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X-raying the rocks is boring...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 09:01 AM) Are you serious? That's absolutely false. I can guarantee you I wouldn't have (partly because I am scared of heights). There's ways to reach for a baseball without putting your whole upper body over the railing and losing control and falling. But of course, it's America, let's not hold someone personally responsible. I'm with you. My center of gravity is in the back of my mind anytime I lean over something.

Soviets don't exist anymore.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) I thought that was pretty clear at the start of the season. I wouldn't have been surprised if both of them were gone if they pulled together an 83-79 season. I don't see both of them being gone. It is too easy to blame problems on the other, and Jerry has always been a guy who values organizational stability. I'm guessing Ozzie is the one to be gone, judging by how he has historically stood by his upper management guys.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 10:49 PM) Should I get the DVD of Social Network? Redbox yes, purchase no.

Quiche on the side?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 11:34 PM) I read somehwere not only did he break hand but finger also.. They said he broke the knuckle. Maybe that means lots of fragments that need to heal back together?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) If nothing else...waiting until the season end gives KW a fall guy and maybe still allows a trade of him to Florida (although not for anything incredibly valuable0. If this keeps up, one of them is gone for sure. There is no doubt about that. They have trouble co-existing while winning. It will collapse with too many more losses.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:32 AM) I've wasted enough time in the past 3 months trying to get a single document filed that I could have written a whole extra paper. Can't even escape it by running off to Chicago and Orlando. Immediately back and spent another hour this morning on it. lol, that is a given with the VA. Then you get the obligatory 6 month to year wait for anything that isn't life threatening.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 08:30 AM) The private sector can't even handle it for healthy 30 year olds. I've had it way better than my DAV dad.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:05 AM) Is it patriotic to believe the government is incapable of solving and running complex programs like health care That would be more like being a student of history. They can't even handle health care for veterans.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 03:22 AM) http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/good-th...-about-baseball http://livefromlawschool.blogspot.com/2008...amilton-do.html I'm pretty sure Sosnick has written a book about this (his experience of becoming a sports agent)...and detailed the Hamilton situation there as well as on a blog online. That is just messed up. That boy has definitely fried some brain cells.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 01:03 AM) One thing is for certain. If they passed a new MLB rule that players/ballboys or ballgirls can never give/toss a baseball into the stands, it would be the wrong decision. We've had literally thousands of gun homicides and school shootings and yet nobody would ever dare to take that freedom away from the American people. Unfortunately, personal responsibility is something we're lacking. Seems we always have to find someone to blame. While the example cited earlier was extreme....well, the pitcher is at fault for the pitch that was too far inside and then Conor Jackson is partially at fault and the ballboys down the LF line and then the architects who designed the corner of that stadium (HOK I think) so that a foul ball would bounce all the way around to Josh Hamilton in that exact position. It's like those Final Destination movies. Wrong place, wrong time. 5-10 years ago, there was a plastic barrier put up so that fans would never fall back behind the scoreboard...but unfortunately, so many fans took license with that the dove over the railings and onto the barrier to fight for foul balls and create a disturbance or even fights. So those irresponsible people who changed the minds of Rangers' management to remove the barrier are also at fault, no? I wonder how the situation would change if it was a rookie outfielder who was unlikely to stick in the majors. Or, if instead of a fireman's son, the man was the CEO of Enron (well, a similar company) or head of the Dr. Pepper Company. Would a rookie feel "less" responsibility being in less of a position to make restitution. Do we expect Josh Hamilton to be even more of a "hero" because that role has been thrust upon him....in a sense, he used (in cynic's eyes) his recovery from addiction and backstory to make himself even more popular and marketable, higher Q ratings, etc. Would it be different if he hadn't become a born-again Christian and never fired his (first) Jewish agent for being a non-believer? Lots of deeper issues to consider here. Can you imagine if something like this happened when Alex Rios tossed a ball at USCF, compared to Konerko or Buehrle? The same barriers were in place at USCF, but idiot fans used them to crawl across so that they could jump down on to the field and run around.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 07:25 AM) I collect all sorts of White Sox memorabilia. I don't often collect baseball memorabilia, but when I do, I make it Bill Melton's Sausage. He is, the most interesting man alive.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) No one's denying he wasn't involved with what happened, but there's no fault. Come on...how far do you want to track it back? Who hit the ball that went to Hamilton? Who threw the pitch allowing him to hit the ball to Hamilton? How about the people that built the railing at that height, even if it meets standard? The people who made the decision to put the electronic scoreboard there and have a gap? You could go on and on. This is petty exaggeration for the sake of argument. None of it even makes any sense. It is like reading Joe Cowley.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 06:09 PM) As stupid as it sounds, it was indeed through some fault of his. If I toss a ball to a guy who's standing on a corner and it's slightly low and he reaches for it, causing him to stumble into the path of a truck, I initiated the sequence. I didn't mean to do it, but I caused it. I absolutely think Hamilton should step in and help this kid. He's not legally obligated to do so, but he should want to do so as a human. This is exactly how I feel about it. And if he doesn't, I have no problem thinking less of him.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) You, of course, are unquestionably correct, but I'm afraid the White Sox have been pulling the same crap for years. A while back, I went to a concession stand to purchase a "Beltin' Bill Melton Bratwurst." After paying my money, all I received was a German sausage covered with sauerkraut, instead of, you know, Bill Melton's actual penis. Talk about a bait and switch. Wait. You paid for Bill Meltons dick?

AFN. Absolutely f***ing Nothing

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 05:31 PM) you should be able to appeal the assessments. But only during a specified period of time after the assessment takes place.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 05:16 PM) If no changes are made during the break. I don't care to watch the Sox the rest of the season.... No point. If they don't give a s***, why should I? Maybe I can save $30 a month on mlb.tv... See ya next year!

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 11:14 AM) Is there any word yet on how long Blastro will be out? Hawk said maybe the season today. That sounds really long to me.

Really, another thread, with the exact same thing in it?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 04:34 PM) And the first 3 got first-hand confirmation that he wasn't; but Williams, true to form, walked right into the trap. He overpayed a team that was looking to dump salary anyway. And yet teams are still taking chances on him because he has stuff.

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Jul 10, 2011 -> 04:18 PM) Yawn! Surely they can't think that is gonna cut it? Are they that stupid? arrogant? They have been trying to front run the whole investigation, why change now?

No thank you.