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QUOTE (Jim Spencer @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 03:15 PM) You'd think it would be easy to pick up some kind of scrub to fill in. Too bad Heath Phillips wasn't resigned. I am still a little pissed that they let Ryan Wing go, when all it would have taken to keep him (as I understand it) was a minor league deal. The guy did very well at B-Ham, he appears healthy now, and was transitioning nicely back into starter-type innings. He could have filled in here, and had more upside than these washouts.

Heard back from my ticket rep. As he understands it, the pitch speed being replaced by the pitch count is not permanent, and the speed indicator should return soon.

Where is the option for the current scenario - let the players do it if they want to? That's what I'd vote for.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 12:11 PM) Still, I think that while mathematically a narrow win might officially finish her, a narrow win and I think she still stays in the race until she loses in NC. On the other hand, if Obama wins PA, I think she throws in the towel.

So, this is kind of funny. If you look at the Charlotte roster, they only have 3 outfielders, one of which (Collaro) was demoted to B-Ham. They have 8 infielders, and not one of them is a shortstop. What is going on down there?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 12:59 PM) I like how we're in just the first week of the season and Charlotte's already messed up. Any word on the story with Eggy? What's his injury, and when does he return? And what exactly is the Charlotte rotation SUPPOSED to be? I assumed it was Broadway-Egbert-Haeger-Sisco-?????, with the ????? being Whisler or McCulloch. Except McCulloch is in B-Ham.

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) Anyone know what those 2 widows immediatly above the diamond vision display are? They seem to be constatntly moving Maybe they were looking for new husbands.

QUOTE (Chet Lemon @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 12:30 PM) Since when has Murtha been a Senator? House Earmark Leaders: Wicker (R-MS) Murtha (D-PA) Young (R-FL) Senate Earmark Leaders: Cochran (R-MS) Landrieu (D-LA) Stevens (R-AK) http://www.taxpayer.net/budget/fy08earmarks/dbreport.pdf Sign the pinned thread please. But you are correct, he's a house rep, not a Senator.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 10:56 AM) For those of us without a car, google maps now has a "take public transit" option when mapping directions in Chicago. Here is a direct link, by the way, to a little tutorial for it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 09:56 AM) For those of us without a car, google maps now has a "take public transit" option when mapping directions in Chicago. That is cool. The CTA website's route tool sucks.

Lin is not on the roster of either Kanny or W-S, and MILB still shows him as being with Bristol, his team last season. More than likely, this means he'll be at Great Falls as a 21-year-old for the 2008 season.

Charlotte @ Toledo, 6:30pm EDT - Haeger going for Charlotte B-Ham @ Chattanooga, 6:15pm EDT - Harrell starts for the Barons Lynchburg @ Winston-Salem, 7:00pm EDT - Dubee starts for the Warthogs (who have yet to get in a game, due to weather) Asheville @ Kannapolis, 7:05pm EDT -Charles Shirek pitching for Kanny (former Cornhusker and a good sleeper prospect) I'll update with links to the boxes tonight (or someone else can).

QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 09:41 AM) The pitch speed appears to be gone for good. The area it was previously in, is missing. Its still there - it just said "Pitch Count" with the number under it. Which was sort of dumb, since the pitch count is already on 2 of the band boards along the edge of the UD.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 10:24 AM) I think most of the time when that happens people are trying to imply that one party is morally superior to another to appease the sheep in their party and get them fired up when in fact there is no such damn thing. I don't see the point in calling somebody out for doing something wrong and then going "hahaha and SEE, he's a Republicrat!" and then leaving it at that, and not making a point except to imply "lol the Republicrats are so corrupt and incompetent." At any point. Ever. Heh. Republicrat. I like it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 07:10 AM) The one way to fix it? Line item veto. That's also one way to do it.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 8, 2008 -> 07:06 AM) I think it's so funny that there is so much to-do about "pork" and "earmarks" from both parties. It's part of being in the Senate and has been for a long time, it's nothing new and all of them do it (look what happened when they just voted on stopping it, Obama, Hillary, and I think McCain IIRC all voted against it but it was defeated easily). It's not the most efficient way of doing things but damn look at how the Constitution is constructed, it's like that on purpose. It's just one of those latest populist rallying cries that sounds like it means a lot but in the grand scheme of things but it doesn't (like NAFTA). Someone who is crying out that they will do all these things to get rid of it will make it sound like it's destroying the national budget but all it takes is a quick look at the top of it to see what the real problems are, namely, the fact that defense spending has skyrocketed. I do think its a problem, but not in the most obvious way. Its not a problem to spend money on these local projects per se - heck some of them are very good uses of the money. The problem is with the method. Putting an earmark for a state park in the transportation spending bill, for example, causes 2 problems. One, you make it impossible for Congresspeople to make a proper vote, because, what are they voting for? The park or the roads? And they'll get nailed to the wall by their opponents in the next election either way. And two, it makes it much more likely for the spending to become highly unfair and unguided, resulting in illogical financial policy. I have suggested before, I really think that they should adopt something like what the Chicago City Council has in place (and no, I don't mean the corruption part). Take the amount of money spent on these earmarks and porkbarrel projects spend in 2007, cut it down by 25%, and set a baseline amount of money. Split that money per capita in each district, and give the congressperson that money to do with as they and their district see fit. Adjust the total amount up by a market basket measure of inflation. Voila! You get your solid local projects, cut spending, take away the whole old boy network effect, and make spending bills actually a little more on topic. On a side note, I do agree with you on the whole guns and butter thing. That, and the social welfare programs (Soc Sec, Medicare) are the biggest problems in the budget.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 09:29 PM) Attendance was around 38,000 (that was announced), but it didn't look like that much. The Cell holds up to 40,500+. I'm not saying it was completely empty, but it wasn't packed. I was able to move from row 19 in section 522 to first row without ever having to move. There were several rows just completely empty. 38k plus in in fact a sellout. This was a sellout - no tickets available. the reason that you see sellouts typically in the 38 to 39k range is that its paid attendance - some seats are always comped for various reasons.

In addition to the radar speed disappearing, the narrow band LCD board below the fan deck didn't have the player stats as usual - it just had a permanently stuck Sox logo screen.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 03:11 PM) IBM, pwning as usual http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23592.wss And for the inevitable, "who cares, it's not solar panels" response; large scale computer processing consumes large amounts of energy, and requires massive amounts of air conditioning as heat sink. So building servers / processors which cut energy costs by 85% not only cuts the amount used by the machine, but the heat sink needed. Large scale computation uses a substantial amount of energy world wide. That's great. IBM has been a leader in this area. Last year they were testing laptops with hydrogen fuel cells, extending battery life and cutting down the energy needed to run the machines.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 11:13 AM) It is official (per Channel 9 news this morning): Jimbo's WILL be open today. BTW you Northsiders trying to find a Sox bar; let me know. I'm in the 'hood too and am always looking for a Sox-friendly place. Lemmings is a good choice in Bucktown - its on Damen, around 1800-ish north.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 10:58 AM) Swisher, CF; Cabrera, SS; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Dye, RF; AJ, C; Quentin, LF; Crede, 3B; Uribe, 2B Lineup is out. Wearing the black tops. Excellent. I can wear my black Crede jersey and fit right in. I was pretty sure that jersey would have become old school during the offseason, but I get to wear it with Joe at least one more time.

Another New Trier educated actor leaves the stage one last time. RIP, Mr. Heston.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 10:06 AM) Does anyone have any info about Blackburn? Post #8 in this very thread has a scouting report.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 10:02 AM) Those god damn protesters, what do they think we live in a free country or something. Why post this? Alpha simply stated that all the protestors would be out in force. And yes, some of them are bats*** crazy. Please think before you post. And further, please read the pinned thread about conduct in the Buster. Thank you for your consideration.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 7, 2008 -> 08:39 AM) Nope, I just checked and he's going to be a couple sections further down the line, so you'r going to have to really chuck that beer to hit him. Well, being in the front row, I'll have plenty of wind-up room. So how do I spot your brother? If he's from FL like you, can I assume he'll be the only mofo with a tan?