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Both Brady Shoemaker and Leroy Hunt from Kannapolis have been suspended according to the Intimidators roster.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 21, 2010 -> 11:19 PM) Another solid outing for Leesman. Infante last 10 outings: 12 IP 6 H 1 R 0 ER 6 BB 16 SO .154 AVG 0.00 ERA. Infante was hitting 102 and 103 regularly tonight.

I did not know him and Cowley were an item.

QUOTE (RudyLawRules @ Aug 20, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) Buster tweets in... The White Sox would get first dibs over the other two.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 06:02 PM) The wine country in California is pretty nice I hear. PS - Hurricane Andrew mowing down Homestead in '93 pretty much swore me off of Florida (that, and the oppressive humidity, alligators and giant bugs). Ahh, yes, the humidity is reason enough to avoid Florida.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 10:45 PM) Hey, Chris Sale is going to be a pretty crucial piece when we land Carlos Lee next year. Chris Sale and Dayan Viciedo for Ronald Bellisario, do it.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 07:35 PM) I love football, and I am a huge Bears fan (although unfortunately I agree about the stupidity of fanbase factor, ugh) but the overcommercialization of the NFL is what really dulls it for me. The round-the-clock coverage of everything is nauseating, and the annual Favre soap opera and things like the verbal fellating of Tom Brady, so I tend to avoid it as much as I can. This has costs though because I find myself not knowing things I normally would when I watch postgame coverage, shows throughout the week, and so on. Basically everything I don't like about the NFL anymore revolves around the its relentless pursuit of revenue, and it just feels bogus as hell. The excessive commercials, the skyrocketing free agent deals, the ridiculous contracts given to rookies (costs which are passed down to the fans in various ways btw), needing DirecTV to get Sunday Ticket, the price of Sunday Ticket who only really care to watch one team, ticket costs going up every year for the same product, charging fans full price for pointless preseason games nobody gives a f*** about, exclusive licenses given to Reebok and EA Sports, I could go on. And a lot of people buy into this brand without questioning its value at all (and not really even being aware that they're doing it), so when you tell them something like this they look at you funny like "what's wrong with you, football is awesome!" That's the worse.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 12:54 AM) I said NFL. College football fans are the absolute worst. Alabama fans are obsessive, insane, uninformed, misguided, cultish and experience hallucinations.

Anybody else think that the whole Gatorade G Series thing is stupid? I mean seriously, who's going to follow that ridiculous regimen? The only place I've seen where you can buy the Prime and Recover is at Dick's.

People who like football and not much else aren't real sports fans. It doesn't take much effort to like football. They watch 13 to 17 games a year and that's it. I knew one guy who argued that the absence of Colt McCoy from the BCS championship game did not matter and Alabama would have won anyway. Of course, he didn't even know who Colt McCoy even is or that he had been a Heisman finalist for so many years because he literally only watched the Alabama games and nothing else.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 01:45 PM) I agree with this. A lot of people I know refuse to watch baseball on tv and their litany of reasons usually follows the line of nothing happens, it's so slow, etc. They'll only watch if they go to the game where they can drink, people watch, and (presumably) not watch the game. And, get hit in the head with a baseball. They have dollar beer nights on Thursdays at Barons games and the crowd is so much different. I hate Thursday home games except for the eye candy.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 12:23 PM) My wife and I have been talking about moving to Florida sometime in the next 5 years and I just saw a job opening that is right down my ally, but it's just a little too soon. DAG GUM IT! Hurricanes, dude.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 01:36 PM) From what I remember about him, more than likely breaking every clubhouse rule in the book. Strange considering that Vanderbilt is such a conservative school.

He had been on their inactive list for about a month before his release.

Seriously, the final scenes in "Brokeback Mountain" are some of the most heartbreaking I've ever seen in any movie.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 12:57 PM) Why'd he wind up out of the Pirates org? Released.

Saw some conjecture that the White Sox may pursue signing Barret Loux.

Pitcher Jeff Sues signed and sent to Winston-Salem. Former Pirates farmhand and Vanderbilt pitcher. Was #7 prospect in their system as recently as 2009 according to Baseball America.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 11:37 PM) This is the reason I'm not a big football fan. Bears fans, although I am one myself, are the worst in the NFL. It's horrible. Have you ever met an Alabama fan?

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 10:39 PM) My top one has probobaly gotta be in "The Rookie" when Jimmy Morris (Randy Quaid) gets called up to pitch in the major leagues, and it's in his home town on top of it. Being a true story even adds to a whole dimension to it. Another scene is when the kids walk in through thr tunnel, and it hits them as to how big a venue that "their coach" is going to pitch in. "Sh***er's full!" Dennis.

And, considering that I live in Alabama with Alabama Crimson Tide football fans, football season isn't necessarily something one would look forward to.

But, with the Barons sucking so bad this year, I'm not getting the August blues that I usually do. I'm actually looking forward to some foosball.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 02:10 PM) I know the exact feeling. I think the biggest reason football is so much more popular than any other sport is the short attention span of Americans, and more importantly, the American sports fan. Yes.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:31 PM) OK, I don't know how popular this topic is going to be, but I am curious to see if there is anybody else out there like me. Does anybody else somewhat resent football for taking all the national and local attention away from baseball once NFL training camp starts? Sometimes it feels like the trade deadline July 31 is the last time baseball gets the spotlight, from a coverage/attention point of view. Then NFL training camp starts, followed by the ultra-meaningless preseason games that are really hyped up, (then 20 pages of coverage about Cutler's two, yes, two passes), and baseball doesn't really take center stage again until the World Series. I work at a bar with one big main TV at the front. Not once, not twice, but THREE times over the past two weeks I was asked to change the channel from a pennant race baseball game (twice it was the Sox) to a pre-season football game. I know I shouldn't complain about other people's preferences, but this always manages to get me frustrated. Don't get me wrong, I AM a Bears fan. But I am far and away a baseball fan first. Football only really matters to me on Sundays in the fall/winter. I don't hate football, but I can't stand how America and Chicago makes it such a big deal, bigger than baseball, while there are pennant races going on. Or when the Sox tank and a popular post on Sox message boards is "I've got one thing to say: Go Bears!" To me, the Sox are so much more important. Anyway, maybe I'm the only one who feels this way. Football is king, in this city and in this country, and I should just accept it. But does anybody else resent it a little? Yes.