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This is a little old, but it makes the point. Almost six weeks into the season, the White Sox are scuffling to score runs. One of the most amazing numbers on their stat sheet is this: Frank Thomas is hitting .183 against right-handed pitching, with more strikeouts (15) and walks (17) than hits (13). "His bat is so slow now," said one AL scout, "that he can't hit a good inside fastball if you tell him it's coming. He just can't handle that inside gas. The only balls he hits are breaking balls or, if he really cheats, some fastballs away. But that's it."

Wow. I could almost see this if we were talking about college kids, but who thinks that they can get away with this kind of stuff?

Your grades on Gordon, Koch, Konerko and Thomas are too high. I see a lot of D's for that bunch.

A man who jokingly offered his five-year-old son for sale on the Internet has had to explain himself to police after a complaint from a concerned web surfer. Police officers visited Alex Wilson at his Scottish home after being alerted by a Canadian woman who spotted the offer on a Web Site selling bicycles and prams, the Times newspaper reported on Friday. 'Hyperactive kid for sale, good at vacuuming, not great at washing dishes because he's too short,' the ad read. 'Guaranteed to annoy. Five pounds ($8) or nearest offer.' Wilson, 33, of Carrickstone, placed the ad as a joke about two years ago to tease his son Liam, now aged seven. He then forgot all about it until he heard from the police, the Times said. 'The police officer was quite jokey at the end of the conversation, but said I'd have to remove the advert,' Wilson told the newspaper.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...o_uc/bo20030509 This whole week has been a great running gag on the whole Dixie Chicks thing.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/911365.asp?0cv=CB20

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ife_adults_dc_1 Most Americans believe someone isn't grown up until age 26, probably with a completed education, a full-time job, a family to support and financial independence, a survey said on Thursday. But they also believe that becoming an official grown-up is a process that takes five years from about the age of 20, concluded the report from the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. The findings were based on a representative sample of 1,398 people over age 18 surveyed in person in 2002. It had an error margin of plus or minus 3 percent. The poll found the following ages at which people expect the transitions to grown-up status to be completed: Age 20.9 self-supporting; 21.1 no longer living with parents; 21.2 full-time job; 22.3 education complete; 24.5 being able to support a family financially; 25.7 married; and 26.2 having a child. 'There is a large degree of consensus across social groups on the relative importance of the seven transitions,' said Tom Smith, director of the survey. 'The only notable pattern of differences is on views about supporting a family, having a child and getting married. 'Older adults and the widowed and married rate these as more important than younger adults and the never-married do,' he added. 'This probably reflects in large part a shift in values across generations away from traditional family values.' The most valued step toward reaching adulthood, the survey found, was completing an education, followed by full-time employment, supporting a family, financial independence, living independently of parents, marriage and parenthood.

Hey 1422, good to see ya here. Check it out for a while. It has one natural advantage, no Boog!

yeah, now if that is the stuff they are talking about that is different.

Print media or TV.

Its sounds more and more like Parents did buy the beer for the party. Stay tuned as a lot of heads are going to roll over this whole thing.

Damn that is hysterical. What a flame job! I wish that had ran in the Trib or something bigger but the groudswell is beginning...

Lets hope that this is the beginning for Joe B.

Willie Harris = 4A player. He might even make a good guy off of the bench, but I haven't seen anything that saids he should be a starter.

We will lose, Danny will give up 3 runs in the first and look like our usual dead selves.

I agree with you, his walk totals are starting to creep up... At the major league level he will get killed if he walks this many guys.

Shouldn't someone say "to be continued" right about now?

Disloyal MY ASS! If anything with this pathetic effort they have shown us, the players have been disloyal to US! They aren't paying to see us, we are paying to see them. I know Jon is frustrated right now, but to lash out at the fans is ignorant. There is no reason that this team should be playing as heartlessly as they are, and as a paying customer I have the absolute right to voice my opinion at their play. On the bright side if these comments make it into the public forumn, and get a little publicity, Jon Garland just bought his own ticket out of town.

all personal attacks prove is that the maturity isn't there to beat the arguement, so instead you go after the person. Try to keep it to the arguement, or no one will have any respect for what you say.

I saw them a couple of years ago at all state arena and it was a great show. The only "old man" I have seen put on a better show was Paul McCartney.

Give it a minute, literally. It takes a while to load.

http://whitesox.theinsiders.com/3/chat.html IF anyone is watching or listening to the game, please do a PBP!!!

http://www.msnbc.com/news/910605.asp?0dm=C14VS

Exactly why I was confused!

All right, I gotcha.