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QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 10:22 PM) great bit of work. I really hope they win one after I'm dead. 2010 or 2011?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 09:41 PM) Never underestimate Minnesota. They proved that time and time again. BTW, I think Liriano will explode next year. He'll be two years removed from TJ, which is when more often than not pitchers get much, much better. And again things change in the offseason with acquisitions and such. No doubt though we wont be picked first which is better for us anyways. I'm not underestimating anyone, I am just saying the Sox have their best years when no one is talking about them.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 10:25 PM) unbelievably off. Very much, par for the course.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 10:25 PM) asshole, I'll be as old as BigEd, YASNY, and FlaSoxxJim How old is dirt, exactly?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 08:26 PM) You ever been in a gym/arena where it's so loud that everything in your area near you just seems to get totally silent? It's amazing. Yes. The arena was so loud the refs couldn't hear the buzzer at the end of the game. They ended up counting a shot that was a full second and a half after the clock hit 0.0. We lost a tourney game like that when I was in college.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 03:12 PM) Because he's right - oil futures were not "deregulated", they are regulated by the CFTC rules like other futures. And the spike in demand and other market factors caused the oil run. Well they are regulated in the sense that the government regulates anything financial worth a s***. As bad as the government is in keeping up with the financial sector, they might as well let these areas be self-regulated. Most of the same stuff would happen, but at least it would be cheaper.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 06:35 PM) Last 8 games, he's hitting .260 with an .873 OPS. His swing finally got cleaned up. It went from being a couple different stages, to just being long. Rios can hit with a long swing, but it is a much easier thing to fix than that funky two plane swing he had going before. I think Rios rebounds to his norms next year with a lot less pressure on him. Let's face it, the Sox will probably have zero expectations nationally and locally next year.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 05:42 PM) Semi-tough guy, nothing more than a fringe fourth liner, from what I have read. Obviously never seen him(outside the games in Zurich. No real surprises, I guess outside of Skille. Not a very bold prediction given the circumstances, but I think the team is in store for a little bit of the letdown this season. Hossa coming back mid-season will give them a fantastic boost, but until Huet shows me some consistency, I see him holding the team back. This is really the first year ever he has been asked to carry the load all by himself, and I personally don't think he has it in him. I pray he makes a fool out of me. I would agree with you more if they had stood pat in the free agent market. Even more than Hossa, Madden and Kopecky are playoff hockey personified. I really like those guys to help keep the game to game, and period to period intensity up for the Hawks. They are great examples for the Hawks kids to have on the ice. The goaltending really does scare me though.

Skille didn't make it, even with the injuries. Wow.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) lol I read that and knew that 2K5 posted behind it and knew he was going to say that. Shut up, that's why.

You must be kidding.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 02:17 PM) Received these 2 emails from a friend. Thought I'd pass em on. In Dec. 2000 Clinton signed the bill that led to the financial collapse; not Bush Bill Clinton signed the legislation that led to the Enron debacle and creation of 'credit default swaps' that led to the financial collapse of wall street. The bill was passed on the last vote of the last day of the 106th congress. Credit default swaps were sold as insurance against the default of 'mortgage back securities'. The wall street lawyers who wrote the bill didn't call them 'credit default insurance' to avoid insurance regulation laws. They also wrote the bill so there would be no federal oversight by the commodity futures trading commission or the securities and exchange commission. Finally to remove any interference by the states they included a section that prevented the states from enforcing existing gambling and bucket shop laws. Republicans are duplicitous too, rep. Ewing (R-Il), Sen. Lugar (R-In) and Sen. Gramm (R-Tx) sponsored bills that led to this legislation. Gramm insisted on no oversight by the securities and exchange commission. These guys, including Clinton need to be held accountbale. Who caused oil to go to $140 and gasoline to $4 last year? Yesterday, I sent an e-mail about the legislation that Bill Clinton signed just before leaving office in Dec. 2000. The bill was h.r. 5660 'the commodity futures modernization act'. It not only deregulated the financial markets and led to the 'financial collapse', but, it deregulated oil futures trading, so that, anyone could speculate on oil with no limit on the number of contracts. Before Clinton signed this bill into law, oil futures trading was limited to businesses (airlines, trucking companies, railroads, oil companies, etc.) That needed to hedge the price of oil to lock in their fuel costs for a year or so into the future. This unfettered speculation is what led to the $4.00 gasoline last year and started the collapse of car sales and eventually the car industry in America. This video explains a lot and again it was Bill Clinton's signature that allowed this to happen and he walks around blameless as the left keeps saying geo. Bush deregulated wall street and caused the 'financial collapse'. The last one is garbage. Record demand is what led to record prices. Blaming the futures industry for record prices is like blaming a piece of paper for what gets printed on it.

QUOTE (T R U @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 01:34 PM) Sooo full of crap Yeah right Twins, like this is so "ridiculous".. The last thing they would do is admit it. That would make things 10 times worse.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) Crap, I added the second question after 5 people already voted. Any way to reset the poll? Nope, you would have to delete and start over.

Eh, I was too slow.

That's what she said...

A third catcher? Like who? And why would you take up a roster spot when AJ alone can play 130 games, and you have a hotshot prospect back there?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 11:04 AM) Really? seems quick to you? Totally, the bid process has involved so much, it seems like it was just yesterday that Chicago won the right to lead the US bid.

One day until we should be hearing. Wow. The process has gone quickly.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 09:41 AM) Has anyone seen any data on what the turn over rate is when companies have these cuts? It is a lot less than if they shutdown.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) If we win tomorrow I'ma run out in the streets of Brazil Chanting USA USA USA or...oooo essss ahhhh or whatever Well if you suddenly stop posting, we know what happened

Here is the FWIW part of the post. Parking at Bears games is $25, and that is at the 31st street lot. The Bulls and Hawks look like this (from their website) The Cubs basically have no parking of their own. The private parking starts at about the same price as USCF, but that involves being a mile away from the stadium. To get within a quarter mile gets at least double as expensive, if not more. Yes folks, the Sox are the cheapest of all five major chicago pro teams for parking on a game by game basis, for the access you get to the ballpark.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 08:57 AM) Yeah, that was pretty much throwing out the baby with the bath water. Career suicide. Not like there are a ton of other jobs out there in that sector, which is already shrinking pretty rapidly. I suppose with the demise of the Sun Times, that should help the Trib, but I'm not sure it would help enough for the Trib to do any major new hiring. Its possible that TribCo may consider buying some of the suburban papers that make money, though. I guess they really believe that they won't let them shut it down, but evidence all across the country tells me otherwise. Its not a gamble worth making in an industry that is shrinking quicker than steel in the 90's.

How this thread has taken a miserable turn... Its like a microcosm of the Sox season.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 10:41 PM) yeah, let's do our part to get MN in the playoffs! The Twins have to got their own work to do...