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I am surprised it took Halladay this long to get a no-hitter/perfecto.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 09:37 PM) Kendry Morales is out for a while. It was only a matter of time for something like that to happen.

Since when did Charlotte and Indy play at Wrigley?

Congrats Jason. It is the beginning of the greatest years of your life!

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 29, 2010 -> 09:58 PM) Yeah, like I can't really identify WHY exactly it was bad because I'm not educated enough, but you usually know s*** defense when you see it. Chicago usually does an incredible job of limiting shots. I am pretty sure they led the NHL in giving up the fewest shots per game. I don't know if it was nerves or something Philly did, but guys were out of position all night long tonight.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 29, 2010 -> 09:56 PM) I hardly ever watch hockey but I tuned in to this game - is the Hawks defense always that poor? No. Not even close. Up until the last 11:30 of the game, that was about as bad as it had been all year long. It was nice to steal a game where you give up 5 goals, get zero powerplays, and get nothing from your top line.

6 goals, and nothing from the top line. Crazy.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 29, 2010 -> 08:57 PM) The defensive positioning is about as bad as I've seen for both teams. This isn't "wide open", it's about missed coverage. Neither team is dropping back to pick up the odd man pinching in or coming into the slot. Yeah, I don't know that I have ever seen guys like Keith and Seabs out of position as much as I have tonight.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ May 29, 2010 -> 07:20 PM) Holy cripes is it loud during the anthem right now. Love t. That was awesome. Pretty even first six minutes so far.

I don't know if it was said or not, but that might have been the best swing Carlos has taken all year. The huge uppercut was gone, and he was back to his line drive plane. It got out quick too.

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 29, 2010 -> 11:25 AM) Is someone gonna predict Quentin to break out everyday until he does, if he does? Somebody b****es about him everyday... might as well have some balance in the world

QUOTE (bmags @ May 29, 2010 -> 01:07 PM) I thought cops wouldn't make mistakes like this. Huh. Well, we should make laws giving them more power. Kinda like giving the government more power...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 09:37 AM) No, they never completely abandoned it. I'll agree to that. That doesn't change the fact that they did 95% of the work while we decided that the right way to deal with them was to not talk to them and call them evil for 4 years. Even if that wasn't the truth...you can't seriously sit there and tell me that turning our backs on them for 4+ years did the least bit of good. We stopped it when they tested a bomb for crying out loud! Appeasement hasn't been any better of a policy historically. All that has allowed them to do is to sell their technology while simultaneously forcing us to hold up their economy in exchange for something they have never done. The 95% number is ridiculous.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 29, 2010 -> 09:13 AM) They had every idea how to do it, but they weren't doing at the time because all the equipment was monitored by the UN under international agreements that they were somewhat following. They threw all that out the window in their 2002 tantrum, and wound up with the bomb because of it. Sorry, but that is completely garbage. They never abandoned their nuclear program. They were always working behind the scenes, whether the UN wanted to find it or not.

Any idea what time ticketbastard releases day of game tickets? I checked just now and there was nothing. Stubhub has SRO still for $255. The cheapest chair was $447.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 28, 2010 -> 11:16 PM) Guys (generally) don't go from All-Star caliber players to garbage in a year. It wasn't that much of a stretch to think he'd be a good player for the Sox, considering that's really all he's ever been. Yet how many people were selling him down the river?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 28, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) Nice to see the Sox have a good pitcher's number. We beat him twice this season now. Nice. Plus it was a guy who was good in 2005, so bonus!

Its not just two games if you guys had been watching.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 28, 2010 -> 09:21 PM) Sox say Jenks tweaked calf in BP and wasn't available - Mark Gonzales Controversy solved! I am going to guess "tweeked"=" you lost your job and we want to give you a graceful way of demoting you."

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 28, 2010 -> 06:29 PM) Be careful with that. The Rangers have a reputation of beating up their pitchers pretty badly. Also, with Nolan Ryan taking be ready for the Tom House/ Larry Rothschild theory of long toss, towel drills and throwing a football to improve your pitching, ie. Mark Prior. I remember watching Ryan do all of those drills in Old Comiskey Park. He seemed to turn out all right.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ May 28, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) He did give up a hit which, if it was Jenks, would have produced 1500 "get that fat f*** out of the game" posts by people. To be fair, that was a great piece of hitting by Longoria.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 28, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) Herm has magic fingers. And a happy wife...

That was some pitching by Freddy today.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 28, 2010 -> 07:59 PM) I wouldn't give him the job regardless, he's far more valuable getting the biggest outs of the game in the innings leading up to the 9th but just going strictly based off what he's done thus far in true save situations (and all other situations for that matter, since he's dominant regardless) there's no reason for me to believe he can't get those final 3 outs when play dictates he do so. I agree with this. I don't see LaTroy Hawkins when I see Thornton. I also don't see who would become the main bridge guy in Matt's spot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 28, 2010 -> 04:10 PM) Ok, now I'm worrying. Come on guys, this s*** needs to work. My honest opinion I have come to while watching BP struggle with this is that Obama knows the feds couldn't do a thing with this either, and that is ultimately why they didn't want to step in. They didn't want to look like FEMA on Katrina. Instead now people are questioning why they have done nothing. I wonder which looks worse?