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QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 05:58 PM) Elton John is playing some pretty small venues. Has his popularity really fallen that far? He is awful live now. I saw him and Billy Joel with a free ticket about 5 years ago, and he was a shell of himself. Billy Joel stole the show.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) I know Acer isn't the greatest name, but this is a great price for a laptop. Anyone use anything like this before? http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/2967...5517-5689-15-6/ 3Gb memory, 1.66 processor, 667 front end bus, 250 Gb harddrive. Those specs cost $450 to $500 in most other brand names. I got the acer. I also got a wireless router and set up a home network. It was actually surprisingly easy.

QUOTE (ROC Sox Fan @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) I have toyed with buying a custom Erstad jersey shirt many, times. Probably too many times. Probably to the point where I am one bad drunk online shopping spree away from getting one. Of course, a jersey is another story. If I got a Grinderstad I'd prolly want the road gray. edit: f***! I just impulse bought one on ebay right after this post for about $10 shipped. My life is complete? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT that is awesome

I think he has asked me for a dollar before.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 06:43 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxo.aspx?pla...=P&pitch=FA That right there is a noticeable decline in velocity over a 3 year time period. His average fastball velocity since '05: 2005: 96.2 2006: 94.8 2007: 94.3 2008: 92.6 2009: 90.9 Same goes for his offspeed pitches which are down across the board since the middle part of the decade. I had no idea that he had fallen off that much. Without the big fastball, the guy is worthless. I wouldn't have been nearly as interested in the guy if I would have known he was only hitting 90.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 06:16 PM) "You dead, dawg," says an angry voice. "I ain't even bulls-------. Your kids, too." keep him away, and move this to the Diamond Club. Dukes is a total piece of s***. Word.

For people that have seen Jones, is he hitting all fastballs? Is he the type that has been a spring training all star in the past, or does he look legit?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Yea Toy Story was my favorite when I was a kid with the Incredibles right up there. Ice Age ain't bad either. I didn't like the Incredibles particularly much. I think it was my least favorite out of the bunch, which isn't saying a lot, because it isn't like I hated it or anything. It was just meh for me.

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) Yeah but you say he is not pitching at over 90 MPH on the fastball. Maybe he has lost it completely. Tha tis really the only plus pitch he had left with control of course. That could also be Cabrera trying to use Cooper's style of pitching and it not working ala Nick Massett.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 03:04 PM) I really have to go back and watch Monsters Inc. that was easily my favorite Pixar film prior to the release of The Incredibles. Given that the last time I saw it I was about 15 years old I wonder how it would sit with me at age 23, I could see myself enjoying it even more now that I'd be able to spot the nuances of the film and comprehend more of the references. (The Simpsons Effect, if you will) Getting to rewatch lots of the Pixar stuff with having young kids, I do think Monsters was my favorite. Toy Story and Nemo are right there too.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 03:09 PM) Well, Lou is pushin' 70. He also said about a month or so ago that this team (the Cubs) is "young" and hungry. Compared to him they are really young!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) Wow, f***ing Crawford is STARTING tonight. Ugh. What's the worst that could happen... He plays like s***, and we are right back to where we started.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 01:25 PM) And the Nationals have interest in Jermaine Dye. I'm sure that's not his first choice, but if he wants to play... He has been waiting for a chance, this is it. I wonder how far down he is willing to accept in pay right now?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 11:51 AM) Elijah Dukes is Milton Bradley with more kids He wouldn't have been cut if he was putting up numbers like Bradley.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 01:08 PM) Ron Washington likes cocaine apparently. Nice example for Josh Hamilton. And he really didn't deny it, which is interesting all by itself.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 10:49 AM) The Nat's released Elijah Dukes. Riggleman claimed that it was "baseball related." I think there's more to this story. He is a mess. You wonder if a talent like this will ever figure it out.

I own a Jeff Bajenaru, game worn jersey

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) Oh well the Cabrera experiment is over. I bet he gets picked one more time b4 the year is over. I don't think he wants to hang it up. He'll end up in someone's minor league system at least, unless his shoulder is shot or something.

QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 12:58 PM) Why send down De Aza over Nix? In all odds, one of Jones, Kotsay, or TCQ is going to be hurt at some point this year. He will be back up then most likely.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 12:10 PM) The White Sox released pitcher Daniel Cabrera and outfielder Jason Botts, according to a team press release. Cabreras fate was sealing when he stopped hitting the upper nineties.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 10:13 AM) Who is Dennis, and voting on what? What's up with the unexplained posts lately? Kucinich

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 12:44 AM) Ozzie basically said he's headed to Charlotte with quotes like "he needs to go out and pitch" and "we need him ready just in case something happens to a starter." (I'm paraphrasing, of course) Given that Greg Aquino is 32, has already bombed in the majors something like 4 times and is signed to a minor league deal (he can be sent to Charlotte without having to pass through waivers) and Santos is out of options, pitching great and a prized possession of the coaching staff I do believe the competition is all but won. Exactly. In a two horse race, the only way Aquino wins, is if Santos falls apart.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 12:41 AM) Thank you. That is exactly what I wanted to know. ^ Yes, thank you.

This has all of the looks of a couple of years ago with the upsets being few, and the seed being very top heavy. once you get past the top teams, it is a clusterf***.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 17, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) Hell, if all that he learned was "I need to hire someone else to carry my _____ when I go out partying", isn't that an improvement? The problem is he should have learned that lesson after the first time in eighth grade. Its been about 15 years. Hopefully he at least got down the "not going to strip clubs when home on leave for my grandmother's funeral and getting into a fight there"...