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MLB Audio has had all kinds of background noise and hiss too.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 04:05 PM) Depends on how you are defining feed their family. I'd say close to 95% are hunting for the table, if not more. There are some who want the trophy for their wall, or who donate/give away the harvest, but most will process/have processed the meat for their consumption. Hunting, unlike fishing, isn't "catch and release". With the exception of Soxy that I know of, the rest of us enjoy animal flesh and muscle. Harvesting your own meat is a great experience and connects you with nature and its' bounty. Or, I've known a couple, it will turn you into a vegetable hater and you will only feast on the raw or cooked veggies that nature also provides. And while a lot of hunters also fish, there are waaay more fisherman than hunters around. It's just so expensive to hunt and good land can be tough to find. A criminal background check would not have turned up anything that would negate his right to bear arms. His medical history would have possibly been confidential, and unless Illinois changed since I lived there, that reporting is voluntary by the applicant. FOID Application Here As I suspected, self report any mental problems. Is there a clearing house for that information? All he has to do is lie. And remember only criminals would do that. Perhaps we need to amend the process of background checks preventing firearm purchases to include certain types of mental illness records. QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) I would guess it's less than 5% of the population. I don't know the stats, but I'm gonna the great majority of hunters do in fact eat what they kill. I don't know a single hunter who doesn't make sure that he/she or someone else uses most or all of the animal, including eating what can be eaten.

The discussion of an armed populace as a check against the government becomes silly-sounding when you get into the extremities of potential behavior. Its a check that is of great importance in this country, and yet, it will likely never come up in a direct sense.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 10:53 AM) wouldn't this be a bit rash at this point? I can see if this continues for the whole month, but less than 15 games into the season? yikes. Look at Walker's career, as noted in other posts. This isn't 15 days of suckage. Its a few years of it.

Go. You. White. Sox.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 09:32 PM) Lucy >>>>> Molina, in just about every aspect of the game, except in Gustavo-ness. I think that Gustavo moved up quickly out of sheer luck more than anything. His numbers offensively have been terrible pretty much every stop in his career, and his defense is not spectacular (but solid). But, the Sox org had zero catchers the last few years worth noting, and moved up behind Stewart, who then departed. Yes, I think Lucy is immensely more valuable in almost every way than Molina. And if Hall can't come back and if Donny continues to hit well, I think Lucy should be moved up to Charlotte, and he should get some serious consideration for the backup catcher's role (since Wiki is sucking at Charlotte anyway). Unfortunately, I think Lucy is not being considered ready for the big time just yet. But if Lucy, Wiki and Molina keep doing what they are doing, I think that might change.

Another thing to point as, as for Walker's blame percentage here... this team has a lot of offensive talent, and have during his years here (2005-2007). And yet, look at how amazingly inconsistent they've been. Red hot the first half of 2006, and for the occasional few weeks in 2005. But very hot and cold. That is the hallmark of a talented but unguided bunch.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 09:14 AM) Haha, I can tell the person who edited this really didn't want to. I completely understand, though. Sorry man, had no choice.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) You can kill a person with a gun. You can't kill a person with a can of beer....unless you bashed them over the head several times. There are a million things that can indirectly kill someone and alcohol is one of them. Guns are made to kill and only to kill. Alcohol is not. I understand your point about the purpose of guns, but, drinking and driving are choices, just as the use of a gun is a choice. They can both be used responsibly or irresponsibly. And since DUI's kill tens of thousands each year, I think the parallel is relevant. QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 08:55 AM) I see no purpose for a civilized society to have guns. In my ideal world guns would be illegal to everyone except law enforcement and armed services. Gun manufacturing would exist only to provide for those outlets. Black market guns would be almost impossible to obtain in this scenario. There wouldn't be such an influx of guns out there for people to trade on the black market. Violent murders would undoubtedly decrease in this type of society. I know it would never disappear since there always will be crime and a small percentage of nut cases like this kid in Virginia Tech. 1. I would not want to live in a country that trusted its own government that much. 2. That sure would be nice, wouldn't it? If all governments were truly representative of their people's interests, and all guns were off the streets? Unfortunately, that is not even remotely possible, so let's deal in reality.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 18, 2007 -> 08:40 AM) This has become an anti gun debate because you don't see these kinds of things happen in other civilized societies where guns are either banned altogether or are extremely controlled. America has a disturbing obsession for the right to bear arms. I can't see how our society wouldn't be better off if guns were completely taken out of the equation. I know the gun proponents will reply that criminals will still get black market guns but I would think the overall supply of guns would be minuscule in comparison to what it is today if the market for legal guns shrank exponentially. And if banning guns altogether is a bad thing for all the hunters out there in this country so be it. I'd rather have less blood baths and sad hunters than a society of trigger happy criminals. Take up fishing. Hunting isn't the primary issue. And yes, these things do and have happened in the UK, Australia, etc. Maybe not this exact example, but they still happen. You cannot remove guns from the equation - its not possible. So why on earth would you take them away only from those who obtain them legally?

Since Hriniak isn't willing to join a team full-time (if I recall), maybe the Sox can contract with him to rebuild the hitting coaches and theis system, throughout all levels of the Sox organization. Have him choose the coaches, give them some direction on methodology, maybe even move a few players around.

I really wish some of this anger about guns would be directed at people driving drunk or otherwise unsafely, which kills hundreds of times more people per year than guns. Or at the rise of violence generally in American society - the fact that we seem to be OK with grotesque violence on TV and in movies, but god forbid a naked breast shows up.

Soccer Mom gone wrong. There are some people you just wish couldn't procreate.

B-Ham up 5-1 in the 6th... Gio's line: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 UER, 4 BB, 3 K... his era now 1.17 Charlotte loses to Ottawa, 3-2. Stats... Phillips 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K Owens 2-4 Terrero 3-4, now hitting .357 A Gonz 2-4 Wiki 1-3 to raise his average to a whopping .158 Rogo 1-5, now hitting .111

Nice, I like the huge cheers for Sosa's K. This is my first regular season game listening to MLB audio. Does it always have the annoying background hiss?

QUOTE(Frank the Tank 35 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 05:34 PM) Is this gonna be an issue for the rest of the year? Honestly, if he's on and off the DL all year, I can't see him getting in whatever rhythm his meager amount of talent would allow. Emil Brown should become available whenever the Royals bring up Butler (they could probably bring him up now). He's not a world beater but would probably come fairly cheap and put up at least league average numbers. Of course, I'm still crossing my fingers for a DeJesus miracle. I wish the Sox would accept DeJesus as their personal savior. Emil Brown is hitting like .140 and lost his job to Ross Gload. Why would we want that? QUOTE(Vance Law @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 06:11 PM) You meant ice cold grinder, right? quick, someone invent a new drink with that name.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 04:10 PM) Are we even sure Rowand is all that great against lefties? He was beyond terrible against them last season. Like .222 AVG/.304 OBP bad. Its OK. Coop Walker will fix him.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 03:11 PM) So, do you think he should be allowed to bring a group of protestors to the funerals? lets say they decide to protest on public land near the cemetary or church were services are being held, yelling through bull horns about how the kids 'got what they deserved'. Remember, you support protestors at funerals of soldiers who died in Iraq. not trying to start a fight, just wonder if you think these are "different". If on public property, much as we'd all hate it, I think it has to be allowed. I agree with the earlier comment though, those bikers who shield the funerals are a great defense.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 03:00 PM) Bulletproofme.com Wow, that's new. Used to be the sales of ballistic vests was restricted to public safety personnel. Interesting.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 03:34 PM) Man this sucks. I'd love to see more of Pablo/Anderson in the outfield now instead of Mackowiak. Mack is fine in LF - I'd rather have him starting there than Pods.

Guillen has been working the pen a lot, so I guess Logan makes some sense. Terrero would have made sense too. Our only decent leadoff-capable hitters (Ozuna, Mack) are on the bench. On the one hand, a platoon of Mack and Ozuna in LF to replace Pods is actually kind of a nice prospect I think. On the other hand, that means Anderson still rides the pines for Erstad. So which is better... Estad in LF, Anderson in CF or Ozuna/Mack in LF, and Erstad in CF Becase those seem to be the only options Ozzie would consider. I know it would be best to have Ozuna/Mack in LF and Anderson in CF, but that isn't happening barring an injury to Erstad.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 01:10 PM) If you're so worried about your safety at school buy a Kevlar vest. There are no laws against you wearing one. Actually, there are. You can't purchase one either, last I knew. Has that changed?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) Let me put it this way...I think that emergency management involves a specific set of skills that not necessarily every good manager would have. You have to be able to coordinate sudden shifts in everything under you, have half of your people out of contact, not know which information you're receiving is credible, and still manage to follow your procedures. With experience, I think that a lot of good managers would become good at that job. But I wouldn't want to just give it to a good manager if that manager had no experience in dealing with exactly that sort of crisis situation, even if that good manager was the richest man in the world. Anywho, it's not like we even got good managers into those jobs, so dah well. Being solid in emergency management is most closely akin to being a strong military leader, particularly as a battle tactician. A regular business manager would probably be a poor fit.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 12:12 PM) flaming bag of douche. Now there is a weird mental image.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Apr 17, 2007 -> 10:48 AM) And it's worth noting the fact that, while it is debateable as to how much for each of them, the administration shares at least some of the blame for each of those (And yes, some passes on to the Clinton admin as well, so give me a little slack here). The failure to adequately do anything to make use of the months before 9/11, the failure to go after Bin Laden afterwards, the abject failure of the federal response after Katrina, and especially on Iraq. I actually think that Bush's biggest responsibility for Katrina that he failed on was before it happened - nominating a political cronie with zero EM background to head up FEMA.