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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 1, 2011 -> 11:59 AM) Lol. I miss Jan, Feb, March when I was the board demon. It's no fun anymore. I will say this much for you J, at least you were here and out front. I haven't seen some of these people in years. I keep catching myself saying "Who the f*** is that?" These people must have been hiding with Bin Laden or something.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 2, 2011 -> 09:20 AM) What are the chances that tapes of Osama speaking are leaked over the next few years to make it look like he was not killed? I'm sure they could have easily taped a few speeches of his while he was in hiding. 110%

Google that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 2, 2011 -> 08:54 AM) Well, the first note is that this compound wasn't built until 2005, so he can't have been there until that point. So that still leaves like 6 years. That is pretty bad.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) Go Sharks and Go Predators. X 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 2, 2011 -> 08:50 AM) Wow. It will be hard for Pakistan to convince the rest of the world that they did not know he was there. Good job by the US keeping quiet about the mission, because I'm sure the info would have been leaked to Bin Laden. How the heck did we not know he was there? That is crazy. But there is doubt that parts of the Pak military were aiding, there is no way around it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 2, 2011 -> 08:35 AM) OK now that is powerful. It made me tear up.

I'm waiting for the middle eastern conspiracies to emerge... "Buried at sea", lol, that one is too easy. Just like there were no Jews in the Towers. Anyways, glad we finally got our man, but at the sametime it does feel weird to see celebrations for someone's death. The big hope is that this breaks down some of the organizations wills to keep fighting. Plus there is still pleny of AQ senior leadership out there, which means someone could still step in and keep it together. My other thought is how long until the revenge attack happens? OBL hasnt been able to hit the US for a long time now, I wonder if this is what makes the transition from large and spectacular attacks, to some Palestinian style attacks on anything and everything start to happen? Wow, so many thoughts.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:20 PM) I just don't understand the constant pounding Walker takes not only here but just about everywhere and most years, including this one, the White Sox hitters are ranked higher than the White Sox pitchers even though on average, a lot more money is spent on the pitchers. Cooper gets no crap at all, in fact, just the opposite. The team is hitting like .240 with an era of about 4.50 IIRC.

And Houston celebrates...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 06:59 PM) Isn't that pretty much "Baseball"? in a nutshell? Or more accurately, Advanced Statistics.

Bogans has been a really solid contributor for the last half of the season, especially on the defensive end.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 1, 2011 -> 05:57 PM) It's f***ing sarcasm because that wasn't what I said. You replace some of the scouts both here and in foreign countries. They've already begun the overhaul of both the minor leagues and the draft. You continue to replace the people responsible for the underachieving aspects of the team. Dude you need to get out of the basement because you are freaking out waaaaaaaaayyy too much over a crappy baseball team.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 1, 2011 -> 05:48 PM) Yes, that's what I said. There's no point in even arguing with you. So tell me when that has been done?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 1, 2011 -> 04:02 PM) We would theoretically be replacing the personnel responsible for the terrible development and drafting. I don't understand why you're trying to use this circular logic in order to prove that it's a stupid idea to rebuild. So you want to fire an entire organization from top to bottom. Uh, ok.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) And I disagreed with it before. Yankees showed no interest in Dunn during offseason, IIRC. That was before Posada started hitting like a 40 year old catcher too. That also leaves out Konerko being a good fit too.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:57 PM) The players association would have something to say about it. No they won't, he can defer money as long as he gets all of it eventually. It is a regular thing.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:56 PM) So teams are going to be on the hook for 3 years and 42 million (or whatever it is) for Dunn? If they really wanted him, the Yanks would have pursued him instead of Posada. I've made this argument before, but yes.

QUOTE (gatnom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:55 PM) So lets just ignore the problem and pretend like the things we are doing are actually working? I mean all that money we are putting into our major league payroll is really paying off right now isn't it? Our drafting and development aren't the only things that suck. We have a WAY better chance of the talent on this team being successful than we do going into a White Flag situation. There is zero question there.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) Why would anyone take AJP and his 6 mil contract next year? I also don't think teams would take the Dunn/Konerko contracts off our hands that easily. In the most simple terms, who better is going to be available at the stretch run to put teams over the top? Jesus, Jorge Posada is DHing for the Yankees right now.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:52 PM) Pierzynski, Dunn, maybe Konerko, some of the bullpen guys. Danks will go for sure. He is their most valuable piece. We won't be looking at before 2012, so there is no reason to keep him around.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:51 PM) This "sell off" is greatly exaggerated. It's going to be a lot harder to dump contracts than people think. What contracts can be really unload? Buehrle and Jackson are definitely the first two to go, IMO. It won't be as hard as you think. The only tough ones to get rid of would be Rios and Peavy. I don't think there will be too much trouble with anyone else.

QUOTE (gatnom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) The part where Ozzie gets fired I suppose... Maybe you shouldn't just assume this organization will be dead for 20 years? I may not be an optimist, but I am nowhere near that pessimistic. So our player development sucks, our drafting sucks and I am supposed to be excited that our future will become player development and drafting. OK, that makes sense.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:48 PM) 22k today???? MERCY Disaster is upon us. I wonder last time they had that low of attendance on a weekend day with nice weather. Just wait until the sell off...

QUOTE (gatnom @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:27 PM) Because our veterans are doing such a great job of bringing in the crowds, right? What part of the Tyler Flowers and Jordan Danks era are you looking forward to exactly?