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A very good interview with Paulie, via the Trib http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...ory.html#page=2

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 4m Jose Abreu this season: Pre All-Star break: 50 XBH, 44 singles, 22 BB/82 K Post All-Star break: 22 XBH, 57 singles, 27 BB/47 K

CBS Evening News ‏@CBSEveningNews 6m MORE: Officials tell CBS a fire at the Chicago air traffic control facility appears to be a suicide attempt by a disgruntled employee.

That is a great story.

The important thing is Lyle Mouton.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 09:14 AM) My guess is that this is the main long-range radar for the entire Midwest. O'Hare, Midway, etc. would have (relatively) short-range radar that's meant for handling arriving and departing traffic, not tracking the area over several states. edit: from the Tribune article: The other FAA facilities probably don't have access to the same radar information, and even if they do, those ATC's probably aren't familiar with the regular Midwest routes and how the planes are guided. You couldn't just have O'Hare or Midway controllers take over because their hands a full already with inbound/outbound, and plus you run into the same training/familiarity issues. Could you imagine the s***storm if they switched to ATC's unfamiliar with these routes and an accident or even a near-incident happened? According to my buddy I work with who is a trained and licensed pilot, there are only six of these facilities in the entire US, and they are responsible for all air traffic from 10k feet all of the way up to outer space. This is an entire level above regular air traffic control.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 06:40 AM) Fixed. I'll leave the legend only status for Big Frank. Gonna miss Paulie though. Nothing beats that grand slam for me. Honestly if it wasn't for Konerko's time having overlap with Frank Thomas, Paulie would be a legend on the level of guys like Aparicio and Appling in White Sox lore. If you take out Frank, Konerko is by far the best power (long term speaking) hitter in the history of the franchise, and no one else is particularly close. In a franchise that still talks about guys like Harold Baines and Dick Allen, Paulie blows them all away.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 11:20 PM) http://espn.go.com/blog/ombudsman/post/_/i...and-suspensions lol "Simmons is awesome and our franchise player but we needed to suspend him." Too bad they apply higher standards to Simmons than the other guys they hire.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 09:05 AM) Really, really want to know more about that bolded part. non-gunshot suicide attempt I would say. Cut wrists come to mind.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) It will make my mom's day at work (airline customer service agent) a living hell. Yeah, the longer this goes, the exponentially worse it is.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 08:46 AM) Breaking News @BreakingNews · 1h Police: Man with self-inflicted non-gunshot wound found in basement of FAA facility in Aurora, Ill. - @chicagotribune http://trib.in/1v8Cil4 Breaking News Travel @breakingtravel · 1m Update: FAA says no planes in the US destined to cross Midwest can depart until at least 10 am CT - @chicagotribune http://www.breakingnews.com/t/V29 I have to admit, this is a brilliant act of terrorism, domestic or otherwise. One facility can literally screw up travel all over the entire nation.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 03:29 AM) I knew he'd come back with the career yr. stuff but you beat me to the punch. It's been like 5 yrs since the guy hit under .300 and how good do you have to be to have a career yr. at 35 ? Answer: Really good and really smart too. 41 K's this year. 41 ! Adam Dunn never sniffed .300 and usually had 41 K's some time in May. Just to be accurate on Konerko he came in 13th in MVP voting during his age 35 season and was an All Star in his age 36 season . Since we are talking about a three/four year deal, how did Konerko's 37 and 38 year old seasons look?

This is going to destroy a lot of travel plans, not just out of ORD and MDW, but all over the country.

If Danks doesn't hit the cut off man, Aoki is into second base easily.

Hopefully he lost that ball in the lights because if not that was comically bad.

Sierra almost killed himself hitting 1B with the wrong foot. That dude is so far behind the baseball IQ curve it isn't even funny. Hopefully he catches up, because he has some talent, and seems to be a guy that everyone loves.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 07:55 PM) What happened to avi Stiff back is what Hawk said.

That was a bomb by Phegs on a really short swing. Also a nice swing the other way by Marcus for the triple.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 8m Konerko expects to play most of Sunday's game, if not all of it. "I mean, why not?" he said. Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 6m Paul Konerko said he might exit Sunday's game if he went deep in 2nd AB but probably would stay in if he hit a weak dribbler to mound.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 6m Konerko available tonight, expects to play Fri, Sat and Sun.

29 is not 30 Eddie.

Dustin Morse ‏@Twins_morsecode 12m The #MNTwins have offered Phil Hughes an opportunity to pitch out of the bullpen - he appreciated the offer but decided his year is over.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) Damn, I didn't realize that in 199 at bats, Baez had only 32 fricking hits. That's .161 with 90 strikeouts and .223 OBP. Nine homers. I don't follow the Cubs so I was wondering how his start is going over in Chicago? Is he still considered an amazing prospect? That's a frightening start to his career. Wow. I wonder if they would trade him for Addison Reed?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) If Joe Schmo did this, he'd be indicted. Meaning if a regular racer did this? It is really, really hard to say that with the extraneous circumstances, you could indite someone based on what I saw on the video. The other racer was out of his car (strike one), high (strike two), and running down into traffic on a racetrack. (strike three). There are just so many things we don't know about, that it would be hard to prove some sort of intent for sure, or even an amount of true negligence, to which to build a case on. You can call people to give their opinions of what Stewart did, but I don't see how you have enough evidence to start to prove a crime.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 25, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) I was being serious in my comment... I know you were, but at the same time I couldn't resist the 30 games thing.