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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:17 PM) Can we splice Pierre and Rios's genes, put Pierre's brain in Rios's body? We'd end up with a Pinky and the Brain kind of situation, we can just DFA Pinky and keep the Brain, it'd be totally worth the cost. Right Brain, but who would we get to wear the pants?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:15 PM) I really, really hope Peavy can stay healthy after tomorrow's game. A little concerned he's taking extra precautions just so he can squeeze in one more start prior to ASB. This is definitely his call though, so we have to trust him. I'm more worried about Jake going against a team that has seen him more than pretty much anyone else.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:11 PM) my Chevrolet player of the game? Beckham. That was a sweet double he started in the 8th. Not many second basemen can get to that ball, and make that throw. I know everyone dogs on Hawk, but is there really any doubt about Gordo being one of the best Dmen at 2B?

QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:08 PM) How is this team only 4 games out. That is some crazy s***. That is the one thing I am still holding on to this year. 4 games out, and we have played like s*** for the most part.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) Holy hell the madness has begun. Parise to the Canucks for Schneider, Hodgson and Samuelsson plus a 2012 2nd rounder, per Bob Mackenzie. Hawks acquire the negotiating rights of Steve Montador for a conditional 7th round pick, per the Buffalo Sabres. Apparently we flipped the pick we got from FLA for Kopecky. If we can sign him to an affordable deal, major win. Wow is right. All though I am not sure if I am Vancouver, I am leaving Loserongo out on an island by himself right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 10:04 PM) Impressive Sergio. It's probably fitting the series is 1-1, as Colorado should have won last night and we should have won yesterday. I wouldn't argue with that.

That was N.A.S.T.Y.

Ew, that was ugly

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) Uppercut swing here please AJ! As you wish

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) dont hate on the ice man lol Word to yo mutha.

Rios with a nice play,.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:36 PM) That's "Country" Joe Hey man, no need to point.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:33 PM) Wow, we catch a break on AJ's sinking liner. 2-0. Surprised he wasn't playing AJ even more shallow. You can't play shallow in this ballpark

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 08:33 PM) hell to the yes Joe West approves

Two hits with RISP in one inning!

Konerko has to go the All-Star game. Period.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 05:00 PM) And in that case of a person who is concerned about the integrity of the voting process...we would obviously expect that person to be able to provide us with a long, concrete series of cases where the voter registration process failed to prevent voter fraud but where an additional state-issued ID requirement would have done so. Otherwise, that person is insisting upon standards that he or she is admitting are solving a non-existent problem. To use your example...if I came to you and told you that anthropogenic climate change was a problem due that could be solved by reducing the atmospheric CO2 content, a reasonable question to ask in reply is "has atmospheric CO2 actually gone up by a substantial amount?" If the answer was "no", you might question why we need to remove CO2 from the atmosphere if CO2 in the atmosphere is not increasing. Great so where are all the convictions for voting machine fraud, after all of the complaining that was done about it?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 04:28 PM) We all know he will be in the lineup. Ozzie always does that The thing is if Lilli hadn't have been just as lazy, he probably would have started tonight. Those are your two CF's, unless you want to see Juan out there with Teahen in LF

An odd little story. It is funny to see someone like John Lennon grow up and turn conservative. http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/28/lenno...lican-assistant

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) So, if 99% of all ID's are real, then we still have a major problem at the polling place. Clearly, the photo ID check is worthless. I am impressed your general feelings on voter fraud are so accommodating. What is a little fraud between elections afterall.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) Of course, then one might note the fact that registration groups are required by law to turn over every registration received to registrars (for very good reason in fact) and say that no one is looking the other way...that's why voter registration forms are actually examined then processed. If we were looking the other way, Homer Simpson would be registered to vote about 400x per city. So even if that process is 99% accurate, that means literally thousands of fraudulent names remain.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) That's not necessarily true. Obviously the Yankees would try and get maximum value out of Montero if they were to trade him. However, most publications now list Sanchez as their top prospect. Granted, he is only in Low-A so he has a ways to go, but Romine is also highly regarded and he is much closer. So let's say the Yankees are unable to field any better offers involving Montero and become somewhat desperate around the trade deadline to acquire a SP to bolster their rotation. For whatever the reason may be, we are offering Danks. I just don't think such a proposal is ridiculous. Danks would not be a half year rental as they'd have him next year as well and who knows what their rotation will look like in a month. Burnett is unreliable, Hughes is still working out whatever was wrong with him not in the majors, Colon who knows now and Freddy is a back end starter. That's all I was trying to get at, is that there is a very conceivable scenario where they would part with Montero and it not necessarily be beacuse his stock is plummeting. The key to all of this is Tampa. If they could somehow push the Yankees to 3rd place, you could very well see the Yankees "overpay" to get another top half pitcher or even two.

Unicycles are a fun idea.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) But that turns around. You don't know how much its' needed, because if you actually try to point to the numbers of legitimate fraud cases, they're miniscule. You get a guy or two every term and they usually get caught. So you have to point to this nebulous "voter fraud epidemic" without evidence for it (other than Democrats being elected, of course), lump in things like Voter Registration Fraud (a much more common problem but one that never carries over to the polling place), etc. When you have organizations adding untold numbers of fraudulent registrations, there is a really good reason for wanting to be sure that your process is honest and accurate. Looking the other way only encourages fraud.