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There is just something incredibly precious about reading a post where a writer who I disagree with complains about the inability of a TV editor to spell a word... And then goes on to misspell the word "appalling" when describing the situation.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) Is everything ok? I agree with you if they are Happily, Eddy will probably be having the DNA Test that they're asking for. So we will actually know the answer to that question soon. With any luck...that contract for Skiles makes signing C & C a lot easier. Both of them now have a guy who can turn them into absolute monsters. We saw that last year. This team was the 2nd best defensive team in the league, and about 75% of it was due to Skiles. He got Deng to play tough. He worked hard on Gordon. He turned Chandler into a monster in the lane on defense. He still has work to do with Curry...but if Curry's willing to listen to him, then he might be able to play both ends of the floor next year too.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 08:20 AM) I'd bet money it was Sam Smith he was talking about... You don't have to bet. Everyone out there is certain of it.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) Though this was funny, I believe Tony the Tiger's got 3 PH homers this year. He had one last night and the guys on Baseball Tonight mentioned that stat...the guy probably heard it there and used it to sound like he knew something. The one last night was a monster and it almost really helped us out (thank you MLB Extra innings) Arizona down by 3 to the Twinkies, 2 runners on in the 8th, against Juan "I never used steroids and am heartbroken I was suspended for them" Rincon, 2 outs...Tony comes up for the pitcher and absolutely crushes the ball. Dead center field in Arizona, like 430 feet or so. Tie game. Arizona blew it in the 9th on a bundle of fielding errors when they had Torii Hunter caught in a run down. But man...I was practically jumping up and down at that home run.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 10:17 PM) Here's my lineup prediction: - Ozuna, LF - Iguchi - Rowand - Konerko - Dye - Crede - Widger - Uribe - Hernandez If Iguchi's back has been bothering him...I pretty much fully expect Ozzie to give Tad an extra day on the bench today. I look to see Harris (or maybe even Ozuna) at 2nd. Tad's been struggling and his back has been tight...3 days off before heading to San Diego might just be the cure for that problem.

Well...I actually consider this to be slightly good news...I was really starting to worry about Iguchi's swing, his BA has dropped like 30 points in the last 10 days or so, and he went 0-5 on Monday, which is just not the Iguchi we saw earlier this year. If there's a physical reason why he's struggling, at least with a little bit of rest, hopefully he'll snap out of it. Time to give Willie another game at 2b tonight, with the off day tomorrow that gives Gooch 3 days off in a row, and hopefully that'll do the job. If not, well, maybe make it 4, but I want him in there against the Padres. And yes, this proves once again why Timo's roster spot should go to Gload whenever Gload is healthy enough to play 1b.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 09:30 AM) carl should do what valentin did and stop hitting righty all together and work on his left side See, now this makes absolutely no sense to me. Right now, Carl is hitting .353 from the Right side of the plate, and .210 from the left side of the plate. Why exactly would he want to stop hitting from the side that is working for him? I understand he needs to work on his left side to get that average out of the sewer, but come on, if you're hitting .350 from one side of the plate, you don't stop hitting from that side. Maybe you even do it more often.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 05:38 AM) As far as interleague games, the Sox are matched up with the Cubs, while Minnesota gets to play Milwaukee. If we don't catch the Cubs in their occasional random 6 game spurt, doesn't that give us the advantage? Hell, the Brew Crew are beating up on the Yankees right now.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jun 8, 2005 -> 07:08 AM) Drudge for me is still the best for breaking news, conservative or not. Like when he broke that Kerry was having an affair...oh wait, yeah, that was completely wrong. Drudge gets "Breaking" news because he has a few people at ABC, The NYT, and the WaPo who tell him what they're going to be publishing a few hours before the paper goes to print. That's it.

BKim has now struck out 7 after K-ing Paulie...that ties his career high.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 07:25 PM) HOLY s*** ARE YOU f***ING SERIOUS? THATS A FOUL BALL?? WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET YOUR CRACK? OH MY f***ING GOD THAT IS RIDICULOUS Gameday is calling it a foul bunt. :banghead

1-0, Konerko's thousandth hit followed by a hit by Dye.

Well...you can cancel the postgame show...thanks Paulie, I didnt' want to be no-hit by Kim.

Kim goes up to the plate and forgets to bring his bat with him the first time. Hmmm....

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 06:31 PM) That was just a terrible inning by our 6-7-8 hitters there. Uribe is close to becoming the liability at the plate that many people believe that Crede is. I'm still going to sit here and hope that those 2 will suddenly turn it around at some point. And then I'll hope that's not a false hope.

1st and third with no one out and we leave the inning without scoring off of BYKim. You're kidding, right? No really?

Come on Juan...just hit the ball in the air to the outfield.

If Paulie gets a hit today...he ought to keep the ball. That'll be 1000 for him if he does. Anywho...is the dreaded leadoff walk as dreaded when Paulie is running?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 06:23 PM) Phew, that first inning was a little scary. Contreras is working slow and his location looks off. No score. I always worry about him in the first...it seems like he's turning into one of those guys that can settle down as the game goes along.

QUOTE(HSC's Biggest Fan @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 05:10 PM) Sounded like JR and Skiles got it done. Funny how this whole thing worked. I wonder what f***nuts Mariotti is going to write about now that both coaches got long-term deals. How Reinsdorf finally did 2 things right in a row? Hell, I don't like JR that much as an owner, but the events of today are enough to make me sit back and applaud.

Official story from the Trib can be found Here

QUOTE(farmteam @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) At least the Spelling Bee is a well known commodity, and I'm fine with it being on ESPN2...Mathcounts finals, however...:| Hey...I won my regional Mathcounts competition when I was a junior in high school. They gave us these crazy "Don't Math with Me" pins.

QUOTE(Spod=Ratings @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 04:19 PM) and on the score You're kidding...that's wonderful news. And 1 day after the talks supposedly exploded underneath them. Man, what the Hell happened today?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 04:09 PM) Eh, they suck ass in customer service, try calling them at a "peak usage time" to get help. It won't happen. Plus all of their damn workers can hardly speak english on the phone which also sucks. I've done both. The motherboard on my laptop died a few months ago...I got through with relative ease during daylight hours, and the next day a guy came by & replaced the part. They're also simple to get ahold of via email. Then again...I could just be comparing them to my previous, disasterous experience with Gateway. I have a service sheet a mile long from that company. They were awful.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jun 7, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) What backwater hell-hole do you live in to believe that? Oh, that's right, canada. If you can say that you don't think rather had ANY personal agendas in his many stories about the Bush administration, with a straight face, you need new meds. If you actually read the outside report on the matter that CBS commissioned, Rather actually had very little to do with the real reporting in the story. It was mainly work done by the 3 people who lost their jobs - the producer of the story & like 2 others. Rather was doing quite a bit of other work that week, and was basically handed that 60 minutes report at the last minute, with someone telling him "Yeah it's solid".