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Awesome. Beltre must reeallllly not like getting touched on the head.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 4, 2011 -> 02:06 AM) Oh, and Hugh Jackman. Awesome reference.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 06:31 PM) FYI folks. That's a name and not a condition. I totally read it as "condom" before I realized you said "condition," and really I wasn't that shocked a condom would be named that.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 05:17 PM) Wouldn't it suck if those numbers were Dunn's OBP, RBI, and Ks? Scary thought... It won't happen, but if it does Im hunting you down on campus next year.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 02:32 PM) Wait, who are you talking about? Dallas McPherson

Prospect is different, and usually less valuable, than a young MLB starter (in this case, ready to be starter but at the time reliever). Not labeling him as a "Prospect" in no way signifies he had no value. Atleast that's how I took it.

First post from the Netherlands It would be raining all week here when I really just want to walk around the campus and neighboring towns. Oh well, a little water never hurt.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 12:21 AM) Why's that? and what you get in BADM if you don't mind me asking? Studying abroad in the Netherlands this semester and Im leaving Wednesday at 6pm. I ended up with a B, not to bad for how bad that last test went, but I still thought I was going to get an A until that final.

Last time playing video games for 4 months, sad face.

Goose Island Green Line is delicious. And I love beer flights.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 31, 2010 -> 12:09 AM) If it is close to Millenium, and not McDonalds, it is going to be expensive. Meant that it can be close to bars and/or a short walk to places like Millenium (I just want to be near a place we can chill and catch up at while having some fun, and since Ill probably be driving I wont be able to drink too much, but bars still work).

So Im looking for a nice date restaurant downtown, but at the same time not a place that puts too much pressure on either side (we've been friends for awhile and it's a half date/half catch up dinner) and I want it to be within walking distance of the Millenium Park or bars or of that sort. Any suggestions? Price shouldn't be outrageous either .

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 30, 2010 -> 07:31 PM) Wish Firefly was streaming online through Netflix. Would like to of see it. Obviously one of those great shows that lasted only 1 season. That's how I saw it, my brother brought his 360 down for the holidays and I watched it off of that, they have the first season and the movie online for streaming.

Not sure where to put this but I just watched the series Firefly and the following movie Serenity. Im hooked and sad that I never saw it when it came out.

I was very pleased with my first legal 6 pack in the Red Rye from Founders, I will have to try more of their stuff later on. Went to a bar with some friends a few nights ago and got a beer flight that was pretty good. Some beers that I really enjoyed were Stone's Arrogant Bastard, Gulden Draak, Lagunitas Brown Shugga, and Stone 10.10.10. I wasn't a fan of the Stone Stone Smoked Porter With Chipotle, that was just a weird after flavor that i just didn't enjoy, and there was another one that I can't remember, for a reason. I also tried Three Floyd's Gumball Head, that was flat out excellent. I am honestly scared for my wallet, I get to tempted to try new good beers, and they aren't cheap. I welcome all recommendations for reasonably priced but great beer (there is a Binny's about 5 minutes from me, that may be a good or bad thing).

I opened an account with Optionshouse over the summer, as a beginner I have no problem with it, especially the $2.95 fees which are really low. They don't have an Iphone app or anything but I don't mind since I don't have a smart phone anyways.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Dec 25, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) Steve Phillips mentioned that the Sox should go ALL IN and bring in Beltre 2 weeks ago on ESPN1000. He brought up JR's age and it may be a factor the next few seasons as he wants nothing more than 1 more WS title. Adding Beltre would make this lineup SICK! I'm not sure how much it will cost- but the fact that we offered Kerry Wood $6 million/ season tells me KW and JR are NOT done spending and want to continue to add to this thing as much as possible. Sorry, but we offered $3.5 mill for one season. Merry Xmas though!

Finally bought my first legal drinks at Binny's today (I've been spoiled by friends and family the past two days drinking for free), and bought a 6-pack of Founder's Red's Rye, really looking forward to drinking a few with good friends tonight.

Thanks guys! Made it past 21 drinks last night to celebrate being legal, I need to sleep.

Wow, great job by that one poster on that JS website to get it out there first, really surprised that was a legit rumor.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 18, 2010 -> 06:10 PM) Little Caesars I've gotten it from Long John Silvers and KFC before. Pretty much, I avoid fast food as much as possible now. My friend got really sick from Little Caesars one night, but I ate the same thing and was fine. My brother also got sick at a restaurant when we were kids, we ordered the same thing but I was fine. I have an iron stomach I guess.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 19, 2010 -> 01:10 AM) At his best, Beckham could be Chase Utley-Lite or Dustin Pedroia. Not an MVP, but definitely a high impact player. Trayce Thompson is one of those rare athletes that could flame out like 90% of them, but he could also be our next superstar, you never know...the more darts you throw at the wall (with $100,000+ price tags), the higher your chances some of them will work out. Ramirez and Viciedo, Takatsu and Iguchi proved we can tap other markets....but we've been handicapped in the DR and amazingly, Venezuela, which makes absolutely no sense to me. We'll see how long it takes before Jerry Krause's efforts bear some fruit. It's definitely too early to determine Sale's potential until we see him in the starting rotation (where his raw stuff only is behind A. Chapman in the majors for lefties). If Santos becomes our next closer, there's a good chance that will provide the impetus to send him back to the rotation. I also think Dayan can still become a huge impact player, the name that comes to mind the more I think about it is Bobby Bonilla. One could argue on raw stuff, Kershaw is right up there for top young lefties with awesome stuff. And the whole "numbers" game I guess is intertwined with my argument that the Sox don't go for high reward guys enough, if they only draft half hihg reward than they are missing out on those other guys, meaning they have less of a chance to get a big hit.

I really don't believe it's just a numbers game, it's the philosophy of how the team drafts that makes the biggest impact. Of course every team will encounter flameouts, but when you draft high risk, high reward (which is what Boston and other top drafters do) than that is expected. The Sox don't do this (they are starting to more but still take many "safe" picks that turn out to be jsut as risky), and they do get a few good prospects coming up and making contributions but they haven't produced a superstar in years. They have some guys who could be continual All-stars (Beckham, Sale) but really the impact of these guys haven't been enough. It's not just getting players to the majors, but what they do at the majors or what you can acquire for them. Look at the Phillies, their best bats were through their system, and you're talking about perennial MVP candidates. It is so hard to trade for those caliber players or get them on decent FA contracts so developing them from within is basically a necessity when running a franchise.

I dont remember the last 2 hours of my night (give or take a bit). I also woke up with a phone with no battery trying to charge it. Oops.

The Jewelry Diamond Exchange may top the creepiest commercials, where they ended the commercial with a very creepy in sync wave from their whole staff.