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QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:56 PM) Yes I thought of him after I made the post, he didn't throw much last night either. Really as much as we say we really need Danksy to go the distance, it won't be disaster if he doesn't. It'll make tomorrow's game more interesting though if he only goes 4 or 5. No chance. This guy rarely makes it deep into a game.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 02:45 PM) so, are you saying the earth didn't produce oil and instead is just showed up? This planet will always have oil, I guarantee you that. However, as the population of the world goes, so will the demand, and the supply will go down. It took millions of years to produce the oil that we will use up in a span of about 200 years. Will you wait around a few more million years for the next batch?

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 10:07 AM) How about this guy? Total douche bag.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) Did I say the earth makes oil fast? No, but to say we are going to run out of it is ridiculous. There is oil forming somwhere in our earth right now, and one day that oil can be used. THIS PLANET WILL ALWAYS HAVE OIL! That post is seriously laughable. Do a little more research before throwing out supposed factoids.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 03:21 PM) now that is simply bulls***. The earth makes oil and it's not going to stop one day because it feels like it. LOL See lostfan's sig for the best response I could think of.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 02:36 PM) Wise and BA are not going to start or do anything except play once a week or come in the late innings. We have no good defensive everyday options in cf right now. That's not what you originally stated. You said we had no good defensive options in CF which is a false statement. QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 02:36 PM) You think they are going to play over Swish or Griffey?? No. Why would I think that?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:33 PM) I still don't understand how actually sitting out a game makes a guy fresh. It's not like the guy didn't take BP, didn't run, didn't do all the other things. He just didn't bat four times and didn't jog out to his position every inning and didn't run the bases. I'd love to sit down and talk to a major leaguer or 10 about this topic of staying fresh. I'd ask Oz but he's yet to answer my email. There's a big mental aspect to playing a major league game. You're out there for 3 hours focusing on every single pitch when you're playing the field. It could be 97 degrees and humid. It takes its toll over the span of 6 straight months; 7 if you include spring training.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) They are options for CF??? No way in hell are they going to start. You stated that we have no good defensive options in CF. I think BA and Wise are pretty solid defenders.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) I love all this talk of keeping fresh. Modern baseball, got to love it. Why didn't Cal Ripken wilt every season? He played every game. Why is he the only player in our lifetime that played so much?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:28 PM) There are no good defensive options in cf right now. Really? You think BA and Wise are bad defensive players?

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 01:12 PM) Im pretty sure that was sarcasm from SB, I dont think he meant that Indeed. I did find it odd that we had 3 lefties in the lineup against Robertson. But how could you bench Jr in his first home game?

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QUOTE (zenryan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 07:19 AM) 90% winning percentage? You should make these threads for the entire month of August. And October.

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 08:36 AM) he was filthy. hopefully the three innings of work will keep him in the pen for a night or two. I couldn't imagine that he'd be available tonight.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 07:37 PM) But we're home now. All our problems are over. Indeed.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 12:52 AM) Ron Gardenhire is so boring. His team has lost 2 games in a row that they should have won after being in first place for the first time in over 100 days (and effectively losing any hold they had on first place), and he's just having a ho-hum interview after the game "we tried our best, we threw everything we could at them, but they just pulled it out. Good hitting team even in a rough season, yada yada yada." He's a fantastic in game manager, but he just doesn't seem to be a motivator. Who's he supposed to be motivating in the post game interview?

I'm going to get all Charles Haley and s*** when I see Griffey take the field.

Guess not.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:59 PM) "Im gonna go Haley" Gives a whole new meaning to Haley's Comet.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:19 PM) Seriously though ridiculous logistics aside, what does happen when something collides with the sun? Basically nothing right?

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 01:56 PM) 7-6 HOU. Cub Killer C-Lee hits a 2 run HR off of Howry. Yay for former Sox dominating Cubs pitching. I was just thinking he was due to put a hurting on them.

Well unless one candidate is up by 10% or more in a national poll I'll continue to completely ignore them.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) Where's Griffey? *queue the Geoff Blum posts*

Isn't he going to be sending in the calls and making the lineup anyway?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 5, 2008 -> 02:03 PM) Well, yes and no. I agree that in general national polls mean little, BUT they can be used for a few things. 1) You can see some trends. No doubt that after the McCain attacks that the poll numbers plummeted. Now that it is over, Obama rebounds. 2) They can be used to view the nation as a whole. Chuck Todd of MCNSB has this interesting analysis: While national polls largely mean nothing, they can be an electoral college indicator. A national poll lead of 2-3% translates to a tight electoral college race. But, a 5-7% lead is an electoral college landslide. Why not just study electoral college polls? Isn't that what ultimately will matter?