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QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 02:51 PM) Debate for Hispanics, on Hispanic television, why speak Spanish? It would be like a Republician debate at Oral Roberts where the candidates were told not to mention God. Personally I would be curious to see besides Richardson who is actually bilingual, or more.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 02:19 PM) In case some weren't aware, there was a debate on Sunday, which was translated to Spanish and focused on issues effecting Hispanics, among the Dem candidates. The GOP apparently turned down an offer to have a similar debate. One interesting thing not noted in the MSM about the debate, but brought up here - the two candidates who actually speak Spanish (Richardson and Dodd) were specifically prohibited from doing so during the debate. This caused an interesting turn - Richardson accused Univision of an English-only bias. LOL. If you are going to pander, at least pander right!

I also came across this... JFK, the ultimate supply-sider.

Here is a little closer look at those uninsured numbers we got told about last week. It turns out about one in five of them are not US citizens in the first place... Here are some other interesting things. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp...#39;s+uninsured

Leave it to the bloggers to provide a little more information on this... http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/drilling-for-justice.htm

If you follow the link there are a lot of hyperlinks embedded into the story. http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2007/09/09...s-it-a-forgery/

With a complete lack of cooperation this is how we are going to get our news, which is way worse for baseball, because instead of one big headline, it is headline, after headline, after headline...

Samething as everyone else... traced shipments of HGH over a period of time to his house...

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 12:06 PM) Who was on the better end of these deals? I'd give them credit if they released this guys to make a point but they traded them away and got equal return. Glaus was a salary dump and they got a pretty good return in Hudson. Wasn't Grimsley still active on their roster when he was arrested? They said "suspected" users. Seriously, who would have suspected Grimsley before he was busted?

Somehow I think I won't be getting an invite :0) http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;TM=41914.51

QUOTE(Dogfood22 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 11:32 PM) It all depends on how much movement he has on his fastball IMO. Paul Byrd is nothing special but he's had success in the Majors. He'll never be a highly rated prospect because of his low velocity and the odds will be more against him, but I wouldn't say that he doesn't have a chance. Paul Byrd didn't get to the majors throwing in the mid eighties either. He threw harder than that, and slowly but surely lost that speed.

You aren't comparing Crede and Cintron as offensive equals are you? Joe is way better defensively and offensively. It is not even close.

Lin doesn't have a chance if he is in the middle eighties in the minors.

Abreu makes no sense unless he can play CF. Josh Fields is our 2008 LF.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 04:44 PM) Well, the one from this week was him saying something along the lines of Iowa was first in the caucus and primary season... And to top that off...his defense of those remarks when he was asked later what he meant...he didn't even go with the "Botched joke" one...he just came out and said "oh that was just pandering". Not the biggest gaffe in history, but certainly something that would have gotten him laughed at had he been higher in the polls. That pretty much tells you that a guy is dead and buried when he can screw up and no one notices...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 05:52 PM) So in other words, you have no idea what he's talking about either, but if he was making sense it'd be really cool? But the 72 year old guy they quoted from SD, he knows what is going on there...

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 05:48 PM) And that plan seemed pretty dumb when there is a gold glove firstbaseman on the roster. QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 06:50 PM) Honestly this is pretty straightforward. They would have used him sporadically at 1B or in a unique situation when it would have been beneficial to get his right handed bat in there. Konerko could be given a day off or if he was dinged up or whatever and you have a righthanded bat in there. If something happened to Pierzynski you could have moved Hall back behind the plate. All it was, they wanted more flexibility and it was the plan to try and have Hall be more versatile so he could get more AB's and help vs. lefthanders which was and still is a weakness. There is nothing wrong with what they did. Erstad was and is the primary 1B backup but it is not unusual to need more than one and having a RH bat was a plus. Hall and everybody associated with the team blamed no one and said it was a freak thing. It is telling when someone blames Guillen for this of all things. That was the whole point. Ozzie wanted to be able to load up against guys like CC and Johan. He wanted another righty bat in the line up.

Fields is meh at best. Maybe he could develop with time, but give the kid an in-between hop, and it is bouncing off of his chest at this point.

Eh, it was a pipedream, but I will take #498

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 07:08 PM) 3rd base is not a hole for us going into next year, unlike LF, CF, SS, 2b, SP, and RP. So what, do you pass up the chance to improve your team that much? Once again, if you move Fields to LF, you eliminate that spot anyway. Also SP is not on Kenny's to do list this winter, so you might as well cross that off as well. If anything someone is getting traded.

QUOTE(southsida86 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 07:07 PM) Sorry Jason, but Garland has worse trade value right now and going into this offseason than Freddy Garcia did last offseason, and probably identical to Buehrle's before this season. with him making $12M on a 1 year deal, I'd be surprised if we could get more than a reliever coming off a down year, or a couple of prospects like we got in the Iguchi/Mackowiak trades. I think it is best to hang on to him and hope he has a first half like he did this season so we may be able to get something of value for him at the deadline next season. I have no clue what Kenny is doing for this team because in all honesty this is a 5 year rebuilding project. The only guys on our team who have trade value are Buehrle and Konerko. Everyone else is worth a bag of balls to other GMs. Surely you can't be serious...

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 04:03 PM) Safe to say 3b is the last position we need to get someone for. So you would go out next year with either a rebuilt Joe Crede, or a guy who is still learning in Josh Fields? Yeah, I would take a 3B in a heartbeat, and keep Josh where he should be in LF. It kills two birds with one stone.

For a guy with a $5 million option, he really isn't doing much to make sure it gets picked up.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) It was his fault for prolonging both innings, but really, Garland become rattled after Cintron's errors. Even if the runs didn't score we'd still have a 1-1 game with our bullpen matching up against Minnesota's. How many outs do we need to give Johan Santana? Its sad, but we really NEED Joe Crede if we are going to be any good in 2008. We don't have one guy on this roster today who plays a decent defensive third base. Heck Uribe might be the best 3B we have in the field, and he hasn't been out there for years.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 03:49 PM) You did when you said the US went in to help. The US went in to protect its interests. Period. That's right, I forgot the US is the worlds imperialists... well at least we don't discriminate, we kill em all.