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Unreal.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 08:06 AM) Not saying there are glaringly better options but AJ as the 5 hitter is so damn miserable. It manifested itself last night in the 9th inning. I wouldn't be opposed to moving Dunn up to 5 at this point.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 10:20 PM) Brewers up 8-4 now in the 8th. So good to see that it appears Rickie Weeks has overcome his injury woes. Really fun player to watch. Might be the best 2B in the NL with Utley more injury prone and older now. His brother has been really fun to watch too...s***, can that man run...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 16, 2011 -> 08:17 AM) Link I was playing with that thing quite a bit last week

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) Dispatch was pretty sweet last night, hot as hell outside last night! Wow, totally forgot about Dispatch...

I actually read or saw something that said the acting was outstanding in Moneyball.

QUOTE (Real @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 10:05 PM) and Gavin Floyd is public enemy number f***ing 1 in the "Mentally Weak" category We very rarely agree, but here we do.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) Rongey never will just say Sox have issues. The Sox are just mentally weak. There is no other explanation.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 09:50 PM) As well as docsox saying it Doc has been down on him for more than a year now...I tried to convince him, but he was too smart to believe me...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) The funny thing is that people probably think I hate Peavy. He's definitely not someone I dislike, and really hope he can be a big factor for the Sox the next year and a half. Well you guys say I am one of the top three homers around here, and if I'm down on the guy, then his best days probably are well, well behind him...

Well, I am officially hoping for Juan Pierre to pull a hamstring. And if that was not the prototypical Twins defeat of the White Sox, I don't know what is.

I think this shows how badly we need cash right now...

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 11:49 AM) Thanks - The groom is a Cubs fan so that is out of the equation, we are already going paintballing, strippers on party bus, etc. Just looking moreso for bars that anyone has had experience with a group of about 40 at! Dick's last resort is sort of a fun dinner spot for big groups....s***, by the point you guys actually get to the bar, you're going to be so liquored up that you won't give a s*** where you are...just make sure you are either in Wrigleyville or Lincoln Park so there are lots of bars grouped together...

And if not the Sox game for starters, golf is usually a pretty decent starter....

Cueto has been outstanding this year thus far since coming off the DL.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 09:38 AM) LOL. Well he said he'd definitely schedule me for another interview. That sounded like a success to me. Great Success!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 10:01 AM) It's not like he was pitching like s***. Other than that meltdown inning against Detroit, he had been pretty solid. So he can't be offering this up due to poor performance. Nothing else to to believe other than him coming to the conclusion that he probably can't physically do it as a starter anymore. So we officially have a Kerry Wood clone on our hands. A $17 million dollar one. The SP prognosis for this team going forward (specifically after this season) is frightening. I think he probably is just as frustrated as anyone. He probably feels like he is letting down the Club and the fans. I know most athletes wouldn't care, but I think some of them feel like real douchebags if they're making a ton of money and not backing it up on the field. It's just not good for anyone when that happens.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 08:25 AM) Thanks Mike! And I just had a successful phone interview with another major company in Austin, TX. Stop bragging...you don't know if it was successful or not unless they offer you the job... No, I kid...sounds like you're on a roll...keep it going!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 07:22 AM) We bought a house last November that was a foreclosure, had been empty a while, wasn't taken care of, etc. Paid a ridiculously low price, but knew we'd need to put some money into it. But since the home was appraised for almost 100k more than we were paying (mortgage company didn't believe it at first, had a different appraiser come out, who said the same thing), we had plenty of headroom to do the work. In our case, we bought the home with a traditional mortgage (with a decent sized down payment), then took out an equity line for any work on the house that was beyond what we could afford 100% out of pocket. WE did a bunch of work during the winter, moved in in January, and are doing other things one by one as the year goes on. Rates on equity lines are relatively cheap right now, almost as cheap as standard mortgages. So you may want to consider doing it that way, if its possible. Housing market sucks, but there are some ridiculously cheap prices right now too, and low mortgage rates. As long as you aren't thinking short-term flip (which is stupid nowadays), and you have good enough credit to get a mortgage, now is a great time to buy. Thanks Matt. Problem out here is the homes just aren't appraising for much. All the homes that are appraised well-above list are being grabbed by investors the second they hit the market. It makes it even more difficult since they are paying cash. So I'm just not sure that the banks are going to want to lend on a home equity loan in this market without having been in the house for a while, however, it sure would be easier to use funding from a home equity loan than be involved in a HUD renovation loan. Lots of inspections/paperwork/complicated draw system. But yeah, this house I am looking at is on a decent sized lot, with a pool, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths for dirt cheap. Let's just say it would be cheaper for my mortgage, taxes, pmi, etc., than my current rent is, by about 25%. Just crazy how cheap some of the homes out here are. I just need to be sure I am committed to staying here for a few years. But if I do buy it cheaply enough, the rental market here is fairly strong. So I feel that I could easily rent it.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 06:31 PM) "The Process". Dayton Moore has been mocked for repeatedly saying "trust the process". Ahh yes, "The Process." I always seem to get that mixed-up. Regardless, The Process does seem to finally seem to be working, but I doubt it's through any help of Dayton Moore's. I could be drafting these kids from where their draft position has been. I'm not really sure there are a whole lot of moves at the MLB level that Moore has made that really impress me. Even the Greinke trade...I think Escobar is going to be a bust, and I have argued this before, I don't think he is anywhere close to where Elvis Andrus is (whom people seem to enjoy comparing him to).

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 15, 2011 -> 06:07 AM) No. No. No. We're paying him to start. Go back to 6 man, move Edwin to the pen, whatever. I just hope this isn't an admission from Jake that he himself isn't sure he can stay healthy as a starter... The problem with moving someone else to the bullpen in favor of Jake is that when he hurts himself again, you're going to have to move that bullpen pitcher back into the rotation again. Not a good idea to be bouncing someone back and forth like that. Which means you basically have to put Jake there or stick with a 6 man rotation when Jake gets back. For this reason, Fathom makes a really good point about whether or not JP actually helps us by being healthy at all.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 12:23 PM) Results are in (sorta). Smallish tear in the meniscus, nothing that would require surgery at this point (yes!). HOWEVER, they found a floating body just inside of my kneecap causing my frontal pain and some bone edema in my patella. We will do 1 month of rehab and then go back in for another MRI to check out progress. So not bad news unless the floating piece is something they need to remove. At this point the doc would like to see what happens with rehab. Good news, Rock! Keep us updated on the progress of your rehab! Oh plyo, how I love thee...

So I am waiting on a possible job offer out of state that I am told I should be hearing about one way or the other around June 20ish-th. I've decided if I don't take the offer, I am going to look into buying something in our horrendous real estate market here in Las Vegas. We have a ton of foreclosures on the market, many of which have been left in varying states of disarray by their owners, and/or poached of things like pool equipment, AC units, appliances, etc, by vandals, professional thieves, and other assorted scum. As a result, there are properties on the market that lenders will only lend on if you take a "renovation" loan out or just buy with cash. I am not a cash buyer. I recently stumbled upon a property that fits my criteria: 1) cheap; 2) solid location in older neighborhood; 3) large lot (relative to Las Vegas, anyway); and 4) has an inground pool (I refuse to live in the middle of the desert without a pool). So basically how this works is the home gets appraised by a HUD contractor in an "as is" state and in a "as completed" state. The as completed state includes all the work necessary to bring the home back into safety code and characterize it as "habitable." It also includes regular renovations such as updating kitchens, resurfacing floors, painting, purchase of new pool equipment, etc. The difference between the purchase price and the as completed price is the size of the renovation part of the loan. At closing, this portion of the loan goes into escrow, to be drawn upon as contractors complete work. Has anyone ever done one of these or worked on a project such as this?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:43 PM) Their GB was double digits for the same reason ours was big...one team at the top on fire. Their GB was bound to decline once Cleveland slumped. Well, that and the fact that they were like 16-33 at one point.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 09:09 AM) Yes, I've heard of him. Damn, they're about to sign him? KC ain't playin' around. They have a plan and they're sticking with it. Yeah, it's actually referred to as "The Plan," too