Quin

JDA. PATIENCE.

Avi throwing! Woo!

f***ing V-Mart.

That was slick as f*** Gordo.

Sit down Kinsler

Everyone forgets Sierra.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 03:23 PM) What's so outlandish about my statement? Do you not believe me when I say I get weird comments and looks when I tell people I believe? Badger is a great man. He does not judge Greg. the third person, And you wouldn't believe me when I say that I get told I'm getting/deserve eternal damnation from people when they find out that not only am I not religious, I was raised Jewish and therefore never knew peace/God. I got this s*** from my friends growing up until they reached the point where they decided "being a good person" overrode the "what religion are you" qualification. Most of them are still religious. You live in a liberal college town filled with young adults. Go anywhere else in Kansas and it's a different story. I feel uncomfortable in parts of Missouri and Illinois where being an Jewish (culturally) atheist puts a giant target on my back.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) Proves my point. Look at all those christians and look how the small minority have stifled us completely. This might be the greatest post of all time.

A+ on the new thread title.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:32 PM) If the economy is getting better then that will help us greatly. Might even help me not get laid off. Hopefully that is happening. You know my feelings on No. 2. As far as the Christian thing, cmon Quin. You know Christians have been silenced effectively. Yes by the mass media mainly but tons of believers can't even say they go to church on Sunday without getting looks of disbelief or getting mocked. I know. People around here think I'm an idiot for going to church every week. I have the same feelings on 2. Gun laws in Israel are tight (for obvious reasons), so when I saw someone walking down the street with an M16 (which was not rare) I felt safe because it was a trained soldier. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:41 PM) As someone that was raised religiously Jewish and is now non-religious, I get s*** for not being religious and told that due to my lack of morals I'm an awful person. Goes both ways. Christians haven't been "silenced," it's that vocal Christians are giving the majority a bad name and that the religious norm (Church every Sunday, prayers at dinner) are no longer the norm. Not being the norm =/= silenced.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:20 PM) I do appreciate your statistics and believe them. I am pleased crime is down overall and did read it is going up in NY again with people blaming the mayor. At any rate, these bulls*** American nutjob on American deaths definitely are on the rise as our president stated how they are becoming the norm. But I do accept your statistics on the overall crime scene. Please comment on the rest of my own rant. You can't deny that right now America is trending downward in a huge way. You can't be happy with all these school shootings and the economy and everything I listed and deadspin listed in a joking way. Economy is rebounding and is now at it's pre-recession job levels. School shootings are troubling. Still, less gun violence than decades past. We just know more due to the 24/7 news cycle. There is a non-Christian minority that is vocal, there is a Christian majority that is just as vocal.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) Greg has never been one to let facts influence his opinion.

If Tanaka wins 20 and Abreu hits 50, you'll see a real interesting debate.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 02:04 PM) That deadspin article was great. I know it was a joke but it makes you think. Right now America is like Gordon Beckham of last season. Or DeAza of this season. Really very very very little about it makes you think anything positive is going on. Horrific leadership in government. Horrific economy. Terrible crime rate of American nutjobs killing innocent Americans, making us look very bad internationally and nationally, and pretty much nobody caring about doing anything about it. A Godless loud minority effectively silencing those who believe, pretty much making believers shut up when they talk about morals and values and pleasing the higher power. Horrific business leaders who have set the trend of laying off hordes of people just so they can staff unpaid interns and/or parttimers who get no benefits. Horrible healthcare system that even s***s on the U.S. veterans. Right now the USA is trending down down down. Can the USA pivk it up as Beckham has and start inching upward? Good luck to us all. Hillary's not going to lead the change parade to greatness as she fulfills her destiny of being awarded the presidency which people feel is owed her for some reason. Obama has jumped the shark in that regard in that he's thrown up his hands against the assholes in congress, God bless us all as we try to prove the odds wrong and pull a Beckham like recovery out of nowhere. Sigh. Greg, turn off Fox News for a minute and come to the realization that Christianity is still very much alive in the United States.

Also jesus f***ing christ, do the Sox just have like an open tab at the Rogers Center?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 01:58 PM) May as well include the Tuiasosopo trade in this thread too. Sox got him from Toronto for cash Game changer.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) Well, when you get post #6 declaring "Im right", then these things happen You could almost bet your house on it happening.

SoxTalk is a cruel, unforgiving world.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jun 12, 2014 -> 10:03 AM) Ha, yeah, I did forget about Uribe. Good ol' Juany. They also have Justin Turner who's been playing fairly well lately. So they do seem to be set infield-wise, barring another big injury. Still, Pederson is just languishing away at AAA... I'm wondering what it would take to get Joc

Gordon was way more hyped as a prospect than Micah or Semien. Marcus showed Gordon syndrome earlier. Don't trade Gordon just to trade him, there has to be a good return.

Greg, It's not the worst summer for deaths. It's like it has been said in in other threads: these just aren't happening in the inner-city. They're happening in places where affluent white people live, so more coverage and with it comes the illusion of more violence.

Hit paraaaaade

Conor so awesome.

Damn.

Eaton is so fun