Soxplosion

Who knows? Maybe Loaiza will be our number five this year. Hes been good in the past. So our rotation would be Buehrle, Colon, Garland, Wright and Loaiza. Buehrle and Colon (also remember in his short, no-hit job the other day he wasnt even using his best stuff, he was experimenting, thats scary) will be great, Garland has shown signs of dominance and he could turn out real good, Wright has struggled but I think once he gets outta Arizona and gets warmed up a little hell be fine, and if Loaiza is at his best weve got a real good rotation. Loaiza might struggle but I think hell put up like 10-12 wins with a 4.50 ERA. And thatll be fine by me. Either way, were gonna have a darn good rotation!

Im really starting to dislike Bush. I dont really appreciate the college scam but this whole AWOL (whats that stand for anyway?) really pisses me off. Anyone who does such a thing is a real piece o' crap. Im gonna join the military, Im not sure what wing Im gonna join (either Marines, Army or Navy Pilot) but Im gonna do it. And if I get called on to the line of duty Im going to go. And what kinda retard really cares if he gets a standing ovation or not? Thats just retarded! He musta looked like a real moron to all those people just walking out like that. And now that each night Bush gets to go to sleep in his nice cozy bed surrounded by several secret service agents and think about whether he should go to war thousands of miles from home and meanwhile thousands of honorable soldiers get to go to sleep in little cots in the middle of a fricken desert and think about whether theyll be alive a month from now, whether theyll ever see their little kid and wife again. Thats just pathetically sad. You know what I think we need more of? Presidents with combat experience. Then when a war comes close, hell remember the hell he went through and hell bo an aweful lot more thinkin about whether or not America should go to war...

Oh well, who cares? Its just ST. And I think this is one of the best games weve had so far this offseason. Anyone whos read my posts on ST knows Im just really high on seeing individual players do well, and that is what they did today. First off, Garland pitched four scoreless innings. I think this guys going to be real good this year. Im going to shut up so I dont jinx it but I still got this feeling. Then Joe Crede and DJ both hit bombs. I think Joe Crede is gonna be fine. Disregard everything I said in the Joe Crede thread. This guys going to put up some good numbers, while being a killer clutch hitter and flashing a good glove. On the other hand, Rick White hasnt looked good but last year he struggled in the thin air of Coors and I think its the same problem this year. Hell do fine once we get down to the thick air of Chitown...

It was a tough choice but I went with the 50 saves. We are going to be really good this year and I think itll be possible for Koch to get that many. A good enough pitcher on any team can throw a no-hitter but you have to be on a really good team to get 50 saves...

Theyre all looking sharp. With the exceptions of Wright, Crede and Frank. But I really think theyll come to and well have nothing to worry about...

Its nice to see them playing well but I really dont care about ST as a team. ST is to see which players are good enough, not to kick everyone elses butt. Im glad to see our youngsters are playing well enough that were 6-3 but I really hope we save most of the winning for the regular season. That said, JB and Aaron Rowand are gonna give management a tough time on who gets the CF job. And also, Buehrle, Colon, Garland and to a lesser extent Loaiza and Rauch have all looked good (now if Rauch could learn to field ). Wright is getting lit up but I think hell be fine. Do you guys even think theyll consider (ir Wright doesnt shape up) to leave put him in the minors and have a rotation of Buehrle, Colon, Garland, Loaiza and Rauch? I dont. I think Wright will come to and well be fine. Also, I dont think Garlands gonna be a slouch this year. I think were gonna have a killer top three and a decent 4-5 punch in the rotation...

Maybe its something. But I dont think theyll catch bin Laden. I think hell die in battle or at his own hand...

Now its believed that they are false. Msn.com says they were only wounded in a gunfight in which seven other terrorists were killed...

Yeah, baggs, those French people can never win a war and now theyre getting real provocative over there with the most powerful country on the planet. Chirac isnt very bright allying himself with Saddam. But I do believe hes smart enough to not intervene militaryily because thats almost certain death. Also, do you remember the story I told you on chisox.com to prove there were some good French people about the guy who brought in flowers after Sept 11 and dedicated them to Washington and New York? Its on a political thread brisox started and I said the guy was French. Forget that, I reread the story today and he was German. So I guess youre right about the French... And wsf, if anybody starts using nukes, the world is dicked. It is that which stops them from using nukes and nothing else...

No I never got jammed but a lot of people were saying I was nuts. I dont care really, I kinda like it that way...

Ah, now I understand. But I really hope Israel is a little smarter than that. I hope if such a thing happens they respond with some intelligence, and not just brute force...

Israel wouldn't..... but any ally of a country nuked by Israel, that has nuclear capabilities, may. Yeah, I think Matt just made a typo. Now I getcha. But like I said everyones fear of nukes will hopefully and probably stop anyne from using them because they know theyd get nuked back. Or if they nuke a country with non-nuclear capabilities the UN and civilized world would punish them severely...

Rent the movie "JFK" with Kevin Costner..... Stone/Garrison's theory will be explained for you there. And true, a democratic government stayed, but a goverment that (according to Stone/Garrison) was a complete 180 from Kennedy took over. That, IMHO, is a coup. Thats a good point cubkilla. But it kept the country a democracy. In other modern countries you read about radicals overthrowing democracy and making a brutal dictatorship and then the old army starts to fight and it leads to civil war and all hell breaks loose. You have a goodpoint ck but technically they stayed the same. Different ideas but they kept the things that form our country, like the bill of rights, the constitution and everything. These other coups throw out everything their country stands for. The JFK assassination however did not.

Umm, maybe I missing the point but isnt Israel our ally? Why would they nuke us just because some terrorist nuked them? And the war against China, like I said, wont happen because China doesnt have foreign military strength like we do and theyd have to cross the Pacific to get here. Everywhere on the planet you will find American military bases and ships and the like but you wont find China with any of that. And I do believe China has a bigger military but does that mean they have a better military? Not at all. First of all, we have foreign military. We can mobilize pretty quick against any country in the world, but can China? No, they cant. And I believe China has mandatory service for most people. So yeah, we could get bigger than them by telling everyone to get off the sofa and go fight but do you really think that giving some lab geek a gun is gonna help us? No. We train our men and women to fight and they know how to fight. Not to mention we have planes and bombs and ships and subs. Just because they have a larger military doesnt mean they have a better military...

Well first off, youll have to explain this Oliver Stone theory because I have no idea what that is. But when I think a coup, I think of like radicals taking over a government by force. Kennedy was murdered but the same government stayed, just with a new leader. So explain this theory and Ill tell ya what I think of it. And as for the rest, I think youre totally right. When terrorists tried to split us apart, we united. If terrorists tried to take over the country, everyone would fight. Not to mention the fact that we are the strongest military country on the planet, that probably wont happen. And invading such a huge country with such a strong military and patriotic people that would be impossible. So youd have to do it in the blink of an eye. That is possible but youre not gonna plant enough nukes to destroy such a country simultaneously. And while youre setting up the following attacks wed strike back. I dont think well nuke someone first but we will use em in return. So I think the death of America would be the death of the planet. It would be like the Sum of All Fears but there would be no Jack Ryan to save the planet. It would just go on until every cities gone and everyones dead. So, I dont think anyone will ever use nukes. And as long as we have any nukes we better have a lot of nukes because that abundance is what stops everyone from using them. Other countries think, we could nuke them but then theyd nuke us back with bigger and stronger nukes. So lets not use ours and they wont use theirs. So Id say a nuclear war is out of the question. Some people may be crazy but they arent dumb. I think its going to be very hard to find a way to pull this country down anytime soon...

Well, today in my study block we were having some insane political discussion. Most of the people pretty much had no idea what they was talking bout and most of the conversation was between the teacher and this one junior whos really smart but had some really crazy ideas. At one point the student brought up the fact that someday the American "empire" would fall. He wasnt anti-American or anything but he just said what he thought. Now if you know me at all youll know I was probably never with him, which I wasnt. He said that America would fall just like any mpire of the past, Rome, Greece, Napoleon etc. I wasnt about to jump in since everybody would tell me to f-off because if you didnt agree with them thats basically what ya got. But heres what I thought. I think America is different from Greece and all the past empires that were believed in their prime to have been undestructible. We have one thing they didnt have, domestic stability. In Rome, Brutus a senator killed Caesar. In Napoleonic France people were working the entire time to get Napoleon out. Ever since the Civil War (which was more the South wanting to make their own country and not destroy ours) we havent had any real domestic turmoil. Ok, so weve had assassinations but also in Rome you read of coups and civil wars between dictators. Weve never had any of that. And we have much more security. In Napoleonic France a grand alliance from Prussia, Austria-Hungary Britain and Russia came to throw Napoleon out. They had to cross borders, and thats it, little imaginary lines people came up with many moons ago. To get here, they would have to cross the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans and then they would have to face an army that was much bigger than even Nappys. Unless the attacking country is Mexico or Canada, but were pretty good friends with both of them. So the only danger comes from the inside. You could argue that terrorists could do such a thing. But would America sit back and watch terrorists take over the country? No. They would be eliminated in the blink of an eye. Thats another problem with these countries. Some schmuck overthrows the government and everyone sits back and praises him. That wont happen in this country, especially since no ones ever overthrown the government, or tried it for that matter. Well, there could be other points that Im missing but thats my opinion. What do you guys think?

Actually, he had a post, while logged on, dated Feb 10 and he said hes back and that everything with the log on is working once again. So now the question is, where has he been the last 24 days?

And look at the help board. There are a ton of posts in there by guests saying they cant log in and he identifies himself mostly as our good friend ldf...

I went out to play baseball with the highschool team in about 25 degrees of weather with like a ten degree wind chill this past winter and I only had a t-shirt and shorts. Most people said I was nuts but after getting used to it it wasnt half bad... And every morning walking to school here its about 30 degrees. All I wear is a hood, jeans and I keep my hands in my pockets. Its not bad at all. Id do the same if it were colder but sorry, this is Virginia after all and it dont get too cold down here...

He had a lot of problems logging on and Im not sure where he is now. I hope you come back ldf, wherever you may be!

People say he helped Buehrle become what he is today but I say thats bull. MB got to where he is today all on his own. What I really hate Wells for is his bad pitching and hypocritical lying. He called Thomas a wussy on his radio station when Thomas had a very serious injury and then the fat terd went down with a sore back. So what, big tough guy Wells, a torn triceps is a wussy injury but a sore back is what all the tough guys get? Sorry dirtbag, it doesnt work like that...

0-9 in ST? I know its only ST but is anyone worried? Could last year have possibly been a fluke? I hope not and I doubt it too. I think hell come around. The White Sox are just getting warmed up! I kinda wish they werent doin so hot in ST tho because when they stink in ST they murder people in the season...

Well Loaiza and Heredia both looked good. And Rauch has so far this offseason. Along with the whole Rowand vs Borchard in CF, the management is going to have some tough decisions. Not that thats at all bad...

I saw like two minutes of that the other day and I didnt even really know what was going og. But it looked kinda stupid so I went on watching something else. Some of this reality crap is getting way out of hand. Marriage is a sacred gift of God, to go and play with it like this is immoral. Call it "Married by Fox or something but dont associate this rot with America...

No offense to anyone, but how can depression be a mental disease? And what exactly does it do? I dont get it...