southsider2k5

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) you want this sundays tickets free? If he said no, I do!

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 01:57 PM) So does that mean that every person who took up smoking during combat and died as a result of their smoking, died fighting the enemy? Don't think so. It's a huge stretch to say the least. If you are still looking for work, BP would like to talk to you about being a lawyer...

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 11:11 PM) Wow at some of the ridiculous overreactions in this thread. Besides the umpiring that is...

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 10:55 AM) This isn't remotely close to true. League batting averages: 2010- .258 2009- .262 2008- .264 2007- .268 2006- .269 (keep in mind this next set is from the peak of the steroid era) 2000- .270 1999- .271 1998- .266 1997- .267 1996- .270 1990- .258 1989- .254 1988- .254 1987- .263 1986- .258 1959- .257 1956-58- .258 1955- .259 1954- .261 1953- .264 1952- .253 1951- .261 1950- .266 1948-49- .263 1947- .261 1946- .256 1945- .260 1944- .260 1943- .253 1942- .253 1941- .262 I guess there were plenty of "stupid hitters" in those eras too. That is one hell of a downward trend though... glad to see steroids really didn't have anything to do with the offensive explosion in baseball :rolly

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 09:36 AM) That is what I find ridiculous. There is no way this conspiracy could be done and kept quiet because so many people would have needed to be involved. It is completely preposterous. And than there is the fact that it would take that many people in our government, etc, to be willing to kill that many innocent people. I can't even fathom that being the case. Now contrast that with the amount of people who "witnessed" something to do with the JFK assassination.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 08:41 AM) Thanks in no small part to some heavy incentives, the dent in Toyota sales from the recalls as far as I can tell seems to have been surprisingly small; much smaller than the dent due to the economic collapse It is even funnier that they are now stealing credit for the bankruptcy idea when originally it was the worst thing ever because it was going to lead to the destruction of the entire industry and how many million jobs was it?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 08:55 AM) The former Car Czar had an op-ed piece in the Washington Post earlier this week worth highlighting. Interesting how much credit Toyota gets in there...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 08:09 AM) You know the amazing thing Kap? I half agree with you. Lebron's game is no where near at the level it should be, and if it wasn't for his ego, I think he'd have a title by now. He's gotten everything he wanted from Cleveland. He got a coach who let him work on whatever he wanted to work on, rather than what the team needed him to work on. He got a coach who put in the system he wanted rather than focusing on running what might work best for them. He was able to get virtual veto power over trades, and they wound up with things like Shaq on the floor for 40 minutes against a couple of 25 year olds in the Celtics series. He ought to be the most dominant post player in the game, but he's shown no interest in going down low and doing that kind of work. His game is way too perimeter oriented. All that said...the other side of it is...his physical skill set is so far beyond what anyone else in the league can compare to, even with the weaknesses in his game, he's still far and away the best player. Like I said, I would love to see LeBron on a team with a coach like Skiles or Jackson that would make him a better player.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) there's all sorts of crazy ideas out there. The main ones are, I think, a government plot to go to war, some insurance scam for the guy that owned the WTC, and, of course, the jews/ Mosad are responsible. Generally, they think a missile hit the Pentagon and that the WTC buildings were wired with demolition charges. This one drives me crazy. With all of the people, time, and equiptment needed to undertake this operation, NO ONE has made a first hand account of either doing it, or seeing it done.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 10:59 PM) Ozzie doesn't care how good Thornton is throwing, Jenks is his closer. "I talked to Bobby Jenks today, yes," Guillen said. "Hopefully, that's the last time Bobby goes through [injury troubles], but in the meanwhile, I can not worry about putting him in a save situation tonight." "Bobby's our closer," Guillen added. Guillen's statement put to rest any speculation about whether Jenks would continue to be called upon to close out games for the South Siders. Matt Thornton will regain his position as a left-handed setup guy, tasked with pitching the eighth inning or earlier, if a tough left handed batter happens to come up. "I don't care how well Thornton is throwing the ball. The reason we used him [on May 28] was because Bobby was down. You look at Texas' team, they only have two lefties. I have to go with Bobby. If they go with lefties, I might take a chance with Thornton. Right now, the way we play, we have to do everything to win the game Stubborn and stupid. That's our manager. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_mlb If Jenks is his closer, that is what he was to say publicly. Also if they are hoping to dump Jenks soon, they have to keep him in as closer if they want him to have max value.l

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 3, 2010 -> 03:03 AM) I believe that's 150 games. He said he has been on the roster for 162 games. That doesn't mean he played all of them.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 07:20 PM) I normally go out of my way to avoid acknowledging she exists, personally. She gets more press from the left than anywhere...

QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 06:30 PM) When are people finally going to stop all this nonsense talk with Quentin? Outside of 2008, he's shown no ability to be a remotely above-average MLer. In 5 different ML seasons, aside from '08, the highest he's batted and got on base was .253 and .342, in his rookie season for the D-Backs in '06. Its funny what hitting 36 homers and driving in 100 will do for your expectations of a player...

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 07:17 PM) I'd like to officially add: who gives a s*** where this turdball goes? Thank you. I do if he goes to Chicago. If the Bulls don't get one of the bigger names, let me just say the weather won't be so fair for this fan...

And there is the Buff that drove us crazy all season long... stupid, stupid penalty.

End of an era. I am sad to see him go, even if it is long over due.

I'd be curious to hear from the 9-11 group on here. What and why do you believe? That is one I can't get behind at all.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 05:00 PM) I raced my 3-year old son up the stairs last night and he won and I cried. He told me to go sit my ass down and get over myself. lol. None of that s*** in my house.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) I think he is trying to say that Pods could have saved our season... Kinda like he did last year...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) That suggests he's doing a poor job of placing the ball, not that he's lost a step, which seems correct to me also. Yeah, the creativity is there. The thought process has been impressive for when he has tried things like slug bunts, slap bunts, push bunts etc. The thing is that every time he has tried them, he hasn't really executed them on the bunt itself, not on the speed aspect. A lot of pop ups for sure.

QUOTE (pktmotion @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 01:58 PM) this season he's walked 9 lefties, one less than the lefties he's struck out, which is bad. He's killing himself with the walks. But his problems are fixable. And there's no excuse for Ozzie to let Williams face RHers. Yeah, BAA isn't really impressive when it comes with a walk an inning.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) Of course there is reason to believe. Hawks have won 7 road games in a row...clearly they're comfortable in another building. Also, for as much talk there is out of Philly that they 'outplayed' the Hawks....they haven't fricken won. The other side of that is the Hawks haven't come close to playing their best game yet. An early couple goals by the Hawks could be the end of Philly and their 'crowd'. An early couple by Philly could be enough to shut down the Hawks in their building too, but the Hawks won't quit. So I think it will be a battle. I like the over pick....I'm thinking a 4-2 game....and if Philly is going to win a game this series, it will most likely be this one, but their odds go no higher than 50% in my book. It's a crap shoot, a coin flip. Indian Head or Weird Flying P?? call it in the air. They haven't outplayed anyone. They haven't been very effective at all. The only reason they were even in the first game was the Hawks top lines and defenders had awful positioning games. It really wasn't anything Philly did as much as what Chicago didn't do.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 02:27 PM) First of all... Second of all...you're ignoring my main point here, and perhaps you're doing so correctly because I think I've gotten sidetracked...is there no good to come from learning the values of sportsmanship as well? This rule clearly is a poor way of enforcing it, but the talk here has been all about the benefits of teaching kids about winning and losing and how they should be ready to be competitive in everything and always try to be winners, but at least to me, the idea of having a good time doing something, or making sure everyone at least enjoys themselves, seems like its being lost here. That's the point I'm trying to make. Does it make you feel better about yourself in a competitive area if the other team either half-asses it, or if they beat you by too much, and you got given the win? How good is it for a kids self-esteem to go home knowing that the only reason you won is either because the other team felt sorry for you, or because your team was so bad, the adults felt sorry for you and gave you the win anyway. That isn't good sportsmanship at all.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 2, 2010 -> 02:18 PM) I actually thought about that after I posted it. I hear all the time about high school grads that can barely even read. I've never actually had any first-hand experience with it. I only failed one class in high school but I didn't really need it to graduate. I saw nearly half my classmates get held-back in second grade. Another friend of mine had to take Government twice in order to graduate. We were never given anything. It is much more prevalent in crappy school districts. The school system I am in actually socially promotes until 9th grade unless the parents stop it. It is also a lot more popular now as more emphasis is put on numbers than education.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jun 1, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) So, taking the game puck is that big of a deal in hockey? Eager cared that much to get in his face about it? It sounds kinda like taking the game ball from a baseball game. It is something the winners should do.