Duck-Billed Catechist
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Oh and Gilbert's letter? email 101 teaches us that you never send a nasty gram without sleeping on it first. And then, only send if they recipient doesn't have a phone. TALK IT OUT!
It was a letter to season ticket holders, right? He can't call them all. Obviously he's a goober.
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Pretty sure it's true. The Rangers have called a press conference.
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I wonder what Cleveland is going to do with its cap space. There are a lot of teams that will have a hard time using their space without giving out bad contracts.
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It's true.
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What are the proceeds? How much is ESPN paying? Or is it a telethon? Does the city that donates the most get Lebron?
I can't imagine that he'd host a television special and go anywhere but Cleveland. Otherwise it would just seem like an hour-long "fuck you."
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I'd kill to have Gooden back on the Mavs. He really is an underrated player; he's just undersized for the 5. He really hustled for us in the half season before we traded him, and pretty much every Mavs fan I know would like to have him back to shore up the bench. Glad he got his pay day...maybe now he'll get to stay on one team for more than 6 months.
He already had a big payday--his Cavaliers contract that Sacramento eventually bought out. One reason he got passed around was that he never played up to his contract and then was used in trades as cap filler.
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The White Sox may solve their DH problem by trading for Adam Dunn. They could've signed Jim Thome for the same amount as they signed Kotsay for.
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The perils of batting ninth. You bat last in a perfect game or when the opposing pitcher gives up 9 base-runners (8 BB + 1 error). He was the lead-off hitter in the Braden game, though, so he got out of that one.
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This is the internet! There must be pictures of him taking a dump at a truck stop.
Actually, it does look like there is a gap of pictures between October 2009 and June 2010, but he has been out at a couple of events in June
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The White Sox signed their 1st round pick, Chris Sale, who hopes to be a September callup:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/06/chris-sale-white-sox-reach-agreement.html
Their current LOOGY is having a historically bad season:
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I guess the White Sox are not going to be selling off pieces for now because of the inevitable NL run.
Nevermind that they are not any closer in the standings (Minny and Detroit get to play the NL as well).
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I think cryptique is suggesting that the low performance all across the board suggests that Ozzie isn't motivating the team.
Some of them just have sucked and not because they are old (Beckham, Floyd, Peavy, Quentin, etc.). Though maybe Peavy and Floyd have been unlucky more than sucked (both with xFIP in the low 4's).
It is, of course, difficult to evaluate manager's in these terms and certainly players should motivate themselves. But expected vs. actual performance has to take play some role.
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http://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN
Heard this from multiple executives: The White Sox have made it clear they are open for business, and ready to trade off parts from what has been a very disappointing team. The perception of other teams is that Paul Konerko is available right nowWho wants Paul Konerko in a career/contract year? You know you want to give up your best prospect for him. C'mon, you know you want to.
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Does your son's team wear union blue? It couldn't have hurt.
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I guess that may have come off harsher than I intended.
It is a nice thing to do for a player.
They are essentially spending other people's money, though, as I assume that the pension fund is contributed to by the owners and possibly the union, so they're paying 1/30th of that or whatever at most.
I'm just surprised that the idea of a player's pension in this context would come up in news stories or online baseball discussion.
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Rays cut Pat Burrell and call up Hank Blalock, who was smoking minor league pitching. The Rays showed a hell-of-alot-of-class by allowing Burrell to gain his ten year service time on Friday, which enables him to collect a full MLB pension should he never play again. I love how the Rays operate and I'm hoping they'll get a new stadium within the next 5,6 years so it'll be easier to keep their talent in Tampa. They deserve to be not only winners, but champions.
That's nice and all, but Burrell has made $60 million in his career. Hardly a great humanitarian gesture.
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A tax on this type of establishments could generate significant funds New York State.
Are you going to put in a call to get a laid-off colleague work as a proofreader in exchange for favorable coverage?
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Of all the weird and uncomfortable stories about one's high school alma mater, I would wager that very few top this:
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I like Secret of the Sea, but I think it was PigSooie that once said that it sounds like the soundtrack to a chewing gum ad.
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Happy birthday, Lou!
One of my favorite Lou memories of Lou is from September of 2003. I was sitting in lower balcony/box seats at the Auditorium Theater.
Lou was walking down the aisle/stairway and chatting with people along the way. My non-VCer friend said "This guy knows everybody!" Indeed, it seemed like Lou stopped at every row or box seat. So where was I going with this? Not sure. But happy birthday to one of the most hospitable VCers!
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No cable. I watch the White Sox, Bulls, and Bears games that are on free TV. Except I don't get CBS.
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Preview of the White Sox front office reality show on MLB Network:
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Cubs move Big Z to the bullpen.
LOLou
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The White Sox, on the other hand, are probably breaking camp with a 26 year-old rookie at the front of the pen.
Sergio Santos is going to play in the major leagues with fewer professional innings pitched than Strasburg because he's out of options. He's a converted shortstop who, other than a high K rate, never had success pitching in the minor leagues. He's pitched quite well in spring training.
The one time I saw him on TV I thought his stuff was impressive.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/pitching/S/Sergio-Santos.shtml
This guy has been good. 4 IP, 0 hits, 1 BB, 7K.
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Swoop
in Someone Else's Song
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It's on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/sunkilmoon
I have been listening to Ghosts of the Great Highway a lot.