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QUOTE (iamshack @ May 14, 2012 -> 11:34 PM) IHAHC I Have A Huge Clock?

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QUOTE (iamshack @ May 14, 2012 -> 11:21 PM) Hey, some teams just have your number... Yeah, and by "some" you mean "pretty much all"

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 10, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) JoeCoolMan is loving it, it's model behavior for an NHL player, nothing to see here. Nah, Kaner should have been at a library, studying or something. What in the world is a 23-year-old doing at a party where alcohol is being served? I'm appalled by his age-expected behavior.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2012 -> 07:23 PM) We might as well have Crede and Rowand starting tomorrow. At least the fans might take notice for a couple of weeks. Better than Manny Ramirez soaking up $4+ million for 6 weeks of Viciedo's numbers this season. http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance Yay, we snuck past the A's for 28th in MLB attendance this weekend. Seattle and Tampa Bay are in direct sight, and KC within hailing distance. MIL is averaging 5 more fans at home than on the road. What an insanely close figure.

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 13, 2012 -> 10:30 PM) Normally I'd agree when Will Ferrell is involved, but I laughed pretty hard a couple times at that trailer. Maybe it's just because they are taking 2 characters those actors have already done (Ferrell as a politician all the time on SNL, and Galifinakis as his gay twin brother) that it seems too forced and cheesy.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 14, 2012 -> 12:21 AM) The A stands for "Alternate" And Assistant Captain. Both are acceptable, even though I've only heard assistant.

Go figure the Cubs win the World Series, and the whole world goes to s***.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 13, 2012 -> 10:03 PM) Rios slam vs Indians towards end of last year Got a date or video link?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:48 PM) One thing about Goon, just thought of it now, there was an annoying scene in the film: I do not claim to be a Hockey expert but does the "A" on a player's chest not stand for "alternate" as in "alternate captian"? Well I do believe they say in the movie that the man with the "A" is the "assistant captain", not a big inconsistency but that's pretty weak considering a hockey novice like myself noticed it. And yes, I know that "assistant" is considered acceptable (by some at least) but would the coach of the team use this term? I think not, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I grew up in a hockey family, and played hockey growing up, and have always known it to mean "Assistant Captain", so no, I don't think it would be wrong for a coach to ever say it as such.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 12, 2012 -> 11:07 AM) Honestly, that looks pretty terrible.

4/13/11 is the last I could find. http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/mlb/gameda...&mode=video Alexei over the A's.

QUOTE (The Critic @ May 13, 2012 -> 08:09 PM) When I played, the shift did seem to work on most lefties, though. Not a lot of LH hitters could, or would, go the other way. I always did, because pitchers would take the jump-step to my right and then float the ball away from me (which was stupid when their guys were shifting me to right), so it made sense to drop my back shoulder a bit and drive the ball to left. Well, yeah, I guess we do shift our OF about 10 feet when a lefty is up, but I was more of less thinking of infield shifts or when teams would bring in a 5th IF.

Honestly, the last one I can remember was 2 years ago vs. Seattle when Rios hit a walk-off HR. There has to be a more recent one than that though, right?

QUOTE (The Critic @ May 13, 2012 -> 05:10 PM) I used to pound the ball in warmups, just crush it as hard as I could, dead pull to RF all the way. Then in the game guys would play me really deep with a huge shift to RF and I would slap the ball down the LF line for doubles and triples. Then when they thought they had me figured out I would pop one over the right fielder's head and trot. Hah, I always laugh at teams that try to employ a shift. It's slow pitch softball, most skilled hitters can place the ball anywhere they want to. The shift only works on the bad hitters who can't aim the ball, or the hitters who swing for a HR every time, so it's going to end up being a pulled ball either way.

What size field do you guys play on? My Thursday night league plays on 300ft fences, but my Chili's softball tourney that we do annually is usually on 275ft fields. I can definitely put it out of 275, I can probably put it out on 300, but I don't even try to do it. I figure if I hit a HR every other game, I will end up making a ton of flyouts, so I don't even waste my time. I just drop my back foot and line it to RF. I'm a big, slow guy, so most people play me kind of deep, but like a smart Paul Konerko, I just take my singles to RF and then have a speedster pinch run for me. Haha, the life of a DH who doesn't run the bases! (I'm actually a pretty solid OF, one of the best on the team, but my lack of speed greatly reduces my range, and the other guys are real fast.)

I play 12" softball. This is my 4th year. I am the manager this year, and I think I assembled a darn good team. We beat one of the best teams last season tonight, in extra innings. I went 4 for 5, 3 RBI I believe. I am a singles-machine. I'm slow, but I got that sweet opposite field line-drive approach. Gordon Beckham 2009 type shizzz. A dude who was probably at least 50, maybe 60, made some incredible diving plays tonight. Started at 3B, the death position in slow pitch, and made 2 incredible diving stops on 1-hop rockets that he somehow picked as he dove, and then they moved him to SS, and he made another diving stop. It was nuts.

Just bought "Calico Joe" for my dad for father's day. He is a huge John Grisham fan, likes baseball, and likes the Cubs. And the story is about a father and son, so it seemed pretty damn perfect.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 10, 2012 -> 12:11 AM) If Kenny went to him with a 3yr/$30 million deal, he should be fired on the spot. That would be embarrassing to offer the best pitcher in the game a middle of the road contract. Why would a GM ever be fired for offering a constantly injured pitcher "LESS" than you feel he is worth? GMs get fired for overpaying, not lowballing (in your opinion).

Oh god, please tell me you are kidding. I wouldn't offer him anything, but if the Sox really wanted him back and the feelings were mutual, I'd be on board for like 3 yrs/$30M, but Jake would get a lot more than that elsewhere, probably.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 9, 2012 -> 11:35 PM) Mitchell still has more upside than Saladino unless he can consistently hit .280 with 15-18 homers per season at the major league level and play above average defense at either 2B/SS or 3B. 30-40 steals at the minor league level does not usually translate to more than 15-20-25 bags as a big leaguer. So you are telling me Billy Hamilton isn't going to steal 100+ bases in the majors?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 9, 2012 -> 10:10 PM) change your mind yet? No, why? I was actually going conservative. I bet a lot of fans would have liked to see Jake pitch 8.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 9, 2012 -> 10:01 PM) I would lean strongly the opposite way I don't know which would win it at this point, though So you mean you would rather reward a player who had a terrible season, over a guy who had an injury?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 9, 2012 -> 09:53 PM) Because Jake wasn't otherworldly bad. Adam Dunn was the embodiment of suck. I am of the belief that the CPOTY award should reward a great player recovering from injury season, not a great player coming back from a season of complete suck.