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Sounds like one hell of a play.

LOL, there's sponsors for the MLB disclaimer during broadcasts now.

Juany.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 8, 2008 -> 02:28 PM) It is really getting pathetic that Swisher whose average is sad is playing every day as is Konerko while Anderson who looks to at least have a clue is playing once a week. At least for me, it kills any notion that Ozzie doesn't have a personal beef with Anderson and that Anderson will ever get a chance on the White Sox.

The Sox continue their proud stats of being last in AVG and best in HR's!

Farmer kept calling Carlos Quentin Carlos Gomez during that play.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ May 8, 2008 -> 12:32 AM) http://www.timelooptheory.com/the_timeline.htm No spoilers. If you have a half hour to blow, its a really good read. Great read. I don't agree with some specific details, but I do think that the overall premise is there. The "time loop" idea has been in the back of my head for a while now.

What a disaster of a game. Glad I got to see the Twins beat our heads in again. Seems like thats the only games I ever go to. Anyone have video of Buerhle taking it out on the heater?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 8, 2008 -> 07:23 AM) Because this is not the actual election, this is not a states rights issue IMO. Because the parties are still determining their candidates for the general election at this time, I do believe it is still up to the parties to decide how they want to handle things. Within the current structure, the state parties still have the right to determine what they will do. IE, Illinois Democratic Party can choose to have a different method than the Ohio Democratic Party. There's nothing that says it has to be that way, though. If the Democrats wanted, they could say "Howard Dean picks the candidate" and that would be that.

Belichick is a "genius" because he apparently cheated. You can take him. Do you have anything to actually defend Belichick's actions, or are you just going to keep gushing over how fabulous he is?

the Office and Lost are the only things I watch on Thursdays (they're the only shows I watch on network TV), so I like having them on the same night. Usually head over to a friend's house so we can DVR through the 20 commercials in Lost. Thursdays are at least a baseball day off every once in a while. I remember having to flip back and forth between Lost and Buerhle's no-no last year until it got until the 8th or 9th inning (then it stayed on).

Got rained out the last time I tried to go, so hopefully this will be my first game of the year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2008 -> 06:51 AM) Well while this thread is up... The wife and I are planning on being good Amerians and buying a new HD with the stimulus check here soon. We want something in the 32" variety, because that is the biggest we can go and still keep the entertainment center. Any recomendations? Then question number two becomes for people who have Comcast, what cable package does it take to be able to get Sox games in HD? Thanks, I'll hang up and listen for your answer I just picked up a 40" Sony three weeks ago and I love it. Their 32" sets looked great, too. Can't go wrong with Samsung either. I added the Digital Starter and HD packages to my cable and I get all the Sox games. What I find weird about this package is I get some Discovery Network stations like Discovery, HD Theater and Animal Planet in HD, but not others like TLC. If you want TLC, HGTV, FOOD, History, etc. in HD, you'll have to go with Digital Classic. When you call Comcast, be sure to keep asking for a better price and threaten to switch to satellite. you can get your bill dropped substantially.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 6, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) What happened? JD with a ground ball up the middle, Cabrera scores. Quentin goes for 3rd and the ball gets away. Quentin went for home and the throw beat him, but Mauer couldn't handle the ball and Quentin was safe.

Good break for Quentin right there. He was out by about 10 feet.

Quentin is the best.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ May 6, 2008 -> 06:19 PM) Steve Stone saying Gavin did not touch first base. You can see in the replay that he was off at first but twisted his foot and made contact before the runner reached. Close call and I can see how the ump would miss it, but I still think he was out.

That was an out. So Gavin's already getting squeezed and then they blow a call at first. Great job, umps!

QUOTE (Colorado Sox Fan @ May 6, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) Extremely well put. People are always looking for a quick fix. You guys need to chill. This team is going to turn it around. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that...

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 6, 2008 -> 12:53 PM) And the team should have probably made the playoffs a few more times in his tenure, and that probably will be his downfall, but I think many people on here forget how awful other GM's can be. I don't care how awful other GM's are. I'm not going to accept mediocrity/ below average results because other people are worse. Yeah, his failure at succeding will be his downfall. I prefer competitive payrolls, but that's just me.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 6, 2008 -> 01:44 PM) If not winning the world series is failure, then what is the equal for your job? Not doubling your revenue? Not inventing a new product that outsells all competitors? Kenny did a good job this offseason, he may get close to the ax because the players arent performing the way they should and the way everyone was celebrating before this slump, but he still made some great decisions. Not making the playoffs 87.5% of the time with a substantial payroll is failure for a GM in my book. Another season like last year's and attendance will be way down again. Look at my Motorola analogy. Hell, the timeline even matches with KW's success (BIG peak in 2005, crap and losing market share since). He did great for 2005, but you can't ride on that success forever.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 6, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) And that becomes the circular problem. As noted earlier, the primary is for party members to select a candidate. By definition an independent is not part of a party, yet they are voting. So if it is just to see who the top two vote getters are, why not just list all the candidates and go from there? Because its not to see who the overall top two are. Its to see who the top Dem. and Rep. (and other parties) are. In your situation, the "winners" would have a small percentage of the vote since the "pie" would be shared with more people. You'd almost need automatic run offs (3 pts for first choice, 2 for second, 1 for third type voting).

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 6, 2008 -> 12:02 PM) OK. How do they decide who is a party member? Again, Rush can pick up a Dem ballot and Sharpton can grab a GOP. How is that the members picking the candidate? I understand the Dem super delegates. At least down here they are elected officials (current or past), organizers, county party chair, and large campaign contributors. They are truly members of the party. But if the GOP campaign was still close in Texas, I would be a member of the GOP party based on my last vote. And y'all know that would be a wolf in sheeps clothing. I would not be surprised if Kap grabbed a Dem ballot. Not much was in play on the GOP side in Texas. Kap is a knowledgable voter who knew as much or more about the Dem candidates. But his values, and those of who we would call a "dem party member" are probably not the same. Is the system really correct when anyone can select either party nominee? You self-identify with your party of choice. This round of primaries has brought out some flaws in the current system, namely that disingenuous voters can cross over and vote solely to cause disruption. More often than not, however, that is not the case. Republican voters picked the Republican candidate. A closed primary tries to get around disingenuous voters but has the potential to exclude independent voters who may be genuinely interested in a certain candidate.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 6, 2008 -> 11:28 AM) Why should we vote twice? And why should it be divided between parties? Why not just list everyone running and take the top two? If that happens to be two Reps, why not? If they were the two top vote getters. The primaries are for party members to pick who their party's candidate will be, not for Americans to decide who the President will be.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ May 6, 2008 -> 10:55 AM) No exempt from the love, just above the law. Atleast in this circumstance. The reaction from a blowup doll with baseball bats inserted up its ass will have two different reactions within an office building and a baseball clubhouse. Unlawful and unfair as it may be, the atmosphere associated with a baseball clubhouse should lend people to, atleast, expect acts such as this are possible. You'd never expect hazing, such as RockRaines has been talking about, in an office. well, then you get into the whole argument of why should we continue to allow/ expect it even if we allowed/ expected it in the past?