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You know, this junk hitting this wide of an area this early in the season is going to do terrible things to heating prices.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) 3B could also possibly be Andy Marte right? Quite likely. Boston would, IMO, be silly to hold onto Lowell if they have both Youkilis and Marte who can play 3b, and have a couple other guys (that Paniagua guy who beat us with a HR from Japan?) who can play 1b too. SS could also wind up being Julio Lugo, if those rumors pan out.

Eek, I have an aunt/uncle who live right next to Midway.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 05:30 PM) The Orioles shouldn't, and better not, trade Tejada unless they absolutely rip off another team. Tell Tejada to shut up and play. Pre All-Star: .329, 19 home runs, .977 OPS, 62 RBI Post All-Star: .276, 7 home runs, .733 OPS, 36 RBI. They can tell him to shut up and play all he wants, but if he doesn't want to try...well, the 2nd half speaks for itself.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 05:24 PM) Am I the only one that thinks the Cubs could try and get Tejada? They have a lot of money to spend, an opening at SS, and some top prospects they could trade. I think they "Could", but I don't think they'd meet the asking price. To do a trade like that involving only prospects would be damn hard (obviously Pie plus a couple other guys), and they really don't have anyone at the big league level that the O's would jump on, except probably Prior and Zambrano, and those 2 probably ain't movin'.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 05:19 PM) I've seen him get quite a few clutch hits. He's very streaky, and will go through stretches where a 10 yr old girl can throw a pitch past him. However, he's a great addition to this team, and he's a real good guy. So in other words...if we play Crede until he falls into a slump, bench him, play Machowiak until he falls into a slump, revert back to Crede...we can manufacture ourselves a .330, 40 home run guy @ 3rd base?

I suggested this in ATH so I'll suggest it here...Manny for Tejada along with a few dollars changing hands?

You have to wonder whether the mess that their club house turned into after Palmeiro was suspended and then blamed Tejada in the press could be a major contributor to this. Ya also have to wonder if the Sosa trade also helped. Here's an idea...Manny for Tejada, Boston pays the salary differences?

I think This result of the hearings desreves a bump of this thread.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:54 PM) I'm so sick of everyone b****ing about not having 2 lefty relievers in the pen. Do people not forget that we have the best lefty closer in the history of the playoffs? Ok...I'll bite...Huh? Ah wait, just got it.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) $2.4 million "isn't even close" to $3 million? One.... two... three... ??? I think you originally said $3 million a year, he's getting $2.4 over 2 years, which comes out to $1.2 million a year.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Dec 7, 2005 -> 05:22 PM) See: Rage against the Machine. Pick a song. Pearl Jam has a couple..."Do the Evolution", "Bushleaguer" come to mind immediately.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) someone gets shot at an airport, I want to know. I would imagine the airlines want this to be news as well. It shows that crazy people are detected and removed from the passanger list, and in some cases removed from the life list. If I only heard rumblings and rumors of someone being killed on an american airlines plane, you can bet the already fragile market would take a plunge. it's called PR. something happens and everyone scrambles to make themselves or the companies they represent look clean as possible. I'm not really asking why the guy being shot is news...that's clearly a news story - first time the air marshalls have done anything lethal since 9/11, yeah. But I'm asking why CNN is putting stories up suggesting that there's doubt as to the motives/propriety of the actions of the air marshalls when there really is no logical reason at all to doubt their actions.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 04:25 PM) With my blog getting more and more hits lately, I've heard there's problems with it displaying on Windows. Anyone here good with Blogger templates that would be willing to help me out? I ran a blogger-based-blog for a couple years before I finally lost interest in regular blogging earlier this year. I can try to take a look if you'd like.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) Mackowiak will be our fourth outfielder or starting third baseman if Crede misses time with his back. Ozuna can also play the outfield. And Jerry Owens could possibly make the 25-man roster for all we know. We shall see what happens to Borchard. The piece @ Whitesox.com strongly suggested that Owens was in line to get the official "4th outfielder" spot. It didn't even mention Borchard, although it did say that KW was in line to trade for at least 1 or perhaps more than 1 promising lefty reliever that could hopefully give us what Marte brought a few years ago. That really made me think that Borchard was going to wind up sent off, possibly to drag in a young lefty reliever or two. The fact that his name wasn't anywhere in that article has to mean something. It at least said that Harris and Perez would probably be non-tendered. It also didn't mention Gload's future at all. I'm wondering if Gload and Borchard may well be the pieces KW decides to deal to grab a few young relievers from someone. Btw, if this does mean the end of Timo...that means we're replacing a guy who hit .218 wiht a .562 OPS with a guy who hit .272 with a .726 OPS. Yes, he may not be as "Clutch" as Timo, but over a couple hundred at bats, that's got to account for a few runs, right?

I loved some of the articles last season about how Womack was having basically the worst season for a Yankee outfielder in like 100 years.

I got out of high school a few years ago. I had, well, I would say 3 teachers who probably ever mentionned politics at all during class. One of them was a Chinese teacher who would post copies of a few comics and the day's Chicago Tribune for people to read during passing periods/in class while waiting in line for something. I'd say it was at a minimum during that class. The 2nd, my government teacher...well that class was basically a joke anyway. Half the class consisted of making videos/cute little handouts explaining how the government worked. And that was during the impeachment trial. Yippee. The third class was a U.S. history class. Loved the class...very opinionated professor. Lots of good discussions on a wide variety of topics. He had his opinion on almost everything and tried to get it across. Was he overly political? Well, let me just say for an example that he made no bones about the fact that he thought Truman did a wonderful job as president, but he also thought FDR was one of the worst presidents we've ever had. Is that partisan? beats the hell out of me. I really didn't even start leaning to the left until I got to college, got access to the internet, and saw the Republicans nominate George W. Bush.

Ok, I gave this another hour of so of thought while preparing for my complex analysis final... Let's imagine for a moment that the guy never said anything about a bomb. Neither in the tunnel nor in the airline. The guy causes a disturbance on an airline. The guy forces his way off the airline. The guy is confronted by air marshalls in the tunnel with guns. They order him to drop his bag and get down on the floor. They repeat the order. He disobeys that order...and starts to reach into his bag. At this point, should the air marshalls shoot? I think the answer is absolutely yes. They haven't a clue what he's reaching for in that bag...it could be a gun, it could be a knife, it could be the trigger on a bomb. With that many lives at risk, their instructions would be to not take a chance of him doing something concealed in a bag. So even if the air marshalls completely invented any reference to a bomb...they were almost certainly right in still shooting. That would beg the question as to where the "the guy said he had a bomb" portion of the story came from, but that still would justify the shooting. My point here with this part I think is this...why the Hell does CNN think that the question of whether or not he actually had a bomb is so important as to make it their banner headline today? Ditto Drudge, Time Magazine, etc. Unless there's some legitimate reason to think that the marshalls acted improperly, why is this a story? Given that the guy caused a disruption on the plane, about the only thing that would make the Marshalls' actions improper was if the guy dropped his bag, lay down on the floor, and then was shot while already down and not moving. Any other action would be considered disobeying the orders of one of the marshalls and grounds for them opening fire. So why the Hell is this news?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:39 PM) It's harder still to expect Air Marshals to know he has that problem. Very true, even though his wife claims she was yelling it.

How old would he be at the end of that deal?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:31 PM) Not sure myself but my thing is if a police officer or federal agent has his gun out and is telling me to do something Im damn sure going to follow his instructions to the letter. So would I, but it's hard to expect a person with a genuine disease to behave rationally like that.

Ok, I'm loathe to even bring this up, but if CNN.com can run it as their banner headline, I guess it at least deserves notice...Currently, CNN is reporting that none of the passengers on the plane have come forward to corroborate the story of the air marshalls who opened fire - that the deceased said he had a bomb. The air marshalls reportedly stated that the guy had run up and down the plane saying that he had a bomb...a scenario which would have almost certainly made it so that at least a couple other passengers would have heard him. I'm at least curious to figure out the difference between the 2 stories. Is it possible that the press just hasn't gotten to all of the people on the plane, and the dozen that heard him are still not talking/still being interviewed by the police? Is it possible he said it outside the plane? Or could the air marshall have heard something wrong?

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:15 PM) Yeah Gammons said 11 and he gets the Sawx scoop so the 8 and 3 makes a lot of sense. Why is their a buyout? Is there a 5th year option I forgot about? According to the ESPN.com piece linked above, 5th year option @ $11 million or $3 million buyout.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:13 PM) considering the red sox apparently never called back when they were denied of rincon, i think lowell might be a "touchy subject" so to speak where if they part ways with him, it will be for a real solid player. Could you elaborate a lil' bit on that story? I'm afraid I haven't heard it. Btw, when is that team going to find a GM? Who in the world is making these trades?

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) no reports on the money being swapped are final. most say 11 million total, but i've also heard 8. we'll see. $8 million plus the $3 million buyout at the end of the deal if Renteria's final year option is not picked up. 2nd to last paragraph here.