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Lilwound

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Posted Wednesday May 07, 2008, About: MLB talks to Sox about blow-up dolls

I can't believe there is hoopla over this. These are adults. It's a joke. WHO CARES?! WHY IS THIS AN ISSUE?!

Posted Saturday March 22, 2008, About: White Sox can't find trade partners

Crede is an excellent glove man, with a good bat. He's coming off of back surgery so theres not a whole lot of GMs who would through the world at him. Kenny Williams is not an idiot. He's not trying terribly hard to make the trade right now. There are going to be plenty of teams shopping near the deadline, and they'll be much more desperate then at the beginning of the year. Kenny doesn't need to make this trade. He remembers what happened when he traded aaron Rowand betting on Brian Anderson to be MLB ready. Keeping Crede gives Williams a chance to make sure Fields is the real deal.

But I have to agree. Anyone who knew anything about baseball would not put this on truth and rumors. NON-STORY

Posted Saturday March 22, 2008, About: Manny aiming for 500 HRs

By the way, his defense aint bad. It's not EXCELLENT, but not bad either
RunItUp | 03/22/08, 03:09 PM

Heres how it works. If you take out the hometown factors, the guy is a terrible fielder, plain and simple. There are three reasons that Manny is still in the field:

1) David Ortiz is an even worse fielder.

2) DHing wouldn't make Manny happy, and you gotta keep Manny happy. (by the way, this maturity you all speak of, we'll see. It's easy to be happy with your lot and not b*ing manny-style after you win a WS. the Sawx start struggling and Manny stays "mature" then we'll talk about the new Manny.)

3) The guy has mastered the Monster. This is the trick to the idea that he's "not a bad fielder". You put him anywhere but the small left field of Fenway for 81 games a year, and he'll struggle like he does on the road. He knows every bounce off that wall. He won't leave Boston, he'd have to DH anywhere else.

That being said, the guy is one of the best right handed hitters in baseball history. No doubt about that.

Posted Monday March 17, 2008, About: Ozzie puts himself on hot seat

When the White Sox won the world series, he said the manager has very little to do with it, it was all the players. Now, this year he's taking full responsiblity for the team failing and not letting any of his players take the hit. Yeah, no I agree, totally upstaging the players. What an unfair, attention stealing ****.

Get over yourselves. He may not be the best manager in the world, but he's a guy that everyone on the team enjoys playing for, because they know he's got their back.

Posted Sunday March 16, 2008, About: White Sox, Giants swap offers

Crede is not Garbage. Look at his stat line from 2006 and 2005. On top of that he's one of the best fielding third basemen in baseball. He's coming back from an injury, that's the only reason he's getting lowballed.

Kenny Williams is not a "boner". He's a very creative and intelligent GM. Did you think Torii hunter would fix the team? The guy is old and getting older, not worth the money over the amount of years that the Angels paid. It was a smart pass. He went out and got Nick Swisher instead, a star on the rise. Everyone thought he was an idiot for trading Carlos Lee to the Brewers for Scott Podsednik and Luis Vizcaino, that trade was only a major catlyst to the White Sox winning the World Series.

If Kenny believes Crede is healthy, he'll hold him and make sure he gets the most for him. I he is healthy his stock will rise, Crede is a good ballplayer.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

I think you'd be surprised to find out how many people use vicodin or other such drugs in everyday life. W.A.S.P.'s love that stuff.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

Did you ever get used to it?
NORCALSURFER777 | 03/05/08, 12:14 PM

I've never dealt with it as a professional athlete, but yes. There is still an effect while using it, but again, with proper dosing and tolerance it is managable.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

To an extent, I know from experience. A series of surgeries had me on Norco for close to two years in 2006. I still take the stuff every now and then, but I never developed a tolerance with it. It always messed my head, balance etc.
NORCALSURFER777 | 03/05/08, 11:46 AM

To an extent, so do I.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

Similarly, a lot of people swear marijuana is good for nothing, that it makes a person lazy, and slows their brain function. However many people swear by it to actually increase their brain function and productivity, saying it slows the processes in their brain down to a managable level.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

Vicodin is a drug that habitual users get very used to and can be in very much control of. It is true that it can slow reaction time in larger doses, with alcohol, or mixed with other drugs. But taken in smaller doses it has a euphoric mellowing effect that once used to, can have very little to no affect upon your reaction time.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

That being said, Clemens use and Favre's use are apples and oranges. Favre's use is more akin to having a drink or two before going to a family dinner.

Posted Wednesday March 05, 2008, About: Did Packers want Favre to retire?

Vicodin, Marijuana and numerous other pain killer type drugs can certainly be considered PED's not for their pain removal, but that they calm the nervous system. All you would need to make them feasibly helpful would be to build a tolerance. Just as weed affects one person completely differently than the next, vicodin taken in proper doses with an amount of tolerance, will not simply "knock you out" it will calm you down. Adrenaline is a good thing but if it takes the best of you, you're decisions become erradic. Favre was a player who often played very amped up which may make him more inclined to take drugs to calm him down. Why do you think the Olympic committees test for those kind of drugs and strip medals because of positive tests. it's not because they are "naughty" for doing them, it's because it has an effect on their performance.

Posted Tuesday March 04, 2008, About: Report: Favre has decided to retire

http://fannation.com/blogs/post/160730

Farewell to a qb

Posted Wednesday February 20, 2008, About: Steroid abuse in NASCAR?

This just in, The U.S. Association of Chess Players will be implementing a drug test policy under new allegations of HGH and Steroid abuse by some of the players. U.S. Champ, Ivan Plycheckinokov, who was accused of using HGH said, "They must have misremembered the events. But I promise I never used any steroid of any kind."

Posted Wednesday February 20, 2008, About: Guerrero just says no to DH

well moondizzle, I'm glad you pulled the main point of this article out. You get a gold star for the day, muy bueno!

Posted Thursday February 14, 2008, About: White Sox done with Uribe?

The second base job comes down to Alexi Ramirez, the Cuban import, Danny Richar, rookie (probably not quite MLB ready) and then Uribe. It was already noted after Cabrera was aquirred that Uribe would compete for the 2b job. I don't know why they needed to ask this now. If Uribe shows up to camp out of shape and slow again, I hope the Sox send him packing and give the job to Ramirez or Richar.

Posted Thursday February 14, 2008, About: Archuleta's Chihuahuas poisoned

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... I can't believe this is news.... HAHAHAHAHAHA! 12 year old dogs? They were gonna die soon anyways! HHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted Wednesday February 13, 2008, About: White Sox done with Uribe?

Churros, A FACT is a tigers fan. And no offense, but why the hell does every Sox fan feel the need to evoke the cubs in any conversation?

They have nothing to do with our team beside the fact that we share a home city and we play them six times a year. A FACT may be more partial to the cubs than the sox, but thats nothing more than saying I am more partial to the Cardinals than the Cubs.

The tigers still have holes in their pen that will be a weakness. The Indians stand as having the best chance to top them in the central as the rest of the division, including the White Sox, are much weaker. Our only chance stems from our rotation. Contreras and Buerhle have to pitch more like they did in 2005, Vazquez needs to reach his potential that he's been failing to reach his whole career, and finally the two youngins (likely Danks and Floyd) who will be pulling the downside of our rotation, have to have breakout years and post at least a .500 record. The lineup has the potential to be bruising, but it's going to be meaningless if they can't keep runs off the board.

Posted Wednesday February 13, 2008, About: White Sox done with Uribe?

Maybe not the wild card, but I contend that Minnesota is not a great deal better than us, if at all. The white sox are 3rd place at best, this year. We are not a great team, but we are not a TERRIBLE one anyways.

Posted Tuesday February 12, 2008, About: Bulls coach challenges starters

He's challenging them to what? a knock-down drag out fight to the death? Fire him. Find a real coach (not larry brown), make some trades, start building a new future.

Posted Monday February 11, 2008, About: Source: Brown could coach Bulls

Hiring Larry Brown would put the moron crown officially onto Paxson's head.