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QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 01:35 PM) They should. He bring more to the table. When he can make it through a season intact.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) What about Justin Greene? has struggled at Birmingham but the sox promoted him over Short? and Ciolli? Does he have any chance? Any possibility Gartrell could be a platoon outfielder? Greene is old for his level, but still worth keeping an eye on. Ciolli strikes out a TON. Not a good sign. The org still likes Gartrell last I knew, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's the Sox 4th OF next year.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Sep 6, 2010 -> 09:58 AM) did something happen to konerko that i havent seen the past few days? Strained his back a bit, supposedly just going to miss a game or two. Pretty much need to play Kotsay, though I'd be happy with Teahen giving 1B a shot.

Being discussed in the September Call-Up thread. Also mentioned in the FS forum. I'll close this one.

Add to Sharon Angle, another Tea Party candidate who won their primary who apparently isn't all there. Yes, the UN is conspiring to push an environmental agenda via a bike sharing program. That makes sense.

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) I think its universal among baseball fans: Joe West sucks that whole umpiring crew sucked all series. I think there were 6 blown calls (for both teams total) at second base alone. The strike zone folded in and out like an accordion. That said, the Twins defense sucked and has not been very good for most of the season (even though fielding % says the Twins are good. if you just watch of listen to a series, you'll understand) injuries are really putting and cramp on things. Kubel is getting a second MRI on his hand/wrist because it has not been healing. and the FO really screwed things up by not adding pitchers when rosters expanded (although Rochester has been playing 3 men down with pitchers being shut down for the season because of innings limits and injuries and just plain old crappy pitching) that said, sound like Hudson is coming back tonight. Sound like Fuentes should be ready to go. Slowey is eligible to come off the DL Sunday. Its not a lost cause yet. But man, the injury to Justin Morneau is really starting to show up in the boxscores because Cuddy is terrible at 1st and there is no power in the lineup (3 HR in the last 10 games, none since Sunday) will the hurricane affect your series in Boston? Tonight's game is postponed, current plan is a day/night DH on Saturday.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) agree 100%. Also, it absolutely cracks me up when liberals calls conservatives bigots for their beliefs. Look in the mirror. Definition of "bigot" from Merriam-Webster: Yip, lots of bigots in here. That definition fits quite nicely on many christian coalition types. Probably not anyone here though.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 11:41 AM) Because he's holding his own and showing decent power capabilities as a 19 year old in A ball? Yeah I was going to say, if anything, he's show better performance than expected for his age and level. He's toolsy to say the least, but was considered very raw.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 09:41 AM) So if someone is against gay marriage...in your mind, they are simply a bigot. If you are against it to the point where you are OK with legislating it away from other people, then I think you should stop ever referring to yourself as a small government conservative.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 09:15 AM) They survived the recession in the same way that every single bank on Wall Street survived it; the government decided they couldn't let them fail, not because of anything they did correctly. Yeah, but the government aid to Chrysler appeared to be less complete than for the banks. It was, well, we'll give you just enough to survive, but you have to show that you can grow from there. So far, no joy.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 09:12 AM) I'd say computer and software fall squarely under technical as opposed to traditional iron & steel manufacturing plants. On a different topic, I'm not at all surprised that Chrysler has had serious financial problems. I've been in a lot of rental cars this year. The GM's and Fords are ok. Toyotas aren't bad. Hondas are ok. But all three Chryslers have been cheap, uncomfortable, ugly piles of garbage. When the dashboard material makes a Pontiac look nice by comparison, you know you're doing something wrong. That was my point on the computer age stuff - to me, that is manufacturing, though software is more technical. I was really getting at the idea that we need to look past iron and wood to see what manufacturing is. As for Chrysler, I am shocked they have survived the recession at all. That company is just hanging on by a thread it seems, and I wonder who is actually buying their non-jeep brands at all. Apparently its rental car companies.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:57 AM) Which when you think about it is a real condemnation of US economic policy of the last generation. Job growth in previous recessions were driven primarily by increased manufacturing jobs. The lack of a strong manufacturing sector over the last 20 years has really made it difficult for job growth to really grow. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:59 AM) Hasn't it transitioned more to technical and service industry jobs? This is sort of missing something though. The 90's run-up was in fact industrial, in a sense - it was the computer and software boom. The US was a major front player, if not THE player, during that time. We have that opportunity again now, if we'd only seize it.

By the way, Short is indeed on the DL.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) I'm assuming he's hurt since he hasnt played in a while, but anyone have any concrete info on his status right now? Good question, no idea. But I will send a note to our guy with W-S and see what they say.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:54 AM) I think NSS is using a different metric. Rather than track from peak employment, hes using the technical end of recession to track peak employment. In which case, this actually has been the most robust jobs recovery since 1983. Yes.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 07:23 AM) I've never seen a game played where natural allergy relief was in the forecast. Bad omen, man. Yeah, but what does the fishing forecast say?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:43 AM) I love this franchise. Right now Monster99 is being interviewed on Mully and Hanley about Manny's impending haircut. I f***ing love this franchise. Dude just said he got started on David Ortiz, and introduced himself by saying "Ey uhh Beeg Papi I'ma here to cut yo beard." Monster99? Is that the barber? He has a handle?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 08:48 AM) Better numbers on unemployment. The number was still negative - loss of 54,000 jobs BUT the census accounts for over 100,000 of those job losses. Private payrolls did increase - although by a fairly anemic 67,000 jobs. What is significant? The upward revisions for June and July. June numbers were revised to reflect 46,000 fewer job losses and July numbers reflect nearly 80,000 fewer job losses. Given that the bulk of these job losses came from government rolls, that seems like fairly OK news. Its funny how schizophrenic the economy (or at least the news about the economy) has been. Last week was all doom and gloom, second dip possible, etc. This week we get surprise growth in housing sales, and multi-month surprise job growth. This recession is just such an oddity. Jobs recovery started earlier than any other recent recession, but the gain rate has been slower.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 3, 2010 -> 12:01 AM) Awesome, Twins lose, and they use up 3 of their starters in this game. Tigers could have easily swept, but at least we got a game closer. 3.5 :bringit This to me is as big as the result of the game. Not only might the Twins lose a starter for a while, but they now have a worn down bullpen to go against the Rangers for 3 games. They also don't have a day off until the 9th. Yes, the 40 man rosters are going to help them, but not at 100% most likely. The cascade effect may kill them, especially if Texas gives them a good hammering tonight. I feel a little better about this weekend.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 08:23 PM) His peripherals are simple outstanding. But before I anoint a top prospect, he needs to perform at a more age-appropriate level. But he is very intriguing. 22 in A Ball isn't exactly old. Certainly if he was 20 and doing that in A ball it would be more impressive, but this is also only his second year in American pro ball. They seem to be taking their time with him, and that's fine.

Brandon Short was on the periphery of the radar coming into this season, but he's not only played very well, we've also seen multiple scouting tidbits that speak very highly of him. He's someone to watch as well.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) Knights @ Norfolk 6:15 Torres Carolina @ Barons 7:05 Lowe Dash won 11-0 Serafin Intimidators @ Delmarva 6:05 Rienzo Voyagers @ Helena 8:05 Upchurch Serafin threw 6 shutout innings, but his peripherals are still horrible. He went from a more than 2:1 K:BB in A- to a less than 1:1 in A+. Interesting that Leesman did the exact same thing when promoted to A+ for this year, then he suddenly got good at AA. Serafin isn't that level of prospect, but you do almost have to wonder if the two lefties were working on the same thing. And what that thing was. Alternately, Serafin just may have hit his wall at A+, and not be good enough to go further.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 03:05 PM) Don Cooper seems to be the untouchable. His magic seems to have faded away of late. Fans and now Ozzie are starting to put their faith in a kid with hardly any pro ball experience. The way the pen has been in critical moments you would think they were actually trying to throw the games. Maybe they should be investigated for gambling. Yeah, because boy, that last project of his, Edwin Jackson, really went badly.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) the twins are 28-10 in their last 38. Honestly, it's a friggin' miracle we aren't more than 4 back. the Sox were 38-13, then 5-11, now 7-4 in their last 11. One bad 16 game stretch seems like it will do us in. And just like the Sox 38-13 run was bound to end, so is the Twins' run. I just hope it happens soon enough.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 2, 2010 -> 02:43 PM) I know we've talked about this before but I am taking the plunge and rooting my phone over the holiday weekend. I've been doing a ton of reading on it and I have yet to find someone that isn't much happier with their phone for doing so. It just sucks that you have to become a pseudo-hacker these days to get optimal performance out of your device. I'll give you a head's up on how difficult/easy it was to do and how the phone runs afterward. I'll definitely be curious to hear. I might have to do that as well.