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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) So Sqwert, basically you want the closer to be perfect. Bobby's not perfect, so yes, you guys win the argument. But it's an insane standard to live up to. I give him all the credit in the world for turning it around in recent weeks but he was awful before that. Hopefully he keeps it up the rest of the way because we'll need him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) Bobby rocks. Were you hibernating from April through May? 2 or 3 weeks doesn't make for a great season.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) Yeah those 3 tie games he's pitched (1 left in a tie, 2 left down) in surely will decide the season. With the AL Central being decided on the last weekend of play so many times in the past few years you're probably right.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) Yeah, and I understand that. That is a reasonable opinion to have. Personally, I am not all that impressed with the Tigers lineup either, but I guess that has changed a bit with the unexpected success of Brennan Boesch. From the Twins perspective, while I do love their offense, I don't love their pitching, and I think they had better add Lee because I believe Blackburn, Baker, and Pavano are all due for a bit of a cooling off period. I'd rather have the dynamite pitching staff than the dynamite offense in our division. What's wrong with having both? You get one solid bat to replace Kotsay/Jones and we are a World Series contender and not a mere division contender.

QUOTE (rowand's rowdies @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) I'm gonna go with us getting #10 in a row with a 4-2 victory over the schlubs. Today is a huge game in the sense that it could be a streak killer. Not just as a well our winning streak is over, but in a "uh oh we really shoulda won that one" way. the cubs are playing horrible baseball, and just flew cross country overnight to play an afternoon game after a 13 inning game in seattle. these are the games you always expect to win easily, but usually lose. wish i had a stat on it, but it seems to happen all the time in general in sports. tired team has some extrodinary odds stacked against them bc of travel, and they win. if the sox lose this one, the cubs will build confidence and rest up and hope they can start a similair streak to ours and turn their season around. just trying to play devils advocate, but if we dont win 2 of 3 this series, its pretty safe to say our hot streak is over. we should sweep them, but in a series like this, you just like to win it. I don't recall the exact circumstances but didn't the Angels have like no sleep when they played us in game 1 of the '05 ALCS? And no, I'm not saying the '10 Cubs are similar to the '05 Angels but the travel/sleep thing may be overplayed.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 01:29 PM) Pierre 7/32 w/ 2B, 5BB, 3K (.219) Vizquel 3/13 w/ 2B, BB, 2K (.231) Rios 0 PA Konerko 8/28 w/ 2B, 4HR, 3BB, 6K (.286) Quentin 0 PA Kotsay 1/8 w/ BB, 3K (.125) Pierz 6/20 w/ HR, 3BB, 1K (.300) Ramirez 3/7 w/ 2HR (.429) Beckham 2/3 w/ BB More reason to make one smile.

We will destroy them today. I'm not worried the least bit.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) AJ is seriously one of the dumbest hitters I have ever watched play baseball. Enough of the negativity! We've won 9 straight. EDIT: And regarding the Kotsay comment, are you really saying you're happy with our DH situation? We have a playoff caliber pitching staff with a mediocre at best offense. A major upgrade at DH could make us an upper echelon team. Not sure why you're so content with Kotsay/Jones regardless of this nice 2 week stretch of wins.

What's the secret with blackberry? Slow processor?

QUOTE (kane0730 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 11:26 AM) Pierre Vizquel Rios Kong Q Kotsay-DH AJ Ramirez Beckham Kenny needs to upgrade this soon. I don't know how much longer I can take seeing this.

The Cubs have been raping the Pirates for years. Maybe it's our turn.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 08:41 AM) You do know you can buy compact, super-light, roll-up solar panels that plug into USB's, right? You can definitely charge your phone with solar, its just not built into the phone. Oh yeah but who wants to carry that around?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 07:27 AM) One of the many things I found suggestions for, was doing "bump charging" the first few days. Basically, you run the battery down... plug it in until its green... unplug it, turn it off completely... plug it in again, until green. Repeat until the green light comes on immediately when plugging it in. Supposedly that gets the battery in better condition. Also, the Droid Inc comes with a 1300 aMh battery, and I just ordered at 1800 from Seito (via Amazon) that has the same form. They also make extended ones that require a new phone back that go to like 3000, but I don't want to have to get a new case for it, etc. Plus those extended ones make the phone super bulky. Eff that. They need to make a battery cover with a solar panel. Sure it won't be for charging the phone but it could extend the period between charges.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 07:07 AM) Crap, just realized they start at 3, why are they playing a day game on a Friday? Almost every game against the Cubs is a day game. It's rare to get a night game.

We will win 2 of 3 once again.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 02:02 AM) I think he should receive serious all star consideration with Rios and Paulie, but it'll just be Rios IMO. We know you do but you also don't watch any other teams play except for the Royals. You're not a good judge of which relief pitchers are putting up excellent stats.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 06:44 AM) iPhone 4 users having reception issues.... your holding to wrong! Now Apple tells you how to hold your phone. Wow. Did they even bother to do any product testing with this version?

And I love that the Flubs are playing extras on the west coast and have to get in late tonight to play a day game tomorrow.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 06:14 PM) The defense has also been stellar. Mysteriously it coincides with when Teahen went down.

And about all the battery talk, it's a shame battery technology is still back in the 80s and not keeping up with computer/cell phone technology. As far as the Android OS, the new 2.2 release is supposed to be more efficient and should help preserve battery life.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 01:06 PM) Reading some forums, people are seemingly upset about battery life. I'm also trying a number of tips they provided in the forums, and we'll see where we're at in a few days of making those changes. One cool feature on this phone is, it actually shows you what is eating the battery life. Oddly, the screen is only 8% of my total power consumption. 30%, highest number, is Android and its associated services. EVO has the same thing. Agreed. Pretty cool.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 01:17 PM) Just upgraded to the iphone 4 from iphone 3g. Sweetness all over. For those of you who are asking whether they should get an iphone or a droid phone, consider this: The line at every apple store and everywhere else that sells the iphone is a mile long today. How many lines have you seen for ANY other phone before? Oh wait...there was a long line? Well I'll be damned. No reason to consider any other factors.

Why can't Coop fix him?

f*** yeah! Let's make it 12 straight!