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QUOTE (Baron @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:31 PM) I was actually comparing their homerism towards their teams.Sorry you didnt understand that. QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 22, 2012 -> 04:33 PM) I don't mind Hawk. I would very much mind some bland, middle of the road, safe broadcaster, or an ex-player who wasn't knowledgeable or articulate. Think about when the Cubs had to replace Harry with a parade of Josh Lewin, Chip Caray, Dave Otto, Joe Carter....it wasn't pretty for a long time. Replacing Hawk might be harder than you think. Cases in point. The people who are tired of Hawk are not talking about his being a homer, or getting excited. Those are both good things (to at least some extent). That is not what people dislike. People want an announcer who likes the Sox and shows it, but who is also... you know... a competent announcer?

I notice that when people criticize Harrelson, the supporters' first reaction is always defending his homerism. Thing is, his being a Sox homer is NOT why most people want him gone. They want him gone because he is a terrible announcer who no longer offers anything beyond irritating shouted catch-phrases that originated in a swamp somewhere and stories about the same dozen players from decades ago repeated ad nauseum. He needs to go.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ May 22, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) and they just swept the Tigers in DET. So did the Mariners, but that doesn't make either one of them a good team.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 22, 2012 -> 02:05 PM) State Police were in the middle of everything. They also had some pretty big dudes. QUOTE (ptatc @ May 22, 2012 -> 02:09 PM) My neighbor is a State cop and he is assigned to Spain. He is a big Sox fan and ticked when he heard the only chicago cops were getting the benefit. Although the OT is nice for him. That's true, the State Police had a presence downtown. As did Metra and Amtrak cops. But again, not Emmanuel's guys, and he was apparently the one who asked or brought up the topic. The Sox may reach out to ISP on their own, we'll see.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) I find it odd that they didn't include the thousands of suburban officers that are doing it as well. I'm pretty sure Rahm Emmanuel doesn't give a crap about suburban cops. Also, talking to suburban cops, NATO was a bunch of nothing for them.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:24 PM) Very interesting that this was something that Rahm wanted the Sox to do Yeah, I wonder how that worked. And if Rahm really did go to the Sox himself with it, did he do that with the Cubs too? Its great marketing for the Sox as well.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 22, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) One of 10 "select" games? Let me guess. 6 vs. Seattle, 3 vs. Oakland, & 1 vs. KC? CPD has something like 15,000 sworn officers, that's 30,000 free tickets they plan to give out. I really don't think anyone is going to complain if they aren't CHC or NYY games.

Per Trib Pretty nice.

QUOTE (NHDadUmp-RI @ May 22, 2012 -> 11:12 AM) Injured leg backing up throw to third , in the third inning. Thanks for the info. If you hear anything about the seriousness of the injury, let us know.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 22, 2012 -> 09:42 AM) And Ballinger is back to Winston-Salem. He was just there to cover during the double-header.

Weird that they pulled Leesman after 4 IP (51 pitches) in Charlotte, when he was going strong. Injury maybe? Tyler Kuhn slowly putting it back together after an awful start. Last 7 games: 9-for-26 (.346), 5 of those hits are doubles, one is a home run (1.000 OPS). Still not walking much though. They have him hitting leadoff.

So last spring, first spring in an actual house I own (not a condo), I bought a lawn mower. Went with a cordless electric (Homelite 24V cordless) - similar price to a gas mower, but don't have to fuel it, its quieter, etc. Lawn isn't all that big anyway, we do have a corner lot, but its 65x145 if you include the parkways. Not huge. Worked great last year, could finish the lawn with the battery still showing 50% when I was done, cut nicely, neighbors even asked about it. Then this spring, I noticed it was struggling a lot more. Last time I mowed, it was dying at the end. Tried bump charging the battery, no help. Battery is dying. Of course, the warranty on the battery is one year (5 years for the rest of the mower), and this is about 14 months in. Also noticed that, apparently, its not good for the battery to be left all winter without charging it. You are supposed to keep it on the trickle charger, or fully charge it once a month. I didn't do that. So now, I have to buy a new battery... --Went to Home Depot online, out of stock --Went to the store, stores don't carry the battery --Looked online anywhere, found only the unwired bricks (no case), and it was like $120 and up --Called the phone number on the manual for the mower, the number is "no longer in use", says please contact your Home Depot store (I DID that already!) --Found a phone number online for Homelite, called them, waited on hold... oh, actually, the mower has our brand but is made by American Lawn Mower, please call them at XXXXXXXX --Called American Lawn Mower at XXXXXXXX, waited on hold, transferred, transferred, then found out that, oh, you need a new battery (no s*** sherlock), you need to call our parts dealer, Dixie Order Tree, at YYYYYYYYYYY --Called Dixie Order Tree at YYYYYYYYYYY, waited on hold, finally reached some woman with a British accent (not from Dixie), who tells me I can either order the 2 battery bricks and re-wire it myself (for $90 shipped), or buy it with the drop-in case (for $180). And oh by the way, there are no instructions with the battery bricks, so make sure you make not of the wire connections when you take it apart. I ordered the bricks. Never, ever, EVAR buy a Homelite cordless mower. Find a better brand like Toro or Deere or something, they make cordless too, I think. Probably worth the extra money to not get a garbage product with garbage customer service.

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 21, 2012 -> 02:55 PM) I kind of agree with him though. I would say better than OK, but it wasn't one of the best movies I've seen or even close. That was kinda what I was trying to say. It was fun, it was a decent movie, but nothing momentous, and I thought the dialogue and writing in general was disappointing. I think, with all the hype, plus Joss Wheadon at the helm, my expectations were too high.

So... The Avengers was really just OK. Had some funny moments, some decent action, the 2nd easter egg was funny. But the writing was just incredibly clunky. I was expecting much better wit and dialogue from a Joss Wheadon production. It wasn't bad or anything, just... OK.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:26 PM) When did you inquire about your free agency? Right when the leagues started? Like Kyle said. More detail... I called last year near the end of summer league, looking to get on for fall. Now I'm playing the full summer with the team I got on with last fall.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 21, 2012 -> 08:03 AM) Had a real nice play or two over the weekend. He's not awful... just takes some adventurous routes out there. Which can indeed be improved over time, so I am optimistic.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ May 19, 2012 -> 08:19 PM) Let's just all take a moment to talk about how great he's doing as the leadoff hitter. No joke, he's quickly becoming my absolute favorite player to watch on this team. If we lose, but this guy gets a couple of hits and scores a run or two...I'm almost satisfied. Turned out to be a very nice pickup, and he's doing better than expected in the leadoff spot. His D does still need some work though.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 20, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) He is another free agent, non-drafted, signing. I don't have any stats to back this up, but it sure seems as if Sox have a lot of free agent signings in the lower minors. There is an AAP thread on him now. More interesting to me, is that they pitched him 4 innings in one shot. Makes me wonder if they are working his innings up to be a starter.

Wow, sticking with Smarj with 107 pitches.

Hellz Yeah!!! Take the lead, and now likely get the Cubs bullpen!

Top of the order, let's get it done. ADA in particular should take a ton of pitches here, he's not seeing Jeff well, let him try to take a walk.

Take some pitches, boys. Get Smarsh out of there.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:13 PM) Hope for the double play and their bullpen now.. Pop out works too. And since Jeff hit, he's headed back out there, almost guaranteed.

You've got to be kidding me.

They aren't pinch hitting?