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QUOTE (since56 @ May 12, 2011 -> 06:22 PM) Viciedo in right, Quentin in left and Lillibridge at third. The pitchers may as well just give up. To get Viciedo in the batting order I guess you must put him in left or right, but yikes what an outfield. Not much worse than it is now though with Pierre. Who leads off? Vizquel, the second baseman. I can live without Beckham in the starting lineup. I too wish we had Getz at second and leading off. Sucks almost as much as Pierre, soooo why do you want him?

QUOTE (juddling @ May 12, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) Danny Trejo on SOA this season This is epic news.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 12, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) As an attorney that works in this area (defending), the safety protocols are beyond the norm because of regulations. I just did a plant visit a month or so ago and saw it first hand. I was surprised that they didn't have signs all over the place reminding workers to breathe given the other safety measures in place. My brother works at a nuclear power plant in SW Michigan and is involved in some of the security design and some of the stories you hear about what you have to go through just to get into the plant is pretty ridiculous, along with some of the work he is doing for defense against certain terrorist attack scenarios. His company even pulled his supervisor from the electrical design team he is on to form an advisory committee that's sole focus is to answer questions that stem from the Japan Nuclear events. Nuclear power plants are some of the most regulated buildings in the world, and the sad part is that some of the new technology that would increase efficiency (and sometimes safety) can't even be implemented because of regulations in the new nuclear plants being built (primarily in the south I believe).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) Breaking News: the Padres recorded 23 hits in an actual baseball game. Did you mean in a week of baseball games?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 11, 2011 -> 04:11 PM) Tallest midget contest. Miller, Bud and Coors products = sex in a canoe. Give me a real beer. You have no idea how hard it was going from tasting beer from all over Europe to being back on campus drinking Keystones and Bud Light.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 11, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) Tamest crowd ever. We were surrounded by Cardinals fans so it worked out. Odd story, my dad randomly had 3 extras. Wrigley is really s***ty about scalping I guess. We got a warning. Seriously, they have "legal" ticket scalpers right across the street, but give us s*** for trying to hook a couple cards fans up with $35 seats for $5. Then they wouldn't allow us to even give the f***ing tickets to these poor bastards afterwards, and said we'd be arrested if we did. I'm glad the Cards won. Wouldn't they want those people in the seats?? There going to be empty anyways, and this way they get beerf/drink/food money.

As long as you are conservative with your purchases and follow a sound budget for yourself, a credit card is actually a great thing to have. I got my first credit card linked to my parents when I was 16 (for gas money, etc), and got my first personal one when I was 19, and you just have to have self control over what you buy. I know what I can afford, but have been lucky with great paying summer jobs/internships so I have had more leeway than most. For those who don't plan on having a job to replenish the bank account, I would suggest not getting a credit card.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) My goodness the Twins are awful. How the f*** did we lose to them again? Lack of balls.

QUOTE (bulokis @ May 11, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) Its good to see Wimperoo back with the sox even from time to time. Ugh, can't stand him. Sounds like a nice guy, and probably good to meet in person and listen to stories over a beer or something, but as an announcer he is flat out terrible. Have him on for an inning or two, a whole game is almost unbearable.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 11, 2011 -> 02:18 PM) If gray is out of thir organization and pena is still around, I give up. Pena is utterly worthless. In all actuality neither really has an impact on the club as this team does not come back from being down runs in a game so their job is really worthless see last night's game for example. This is what will make you give up?? Jeff Gray isn't worth giving up anything for, much less your interest in the team.

QUOTE (YASNY @ May 11, 2011 -> 01:10 PM) Black Jack had the knack of pitching to the game conditions. When I think of the word "competitor" the first name that comes to mind is McDowell. If the Sox had 5 on the board, he'd give up 3 or 4. But I recall him pitching against the Twins when he had absolutely nothing, but the Sox won 1-0. The Twins had double digit men left on base ... I'm not sure but I think it was close to 15 or 16. Black Jack was pitcher in every sense of the word and not just a thrower. Don't tell me wins are a meaningless stat because I ain't buying it. Wins mean something, but not much. You just can't blame a pitcher for being outstanding but losing almost every game just because he has no support. But at the same time, you can't discredit a pitcher for holding onto leads late in the game, etc.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ May 11, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) yeah and those are upper deck seats where only the finest that Chicago has to offer tend to sit.. Not sure if this is a shot at the people that sit there or what, but if that's what you can afford then I don't see an issue with it.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 11, 2011 -> 12:53 PM) Just an excuse for losers. Good pitchers will win alot of games over their career. There maybe an outlier year where the lose despite pitching well but over a career they will win games. I personally don't care about the stats for pitchers. The only one that matters is if the team wins when they pitch. No they don't control all the variables but they are the primary factor. I'm a bigger White Sox fan than I am a John Danks fan. I want him do well only because it helps the team win. All you can ask is a pitcher to give the team a chance to win, the rest is up to the team to perform well enough to win.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ May 11, 2011 -> 11:59 AM) so i sold a book back on amazon and they gave me a $27 gift card to their site... wtf should i buy with it hah I'll take it

QUOTE (fathom @ May 11, 2011 -> 11:38 AM) Are you freaking kidding me? He has the leadoff hitter of his dreams right now. I'd rather see Jose Paniagua pitching for the Sox again than see a lineup full of Ozzie's "guys". Ha, exactly, we tried it Ozzie's way and the team was just as inconsistent.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 11:33 AM) That's obviously the best case scenario. But I'm not even going to be greedy here. I'd rather see Peavy give up 5 runs in 6 innings than have to leave the game with 'discomfort' in the second inning. Agreed, it would be pretty defeating for all parties (well, except for the opposing team) if Peavy went down again with another injury.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 11, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) That's the right attitude to take. The more interviews you do, the better you'll get. Im a firm believer that undergrad student organizations in the field of business (of course some orgs. wouldn't be right for this) should require new members to go through a minimum 25 behavioral interviews with senior members, that way they will be prepared or atleast not scared of behavioral interviews when looking for their first job (or beyond).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 11, 2011 -> 10:38 AM) I don't even care if Peavy gets torched tonight. If he can go 5-6 innings without any major pain, I'll be satisfied. It would be such huge momentum if Peavy comes back strong.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ May 11, 2011 -> 10:57 AM) We just recently used our cash back bonus award to pay our bill. The only complaint I have is that you have at least $50 in cash back bonus awards before you can use them. I believe the $50 policy is pretty much industry standard.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2011 -> 11:19 PM) I tell you, that's just a stupid organizational decision. Humber has done great, but he's odd man out and should be in relief til Jake gets hurt again. I'll tell you what's going to happen. The starters will start to suck now. Why? Cause "that's the way we fly." This will screw them up because something always screws us up (aside from 2005) If the pitchers can't adjust to a new rotation, than do they really have any business winning anyways? I swear, baseball players will find any excuse for their poor performance, but in reality it's all up to them.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:32 PM) I'm not a fan of GE Money Bank or Chase. Can't stand Chase, their rates (for almost everything I have seen) are terrible and although they say they are built on customer service I have never been impressed by them.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 10, 2011 -> 10:36 PM) Cubs fans probably busy drooling over this weak headline: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,5165593.story Drooling over nothing, the Cubs need more money if they want Pujols, or they plan to have him be the team and not surround him with much but live of his name for attendance.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 11, 2011 -> 02:20 AM) Rebuilt to a fluke division winner in 2000 that was 23 games over .500 in the first half of the season and saw Cleveland close the division lead to 5 games by the end of the season after having 32 different pitchers appear in games. They lost quite a few players to injury in 2001 and ended up finishing .500, but those teams were built almost exclusively on the offense and really didn't have much of a chance to have any sort of sustained success. They had a chance to have a really good team in 2003, but neither 2002 nor 2004 were that good of teams either. That's not much of a rebuild. To rebuild the way people here have and the way I suggested, it's going to take far longer than 3 years. If the Sox try to rebuild with the same organizational philosophy of trading away young, talented players that they "think" will fail or don't "project" well to the majors according to them but keep those guys that they do feel strongly about, they will be left with the same exact situation they're in now. The only team I can think of in the majors that is not the Yankees or Red Sox that has been able to do what the White Sox would be trying to do is the Phillies. They finished in 2nd or 3rd place for like 5 straight seasons, Gillick came on for Ed Wade, and the first move he made was dealing Thome for Rowand, Gonzalez, and Haigwood. They had some dude named Ryan Howard waiting in the wings. On top of that, they had Utley at 2B, Rollins at SS, Burrell in LF, and Abreu in RF - who they traded in 2006 along with Cory Lidle for 4 prospects, none of whom did much of anything in the majors (though Monasterios looks OK for the Dodgers). They still had Brett Myers and Cole Hamels in the rotation too, and a young Madson coming up. There had a good, young core of players to build around, so it didn't take much, and they were STILL selling off. The White Sox don't have an offensive core like that. It's going to take quite a bit more to build something in Chicago. And how did the Phillies have those players in place even when finishing 2nd or 3rd in the division? By drafting and developing well. Of course the Sox aren't in the position that the Phillies were, but they need to build up to that. It is so crippling to a franchise these days not to have good young players on their team, just look at the Sox. They had to overspend for a good, but not great product because they didn't have enough talent in-house. Now they are stuck with big contracts and some very hard to move expensive players with no young depth behind them. What I don't understand is that the person responsible for this mess, KW, has yet to really address these issues. Instead of convincing JR that he needs to spend $20 mill + on the MLB team, how can he not convince him to spend $3 mill + on a draft to help there. If your current philosophy/staff/scouts/etc on the draft aren't working, then wouldn't it be time to freaking change it/them? Even if guys were healthy (like Mitchell) we would still have one of the worst list of prospects, and they've had 3 drafts to start producing more and so far they have Beckham/Morel/Sale to show for, each struggling mightily and really nothing behind them.

I lived for 5 years out of state and still followed them everyday, I would probably still consider them my favorite team. I would probably be pissed off at them for awhile though, because if they blamed it on the fans not showing up I would be mad that they didn't hold themselves accountable for the terrible years and some of the teams that they put out there.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:14 PM) Any recommendations/horror stories with any certain company? At the bank I worked at, they recommend Discover Rewards. Oh, and Rock, I do use Mint, it recommends a lot of beginner student cards. Ive been pleased with Citibank, have had it for 3 or so years since mid freshman year in college. $800 credit line to start, no annual fee, 1% back on all purchases and sometimes more with some promotions. I like their online setup too, pretty easy and clean.