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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) Hot water freezes quicker that cold water. Fact. Yes. The kids just did an experiment. Took hot water and threw it in the air and it evaporated before it hit the ground. Did the same with cold and some made it to the ground.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) Just kidding? Kids are home from school today and tomorrow. Killing my Holiday break. (alliteration at it's best)

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 02:06 PM) Ultra Light is not my favorite beer. However, Ultralights are fun to fly

QUOTE (Spod=Ratings @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:55 PM) It's sad Bears fans only postseason excitement is rooting against packers. Seems like a very Cub thing to do... What's wrong with rooting against a team? Personally, I had money on them and was rooting for them.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:34 PM) Oops. Not sure how I missed that. He mentioned after they came back from commercial on a replay, not when it happened.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:23 PM) Refs miss holding on virtually every play, but I don't understand how buck and aikman cann see the Rodgers replay twice and not point out the obvious hold on the play that allowed Rodgers to escape. It has to be an nfl mandate. Not when jerseys are being pulled and grabbing Smiths arm when he was chasing Rogers. You can't miss those. I've got money on the Packers but this is awful.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) Works for me although Tanaka may end being too pricey for good old uncle jerry. Ervin Santana or Garza would be fine with me if it meant upgrading the offense with Castro and Altuve. Not pricey but too many years that's for sure.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:03 PM) Wow, how could you not call a holding on that play? It's the only reason Rodgers didn't get sacked. They almost ripped the jersey off that 49er.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) More bribery than Russia? Is that possible? That's what the USOC seems to be worried about for athlete safety.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) Really? Are they worried about terrorism in Rio or just more local violence like robberies/muggings, etc? Because I think Russia is a much larger concern, they have shown no fear to kill large amounts of people in public places before. Mostly just general crime and security. However it's a big concern. They don't trust the local group to provide the security. Big concerns of bribery.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 04:21 PM) Apparently, the referees are not allowed to call defensive penalties on the Packers. Packers defenders can only tackle prior to the pass.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 09:36 AM) Wasn't there some article written years ago which pointed to the zits on Piazza's back as some proof he was juicing? Those can beside effects and some reporters did site it as evidence.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 08:24 AM) When people actually remember the letter V Xenophobia fightened too many people from the show and letter V.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:38 PM) Then why assume Piazza is? Giambi just looks like a big country boy too. It mostly has to do with players and their dicussions. Players talked about Piazza doing them but didn't talk about Thome doing them.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) Raiders? Saints, I really dislike them.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 09:23 PM) Except that he's guilty by association, and I have yet to see any valid association of Piazza with steroid users. He's guilty by most players talked about him doing it. Before the big Canseco stuff, players referred to PEDs as a Piazza milkshake. Right or wrong everyone talked aboutit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 07:45 PM) Fortunately, the only thing you have to do to get a government to build you a stadium is to convince a few politicians that this is true. Government administrators are morons to give sports teams money for a stadium. But once they do, they need to get revenue where they can. Taxing these things is the only way.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 05:32 PM) Unless people can't do math, that amount is a pittance compared to the amount the NFL takes. That said...people who can't do math is a pretty good explanation for most of these stadium deals. Even though this is correct, it's the only way for the government to directly make money. It can amount to alot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 04:56 PM) Seriously though, politicians would be happy to go after the NFL if they actually blacked out a playoff game, and that's a fight the league doesn't want. Theoretically, this rule makes more fans go to the games. This is the only way the city/state gets revenue through the taxes on tickets and concession sales. Some stadia actually give all of the parking and a percentage of the concessions to the city/state. Government benefits from people in the seats not at home.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) Keppinger, Gillaspie, and Davidson could all have made this team, giving the White Sox useful bench and backup options throughout their infield, if Paul Konerko was not retained. That would easily have been the best scenario given that Keppinger is under contract and cannot be traded or released without the White Sox eating a large portion of his salary based on his performance last year. Should Davidson not be ready in the spring, that would give the Sox the opportunity to bring along a backup SS other than the emergency ones they'd have, such as Elmore, who can also play middle IF and would be a very useful utility player overall. That's the obvious setup for both winning games, long term development of players, and maximizing the resources we currently have (i.e. potentially making Keppinger more easily traded if he gets off to a good start). None of those things were the White Sox's priority in bringing back Konerko as a player. You don't need both Keppinger and Gillaspie. If Davidson starts, one will be the utility and one will be gone. If Davidson is in AAA both will stay. I prefer Kep with his MLB track record for the UT.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 04:22 PM) Quite right I am sure. Reason they still have blackout rules, so the city/state gets more tax revenue for their investment.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:46 AM) AJ is Steve Stone's replacement. AJ would be good in this role.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 10:11 AM) I still remember when Bevington walked to the mound to pull a starter, motioned for a reliever but he had forgotten to get a guy warmed up first. Good ole Terry. It was Robin who suggested that Foulke should go to the mound to warmup, while the real reliever quickly warmed up in the pen to come in the game.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) The Tribune writers took the death blow to Piazza. I'm still saying Biggio is going under 75%. I also think Sosa, Palmeiro, and maybe McGwire go under 5%, which would be great. Updated: Jan.4 - 1:45 ~ 123 Full Ballots ~ (21.6% of vote ~ based on last year) 100 - Maddux 97.6 - Glavine 91.1 - F. Thomas 81.3 - Biggio ——————————— 71.5 - Piazza 64.2 - Bagwell 61.8 - Morris 60.2 - Raines 41.5 - Bonds 40.7 - Clemens 39.0 - Schilling 31.7 - Mussina 25.2 - Trammell 24.4 - E. Martinez 22.8 - L. Smith 15.4 - Kent 13.0 - McGriff 11.4 - L. Walker 9.8 - McGwire 7.3 - S. Sosa 6.5 - R. Palmeiro The votes on the PED group is interesting. You can almost see the thought process. McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro were considered HOF only because of the PEDs. While Bonds and Clemens were HOF caliber prior to the PED use but because of the use many won't vote for them.

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