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QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) Maybe somebody should start a "Priceline" type business dealing with sports tickets. Instead of getting empty hotel rooms, etc... cheap, you get empty seats at sporting events cheap. Stubhub already does this.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:14 PM) We should do whatever it takes to average 90% capacity. What is the benefit of empty seats? Undercutting your average price point to the point where no one pays full price for tickets?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:11 PM) For all 81 games? Most importantly, it seems it is the non-prime days. We sure don't have "30-40% of capacity" 81 games a year. Otherwise our average attendance would be 10-15k a night. Even bringing in 20k is over 50% at our park.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) 97 Giants worst losing streak was 4 games. In Dusty We Trusty. So once in like 15 years.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Seems like this is something the Bulls must do. I get their "mobile alerts" and a couple times a week, either the day of or day before a game, they send promo codes for reduced priced tickets. I can't ever make it because I don't live near Chicago, but I think it would be something for them to look into. There are a ton of White Sox discount codes out there. Hell they are all posted here. Next excuse...

http://madiganville.com/?p=287

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 01:59 PM) No matter what anyone says, the thread title is a very real possibility given the current state of this team. If we are in this state at the end of May, early June, I agree. On April 18th this is just a waste of e-space.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) Can you name for me a team in the last few years that has not gone through a dysfunctional cold stretch? Is there any team in baseball that hasn't had a 5 game losing streak during a particular season?

That's the facts, Jack.

really I am the same asshole I have always been.

I can't imagine the feeling walking those grounds. I know how powerful it was to stand at the top of Little Round Top in Gettysburg PA and imagine the battlefield in 1863. At least those guys had a fighting chance.

Please b****. you aint no realist.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 12:15 PM) Have the White Sox reported anything on this? He was supposed to be checked today. No new news at this point.

As much as I love Biden, Blago takes the cake. http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spo...-president-2008

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:41 AM) Seabrook out tonight. I'm curious to see what Kunitz is going to get for his elbow. It doesn't get much clearer than that. Bolland is in.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:39 AM) Interesting piece of information http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6388692 Too bad there isn't an organized way of seeing who bet how much on each game. The sad thing is that with the NBA you have to ask that question.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) No one, it's all just a plutocracy. We're all f***ed. But that aside, honestly, why wasn't S&P's (and others') credibility trashed after they were found to be completely incompetent at actually evaluating ratings and risk? Maybe it wasn't in the MSM, but it sure was in the industry standards.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) S&P or USA? Really though, why are their ratings worth a penny these days after the spectacular failures of just about everyone in finance? So who exactly are you trusting on it? Our politicians? Our regulators?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:53 AM) I'm by no means an expert in economics so i wanted to get people's thoughts on this article: Standard & Poor's Is Playing Us For Fools Let me put it this way. Too big to fail.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:59 AM) Therefore...it makes zero sense to look at whether or not individual income from any particular group can balance the budget, because you're ignoring 60% of GDP. And yet, there is our President on TV blaming the Bush tax cuts. Imagine that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) A nuke isn't the only means of generating an EMP, especially if you're looking at a small target like a single satellite. I honestly have no idea, so, how exactly would you do it? And #2 would it work in space?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 11:08 AM) The question is, when Peyton Manning leaves and if the Colts can't make the playoffs consistently anymore, will those people stay Colts fans? We will find out soon.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:56 AM) but it also depends which city people identified with. Southern illinois are more cardinals fans b/c they identify more with STL than chicago. That NWI doesn't hold much sway. The fact that a winning team was able to move loyalties says a lot. It used to be all Bears fans. This era of Peyton Manning has made it about 50/50.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Did anyone think we would win with that lineup Ozzie put out there? It looked like a spring training game. The only real "change" was Lilli for Dunn. Castro was in for AJ, but Ozzie does a lot that against tough lefties, so I don't even count that. Other than that, it really was the starters.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 19, 2011 -> 10:40 AM) Don't make excuses for those morons. WSI is one of the worst message boards on the net. I know we don't agree all the time (more like never) and I drive most of the mods crazy. But ten seconds on that piece of s*** site makes me appreciate you guys a hell of a whole lot more. For the most part people include links in their posts, so we don't really have a problem with that. The things that can get Soxtalk into legal trouble, we do follow up on. The rest of it is definately different.