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QUOTE (jphat007 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 08:07 PM) Well, that's probably the ballgame. Yeah, you should probably stop watching and go watch TBS.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:05 PM) You know why he did? Because Jeff Passan likes sabermetrics. Seriously, outside of the sabermetric circle and us White Sox fans, most people still think Rios sucks. That's not true. I watch a lot of our games on other teams' broadcasts, and they all talk about how he has turned his career around. Now I dunno if they realize just how great he was in April and May, but they have recognized how well he has been playing.

He GIDP? I hate AJ with a passion. He is the only guy I have it in my heart to really dislike. He goes up there with no approach whatsoever. I know he supposedly is a great signal caller, but I want no part of resigning him next year.

This is the second time Q has reached on an error?

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) He can play every OF position and 2B, SS and 3B. They really should have more than one run. That AJ AB was a killer and Rios was not much better. Feldman has nothing. I'm happy Rios is not going to the ASG....seems like he could use the break...

QUOTE (Elgin Slim @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:04 PM) I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one: "That was an ultimate Doc Edwards shot" Who the hell was Doc Edwards anyway, and why does he use this for popups that just get over the infield? And someone did mention that...

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) This is 9 at bats is what it is. But if he stays hot, keep him in there. Well I understand that. But the fact that he is hitting the ball harder in these at bats than we have ever seen him capable of before, and spread sporadically over the course of 3 weeks or so....it is reason to have hope.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:46 PM) And probably more playing time for him coming. I'd guess Omar has to go on the DL for that. It was that bad, eh?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 07:45 PM) Actually, Dayan comes in. Ohh ohh!

Seriously, is this a fluke or is Lilli finally realizing his potential?

How's Mark looking, guys?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:55 PM) I'm not even mad about this. I already reached the conclusion a few years ago that I wouldn't participate in the all star game. I don't even vote for Sox players when they're on the last player ballot anymore. If I had known you were on the ballot I would have voted for you!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 04:35 PM) Yeah, the NFL is basically ignoring stories like that one and hoping they go away. They need to understand though that it's becoming quite clear that there is a big link between playing football and having a scrambled brain. The scary part is that I'm not sure how much can be done to fight this trend. Obviously, much more strenuous standards are needed to diagnose and protect players with concussions (and we seem to be slowly headed in that direction), but even beyond concussions, it simply seems like playing football messes with a lot of people's brains. And I'm not sure what can be done to stop it or even slow it down. I know football players go in knowing the health risks, but you'd think there is a way to protect them more adequately. Either way though, I will say that stories like these make me want to be a little more cautious in judging guys who are seeming knuckleheads such as Chris Henry was. As for the reason this isn't a bigger story, I think it's the same reason head injuries in football in general aren't a bigger story right now, and that is people really like football and simply don't want to hear about the fact that it may be very damaging to the participants, even moreso than we already realize. The interesting thing is that they have studied violent sports that do not use helmets, such as rugby, and this trend does not really exist. The helmet in football is being used as a weapon rather than a safety device. Would you watch NFL football if they did not wear helmets (or at least not helmets like the current equipment)?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:04 PM) I'm voting nonstop. I can't stop!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:22 PM) Lillibridge batting 9th at 2b...rest of the lineup is the usual suckfest LOVE IT. I think Lillibridge tricked Gordo somehow and their talents were somehow switched in some cruel twist of fate...

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 03:20 PM) Chris Henry was living with brain damage Wow, just saw this now. Can't believe it's not a bigger story. The NFL is ignoring these stories as much as it can, meanwhile, the evidence just keeps mounting and mounting that the game the way it is currently played must either change, or an equipment change is necessary. This is simply ridiculous.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) Knicks had second meeting with James reps That is interesting. I honestly do not have the slightest clue what this man is thinking.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) At least with us you could envision scenarios (obviously hasn't worked out) that we could be at least an average offense. You knew from jump the Mariners were going to have a tougher time scoring than 40-year Old Virgin. But they...they...they had Junior! and Mike SWEENEY!!!!

Happy Birthday fellas. Enjoy your day (and America's)!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) Roll over? They suck. The Mariners front-office forgot (or flat-out ignored) that actually scoring runs is a big part of this game we call baseball. Hmm, where have I heard this before...

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) Seattle and Tampa both win. This is our chance. *claps vigorously*

I think he stole my idea from the early morning hours today...

QUOTE (G&T @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 08:09 AM) So I'm being dragged to James Taylor tonight, and it was almost entirely my own fault. My boss asked me last week what I was doing for the 4th and said we had no plans. She was flabbergasted and said my fiance and I had to go to this concert venue in the Berkshires called Tanglewood. The Boston Symphony plays there all summer because Boston's rich folk summer in the Berkshires. Anyway, the venue is outdoors and we bring our own beverages and food so I'm thinking this should be something nice for her. So I look online and it says James Taylor is playing and tickets are $22. I'm thinking, I hate James Taylor but she loves him, and at $22 who can go wrong? So I tell my fiance and she gets super excited. Unfortunately, the concert is actually sold out, but tickets are available on Stubhub for $75 a pop. D'oh. More than we should be spending with a wedding coming up. At this point, however, I had no choice. So now we are paying $150+ to go see a concert that I'm going to hate. BUT I get to bring wine, beer and food. And there are fireworks. So it can't be all bad. And it's going to be beautiful weather here tonight. You'll have fun...James Taylor will be plenty good live on a Sunday night.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 11:40 PM) Last night made me rethink the oddball Dogfish offerings. The wife and I unwound over a nice Thai dinner with a big 750 of this year's Dogfish Sah'tea — brewed with rye, juniper, and black chai tea. The beer was memorably good. . . moreso than I had remembered it to be from last year. The first sip gave a distinctly Belgian impression, but I think that had more to do with the array of exotic flavors coming through than with affinity to any defined Belgian beer style. I can't remember what I paid for the bottle, but it was probably in the $13-14 range. Sounds pricey, but you'd pay at least that much for a decent dinner wine and the Sah'tea really paired well with the curried and peppered Thai dishes. Tonight I've adopted a different plan, and declared open war on the many nearly empty booze bottles taking up valuable space in the liquor cabinet. Just a scant amount of Hayman's Old Tom left (wonderful sweet-ish Victorian era gin style). . . that's enough to mix up a perfect Martinez with some Cinzano sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur, and a dash of Angostoura. Just about out of Old Overholt Rye. . . full ounce of Ango, fresh citrus, and homemade orgeat to the rescue and we have a very nice Trinidad Sour. With sours still on the brain. . . let's polish off the last bit of Pisco Capel and shake up a pisco sour — raw eg white in this one so giver it an extra shake before adding ice to emulsify it all. Dang. . . had no idea I was almost out of St. Remy brandy. OK, let's make a Japanese cocktail with maraschino, orgeat, and orange bitters. Botran 8-year bottle with not even enough left in it to shake up a short hoist daiquiri. . . Hmm, let's finish off the Trader Vic "Authentic" dark rum at the same time (been taking up shelf space for probably two years), add a bit of St. Elizabeth allspice dram, a splash of white grapefruit, and you have a dobles daiquiri that even Ernest Hemingway could have been proud of. So there you go. Six empty bottles out to the recycling bin, and it took only five cocktails to get there. Any one of them could have been polished off some time ago, but for the naked and vulnerable (and wholly irrational) feeling my soul has when I don't have at least a pour of [insert name of hooch here] on hand just in case somebody drops by for a drink and gets totally irate because I have to make his Ramos gin fizz with Plymouth instead of Hayman's. I know. . . The Horror! At any rate, the hooch cupboard now looks downright bare. Maybe it's time to write a nice letter to the booze fairy. You, my friend, need to somehow open your own bar or become a bartender in some schwanky joint back in Chicago before you go riding off into the horizon...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 10:00 AM) I have 2 refrigerators and an electric furnace, but in any case BGE did a massive rate hike a couple of years back. Cost of living on the east coast blows fat cock. A lot of this stems from the California energy crisis a decade ago. Many utilities became frightened of being so vulnerable to the wholesale energy markets and so they began building or buying power plants, mostly natural gas. Well, the funding for these plants was approved by your public utility commissions, usually in the form of a rate hike. So basically, you're paying for those plants now. Unfortunately, many areas had no need to buy or build new plants, but Enron f***ed everyone over by making our supply seem much shorter than our increasing demands. I know this is much more prevalent out west, but I am pretty certain it frightened a lot of utilities all over the country.