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QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 04:19 PM) No, I mean scoring runs at all will be tough. Uribe/Anderson/Garica/Pods=all outs. Not having Thome sucks as well. You're funny.

Crede 4/9 with a slam this year. (SLAM SLAM SLAM, if you're Ed Farmer) And as I type that, he makes it 5/10 with 2.

Ok Claussen...here you intentionally walk Crede...and you'll get to Widger and the weak part of our order.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) Runs are gonna be hard to come by this night. We need to get Gooch in. Claussen does still have that 5.26 ERA.

Upton, Young...man they're gonna have one hell of a character team in Tampa in a few years.

QUOTE(PaleHose4Life35 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) With the Sox facing two lefties this weekend do any of you think we'll see Pablo in the starting line-up one of those games with Pods struggling right now? I'm not too confident in Cincy and Freddy pitching tonight. If he manages to not give up the long ball I don't think the Reds will be able to manufacture many runs so the Sox should be able to win. Short answer: Yes.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) I'm just glad I'm not a Cubs fan. As a 12 year old, those bright colors, and that cute little bear are extremely enticing, especially when all your classmates and peers are rooting for the Cubs. You just need to remind your peers that those little aminals grow up into godless killing machines.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) A convention is not a requirement for changing the constitution. There has only been one constitutional convention in the history of the United States, and that's the one that wrote the constitution and bill of rights. Everything else has been done through supermajorities in the Congress, Senate and ratification in the state house. However, according to Novakula, there are some people who are actually considering trying to call a constitutional convention to pass the "gays are icky" amendment.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 08:55 AM) In the nation? Damn. Yup, Just Checked. They had him at #8 in 99. I believe he was a key part of the Edgar Renteria deal, IIRC.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 08:51 AM) Corruption? Kerik had an illegal nanny and he got busted out of his job because of it. That's peanuts compared to the corruption of some other mayors *cough* DALEY *cough*. Um, and the taxpayer-sponsored love nest overlooking Ground Zero that was supposed to be used for resting relief workers? (Not to mention the mob links). I think Giuliani could at least give Daley a run for his money based on the stuff we know publically, but of course I don't know everything that either of them have done.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) I'm happy to say that I've been a huge Pablo fan since he came to the Sox. Man, I just love to watch him play. It seems like he just knows exactly what he's capable of, and he doesn't try to do too much. And it does seem like Pablo is getting a little better out in LF. And who knows, maybe he can actually become decent at the position if he gets more starts out there? One more thing. Wasn't Ozuna a pretty high prospect for the Cardinals before they realized he was older than he said? BA had him at like #8 in the nation, IIRC.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 01:17 AM) And the Heat have gone out and made me look like a clown again. I didn't think they had a prayer after game 2. I think the winner of game 5 takes the series. Wade is a good player. I think the winner of game 6 will take the series personally (especially if the Heat win game 5). In all seriousness, right now the 2 teams have diverged so wildly in their performances between home and road games that I'm just not convinced that even if the Heat go in with a 3-2 lead, they'll be able to pull out a game in Dallas, and I really doubt they'll be able to pull out a game 7.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 11:52 PM) So you're an astronomy expert too? haha My division is the Geological and Planetary Sciences Division, so we get a wide variety of talks coming through. Hell, JPL's director has an office in the building next door to me.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 08:41 AM) Clinton had too much smut and he got by with it. TWICE. The people voting for Clinton weren't voting for Clinton and at the same time championing those traditional White Christian values. Oh, and Clinton wasn't a Pro-Abortion guy running for the Republican nomination. And then there's all the corruption (Hi Mr. Kerik!) to boot.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 07:57 AM) The guy's a flip flopping prick. You think Kerry was a flip-flopper? s***. McCain works in friggin' Burger King with the flopper whoppers he tells. Hell, Hillary would almost be a better candidate, because with her you at least know what you're getting. We need a b**** in the White House. /now THAT's a campaign slogan right there. (and I'm not saying that all females that run for political office are, just this particular one.) Finally, someone other than me says that about McCain. Yay.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 07:21 AM) Definitely good timing, but the quad is a huge muscle and it was the second time he injured it. I would play it safe and bring him back slowly. It will be interesting to see how the A's play without Frank these next couple of weeks. They haven't lost since Frank went down.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 02:41 AM) Yeah Dayton Moore's really going to want a lot for him, and so he should. They don't really have any prospects that are ready to take CF, and DeJesus is signed to a very affordable 5 year deal. He should be a building block for that organization. They need more DeJesus's and less Reggie Sanders'. What they need to do is sign the occasional Reggie Sanders, play him for 2 months, and then deal him to whatever team needs help. You aren't going to get a #1 draft pick for him, but occasionally you might strike gold on a prospect that someone missed.

Freddy...it's time to wake up, start pitching...and act like you have some:

If Ozzie hadn't said anything, I'll lay you 3 to 1 odds that Mariotti's column today would have been about AJ the Agitator and the fact that Ozzie didn't have any of his pitchers defend his players, he should be fired, it doesn't show the heart and strength a manager needs to, etc.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jun 16, 2006 -> 06:32 AM) I'm waiting for the trade Pods thread. If we had a viable option to play LF at AAA as part of a platoon, I'd be willing to go for it. We just don't right now, as far as I can see. Unless Owens stopped sucking when I wasn't looking.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 11:42 PM) LOL! I invoked my no-trade clause. You're not getting rid of me that easily. We'll get them to offer you an additional guaranteed year on your contract!

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 11:40 PM) Back on topic. People love to vilify Bill Gates as an evil corporate villian who is destroying the world and crushing people with his products but thats simply not true. I read somewhere that he gives away like 20 BILLION dollars a year through his foundation. I think he ranks 1st in dollar terms among all the great philanthropists of all time. You're way off on the numbers. In banner years, I think their foundation has donated something like $2 billion during a year as it's max. The biggest donation in history was the money Gates put up to get the work of the foundation started, which was a $6 billion donation. $20 billion a year would bankrupt him in 3-4 years. Edit: Not to belittle $2 billion a year, btw. That's still a pretty good chunk of change.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) That's crazy to think how big Jupiter is. It's crazier to think that we're finding planets in other solar systems that are more than an order of magnitude more massive.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13348456/ Personally, I think M$ should split into 3 companies... Gaming (XBox), Applications, and OS> Breaking it into those 3 companies does absolutely nothing for us. XBox would still have competition due to Sony and Nintendo, and other companies would still be putting out applications, but there would still only be 1 company with access to Microsoft's OS code. In other words, there would still be absolutely no competition in terms of having MS actually have a reason to really improve the quality of their OS, which is the real disaster. The only way to accomplish anything productive in terms of breaking up Microsoft is to make it multiple companies, and then give each of those companies the same access to current MS technology, such that those companies can compete with each other to try to improve upon the mess created by the last 20 years of this monopoly.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Jun 15, 2006 -> 10:12 PM) Pollite should just have the surgery if it is bone chips like it's being indicated. Have it now, be ready for the playoffs. I believe Jose Contreras had some soreness in Spring Training based on bone chips in his elbow. Would you advise the same thing for him?