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Hmm, both corner infielders - Out corner outfielder - Out team MVP and possible league mvp - Out team captain - Out Let's hope baseball truly is played "up the middle"

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 09:53 AM) The twins always alter their rotation so that their big guns hit the sox down the stretch. Expect Liriano to hit us as well. I'd be shocked if they did not. Beating the Rays is .5, beating the Sox is a full game. Plus, it's what every athlete wants. Let's each trot out our best and may the best man today win.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 09:46 AM) Broadway is not that good. His problem this year is lack of control and the inability to keep the ball in the park. In those 2 starts you are referencing, he was facing the Royals. Lets see how he does against a a decent team. Whomever starts from the minor league is probably not as good as someone who is on the 25-man roster. But the Royals are a MLB team and a step up from AAA. And everyone has their day, sometimes good and sometime bad. The Royals have beat some good pitchers and the Tigers have lost to some mediocre pitchers. Maddening, but that is why they play the games.

I call it beer. f***ing kids on this site

Whenever I hear the reliever as starter debates start I wonder why teams do not just find 9 or 10 Bobby Jenks and toss each one out there for an inning. But we do know why. Have a starter start and bring in your pen as necessary. Teams win games they should not win on paper, hell this team is in first place.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 04:40 PM) They have hanging chads in France? QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 08:39 PM) Cadel Evans couldnt hold his single testicle jockstrap in a suitcase. And Steff, I agree with you.

Hmm, I guess I'll take hanging to being shot. Seriously, we either catch some lightening in a bottle or we don't. I prefer a guy who has some success at this level. He made the transition from AAA to MLB and managed a couple good outings. Now, depending on how the Tigers are playing that day, he has to make the transition from a poor MLB team to a good one.

I want the tape of the 911 call . . .

Happy Birthday Y'all!

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 10:29 PM) Cracked Pepper Turkey, Cabot Cheddar, Garlic Pickle Slices, Hellmans Mayo, Guldens Brown Mustard on Trader Joe's Foccacini. cook for me Toss in a brew from Jim and I'm set. /going shopping

Steff, my heels were beyond pumice stone. They used a large file, which looked a lot like a mill bastard file, to knock down the areas around my heels. But not so much it was at all painful to walk. In fact one pair of shoes I was wearing yesterday felt so much better with a little extra room. After two months of having my feet in and out of salt water for 12 hours a day and wearing nothing but Tevas and flip flops my feet looked, and felt, like hell.

A couple things I learned yesterday. Pedicures are incredible. Nothing gets a guy talking about his girlfriend like during a pedicure. They are as addictive as crack.

I just got the call to get to the island and quadruple check everything. Damn.

If you need a D or R to decide if something is right or wrong, you are probably too partisan.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 10:46 AM) The Democrats fear mongering, bumper slogan campaigns, and mass marketing hasn't done jack for them. No it hasn't, the Republicans do it much better.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 11:51 PM) what the past 24 years have shown is just how bad the candidates and ideas the Dems have ran with. It shows that marketing and fear is a better motivator then facts and figures. We can sell crap to the American consumer without any problem. Just walk into any Walmart.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 02:06 PM) You and I will never agree here. Investigate, even let your biases lead your investigation, but simply report what you find, not infuse it with your glee and finding somethign bad about the other side, your disappointment at not finding anything or a bunch of made up crap to make it seem like you found something when you really didn't. Which one of these looks like it has an agenda? "Reporters acting on a tip investigated today whether or not Barack Obama had fathered 17 kids out of wedlock as he is rumored to have done. The source of the rumor was tracked down to John A. Whackypants, who told us that 'he delivered every last one of them himself". Our reporters managed to get access to the hospital records which show that no such births occurred, and that Mr. Whackpants is not a licensed doctor in this, or any other state, and had been recently released from a mental institution." vs. "Reporters today acting on a tip investigated today whether or not Barack Obama fathered 17 kids out of wedlock, as he is rumored to have done. The source of the rumor was tracked down to a John A. Whackpants, who told us that 'he delivered every last one of them himself". Clearly a man with a political vendetta, we researched Mr Whackypants to find out if what he asserts was true. What we found was that there are no hospital records, he is not a licensed doctor and that he voted Republican in the last election. "This just shows the levels that some people will stoop to in order to win an election", an Obama spokesperson said. "The other side is going to try and scare you because he doesn't look like them, because he is different." The McCain camp was unavailable for comment. Sorry Alpha, if this story was about McCain you would scream media bias that it was even reported, since it was not true. Just think about the push poll that Bush used to destroy McCain in 2000. Also, there would have to be a story about someone from the other party to balance this. Negative stories about politicians are not bias, nor are positive ones. And I guess some people need a D or R next to someones name to know if what they did was good or bad. I don't.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 12:52 PM) The purpose of the US government wasn't to protect us from ourselves, it was to protect us from invaders. Its funny to me to hear the outrage over issues that impinge freedom of speech, or religion, or guns, but no one really complains too much as their freedom of commerce, which is just as protected in the constitution, gets given away. The purpose of the government is to do what the citizens demand. As soon as they created currency, they went past simply protecting everyone in its borders and went away from a totally free commerce. A totally free and unregulated system would not include a government backed currency. We accept the FDIC, fraud laws, etc. If the citizens want to add this protection, that should be a purpose of government.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 12:36 PM) We get it. Governments should control everything. Why do we establish governments? Protecting us seems like one of the first roles or government.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 11:48 AM) I hate the InterContinental Exchange. I hope it burns to the ground. That is all. What is exchanged there?

Thanks SS, It is nice to know that as many people were as negative as I remembered. I saw four teams that I thought could have the kind of season that wins divisions. Win totals were second in my mind, with that many good teams. Which is why I only predicted divisional winner.

If we could reach enough posters I wonder if opening up the chat room could be cool.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 11:53 AM) 82-60 +2.5 games 20 games left to play. No bad for a season when it seemed everyone here under 30 wanted to hand the division to Cleveland / Detroit, trade for two or three years down the road "while the players had value".

I'm sitting at home, taking a break from school and work, eating a sandwich. Sox are in first, my gf still loves me, my kids are doing well, and my ex-wife hasn't called me in days. Life is Good

The birds and beas chat your parents gave you must have been very confusing