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I wouldn't be surprised if this is all a stunt to fool the Hawks.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 11, 2010 -> 01:00 PM) I wouldn't mind seeing Thornton as our closer and send Jenks packing if needed, but Putz is not much better IMO as the closer option then Jenks is. He has blown some games by giving up the long ball too But Thornton is a much better option in the 6th, 7th, and 8th to bridge us to a closer. If Jenks isn't going to close, it needs to be Putz. Thornton is too important, and the pen collapses without him in high leverage situations.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 11, 2010 -> 01:56 PM) Well... I guess Blackhawks then. I was only watching the Sox until LOST anyway...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 02:00 PM) Really, you're going to complain about guys on minor league deals going to Charlotte? Apparently yes.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 11, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) No. It's only two games. Why not go for the gusto and wish that the team tanks the rest of their games so that they're GUARANTEED to get a top pick next year! No wait, let's wish for a 5 year tank-job so that the Sox can have the best AA team in pro baseball! Hell, why not a solid decade of wishing that they lose, it's worked so well for the Cubs!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2010 -> 07:24 AM) The teams from the eras you mention weren't top 5 in payroll but I hear you. Pre-free agency, and the early years after it, payroll really didn't matter like it does today.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 11, 2010 -> 10:35 AM) Exactly what I said. That's the great part of being a fan. You control the message to the team.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 11, 2010 -> 08:17 AM) Gilmore always was, he's young and talented, just inconsistent. Short might be marginal, but he's also still quite young, so he's looking good, and I would guess you will see him start to show up on Top 25 lists now. Gilmore is a high ceiling, low percentage of working out guy from what I understand.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 11, 2010 -> 10:04 AM) The Sun-Times suggests the Bears install Field Turf in Soldier Field. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hayes/22537...-bear10.article Athomeboy cheers. After seeing field turf in action at my high school stadium, I have no doubts that this is the best course of action judging by how badly the grass has performed here.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:45 AM) Which is exactly how the people with the best lobbyists want things. And it is exactly how the regulating bodies want it. They have their own budgets, they have their own fiefdoms, and they have their own autonomy. Plus no one seems to care if they do anything anyway.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:40 AM) I don't think we're talking white collar people at these border towns. Your thought pattern changes a bit when you're at poverty levels. And did you frown upon those that crossed the Berlin wall to enter West Germany back in the cold war era? They were breaking the law after all. Go back and read my plan.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) You honestly can tell me if you were in that family's shoes you'd go south? I don't know, going away from the violence, and not breaking any laws are two things I try to do when I decide where to move.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:29 AM) The fact that you can't understand that there are people who benefit from this regulatory environment and that they're the ones you're defending with your argument is equally unbelievable to me. Sure, all of the government agencies are making out like f***ing bandits for not providing a damned bit of safety to investors.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) It's real easy to shout platitudes when you don't have a reasonable solution to the problem to offer. So how many people have you taken in from these kind of situations?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 09:05 AM) The free market at work. I can't believe you are still defending this mess of a system. The problem is the way this system is regulated is 100% wrong. If you can't see this by the regulating bodies flailing blindly, and waiting for another body to figure out what is going on because they only have a small sliver of information, I don't know what is. At the end of the day, it isn't going to be the government that figures out what happened, it is going to be a firm telling the federal government what happened. All of the money that we spend on regulation is a joke. The fact that you think we should be spending more, is unbelievable. The system needs to be blown up and started over. Anything else is make up on a turd.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 11, 2010 -> 08:58 AM) The WSJ today is running a detailed article suggesting that there really may not have been any "Fat finger" error in the collapse last Thursday, but instead, if I'm reading things right, it may have been the natural response to a large bet taken against the markets, amplified by high-frequency trading up to the point that several exchanges started shutting down trades as a defensive mechanism, leaving only the sellers on the market. In other words, not a mistake, but an inherent flaw in the trading systems. Day 5, and we still don't know what is going on. Excellent.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ May 11, 2010 -> 08:58 AM) So the American people should bow down to the cartels and just pay for all the illegals that come here because of the cartels is the answer? Not for nothing, but it's not our problem. And I don't mean to sound insensitive...but you know, it's a big world out there and a LOT of nations have problems. People are starving in China, Africa, and a number of other places, with little to no choice -- maybe we should bring them all here and save them, too. I realize they don't have the simple means of jumping a boarder, but the point is, we can't solve the entire worlds problems...any attempt to do so would destroy our own country, too. I really wish it were like Star Trek, money didn't exist, and everyone lived in the perfect world. But again, a lot of people in this world don't have a choice, we are blessed to have been born here, and there are plenty of other nations where you could feel blessed to be born. And then there are the many that you're born into a nightmare. The US isn't going to solve the worlds problems...maybe someday, but not in our lifetimes. The money is spread thinner and thinner. The world is overpopulated and there will always be problems. But heaving those problems onto the backs of the American people while the rest of the world turns the other way and pretends to help is bulls***. The USA does MORE to help via charity and aid than ANY other nation -- probably MORE than all other nations combined. But in the end, somethings gotta give. And it's starting to break the bank. It amazes me that everyone can see Greece happening right before our eyes, but no one else seems to think that somehow we should be more careful now. At the end of the day this country does have some responsibility to the people who are already here.

QUOTE (soxfan72 @ May 10, 2010 -> 11:53 PM) When do Sox fans get to give Kenny Williams the ultimatum?? Every day. Stop buying tickets. Stop watching games. Stop talking about the team.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ May 10, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) Guy 1: "Closers need special experience! Closing is a special thing Santos doesnt have the experience" Guy 2: "Jenks didnt have the experience either in '05" Basically this post will save us 100 future posts in the next week. Just cut and paste as needed. If you ask me, Bobby has built a career off how easy it is for some people to close. When he's in there with the lead in the 9th, people overswing against him year after year. When he's in during a tie game, people calm down and just tee off on his middling offerings. This year, he's been so bad that situation doesnt matter. Now, if Santos is great, he'll be great in an array of situations. On the radio today Spiegel was going on about how Matt Thornton doesnt have the closer's mentality. Call me crazy but I'll take the arm and take my chances. It isn't about experience, it is about having something like 55 innings of total career. He hasn't built up the arm strength to be a full time closer. Santos is of no use to us if his arm falls off.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 10, 2010 -> 01:33 PM) http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ar...b&fext=.jsp Daniel Hudson article http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ar...b&fext=.jsp Chris Carter article (hit 2 three run homers Sunday) Well, at least we proved we could draft a hitter in the 15th round and turn him into a Top 40 prospect down the line...that's something to be said for the scouting department, finding Brandon Allen and Carter in lower rounds. Wasn't Allen in the forth or fifth round?

I'd didn't realize this kid was Canadian on top of being a Disney kid. What's to like?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 9, 2010 -> 09:15 PM) Just to play Devil's advocate (b/c I wouldn't mind Santos pitching the 9th) but he has only pitched 42 innings in his ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CAREER. That's really all that needs to be said. But I am cool with it still. EDITED for 42 innings. This is exactly why Santos won't, and shouldn't, be the closer. The kid has zero experience, and zero arm built up. He is already being babied to prevent another sore arm like he saw last year, plus the kid is still learning. The Sox are balls on accurate in how they are handling Santos. If they play their cards right, he will be the closer in a year or two. If they screw it up, they Ankiel him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) There appears to be some question out there about why GS didn't inform its shareholders of the pending SEC action against them last year when they were first notified. The funny part is that one regulating body doesn't inform the other regulating body. This is exactly what I am talking about.

Vancouver finally got the memo about not responding to stuff. The Hawks need to figure out a way to get this next one. This series the home team is 1-4. Crazy.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 9, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) After this playoff series, whoever offers him max money gets him. Wouldn't suprise me if the Knicks do that to save face, after they end up missing out on the likes of Lebron, Bosh, Wade and Amare. Johnson would be a great fit in that offense. He's also be nice here with Rose.