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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 01:21 PM) Pretty excited to get my tattoo this weekend. If I ever get a tattoo or tattoos, it's gonna be something like David Diehl: I wouldn't want it covering my whole arm like a sleeve, but I think having like a collage of tattoos extending down from the shoulder pads to front of the shoulder, bicep, and tricep area and stop before the elbow would look badass. Jake Long has something similar, but I think his look stupid. I gotta get my arms bigger though.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 07:04 PM) How did Armstrong even make the team? He's been hot lately, but there have to be better options somewhere in the IL than Cole. I'm not so sure. The other catcher on the team isn't much better.

2010 is Angel Stadium.... where's it gonna be in 2011? However, the new and improved Kaufman stadium looks fantastic, and they still aren't done with the remodeling. The all-star game should be awesome there. They got the best big screen in all of baseball. When I first saw that thing (I think it was a FOX game), I thought it was something they put on the screen, like they always do for football games. That thing is sick. I love how they have like the gameday thing so it's a lot easier to keep track of who's on base, who's on deck, etc.

3 lefties in a row doesn't make much sense. Either Colon eventually takes his spot, or another move is on the horizon. But if we go into a series with Richard starting it, vs a team that mashes lefties, we're gonna be screwed.

AAA All-Star Game. Tune in at either ESPN2 or MiLB.tv (I think it's free, not sure though) at 9:00 pm Central. I bet espn360 will also be streaming the game online. Only Cole Armstrong and Carlos Torres will be representing our AAA affiliate. Carlos Torres is the interesting one to keep an eye out for. He's been putting up great numbers this season and has had a real solid minor league career thus far. Hopefully he'll get in at some point and we can see what type of stuff he has. He was a 15th round pick back in 04 out of Kansas St. University. He's getting almost to the age where he might become a non-prospect, so he's got a lot to prove. Cole struggled to begin this year, but has been hot recently and good enough to represent the IL as the reserve catcher. He should probably 4 IP behind the plate, as well as at least 2 AB's. He didn't look good at all in ST, but maybe he's changed his approach. The full rosters are here: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ar...b&fext=.jsp

I'm assuming the next winter classic will be at Fenway Park.... weren't they suppossed to have an announcement today?

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I've been playing MVP 07 recently while my ps3 is out, and there has never been a baseball game with better controls or felt so real. The hitting mechanics in the game are incredible. The throwing is also cool, except for the fact you can't get ready to throw before you catch the ball. I also like the pitching, but I think the classic meter is the best route to go regarding pitching. If MVP 07 was an MLB game, it would have been the best baseball game ever, and in my top 3 for sure.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 12:47 PM) What's even considered in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? St Helena? The Azores? Caper Verde Islands? It's quite obvious he's in the lost city of atlantis.

I don't have one, but I want one.

Last call for questions.

QUOTE (Chet Lemon @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) I think the Amendment mandating term-limits for Presidents should be repealed. (I've thought this since the Bush and Clinton years) I think hunting for reasons other than food, population control or necessary clothing is stupid. States should be allowed to make their own laws regarding drugs (i.e. marijuana). I was actually thinking the same thing. 8 years is a very short time to get a lot done. I was thinking if the president has an approval rating over 60 or 70% (ie., he's probably doing a pretty good job if over half the population still supports him), he should be able to keep on running for more terms.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 01:49 PM) And when can we all meet up for church? Not tomorrow, I got bible study.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 12:55 PM) 30 of my opinions that tend to be unpopular: 1. Abortion should be legalized. 2. Stem cell research needs to be 100% unrestricted. 3. The Bible is a book of lies. 4. People who follow a religion are weak-minded. 5. People should never submit themselves to a religion. Muslim women should not wear hijabs or burquas and nuns should not wear habits. 6. Nuns and clergy are morons and they're wasting their lives. 7. God didn't create man, Man created god. 8. Churches, Mosques, and other places of worship should lose their tax-exempt status and pay taxes. 9. Churches, Mosques, and all other places of worship needs to be outlawed. 10. People should be able to arm themselves against cops. 11. Killing a cop should not warrant an automatic death penalty sentence. 12. It should be illegal to have kids recite the Pledge of Alliegence in schools. 13. The quality of education in all public schools should be equal, money should be diverted from high-performing schools in the suburbs and given to the low-performing inner-city schools. 14. White women are usually unattractive compared to women of other races. 15. White people are more ignorant to racial issues because they blindly benefit from white privledge. 16. America needs to stop corporations from outsourcing jobs overseas by levying them big fines. 17. Corporations should not be able to get as much power, wealth, and influence that they do. 18. Drivers should not have to stop for pedestrians, pedestrians should wait at the curb until the street is all clear, even in front of supermarkets. 19. More neighborhoods need to have more affordable housing and refuse to allow developers build million dollar+ homes. 20. Rich people need to pay more taxes. 21. Rich people doesn't need to live in giant houses, they should be forced to live in modest homes because it's bull to have poorer people's property taxes go up whenever rich people invade a neighborhood. 22. Illegal immigrants should have an easier way of getting legalized once they enter the United States. 23. One exception to #16 is to let corporations outsource jobs to Mexico instead. Doing that would help Mexico's economy and reduce the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States at the same time. 24. Red-light cameras need to be outlawed. 25. Those guilty of spamming need to face prison sentences. 26. Raise the prices on alcohol and tobacco. 27. Health care need to be more affordable, further taxing the rich should solve this. 28. The FCC needs to go f**k off and stop censoring everything even remotely offensive. 29. It should be illegal for the military to recruit kids at high schools. 30. SUV's need to be taken off the roads. You are a very conservative person

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 12:33 PM) Lucy's back in Charlotte, Ricks is back in B'ham. Don't know what's going on. I'm guessing Armstrong got traded in that case.

How about a link on the top left for quick access? Like where you have soxtalk.com | Guidelines... maybe throw futuresox there so there can be easier access to it.

Griffith is dealing so far today. 3 perfect innings with 4 K's. Kanny tied with Savannah 0-0 heading into the 4th.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 12:27 PM) Given Brian Omogrosso's struggles at Charlotte, why is he even rated in the top 10? Because it's been a grand total of 5.2 IP. Pitchers go in slumps like hitters. You can't ignore what a player has done for practically his whole minor league career because of a cop of coffee so far in AAA.

Does anyone else think Adrian Gonzalez looks like Ernie from the George Lopez show?

I love Kuhn, but he isn't much of an OBP. He gets a good OBP because of his high average. He's only got 20 walks in almost 300 AB's. However, he's still got time to improve in that area as he is in only his first full professional season.

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 11:05 AM) You just insulted 90% of the soxtalk softball players. And I'm pretty damn sure I'd throw like a girl in that setting, throwing off a mound at an all star game with 80,000 flashbulbs popping? I'd probably piss myself and then throw like a girl anyway. I'd probably do the same. Or fall down flat on my face walking to the mound.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 15, 2009 -> 10:53 AM) Yeah, opposed to how well things are going over there now. Granted things aren't doing great over there, but I can't see how anything can get better if lose an ally like them.

This has nothing to do with what I think of Obama as a politician, but I hate when I see grown men throw like girls.

This is turning into a very bad offseason after the great start with Hossa coming in.