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Helluva a takeout slide against a former teammate by Teahen. Saved the DP.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ May 3, 2010 -> 05:02 PM) I know poker threads have been deleted in the past but I've gotten the ok from the administrator as long as no illegal online sites are linked. So, I'll start it off by saying I'm addicted to online poker and have spent my last 2 weekends on pokerstars, how about all of you? Yep.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 3, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) If its not Doug Collins, I will be displeased. I'd love to have Collins back.

Well it isn't ideal to chase Vancouver, but those last 15 minutes were the best they have looked in this series by far.

So about those last five innings in his last start being a fluke...

Here's a compromise. If the people who are here illegally can convince their country's of origin to either cover the cost of their stay here, or send a present value of their projected costs, then they can stay.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 3, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) Since when was 3 runs a "crooked number"? Man, Hawk's expectations are dropping like flies.

It really seems like most of the worst slumpers are showing signs of life over the last few days. Hopefully that is the light at the end of the tunnel.

Clutch hitting YES!

Well at least he stayed out of the double dip...

Andruw Jones with TWO non-homer RBIs.

Nice to finally see some inspired hockey. they have got to quit taking bad penalties though.

If anyone wants some first hand testimony on Walker and his role, go back and listen to the Gordon Beckham interview today on the Dan McNeil show.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 3, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Not to suck. How about getting back in track in the 9th hole, before you're worthy of getting the most at-bats out of anyone on the team? Right. And after we send out our three man line up to play the field...

QUOTE (Capn12 @ May 3, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) What....no mention of Pods' stellar performance in his last 10 games? Oh wait, that doesn't help the "ZOMG WE NEED PODS BACK, KW IS A FOOL!!!!!11" arguments, so of course it hasn't been mentioned. Wow that was quick trip from .450 to .326.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 3, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) Easily solved. Allow legal status to be in ths country, but with limited benefits. I'm trying to offer a compromise that the GOP has a chance in hell of supporting. Sounds like the 3/5's law to me. They are a citizen, but only kinda one. There isn't a chance in hell that something like that stands up as legal.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 3, 2010 -> 04:36 PM) Ozzie just doesn't get it. What has Pierre done outside of one game this week that proves he's learned his lesson? What has Beckham done to prove he should still be hitting second? Learned his lesson? What lesson does Pierre need to learn at his age?

QUOTE (The Critic @ May 3, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) They seem to have a tendency to follow s***ty games like Saturday's with strong performances, and I think they'll do it again tonight. If they lay down again tonight, I will officially panic. They have lost the opening game of their last four playoffs series now. They are 2-1, with this one to be determined, in those series.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 3, 2010 -> 06:15 AM) Then again, the early returns on the Javy Vasquez deal don't look so good) Give it some time. Lillibridge was never realistically expected to be a major league regular when we acquired him. If Flowers doesn't make it as a catcher, then that's a pretty big hit as far as that trade goes, but Gilmore and Santos Rodriguez (especially) are interesting prospects, albeit ones we won't see for another two seasons, if not 3. Look at it this way....Vazquez sucked for us when it counted, just jettisoning his contract would have been enough for me. Instead, we got a Top 50 catching prospect who's very intriguing and Gilmore/Rodriguez as part of the deal, both of who could emerge eventually at the big league level. It's nothing to get worked up about now regardless, that trade was alway a "way down the line" move in terms of evaluation. If you want to dissect any move/s, it's both Swisher trades that have been pretty horrible in terms of an overall "net" return to the Sox. However, I'll cede KW's company line that Swisher wasn't going to play CF for us and that he allocated the money from Nick's deal to the signing of Viciedo. Only when/if Dayan fails to contribute can I completely write off every element of the 2 Swisher moves and call it a complete loss. how many teams have traded for Vazquez and won the deal?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2010 -> 04:02 PM) I'm not quite sure what exactly a "Justin Beiber" is, but apparently there's one throwing out the first pitch at the Cell tonight. I bet he throws like a girl...

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 3, 2010 -> 02:38 PM) Pierre LF Beckham 2B Jones RF Konerko 1B Kotsay DH Rios CF Pierzynski C Teahen 3B Ramirez SS Peavy P EDIT: Updated with field positions. Teahen gets moved back to the bottom of the order where he had been hot before moving up,.

Another thing that might be worth considering... Are the Royals ruining careers by rushing kids to the big leagues too quickly?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2010 -> 12:19 PM) Over his last 10 games, Podsednik is hitting .175 with a .409 OPS. They're not looking. I just wish Buehrle and Danks were pitching so that they could pick him off like eight times.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 3, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) I suppose I should have mentioned this, I think it was obvious, but... the immigrant worker program or anything like it must require taxes to be paid like any other worker. That's just it. In the income brackets we are talking about, people actually pay a negative tax rate. The bottom two quintiles are both like this. The bottom bracket is also the one where people primarily use the most social services, which are already overburdened and cost-overran. Immigration is going to force people to pay for a near freeride for another however many people are out there. Pick the number you believe.

Remember when I laughed at the figures being accurate for the health plan? What do we think 15,000,000 or so non-payers will do to the system? It was the same reaction as when Obama tried to tell us that illegals weren't going to be covered. Make them all citizens and wa-la, they are all covered, along with free welfare, social security, food stamps, etc. Great incentive there to not break the law, just like after the great amnesty of 1986 which was supposed to fix everything.