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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:22 PM) I mean directness and all, yeah. That's me too. I don't know, I guess it's really hard for me to verbalize to other people (everyone else in here knows each other and they are who they are and won't change). I guess what I'm saying is if I made up a similar list about conservatives that sounded really hostile to you (which does and will happen on this board), and said you'd have to justify it, you'd probably roll your eyes and be like "not this s*** again, he has no idea what he's talking about." I'm personally more like "this is what I understand you to believe and this is why I think you're wrong." I don't actually expect you to agree with me but I try to be heard. It is a daily event in here.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 06:42 PM) Mitchell with a triple in his first AB. Signs of life? A slow start wasn't really a surprise after missing a year, and being a level too high after not playing full time baseball before.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:11 PM) Really? I must have missed that because the Sox did not announce it til today. Yeah, he posted it on his twitter and facebook about a week ago, which is when it broke on Soxtalk as well.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:18 PM) As much as you "strike while the iron is hot" when it comes to trading CQ, the Sox really can't afford to remove his bat from the lineup with the mediocreness that their hitting has shown this season. Exactly. Unless they fall apart in the next three weeks, TCQ is about as untradable of a guy as we have right now.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:10 PM) Ohhhh. So instead of hating on liberals, I should be masturbating? Might not be a bad idea. But on a serious note, guns blazing is just my style. I figured I was offering my side of the argument when I wrote up that list this morning, and that people could defend the left's attitudes from there. If that's not a good way to do things, I honestly couldn't tell you what a good way is. Isn't this how any argument goes? One side posts their stuff and whoever disagrees defends themselves? If someone posted a thread about racist conservatives, I'd jump in and say why it wasn't so. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. The only solution is obviously conformity

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 05:45 PM) It was a shot at John Stewart, yes? George Carlin is f***ing awesome, though. He is a great comedian. But I sure am not going to quote him to support my political beliefs.

f*** the Cubs Royals

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 06:18 PM) When we made that trade -- Rowand for Thome -- I cringed like I do when ever Kenny does anything. Philly needed to dump Thome, because they had Ryan Howard and his minimum contract waiting in the wings. Thome had a big contract and clearly was not going to play ahead of Howard. The Philly GM needed someone to step up and do him a favor and take Thome off his hands. Kenny appears and gives up his CF in the process. What a nice guy, Kenny, to help Philly GM like that. Nothing against Thome, but we could have gotten him a lot cheaper/

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 03:05 PM) Because nobody gave a s*** that she was murdered. They cared that it might have been a U.S. Senator that did it. Once he was cleared and his career completely obliterated, there was no point in caring anymore. Now she was just a dead girl instead of a dead girl at the hands of someone important. In this case, what happens if they find bulletproof evidence a year from now that exonerates the mother? Do you think anyone will give a s***? No, they will not. No media coverage will pop up because nobody will care that a child was murdered unless it were done by the parent. Nobody will start a thread on it and people won't mention it in their Facebook statuses. Its funny, but I am the exact opposite. I find it more interesting once that happens. I hardly paid attention to the Condit stuff, much like this. Once I came across the long series about the investigation and the mistaken assumptions, I couldn't get enough of it.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 02:55 PM) I'll be honest and say that I haven't followed this case in the slightest, but now I'm inundated with it so I'm going to comment. It seems that a lot of the evidence was circumstantial. It sucks, but you can't convict someone because of that. I have a feeling people are so up in arms about this because of the media coverage, which is blatantly running it as though there is no doubt that the mother did it. That sells. Remember how everybody on Earth was sure that Gary Condit murdered Chandra Levy? And why was that? It was because the media shoved it down our throats as though it were a forgone conclusion. No trial would have even been necessary, as he was guilty. No doubt about it. He lost his reelection bid, and I'm pretty sure it was in direct correlation to the Levy case. Oh, then his name is cleared. Apology? f*** no. He was probably lucky if the news of his clearing was even a blurb on any station or in any newspaper. So forgive me if I'm not going to jump all over this woman. She's obviously a scumbag of immense proportions, but they couldn't prove that she murdered her daughter. So she walks, and that's how the system is supposed to work. It's guilty until proven innocent in the America and especially in the media, unfortunately. I believe the Washington Post did something like an 11 part series on that story a couple of years ago. It was amazing how the story died once Condit was cleared. It should have been the opposite.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:57 PM) Pretty funny listening to Boers and Bernstein rip on Peavy today relating to his request for more intensity. They are the radio equivalent of internet trolls.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) it should be that fail song from the price is right. They could show a whammy clip from Press Your Luck on the jumbotron.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) How many by their own mother? Usually those cases are pretty widely reported on because its outrageous. The problem is most of the people who could tell you the details of this case probably couldn't tell you who represents them at the local/state/federal levels. That's my big problem with this. Yes it was a horrible, horrible thing. At the end of the day, it doesn't affect 99.99999% of us. Whereas when it comes to things we actually should be following, people don't care. People should be following their state representatives closer than some random woman who probably killed her daughter.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) Can someone tell me why I should care about this case? How many kids get killed on a daily basis here in Chicago? QFT.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) When have you ever seen me quote a comedian for weight? Or for any reason in this forum? That wasn't for you specifically. it was a general comment, which is why I didn't quote anyone.

I think FlySox should quote some comedians instead of survey's that way it holds more weight.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:14 PM) Since Dunn and Rios really can't be benched... and since I do believe Beckham is showing some positive signs... the only starting position players who I'd be interested in upgrading are Pierre or Morel. And then, yes, one more RH bullpen arm could be good, depending on who it is. But trading away Quentin seems like a silly way to accomplish any of this. I'd rather bench Pierre and bring up Viciedo for RF (TCQ to LF), and then look at what can be done for 3B and/or RH Relief. Trading for a starting pitcher just seems stupid to me, I'd rather trade one AWAY at this point then trade FOR one. If I am Kenny the only deal I am looking to make is for a righty arm in the pen without killing the farm.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 12:38 PM) I've watched this video approx 10 times and don't see much movement towards the plate. I've seen guys with windups that clearly motion towards home (bend over half-way moving their torso in a bit of a circle). That's just part of their getting set up to throw and it's never called. Balks have always been a mystery to me (except for the obvious ones). He screwed up by stepping off of the mound. That made it much more exaggerated because it looked like he was trying to get away with it. If he comes to the set position after that, he might not get called.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:58 AM) that's cool, thanks for sharing. AJ, Adam and Rapuano seemed to all see it at the same time or within a second of each other. So Ned Yost needs to pull his head out of his ass (you too, Francouer) Yost is just defending his pitcher. Honestly I doubt he really believes it wasn't a balk.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:27 AM) Watching it again, last night wasn't "motion," (as in windup or stretch) so much as subtle movement of his shoulder, more like a slight lean. And if that movement is forward, it is a balk. For whatever reason, umpires call that one to the letter of the book, as opposed to something like a lefties move to 1B.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) OK let me amend this watching it again, Dunn was making noise about it too. Love that angle though. It is a great angle. That little lean forward is what does it.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:23 AM) For me, unless a pitcher stops half-way through his motion, there's almost no such thing as an "easy" balk call. I have to be honest, I've watched baseball for a long, long time, and I almost never pick it up on my own. Its easy in the sense that if you make a motion towards home, either you throw home or you balk. It isn't like a move to first base where every ump has a little different subjectivity to what the line is exactly.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:20 AM) Does Crow make a motion to home plate and than steps off? Is that why it was called? I'm not really up to date on balk calls. If you make a motion towards home plate, you have to throw the ball to home. Period. If you start towards some and don't throw, it is a balk.

That is an easy balk call. It gets called pretty much every time that it happens. If AJ had something to do with causing it, good for him, and thanks!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:13 AM) Think of it this way...you're not trading Quentin for another pitcher if you're planning on having 7 starters on the roster. That was my whole point originally. Unless we are punting on 2011, Quentin isn't going anywhere, but especially for another pitcher. Now if we get to the point where we sell off, Danks and Quentin could very well by the top of the list of guys to get dealt, as they would bring the biggest returns by far.