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QUOTE(SnB @ Nov 10, 2006 -> 11:00 AM) i'm looking forward to the jim-dwight moments more than i am the jim-pam moments. The Jim Dwight moments are absolutely amazing. Of course Jim/Pam moments usually involved Dwight so those were great too.

Sox are going for the Venezuelan league save.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 10, 2006 -> 09:03 AM) J.D. Drew is an absolute moron. The whole idea of opting out of your contract early is that you'll get more money if you do so, not less. He's going to wind up in the Jeff Weaver role of last season...taking a 1 year deal somewhere because no one will give him the big contract he and Boras want. Unless he was just really, really, really unhappy with the Dodgers, which is always possible I guess. I think he figures things like this. If I opt out now, I can get myself another 5 year deal....setting me up till I'm 35, probably at similar money. If I wait three more years, I will be 33 and now teams may be reluctant to give me anything more than 2 or 3 years and who knows what I'll get at that point. If he opts out now and gets a 5yr 55-60 mill deal it will all be worth it. When he's healthy he's easily worth 11-12 mill a year and it seems like his latest leg operation got him past most of his injury issues. Funny thing is if I knew he'd be healthy I'd deal Thome and stick Drew in the lineup for a long long time (because he's a superior all around player and fits into Ozzie's mold, plus with him and Dye between LF/RF) we'd have a pretty damn impressive offense. That said it would never happen and since there is no guarantee of his health there is no way I'd give him that type of deal, but someone will. He'd be a pretty awesome 2 hole guy (or 3 hole).

QUOTE(R.Sweeney @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 04:35 PM) I dont know what to think either .Thats great if he doesnt need surgery but he didnt need it in the 05-06 offseason and he ended up with problems . Luckily the Sox have Herm Schneider to keep an eye on it. Lets remember he played through this problems on route to a career season.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 04:28 PM) I just hope people read the article before they post in this thread. Because the rehab work Crede's going to be putting in sounds just as good, if not better than going through with the surgery. Ya, it sounds fine to me. As long as he does the work good deal. It was also interesting to hear the treatments/programs he has planned for other guys. I wonder what Garcia's program is (don't smoke as much victory weed).

Cool article. Wish Joe the best in his rehab program.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 03:28 PM) Ah, the ol' Uniter not Divider comes back. Yup, there's a way to create amity between the White House and its new working partners...ram through 2 nominations, one possibly controversial and one ungodly controversial, before the new working partners have a chance. Good to know that the Presidential "Middle Finger" still works quite well...because that's what this is to the Democrats. Especially the re-nomination of Bolton. I just want to point out that Bolton is not going to get another hearing. Of course if it were up to my party he probably would have, but Chaffey (a moderate repub) is completely against the Bolton hearing and because of that they will not have it. I'll take the direct words from Bill Frist over the NY Times. Oh and this is my first post over in these parts.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 02:55 PM) You do realize that even for his age, 34 i think, his MLB service time is rather low. I think he broke in in 1999 which means hes played for 8 years in the league. Compare that to someone like Dye who is 32 but he will be going into his 11th year of service, he broke in in 1996. The points is hes older year but hes not as much as an aging veteran as you think, in reference to years played. He's still playing all those other years in the minors. And you get wear and tear there just as much as you do at the major league level.

I'm going to throw out a random sleeper and say San Diego.

Stolen from the Nats...yes...better looking than the old uni's....yes.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) The 2nd option is a hell of a lot more likely than the first, at least based on the last few years. Your right and I wouldn't be shocked to see him help the repub's from time to time. Although he will not change to being a republican. He gave his state his word that he wouldn't and Joe isn't going to go back on his word.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 05:33 PM) Liriano, Baker, Bonser, and Garza say hi. They did not start the season with all of them in the rotation. Nor do we have any pitching prospect that is up there with them. How often does a rookie come in and dominate like Liriano did. I know both him and Weaver came in and kicked butt this year but its insanely rare for rookies to come in and absolutely dominante (or in Liriano's case be a frontrunner for Cy Young). Garza was only in the rotation the very latter half of the year and the same goes for Bonser.

If a lot of cash is coming the Sox way I'd probably make that deal. Arod gives you some serious star power to help continue the the Sox growth in popularity. I think there may be a few moves that could be made that would be better for the team, but that may not be better for helping the team continue to build market share.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 09:00 AM) Why? The guy has been wildly successful. Improved one of the poorest states in the union in education and income, and did it without going into major debt like other states. He's socially moderate, and a keen business guy. He's got foreign policy background, and, he was Clinton's energy secretary. He's also brokered a lot of good deals regarding land use in NM, a big issue in the west. And brought a lot of new business to the state. I realize you wouldn't like any Dem, but, I'd think you'd prefer a fiscal conservative, business-minded guy over the alternatives. I'd actually consider voting for Lieberman. And your right he may be better than the alternatives (Clinton or Kerry especially) and quite frankly Obama has really had to do nothing so I can't speak enough about him cause his history as a politician doesn't tell me much aside from the fact he's well liked.

QUOTE(Reddy @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 08:59 AM) people always talk about that but believe me it will NEVER happen... McCain is still a republican. Yes he's a more moderate republican but the guy will not leave the party. Thats like saying Lieberman will team up and vote republican when the republicans need him.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 05:50 PM) Yeah, too bad Bush couldn't overcome "crooked ass, idiotic politicians of Louisiana" and lead. If the President of the United States gets sidetracked by "crooked ass, idiotic politicians of Louisiana" then he isn't much of a leader. Do you seriously believe that Reagan would have allowed "crooked ass, idiotic politicians of Louisiana" to stop him? But, taking your position then, you must give credit to the honest, intelligent politicians of New York instead of Bush for the response to 9/11. And that makes sense. I always wondered how he could have been so great at one, and sucked so bad at the other. Your damn right, Bush wouldn't have been able to do it by himself. He had another great man there (potential president) right with him to help lead. Its one thing when you are handcuffed by others and its another when you are helped by others. Even the strongest and greatest leaders can't carry an entire nation on there backs. They need help from time to time (everyone does).

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) I'm rooting for Richardson on that note. From New Mexico??? I'd throw up at the idea of him in office.

Or adjust the subsidies and provide subsidies to the oil companies that go out of there way to invest in finding alternative energy sources. That way you encourage it, while still keeping oil costs down. I understand where you are coming Northside...in that sake that if we let the prices get out of hand, people will stop buying, demand will lessen and naturally we'll basically force the issue for American's to use less energy as well as force people into developing new energy. I just don't think its that simple because the rich would be able to afford to fill up their Escalades (sure some would be hurting) but the poor and lower middle class may not be able to afford to fill there car up to get to work or anything along those lines (I know in cities thats less of an issue due to public transportation). Plus that plan could force major companies that rely on oil/energy to produce things to either increase the costs on there products or to cut costs somewhere (meaning layoffs). Overall I think messing too much with the oil prices could have a major effect on the economy. In this case the best thing to do is find ways to help encourage the development of a 3rd party source while still fighting to keep oil prices down.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 9, 2006 -> 08:18 AM) My question is "how"? The minimum wage thing, I agree with. I don't like it, because it hurts a lot of businesses, but it's time to do something with that. The 9/11 commission report stuff is fluff. It really is. The health care thing... that's complete horsedookey. There's problems with the system, I agree, but ANY attempt to socialize our system needs to be looked at VERY closely. Ask Canadians why they come here for medical purposes. Ask Britians who travel to India why they do. The student loan thing. WOOT! I LOVE IT! Seriously, it effects me directly right now, but be careful what you ask for here. Oh, the big bad oil companies again. What are these "subsidies" used for? Find out first. I have mixed thoughts about "privatizing" social security, but how will you keep it, Ms. Pelosi? Oh, that's right, by raising taxes on EVERYONE, not just the "rich", because it's the only way. I wonder what happens if we remove subsidies. Will the price everyone pay at the pump go up exponentially???

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) OK, does your way involve any additional effort on your part? Meditation? Prayer? Bible? Volunteering? I agree with you that Heaven is not just for those that have been saved by organized religions. But, it seems that if someone professes some faith, their should be some actions to support that faith, and an hour a week for our creator seems easy enough. Nope, unless treating people right and going out of the way to help people is considered additional effort. However, I don't consider it additional effort because its who I am. And yes I have volunteered numerous times in the past and will do so in the future I'm sure.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 05:08 PM) Don't you think as a Christian, God is worth an hour a week? With so many flavors of Christianity, you can certainly find one that nurtures your soul? Nope, you will not catch me in a church. I've had too many dealings with hypocrites involved with organized religion so I do things my way. Although I will go to my aunt's church (she's a minister) to support her.

Technically speaking, yes we thumped homers in 05, but the team was very good at executing and could score one run when it really needed to. Its part of the reason we kicked butt offensively in the playoffs (when pitching is key, our pitching rocked, but our offense was able to scrape together runs). We need some speed (I'm a huge speed backer) and obviously we need better pitching. I think we all know this years offense was superior to the prior years, that said the prior year had a more balanced offense (in the sake of 1-9) although this year had a few more superstars. Obviously you give this years offense last years pitching and we are golden but defensively the team wasn't as good last year and we still did a lot of things afwul fundementally (The 05 team was superb when it came to fundementals). Fix the pitching, improve the defense, add a legit speed thread (Pods is crap). And fixing the pitching could even consist of standing pat if no team makes a good offer. I'm not about to just throw Garcia out there and get nothing in return. At one point or another someone will want these guys and give us something of value and I woulnd't just make a trade to make a trade (if we can't get anything now for em, why not stick with em and let them eventually walk at the end of the season...why not if there is no legit value, you might as well enjoy having them in your rotation).

From what I've read ISU's candidates are gonna be a signficant downgrade. They don't have the history Iowa does and thats the only reason we were able to get a guy like Ferentz. Hell, we could probably land Stoops if we wanted to since his family absolutely loves Iowa City (in fact Stoops would have been our coach if it weren't for our old AD). I'll take Ferentz though. Iowa landed a nice recruit this week as well and if they could somehow beat Wiscy they would have a shot at impressing two pretty solid recruits that are choosing between Iowa and Wiscy. That said I'd be absolutely shocked. We pretty much blow, you lose to IU and NU....pathetic.

QUOTE(R.Sweeney @ Nov 8, 2006 -> 04:31 PM) Makes you wonder how Ozzie feels about players not going back Venezuela .Too bad well never know . I'd hope he'd stick up for the organization. I really don't think Ozzie cares. You can tell KW has no problem considering the hand was essentially forced and Kenny's right there are plenty of other leagues that may even be safer to play in. I know I for one wouldn't want to have to go to Venezuela for a month to play baseball if I was coming off a long minor league season already (in fact if I were a top prospect I wouldn't, now if I were fringe I may just suck it up).

I have no problems with any religion. I leave people free to practice any religion and I don't think any less of a person who practices another religion (such as just because they practice that religion, they won't go to heaven). Instead, while I believe in god, I don't go to church although in general my beliefs are Christian. However I adopt the theory that if people do good they'll go to heaven. I figure if heaven is such a great place and feel the point of religion (while its great to believe in another power) is to treat other people properly and with respect (essentially be a good person) and if you do that I feel you'll be rewarded in your afterlife (regardless of your religion). People can rip that up all they want, but its the way I live my life And grammatically that post sucked.