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QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) on one foot. I'm sorry, they don't give assistance to whether you do something on one foot or no feet. Did Jim Abbot get double the wins since he pitched with only one arm? Health is a factor. We could talk about how Griffey would be close to passing Ruth if he didn't get hurt. Maybe we should just add some hr's for him? Fact of the matter is thats what he hit. I'll give him credit for trying, but he was out there and I'm not going to look past that average. If he wasn't healthy he shouldn't have been trying because he wasn't helping the team (sure he hit some hr's but aside from that he was atrocious).

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 06:19 PM) We won.

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QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:52 PM) You'd look something like me if you wore glasses all the time.. Let that sink in for a second. Bad news kids. Lets never forget that incident involving Sweeney's sis in Winston Salem.

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:51 PM) Let the record show I wore the goggles ala Horce Grant back in my younger days. I wasn't any good with or without them. I think a picture of you sporting goggles should be implemented in the new banner. We could put Steff with Michael Jackson in there as well. Maybe call it the glory days of Soxtalk

QUOTE(SnB @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:49 PM) besides, your clean cut, metro appearance would be severely hampered if you had to wear glasses all the time I don't know whether I should thank ya or run away.

QUOTE(SnB @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:48 PM) yeah I see where you're coming from. When I play sports, i can just take them and have no problem seeing what I need to see. Oh see, thats my problem...I take the damn things off and I'd get hit square in the face with a football.

QUOTE(SnB @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:16 PM) I know that if I ever tried contacts, I would never be able to get them in. I can see pretty well without my glasses, just won't see a whole lot of detail watching TV or won't be able to read things somewhat far away, but I wear them just about all the time. I guess I'm one of the few that has no problem w/ glasses. I don't think I could do glasses full time. I play basketball and football at least once a week and all I'd do is worry about getting my glasses broken. And I refuse to sport goggles like James "Big Game" Worthy.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) 2003 .267/42/105/.390/.562/.952 2004 .271/18/49/.434/.563/.997 (Played in just 74 games) 2005 Let's keep in mind the guy had missed almost a year by the time he came back against the Angels. Still hits 12 bombs, including 4 game winners, in just over 100 at bats. Yeah, the guy has become a regular Rob Deer. He's just so done. And hit like .227 or something retchid like that.

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) GMAFB... did you cheer when he played this year...? If you did... why? If you would have evaluated his stats he clearly didn't deserve it... :rolly I couldn't cheer for Frank, I lost my voice leading Willie 4 MVP chants. I'm gonna miss that so called playa.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 04:32 PM) Damn, I guess all board owners hit on the members Way to skate the question. I demand answers

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 05:10 PM) I'm at 3.75 for both eyes. So i'm not totally blind, but i can't watch tv or see much of anything without contacts. I use my glasses at night before i go to bed and for a bit when i wake up. I honestly don't know my contacts are in either, they don't bother me much at all. The best part about getting contacts was the first time i wore them. It was freshman year during spring break. I went to baseball practice and was like "holy s***, you can see the seams on a baseball." Well i actually went like 7-8 in the next doubleheader we had. I had no idea my vision wasn't up to snuff before that. My 1st experience was really similar. As your eyes slowly go bad you really don't notice it. Especially cause when I first needed them I was like 20/60 or so. Just enough to not pass my drivers license eye exam (thats when I found out). I noticed when I first put my contacts in (I got contacts from the get go). Well it took me forever to adjust to getting the damn things in for the first week or so. But when I was driving back home with my dad I could see everything. I never realized what I should have been able to see and it was sweet. I definately remember my first bball practice after getting them and I was stunned at how much better I picked up the ball. Not that it really mattered since I only had like 2 ab's my entire high school career (after hurting my arm and eventually quitting the team, lol). Since than the only doctors appointment I make to on time and every year or so (since my vision is starting to finally slow down I won't have to do that soon enough) was my eye appointment cause I love getting the proper prescription so you can see super clear. Sadly I have the best vision in my family. I thought I was an enigma cause the rest of my family all had had glasses by 1st grade yet I went till high school somehow.

Thome's Limited To Dh Duties Early On; Plus News on Frank By Jason Gage Feb 27, 2006 Soxtalk.com Newly acquired slugger Jim Thome will begin spring training as the club’s designated hitter. Thome, who has primarily been a 1st baseman throughout his career (started his career at 3rd), will ease his surgically repaired throwing arm back into action...More

Minoso's Hall of Fame Bid Falls Short By Jason Gage Feb 27, 2006 Soxtalk.com Legendary White Sox outfielder Minnie Minoso’s bid for the hall of fame fell short on Monday. Minoso failed to receive enough votes from a 12 member committee. The committee selected from a group of 39 Negro League and Pre-Negro League players...More

Any idea on what happened in the intersquad game today?

QUOTE(Jake @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 04:14 PM) I've noticed in recent days that the replies in a post aren't shown completely, just all put together at the bottom to be clicked on as a link. Is there any way I can change this setting? It's driving me insane. I'm confused. Everything looks the same to me?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 03:27 PM) I hardly believe a word the Washington Times writes which doesn't have someone else to confirm it, and this is yet another unnamed source which isn't willing to give it's name. There are a thousand reasons why someone might want to leak a lie about Cheney resigning, whether it's to hurt the President's campaign or help someone else in 08, whether or not it had any truth at all. With an unnamed source, there's no way to evaluate the credibility, and we should give this no more credence than Judy "F***ing queen of all Iraq" Miller's NYT anonymously sourced reporting on the WMD's. Its no different than me saying something like this on my blog. The only difference is people actually read this crap and maybe a few believe them. Oh and my blog...it doesn't even get updated. I think its been about a year since

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 02:18 PM) check out 'The Way of the Gun'. Very enjoyable movie. Some totally awesome action scenes.

Hey Tex, who is that in your av? Is that you? Ive always wondered.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) i don't have a dish, but my cable company offers extra innings if you have digital, which i do have. if you've bought it, what do you think? is it worth the money, and how much does is cost for the season? thanks in advance. I think its 119 or 129 or so for the season. Its unbelievable. I'm an out of towner so without it I wouldn't get to watch the Sox except for ESPN and WGN games. I also watch some of the other games. Totally worth it, especially for the out of market fan.

I remember 6 months ago I saw some report talking about how Cheney was guilty of something and was going to be forced to resign on this site as well. Yet another bs story. Its why I don't come to this forum at all. Happened to see the headline and thought I'd come by to see if it was anything, but alas, just more crap.

I can attest to some schools at how much easier it is for the athletes to pass. I swear they get like every note directly from the teacher and because of that they tend not to show up. Only reason I know this is one of my good buddies played D1 basketball in California (not at a powerhouse school by any means, but they made the tourney one year) and him (as one of the last guys off the bench) got a hell of a lot of benefits in terms of his studies (even though he was brilliant enough to pretty much fail out, yet they still made exceptions). And players get money. If it happened at this school my guess is it happens everywhere, but they go to different events and stuff finds its way into there sports jacket pockets and other stuff. Not huge amounts but 20 or 50 here and there from a few people every couple weeks is about all the spending money you need (if you are lucky enough to be on a full ride). That said that isn't always the case and for those athletes that also concentrate and bust there ass in school, I commend them because sports take up an assload of there time.

Hey Dep I just added that caged to the download section. It worked perfect. I logged in and saw that there was 1 download awaiting validation and just hit ad.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 12:53 PM) Yeah same here. I've had mine from age 15 (I'm 22). The only thing that sucks is falling asleep with them (or not wanting to get up to take them out because you are falling asleep). Other than that it's about a 30 second process per day. Once i have some money and this stuff is more consistent and perhaps cheaper, i might look into it. Ya...every once in a while I'll sleep with mine in. If they bothered me like contacts bother some people I'd probably for sure get the procedure, but honestly, when my contacts are in I don't even know it. Its just the minute or so a day between popping them in and taking them out. Of course I am blind as a bat (6.00 or so in each eye in terms of perscription). Worse part was 20/20 up until I was 16.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 01:58 PM) i think calling this cheating is a bit strong. every school is going to admit some kids every year who have test scores lower than what the average is. some of those kids are athletes, some aren't. it's the school's prerogative to make the choice. i don't see it as breaking the rules, because admissions policies are pretty flexible as is. And most of the time I'm sure the students are glad they admitted those people because they can cheer on there school athletic teams. Fact of the matter is those student/athletes bring a lot of cash to the school and help the school in a lot of ways. Plus the vast majority of student athletes are in school for the education because they will never play a game as a pro (at any type of pro level).