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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:10 PM) Really? You think the matchup Lebron/izzo works well? Why would Izzo turn down a Rose-led Bulls team for a lottery-ish Cavs team without LeBron? With all of the teams that Izzo has turned down before, he sure isn't going to the NBA to rebuild a team.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=29584 Random internet site says Izzo is gone. He let his players know, with a press conference to come later. I don't get it. He's one of the best college coaches around, already makes tons of money, and is going to a franchise in complete turmoil? Unless Lebron has promised to stick around, there's no way I'd go to Cleveland. That tells me that LeBron isn't going anywhere.

Come on guys, shut it down.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) Maybe we can get the author of this book to give him a personal lesson. LMAO at the irony.

How about "Obama lied and the Gulf of Mexico died"?

http://www.twiceright.com/2010/6/9/obama-w...us-news/by/alex

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) The one thing that annoys me but doesn't surprise me about that article is that it doesn't point out that every time they tried to put a delay on any sort of drilling, the (usually Republican) local Senators responded by blocking a dozen or so more Obama nominees. Although it is nice to see the Republicans here starting to agree with us that the flow rate has been deliberately set low from the start to protect BP. I doubt it was to protect BP. It was to protect Obama.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:12 PM) Yeah apparently he's known for doing that. But he makes a good impression. Reports were that he got the jurors attention and even made a few of them laugh. I'm sure it's a bit different than the dry and serious tone the government took. I thought it was interesting that as a defense Adams basically said that Blago used the seat in order to get his Illinois legislation passed. Blago tried to cut a deal with Obama/Rahm to put pressure on Mike Madigan to pass his legislation here at home. As a threat, he said he was going to appoint Jesse Jackson Jr, who the White House knew wouldn't get re-elected. So I guess Rahm calls Mike Madigan and basically says to pass Blago's stuff and he'll appoint Lisa Madigan to the senate seat. The following morning Blago was arrested. The timing seems a little fishy to me. I wonder if the Feds decided to pounce before a grand conspiracy (involving every major Democrat in Illinois and the White House) really got rolling. Seeing the actions of this administration to try to manipulate races, it could introduce a seed of doubt. All though I have no doubt Blago is about as dirty as they come.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:37 PM) Wow, kind of surprised he went that deep in the draft, the way they are describing him. Hopefully he signs. It probably means a solid college commit.

Boo to it only being open to Illinois residents. I live closer to USCF than a lot of people in Illinois do.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 10:24 PM) That's one. Nowhere near the success they've had with hitters. And they won't with Maddux gone for Texas.

If the bold sounds familiar, that is because this was a favorite line of attack against the Bush admin of either ignoring, or rewriting hard science for something that would fit their agenda. The full story is at the link. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/...?RS_show_page=0

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:48 AM) Oh, please. If you weren't so busy trying to make this a non0issue, you'd realize that Ozzie actually made a much bigger deal out of this then he needed too. He's trying to have it both ways: express his dissapointment with the Sox and motivating his son. The entitlement alone bothers me. I think you are even reading into to it to get that his disappointment is with the Sox specifically, and not at his kids overall draft position.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:17 AM) Warning shots are not part of any sort of police training, nor should they be. If you fire a gun, it had better be a deadly force situation, because there is no telling where that bullet will land. Remember that behind the target in this case, is the city of Juarez, a dense urban area. Not to mention if you fire a warning shot, there is a good chance the other party could fire back at you, not knowing that it is a warning shot. Especially in a case where language could be a problem

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) I didn't even begin to think about that. Do you see this a response to him not signing his extension and an indication that he's going to be moved? It also could be a product of Danks potentially bringing the biggest package of anyone on this team if we do indeed pull a full rebuild.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 06:13 AM) The Sox are finding new ways to lose. Last night it was a very rare implosion by Matt Thornton...although scratching out only 2 runs on a Kotsay (!) HR didn't help. Call it, ring the bell, throw in the towel. Make some trades and get us excited about the future. I think that is three straight appearances with a run given up by Matt.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 11:27 PM) Cowley seems hell bent on making the problems between KW and Ozzie appear much bigger than they are. When you have no talent as a writer, your subjects have to be more interesting.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 11:08 PM) Cowley

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 08:00 AM) Did you read the article? Ok, his son was drafted about 10 rounds later than they, and many scouts, thought he might be. That's understandable they'd be a little disappointed. How inflammatory! Seriously, what is wrong with that statement? Disappointment does not equate to anger. He even admits to people having varying opinions. As is the case with a lot of young players. Seriously, what is with this getting pissed off just for the sake of getting pissed off lately. (I'm not saying it's just you btw.) Thank you, I thought I was alone in not seeing what was so inflammatory about the quotes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 07:49 AM) It strikes me that Sale is most likely the replacement for D1. Winner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 05:11 PM) Isn't that a serious drop from where he was supposed to go? Round 5 to 10 was the story before the draft.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) We just took Ozney in the 22nd round. It is almost worse to take him here than to not take him at all.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 02:40 PM) With the prospects they got comming up and their recent draft, they will be very soon. Hell I would say the Cubs still think they are legit. Great future though for the Pirates. They also changed their entire draft philosophy. No they won't. As soon as some of them get good, it will be time to trade them. Its a never ending cycle for them.