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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) It was great when Specter did it, now it's "chaos" and no one will ever do it again (turn from Dem to GOP). He lost staff too. It just goes to show you the idea of the "Big tent" is a joke. Its a big tent as long as you agree with everything they tell you to agree with.

Remember when you had to go to the ballpark to get tickets to a game?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) I think the 49er drive in from Valpo still exists. It does.

GET ON THE BUS!!!

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 01:32 PM) And pressing play on the tape drive as that was the medium that held your programs on the Commadore 64. QBasic 4 evah. I actually remember encountering one of these at my first job... My first PC was a TRS 80.

I don't think you can emphasize enough the run Frank had in the 90's. Its too bad money issues forced him to play longer than he should have.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 08:14 AM) There's one other issue that you'd likely bring up if it was the other thread; how many jobs would that cost in terms of tourist and business dollars that are suddenly less able to flow. (don't have an answer, but it should be a consideration here; you make travel from overseas more difficult and you cost American jobs) That all goes back to how much is a life actually worth. Where is your point of diminishing returns? You can also get into the how many freedoms are you willing to give up argument, or are you willing to accept that people will die because our rights give us a wide berth.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) Actually...it does strongly suggest that leaving does solve the problem. There is zero chance that actually happens.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 09:19 AM) This may have been different then. I am 99% sure about Guillen being one of the HR's, because it was such a strange event. And Baines was another. So it had to be a season where Guillen was in the 2-slot, and he was a rookie in 1985. Yeah it wasn't Ozzie for sure at the game I was at. It must have been 1984, because it was Bryan Little who hit the other one. I can't find anyone on-line who lists them looking really quickly on google.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 11:20 PM) Kovalchuk has some incredible speed. Add that to a team that already has good speed... Wth that said, he's a defensive liabilty. He doesn't like to backcheck/forecheck at all. I was just noticing, however, that the Hawks lead the league for both goal differential and total goals allowed. That's a nice stat for a team with "goaltender issues". They're playing really well in front of their goaltenders. They do an incredible job of working in the corners and winning battles. They also block shots and shoot the passing lanes as good as anyone in the league. The stat that it really shows up in is how far ahead they are in shots allowed.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) Wow. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/319000-...lackhawks-radar I am going to rain on the parade and say, we don't have the money to fit his contract. We would have to dump a ton of talent (aka contracts) to make it work.

Nice work.

I check SoxTalk relentlessly like a crack fueled OCD crazy person - even if I know there are not going to be any Sox related moves I watch other sports - like a normal person A and B.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 07:13 AM) It was indeed in the bottom of the 9th. Not sure about the no-hitter though. Why? Were you there too? If it was Dave Steib of Toronto pitching, in something like 84 or 85, yes I was. It was Rudy Law, Bryan Little, and Harold Baines with the homers. Then they were followed up with back to back doubles by Kittle and Fisk to make it 6-4. Then they went to the pen and closed us out. It was crazy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2010 -> 08:58 AM) The correlation between incidents of terrorism and military occupations is shockingly strong. It also means that apologizing and leaving won't solve the problems.

There are plenty of countries who have no invaded others, who are victims of terrorist attacks.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 09:12 PM) We stop occupying their countries and we'll see less and less attacks. I love that oft repeated myth.

Two crap goals at the end... It looked like they quit skating after the 5th goal.

Jesus, JSG was lost. He had no idea the puck was even on that side of the ice.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:38 PM) Butler 24/7 The Bulls really could use the extra outside scoring, that is for sure.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:30 PM) Weren't the Angels and Orioles offering him something like 5yr/$70M? The Orioles offer was more, but I seem to remember when taxes were included the Anaheim offer was identical to the Sox.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:08 PM) 1-0 Hawks. Versteeg puts it in with some nifty passes from Byfuglien and Madden. 2-0 on Brouwer's goal. Now a 7 game point streak for Kane on the assist. Brouwers goal was nice. The extra move and the switch the backhand was sweet.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:20 PM) Hmm; Who would be the SG then, Salmons or Butler?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 07:13 PM) Its definitely an interesting discussion. Although Israel is under a much different level of threat than the US. Interesting side effect in Isreal - terrorism and bombings still occur regularly, but due to the police state, regular crime is very, very low. It isn't hard to see it being our future. Right now we are programed to worry about the huge attacks. As more and more of those avenues become too difficult for Al Qaeda to pull off, they will not just go away. The transition will be to smaller and smaller attacks more frequently. It is how it progresses. I honestly feel you are seeing that transition as we speak in this country.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 3, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) Ya, league reviewed it and rescinded it. They interviewed him in the 1st intermission and he explained that he received the match penalty because his hand was wrapped while he was fighting at the end of the game. During his first fight, he cut his hand up pretty bad and got it taped up, then at the end of the match, he drew blood and by league rules, if you fight with anything on your hand, it's a match penalty, at least thats what he said he was told. Uneventful 1st period against Anaheim tonight. Ah. I have never heard that. Glad to see they cleared it up.