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QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 20, 2009 -> 09:09 PM) Rumor on ChiSox.com that the Sox are close to acquiring Peavy....now THAT's "spectulation"! We're talking about this in the chat. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?autocom=chat The rumor from that board is a deal involving Richard, Poreda, and two PTBNLs. Yes, it seems ridiculous; but to everyone doubting this the person who posted the rumor supposedly has been correct in the past.

I second an interest in purchasing a burnt DVD, Rock. Whenever you get down to making one let me know. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 20, 2009 -> 04:39 PM) Doesn't anyone use torrents around here? I got mine for free. All 44GB?!

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ May 20, 2009 -> 02:41 PM) I'm pissed off that the new Terminator is shaping up to be such a turd. I've been looking forward to this installment for a long time. There will be several more installments in the series after this. I'm actually looking forward to it, because after the abuse this movie has received it'll force them to hire writers that are capable of telling a story. Although, from some of the reviews I've read it reminds me of a moment in the movie, "The Heckler." It's a film about audience hecklers and their presence in the standup comedy world. Jamie Kennedy noted that it has not just become a review of the movie good or bad, but a competition to see who can throw out the most unique insult of a movie. I'll admit some are funny, but really, that's not the job of a film reviewer. It was discussed here on Soxtalk at one point, too. Just give the review, say why it was good or bad, and leave the comments to IMDB message boards. This is going to be a film people are going to love to hate. Yesterday I noticed it was at 23% on the Rotten Tomatoes counter. This was, admittingly, with a handful of reviews. It has now risen about 13 percentage points. Still bad.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 18, 2009 -> 12:02 PM) There is the same people that I work with that come to me time after time for a piece of gum. What is so hard about getting yourself a pack of gum! Hell, get this! They sell it in multi packs! f***ing A! Cmon people, I dont mind giving you a piece of gum every now and then but this is crazy how I am the full time supplier for chewing gum. I hope you guys arent the begging type because NO you cannot have a piece of my gum. Damn right you're not the Candyman.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) Shouldn't the argument not be about Swisher, but about the fact the package we received for him was such garbage? I have no problem with the Sox trading him, as Ozzie and company obviously didn't gel with his style. When you trade players and ask the opposing team to take on the entire contract, you're often going to receive crap.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ May 18, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) Getz is batting .238 and his K/BB ratio is 2:1. He is young and it is early but I am not seeing the approach tht he was suppossed to have. This seems to be the course for our minor league system. No one seems to have immediate and sustainable success.

What the hell is with our advanced scouting? Before anything concerning Walker or the personnel someone needs to look into the people who should be providing scouting reports on pitchers never seen. This is god damn inexcusable.

Good effort by Podsednik. These losses have become comical. Thank god they're losing now, instead of treading around .500 and giving us the impression they're capable of competing.

Dane Cook's latest Comedy Central special was about what'd you expect from him, pure s*** -- except for far fewer animated body moments and several unexpected references to his deceased parents. If this man has a career ten years from now I'd be surprised. It'd only be to the people currently listening to him, too; not the next generation of teens/young adults.

Its times like these I wish Nick Swisher was around to do a CRAzzZY dugout dance to lighten up everyone and change the mood within the team. That'd switch around their fortunes.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 17, 2009 -> 05:43 AM) Huh? This idea is all over film, literature, and of course, video games - especially larger ones. Take a look at the game "Spore." The most powerful empire in the game is a race of tiny, pussy looking things that had to have mated with gremlins at one point in time. Well, first off I was fairly drunk when writing that. But in my mind I was thinking of biologically based aliens as big as mountains; something far outside of what we'd consider.

Has anyone ever thought of the idea of proportion in the universe? I don't know, but I've never heard anyone even humor the idea that aliens visiting from far reaches of the universe are hundreds of times larger than we are. Do we just assume that because laws of physics are consistent across the universe that extraterrestrial beings would be similarly portioned to us? Couldn't they be far larger, or maybe smaller?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 15, 2009 -> 11:52 PM) Since you brought it up, I'll bite. I want to win as many games as possible. I don't like to see my team lose. Period. Yes I would rather win meaningless games in September and August than lose them in hopes of lightning in a great draft pick bottle. There are no guarantees in the draft. If I had season tickets and went to a batch of games, I'd be royally pissed if the Sox were pissing away games in the hope of improving the draft stock several spots. I'm not saying "I'm a real fan!" I'm saying personally I want to win every f***ing game. Sorry. I know you're sorry, as you should be. I guess the baseball retarded never learn.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 15, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) Offensively, yeah. His name is Bryce Harper Too bad our record won't be dismal enough to even dream about it. I don't want to draw out this argument again of hoping this team loses for the possibility of a higher draft pick (that admittingly may never amount to anything), but honestly, if we're destined to not make the playoffs this season does it matter whether we finish in last, or third with an 80-82 record? 2008 showed how quickly the team can bounce back. Anyways, if Beckham amounts to anything of value for us then we'll be thanking the embarrassment provided from that past team. Sure enough, if you were to go back in Soxtalk's archives you'd find people saying "I want the team to win every game possible!" "I'm a real fan!" Really, looking back two seasons, did it matter whether they had 72 wins and missed the playoffs or won 85 and missed it as well? It shouldn't now. I'll say this much about this entire issue. Yes, they're still within distance of the division. And yes, it's still early. I'm not going to push this purposely -lose- for- Bryce angle yet, but come July if we're in a similar position as 2007, I'll be all for it. Wouldn't it be something if Washington finishes last again, drafts Bryce, and have him and Strasburg as two generational talents on one team? It's probably the most likely scenario, too.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 14, 2009 -> 10:48 PM) ????? Anyway, that trailer has to be one of the worst I have ever seen, and this is one of my most looked to movies as well. Luckily they've said the trailer has little to do with the movie. I'm sure there are going to be many people faithful to the novel very upset with this trailer. It's obvious they're attempting to appeal to the general public . First off, if the movie is going to be at all close to be book the whole intro with global warming and a tornado is deceiving. Cormac McCarthy himself said in an interview that when writing of the destruction he had envisioned an asteroid hitting the planet. That would explain devastation on a scale that covers large amounts of land, blocks out the sun, and turns the Atlantic ocean grey from fallen ash. On that note, it's EXTREMELY disappointing not to observe any ash in this trailer. The book mentioned it frequently, and it added to the dreary vision in your mind of McCarthy's post apocalyptic world. I had my doubts about this film when it was delayed last fall. I believe the essential problem here is trying to faithfully adapt the book, which has sparse dialogue and numerous moments of boredom. These moments, while appealing in the book, don't translate well into film if you're putting millions into post production (ie, Special FX of cities). You figure at the end of the world it isn't going to be adventure, as much as boredom and a fight for survival outside of battling cannibals. I wonder from this trailer if the cannibal angle is going to be pushed heavily.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 13, 2009 -> 03:15 PM) I swear, I'm going to start banning any dumbass that goes around telling me that Walker should get fired cause we've been shutout 6 times when we throw out lineups with 4 f***ing guys that shouldnt' be starting on a major league team, most of which shouldnt' be freaking near a major league roster. Is this how WSI started their regime of terror?

QUOTE (Felix @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:57 AM) Congrats kyyle. Hopefully this doesn't mean you're too cool to join us in chat Oh yeah, the Soxfan1 syndrome. Modship changes people. Kyyle must rise above the allure of power that comes with having the ability to control information.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 13, 2009 -> 11:30 AM) Ugh. Seriously...aren't you 2 supposed to be the fast ones? That's what I thought as well. The double play wasn't turned particularly quick and he still was out. Additionally, Lillibridge seemed to lean out of the box when making contact for the pitch.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAH

If Walker has any purpose with his team, he'll work with Fields on correcting his swing. This has become embarrassing.

Lillibridge just put to bed. He had a big day! about 13 hours ago from txt

This is actually a brilliant plan. Walk Thome and Konerko and have the other players beat you.

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Just give Poreda a f***ing chance, already. How many more games are we going to go with Carrasco, Richard, etc. until we try? Even if he fails miserably, atleast we know. We already know what we have in the guys currently on the roster.

It looks like the Babe Ruth home run trot there from Thome.