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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2011 -> 10:55 PM) They guy who wrote the story didn't write in until AJ was released, and there has never been confirmation from another player. If AJ was as hated as you claim, that would have come out a lot sooner, and there would have been at least 24 other players, plus coaches plus trainers telling everyone they could about it. There was a post earlier in this thread where AJ supposedly admitted to it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 4, 2011 -> 07:28 AM) Who has a statue out there that you think doesn't deserve one? What did Charles Comiskey ever do for this franchise? His OPS was ZERO!

Wow. Just wow. It really puts our "problems" into perspective.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 3, 2011 -> 07:34 PM) ^^This I read some quotes from Pakistani officials saying this is an intelligence failure and acting embarrassed. LOL I'm not sure which is worse. They've been ADAMANTLY denying bin Laden was in their country for YEARS and then, hey! There he is. Oh s***! And not just in their country or something. He was hiding in a town of like a million and a half people, close to their military training center. He wasn't even on a mountian or in a cave where you can play dumb. He was essentially hanging out in a mansion in the equivalent of downtown Indianapolis.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) A grade 2 sprain is a partial tear of the ligament, up to 50%. The ligaments are extension of the joint capsuleso there is concomitant laxity in the joint with special tests. The results don't change much during the playoffs. You tape it tightly add a functional ankle brace and hope he doesn't make it any worse. The downside is he may play a little more tentative due to the possibility of making it worse. Ugh. My biggest worry would be that it hurts his ability to elevate and cut, which pretty much makes him TJ Ford.

The Carlos Quentin

I'm guessing this will be one of those instances where the stories come out after he is gone, much like the nutshot and cards playing instead of working with his pitchers did in SF.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:45 PM) Title of Post: "fire walker: it has to be done" That would be the title of the thread. The responses I made were to the idea that Larry Walker would be a good hitting coach because he was a good hitter.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:42 PM) I don't have any bid specifically for Walker, I was just replying to someone else's idea. Again, avoiding the point, which is that as the history buff that you are, no one is making-up Greg Walker's performance. Hard to argue for that, but keep running with it if ya like... Despite what you are turning it into, it has nothing to do with Greg Walker's performance.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) vs. the Cell, what's the difference come summer time??? Doesn't help you hit for AVG or draw walks The dimensions of Coors Field allows for a lot more basehits because the field of play is so big.

@MDGonzales Sox lineup vs. Minn (Liriano): Pierre LF Ramirez SS Dunn DH PK 1B Quentin RF Rios CF Castro C Beckham 2B Morel 3B Jackson P

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ May 3, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) Hear ya, but some good names on that list along with the journeymen. Respect that you religiously defend the status quo ... I would continue to argue that it's clearly not working and what's the downside in trying something else? Plenty of qualified people for that position, like Larry, who are worth a shot and would be hard-pressed to do worse than Greg has There is "defending the status quo" and there is just making stuff up. The history of baseball has shown there is vitrually zero correlation between being a great hitter, and being able to teach hitting. I'm going to go with history here, versus some odd random man-crush.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) Good hitters don't automatically make good hitting coaches, just as they don't automatically make bad hitting coaches or bad hitters automatically make good hitting coaches. QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:47 PM) I'll take my chances with a career .313 BA and .965 OPS over 17 seasons and no track record vs. a very average hitter over 9 seasons and bad track record as a coach any day... Milkman FTW. http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/...coaching_staffs Check out this list, which includes hitting and pitching coaches, and convince that being able to do something well, and being able to teach something aren't two completely different things.

David Kaplan Breaking News, Rose did have MRI despite reports to contrary. Grade 2 sprain to ligament on outside of ankle.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) If he ever gets to 200 I think he will have a chance. A perfect game, another no-no, a WS ring (with a save). He has done a lot of amazing things and I would say he could be 50/50 if he gets to 200. Wait and see what happens to Andy Pettitte before we talk about Mark.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) I don't get what you're saying in the second part. We offered like $25 million or something to get Osama and that didn't work. I doubt it was money that was keeping people's mouths shut in Pak, because there was a whole lot more of it out there to sing about Osama's new crib.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) LOL. There are now people suggesting that The Rock (the wrestler) knew what happened hours before Obama made the announcement. I don't know whether it is true or not, but I do know that the word was moving through military channels long before Barack went on TV to announce.

Now it gets interesting! There is more at the link. It will be interesting to see if this gets any foothold, and then to see the effort to knock it down. http://newsflavor.com/politics/us-politics...sama-bin-laden/

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:18 PM) The risk might seem worth it if the person taking the risk is a crazy fundamentalist or receiving large payments from a wealthy terrorist. Religion is a powerful thing. Then again so is money, and that didn't work out at all for us.

QUOTE (SoxUK @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) At least that way the 'Fire Walker' threads would live on. Ha! Well done!

Here is the crazy thing, you could completely flip the standings and it would have surprised no one on this website if that is how they looked before this season started. I guess it is why you play the games.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) except for him being like 7 feet tall Not to mention the medical care and supplies he needed daily.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:08 PM) At the same time, they probably punish their soldiers much more severely for disobeying an order. So say the highest ranking official in that specific area orders that no attention is paid to that compound, do you think some renegade Pakistani private is going to go snooping around the confines? It also means they are more likely to catch a bullet for dereliction of duty if they come to find out someone specific knew and didn't talk.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 3, 2011 -> 01:05 PM) I am assuming that their military has more freedom to check civilian homes than here in the US. It would be very easy to understand someone hiding in a home like that in the US and not getting caught. We have so many privacy laws. Hell, we don't catch everyone on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. I am a little surprised that Pakistan is trying to take some public credit. That would set them up for reprisals from what remains of Al Qaeda. It is a balancing act for sure. On one had they are getting billions of dollars from us, and a lot of military support, plus hardware. On the other hand they have a significant part of their population dedicated to eradicating us from this planet. Then you also have to figure in they are either going to look like bumbling idiots for not knowing Bin Laden was there, or like they were protecting him, depending on what side they portray. This is a bad spot for Pak to be in.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 3, 2011 -> 12:46 PM) The White House confirmed that the burial at sea was taped. I wonder if you can see the guy on the grassy knoll?