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Banning gun advertising would be a nice step, but unconstitutional. How about a warning label? "Buying this product will not cause your dick to grow or women to suddenly pay attention to you. It will not solve your problems"

I believe we have many good, competent elected leaders. The problem is they need millions of dollars to be elected dog catcher, even more money for anything with real authority. So they do what they can while toeing the party line which is determined by the biggest donors. George Washington was right, party politics are bad.

You don't need much proof to put a guy on the IL. Some teams will hide a player there. The ethics others can debate.

For a frame of reference I'll guess that almost everyone I talk to IRL on a regular basis is a gun owner. Hunting, target shooting, skeet, trap, etc. All are responsible, normal folks you'd want as a neighbor. Some collect guns and have collections that non collecting folks might find excessive. Kind of like having 25,000 baseball cards. I haven't shot in close to two years now. I'm also vacationing and not carrying for the first time even though I'll be in some very remote areas with bears a potential issue. I'm just sick of them now. I see them in a much different light.

@CentralChamps21 Families are a very important step. I think two factors are often overlooked. One, economically we've lost a big portion of what was the middle class. Now we're graduating more young people with debt fueled college degrees who are earning less than their grandparents while working more hours. (Adjusted for inflation) Sadly it's all too common to have one parent households with the custodial parent working multiple jobs to make ends meet. Our socio economic condition is working against young families. Two, the gun industry has been target advertising based on suburban fear and taunts to young adolescent males to get their "man card" by buying high powered firearms. As our rate of gun ownership has skyrocketed, so too have gun crimes. All in the name of profits.

Best of all there are so many to choose from.

At least he's not leading off.

Australia is looking mighty good. I've researched ex-pat communities in Mexico.

No. We should actually be doing something about it. I'm working on electing officials willing to tackle gun control. I'm discussing it with my fellow gun owners. Where on the list of doing something about it would you place posting links to crime stories on a baseball message board? (Again, this predates today's tragedy. ) Also, We closed the Filibuster because of complaints.

Greg has been telling everyone how bad Chicago is for years and years. How much better it was when he was a kid. Hundreds of posts on car jacking, murders, purse snatching. Of course events prove him right on a semi regular basis.

G7 what's your goal? Laying plans to run for mayor?

Thank you. I use to think we were a middle of the pack franchise. Then last year I was shown just how horrible historically we actually are. After that it's just been down hill. Isn't it always the Twins to crush our season? Here's hoping for the best.

I'm feeling a sweep so we can finally forget about winning anything this year. Hopefully it's bad enough for Tony to leave the dugout for the last time in his long and storied career.

I'm wondering what Kelly gave up for that clause. $500,000? $1,000,000? But we signed him. Good franchises have their pick of quality players. They are everywhere, you just have to pick one. The easiest job anywhere is being a GM for a baseball team.

Or pitchers look at some of our scrubs and pound it right at them.

Worst franchise in baseball. Perhaps in all of sports.

Sox getting hot means: A. The temperature at game time will be warmer. B. The players will unbutton their shirts and flex. C. The team will win more games. D. None of the above. I'm going with A and a 2-8 stretch with Giolito going on the IL after Tony leaves him in to pitch the 6th.

This organization just sucks. From the lowest level to Tony and JR. About the only title they can win is worst franchise.

Dipped my toes in. While I grew up in Illinois and swam the lakes from Michigan to the Fox Chain. Surfing the Golf of Mexico has turned me into a wimp. It was too cold. And oh my God were in the UP by Pictured Rocks and damn that water is crazy cold.

I think you need to look beyond one game. Based on the season to this point the pathetic AL Central isn't beating Houston of NY. Perhaps a Central All Star team.

In a better situation he plays half that.

I knew you'd be walking back your comment. ? Hating someone you never met with all your heart is rather weird. Stalker-like actually.

I'm sorry you have to live with all the hate. That's a heavy burden to carry I didn't even hate my ex wife with all my heart. I hope you find some happiness.

To me there are two Leury Garcia's. The player who I like and appreciate who has carved out a career as an "I'll do anything the team asks" guy. I'm really happy for him and want to see him do well. Then we have the Leury Garcia who has become the embodiment of all that is wrong with this franchise. From JR to Tony.

We will be back. Five days wasn't enough. Thanks for all the tips. They really helped.