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1. The picture of Navarre with the accurate caption is simply a statement of what the future holds! 2. From where I am looking at it, college age is very much "youth" indeed! My college class is having its 30th reunion this year. Damn am I old. Not that old since I graduated college at age 20 (and spent all my time studying in the left stand grand stand) but you can do the math, that makes me older than I ever wanted to be. Where did the time go -

Koch This, the posters in this forum who are in their teens and early 20s are a very knowledgable set of individuals and that includes you and a whole lot of others. One reason I read these boards is I learn so much from you all who watch different aspects of the game than I do. It is an honor for me to be a member of this forum with so many very insightful younger Sox fans.

My grandson got up out of his seat when sam-me came to the plate and he said, "I want to see sam-me strike out" and he stood in the aisle so he had a clear unobstructed view of the plate - he made his announcement loudly so everyone in our area heard his strike out prediction - and of course when sam-me struck out the kid was a hero prophet in the upper deck! To commemorate the event, I bought him his first Cubs Suck t-shirt and he was so proud - and every time he went to Comiskey after that people asked him for his game predictions and bought him stuff and called him the good-luck charm - He is something like 12-1 at games - I think he is the good luck charm. and what a fun memory to be reminded of this gray overcast day -

bingo.

Your innocence is almost refreshing. To reject experience and choose a kickin' curve over actual results - well, to each their own.

North Park Covenant Church (was a membere there myself in the early 70s) Loree's Ice Cream George's North Park College, 5 time NCAA National Basketball Champions (Div 3) I know we've done this before but it is fun to do again and -- Bill Bonham, what a memory - all those HOFers on the scrubs -

For the sake of my needing a good laugh today, please post your list however short or long of former Cub can't miss gonna be great phenoms - please!

Also saw Jim Nash... Mark Fidrych... and a host of other can't miss gonna-be-a-great one/two season wonders...

We worry because there is no reason, especially with the payroll as low as it currently is, why the White Sox cannot offer MB a longterm deal. The last time this happened, we lost a Cy Young Award winner. I know he didn't amount to much after leaving the White Sox, but BlackJack isn't Mark Buehrle either. With the prospect of losing Colon very real after this season, we need to lock up our real number one starter now. from your mouth to God's ear CK so that God can kick the sox GM stagg in the butt and get them busy offering to and signing Buehrle for what he deserves. If youy have one shot one opportunity, to have the pitcher you always wanted - sign him to a long term deal! Better not let him slip away!

Just kind of a general comment and meant nothing by it that was negative at all. It just seeme to me that the younger posters in general are more excited about Prior and the older posters in general have a wait and see and we're happy with MB attitude. I was prone to be much more enthusiastic about guys coming up when I was the age of those phenoms - now that I am old enough to be their father, I am more laid back about it all. If my in general comment is a problem for anyone, I will take it back, I did not mean that in an unkind way at all.

CK, can you be GM for a day?

Jon Snyder?

"flawless mechanics" is a phrase often used for phenoms. It takes very little for flawless mechanics to become flawed. That is when a pitcher has to be able to really pitch. There are just so variables. In the three seasons that I have watched MB I see a guy who knows how to pitch and win, how to make the adjustments on a game by game basis. As I said, maybe Prior will do it, or maybe not. The idea as suggested that the Cy Young should one day be renamed the Mark Prior had to be one the sillier things ever said. Prior fans should hope he can one day be a Kenny Holtzman first. He has to do better than last year's 6-6. The bragging on Prior has just been a wee tad bit overdone. Always, always be looking for who is coming along. Never crown the new Messiah until the honor is earned. There have been so many false Messiah's - I've seen too many and heard all the claims before. Time will tell.

I wonder if the age of the poster makes a difference here. Those of us who have been around a while have seen so many "this guy will be the greatest pitcher ever" phenoms come and go. Once you have seen the novas like Prior burn out more than a few times (can anyonce say Burt Hooten?) you don't get so excited anymore about one more phenom like so many other phenoms. Meanwhile, proven consistency and improvement are very attractive to the fan with the perspective of years because you have seen the difference between phenoms and the real deal. (Can anyone say Kerry Wood?) MB is the real deal. He has improved every year and his numbers get better every year. Jesus the Cy Young Savior Prior is just another phenom. Maybe he will pan out, maybe not. I don't think he will be what some are claiming. He may be a 13-16 win pitcher every year, or a 500 pitcher. Seen a lot like him. Maybe he is everything that is claimed. But having heard these claims so many times for so many others, excuse me for staying seated. MB is the real deal. I take that over a phenom any time, any day, any place.

when we were accusing KW of having posters banned from the MLB boards, the following I Will Survive parody, sung by a poster and KW, was posted: (someone take up the challenge of doing anohter song Sox parody, please!) (poster) At first I was afraid, I was petrified - Kept thinkin' I could never post without zach23 by my side-- Then I spent so many nights thinking how KW did me wrong- And I grew strong-- And I learned how to get along- And so you're back from poster hell- I just walked in to find you deleted, with your post empty as a shell, I should have changed that stupid gif- I should have stuck to eating Jif- If I had known for just one second KW'd be back to bother me- (KW) iMac down now, walk out the door- Let the pc snore- 'Coz you're not posting anymore- Weren't you the one who tried to break me with a klueless wonder? Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no not I, I will survive- For as long as I know how to love JR, I know I'll stay alive- I've got all my life to live- And I've got all my trades to give- I'll survive- I will survive- Hey hey- It took all the strength I had to trade 3 pitchers to Pitt- Just trying hard to mend the pieces of Ritchie's worthless mitt- And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself- I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high- And you see me, somebody new- I'm not that chained up little person still in the Stadium Club with you- And so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to like you- But now I'm savin' all my lovin' and giving you the boot- No more PC, shut down the Mac.- Just go away now- You're not posting anymore- Weren't you the one who tried to make me say goodbye?- Did you think I'd crumble?- Did you think I'd lay down and die?- Oh no not I, I will survive- Oh as long as I know how to love JR, I know I'll stay alive- I've got all my life to live- And I've got all my trades to give- I'll survive- I will survive- Hey hey-

a challenge - can anyone come up with any other song parody, using any other song, about the 2003 Sox? I maybe should dig up my I Will Survive as sung by Kenny Williams to inspire you all - surely we have more clever people out there than me -

dudes, put down the crack pipes. Fantasy lives are fine in sex, but not in baseball. Cy Young remaned the Mark Prior - the s*** is deep here indeed. I bet he'll be out of baseball in 4 years with a rash on injuries. And MB will be collecting Mark Priors, oh, I mean, Cy Youngs. like Maddux did.

or he could be Jason Bere while MB is better than Maddox

they better, or you will be banned from any more games!

I looked at the picture again. The thread title should be changed to "Colon the Butter." I just wish my butterball turkeys were that plump!

I actually did laugh out loud -

that is a relief - 8 days to pray for the Sox to do right by MB

I actually typed in mid May and changed it to mid June - but you called it, who's holding the money for the pool?

not late summer, about mid June -

1. basically same as last year 2. no 3. yes