southsider2k5

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 05:49 PM) lol... not IN the projects. On Pershing or thereabouts, near the new high rises that keep getting built. Oh I wasn't talking about its location, I was talking about its theme and management!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 04:09 PM) The ghetto by U.S. Cellular used to be across the expressway in Bronzeville and by Ida B. Wells projects (whichever ones they were, I forget) but that's not even really ghetto anymore (in fact I'm trying to open up a restaurant there) Which would in fact be the worlds most ghetto restaurant.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) Your theory or a true spoiler?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 04:53 PM) Is that counting benefits like the $20,000+/family health care plan and the pension plan costs? My mother's been a 25 year+ teacher, and she's no where near that salary. That is most likely salary. Once you hit the top of the wage scale, and add to it things like summer school, outside coaching, and an advanced degree, which all bump those mumbers up, we have teachers in our district pushing 90k.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) I remember last year Ozzie bought one of the "Ozzie mows Wrigley Field" t-shirts and wore it around the clubhouse. He told the media something like " I may mow lawns, but I'm not the one standing outside in the rain selling t-shirts" Ozzie needs to go on a comedy tour.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) Lost is the only show on TV that has the ability to make me watch it over a white sox game. ^

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) Rios was money too. Ozzie said that we should boo Rios at the Cell and maybe he'll hit like he did in Toronto.. If it works like it did last night, I am game. Say it with me... YOU SUCK RIOS!!! [clap, clap, clap, clap, clap] [REPEAT]

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 02:12 PM) did you know that the initials of the name "Blue Jays" also symbolizes a phrase used to describe fellatio of the male genatalia? Get out.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:58 AM) In the grand scheme of things, most of our team kicked ass last night. That's a good sign. The amazing thing was that our 3 and 4 hitters had the worst nights and we still scored eight runs.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) Are we really arguing about which player on our team was more valuable in a winning effort? We won, we have to fight about something!

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:35 AM) That PHX/DET series is gonna be intresting. Phoenix is having a great season, but playing the Red Wings is gonna be tough. That should be the best first round series of all. Those are two hot teams right there.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 10:54 AM) Here's more on WaMu from the WSJ. A serious question that I'm going to direct in 2k5's direction but I'd be happy for other responses. This whole time, you've argued as far as I can tell that each and every one of these problems in the markets over the last year has come from too much regulation/the government forcing these companies to make loans that went bad. We've recently gotten reports on AIG, Lehman, and now WaMu, and the story winds up, to my eyes, being exactly the same at every single one of them. Large amounts of liabilities were kept off the books so that regulators couldn't touch them and they didn't have to be disclosed to investors. At AIG they did so through the credit default swap market, at Lehman they did so using short-term financing to make their disclosures look better, at WaMu they appear to have relied on a combination of falsehoods and bundling practices. All 3 of them were aided and abetted by the ratings agencies who were more than willing to slap the AAA seal on their crap. I can't see how there's any rational argument that "Less regulation" is the solution here. In every single case, these institutions have gone down because of things that they were doing that the regulators were forbidden from touching. They were allowed to over-leverage without having to keep sufficient collateral on the books to cover their potential liabilities, they were allowed to make assumptions that regulators weren't allowed to challenge, they were allowed to keep so much off of their books that neither regulators nor investors could actually understand what the company's situation was. At least to me, the problem at every level seems to be associated with banks being able to write the rules such that the things that bring the banks down are things that the regulators can't touch. They can't touch stuff that the banks are legally allowed to keep off the books, they can't touch stuff that the ratings agencies slap a AAA sticker on, and in every case, it's the off-the-books stuff or the stuff that can't be regulated that brought these institutions down. You really want my response? You don't read a thing I post about this stuff or you wouldn't have written this in reference to me. I have never said LESS REGULATION. It irritates me to no end when you just make up stuff for what I said. I have always arguing that we don't regulate correctly. There is a MASSIVE difference between "less" and "wrong". Reading your post you seem to actually agree on the surface with me that how the government regulates now doesn't work. We are wasting a whole lot of money on regulation if the responsible oversight bodies take years after the fact recognize alleged illegal activity, which by the way means there are already rules against it. If a company was willing to break rules, how would more rules stop that? That doesn't make a lick of sense. The entire regulation system needs to be blown up and started again with a process that recognizes that we are now in 2010 and not the Great Depression. I have also always argued that while the government was subsidizing risky behavior which was more profitable than safe behavior, companies were going to opt for the profits, and you saw it here. And yup, the government subsidized it. What exactly is the downside for a corporation to not act like this? You know you won't get caught, you know the government is going to fix losses, and you know that if it works, you will be making lots of money.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 08:56 AM) Tea Party Movement Spreads To Military I believe if this had happened 3 years ago, they would have been branded as "unpatriotic" by a certain political party. I wonder how they will handle this now. Well I am guessing they react the exact opposite of how the group that used to say Dissent is Patriotism react.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:23 AM) We could have, because there was no way in hell Pods was going to get that. I still don't blame them for not wanting Pods even if he was willing to come back cheap though, he doesn't have a great resume in seasons after performing "well" at the MLB level. Additionally, he's still a very soft player, and he'll suffer some minor injury that will bother him for weeks on end eventually. He signed for just under two million dollars in January with the Royals. I don't blame them for not waiting around for a risky player at the cost of anyone else out there.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 07:43 AM) But you've got to ask yourself how much that has to do with Don Cooper? It's been reported repeatedly that Coop told him to ditch the 100mph heat in exchange for better control and more movement, a strategy that worked brilliantly in '07. I'd imagine that even if he wanted to throw 100mph heat now it would take a change in his routine to get there. I don't think this is what happened with Peavy, I'm pretty sure Coop let's a vet with a history of success do what he wants to do. I think Jake is just having mechanical issues. Just going from memory, his delivery looked different at the end of last season and before. He looked to be finishing in a more upright position last night further back from the hitter (closer to the rubber). Have his mechanics changed due to injury? I don't know, but if it's injury it looks to be a lower body injury to me as opposed to an elbow or shoulder. With his injury history, he also could have been out of the game by now.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 04:52 AM) With the Astros now at 0-7 and McLane rumored to be selling the club, it would be no surprise if Berkman was dealt. The only question then would be what we might be willing to give up (if anything) and the ongoing question of payroll flexibility. I'd sure pick up the phone and ask what they wanted.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:42 AM) Orlando Hudson says racism is the reason why Dye, other black players are jobless. What a garbage article. It totally ignored the other job offers that Dye had and turned down for more money.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 01:34 AM) A rumor, but Brewers want to lock up another young stud.. but Fielder isn't (doesn't want) gonna be gettin a Braun steal of a contract. I can't see the Brewers shelling out that kind of cash. I also get the feeling that Fielder would be a fat bust with that kind of contract, pun intended.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:52 AM) Bobby pretty much blew the save in the last Twins game. He got bailed out my a terrrible choice by the Twins 3rd base coauch. I find Rock Raines confidence in a closer that's been showing signs of regression for years and is putting too many men on base to be more alarming then it is charming. To be fair, we don't know that. If the Twins 3B coach holds up the runner like he should have, that meant another hitter had to get a hit for the tying run to score.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 09:21 PM) I have a feeling the Bulls are going to offer J.J Redick something close to this MLE this off-season. I think we can still make him a qualfying offer though, but I'm not 100% sure on that. He would be a great fit. They need a shooter bad.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 10:26 PM) Thornton is by far this team's best reliever, but he loses value when he loses his "ability" to come in during the 7th or 8th when a group of lefties come up. Lefties have seemingly no chance against him at all, and if he becomes the "closer" and Ozzie uses him strictly in the 9th, then Randy Williams becomes the main lefty in the pen. As great as Thornton is, I don't think he's ever considered as a closer by the Sox unless they bring in another lefty (or two) capable of being good to great. Putz is very likely next on the list, followed by Pena and then maybe Santos (though thinking of Santos in that manner is scary too...3 or whatever good performances be damned, he's still relatively new to this whole idea of pitching in the major leagues). Perfectly said.

Hey everyone where did JPhat go?

Now we are into the tough lefties.

Hawk mentions the lack of a curve...