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For my money, if Beckham's average stays here, along with a homer about every 20 ABs or so, plus some progression on defense (mostly consistancy) I will call his 2009 a raging success for him.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 12:57 PM) I think Huet will be dealt anyway... almost has to. If we can resign Khabi and ditch Huet, this off season is a HUGE success.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 12:55 PM) Havlat to LA 8 years 8 mil per. Dan McNeil show....No idea if its true They can have him at that price. A part of me is glad we didn't resign him long term, because I get the feeling last year was a contract drive and that he gets back to being soft in a hurry.

So we know we are going to the Cup finals this year to lose... That's an improvement anyway!

I don't remember who said it, but who ever called Ben Button, Forrest Gump in reverse was spot on. OK movie, but totally ripped off.

There is no reason for Congress to be involved in this s***.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 11:03 PM) Rumors are Gaborik and Marty are going to sign with the Kings. Also, Heatley looks to be going to Edmonton......Nothing on the Hawks front.... The biggest thing the Hawks will do is sign their own guys again...

That is eight scoreless innings by the pen, and 10 straight overall.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 05:46 PM) <!--quoteo(post=1934432:date=Jun 30, 2009 -> 06:33 PM:name=SHIPPS)-->QUOTE (SHIPPS @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) <!--quotec-->When my friends would come over when I was a kid I would hide the Richard Simmons tapes cause I knew the jokes that were going to come after. Yes ,I was embarrassed that my mom was a fan of his. One of the greatest shows ever.

I almost forgot, this win puts the Sox over .500

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 05:22 PM) Thome is the most expendable and/or replaceable. But, he is also an integral part of the team and hard to replace in that regards How is Thome easily replaceable? How many 35 homer power hitting lefties, which draw a 100 walks annually, are there out there which are available to us?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 10:28 PM) So why are the Europeans building it? It's almost as if having a government totally opposed to the existence of said industries might be doing something to make it unprofitable. (I.e. classic example, the wind power subsidies that appeared one year and disappeared the next over a period of about 8 years. And before you say "Why do they need subsidies!" don't pretend Coal and Oil aren't heavily subsidized in their own way). So what exactly are they doing to make it unprofitable, besides not paying people to do it, which doesn't make it economically profitable?

I don't see us closing the door, but I also don't see the package being anywhere near what it was.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 10:09 PM) In fact, now that i go to their actual data, I can actively prove you're completely wrong. Over that time period, the U.S.'s green tech exports have grown significantly, increasing in size by 5.4% annually on average. The difference is...U.S. imports of green technology have grown by 8.7% annually. Over the period of 10+ years, that difference in growth rate makes up the difference. The market for green technologies, therefore, has grown at over 10% per year. And yet American companies aren't building it. In other words, there isn't any money in it, just like I have said all along.

Amazing stat of the day... Cliff Lee was 6-5 with a 5.21 era against the Sox, BEFORE today.

What is the best part about your job?

We need a little Tyler Kuhn love as well...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 09:36 PM) damn, not a lot of love for a team that's 4 games out of first place at the end of June And has had their best hitter hurt for two months now...

The game has been called in the top of the 7th, final score 11-4. Beckham Getz Nix Konerko Strawberry Fields

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 07:46 PM) Fascinating report here in terms of job creation and environmental policy. Over the last 8 years, the U.S. has gone from an exporter of environmental equipment and technology to an importer of it. In their data, this is heavily due to manufacturing of electrical equipment, i.e. wind turbines, solar panels, biofuels, and high-tech pollution management equipment etc. moving from being built in the U.S. to being built overseas, particularly in Europe. I wonder what happened around year 2000 that made things change? That is pretty interesting to me, because even with energy prices going up during that time, consumers seemingly still aren't interested. But that won't stop the government from telling us what we have to have, right?

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 02:44 PM) Podsednik, Beckham, Ramirez all aren't thumpers. We have some other guys more like Getz in our lineup too. The finisher for me is that there is about zero chance Fields could play second base decently. He doesn't have any quickness or range at third, and would actually require more at second. We don't need to downgrade defensively at yet another position.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) You're right. It is Railcats. What was I thinking about? Their old CBA team was the Steelheads.

It would be nice to see Clayton take a step forward tonight. He needs to get out of the mode where he is 3-2 on every hitter, much like Danks was his first year up here. Quit being so fine and depend on your stuff to get batters out.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) I intangibly agree with this, but if Fields was hitting .250 and projected to hit 30 homers, would you feel like you could bench him for a different type of hitter? Maybe if we don't replace guys like Thome, Dye, and Konerko. But right now, we don't need the thumpers.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 30, 2009 -> 02:30 PM) Some new stories by myself...Future Sox 11 All-Stars in Birmingham? That is nuts!