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QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 02:26 PM) We don't punish businesses who accept a forged $20. Once we begin sorting which document they should have caught and which one they shouldn't the law becomes too murky. Plus with birth certificates there are no standards. Every location has a different design. Companies who have jobs that no one else wants, migrant farm jobs, processing sheds, basically all of ag, are always caught with more illegals. There are often times the only ones applying. They lose the $20. If they are believed to be intentionally passing off fake $20, they get prosecuted.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) Didn't see this reported. Shouldn't surprise anyone that we at least reached out to the agent. Silvy@WaddleandSilvy Today's guests: @ramonashelburne 3pm. She reported that the #Bulls met w/ Lebron's agent. @NickFriedell 5pm. As well they should have.

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 1h Jose Abreu: "I'm sitting here (at the All-Star Game) and I want to pinch myself that I'm here." #WhiteSox #AllStarGame

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 03:39 PM) Randolph will be traded to Orlando along with 2 second round picks. Anthony?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 09:55 PM) Mario Kart 8. So fun. So my son with this game (he is 7). First of all he is just ruthless. I used to let him win sometimes when he was 3 or 4 but now he talks so much hot s*** during the game that when I have the chance to, I destroy him. He shows me no mercy so I respond in kind. This past weekend he asks me: Him: So dad do you like winning? Me: Sure. Him: Do you like losing? Me: No. Him: Not even a little bit? Me: Not really. Him: Well you better get used to losing, because you're about to get OWNED! Then the next day we're playing one of the N64 retro tracks. He says "did you like this track when you played it in olden times?" You have to be proud. He is just like you.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 02:31 PM) I'm a little too busy this summer to see him play in the Cities, but if he ever gets close again, I'm definitely going to see him. Kind of hard to imagine that though with him being 72. Just an absolutely phenomenal show, the best concert I've ever attended. Worth every penny, and believe me it cost a lot of pennies.

I'd go directly to your credit card company and challenge it, as well as the BBB.

Anyone else watch the first three episodes of "The Leftovers"? So far it hasn't grabbed me as a "must watch", but I am intrigued.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) Anybody ever have to negotiate a vacation period soon after you start a job? I am pretty far along in a process and in exactly 58 days leave for a 12 day honeymoon. Tell them before or after a possible job offer? I'd tell them right after the offer, as a part of the hiring negotitations. If you say something too soon, they might drop you from consideration.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 02:34 PM) http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-y...harrells-happy/ You're welcome. Those were some quality B list cameo's. Great work by Al, as usual.

This tells me that the Sox are looking at dealing a starting pitcher at the deadline.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 02:09 PM) Come on, all the games matter and count in the end. If the Sox lose on a terrible call in may that is unreviewable because it is May, and come within one game of getting into the playoffs then you have a problem. Either you do it the whole way, or you dont. This is a "iron out the kinks" season. They need to figure out how to make these calls quicker, especially when it is obvious. We won a game last week by a WP scoring a run in the first inning. It is impossible to know that a run, or any single pitch/play in a game will be meaningless when it actually happens.

QUOTE (Butter Parque @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 01:56 PM) Simple solution: Mandate that the batter stay in the box in between pitches. In the past, the hitters did not need to leave the box in between pitches, so why do these guys do? Another thing I would institute would be the Bill James rule regarding pickoff throws. I would also limit the number of times a catcher can go to the mound. it should be one time other than when the pitching coach, manager, or trainer comes out. Get the game moving at a higher pace, more action, less standing around, more excitement for the fans. Instead the dunce we have for a commissioner fixates on instant replay, which has no chance of success in a game that doesn't run within a time-clock. Worst commissioner in the history of sports. I love Paul Konerko, but one thing he has always done that drives me nuts is even if he takes a pitch, he steps out of the box, readjusts both his batting gloves, and messes around with his bat... every single time. If you don't swing, why do you need to redo your gloves? Get in there and hit. I know he isn't the only one, but I have seen it for 15 years now.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) Sir Paul this weekend was awesome. Color me jealous. One of the best shows I have ever seen was seeing him in Chicago in 2002.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 11:18 AM) He's lost his discipline. Bingo.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 12:53 PM) There was the one about "someone" coming in and putting all the games on college football after a bad loss and Ozzie getting pissed off because they didn't seem to care about the loss that I think was tied to AJ. That one happened while he was still here. No one sat on it until he was gone.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) Worth noting that Abreu seems to potentially be becoming a better hitter as the season goes on as well (although the injuries and the games he shouldn't have been playing in may have hurt him the first 2 months). There's obviously some sample size/BABIP issues particularly in July, but let's just do batting average month by month: .270 April .241 May .313 June .360 July Paul Konerko said just the other day that he thought Jose could be a .320/.330 hitter once he got to know the pitchers.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) One of biggest problems with baseball is the speed of the game. Replay makes that worse and in a 162 game season, anomalies will off-set themselves. I understand in a tie-breaker game or the final game of the season it could be the difference maker, and if you really feel that strongly, like I said, only do it in September or something. But doing it all season is awful. Baseball also needs to do something to speed up at bats and breaks. They have for a long time and I don't get why they don't really hammer on it. Quicken the tempo / pace and you'll see ratings pick up, imo. The games are way too long. Priority one should be trying to speed up the game from pitch to pitch. So much time is just wasted, and it turns everything into a 3 hour game.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) Yeah, that's right. For some reason though, I thought there were some rumblings from people that AJ's ship had run it's course in the clubhouse and that was part of the reason they happily switched to the one and only T-Flo. Of course, like ss2k5 said, it was nowhere near the negativity after he left Minnesota, San Francisco, or Boston I was more going towards actual anecdotes about what happened in the clubhouse. I don't remember seeing a single specific story. Glittering generalities, sure.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 09:59 AM) Apparently Frank Thomas said he's "disappointed" Jose Abreu didn't choose to participate in the Home Run Derby. I say apparently because I got an ESPN alert saying so, but can't find the original source. Anyway, if true, my reaction is shut up Frank. Didn't he also say before that he didn't want to see Abreu do it, because it could mess up his swing?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 03:11 PM) So he took a few weeks off stays to throw close to home to close out the year and starts game five of the 2015 season. No need to put him on the 40 man for the winter unless it is part of the deal. Works for me. Pretty sure the new CBA got rid of that.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 12:20 PM) I don't know if McDermott is even a starter. He might be more of a 6th man type. We'll have to see how well he can play defense and just how good his scoring will be. It isn't like we are talking about the #1 pick. I almost feel at this point that McDermott is getting overhyped on this board. His defense will dictate if he is an NBA starter. The kid can flat out score. There is no question there. Can he keep an NBA 2 or 3 in front of him? That is the question. At worst, he will be a great role player for a long time in the NBA just on his ability to shoot the ball.

It has been incredibly inconsistent. Moreso than any other sport that uses it. I feel like there have been multiple times where the call on the screen was obvious, but the call wasn't made that direction. At other times it takes way too long to get an obvious call made.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 11:17 AM) I really, really like what I continue to read on Mirotic's defense, which I did not know was an asset: http://hoopshype.com/columns/david-nurse/w...-nikola-mirotic That sounded like a spring training article. Hopefully half of it is true, because this team just got another important piece.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) There is just very little on the ball creativity at that position, Snell is a jump shooter, he isnt going to go iso and take people. Like I said, McDermott is fine, the Bulls just needed to add a slasher type to the mix. Oh Im just pointing out that I had nothing bad to say about McDermott as a player, just that I did not believe (and still dont) that McDermott was an ideal fit for the Bulls, let alone to trade 2 pieces for him. but once he was drafted by the bulls he might as well be Larry Bird with MJ athleticism on this board. Just hard to have a realistic discussion because the Bulls are always "Championship" contenders. In the East, it is hard to argue that a healthy Bulls team isn't in contention to go to the NBA finals. Unless the Cavs land Love, I can't think of anyone who is clearly better.