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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) They just called up some lefty longman who has never pitched in the majors. Their only other lefty in the pen is Boone Logan. I would have to agree they could use Ohman. Boone just got his s*** kicked in too. That pen is bad. Like Twins bad outside of Mo and Robertson.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:55 PM) Pierre - LF Ramirez - DH Konerko - 1B Quentin - RF Pierzynski - C Rios - CF Vizquel - SS Beckham - 2B Morel - 3B f*** Bruce Chen! That's an odd combo, but OK.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) Then it's hard to see why this movie is necessary. No it$ not.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) Yay! I feel special. [hugs]

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) Cut Vizquel or send down Lillybridge. Then rotate Viciedo into the outfield, and if Rios keeps slumping sit him indefinitely and stick Pierre in center. The Sox need someone w/ power, they don't hit homeruns anymore. But before bringing up Viciedo, I'd like Walker to get some time w/ him and teach him patience, aka known as how to start every count you have down in the hole 0-2. Lillibridge cant go anywhere. At that point Juan Pierre is your back up CF. No way, no how, no sir.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) If KW wants Viciedo up all he has to do is trade Quentin. Dunn is going nowhere with that salary ditto with Rios, if Pierre is moved Ozzie will run Lilli or De Aza out to LF everyday. That doesn't really make the team any better. Most likely it makes them worse.

I'm making this its own topic for more people to see.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:15 PM) He has two triples this month and one this week. Really? The opener in KC was a stand up triple with Jeff Francouer in RF.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) I wish you were my father. You might be the most optimistic person I know.

QUOTE (shlammajamma @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) What were your opinions on Santiago? Seems like he has a decent fastball with good velocity, not sure how the velocity would be in a 6+ inning game though I was pleasantly surprised by his two outings. I don't know if he is a fluke or not, but he definitely earned another look assuming he doesn't fall apart in the minors.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) Bingo They could reboot Spiderman every other year and each time it will make no less than $100M. Run it in 3D and you probably make at least double that. "Spiderman Spins His Web" in 3D equals $400 million world wide take.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) Ugh, OUT. Do we need a reboot of a movie that came out less than 10 years ago? QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) Wait, they're already rebooting Spiderman?? Hollywood is clearly running out of ideas. People are buying tickets to those type of movies in record numbers. People need to stop going before Hollywood will stop making them.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) A top five SP prospect may not mean much in terms of his value to other organizations, but that doesn't change his value to us right now. Let's say we lose Mark and Edwin this offseason. We're heading into next year with Peavy, Floyd, Danks, and Humber. Who's your #5 starter? Hopefully Chris Sale. But what happens if he doesn't work or Peavy goes down for an extended period of time? Who gets the call? The point is you should always a #6 starter in mind before a season, whether it's your long-man (if you have one) or a prospect in AAA/AA. Who will be that guy next year? Right now, I'd say Santiago is as good of as an option as we might have. I don't care if he's a top 100 prospect or not, he may be the best option we got and that player should be considered valuable to us. Don't dick him around if you don't need to. Also, the reason this guy came out of nowhere was he was raw and just learned a new pitch. If anything, he needs more time in the minors refining his stuff than a more name-driven prospect. I don't think a couple weeks in our bullpen will make or break him, but I'd much rather had him in AA working on stuff as a starter. IMO, he'll gain more from the innings at this point than doing side-sessions with our major league staff. How many teams have six major league ready starters? That is a ridiculous standard with price of pitching in this day and age.

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QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 12:58 PM) actually, I wouldn't be surprised if we're looking up at MIN by the end of the weekend. This offense just doesn't have it. Hasn't had it all year. The same thing has been said a few times now, over the last month.

the general public is split at about 50-50 in a poll over whether default would be a big deal or not. 53% of Republicans don't think it would cause major problems, with a surprising 43% of independents thinking that way. Here is one that shocked me, only 56% of Democrats think default would be a major crisis, with 28% seeing it as no big deal.

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QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) Go American Airlines!!! FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years and splitting the order between Chicago-based Boeing and Airbus. American said Wednesday it will buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing Co. It's a major coup for Europe's Airbus because American currently flies an all-Boeing fleet. Advertisement American will also take options and purchase rights for up to 465 additional planes through 2025. Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2011072.../#ixzz1SewRi29Z Wait, you are cheering for an American company making the choice to essentially send more jobs overseas?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) thus costing nearly everyone a ton of $, personally. No doubt. But then again there is zero chance of default.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) Heard this stat on the Score this morning, I thought it was pretty significant. These are the splits of hitters vs. Peavy in 2011 for how many pitches he had thrown. Pitches 1-25: .271/.306/.441 Pitches 26-50: .226/.269/.306 Pitches 51-75: .140/.227/.228 Pitches 76-100: .457/.469/.587 Pitches 101+: .231/.231/.231 (13 ABs) He totally appears to be hitting a wall, Javy Vazquez style and maybe he's just still not 100%. It could be a good idea to get him in the bullpen next year, and hope he can get back to 100% this offseason. I don't think there is any doubt he is not 100% right now. I don't know whether that is conditioning or him still being hurt, but he isn't there right now.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:24 AM) Completely agree. While the media has glorified him a bit too much, I think a lot of people on this site(or internet message boards in general) have underrated the type of player that he really was. I think Jeter's ESPNization as a national product really lead to a backlash from people who hate the Yankees, which is pretty much everyone outside of NYC and transplanted NYers.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:25 AM) if a deal isn't passed, what do you think the drop in the Dow will be? It dropped 700 points when TARP failed. How much will that loss mean for US investors? (401k's, etc) If we default the Dow will set a record for one day drop.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 10:16 AM) The more I think about it, assuming Danks comes back healthy this week... put me on the Peavy-to-the-Bullpen bandwagon. He obviously is still struggling a bit with recovering strength and conditioning, but he needs to pitch to build that back up. The Sox have 6 starters and need anther strong reliever. Let Peavy work the rest of the year from the pen, and go back to starting only if necessary. Then he has the offseason to more fully recover and condition, and be ready to start in 2012. I will say he had way better stuff out of the pen, than he has as a starter. Is it ideal? No. But I really think it gives us the best mix to win.