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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) My game was better. I even saw George H Bush and Barbara on the kiss cam. BS, I was at the Konerko Slam/Pods Walk off game...best game of the series. Oh, and I eat meat. Re-reading this, I kind of opened myself up to bad things here... Clearly, Y2HH > Big "Bartman" Sqwert

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) Impossible. I attended game 4 in Houston. I attended Game 2 here.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 01:46 PM) *post game locker room interview* Daryl Van Schouwen: So Mark. What do you think went wrong today? Mark Buehrle: That ass munch fan, Bigsqwert, made us lose. Daryl Van Schouwen: I see. Congratulations...you're the Bartman of Soxtalk. Yes, I just threw down the gloves big man!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 08:40 AM) These goals are useless without specific policy initiatives being enacted. I mean, I'd like to be 10000% richer, but so the f*** what? Too many vagueries. NorthSide, it's even better that that...because in this instance, it's not really like you're saying you'd like to be 10000% richer by year XXXX, but that you'd like someone else to be that much richer by year XXXX...knowing that you'll have been out of any sort of decision making capacity for over a decade by the time that date rolls around...if not more.

If we lose today it's BigSqwerts fault. If we win, it's mine.

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QUOTE (since56 @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) Clayton Richard or Gio Gonzales In other words, you have no actual or valid response to my question...because you named players we don't have. If you're going to name players we don't have, you'd be better off choosing Halladay and Lee. But thanks for trying.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 09:14 AM) It's not comparable to Iraq because the size, scope, reasons, costs, lives lost, or any other possible quantitative measure shows that it's a s*** comparison that people who were gullible enough to support the Iraq war are trying to use to bolster their failed positions. Apparently Obama is among those that supports the Iraq war, too...since were still there and all.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:39 AM) I got my first programming job 6 months before I even got my 2-year degree. I learned more about programming at that job than I ever would have in school. In fact, I learned a couple of programming languages that I never even knew existed. I think I got really lucky in the fact that the company was willing to hire and train me that early though. Programming sucks.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) That my friend, is the big question. It is why people kept bringing up the same trades over and over again, because they saw a huge weakness approaching with no legit answers coming from the farm system. Thus, FA will have to save this team, as the rotation will have many potential openings coming up soon. I have zero love for "farm systems", and don't care whether we ever have a good "farm" or not. In the free agency era of baseball, free agency > farm systems. How many "can't miss" prospects did I have to witness fall on their face for the Sox in the last decade and amount to nothing? 50? Meanwhile, 2 of them ever became something? Meh. For many years, the Cubs had one of the best farm systems in baseball...and what did it produce? A bunch of hurt players and failures? I hear about these insane farms all the time, and they produce MAYBE 1-2 good players in a DECADE. Big deal. And then, by the time these farm players mature to the point where you're team is well rounded enough to win a title, most of them leave via free agency. You could use free agency to get 1-2 good players in a decade without even trying. The Twins supposedly have an awesome farm...and they've won ZERO titles throughout the era they've had this farm. For every "farm grown team" that wins a world series, 9 world series are won by teams that stacked free agents. I'd rather go this route than rely on a bunch of kids that may or may not turn into anything. Besides, with stupid farm rebuilds, you have to go through 3-5 years of crap baseball before they get good and you end up paying them what you would have paid free agents anyway...in the mean time, if you just reload with free agents, you don't have to go through years of bad in order to get good. That ends my rant on stupid farms.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:29 AM) When you live outside of Chicago for an extended period of time, especially when you move to an area where Dominos is HQ'ed, pizza like Home Runn Inn start tasting fantastic. I agree, it's not the best out there, but for a frozen pizza that you can but around the midwest it's one of the best choices. I agree with this, for frozen pizzas, Home Run Inn are pretty good.

In my "Things that need to go away" thread, I asked for BigSqwert to go away, and he did. He needs to come back now.

QUOTE (since56 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:12 AM) What we have here is failure to communicate. A generation gap. With a new generation and a new gap. The older guys have been beaten into submission by time. The younger want it all now. So what's new? Beaten into submission by time? Not me! I'm in my prime!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:15 AM) I always thought Home Run Inn made the most sense, being such a south side institution, and since they had already mastered making frozen versions of their pizza taste decent. Too bad Home Run Inn sucks. I live near a Home Run Inn, I hate it. I love Geno's East and Connies for Chicago pizza...and everything else is weak.

QUOTE (since56 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:16 AM) He once started the All Star game. I don't think we will see that again. He has been declining for several years now even if the stats don't show it. Maybe he belongs in the bullpen soon. ...and we replace his yearly 220+ innings and decent ERA with whom, exactly?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:07 AM) Wow, that really is incredible that they let it get that way, and that interns were put into those situations (they must've been bored out of their minds). That's the way the public works...works. If a department is budgeted X dollars, if they don't spend X dollars in that fiscal year, they don't get that budget next year...ergo, they spend it all even if it's not necessary. For example, if they're given $2,000,000 for employee salaries, they'll spend every dime, or they won't get $2,000,000 next year. The same goes for just about every City department. Technically, this isn't called 'waste' by their definition...because they're using the money to it's fullest. My father in law worked for Streets and San for decades. When the government bailouts came, Chicago used the money they received to buy a fleet of trucks for Streets & San, only the best part about it was they didn't need any...because they rent the entire fleet. So, every truck they bought...sitting in lots, unused. Meanwhile, they continue to pay out the rental money to the truck rental company. But if you ask them, that's not waste, because a day may come when they need those trucks...but in the mean time they rust away, unused, in a lot. Bah. Until you mentioned Internships, I had forgotten all about my nightmare at City Hall, and everything I got to see my tax dollars NOT doing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 07:57 AM) Except for the large, noteworthy fact that neither one of those campaigns would have existed without black gold. (And anyway, there's still a lot more valid comparisons. Lack of exit strategy. Lack of planning for things going wrong.)_ What are you talking about, Obama has a clear exit strategy from Iraq and Afghanistan -- he said so throughout his campaign. I think we've been out of Iraq/Afg since 2009. Wait, we aren't still there, are we? We can't be!

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 07:35 AM) Honestly, Im kind of shocked by this. Even after I received my offer for an internship last summer I was still being begged by professors and career services to apply for internships, companies were desperate for IT interns. I know that the company that hired me is increasing from 6 IT interns to 14 this summer, with only myself being carried over, so there were 13 slots open. And I am not a technical person, that is not what I am interested in and is not my specialty, and that was pretty much made clear in all of my interviews with my hiring company, they took me because of my business knowledge and leadership experiences. Most of the software/applications I used (SAP R/3, Novell IDM) were never going to be taught in the classroom anyways. The manager that pulled me from the applicant list did so because I had many other skills to offer besides being technically strong, and one thing he mentioned to me was that he can train me in whatever technical area they need to, that's what getting a 4 yr degree proves, that you can learn. Some companies look for interns just to be cheap programmers, etc, and that isn't for me. I interned at City Hall for 3 months in their IT department. Talk about witnessing "waste". Simple jobs would take 3-4 people to do, like changing a printer toner cartridge (and I'm not kidding), and I'm also not counting the Interns that tailed along with the 3-4 people performing the work, watching them to "learn the trade". I only took that internship because I had too for a class...I was already working at an ISP (Internet Service Provider) startup, and stayed there after I graduated...

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 06:00 AM) Tex, You are a product of your age and experiences, just as Yasny and FlaSoxxJim and some of the other guys around here that are a bit longer in the teeth. Some of the younger posters this thread is aimed at are a product of theirs. No one can tell them to change, or snap their fingers and expect them to appreciate things more, or expect less. They have to live their own lives, form their own personalities, and decide on their own how they want to view the White Sox. So let's allow them that and move forward. No, f*** them. Tex is right, they will learn to appreciate things more or I will beat appreciation into their modern day nothing is good enough and life sucks mentality -- despite the fact that life has never been better. Take that with your political correctness and understanding of the wasted youth, Shackie.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 08:02 PM) What are the odds of them selling a gluten free beer? Ballgames just haven't been the same since I had to give up regular beer.... Probably pretty low odds...WTF is gluten free beer? That has to taste TERRIBLE. A friend of mine has a gluten issue, I forget what the technical term is and I'm too lazy to look it up really quick, and I feel bad for him...he says he had to give up everything that tasted good in the world. :/

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 04:47 PM) Saw this on my FB today....Founders Red's Rye PA will be at the Cell http://www.foundersbrewing.com/the-lineup/reds-rye-pa Where does it say this?!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 04:35 PM) Me too, im a peanut fiend. I'll finish off an entire bag before they cut off booze. Its great until I s*** a payday later that night. They never cut off booze...all you do is buy extras right before the deadline and they'll last to the 9th!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 04:27 PM) Besides last year, it wasnt that bad, the sausage pizza was damn good for a ballgame. Last year they went to some s***ty thin crust, it was awful. I usually avoid Pizza at any/all sporting events, I only tasted their pizza from time to time if the g/f (at the time) happened to get it...and I didn't care for it. So I won't miss it. And thin crust pizza sucks...get that s*** back to NY where it belongs.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 04:28 PM) Polish Grilled Dog Elotes Brisket Hell yes...that's like EXACTLY what I eat there, but I'll throw in a pretzel with cheese once in a while, too...and some peanuts.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) No, it hasn't. Unless you're referring to the infamous "the continuing fall and decline of Mark Buehrle" thread. Which hasn't been seen for years. But if these kinda topics are so boring nobody is forcing you to reply. Some of the threads created around these parts baffle me. But I stay out of them if they don't interest me. Otherwise I'd probably have 50,000+ posts. My post count says it all when it comes to that...I rarely do waste my time on stuff like this, for you, I made an exception since you seem to be getting good at topics like this.