StrangeSox

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2009 -> 02:17 PM) I agree with him about Gavin and agree with you about a replacement. The Sox can't upgrade an 0-5 8+ ERA Contreras. What is the next guy in line going to do? That's the worst part about this mess. KW apparently had no plans for Contreras or Colon either sucking or being injured for a length of time. Now we have Contreras gone due to performance, Floyd doing very poorly and you still have injury/ suck potential out there in Colon.

QUOTE (juddling @ May 13, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) I understand about making changes as the season goes on....i mean....the producers have said in the past the the role of Ben was orginally for only 4 or 5 episodes. When they saw what a great actor they had for the role they expanded it and wove it into the story. If something works (like Ben) then get keep it....if it doesn't (Nikki and Paulo) then get rid of it. I understand that part, but I was talking about their explanation for the time-loop that the watch is stuck in or Ben bringing Richard to tell himself to bring everyone back after he's brought everyone back. That's why time travel stories end up not working -- a big paradox ends up in there somewhere.

Sad report on the situation. The article is a little sensationalist, but you can read the transcript on the side. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/20...rash-ntsb_N.htm We definitely have the controls algorithms to fly planes all by themselves, but I don't know that the public would ever be comfortable with that. I wouldn't be. Captains for major airlines make good money ($150k or so), but a lot of pilots make next to nothing. That's the reason I didn't consider it for a career.

Fantastic.

QUOTE (tommy @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:29 AM) I just woke up, how did they score? V. Martinez solo shot.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:17 AM) If Walker has any purpose with his team, he'll work with Fields on correcting his swing. This has become embarrassing. We all know Coop has his success stories of "fixing" pitchers. Has Walker ever "fixed" anyone with a bad swing?

Get out of here with your complexities and nuances. I want jingoism!

The first was 409 I think.

My girlfriend at the Sox game last Friday (she doesn't follow baseball): "Lillibridge? What kind of name is that? Sounds like a magic forest fairy or something." Seems appropriate.

way to go miller. great hit there.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 11, 2009 -> 09:17 AM) I thought their explanation was very well said. One thing they have said over and over again is the larger story arch does not change, but often the in season stuff does. That interview left me really disappointed. It sounds like they're already making excuses for not explaining things or things that make no sense and attributing them to "mythology" instead of "plot holes".

Yeah, sounds like smoke bombs or something. My friend saw a ton of ambulances coming over the 9th street bridge on her way to work this morning.

He did the same thing back in '07 if I'm remembering it accurately.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05...department.html

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 11, 2009 -> 04:27 AM) Man, the religious right got all spun up about Obama hating God and everything because he chose to observe the National Day of Prayer in private... first of all, the "tradition" of making it a major event every year started with Bush, and secondly, this is right out of the Bible: Matthew 6:5 "And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell you with certainty, they have their full reward! Matthew 6:6 But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you. I'm no religious scholar but that sounds pretty simple to me - directly contradicts all of these people who make a big issue out of praying in public. If you want to do it, then do it, nobody's stopping you. Just don't expect everybody to follow you with some kind of fanatical devotion, and don't get offended when some people just don't want to be bothered. Obama Derangement Syndrome. The man can't even order a cheeseburger without being criticized.

This.game.is.ova.

WTF? That's some quality umpiring. Hawk and Stoney are both really pissed. Stone can barely get the words out.

I love how often Stoney predicts exactly what pitch is coming and why.

Kap, you've gone off the deep end. You're right, Hannity, Rush, et. al. are not news sources. Someone needs to inform their listeners of that. If they want to label themselves as court jesters, as TDS and Colbert do, there wouldn't be anything to talk about there.

Obama is an elitist for ordering spicy mustard instead of ketchup. This is the excellent political commentary I've come to expect from Hannity, Limbaugh, etc. "I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." -Voltaire

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 8, 2009 -> 12:41 PM) Kate is hot but i wished she died in season 1 her character is a waste. Kate-centric episodes tend to be awful.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 8, 2009 -> 01:54 PM) There is no way that pot smokers will accept the price increase that would come with legalization. People forget that with legalization, will come product liability costs, marketing, distribution, FDA controlled manufacturing, multiple profit centers, and other costs. Then add a sizable "sin-tax" and you have a price far higher than what is paid now. Add to that the ease in which a quality product can be grown at home. The already in place black market, and I just do not see all this tax coming in. You're forgetting that illegality adds its own large price inflation.

Go Mark Go

Fantastic work, Mr. Dylan.

Better question: Ditka or Jordan?