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The Sox/Royals game was the first time in Major League history that both teams led off with HRs in the first two innings. It was also the first time that two different games had both teams lead off their games with HRs, the other being the Yankees/Orioles game.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 10:42 AM) That's a good point, but I am not so sure that would be a problem. My only concern in that way is that our troops might be specifically targeted by some groups. But overall, if we were one twentieth of some 100,000 person force over there, that might work pretty well, even in terms of PR. The US is obviously contributing in adding logisticaly and financial support, so it isn't like they are neglecting the solution at all. I just think with the cultural sensitivies of the current enviornment of the middle ease right now, the less American faces in Lebannon, the better.

It looks to be an Israeli mobster that Clarett owed money to, and was afraid of... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14401438/

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 10:36 AM) Hm. To me, the headline news in that article wasn't France - it was the US saying it was unwilling to contribute ANY ground forces. I can't say I'm happy about either one. I think that is more of a smart move than anything. How well would it go over to have US troops on the ground in another Arab country, especially one that just got done fighting with Israel. I don't think there would be any winners in that scenario.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:34 AM) I think the idea was that his father owned the stock, and then when he died, the stock was in his father's estate. The estate then sold the stock. Doesn't sound like he ever owned it. But all this is nitpicking anyway. The article was weak in the first place, finding a couple small tidbits about Gore's non-green activities and trying to crucify him with them. Turns out they weren't even accurate. Pretty weak sauce. Gore appears to actually put his money where is mouth is, which I must admit, is more than I do for the environment. Kudos to Al on this topic. Its just like anything. When you hold yourself up as a moral authority on anything, there are people who are going to make sure that you aren't hiding in a glasshouse. It doesn't surprise me at all, as this is done everyday... Just ask people like Pat Robertson.

QUOTE(mreye @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 09:30 AM) I agree. People tell my wife and I all the time that we should get our daughter into modeling, etc. They've been saying that since she was less than 1. We just nod and politely smile, all the while thinking, "Yeah, I'm going to force my daughter into that psycho lifestyle, you crazy b****!" We got the samething, along with the exact same reaction. When SHE *wants* to do something, fine. But tell me how parading your young kids in front of people like that is for the kids? I don't get that part.

The funny part is that I remember all of the fans pre2005 who used to always say that the Sox need to do everything they can to just win ONE World Series, and how they would never care again if they did it.

That is interesting wording. His "father's stock" was sold off, did Al hold any, and did he sell it? Plus if his father was dead, how was it "his fathers stock"? Wasn't it then his stock? He inheriteded it right? Why not just say he sold that off? Plus it leaves a tec Also, why would it take Gore so long to actually divest the Zinc mine? He had already long since written his book, and was probably pretty far into production on his movie, not to mention he had already made his run for President.

US stopped Iran from sending missles to Hezbollah

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 08:21 AM) You go out to your farm or ranch and a bear is in your pen, of course you can kill it in the pen. What would be the alternatives? Say shoo, please go away? Wait until it tears up your property or kills some livestock? I agree it is a lame way to harvest a bear in this way, but is it criminal and should there be charges years after? I don't think so. Which is more cruel and inhumane, our factories that turn out t-bones and ground beef, or the harvesting of wild game? Do you also have a problem with killing a tame cow? A tame chicken? A tame pig? Hell no, those are all really tasty

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 07:48 AM) And I always wonder why certain players get some press for being on the list and others do not. Do sports writers try and pick the biggest names that could be dealt? That would make the most sense. Because it is supposed to be an anonymus process so the only time when something like this is made public, it is someone in a teams front office who is looking for PR when they do it.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Aug 18, 2006 -> 07:37 AM) I thought that most teams put a lot of players on the waiver wire to mask the players they want to move. If they didn't do that teams would low-ball them. Pretty much the facts are scattered through this thread -All players are placed on waivers during August. -7 players per day can be placed on waivers, and teams tend to bunch them up in groups of 7 as to mask who they are looking to deal, and to see what is interested in which particular guys. -If you claim a player there starts either a 48 hour window to work out a trade, or the team can decide to just let the player go, and that team claiming the player picks him and his entire contract site unseen, unlike a trade which is done pending a physical. The vast majority of players who get claimed, get pulled back as nothing can be worked out usually. -Waiver deals are incredibly more difficult than regular trades, because it only takes one team to screw up a deal by claiming a player.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 03:38 PM) but doncha think there's something wrong when you make such a big deal about managing getting us a single run? I think there is something wrong with the general negative obsession with Ozzie, but that might just be me.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 03:36 PM) Are you sure Ozzie sent him? If Pods just had the green light, that was 100% the perfect time to run. I said wait for 2 balls before the first pitch was thrown in that count. Thome doesn't score that run whether he is in motion or not.

BTW, Ozzie just got us a run with his managing...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 03:11 PM) If All MacDougal ever did for this team was retire Sweeney late in games for the next 2 seasons, I'd be absolutely thrilled. Still thrilled?

-------------------------------- Really creepy:warning: pyshic sketch of Ramsey killer

QUOTE(whitem0nkey @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 02:18 PM) yesterday on Bores and Bernstein, Dan said a sox source from the sox organization told him that he will not be back, but he refused to name who told him this. An unnamed source from the Score? Yeah, I'll sure bank that one...

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 02:02 PM) Why is the guy in Thailand in the first place? To me this sounds like a child predator on the prowl internationally. He had just gotten a teaching job... Yeah, on the prowl indeed.

Karr confesses to strangling Ramsey

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 17, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) Your were part of the investigation? Wow, that's fascinating....how much do you know (not asking you to tell us, but more like do you know as much as anybody in general is the question). Also, are you saying they might have just decided after 10 years to find a crazy guy who was in the area at the time to frame with the crime? Not to speak too much for NSS, but I think he is aluding to the fact that if you REALLY believe something, people tend to go out of their way to find evidence that supports your beliefs. If the investigators really thought this guy was the guilty man, it wouldn't be that hard to build a pretty quick circumstancial case against him judging by what he have read about him. Mix in a few conincidences, and you could really convince someone of his guilt, whether it were true or not. (just to be clear, I am not speaking to this mans guilt or innocence, mostly towards human nature)

I am 100% positive the White Sox would claim him just to block the Tigers from replacing Polanco.

So after having all of the bad news at once, it now seems we are in a "good" news rut here. Crude prices have fallen to their lowest levels since June, while Gas futures are sitting at lows last seen since the middle of May, if they can go through those, they are looking at levels last seen around opening day. Gas futures have fallen off about 40 cents in the last 3 weeks or so since the Prudehoe Bay highs, all by themselves. Personally I don't think the fall at the pump will be this dramatic, as the run up in the futures never really was fully felt at the pump, but I think we could be looking at 20-25 cents lower at pump by the weekend after Labor Day. On a technical level gas futures are testing the 200 day moving average for the 4th day in a row, and seem to be holding underneath it today. If they do indeed move through that average, there really isn't much to artificially hold up prices from falling pretty well unless something big happens in the news. The next technical support level would be between 1.75 and 1.80, we are currently trading about 1.93-1.94 as we speak.

Pods is done in Chicago after this season, I have no doubt about it. The interesting thing is if we get another traditional leadoff hitter, or move someone else to get one there, and move Fields into LF.

What they are thinking...