sandberg23

For the first time in five years, we owe the government money. I'm not pleased. you've got kids and a house. if you owe money, you're not doing something right Seriously...how can you owe in that situation. And, I assume you and your wife have the same positions as before so what changed? My wife's hospital sold to another group. The hospital was formerly community owned and they allowed vacation to accrue from year to year if one did not take it. When it sold, the employees were allowed to take a payout of unused vacation hours because the new company would not allow vacation hours to carry over if they were unused from year to year. As a result, we got a very large check before the take-over became final. I don't think we had enough money taken out of that. Oh...I see. That would makes sense then. I tell people who owe that you have to pay the taxes at some point...whether it's through your paychecks or at tax time. You're still paying the same...it just sometimes sucks if you're not expecting to pay in a large amount. You should have had another baby last year! That would have off-set the extra tax dollars I bet! :D

For the first time in five years, we owe the government money. I'm not pleased. you've got kids and a house. if you owe money, you're not doing something right Seriously...how can you owe in that situation. And, I assume you and your wife have the same positions as before so what changed?

I hate people who wait til then end to file their taxes! I hope you're doing your own and not making some sucker prepare them for you at this point!

Yeah, with 8 LOB. Fugly.

Gameday shows Marshall.

Wow...has Lee really been 0-6?

Is there a score yet? Following the game intermittently. Thanks.

I hate games on CSN+. Guess I'll be following this game here while at work. Go Cubs!

That was one long game...luckily it ended on the winning side for the Cubs. They could use the off day tomorrow and then go get 'em again on Wednesday.

Looking forward to watching the 3rd win a row tomorrow. :D

800.555.8355 It has loads of information so you have to go through menus...first sports, then baseball, then I believe Chicago Cubs.

This'll be the first game I actually get to watch while it's played. I'm excited.

Team Stats & Scoring +750 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008 89 +50 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 9 +150 3. Number of runs scored, 2008 819 +150 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008 683 +200 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 1st +200 Player Stats & Scoring +50 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 37 +10 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases 39 +10 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP .382 +10 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs 117 +0 5. Ted Lilly's Wins 14 +20[/ab] 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA 3.17 +0 7. Rich Hill's Ks 214 +0 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched 108 +0 Bonus Questions I (30 points each) +60 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? Rich Hill's K's +0 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? Jon Lieber's starts +0 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? Felix Pie's at-bats +0 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? Soto +30 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? Lilly +30 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Ramirez +0 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) +30 1. Most HRs: Ramirez +0 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Fukudome +0 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Zambrano +0 4. Most saves: Wood +30 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) August 15th Total - 890

Group A: Ryan Howard Group B: Alfonso Soriano Matt Holliday Group C: Aramis Ramirez Aaron Rowand Travis Hafner Group D: Ryan Zimmerman Adam LaRoche Todd Helton Bobby Abreu Curtis Granderson WC Carlos Zambrano

Knee socks are amazing...I hope he wears them all year!