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QUOTE(CYGarland @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:36 AM) a bunt here by Pablo might not be a bad idea I can think of few better ideas.

BA Baracus.

41 pitches, 27 strikes for Contreras through 4. That's damn good. 52 pitches, 35 strikes for Rogers through 4.

QUOTE(kane0730 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:27 AM) Is this stat correct? No. Last time I checked we were about .500 with Widger playing.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:27 AM) I can't believe I want Mark Johnson, Josh Paul, Jorge Fabergas, and Ron Karkovice back Josh Paul has done more to help the White Sox out in the last 10 months than Chris Widger.

QUOTE(POPPY_HIDALGO @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:26 AM) I wouldn't be surprised to see the Igers really rally around that set of outs and come up huge in these last innings. That was just sad to watch. The good news? Jose Contreras.

The Indians finally started selling. Bob Wickman goes to the Braves for Minor League Catcher Max Ramirez. Link.

Well, this inning's over. At least we got 1.

Ok, Uribe has to do something here, because this inning will end with the guy on deck. I'll take a sac fly Juan. Or a groundout to the right side.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:11 AM) And he's the worst defensive catcher in baseball behind Mike Piazza, some say that a contributing factor to that could be his lack of rest seeing how he's played nearly every game since comming into the bigs. There's a reason why he might be playing 1B next year. They've already played him at 1b 8 games this year.

Luck. YAY!

QUOTE(Allsox @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 11:06 AM) Folks, Widger is the BACKUP catcher, AJ can't start every game! Every team in the majors has the same setup as the Sox do so this shouldn't continue to be something to get angry about nor to be fixed so enuff of the ragging! And Ozuna grounds into a double play. Way to go, Pablo Then why was he not bunting?

9 game hit streak for BA.

Brian Anderson F***ing rules.

Productive Out. Productive in the sense that he didn't GIDP.

Anyone care to bet that Widger will fail to get the bunt down?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 10:04 AM) What Israel needs to do is to send ground troops into southern Lebanon, eliminate as much of Hezbollah's weapons/soldiers as possible, and (most importantly) work with the Lebanese army to keep them out. It's imperative that Lebanon work with Israel to flush out Hezbollah. Given that the Israeli bombings have targeted the Lebanese army just as much as they've targeted Hezbollah, this is simply not going to happen. Not a chance in Hell. You want someone other than the Israelis to work to dismantle Hezbollah, your ONLY option is going to be some sort of international force. There's just no one else. Remember this simple fact; bombing people does not make them like you. Israeli jets bombing the Hell out of Lebanon don't make the Lebanese army go "Yeah, let's go help those guys out".

QUOTE(Felix @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 09:36 AM) *sigh* Ozuna in the outfield in Detroit.. why does this happen? Do we just want to lose? Everyone complains about how bad Mackowiak is and how Anderson should be in instead, well, the same holds true for Ozuna. He's a significant downgrade in defense in LF.. and thats saying something. I would say that the downgrade from BA to Mack is MUCH larger than the downgrade from Podsednik to Ozuna.

So, the Doctor my fiancee goes to yesterday tells her that she needs to get a CAT scan, wait 3 hours, then set another appointment to see that same doctor. She sets the CAT scan appointment this morning, calls the doctor back to ask for another appointment, and the Doctor's office won't give one to her that day. She asks for a later day, and still can't get an appointment. She's now pissed at me because I can't tell her what she should do. God I hate our health care system so much.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 12:01 AM) Senator Mike DeWine ® running for re-election in a difficult environment in Ohio used an ad depicting 9/11 to portray his Democratic challenger in a negative ad. Turns out his pictures of the twin towers were doctored. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles.../19dewinead.htm Interesting side note...the ad was prepared by the same group that did the Swift Boat Vets for Truth ads.

It just got interesting.

It just got interesting.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 08:49 AM) I dont understand why everyone has a boner for picking up relief help. Our bullpen is not the issue at all. The back end of it is strong, and Riske was solidified the middle. Not to mention bullpen pitchers are probably the most fickle and overrated players in the game of baseball. Look at Cliff Polite, how much would someone have paid for him last year. Now he is spiff. It makes no sense. We need bullpen help before we can move McCarthy to the starting rotation.

I've sort of been expecting this for a while. Seriously, what other option do the Israelis have? They've, through some combination of their own actions, international actions, and Hezbollah's actions, been painted completely into a corner. They've launched massive airstrikes on Lebanon, but you have to be insane to expect massive airstrikes to be able to inflict more than pinpricks on a guerrilla militia like Hezbollah. But, Hezbollah in this mess has proven to be a much stronger opponent than it seems anyone thought possible...actual planning military operations, defending targets, and firing rockets much farther into Israel than anyone thought they could. In other words, if Israel were to end this without doing something to smash Hezbollah completely, it would be viewed throughout the Arab world as a major Hezbollah victory...the Israelis saw what they were up against and backed down. No matter whether that was actually what happened, thats how it would play. On the other hand, if Israel were to try to continue just air strikes, they'd level Lebanon, build even more anger amongst everyone else in the Middle East, hurt the economies of the West (including their main protector), and maybe even wind up causing the overthrow of a few of the less hostile regimes, and they'd do all of that while barely being able to scratch Hezbollah. Nasrallah has already been turned into a hero by virtue of Hezbollah's successes, a long resistance campaign, combined with more successful strikes on Israel, would only intensify that. About the only option left on the table for Israel is ground troops. While they couldn't beat Hezbollah completely, even 20 years of occupation couldn't do that, they could do some significant damage to the group, which would take them years to recover from.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 08:25 AM) Speaking of inappropriate touching, what's Clinton up to these days? He's been givin' Mr. Bush lessons on how to sweet talk the ladies. It hasn't been going well.