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QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:05 PM) I figured you would have been proud of my Cowley rant about Beckham. I think I agreed with you in the thread, didn't I?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) I have an urge to go back a few pages to where the Arizonians were complaining about how much they were paying to put the small fraction of non-citizens they have confined in their jails. Then I want to magnify that by 12 million. It goes back to removing the incentives to commit illegal acts. Consider it just like the damage cap that BP has in the gulf. Neither one of them should exist.

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:02 PM) Sorry bra....didn't mean to cross a line predicting something that came about another 10 feet from happening. Please no Cowleyisms.

QUOTE (icroca @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:01 PM) Even if it is overly deserved? Yes.

Eight second PP, 2-1 Hawks. Vanocouver just doesn't get playing hard AND smart.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) So immigration violations should now be felonies? If someone is in the country illegally, having made no effort to do so legally, yes. 100% yes. Overstaying a visa by a day is one thing. Entering the country by sneaking over a border is another. It should make it impossible to ever become a citizen IMO.

QUOTE (icroca @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) Nice call dips***. Name calling isn't acceptable here.

Damn it. I was hoping for an early knock out.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:27 PM) It comes back to innocent until proven guilty. Just because someone is caught without proof of citizenship, doesn't mean they are illegals. You may have forgotten to bring your papers on a business trip. Deporting them becomes a problem. Plus what country do we deport them to? Hey, I'm here illegally, deport me to Australia for the summer! We think of all those Spanish speakers are Mexican nationals, but a large percentage, perhaps as many as 25% are from further south. Maybe we do need a national ID card and if you lose it, risk being sent somewhere. I guess they would send me back to Germany lol So the penalty shouldn't fit the crime?

18 seconds b****es!!! [chelsea's dagger]

Both of Vancouver's anthem singers suck. hard.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) Where's our Heyward? Gordon Beckham... oh wait he sucks now...

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:33 PM) It's games like tonight where I'd hire LeBron's mom to coach the Bulls if it meant he'd sign here. I'd hire Calipari... and they have about the same X's and O's ability.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:36 PM) Teahen made a great play today. Figured i'd throw that in here before he screws up and we start chewing him out. I think they have worked with him a bit, because his arm slot and throws look much better tonight.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 08:37 PM) 1. Buehrle isn't leaving. If Buehrle's leaving, then the team is going to have a huge hole to fill. 2. Konerko's contract is coming off, but we don't have an obvious 1b replacement next year. 3. Even if we keep Konerko, we're going to be searching the scrap heap for a DH again next year. Gonzalez would replace PK at first. If you can dump Jenks for anything, most of Adrians salary is covered, even thought he isn't that expensive until 2012.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 08:33 PM) But even if that does happen...unless everyone else starts hitting, it's not going to be enough to offset the additional $25 mil a season it will take to sign him. You need to increase revenues by $25 million beyond where we've been the last 3-4 years. Konerko's money comes off this year. We also aren't too far from the end of Jenks as well. Buehrle comes off of the books in another year.

Rios has to feel good right about now...

Have they given a distance on the Kotsay homer yet? That thing was murdered. I had no idea he could hit a ball that far.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) It has been proven by numerous studies that the peak offensively and defensively (with artificial enhancements) for every MLB player should be between 27-30 years old. Yes, just because you're young (see Josh Fields, Chris Getz or Mark Teahen) doesn't make you good at anything in particular. But there's NO WAY that Omar Vizquel hasn't lost something defensively if you go back and compare his range and athleticism (not to mention arm strength) to the year 2000 tape. But that in no sense means he is worse than Nix, just because he is 43.

Has Buehrle thrown a ball yet?

Wow, have an inning Mark. Eight pitches, eight strikes.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:06 PM) Tell that to Ken Griffey, Jr., Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen or Jermaine Dye. Just because you are old, doesn't mean you are a worse defender than someone young.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 7, 2010 -> 07:01 PM) I don't see how Vizquel at 43 is an upgrade defensively over Nix at 2B. SS and 3B, glad to defer to Omar...but Nix is a better 2B IMO. Age has nothing to do with defensive ability.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 7, 2010 -> 06:57 PM) Good point. The other crazy part is when someone is caught they wind up released on some sort of bail arrangement until they can appear in court. Well duh, if you are here illegally you won't show up. But the Bill of Rights prevents suspects to be held without bail for a minor crime. Maybe we should rethink illegal immigration as as minor crime? If the penalty means you are going to be out of the country anyway, why should you have the opportunity to get set free? You are right, that is counter-intuitive.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 7, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) So, I'm in Chicago, and I still don't get this game. Comcast is the worst cable provider ever. They put the game on CLTV, but they don't broadcast CLTV in the NW suburbs anymore. Anyone got a feed? Go to CSN Chicago, they have a list of each towns channels. You'll have plus on a different network.