lostfan

lol @ claiming NSS has a vendetta against you. So you know, the only time your name was ever brought up in the mod forum was... the last time you claimed NSS had a vendetta against you.

Gordon Beckham has never been wrong, except for the time he thought he made a mistake.

O'Sullivan looks pretty decent. Anyone got a book on him?

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 09:07 AM) Thanks, I guess I won't be watching many Bears games from home until the Rams start getting blacked out. You can get streams of broadcasts though if you know where to look.

For me, Sarah Palin is like looking at a train wreck. I find the birthers fascinating because they're just plain insane (if a tad scary), it's like a case study in cognitive dissonance. However, IF Obama were to be found ineligible to be president, that would mean Joe Biden is the president. Are they sure they want that? That would be epic.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 08:56 AM) As I said. Both sides of this are pathetic. This was dealt with a year ago when it first became a question. EVERYONE involved needs to STFU and go on. Now, Obama's "better to let his opponents commit political suicide" (as I've seen it written). I'm reminded of this: Maybe not on this particular topic because it's not even a relevent issue in reality, but the point remains -hope and change that your political opponents "kill themselves off (metaphorically, of course). We are supposed to just behave like sheep and accept Messianic policy. Now, of course, it's disingenuous and "lies" when the shoe's on the other foot. a) If your opponent is self-immolating why would you want to stop them? That's insanity. B) Why do you readily assume that what a poster on Soxtalk says is what Obama is thinking? c) How on earth is the administration being pathetic? The entire thing is ludicrous, they addressed it last summer, and now they're ignoring it. If their opponents look like jackasses, that's not the administration's problem.

No. They have something like that but it's unavailable in the United States. They want you to use DirecTV.

Let's take the series.

Gordon Beckham lives vicariously through himself.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 08:38 AM) Woo hoo. Let's just play politics as usual. Oh wait, hope and change, nevermind. Seriously - this is all so stupid. There's much more important crap to be talking about, and this isn't one of them, from either side. What would you do if you were him? These people live in some other version of reality where they can't be convinced. He could release his "original copy" or his "long form" or whatever and they'd still be crying. They are more willing to believe the phony Kenyan birth certificate was authentic and his Hawaiian one wasn't. Hilarious.

Cedric Benson talking s*** again about how the Bears made a mistake getting rid of him. lolz. The guy seems to be oblivious to the fact that he was terrible when the job was given to him.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 01:42 AM) Yes. Better yet, did you see him save the kitten from the tree during the middle of the game? I missed that, I was too busy watching him detain Osama bin Laden.

People weren't so much pissed Pods was on the team so much as they were pissed that we had to pull a desperation move in the first place.

Milking the udder

Yesss I get to start tomorrow's gamethread.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 08:44 AM) First game thread I've ever started. Let's see how this goes. Not a bad start.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 10:59 AM) John Danks, Dan Hudson and Tyler Flowers AT LEAST. And that's why it will never happen. What? I'd offer John Danks for him straight up and if they ask for someone like Flowers then they're just not serious.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) but .494 slugging at the cleanup spot would not cut it on those teams I think are a cut above, like Boston w/ Youklis, LAA w/ Guerrero (normal Vlad that is) or Tampa etc I want to be like those teams. ??? A-Rod is slugging .515 for the Yankees, is that not good enough or something? Where do you suggest getting a Hall of Famer from?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) Hmmm, how about hammerhead the johnson? Gah I was about to post this but you got here first.

He hits where he hits because he bats left-handed.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 09:37 PM) Dont worry all, Beckham is up next inning How many runs will he score in his at-bat? I say 3.

QUOTE (Jeremy @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 08:12 PM) Hey, I'll give you credit for recognizing that Getz could turn it around. However, as you admit you didn't come close to predicting that he'd hit .360 over a month and it remains to be seen whether or not Fields can make improvements, so I disagree somewhat with bumping the thread and claiming vindication. Bump the thread and pat yourself on the back in 500 at bats or so if Fields continues his downward spiral. I'm not claiming vindication. I was re-emphasizing the point I was trying to make in the first place. I also don't know how you can dismiss Field's strikeout numbers when he's had over 700 MLB PAs, and generally 800 is the point where you want to stop and look at what a player is doing so 700 is almost enough. Strikeouts and a low batting average are excusable if you're getting a ton of walks. Fields gets a respectable amount of walks, but in the minors he's only had one year in the minors where I'd call his OBP above average, and that's 2006. 2007 it was almost .400 but that was a shortened season and whatever he does in the majors trumps that anyway. He looks much more likely to be in the low .300s than high .300s so yes, he does strike out too much. How much more can he turn it around, really?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 07:19 PM) I'll take my chances with Pods. Cindy can probably play CF better than Pods though.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 3, 2009 -> 06:57 PM) I went to Bourbonnais today. Cutler throws really hard, but the WRs mostly suck. Pace looked really good in one on ones with the D line. Chris Williams looked absolutely awful. Is he hurt or something? I can't imagine an outside lineman being that slow. I don't think he's ever played RT before.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Aug 4, 2009 -> 04:55 PM) I call it "building up endurance". Practice makes perfect