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If the lights are going out and it is essentially powering down, then it is probably either the alternator or the battery. The battery just might not be holding a charge anymore because it has been sitting so long. Is the alternator on top of the engine? If it is easily accessed you can remove it and take it to autozone and have them test it for you. You might want to get that tested first, because if you get a new battery and the alternator is shot, you might end up taking a drive and having the car die on you when the battery goes dead due to the alternator. If it was bad gas, your car would be kicking and sputtering and you would probably smell gas. You can get an additive to put in your gas that should help with that, an octane booster/fuel line cleaner/fuel injector cleaner

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 03:55 PM) But boobs boobs glorious boobs

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) They mostly come out at night. Mostly I say all of your posts in my head to Derricks voice as if he is laughing

I believe there is little evidence because Lewis got rid of his shiny white suit that was supposedly covered in blood. Supposedly

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 03:14 PM) You're just trying to goad me cuz you're an admin and you want to ban me. I said that I was happy that the Sox signed Lindstrom but that they still have more to do if they're gonna catch the Tigers. What's your effing problem? My problem is your effing problem with acknowledging the effing reality of the effing situation. Its funny how everytime you feel a percieved slight when your arguments are challenged with any sort of sarcasm, you mention admins wanting to ban you. Tell me, WHY IS THAT?

*find parables and metaphors that fit my argument but not the situation* let me pull out my jump to conclusions mat so that I can decide what to do with my day

Hooters girl of the year will win every argument with me. always

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 02:50 PM) I'm not going to win ANY arguments with you guys...if Reinsdorf or Hahn or KW said 2+2=5, most of you would be "on board" with that. False. But then again, most of this board doesnt play the front office boogeyman game like you do

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 02:47 PM) Sorry...4th most wins in the 90s. If we are going to pick random numbers and talk sustained success, then why do the Sox have the same amount of world series wins as the atlanta braves in the past 20 years?

i love Wes Welkers wife.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 02:39 PM) Correct me if I'm wrong...weren't the White Sox the winningest team of the 1980s? (Maybe 1990s?) If so, how many championships did their "sustained success" get them? I think you should check those numbers and get back to us with your argument

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 02:20 PM) Carlos Boozer named eastern conference player of the week. (Durant for western conference). Boozer was informed of this at the Berto Center and yelled "Ahhhhhhhh" and shook his head back and forth

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 01:42 PM) Did you guys hear about Manti Te'o? No. That name sounds fictitious

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 12:55 PM) Just deleted my post if you want to also delete this one. My Bad. No biggie, just leading you to the discussion

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 12:53 PM) Interesting series of write ups from Yahoo's Jeff Passan (I've read stuff from him before and he does not seem to be too bad) on ranking all MLB team's offseason. The Sox come in at 18 but he is pretty sober about the prospects for a playoff run. Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/no--18-white-...-215701921.html Article: No. 18 White Sox: Tough for Chicago to prove last season's surprising run wasn't a fluke By Jeff Passan Editor's note: Yahoo! Sports will examine the offseason of every MLB team before spring training begins in mid-February. Our series continues with the Chicago White Sox. MLB Springboards: No. 30 Astros | No. 29 Marlins | No. 28 Mets | No. 27 Rockies | No. 26 Twins | No. 25 Pirates | No. 24 Indians | No. 23 Mariners | No. 22 Padres | No. 21 Cubs | No. 20 Brewers | No. 19 Red Sox 2012 record: 85-77 Finish: Second place, AL Central 2012 final payroll: $101.8 million
 Estimated 2013 opening day payroll: $119 million Yahoo! Sports offseason rank: 18th OFFSEASON ACTION On opening day last season, the White Sox carried a payroll of $96.9 million. Today they stand more than $20 million higher, and all they have to show for it is a 32-year-old who has gotten full-time at-bats once in his career, will man a position he has spent less than a quarter of his career playing and got a three-year contract nonetheless. Oh, and a reliever who throws hard. Other than that, the White Sox's offseason has been dandy, thanks very much. Jeff Keppinger was the White Sox's biggest offseason acquisition. (AP) This is what Backloaded Contract Hell looks like, and with Jerry Reinsdorf pulling the budget reins like he's Santa and Rudolph is getting a little frisky, the White Sox are staring at a potential transition year. Already gone are one stalwart (catcher A.J. Pierzynski, to the Rangers) and three midseason acquisitions, Kevin Youkilis (New York), Brett Myers (Cleveland) and Francisco Liriano (Pittsburgh, ostensibly). Now comes the part where the White Sox have to win with even lesser personnel than the group that blew a playoff spot in 2012. The not-really-a-third-baseman who had 418 plate appearances last season and is guaranteed $12 million over the next three years is Jeff Keppinger, whom Joe Maddon used in Tampa Bay last season to platoon perfection (.376/.402/.521 against lefties) but is neither good enough against right-handers nor in the field to merit a multiyear deal with a starting job. The third-base market thinned quickly, and with the Yankees chirping about a two-year deal, Keppinger played free agency to perfection. Because the money isn't enormous, new general manager Rick Hahn – elevated to the position when Kenny Williams ascended to team president – won't necessarily regret if Keppinger spits the bit. Nor will he care if the signing of Matt Lindstrom, erratic fireballer, turns conflagrant for its one season. The last time the White Sox devoted significant money – well, it has a chance to be one of the worst contracts out there. And they've got some other whoppers that, in hindsight, probably were ill-advised. Which is what made the White Sox winning at the clip they did last season so shocking. And which makes any expectations on this season so misguided. REALITY CHECK So, where to start? Should it be with the guys who don't get on base, which is pretty much the whole team, or just the guys who play every day? Or should it be with the pitchers whose ERAs didn't exactly match their peripherals and thus are looking at serious regressions this year? Actually, perhaps it's best to save those gems for later and go with the pitcher responsible for the majority of the payroll hike this year, that aforementioned significant money. For the first season of his five-year, $65 million deal, left-hander John Danks earned $2 million. This year, and for the next four, that annual figure jumps to $15.75 million. For that, the White Sox get a pitcher coming off shoulder surgery that limited him to about 50 innings last year and is expected to keep him out a portion of this year. Just 28, Danks has time to recover. It's just going to cost a lot, and even with advances in surgical technique, the return from shoulder work remains a crapshoot. Chris Sale and Jake Peavy were excellent atop last year's rotation, though because of Sale's perceived fragility and Peavy's injury history, health always will be a question with them. Beyond them, there is the underachieving Gavin Floyd and a pair of effective rookies from last season, Jose Quintana and Hector Santiago, the former of whom doesn't strike out nearly enough hitters and the latter of whom walks far too many to repeat their performances. Shoulder trouble limited John Danks to nine starts last season. (AP) And then there is the White Sox's lineup. If Alex Rios shows up again – it's really a year-by-year proposition at this point – and Adam Dunn tries to balance out his 200 strikeouts with 40 home runs, that helps. And if the White Sox's up-the-middle infield trio of catcher Tyler Flowers, shortstop Alexei Ramirez and second baseman Gordon Beckham can at least try to get their on-base percentages above .300 … well, they might get a round of applause from the bench. Because all eight White Sox bench players with at least 50 plate appearances last season couldn't muster a .300 OBP. The 2012 season for the White Sox was as much about overachieving as it was succeeding. It did nothing to solve their failure at developing position prospects of any consequence (their only homegrown players are Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo, two Cuban refugees, and Beckham, a bust) and only served to put Chicago in that desperate no-man's land of mediocrity, where it's good enough to keep alive flickers of competitiveness but ultimately not a playoff team. If you're not going to be good, it pays to be really bad. In between shouldn't cost almost $120 million. SAVIOR The Paul Konerko of 2008 – the one who looked like he didn't have a good at-bat left in him – resurfaced in the second half of last season. Before the All-Star break: .329/.404/.528. After: .263/.333/.437. Respectable, of course. Just not Paulie. Even at 37 this spring, Konerko is the White Sox's sine qua non. If they want a chance at parlaying Robin Ventura's second year into an even greater success than the first, it starts with first-half Konerko. If second-half Konerko shows up, the White Sox could be in even more trouble than we imagine. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=87831

Let us begin anew

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) That tantrum was Ditka-esque He was channeling the Ditka audible episode in Minnesota

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) I know all about "financial constraints" and "working within a budget", etc. I get it. But when the Sox try to tell it's fans that "we are doing everything possible to put a winner on the South Side.", what they're doing is pissing on our heads, and trying to convince us that it's raining. My oldest son will be driving within two years; should I tell him that I'm going to buy him the best car possible, then get him a jalopy, and then try to convince him that its the best, or should I tell him I'll get him the best car that I can afford? At no point did the Sox say they are going to go buy a ferrari, if that is the metaphor you are going to use. If you tell your son you are going to buy him the most expensive car on the market, and buy him a jalopy, then yes you should have to explain your difference in promise and reality. The problem here is at no point did the Sox promise to buy a ferrari, yet that is what you expect them to do.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 11:46 AM) Then you can't honestly say that the Sox are doing everything they can to give the fans another championship. Maybe they're doing all that they are willing to do, but not all that they can do. SMH. You just dont get it.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 11:29 AM) where can I find said buttons? Jason is pretty honest when he tells you to stop. If you dont, then you are normally done.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 11:26 AM) Whatever happened to RZZZA? Did he get banned or something? Not banned, but via pushing site owner buttons he got time off.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 10:54 AM) Question: Were there players available vis free agency this off season who's acquisition(s) woul've improved the team's chances for success? Followup question: Are these players affordable according the the actual(not your percieved) financial model? Because the answer to the first question is "of course". The answer to the second question is a resounding "NO"

This isnt the first time Thibs has made a point by benching a starter in crunch time and letting the bench win or lose the game. I remember a few years ago he had the entire starting 5 benched after the 2nd quarter in a home game and refused to put them back in because of how pissed he was at their effort. The home crowd was pretty pissed when the bench mob made it close and he wouldnt sub the starters in(including Rose)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 09:13 AM) I'm not sure how... How exactly are you getting more people to go to games out of this? I think you are getting more people to spend at Cubs owned properties(the restaurant, hotel, vendors outside the stadium).

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 09:38 AM) Dude...I just gave "props" to the Sox for making a positive move to improve the team...quit your damn b****ing and moaning already. Just for the record, if there was a player "out there" who's acquisition could guarantee the Sox another WS Championship, I wouldn't care if they paid him $50 million/season. I just want the Sox to win; they can suck for the next 5 seasons, but I want to see another championship. You would complain every day for the next 5 seasons that they suck, of this i have no doubt.