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Wow, that 9th inning was not necessary.

I don't understand how we can't hit Liam Hendriks more than we have so far.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:47 AM) They aren't hidden...they just aren't the ones immediately recommended....you can rank the rooms by price and see the exact same rooms. I read the title of the article yesterday which suggested they were hiding the lower priced offers. I guess not.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:44 AM) Are you guys actually reading the article? I don't get the ire...they're just saying they understand that Mac users tend to be more spend more per night on their hotel rooms, so they show them nicer rooms...it's just them trying to tailor their product a bit more to their consumer. People don't like it when stuff is hidden from them that are lower in price, even if they will never even think of buying such services.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:16 AM) Assholes. And I will say, Orbitz IT dept is dumb as rocks. I don't know why you'd let something like this leak out. It's perfectly fine if you keep it in house and I think such a practice will probably help them make money, but now that it's public, it's very bad publicity and will probably lose them money.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 04:30 AM) I go with Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes. Haven't had any problems. I'm curious to see that rumored Nexus tablet. Also, I'm hoping to get the Galaxy S 3 when I'm eligible next month. Too bad HTC didn't go with a removeable battery. And nothing else really seems to be in the near-future horizon... This is a bad trend. I know they do it in order to slim the devices down, but I run custom ROMs and they're a little less stable than stock (usually). I'd like the ability to force a restart by taking the battery out instead of waiting for it to die out when my system freezes. Moreover, I want to be able to switch the battery when it loses its capacity for holding a good charge (this happens after a year or two, depending on how much you abuse your battery) and if I'm not happy about my battery life, I can go third party or buy a first party extended battery. This and the lack of SD card slots on pretty much all the new phones (except the S 3) are bad trends to be going towards. It takes away a lot of the freedom from the user and forces you to lock in with two pretty important options (battery life and storage).

Barrack didn't do his baseball research.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 09:16 AM) James Jones ain't stealing tick from anyone. Even if he takes Battier's role, he will still have a hard time getting more than 25 min of playing time.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 12:47 AM) Other rumors/tidbits: Jason Kidd would be interested in playing for the Bulls and is ok with a backup role, the Bulls are one of the top suitors for Brandon Roy, and Nikola Mirotic likely will stay overseas until 2014. Jason Kidd is a backup at this point. He shot 36% last year, granted, they were pretty much all 3 pointers... I also don't see how Brandon Roy can have healthy knees ever again.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 09:10 AM) Just saw on SC that there is supposedly "mutual interest" between Ray Allen and the Heat. Wouldn't that be just wonderful (assuming he's healthy, of course). I don't think he'll get more than 25 min of playing time there. They already have Battier, LeBron, Wade, and James Jones at the 2 and 3.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) http://www.freep.com/article/20120625/SPOR...ews|text|Sports Front page HORRIBLE column. That the Tigers should acquire Carlos Quentin, largely because of his defense, haha. New positioning makes him better? C'mon! Where do they come up with this stuff? Yeah, he'll give them much better offense than Boesch or Delmon Young, that's for sure. It could be kind of a nightmare scenario for the Sox if he goes off ala 2008 or the first couple of weeks back in 2012. Then again, he could just as easily get reinjured. Brennan Boesch was never really a role or part-time player, either. Not until he decided to really suck this year. To be fair, Carlos was much better on defense last season than in previous years.

I can't believe Santiago was once our closer. His control sucks.

Twins hitters find every gap possible.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:12 PM) And if you saw his hits yesterday, you know that both were of the extremely lucky variety. While I don't love it, I don't think the lineup change is too big a deal, unless Gordo suddenly tanks. That triple he hit would have been a hit with just about any OFers. Bourne and Heyward have great range, there's no guarantee your average CFer or RFer gets to that ball he hit.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:07 PM) Isn't Fukudome Japanese? He is, but I think that was what the green was for...

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:58 PM) Dunn and Hudson were teammates from the Dbacks while PV and Dunn were on Team USA along with Youkilis. I had no idea Peavy and Dunn were friends until I read an article about them turning it around this year. Adam must really be a great clubhouse guy.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:50 PM) And so he made a stink, wound up on the inactive list, and was traded a few weeks later. If Kobe Bryant was serious about being traded, that's what he had to do. Otherwise, the Lakers weren't going to move him unless something blew them away, because things hadn't truly come to a head. Plus the Lakers never get fleeced in any deals, they usually do the fleecing.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:57 PM) It looks like it was Youklis, which is forgvble. I see what you did there.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:56 PM) Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan Dunn was wearing Youkilis' Red Sox game jersey [from yesterday] during his pregame workout. Added sweat to youkilis' tears. So I assume Youk and Dunn are buddies. Is Adam Dunn friends with everyone we acquire or something? He was friends with O-Dawg too.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:46 PM) Youkils!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:15 PM) I Wouk have rather Youk be places 7th to break up the lack of walk crew This.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:04 PM) Only on Soxtalk would people complain about a guy with an OBP under .300 being moved from the 2 spot in the lineup. FWIW, it's over .300 and he's had a .344 OBP in June.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:57 PM) My first reaction is to not like Beckham batting 9th, but what the hell...we'll see what happens. The bottom of the order is also an OBP black hole. Beckham's OBP is barely above .300. Viciedo and Alexei's are both 30 points above their batting average.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) wow I would rather want Youkilis in a run driving position maybe batting 6th or 7th , now we are pretty much back to square one where I wouldn't be shocked seeing Beckham duplicate what Hudson was doing as the 9th hitter. With Gordon's history of mental instability, I wouldn't be surprised if he falls back into a slump again...

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 03:53 PM) Gordon really should be staying in the 2 hole IMO. Don't mess with what has been working for him of late. I was all for Youk hitting 7th or 8th. But hitting him second does make sense given his ability to get on base (when he is healthy). De Aza and Youk in front of Dunn and Konerko = lots of men to drive in for the latter.