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OK. Hold it together now... you knew this was coming.

And they cash in on the PP. Thank you Adam Burish.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 18, 2010 -> 10:14 PM) So, what's the rule in hockey? All the way past the line for a goal or just "break the plane" like football? Sharks are losing their composure. Entire puck must be fully past the goal line.

And here comes the PP. Come on boys... Do this.

What a posession by the Hawks there to make it 2-0

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 18, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) First "financial transaction taxes" are already used, both in Europe and here - you see it on your brokerage statement as "SEC Fee" or "TAF". Further, the "exchange fee" you may also see has built into it their aspects of oversight. So this is not new. Second, by upping the taxes charged on a per-transaction basis (as opposed to by-principal or by-shares), the idea is of course to hammer the people who trade more frequently. The thinking seems to be that these higher frequency traders (automatic or human) are somehow evil, and therefore must be taxed more heavily. Except, that's not reality, in relation to the bail out bills here or in Europe. The mistakes made and improper actions were not about high transaction levels - they were about improper risk, ignoring valuation and rating problems, regulations not updated to match current reality, and other regulations not enforced at all. So effectively, this method of addressing the bailouts is taxing Peter to pay Paul. It is just not logical. Furthermore, people fail to realize that it is the 20% of traders/investors who make 80% of the markets that keep bid/ask spreads lower, and therefore make the markets more efficient. In this way, the people in the 80% who are just in 401k's, mutual funds, etc., are actually saved some money. So in short, upping the transaction-level taxes will accomplish nothing and in fact make things worse. Thank you so very much.

I wonder how big Ben was supposed to be when this show started? I can't imagine this program without him.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 18, 2010 -> 07:46 PM) Help rangercal and I out, guys. "Like" this page. Send Lebron To Chicago I saw this earlier today. Excellent work Steve.

It is amazing the Hawks are winning, as the Sharks have just owned this period. Hopefully this means we took their best punch and we are on the way up here.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 18, 2010 -> 06:46 PM) I doubt LeBron is already house shopping. He's going to be working out in Chicago with Eddy Curry, but he did so last year as well(without Eddy). In fact, he spent most of his summer in Chicago. I still doubt LeBron comes. I'm pretty sure he's using us for leverage, Eddie Jones style. You lost me when you said Eddy Curry works out...

QUOTE (zeke bonura is the GOAT @ May 18, 2010 -> 07:01 PM) My favorite was when everybody had basically accepted the fact that Jermaine Dye was awful in the field, and greg kept on defending him and refused to believe it because of 2005. That's kind of an odd statement from someone who just joined three days ago... Don't you think?

QUOTE (WCSox @ May 17, 2010 -> 08:30 PM) I see little sense in naming Joey Cora or some scrub from the minor-league system manager, and then replacing him and his entire staff this winter. Kenny's not going to find the manager that he wants and assemble an entire new coaching staff in the middle of the season. The thing is if you bring in someone without a long term deal, the players have no incentive to listen to him.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 18, 2010 -> 07:53 AM) That's right. This pitching staff is more talented than the one that lead the 2005 to the World Series. I agree 100%. We might not see the same results (ie a s***load of career years) but this pitching staff is loaded with talent.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 18, 2010 -> 05:22 PM) However, I think KW has shown his dark side by getting rid of our veteran players when their contracts come up. We let Dye walk and Thome was sent to the Dodgers and then we didn't pursue him in the off season. He replaced them with ????????? He has also resigned a lot of them to multi-year deals, such as AJ, PK, Contreras, Buehrle and others.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) What do you consider it? Texas. Seriously having lived there for three years, it is its own world.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 18, 2010 -> 04:28 PM) How did you guys know what Jack's tattoo meant? I got them all right but that one. Was that brought up in the show? There was an episode about it.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 18, 2010 -> 03:33 PM) How many Soxtalkers would have really guessed at the beginning of the season that Garcia would be one of our top two pitchers as far as dependability and quality starts? I believe he has had only one subpar game Once I saw that his fastball was back around 90, I knew he would be fine.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ May 18, 2010 -> 10:33 AM) My wife's new job is nightmarishly time-consuming, so I'm on the hook for dinner 3-4 days a week. I'm a pretty solid cook so that's fin and well, but neither of us much care for the clean-up detail.

QUOTE (JorgeFabregas @ May 18, 2010 -> 01:21 PM) I'm enjoying Wimpy's call today. I don't know if they had a bad vantage point there, but the PBP was horrible for both of them. It took forever and a bunch of dead spots to hear what actually happened on a few occasions.

Sounded like a solid effort by Freddy and the Mendoza bunch today. Glad to see it.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 18, 2010 -> 12:46 AM) Quick question: where do people stand with Niemi as far as the future of this team? Is he the guy for the future or do we still look to get a veteran goalie this offseason? He's my starter until proven otherwise. He has done everything asked of him.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 17, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) This is perfect, because Jayson Nix would be the one to get yelled at for being too patient... Or Mark Teahen, except Teahen usually strikes out on full counts. Also known as a "Swisher" when it is looking.

I'm saying Cleveland until proven otherwise.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ May 17, 2010 -> 05:33 PM) I see Tallon is now the GM for the Panthers. That ought to be interesting with the bridges he burned here.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 17, 2010 -> 06:49 PM) David Schuster just reported on The Score that he has a "trusted source" who says the Phil Jackson to Chicago rumor is more than just a rumor. There may have been some "back channel" communications going on. There is some smoke there. What? They were just showing on ESPN earlier that he was leaning towards retirement. It is funny a few days ago I said that it would be interesting to pair LeBron up with a guy like Phil who could push him to the next level. I never dreamed that it could possibly happen.