Steff

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 03:53 PM) I skipped over it, but judgin by the title, I believe Mariotti had a Frank Thomas praise piece in the Sun-Times today(Maybe even bashing the Sox a little for letting him go?). Unbelievable. Nope. IP was just asking the board their thoughts.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) Last year sucked. This year will probably be worse. This year will be way better in terms of the crowd. Those of us going will actually get to move and breathe.

For facts sake, the Sox did not make any offer to Frank.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 03:17 PM) I think she was a centerfold. And a Guess model before the weight issue and Lane Bryant after. She's made a ton of $$ on her own, aside from the J. Howard $$ she's entitled to.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) Say it isn't so. NEVER TRADE JOE! f*** Boras. There has to come a time we deal with that guy. If we trade Joe for some Pierre/Figgins type, we are a joke of an organization. Why are you effing Boras...?? He hasn't done anything... yet.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 03:07 PM) However, HGH use may in fact be able to either improve visual acuity or to keep visual acuity from declining with age as happens to most people. According to the Game of Shadows authors, that's one of the reasons Bonds liked the HGH; it helped his eyes. In fact, even the article you cite includes this quote: Anything is possible, I totally agree. However despite what Chip and Dale claim there is no concrete evidence of what Bonds took, nor that he gained improved eyesight from it. That's all I am saying. I also think it's more likely that the bigger arms, legs, and trunk had a bit more to do with the balls traveling 8432 feet than his eyes did.

Update... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_en_...icole_smith_son NASSAU, Bahamas - Police investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son said they had no evidence that he had suffered a heart attack or that drugs were involved. The cause of death remained under investigation Tuesday. The Nassau Guardian, citing unidentified sources, reported Monday that Daniel Wayne Smith had died of a heart attack. On Tuesday, the newspaper reported that a preliminary investigation found that Smith had antidepressants in his system. It cited sources close to the case. Reginald Ferguson, assistant commissioner of the Royal Bahamian Police Force, dismissed the reports. "That's just talk, we have no evidence at this time to suggest that," he told The Associated Press, when asked whether drugs had contributed to Smith's death. Earlier, the commissioner told People magazine that there was no evidence "at this time" that the young man had suffered a heart attack. Smith died Saturday while visiting his celebrity mother in the hospital three days after she gave birth to a girl. A funeral home hired by the family said Tuesday it expected to receive Smith's body after an autopsy is completed. "Once the hospital has released the remains to our establishment, we are then able to process all of the documents for repatriation to California," said Loretta Butler-Turner of Butler's Funeral Homes & Crematoriums. Police said they were investigating the death as they would any other in the Caribbean country, and they were waiting for a pathologist's report to determine the cause. "We have got to give them to time to do their job professionally and properly. I wait for them," Ferguson told the AP. It was unclear whether a coroner had completed the autopsy, or if police would release the results. "If the family requests that the information not be given out, then certainly, I imagine we would do as they ask," Ferguson said.

Man I have some messed up friends. I just got this accompanied by 100 "LOL's". http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictu...ds/bspick1.html :puke

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:24 PM) Soxfest I guess this is the new crowd control. Doesn't look like I'll be going this year. I'm probably not going to like the crowd so much this year...

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 02:41 PM) Right, but b/c of the added muscle, he could wait back a little longer and still send it yard. What I'm trying to say is that he was able to go yard 73 times, despite all the walks, b/c he was able to see the pitch longer. Or maybe he was able to hit so many so far cause he was stronger from the increased muscle mass... Because, as the article states, steroids DO NOT improve eyesight.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7286234/site/newsweek/page/2/ QUOTE Steroids don’t improve eyesight: that’s true.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) I swear the smartest thing the american military ever did was plant the seed that they were covering up aliens. Now everyone is so convinced something else is going on that they overlook the completely obvious answers... The american military.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) Depends if an OBP of .500+ proves that for you. If his eyeballs were hitting the ball and running the bases it might...

I don't doubt roids have an effect.... Specifically though.. I'd like to see the concrete evidence that they improve eyesight, and that Bonds reaped the benifits of said improvment. TIA.

The details are a bit confusing. If the truck driver was turning and the car was at a distance the mph would have alowed for the turn then this never would have happened. IWC, I agree with you. Something else - sadly but likely speeding - was going on and maybe not paying attention and that's why they hit the trailer. As for not seeing a semi truck & trailer in front of me... I can't say that's ever happened. Also IWC.. if a car falls from the sky and you hit it.. you have failed to yield. It's a stupid law for situations like the one that happened to you.

3 strikes...

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 10:26 AM) Yeah, I read that about being able to see the ball a little longer and still being able to send it yard. I just couldn't find it. Thanks. So I was right, that he was able to see the ball longer, which is what enabled him to go yard 73 times, despite all the walks What part of this from the article above do you not comprehend.... "Steroids don’t improve eyesight: that’s true.", and went on to comment on improved BAT SPEED. And how is it that you have this private and personal medical information about Barry Bonds and his eyesight...? I'm going to borrow from Kap here and ask you to put up, or shut up, with the information you are posting here.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) It really does suck. I hate having .300, 30 HR, 100 RBI guys in the middle of the order.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 09:53 AM) It's interesting to see the way Frank is talked about on the boards now versus the beginning of the season or any time prior. I guess "what have you done for me lately" rings true for just about anything. There was (and for some still is) no love loss for him. But one consistant thing is that everyone with a half a brain knew that the beef was with Kenny and Frank and not Frank and his teammates and fans.

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 09:26 AM) When driving to southern IL, I HATE getting near those semi's. They seriously think they own the road and cut people off without regard. I should say some, not all. I don't envy them one bit. They are driving a 50+ foot long vehicle that usually weighs 5x that of a car and they have to contend with douchebag car drivers who speed around them and cut them off expecting them to stop on a dime behind them.

for their families. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/...story?track=rss Crash kills 3 Bolingbrook teens; driver of semi cited By Hal Dardick and Matthew Walberg Tribune staff reporters Published September 12, 2006, 6:49 AM CDT Two Bolingbrook High School students and a former student were killed Monday afternoon when a semi-tractor trailer pulled in front of them to turn, authorities said. Luis Vega, 18, of the 0-99 block of Fernwood; Javier Moraira, 18, of the 100 block of Park Court; and Nayeli Murillo, 18, of the 200 block of Clarendon, all of Bolingbrook, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at Remington Boulevard and Quadrangle Drive, police said. Vega was driving a gray 2000 Nissan Maxima westbound on Remington at about 2 p.m. when a truck operated by Intercon Cartage, carrying a full load of disposable foam dinner plates, began turning onto eastbound Remington from Quadrangle, Bolingbrook Police Lt. Chris Prochut said. The truck driver, Scott Witt, 41, of the 300 block of Tallman in Romeoville, apparently did not see or misjudged the speed of the Maxima, which struck the trailer, Prochut said. Witt was not injured. Witt was cited for failure to yield while making a left turn and was released after voluntarily submitting to a blood-alcohol test, Prochut said. Test results were not available Monday night, but Prochut said investigators at the scene saw no indication Witt was driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The Will County state's attorney's office also was reviewing the case, Prochut said. A man who answered the phone at Intercon Cartage in Bedford Park said the company would have no comment. Vega and Murillo were students at Bolingbrook High School, and Moraira was a former student. A team of clergy and crisis counselors will be at the school beginning at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said. Outside and inside the Murillo home Monday night, literally dozens of subdued family members gathered to comfort each other. Rey Murillo, 20, Nayeli's older brother, said his sister had been on her way home from school and was supposed to get her little brother at a bus stop. "She never made it," he said. The family was expecting her home about the time of the accident and instead got a call from police about 4:30 p.m. Murillo said his sister was very close to their mother and both parents were distraught Monday night. The family had moved from Glendale Heights to Bolingbrook about two years ago. Nayeli was a senior at Bolingbrook, one of four children, and worked as a server at the Golden Corral restaurant in Bolingbrook. "She worked a lot, she loved working," her brother said. Beyond that, Nayeli liked going out and having fun and playing sports, but was not on any school teams. Her tearful cousin, Yesenia Alvarado, 15, also a Bolingbrook student, spoke of how close Nayeli was to her 7-year-old brother. "She was like a second mother to her little brother. She loved kids. I know that she was planning on having children." Valley View School District 365U Board President Mark Cothron said he did not know the teens, but added, "I don't have any words for it. I just feel sorry and send out condolences to the families." There was a moment of silence for the families at the Monday night school board meeting.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_...a/syria_gunfire Al-Qaida offshoot blamed in Syria attack 11 minutes ago DAMASCUS, Syria - Armed Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in a brazen attack Tuesday, the government said. Four people were killed, including three of the assailants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but an al-Qaida offshoot group was suspected, Syria's ambassador to the United States said. No Americans were hurt in the attack, in which the militants used automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives. The al-Qaida offshoot group, called Jund al-Sham, has been blamed for several attacks in Syria in recent years, the Syrian ambassador, Imad Moustapha, said in comments to CNN. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Syrian security agents for repelling the attack, but added it was too early to know who may have been behind it. The attackers apparently did not breach the high walls surrounding the embassy's white compound in the city's diplomatic neighborhood. One of Syria's anti-terrorism forces was killed and 11 other people were wounded, the official news agency reported. The wounded including a police officer, two Iraqis and seven people employed at nearby technical workshop. A Chinese diplomat also was hit in the face by shrapnel and slightly injured while standing on top of a garage at the Chinese Embassy, China's Foreign Ministry said. The diplomat, political counselor Li Hongyu, was in stable condition at a hospital, the ministry said. A witness said a Syrian guard outside the U.S. Embassy also was killed, but the government did not immediately confirm that. As at most American embassies worldwide, a local guard force patrols outside the compound's walls while U.S. Marines are mostly responsible for guarding classified documents and fighting off attackers inside the compound. Witnesses also said the gunmen tried to throw hand grenades into the embassy compound, shouting "Allahu akbar!" or "God is great!" It was not clear if any of the grenades made it over the walls, which are about 8 feet high. The attack came at a time of high tension between the United States and Syria over the recent Israeli-Hezbollah war in neighboring Lebanon. In Damascus, the sentiment has become increasingly anti-American. Syria has seen previous attacks by Islamic militants. In June, Syrian anti-terrorism police fought Islamic militants near the Defense Ministry in a gunbattle that killed five people and wounded four. In 2004, four people were killed in a clash between police and a team of suspected bombers targeting the Canadian Embassy. In the past, the Bush administration has been very critical of the tight cthat the regime of Syrian president Bashar Assad has over its people. Rice, meeting with her Canadian counterpart in Nova Scotia, would not speculate on whether Tuesday's attack may be an indication that the regime's control is slipping. Washington recalled Ambassador Margaret Scobey after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, amid suspicions that Damascus had a role in it. She has not returned since, effectively downgrading U.S. diplomatic representation to the level of charge d'affaires. Pools of blood lay on the sidewalk outside the U.S. Embassy, near a burned car apparently used by the attackers. A sport utility vehicle with U.S. diplomatic tags had a bullet hole in its windshield, and the windows of nearby guard houses also were shattered. There were conflicting reports of what happened. Syrian TV said one car was rigged with explosives but never was detonated by the attackers. But one witness said a second car did explode, and TV video showed a burned car. The Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police, said a fourth attacker now in detention was wounded in what it called a "terrorist attack." The report, carried on state-run television, said anti-terror units brought "the situation under control" and an investigation was under way. In Washington, a State Department spokesman confirmed the attack by "unknown assailants" but had few details. "Local authorities have responded and are on the scene," said spokesman Kurtis Cooper said. A U.S. Embassy statement said the embassy came under armed attack at 10:10 a.m. and that all embassy personnel were safe. One Syrian guard was injured by gunfire and was hospitalized in a stable condition, the statement said. The embassy's charge d'affaires, Michael Corbin, met with Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Maguid at the scene, and spoke by phone with assistant minister of foreign affairs, Ahmed Arnous, according to the statement. It said the Syrian government has pledged full security cooperation. About 30 Syrian guards usually are posted around the embassy 24 hours a day, Moustapha said. State television said four armed attackers "attempted to storm" the embassy, using automatic rifles and hand grenades. Syrian security guards attacked the gunmen, killing three and wounding a fourth, TV said. The attackers came in two cars and parked one that was rigged with explosives in front of the embassy but did not blow it up, state-run TV reported. Explosives experts dismantled the bomb, it said. But a witness told The Associated Press that two gunmen drove up in front of the embassy, got out of their car, shot at the Syrian sentries at the building's entrance, and then detonated explosives in the car. The witness, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the security personnel fired back, and security forces rushed to the scene. Television showed a delivery van loaded with pipe bombs strapped to large propane gas canisters outside the embassy. Had the bombs detonated, the explosions could have caused massive damage. The video also showed the charred remains of a smaller car parked several feet behind the van. Up to 40 U.S. diplomats are posted at the embassy, which is "average" in size, according to Tom Case, a deputy spokesman at the State Department.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 08:57 AM) Why don't you stop letting Jay Mariotti tell you what to think. I don't know cause I don't read him, but did Jay ever say anything like this? I don't ever recall a fuss being made of such a thing - which I would guess one would be.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) Well, I believe if peopel throw out stats they should be able to back them up. Call me old fashioned. But I can't say I disagree with you. I was just part of an alcoholic intervention and learned all kinds of stats and crazy, crazy stuff. I was shocked to read some of the actual #'s regarding drinking and alcoholism. That are not at all what you'd think they would be.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 08:49 AM) Link On a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 means "not at all satisfied with my life" and 7 means "completely satisfied," the people on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans average 5.8—the same as the Inuit people in Greenland and the cattle-herding Masai of Kenya, who live in dung huts with no electricity or running water. Calcutta's slum dwellers score only a little lower, at 4.6. Saw that a couple of weeks ago, and seemed very relevant to Steff's point. Cool article. Thanks Soxy.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Sep 12, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) Source please. Not a snowballs chance in hell you're getting a valid one.