by Al Qaeda to steal some of their thunder back from Hezbollah, now that the Shi'ite group has taken over as dominating the news and seems to have the mantle of main group resisting the invasion of the West? I've sort of been wondering if they would shoot for something like this in response to those events.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:09 PM) CBS Exit poll results. Primary voters only. Exit polls would have been taken before people knew who actually won and before Lieberman's "Sore Loserman" speech that night. So as far as I'm concerned, until I see something actually taken on the ground, all previous polls are meaningless. QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:49 AM) See, I don't know. Out of the Dems eligible to vote, about 40% showed up in CT, and 51% of those voted for Lamont. So, that means 16% (or however the math works out, whatever, you'll get my point) voted to remove Joementum from office. It was a smaller percentage then anyone wants us to see, let's put it that way. This is *HUGE* to all the Dems and liberal media because it's a "referendum on George Bush". GET THE f*** OFF OF THAT. It is NOT. But they sure want us to believe it. And all of the Republicans want us to believe it was a Democratic purge, that the Democrats are lurching to the left of the party uncontrollably and they're going to embarass themselves for the next decade. Each side is going to come up with its own narrative, and is going to ignore everything else factual in order to fit things into that narrative. I'm just happy that he won't be able to go on Fox News on a panel of 2 Republicans and Lieberman and allow them to claim balance by having a Democrat there any more. QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 05:34 AM) ANy candidate that has the reeeeeeeeeeeeeeverends behind him on primary night should have his head examined. Well, at least in this primary, there was a specific reason to involve them; his opponent had the man casually referred to in some circles as the "First Black President" campaigning for him, and at least in the primary, there was a non-trivial African American voting block, so they were there to help counteract the Big Dog's influence.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 09:28 PM) I'm still trying to figure out what the point of it is or what functional purpose it serves. Make me angry. And you...wouldn't like me when I'm angry...

Oh! Way back, he looks up and you can put it on the board, Y-ES! Joe Crede! His 2nd home run of the game, and the Sox win it in extra innings, 7-6. JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE Crede. End of story.

I really wanna shut this thread...is that an abuse of power?

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 09:13 PM) NEW friends. Unless he has been an absent father or just discovered that the kid is his, you know the two I am talking about. Just trying to have some fun. Anyway...probably worth noting that Lieberman has fired his entire campaign staff. So he's literally starting over from scratch.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) Another wild card will be whether his new 'friends' help or hurt his chances. There are many voters instantly turned off by these two. Yeah, I can't stand Lamont's kids either.

Man, Garland isn't getting much luck yet.

3 Democrats and 1 Republican have filed papers to run in November against Rep. William Jefferson in Louisiana. There is no primary in that state...if no one gets 50%, there will be a runoff election in December.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 03:15 PM) Yep, even if Halladay, Verlander, Santana and Liriano all miss the rest of the regular season with exploding elbows Jon still won't get a Cy Young vote. If Garland were to break Herschiser's record, that would drop his ERA to around 3.50. I think that would do it.

QUOTE(samclemens @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 03:06 PM) so what does everyone think of joe leiberman's chances now that hes running as an indy, taking into consideration his 51%-48% loss in the primary? I think it's way too early to tell how to weigh the various factors. Helping Lamont, we have: 1. The collapse of institutional party support for Lieberman, including the removal of all his endorsements, fundraising from other Dem. Party campaign committees, union support, and potentially the departure of a few of Lieberman's campaign staff (still rumored at this point.) 2. The continued collapse of Lieberman's message: He's spent the last month trying to insist he is a Democrat, and now he's running on the "Lieberman" ticket. How he can manage to balance that with what his campaign has already done, who knows. 3. Sudden national recognition for Lamont. Lieberman has, for the most part, been able to dominate the media in this race as much as he wanted, since Lamont didn't really show up on anyone's radar until a few weeks ago, and Lieberman is the classic guy you call to get a Democrat on a Republican-leaning panel on any talk show. Now Lamont will have a chance at that. 4. Money. Lieberman spent more on this election than Lamont. That will change now that #1 has changed. 5. Joementum. Lamont's won 1 election now. Helping Lieberman we have: 1. A much larger turnout in November, which could bring more Republicans to voting for him. 2. An ungodly weak Republican candidate, which won't peel off many votes from him, and could even endorse him at some point. 3. Republican dollars; expect more than a few to flow into this race if Joe stays in it. 4. Time. His campaign sat on its ass until a few weeks ago and laughed off this challenge...until it actually started looking like he could lose, at which point they raced to slap together something. Now they have 3 more months to actually form a ground game. I for one think that #1 on the Lamont list is the biggest factor. Lieberman no longer can bring in Clintons to try to salvage his campaign at the last minute, because they're all endorsing Lamont. Lieberman can no longer count on Union support, or other interest group support, because most of those will follow the nominee. There's also the wild card of course of any charges coming out of the alleged "Website hacking", whether they wind up being directed at someone in Lieberman's campaign, Lamont's campaign, or someone outside of both. Supposedly there are outfits on the ground right now doing polling on the general, once a few of those hit we'll at least have a better idea of where the starting gate is.

QUOTE(fullcollapse @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 03:01 PM) and i think that is all krivsky wants. the reds have been bad for a few years now, and getting to the playoffs in his first year as gm will make fans happy and give him a little more breathing room. getting to the playoffs always looks good on the resume. And seriously, with the pitching staffs in the NL...anyone who's pitching staff gets hot for about 2 weeks after making the playoffs has a legit shot to wind up in the Series.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:40 PM) Belive it or not, I used to get them as a kid. In like 7th and 8th grades, I'd have to go home like once every 6 weeks. It would start with the blurry vision, then I'd puke, then the headache, then I'd fall asleep, wake up three hours later and felt fine. Wierd. They eventually just went away. In 4th grade I was in terrible shape. Every week I'd wind up with 2-3 bad days. Eventually it went away, but that year was pretty darn bad. I can remember being on a field trip to Ft. Wayne (in Ft. Wayne) and spending the whole trip just lying down on a log because I couldn't get up.

Casey Blake to the DL, Ryan Garko called up.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:57 AM) How lame though. I would remember going to school on valentines morning, hoping I'd get a valentines from the girl I had a crush on. Where's the fun if everyone gives one to you? I Choo-Choo-Choose you.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) I never said B-Mac was average, although I doubt he will ever be a 1 or 2 on a great team. Just wait.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 10:30 AM) Even if you remove Moss' numbers entirely from Dante's totals he still posts better numbers than most quarterbacks. That's not really a fair thing to do for any QB. The whole idea of having a dominant receiver like Moss is not only does he make a ton of catches and big plays himself, but he opens up the field for big plays for other guys by drawing the focus of the defense and leaving single coverage on the second and third targets most of the time.

Tribe sends Todd Hollandsworth to the Reds for a PTBNL/Cash.

Someone out there other than me has to find this one enjoyable.