lostfan

Another Teahen double would be nice, so he can be driven in by the competent core of the lineup.

Not sure how Linebrink managed that... but, props to Linebrink. Now it's up to this offense to make it meaningful.

There's nothing wrong with nominating politicians to the Supreme Court. It's been done before. Judges aren't the only ones capable of interpreting the law, in fact they only give you one piece of the entire picture. Something like a state Attorney General, Solicitor General (not coincidence that Kagan is said to be on the short list), a US Attorney, or hell even a high-profile lawyer or law professor with a deep resume are perfectly fine.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) These guys are better than what we've seen. If we've been watching the Pirates.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 03:03 PM) good post. where are all those people who used to b**** and complain about the softball lift and pull offenses now? Just like the rotating DH thing, I wouldn't mind this balanced approach to offense if it was filled by good players.

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:55 PM) Freddy pitched plenty fine enough for a 5th starter, its the 2nd time in a row he allowed a leadoff walk, it was bound to hurt eventually. For a 5th starter? Better than that... I mean you could say "for a 5th starter" if he had given up 4 runs, but he gave up 2 and hasn't hit 100 pitches thru 7

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:51 PM) Well it looks like Hawk is blaming the pitching. Hawk " In everygame this year we have had the lead" Yes I know how lock solid 1-0 leads are in the American League at the Cell s*** if our starters were guaranteed to go 2 runs in 7.0 IP every single game, anyone who wouldn't take that in a heartbeat is a tool.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:48 PM) Hawk really needs to stop whining about the umps That's every game of every year that this applies.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:45 PM) Heh. s***ty grammar. "Let's eat Grandma!" "Let's eat, Grandma!" Grammar saves lives

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) Teahen will find a way to GIDP here. Get In a Double, and to the Plate

Teahen comes through. About f***ing time.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:17 PM) I'll go out on a limb (not my own limb of course) and say Teahen gets a base hit. That would be nice...

Yeah, where is this "the defense is terrible" talk coming from? I honestly don't know. RF hasn't improved at all? So, after 5 games you're ready to say that Quentin is no better than the guy he replaced, who was one of the worst RFs in baseball? Alexei is still physically talented but mentally erratic, Paulie is the same Paulie, Beckham, too soon to say. CF is an upgrade, Pierre covers more ground in LF than Carlos did when he was there. I haven't watched that closely but Teahen hasn't been that bad either, certainly not bad enough for me to make any assumptions off not even a week's worth of baseball (but at the plate, he sucks, hard so far).

I wasn't old enough to know or care about Clinton's nominations at the time, the first one I really remember is Roberts and that one seemed like a charade.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:03 PM) That's what started it. And now, it's just so far out of control, it's almost pointless. Thomas, or Bork?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:41 PM) I guess I didn't realize the VP was on the same plane. Of course, they don't let them travel together. In fact, there's usually two presidential planes for the president alone for security reasons. Don't they call the VP's plane Air Force 2? (I forget)

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) The really ugly politics started when Kennedy gave a blistering speech against Bork an hour after his nomination. Before that point in time, yea, the appointees were "political" but not "ugly" like it is now. And that speech was what started the nasty stuff between parties on SCOTUS nominees. The pace didn't really pick up until Bush 43 if you don't count Thomas's hearings

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) What is this in reference to? Honest question, I really don't know any history behind SCOTUS nominations. The Dems in the 80s stirring up controversy to get Robert Bork's confirmation rejected and forcing Reagan to nominate a more moderate justice (Kennedy). Then there was the Thomas hearings, that's a whole other story, I was only about 9 or 10 at the time but from going back and reading it, I don't see how anyone can honestly argue Thomas was anywhere NEAR as qualified as Bork when he was nominated. Thomas is obviously intelligent, but sometimes when I read his legal logic, it's just absolutely brutal and I'm thinking "how the hell did this guy get a law degree?" I might not agree with Scalia's rulings but I never get that feeling when I read him, other than him being kind of obnoxious. Oh and then there was the Anita Hill stuff... yeah...

Mauer is a beast.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) I know it's only 5 games in, but if Beckham has a "sophomore slump", it's going to be hard to contend. Beckham is not doing terrible at all... no reason even to bring that up at this point. He's making contact, taking walks, etc. he's just not a doubles machine yet.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:51 PM) A Beckham double would be nice. Or not.

A Beckham double would be nice.

Well if you want to argue who "started" it you'd have to go all the way back to FDR.

QUOTE (Real @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) Last time Freddy looked this good was against the Angels, I'm sure some of you guys remember the significance of that game............... Edit: Not talking about 2005, I believe it was 2006 or 2007 I remember that game and in it Hawk did one of the things that I hate, not that it actually affects the game in any way, but I'm superstitious like that.

2 on, Kotsay will end the inning here.