mr_genius

this guy is dominating our lineup

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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 07:44 AM) Get ready folks, McCain is set tp run one of the most personal and nasty attacks in recent history. Ayers and Rezko are set to be the main top of disgussion my the McCain camp. Not the economy. Not the war. Palin's already bring up Ayers. I guess if you cant bea tup.... Swiftboat 'em. coming from you or any Obama supporter, complaining about 'swiftboating' or 'smear' campaigning is hilarious. like Barry Bonds complaining because Mark McGwire was on steroids.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) I swore I saw Jose as well. yea i saw him walking around in the dugout on tv. he was there.

QUOTE (SAVVY18 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 01:27 AM) LOL..."I blame the schedule". haha. inter-league play is the reason the cubs lost now.

some cub fan called into the score talking about how he's burning all his cub stuff in his fireplace while on the phone lol

totally different attitude on the Dodges since Manny got there. Ramirez hitting around .400 with .500 OBP and 1.232 OPS in the 56 games he's been there .

kemp almost misplayed that would have been a big break for the cubs if he did

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) Fire away! I'm not really even upset, I haven't been able to get tense like the 3rd game in Minnesota or the one game playoff against the Twins. I think our Sox just left everything in Chicago, and any momentum we had was squandered by Vazquez. All things considered, we're just not as good as the other three playoff teams, who have better starting pitching (at least none of them would have to start Vazquez), speed, fundamentals and especially the middle relievers. Pitching and defense in the playoffs >>> Softball approach i hate the softball approach

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 4, 2008 -> 08:14 PM) Well the root of the whole thing got its start with the Democrats putting pressure on the lenders to give loans to lower income families to get minorities in houses. It just kind of spiraled downward from there when the banks figured out they could make money on this. There are other people who f***ed it up too though. Yea pretty much. The idea was that lending needed to be fair and that not being a homeowner only added to poverty. Which is a decent assessment, but there needs to be limits and regulation on the amount of money a high risk consumer can get; especially considering that these loans are going to be at least implicitly backed by tax payers. The housing bubble really pushed things over the edge because people were buying homes at a very high price which weren't in reality worth that much. Not only did their investment go down (which it had to as they purchased during a peak) but they couldn't afford to pay the payments or sell the home for anywhere near what they paid for it. The Democrats were very defensive of this program and didn't want certain limits, as they felt that would not be fair and that their programs were under attack. All the fees the lenders get at the start of a loan made these companies appear to be making money, when in reality they were taking on a lot of bad investments. Oh, I also remember GW Bush sighting the increase of home ownership as a good thing, when it actually might not have been.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 4, 2008 -> 07:56 PM) I may not be able to catch that. Major bullet points? Basically puts a time line on events that lead to the risky lending, the political votes that were taken to stop regulation, the legislation that encouraged loans to high risk consumers, and the 'cooking of books' which allowed executives show massive profits (and get huge bonuses) while the companies were actually about to implode. It also gets into the financial structure which is set up in our country as far as home loans are concerned. The Democrats were really pushing a system in which people with a low credit rating and little income would be treated 'fair' and given a loan. These banks, knowing they had government backup, were fine with taking the risks as they were receiving large fees from finalizing all these new loans. But it was a house of cards and when the housing market slumped, people whom had bought their homes at a time when the market was high now had a large negative investment. On top of that, when they don't pay, the banks take on these negative investments. Be warned though, it is a FOX news expose, and there is a lot of focus on the Democrats. Not sure how balanced it is, but the facts the are reporting seem to be accurate and it does show mistakes that were made. It doesn't go after the Republicans much, and I'm sure they played a big role in this too. I would like to see a similar program but with some investigation on the GOP role in this meltdown.

There's an excellent expose on FOX news about this mortgage crisis called "saving our economy". I know, cheesy name, but it's actually really good. I recommend.

not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but about 70,000,000 people watched that debate. http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/vp-debate-ratin.html

need to sweep them in Chicago, which I think is very possible. then hope for the best in Tampa

so many missed chances

DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 06:11 PM) Thought that was gonna be a hit me too

noooooo

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 05:53 PM) I bet their sac bunt works. haha i was thinking the same thing

ugh no runs scored

did he even touch the bag?

went for a bad pitch 0-2

2 run homerun?

tampa has momentum