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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 10, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) Ok, so I just replied to 1 person's quote in a thread, posted it, then replied to another person's quote, and the system joined those 2 posts together automatically. Is that normal? Because if it is, it's really cool. Yep. And I'm pretty sure if someone edits their post to the point that they add on to it, it registers as an unread post to the people that haven't seen the revisions. There's some sweet features.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 10, 2006 -> 11:22 AM) That quote is all well and good on the surface. Then you get into the question of just how persusive Boras is with his clients. Can he convince Joe he's being treated unfairly or being lowballed? That's what remains to be seen. We'll see. As Boz said though, Crede's stated he loves it here. He seems to be a favorite in the clubhouse, and with the fans now. I would definitely say the odds are much greater for us keeping him, than seeing Crede go elsewhere. Sure, Fields is doing good in the minors, but do we really want to start from scratch again? Crede's finally coming into his own, after some early career struggles. Why would the Sox or Crede want to start over, after all of that?

http://www.southsidesox.com/story/2006/2/25/20832/6530

QUOTE(WCSox @ May 10, 2006 -> 11:12 AM) If his hitting continues to improve and Boras is still his agent after 2008, he'll be playing elsewhere. Thankfully, we have his rights for the next two seasons. Crede's been on record a few times saying he's not going to have his agent dictate what happens. If he wants to stay here, which he is saying, and the opportunity presents itself, Crede will certainly be back.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 10, 2006 -> 11:03 AM) It should be really awesome once we get the new skin up and pretty up the clickable smilies region. I'm still jazzed about this. Yeah, this is really sweet. Great work again Jas!

I'm not surprised. I know a lot of other schools supposedly got into the mix, when Davis resigned. However, I always felt he'd end up there. Because for the longest time it was between KU and IU, and Davis' exit took us out of the running. I didn't see him going elsewhere.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 10, 2006 -> 02:51 AM) Welp the Mavericks finally wisened up and put Devin Harris in the starting 5 and moved Terry to the 2 guard, and what do ya know....Harris scores 20 and they blow the Spurs out of their own effin gym. Mavs are going to win this series people, the Spurs should just feel blessed to not be down 0-2 right now. I agree. I think this Mavs team is legit this year. I'm pulling for them, and would not be surprised to see the Spurs make it into the Finals this year.

White Sox > your team

QUOTE(effectivelywild @ May 10, 2006 -> 02:16 AM) Ummm, he looked ok. The HR was down the RF line but was still a nice shot. I hope he's back. That #5 part of the lineup is hot. Haha. You're brushing it off as if it were nothing. Dye looked great tonight, for not seeing live pitching for about a week. That could mess someone's timing off big time. Yet, he came back without missing a beat, with the oppo-field HR.

QUOTE(Brian @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:39 AM) So can't use photobucket? You can, it just won't be thumbnailed

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:55 AM) Conan & Mr. T in a canoe in the Chicago river = genius. ^^^ Solid little clip, and pretty cool that the Sox were the only team recognized.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:38 AM) Conan in Chicago is on right now. Reifert said JD's on it.

QUOTE(Sox Machine @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:27 AM) Thanks, and indeed I am. First time poster, long-time lurker. I'll hang up and wait for my answer. Solid. Your blog is definitely one of the Sox blogs I keep up with on a daily basis. Look forward to seeing your posts on topics around the forum.

QUOTE(Sox Machine @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:18 AM) There's no Sox presence in upstate NY, aside from the stickers on my car. Cooperstown's stores didn't have much Sox stuff beforehand, but that changed after they won the Series. Not just because it's the Hall of Fame, but because that's where every Sox fan within two hours went to get their championship stuff. No other stores had them. Welcome to SoxTalk! Are you the writer of the blog of the same name?

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:18 AM) Clear cache works, sweet Yup. That's all it took. I'm in business now.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:14 AM) By the way, Alex, have you tried importing a skin lately? Just asking because I'm going to give it a shot in a few minutes. I think that could be your browser not being completely updated. One thing you all should check out is the new easy ass way to edit topic titles and the 2nd line of topic titles. YOu cna pretty much just click and edit. Its freaking AWESOME. I'm running 1.5.0.3, and no updates are available. Am I the only one having the problem? Quick Edit: I'm running Mozilla and just edited your post using the quick edit feature

It's not a big deal, because I can still edit the way we're all used to. However, quick edit's still not working on FireFox for me.

A+

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 10, 2006 -> 12:03 AM) So that means we gotta stick with blue or am I missing something? Just for the time being.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 9, 2006 -> 11:53 PM) On that note, I'm not a fan of the banner. I always thought that a banner should have color, black and white at the top of the forum just doesn't look right. Make one then.

Sweet, the pulldowns are working on Firefox now. But now the banner got worse.

Solid game, on both sides of the field.

Yeah, all the issues I'm seeing are with Firefox. For example, the pulldowns at the right of the forum, are transparent on FireFox but have a background on them in IE.

LOL, why is that guy wearing a glove?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 9, 2006 -> 09:13 AM) I actually had to stop and think a little bit before I answered this. I'll admit my first thought was to come on here and just tear this whole thing apart in a blazing flame job. Then the more I thought about it, if you didn't get the original post, you probably wouldn't get this either, but I also wanted to explain something that other people should understand. You used the term moral compass like a term of derision. Something you completely missed is that the admins/mods of a good website are exactly that. Especially in a situtation where you expect more out of an individual poster, good leadership steps to the plate and does something to rectify the situation. Now I now my answer should have been a little bit less bitter, and I will freely admit that. But the point of the post stands, the attacks were questionable at best. I have seen people trying to justify them by the kids attitude and the way he posed his question etc, but on the flip side of things, the guy has eight posts, and obviously has no idea of Soxtalk etiquette, so what happens? Instead of someone explaining to him what he should be doing, they rip the kid apart. Then to top it off, when all of the people who were yelling so loudly about everything were proven completely and 100% wrong, only one person had the moxie to apologize. Now many of the people who were chirping the loudest, I don't expect anything from, as they have demonstrated nothing that would indicate they would have the decency to look themselves in the mirror and admit a mistake in the first place, so why would they in this situation, right? But others I was extremely disappointed in. Some people you just expect more from. As a matter of a fact, you would expect them to be a sort of moral compass. Someone to help out new people, and be man enough to admit when they are wrong, not to further add to the embarassment by acting like they are above common decency. Another big problem here is that I know of people personally through emails and PMs who refuse to post any new info because of threads exactly like this. Egotisitcal people is a rush to look better than someone else overreact to a situation, and immediately attack the messenger. This has led to more than a few of our "inside" sources either quitting the site, or just not posting anything edgy anymore. The funny thing is that the losers in these situations are all of the same people who are causing this problem in the first place. If you don't believe me take a look around at the people who aren't posting here anymore, and the disappearence of minor league posters and "breaking" news from certian posters anymore, then add it all up yourself. One definate problem here, is this whole clique mentality that has developed here lately, sucks. Its like you have to be a part of the "group" or you are no one. If your opinion doesn't conform, you are driven off as somekind of outcast or idiot, which has become very reminisent of a situation that many of our posters fled other places on the internet. Many days and threads turn out like a bad teen movie with all of the little princesses fighting over who is the prom queen. Well girls, I am here to tell you that you are all snobs. Call me the moral compass, and damn it I am proud of that. I want Soxtalk to be a FREE and OPEN exchange of information and ideas. I want Soxtalk to be a place where someone new can come and fit in, just as well as someone who has been here since day one. I don't want a situation where just because someone has a lot of posts, they can label and deride someone just because. Part of my role as an administrator at Soxtalk is to make a situation here where exactly the ideal situations for member are occuring, and sometimes that means being a moral compass. When I see a situation where I can educate someone on being a better poster, I'll will take that chance, because in the long run, it is for the good of the site as a whole. I don't regret calling out people at all for this. People needed to hear how they were acting, and if they chose to ignore the feedback they are getting, from MANY more people than just me, well that is up to them. Excellent post Mike. This site will never grow for the better, if people are going to treat people a certain way just by their post count. Every one of the posters that was bashing wcw was a newbie with a handful of posts at one time too. Yesterday was certainly disappointing, and hopefully we don't see any other cases like this. No one is better than anyone here, and some people certainly thought otherwise yesterday.