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Hulk Hogan. He'll be dead by next week. Heart attack.

I could make a day out of writing all the stupid questions people have asked me. Since I work for consulting company hired to oversee everything security related at Toyota Park, I have the pleasure of dealing with all the patrons who attend sporting events and concerts. What's hilarious is, as Soxy briefly referenced, people are good for repeating themselves. Usually all the drunken mayhem is reserved for concerts, though These two are my favorites: Q. I know (insert name of unknown Toyota Park employee or famous musician). Can I go backstage to meet them? A. No. If you knew these people you would have proper credentials. (Personal screams something mildly coherent). Yes sir ok, I'm sure you'll have me fired. And sued. I'll see you then. Q. Do you get to see all the concerts for free? A. Yes. (After it has been 50 times and I'm just f***ing around with them). No, I paid the company to work here for the concert, and in return, they pay me according to how many people I bring into lockup.

No way in hell his delivery is anything you'd want to be a part of for an extend amount of time. It's just plain ugly to look at. I don't blame Johnson for doing everything he can to milk a team out of money before his elbow falls off. However, Florida should be in no hurry to consider trading him. No arbitrator is going to award Johnson anywhere near his asking figure. I doubt the MLB arbitration record (I believe set by Gagne) would be broken for Josh f***ing Johnson.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 21, 2009 -> 06:39 PM) So Neda was a pretty sad and scary video. Her eyes in that video are haunting.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 19, 2009 -> 10:43 AM) Haha. Heres a story, I'll lay out the key points. 1.Delivery man drops off deep dish Lou's pizza 2.Put pizza on coffee table, go into other room for plates, silverware, drinks etc 3.Table is empty 4. pizza shaped dog 5.Not mad, but just plain impressed My dog has gotten to the point where if she sees me go downstairs with food, then come back upstairs for any reason, she'll immediately run downstiars assuming I left behind something she can take from my plate.

I had this memory from my childhood I was hoping someone could help me with. It was around '90,'91 when I was in first grade. There was this one black/white picture book we were allowed to read after school, and I was always afraid of it because of how violent it was. The basic premise of the book would be about a girl who seemed really innocent, but then would just go crazy at a moments notice and kill people. I'm really digging into my memory here, but the story would go, "Mary came across a monster, and didn't know what to do. So she took out an ax and chopped the animal into little pieces." I'm really interested in whether it was as odd and strange as I remember it. Although, admittingly, I'm not being very descriptive so I dont know if what I wrote down will jog anyone's memory. Its just been bugging me because there isn't anything specific about the book that I could search google for.

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We had a good crew for yesterday's game. Let's try it again this afternoon.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 07:53 AM) Any amateur weather guys want to make a prediction here? It looks like we're not going to get this one in.

And you know damn well the ball is going to keep finding him. I would expect the next four hitters to hit ground balls at Beckham.

Typical White Sox prospect. Lets boot a ball hit right to us. Jesus.

Uh, yeah, Danks looks very flat. His fastball is down a few mph and his curve doesn't look very sharp. I have a feeling it's going to be a Carrasco outing early. And then after his hanging sliders are hit around its going to be Poreda.

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If anyone has Showtime, make it a priority to watch a movie called "Full Count." It's a coming of age movie set in the late 1980's, and it's f***ing phenomenal. It came out in 2006 and doesn't have a well-known cast, so you've probably never heard of it, but I'll guarantee if anyone here saw it they'd love it.

Chat time.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 14, 2009 -> 01:48 PM) MB's HR made me even more sad about the offense, to be honest. Whore the chat now.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 10:04 PM) Yeah, imagine that, trading for an ace and then having a series of unfortunate circumstances maybe happen in a hypothetical scenario. An unfortunate circumstance in a hypothetical scenario which came true. We're better off. Admit it.

First off, remove that abomination from your avatar. Second, it's obvious we dodged one hell of a bullet. I was never for the trade to begin with, but it wasn't that I thought he was injured; I was thinking 2010-11 would be the time for that. Imagine how aggravated we'd be in our position, having given up Poreda/Richard/etc., and then with Peavy's injury being forced to go with Carrasco or some other assortment of AAA crap. If we weren't in the same position now, 5.5 games back, with Peavy on our team, we'd soon fall due to the lack of another pitching option.

Nice outing from Poreda. Yes, his velocity wasn't as advertised, but pitching 93-95 as a starter would be fine by me if he's able to consistently throw a decent slider/changeup.

He has to be slowing down for the breaking ball. How the hell can a pitcher be throwing 95 mph with a 75 mph breaking ball and NO ONE is flinching or swinging and missing?

Did it appear to anyone else Poreda noticeably slowed up when throwing that last breaking ball? He'll obviously need to avoid that.

I guess other teams have no problem facing pitchers they've never seen. Although I'd rather have this then Poreda walking the world.

Here's what I have to say now, before Poreda pitches. PLEASE, DONT WALK THE FIRST HITTER Infact, dont walk anyone. He already knows what Guillen expects of him, and he'll have a difficult time finding work if he's nibbling.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) I wonder if Aaron Poreda is going to start bringing a book to the pen with him? He has a lot of time on his hands. I was thinking the same thing. All the proponents of bringing up starting pitchers and putting them into the bullpen need to pay close attention to what's happening here. Long relievers are rarely used for us, and if he's not starting, he'll rarely find consistent time to pitch with Hanging Slider Carrasco, Dotel, Linebrink, Thornton ahead of him. If he's not pitching consistently he should be starting in Charlotte. It's time to bring him in with a 6-2 lead.