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QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 12:46 PM) Everyone in the Rams organization is optimistic that they will play sooner than later, but I am not buying it. They are conducting business as usual but I sit there and just read the news thinking, there's no way that everything will start on time. Supposedly July 15th is the deadline for the CBA to be accepted by both sides so that the season can start on time. Free agency is going to have to be faster than lightning...I don't see how they are going to do it. i think free agency will be quick, and i think a lot of these teams know who they want, and the players know where they want to go

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 12:48 PM) I couldn't agree more. There is a reason the Twins never win in the playoffs. They develop pitchers that throw strikes, but aren't necessarily "stuff" pitchers. And there is nothing wrong with that, because they will always be consistent and keep you in games for the most part. They also develop position players that are fundamentally sound and put the bat on the ball. Over the course of 162 games in the Central Division, that oftentimes, will win 85-95 games, assuming you have a quality roster. Meanwhile, the White Sox, and KW in particular, seem to be lured in by the potentially dominant SP, the guy that can shut down any offense on any given day. However, by nature, these pitchers also have days where they are unable to harness their stuff and this leads to inconsistency. Mark Buehrle is the obvious exception to this, and to a lesser extent, Johnny Danks. From an offensive perspective, Kenny has brought in power hitting players who will have 30-40 home run seasons, but also will go through extended periods where they are practically useless, such as Carlos Quentin. What this has lead to, especially in the last 5 years or so, is a team that can beat the Red Sox and the Yankees (and that has), but will struggle with lesser opponents within the division quite often. The end result is a team that is much more capable of beating the AL powers in a 7 game series, but will struggle to win the 85-95 games to reach the postseason due to their inconsistency. For all you guys saying Rosenbloom is a fool, I don't necessarily disagree, but on this point, he is spot-on. I don't think a more accurate assessment of our club over the past several years could be made. i dont know, for a while there they had the best pitcher in the majors in Johan Santana anchoring their rotation, and they couldnt get over the hump on short or long series. it is weird how bad they have been in the playoffs with some of the seasons they have had going into the playoffs

if ichiro started his career in the US instead of Japan, i think he would have come damn close

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) That is my assumption. Once a week maybe and back down after Castro is healed. It is just a tease apparently Castro will not likely be returning this season, so get used to Flowers

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 09:57 AM) Hi! I cant stay out of jail!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 08:49 AM) Who knows, maybe Ozzie threatened or offered or was thinking about quitting as he has threatened before. even if ozzie was thinking of retiring, i think he would view this as a embarrassing moment. i agree with steve, if thos happened the way cowley told it, ozzie would have exploded on twitter, and so would his son

The fuse is lit!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 8, 2011 -> 07:08 AM) The 2011 White Sox offense You declared them dead months ago, doesnt count

damn, three sports figures in a row

QUOTE (southsidepride15 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Thank you ZOLTAR. brother from another planet?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 09:32 PM) From afar, she's amazing in those skirts and heels. Up close, too much plastic surgery. Just feels/seems unnatural. I'd take Cameron Diaz's personality anytime. The way she ended up with him...jobless, yet living together in a penthouse type apartment? Why would she ever be with him? I still don't get how the 200+ Decepticons "disappeared" and were able to be defeated by 9 Autobots and the "NEST/SEALS" teams. I don't get why they tried to make Megatron into an Osama bin Laden-esque bandit hiding in Africa. But the two scenes with Rosie.....one with her "glancing into the distance with everything blowing up around her behind her in Chicago" and then her speech to Megatron. It just doesn't fit the entire personality of Megatron throughout the entire series. And the ending sucked. I actually liked it until the final 15-20 minutes. Yeah Megatron would have stood up and pounded her flat in the first two movies.

*checks oneys twitter*

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) Because nobody gave a s*** that she was murdered. They cared that it might have been a U.S. Senator that did it. Once he was cleared and his career completely obliterated, there was no point in caring anymore. Now she was just a dead girl instead of a dead girl at the hands of someone important. In this case, what happens if they find bulletproof evidence a year from now that exonerates the mother? Do you think anyone will give a s***? No, they will not. No media coverage will pop up because nobody will care that a child was murdered unless it were done by the parent. Nobody will start a thread on it and people won't mention it in their Facebook statuses. i would admit i was wrong, and i probably would dig up this thread too. so on both of those accounts where you are pretty much directly referring to me, you are wrong.

i feel just as bad about this case as i do with any case involving a child. the christian choate story is equally as heartbreaking for me. i look at my 11 month old boy and 10 year old girl and just do not understand how and why

Not Guilty http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/05/jury-...-anthony-trial/ discuss

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:25 AM) No way should the team trade away Danks. We can possibly get him to sign an extension cheaper than what he originally wanted after his horrendous start this yr. No way is he going to sign a cheaper extension than what was offered him, with or without his bad start. His start wasnt even all that bad for the most part, a lot of well pitched games and no offense whatsoever. He will get paid on the open market

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) Trade way a 30 homer 100 RBI man who just got named to the All-Star team. Makes a lot of sense. How many times has he done this? point being, if you can get fair value for CQ then you can do it when you have Viciedo tearing it up in the minors waiting for his callup. CQ has played 130, 99, and 131 games in the past 3 seasons, he isnt exactly a picture of durability. We all would love to dump pierre/rios/teahen/Dunn but it isnt realistic. Beachy is a good get. Lowe, eh, I am not so excited about the contract but whatever

goes back, looks up you can put it on the board Can of Corn Thats a humpback liner Gaaaas dont tell me what you hit. Tell me when you hit it

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) Whatever he did, try trying to explain a balk to your wife. I think I'd rather go to the ballet with her. The only reason I know what was called is because of what Hawk and Stone pointed out. It was really a slight move, I watched the replay and still thought it was iffy.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 09:34 PM) I was at the game and when I saw him go to the full wind up something seemed wrong, then the home plate umpire started jumping up and down pointing. It didn't look like he stepped off when he switched. Was that what he called? he leaned forward like he was going into his set, then stepped off

Strange way to win, but I will take it. Both Closers looked spooked today(both after the first hitter they faced reached base), that was pretty strange to see considering one is an all star and the other certainly could be an all star.

anyone see the recycled footage that michael bay used in The Island and Transformers 3? lol

QUOTE (Hollywood_AU @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 12:53 PM) Would it be too disrespectful to Dunn for him to be shut down until after the AS break? disrespectful to whom?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 08:45 AM) There's still 3 1/2 years for Dunn to get it going, but giving him a nice 10 day break would be the best thing for the team right now. We face 2 lefties in this KC series, and given Dunn's struggles this year against them, he really shouldn't be playing. The boo birds are going to be crazy this week if he continues to struggle. ozzie will play dunn, dunn will struggle, the boo birds will boo, rinse, repeat

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 10:29 PM) THe highway scene and the "auto shop" were both in DC, even though they were a Chicago highway and the milwaukee art museum. Speaking of plot holes, why was megatron REALLY on earth? T1) He crashed looking for the cube T2) He's working from The Fallen to harvest energon T3) i think it is pretty safe to say that there was no plot cohesion/continuity throughout the three movies whatsoever. why were there 9 autobots but hundreds of decepticons? if the fallen was on the dark side of the moon, why didnt he notice the ark? , etc... It is pretty obvious that Bay doesnt obsesss over details hopefully the next director can take this moneymaker and do something with it to wow us without watering down the product. im hoping it will be like when schumacher left the batman franchise and nolan picked it up