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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) Everything onto a credit card. Credit cards paid in full once a month from bank account online. This + PayPal

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 24, 2012 -> 07:56 PM) Your friend may want to also file a small claims case against the person who did it. Animals in most states are considered property, so it would simply be a damage to property lawsuit and maybe theyd be liable. Did she call her homeowners insurance? Some cover animal injuries. Thanks for your note. I will pass along all suggested ideas. Much appreciated.

Posting because I am really angry about this and think the story needs attention of a larger audience. The owner is one of my Facebook friends who raises dogs in a small town. Her dog is having medical difficulties as a result and may need expensive surgery (between $6-10,000). Anyone with suggestions on organizations that help with pets medical bills, etc., would be appreciated I'm sure. Am abbreviating the article below. The entire article can be found at the following link... http://www.journalstandard.com/news/x10699...m-gunshot-wound ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dog recovers from gunshot wound Couple seeks answers to shooting It was a typical Saturday morning on Jan. 14 for Bill and Dory Potamianos of Lena. They arose that morning to the usual licks of love from their dogs. Their 2-year-old black Labrador, Wednesday, was particularly playful that morning. Dory thinks back to that morning that started with a big smile, only to have the smile shattered within minutes. Bill took the dogs outside for the morning routine. The couple have puppies from their German short hair dog. Wednesday often acted as a puppy-sitter for Bill when he tended to the six-month-old puppies. On Saturday, the puppies were overly rambunctious. Bill had his hands full. In an instant, Bill realized Wednesday was not next to him. He called out for his dog, who was wearing an electronic vibrating collar. Bill pressed the button on the vibrator to call his dog, while also calling out the dog’s name. A shot rang out from across the field, in the direction of a neighbor’s house. As Bill took off running, he was met by a bleeding Wednesday running in his direction. Bill said he remembers seeing the neighbor, gun in hand, firing another shot into the air. Bill said he heard the second shot rip through the bush. Bill called out to Dory, who had run out of their house to see what had happened. As Bill placed the bleeding dog into his truck, Dory said all she can remember seeing is the truck racing up the driveway. As Bill raced to the Lena Veterinary Clinic, Dory was left standing in the driveway, looking for answers. Dory said she followed the blood trail left by the dog, which led up to the home of their neighbor Tim Hamilton. Shaking, Dory said she knocked on the door. Time passed before Hamilton answered the door. “I asked him, ‘Did you shoot my dog?’” Dory said. “He had a big grin on his face. He said, ‘I told you not to let your dogs come on my property.’” Hamilton has been charged with criminal damage to property, a Class A misdemeanor of property value under $300. He has a court date before a judge on Feb. 16. More at link above ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidenote: I did a little research and found that under Illinois law shooting a pet dog is a Class 4 felony. Picture of the dog is below.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 7, 2012 -> 09:26 PM) Did he ever post about it? I checked his website occasionally and never saw anything posted regarding Gavin. Edit: If you are talking about the post on the twitter timeline of his site, it was merely pushed off by newer tweets. Could be that I was thinking another Jays blog that was discussing it. Tough to keep all those Canadians straight... eh?

Hmm... looks like Farrellball took the Floyd post off his blog. http://www.farrellbaseball.blogspot.com/

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 25, 2011 -> 09:50 AM) Among my gifts today was the 2012 calendar featuring Adam Dunn and Alex Rios on the cover... Let's hope Santa Claus gave them their talent back this year.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 03:58 PM) This is totally false. But this myth has evolved every year since, like, 2003. So whatever. Myth??? There are so many examples that have been posted on SoxTalk over the years (many by me), I'd consider it a total waste of time to repost them.

Regarding Danks value... it's worth playing around with Baseball Musings Day-to-Day Database to see how he compares with other pitchers. (That site is one of my favorite internet toys. Fun to play around with the different search options.) For example... here's a ranking of all MLB pitchers for the 3 year period including 2008-2010 seasons... http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/Com...K=0&MinWP=0

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) Except...Ozzie did. It makes sense for him. He got a 4 year deal with a raise from the Marlins. He destroyed any chance of salvaging the club that Kenny had, but didn't have to deal with it. Ozzie threw the season. I don't buy it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 8, 2011 -> 09:59 PM) Joe Cowley all but said he did. One good reason to not believe it. A second reason... nobody throws a season just to make a point. That's beyond ridiculous. Makes for great SunTimes articles to inflame the masses and attract readers... but simply.not.realistic.

Great move by Pujols... Leaves STL on a high note. Gets big money. Play for a team not hesitant to spend to win. Major market... warm climate. Can be moved to DH eventually and extend his career.

Happy Birthday! Only one more year til 40!! Enjoy it!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 7, 2011 -> 03:53 PM) It just seems the Marlins are a crash cash and burn waiting to happen. Fixed.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles...0,2691910.story https://twitter.com/#!/nickcafardo/stat...201147677278208

The Sox hire a guy (Marco Paddy) from Toronto last week... and trade with the Blue Jays this week to get a player he signed. They also hired a scout (Kevin Bootay) who's been with the Twins and Rangers. Wonder who he's signed that we're looking into.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 5, 2011 -> 08:53 AM) In his defense a 17 year old with that frame who has already gone from the upper 70's to the low 90's is worth talking about. A 17-year old 6'7" lefty who can throw over 90mph... Definitely worth keeping an eye on. I have to laugh a little at his control though.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 3, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) I can post horror stories of kids that wanted to kill themselves over having parents. Fixed. QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 3, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) I can post horror stories of parents that wanted to kill themselves over having children. Doubly fixed.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Nov 22, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) It was Cowley... I can just picture him telling some homeless guy... "I'll swap you this ring for your hospital bracelet."

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 19, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) Now lets all wait and see how long it takes Greg to realize he's incorrect... I can't wait that long.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,2225362.story "Among the Sox minor league players who weren't protected were pitcher Terry Doyle, outfielders Jordan Danks, Justin Greene and Brandon Short and infielder Tyler Kuhn. They are eligible for the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 8."

3 -$36M Make a donation to an animal charity in his wife's name. Buy him a hunting lodge and a new pickup. Write into his contract he can belly slide during rainouts again if he wants. (Buy insurance to cover that risk.) Add a clause that specifically prohibits him from ever pitching for the Cubs. And... offer a 4th year mutual option if necessary.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...to-the-rotation MILWAUKEE -- White Sox general manager Kenny Williams emphatically confirmed Tuesday what has been expected: Left-hander Chris Sale will be in the starting rotation in 2012. That means there will be an opening in the starting five. The vacancy is expected to come from the free-agent departure of Mark Buehrle. But the White Sox are also fielding offers for both John Danks and Gavin Floyd so in the unexpected chance that Buehrle remains, there still figures to be a spot for Sale.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 3, 2011 -> 09:58 PM) Which day is your birthday? November 3rd? or 4th? Sometimes it's hard to tell which day I'm in because I'm usually 12-13 hours ahead of the rest of the board. Weird. I randomly met a German chemical engineering student here in China who had the exact same birthday (a 1 in 365.2 possibility, or 0.0027 likelihood) so we celebrated together last night. On a related topic, he mentioned my White Sox hat and said Germans were confused why Ozzie Guillen was fired, and that he would like to share a Paulaner brew with the Ozzerrooo. Go Scorpios! November 3rd.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,5838012.story A guy who can throw 4 pitches for strikes and doesn't walk people is gonna get a shot to pitch in the bigs. But the only way I see him getting a shot to be a starter for us is if: a. A couple people in front of him get hurt b. When he does get a shot, he has immediate success Older players who were not high draft picks don't get extended trials to prove themselves in MLB.