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QUOTE (griffey17 @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 05:45 AM) He also said last night he will be doing some instruction league this fall...or fall league ? But no winter ball...he said he wasn't sure exactly what the layout was yet, but he will be playing alot the next few months. Glad to hear he'll be playing fall ball, I was hoping for that.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 08:07 PM) I knew someone was going to bring up this comparison sooner rather then later. I think it's totally different, but you libs out there of course will view it one and the same. Its always different.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 08:09 PM) I was talking more about the difference between mine and BearSox's general political views. He thinks I'm a raving liberal. Compared to BearSox, you are a raving liberal.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:48 PM) 3B/DH/RF?? DH? For a young, toolsy 1st rounder who can play middle infield? Plus RF needs a strong arm, and Beckham's arm is the one question mark they have about him being a future SS. He'll be an infielder.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 05:45 PM) I love the HuffingtonPost: Maybe this is all ado about nothing, but this might be the "mistake" of the election. I've been waiting for a while for McCain to make a "bitter" mistake, and this MAY be it, but only time will tell. It makes for a great "anti-Iraq war" ad: Voice Over: In 2002, John McCain said we must overthrow Saddam. To this day he says he'd do it all over again. But when it comes to a country for which one of his chief advisers lobbied on behalf off... he has a very different tone: "in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations." Tie Iraq and lobbyist. BRILLIANT! No quote is the "mistake of the election". That's way over the top. However, this is going to make him look pretty bad for some of the middle of the road folks who weren't fond of the war. It will also cause some laughter in the international community.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) And quite frankly...if we want Alexei to have a shot at the batting title he needs plate appearances. We try hard enough to get wins for our pitchers. On the other hand... Alexei, to me, hasn't looked as sharp the last couple games as he has. And this is a much longer season than he is used to. I am all for giving him a day off. And tomorrow, with Broadway pitching, I'd rather not have a first-gamer like Getz on the infield behind him.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 05:15 PM) I've seen him on TV with his claims that anyone not voting Obama is a racist. CNN has also had some segments saying that the only reason the election is close is because of racists not voting Obama. Which is crazy, considering how the split the country usually seems to be when two white guys are running. But I think a lot of people knew the MSM media was going to do this, so it's not really a surprise. *yawn* Talking heads. I would love to have news without the staggerringly stupid "analysis" that the media, particularly TV media, feels they have to provide.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 05:15 PM) I could definitely see Powell endorsing Obama, and he doesn't seem to be denying that part of the story. That being said I have a hard time believing Bill Kristol would have any connections with the kind of people that Barack Obama and Colin Powell trust in matters of confidence. He might with Powell, who travels in some pretty conservative circles. This is actually one of the few endorsements that might make a difference to a few people. Not a game changer or anything, but, somewhat significant. If true.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:00 PM) If it wasn't for Allen, would there be any reason to check the Barons boxscore daily? Poreda comes to mind. And Justin Cassel.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 03:46 PM) Roto says he will report to Kanny, but they link the article at WhiteSox.com, where there is no mention of that. I got a text from MG at the Trib, saying he's going to Kanny. I assume this means that Escobar and/or Miranda will be shipped to a different team in the org to make room.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 02:12 PM) I agree, but then I heard on the news at lunch time saying that even with $4 gas, Americans don't want little cars, they want hybrids with some room. Fine. That shouldn't prevent anything.

With 1 out in the bottom of 6, Gameday has just said "on field delay" for a while now. Any word on what that is about?

QUOTE (thedoctor @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:07 PM) feel free to cite other examples where i troll through threads looking to prove folks wrong. the simple fact is you tried to be a smarmy ass and you were wrong. a man could take it in good humor and say you got me on this one. you know, maybe you'd laugh and be happy since javy pitched well and the sox won. instead you get reactive over my clearly insensitive and pointed use of the word, "whoops." although thanks for educating me on the painful and damaging affect the word "whoops" can have on someone. i never realized it could have great impact on someone's mental well-being. for that, i apologize. sincerely. And you are getting close to a personal attack there. Please drop this, both of you.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:04 PM) There have already been studies showing that they're buying the gaz guzzlers while we're over here trying to downsize everything. That won't necessarily last. I'd rather see this country be out in front of the technology, than behind it. Much better for us economically.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:00 PM) The music = Trollers? Ok. What about the previous game where I stated the game was over, and took flak from a few posters for making that prediction. Guess what, Tony? I didn't come back with the adolescent "I told you so!" posts for those who said we were going to win that game when we DID end up losing. Some of the people here, seriously. Visit the chat sometime, I'm definitely not the only person who feels this way about this place. You guys have more posters who care more about 1-upping people who make false predictions, than they care about the games, or their fellow Sox fans. That's a joke, IMO. If the site is so bad, why hang out here? You make a prediction, someone will probably call you on it if you're wrong. That's the way things go here. If you want a board that is more heavily policed for things like that, this isn't it. We allow things to flow more smoothly, and we don't bring down the hammer unless there are personal attacks (on posters or players). If you don't like people's posts, ignore them. Or, don't make over the top predictions.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:54 PM) If China and India are smarter and more forward-thinking than we were, they won't all go rushing out to buy gas-guzzling cars and they will have a better transportation infrastructure that isn't so dependent on oil. This is why it is so critical that we push alternatives here, NOW. If we don't, we are basically telling other countries, go ahead... be market leaders... we dont' need growing industries and new jobs. Timing is critical here for all sorts of reasons.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:25 PM) Is this 2003 all over again? Sox score primarily on power, they are talking about a possible 4 man rotation just like they did in '03 when Danny Wright went down. And the Sox and Twins are neck and neck. Look at the standings as of August 13 in 2003 and see how similar it is now minus the KC being in first obviously. August 13, 2003 Kansas City 64-55 Chicago 63-57 Minnesota 61-59 August 13, 2008 Chicago 66-53 Minnesota 66-54 Then we came up short, i hope we dont this time. Then we had Colon, Loaiza, Buerhle, and Garland now we have Floyd, Danks, Buerhle and Vazquez. Then we had Valentin, Thomas, Maggs, and Pauly. Now we have Quentin, Dye, Thome, Konerko and Griffey. I think our pen is stronger now than it was back then... maybe that will be difference? A Santana-less Twins also helps Well... at least people have stopped comparing this team to the 2007 team.

Question about in-game between-innings music... Late in games, I think between the 8th and 9th maybe, they show a new highlight reel at the game. It starts off with images that looked like cracked mirrors (or puzzle pieces), and then pieces slide around to make complete pictures. If anyone happens to recognize the music playing in the background during that reel, I'd like to know what it is.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 12, 2008 -> 10:55 PM) If the US was smart, they would be fast tracking NATO membership for Ukraine about right now. Good call.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) Higher taxes with gasoline still $4 a gallon is pretty drastic IMO as well. I tend to agree. I don't think the overall tax burden should increase on individuals right now. Gas prices have come back a bit, to only just under $4 a gallon. But they will go up yet again, in the not too distant future, and we'll push $5. No need for tax increases to incentivize alternatives - the natural price will do that on its own. That said, I ALSO disagree with tax holidays and decreasing current gas taxes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 12:50 PM) Companies create more revenues for the US tax base than anyone or anything else in the country. They must be the greatest patriots ever! By the way dodging taxes has a connotation of being illegal. If there is an illegal activity here, that is very different than following existing laws. If you have a problem with the laws, you need to start calling the Congress traitors, because they are the ones who wrote the tax code. Exactly. Treason is a crime - no crime was committed here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 11:05 AM) I didn't type it, but honestly, this is sort of exactly what I was expecting to see now. We've had a couple weeks of dropping oil prices, pushing gas back under $4 and taking "Rising gas prices" out of the #1 story slot on the evening news...and suddenly we're once again seeing bigger draw-downs in inventory than we expect. The speculators pushed it too high, now they pushed it too low, and demand is going to pull inventories back down until it rises again. I'm really starting to think that for the next few years, your average price increase for oil is going to be determined by "What it takes to make people constantly hurt". Because the second it starts feeling like relief, inventories are going to start going down and the price is going to shoot back up. Sure. Demand will continue to increse, supply isn't really going anywhere long run. Short run, they elect to delve into inventories and maybe cut back profit margins for the retailers. But those trends won't hold up. Prices will rise again, and more so than they had before.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 09:22 AM) Am I the only one that thinks it's strange that the GOP is attacking Obama for having too many people liking him? Should he be trying to get as few people to like him as possible? McCain is running an awful campaign so far. It really is all about Obama, which is just a horrible idea.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 07:20 AM) Adam Ricks pitched the 9th in a blowout loss for W-S Also, W-S made 4 errors - that's 9 in their last 2 games. Paiml had 2 in each game, so he's had 4 errors in 2 games.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 08:59 AM) Rock Star Obama - he coined it a few posts ago and started short-titling it Got it. I suppose that makes his campaign the RSO Speedwagon. Maybe McCain should use a little Oingo Boingo for his campaign's theme music... Dead Man's Party?