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Well, Russ made a good point. If he has any dreams of backpacking through Europe or something, now is the time... Otherwise, I say time to start making some real money...

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Apr 5, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) Thanks everyone! As you can imagine, it's a tremendous weight off my shoulders. Now for one more question: Should I start on May 23 or August 8? Those are my options. I'm leaning towards August since that would give me a whole summer to do whatever I wanted. But, I'd also get 11 more weeks of pay if I start in May, and I'm really excited to start my job and I feel like I'll go crazy waiting 3 more months. Any suggestions? Btw, I graduate on May 13 so that would give me 10 days if I choose the May start date. Start your job...time to start the real life, my friend...you'll still have fun in the summer even though you're working...

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Apr 4, 2011 -> 05:22 PM) Just wanted to say I received an offer today from my #1 choice, and I'll be accepting it tomorrow. Thanks for all the help, everyone, that I've ever received in this thread. Congratulations! Is this in Boeing?

Not sure where to put this... But did you guys get emails that Epsilon's database was hacked? A lot of email addresses were stolen, but supposedly no personal information (riiight). I have gotten emails from Chase bank and now from my company, explaining that my email address may have been stolen... Best to be monitoring your credit reports/scores closely...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 12:18 PM) And it makes no sense to move players up to second and third when you have hitters who can drive home runners without having to get a hit? My point is, the guys who bunt should be the guys who know how to bunt. Alexei isn't one of those guys. Asking him to bunt is stupid. You probably should have just said that the first time then.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 12:12 PM) That's what you implied. You said they wanted Quentin to be able to score on a single so they had a guy who cannot bunt, bunt with nobody out. It wasn't a good idea. No, I implied that you thinking it would make sense to bunt with run producers coming up was backasswards thinking. I don't think either of us were in favor of bunting there, but it makes more sense to try and move runners to 2nd and 3rd with Omar and Pierre coming up since they are primarily singles hitters versus moving them along with run producers coming up who have a much bigger chance of hitting a ball deep in the gap.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) If they don't think Alexei has any chance against Masterson, he should be on the bench. First of all, that's not the thinking, but secondly, they're not going to play Lilli instead of Alexei unless they have to.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 12:07 PM) I don't mind if Pierre or Vizquel bunt if there are run producers coming up behind them, but as was pointed out, even if Alexei gets it down successfully, and it sure seems he had little chance, you're putting ducks on the pond for Vizquel, not exactly a run machine. The OF would be shallow with AJP on second base, so even if he gets a hit, its only one run. A sac fly is a longshot. I think that is why the bunt was put down...because Ozzie wanted them to be able to score on a single...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 11:58 AM) Every time someone tells us how the bunt is the sure thing to move the runners over, we need to remind them of that triple play we just bunted into. Did they seriously just turn a triple play on us?

QUOTE (WCSox @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 11:01 AM) I see that Comcast is broadcasting a whopping one game per day in HD. Why in the heck would I want to pay to watch games in regular def? I'm seriously considering dumping them and getting DirecTV. DirecTV has just about every game in HD, for both team's broadcast too...I couldn't be more happy with their Extra Inning's package...

I'm just hoping to get the game in....70% chance of precipitation today...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 3, 2011 -> 05:31 AM) So he's basically Gavin Floyd at $8 million+ more per season through 2014? I know Gavin went with the security and would make more on the open market. But still, the Lackey signing was/is looking pretty bad. But the Red Sox can absorb it. One, because they're so good in the drafting/developing department. Two, they've got paper. But you'd have to look at what contract Gavin will sign once he hits FA to really compare the two, wouldn't you?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 08:57 PM) Come again? I know you love young talent and all, but thinking that the Jays are a superior team to both the Yankees and the Red Sox is assinine. Only 2 of their starting 5 threw 100 innings in the majors last season. I love what the Jays are doing, think there's a good chance they win 80 games this year on the strength of that offense, and are competing for division titles as soon as 2013, but this isn't the year. In fact, I'm expecting them to get out to about a 30-20 or 40-30 start only to see them come crashing down when all of their young pitchers start hitting a wall. And, to be quite honest, it wouldn't entirely surprise me to see Baltimore finish ahead of them this year, though I'm not expecting it. I also think Tampa Bay is playing with fire this year. It's been a hot phrase around here, but there is no team in the entire major leagues that is as boom-or-bust as Tampa is. They have a completely rebuilt pitching staff and 4 new starters on offense. Many of them are risk/reward players. They are either going to mesh really well and win a lot of games, or it's going to blow up and get ugly. Yeah, I actually like Toronto to finish ahead of Tampa this year. I don't like Tampa's chances at all. I think what they did in 08' and last year was very impressive, but now we're seeing just how difficult it can be not just to reach the postseason as an undercapitalized team, but to actually sustain it. They caught the lightning in the bottle, but now they're trying to hold on to it, and I just don't see it happening this year.

I was just thinking about how nasty our lineup is when we have an effective Beckham and Quentin....jeesh, Pierre/Beckham/Dunn/Konerko/Rios/Quentin....that is not an easy lineup to get through....and then you have Alexei heating up in May or so...rough.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) It´s 6am here in Barcelona, just getting back after hooking up with 2 chicks, fantastic night. I don´t even care that I spent so much on Jameson doubles, totally worth it. Hmm....were they two hot chicks? And what would "hooking up" actually be describing?

So Danksy has a tooth infection and had to visit the dentist in Cleveland?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) It really is kinda disturbing how much Santana looks like Victor Martinez in how they stand at the plate. Santana's body is bigger, but man, I did a triple take earlier this game. Yeah, it's pretty clear who he was watching tape of after the Indians signed him...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) Come on Iams, I just didn't want to blow the game, and for an inning or two he was totally off. Really cranked it up towards the end though. It's who he is...and yet, he's posted about a three and a half era in a White Sox uniform...so cut him some slack already...you do this for almost every one of his starts.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 11:54 AM) I'd be more worried about his lack of control. He reminds me of watching Humber in ST. You seem like you want him to fail so you can say you're right...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) Had to follow the first game on my phone yesterday, glad to see today's is on WGN. Oh awesome! White Sox baseball is on the air (at work)!

Yeah, I usually sort of pace around...it just helps me collect my thoughts a bit more easily. The key is to make sure it doesn't sound like I am doing so... I also try to force myself to smile a bit, just because otherwise I can tend to go a bit Ben Stein from time to time...

Congrats, CC. Cute hat on that kid...

Cubs Can't Believe They're Doing This Again...

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 06:45 AM) Just put the White Sox collar on the dog. I have to get one of these...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 01:29 PM) More seriously though, you should always do them from a land line phone. Cell phone just never works well. Thanks Matt...called them and made the change...my cell service can get a bit iffy, so this was a great tip!