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QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 06:36 PM) Newman Hall, Baby. Yes, I lived at the Catholic dorm. And no, I did not burst into flames every time I entered. Gotcha...yeah, that one was pretty close. Did you ever rumble with Koinonia?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 06:24 PM) Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day. Necessity IS the mother of invention.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 04:58 PM) How is the Frio for tubing? The last time I was on the Guadalupe, I was with my Scouts, so it was life vest and no beer. Kind of boring. At least "The Chute" is always running well. I haven't been on the Frio, but my fiancee has and she said it was fun. The Guadalupe was basically Mardi Gras on Water. Lot's of drinking and lot's of boobies. But moving REAL slow with the lack of rain we've had. The Chute was extra rough this year...shallow water made it run faster and the rocks were closer to the surface. More scrapes than usual.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 05:05 PM) Here's a quarter, call someone who cares. Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 06:09 PM) Yeah, I figured I'd show Stevie ray a thing or two... My dorm was literally right across the street from the Auditorium. When the house lights came up at the end of the show i ran back to my room to grab my guitar. What dorm was that close to Foellinger? The only one I can think of is ISR and that's all the way across the quad. Just curious. Still cool though.

For your birthday, you will be burninated. -- Strong Bad Have a good one!!!

It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 03:37 PM) Well, war is hell. War...what IS it good for?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 03:31 PM) But it's an uphill battle. Knowing me, I'll win the battle, but lose the war.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 02:47 PM) Pass the MREs. Home to Emily Incredible Trivia Tex...hope you get the rain you need without too much damage. BTW, can you send a little bit of rain up this way to Austin. Not downpours, just a nice soaking rain for a couple of days? We need it bad. Cuz the Guadalupe River is moving WAAAAAAYYY too slow for tubing!!! PS. Emily: Bob, what's wrong? Bob: I just had the strangest dream. I was an innkeeper in Vermont...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 03:26 PM) BTW, YASNY=you ain't seen nothing yet A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. And knowing is half the battle.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 11:08 PM) In 2000, the Yankees made a couple deals: Traded Ricky Ledee, Jake Westbrook, and Zach Day to the Cleveland Indians. Received David Justice. Traded Ed Yarnall, Drew Henson, Brian Reith, and Jackson Melian (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Mike Frank and Denny Neagle. Traded Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena to the Chicago Cubs. Received Glenallen Hill. The 99 Yankees big moves were trading for Clemens before the season and getting Leyritz from the Padres. The big move for the 96 Yankees was: Traded Ruben Sierra and Matt Drews (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Cecil Fielder - a key part of their title run. The 97 marlins made a bunch of moves: Traded Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak to the Montreal Expos. Received Cliff Floyd. Traded Billy McMillon to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Darren Daulton. Traded Mark Hutton to the Colorado Rockies. Received Craig Counsell. I specifically avoided moves made before the season started, since I figured you were talking deadline deals. Except for the Fielder and Justice deals, none of those are big splash deals. If I remember correctly, Justice had a real good postseason for the Yanks that year.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) Noted. My opinion.. he's subpar. I don't think he's a first ballot HOF'er, but he's definitely within the first three years. The Hall of Fame shouldn't be about best player at his position for his era only. Sammy Sosa has more homers but significantly less hits. 3000/500 is what makes him a Hall of Famer, just like Eddie Murray should be a Hall of Famer. You can't punish a player for playing in hitter's parks, that's just not fair. And he's probably going to play for another couple of years and may make it to 3000/600? Would that make him a HOF'er?

Here's the interesting thing about GM's though and one that's not always brought up because it's not as highly publicized...but sometimes it's the trades that AREN'T made that can make a great GM. Overpaying for a rental isn't always what the team needs. In the Around the Horn thread, I asked if there were any deadline deals that put a team over the top? I mean, big time trades, like Randy Johnson to the Astros. That didn't get them to the World Series and they lost him the next year. Someone responded that the last big one was the Yankees in '96 or '98 and the only one I found was Sierra and a minor leaguer for Cecil Fielder. I guess that was blockbuster at the time. All I'm saying is, a big splash fades away, but a bunch of little stones keeps the ripples going.

Maybe it took a half a season for Viz and AJ to be comfortable? But good job, Viz!!!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 10:56 PM) This weekend, we get the chance to start proving him wrong. And if I'm not mistaken...we're going to really like how our pitching staff falls into place for that series: Buehrle and Garland will lead it off. Hell, even I'll admit that right now we are first in our division entirely because we've been beating the s*** out of our own division. We haven't played the east much, and it's time to show them and everyone else that we're for real. Isn't this the point of the uneven schedule. Why they changed it to playing so many games within the division? We play these teams 19 times. The farther it gets into the year, the more times we play them, the harder it gets to win. We've seen pretty much all of their hitters and pitchers and they've seen ours. And yet, we keep winning. I'd say that's pretty good. Also, one of the problems the Sox have had in the past is playing down to their competition. They lost the season series to the Tiggers a couple years ago when the Tiggers were at their low point and everyone was saying this team wasn't going anywhere if they can't beat the KC's and Tiggers and DRays of the league. Now they are doing it and that's turned into a bad thing? Finally, in my long rant, there was an ESPN article somewhere around May where they were saying that it's hard for any team to maintain a near .700 winning percentage and that the winners mostly come back down to around .600. Well, the White Sox are at a .681 winning percentage for the year and the 31-24 record against non-AL Central teams, that's a very respectable .563, which, if you look at the standings is STILL better than the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, Braves, and Padres winning percentage FOR THE YEAR. Only the Cardinals, Angels and Nats have a higher winning percentage for the year than the Sox have outside the AL Central and the Nats are at .570. Sorry Kuselius...your arguments are wrong.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 10:36 PM) Boston Red Sox in 2004: Moved Nomar Garciaparra, picked up Orlando Cabrera, both of whom were former All Stars. They also grabbed Mientkewicz. The Marlins in 03 traded for Urbina from Texas, and also picked up Jeff Conine I believe from the Orioles as a backup. Ehhhh, that was more addition by subtraction. I'm talking about adding. Like Randy Johnson to the Astros kind of thing. Urbina and Conine wouldn't do it for me, either. I was just thinking that getting Schmidt, Burnett, or any of the other BIG names out there might not be the best thing for the Sox.

Annnnnnnnnnd....lock thread.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 04:46 PM) That boy is a french fry short of a happy meal. I love those... That boy's a sandwich short of a picnic That boy's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. That boy's a lightbulb out in his marquee. That boy's a card short of a full deck.

QUOTE(Wedge @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:56 PM) Do you have a webcam? Can you film that? No, for the love of god...don't.

QUOTE(juddling @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:39 PM) Just curious about people's thoughts about the new series on the Sci-fi channel. The second season just started the past friday and it looks like it could be good. I will admit that i hate the fact they took Starbuck and (literally) made him into a woman, but the effects have been good....the new Cylons look really cool and the fact that they have Cylons that look like humans is a interesting twist. I hope the series can continue it's upward climb and was curious about others thoughts. juddling Jojo Starbuck is a woman.

When was the last time a team made a big splash before the deadline and won the World Series? And I'm talkin' big name players, not multiple 2nd tier players. I remember some big names moving, but not getting that team to the playoffs, am I missing anyone?

QUOTE(HSC's Biggest Fan @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:21 PM) How do Vizcaino and Jenks stay yet Shingo is let go. This does not make sense to me I really do not see how we are a better right now. Viz's ERA the last two months are 2.25 and 1.17. That's how Viz is staying. Jenks is either being shopped or his time is almost up until we get another RP in. Shingo, while good last year and decent at times this year, unfortunately got caught up in roster shuffles. We have a damn good closer (Hermanson, who won the job fair and square), two good set up men (Politte and Cotts), Marte is back, and Viz is pitching better. Love ya, Shingo, go get 'em in the NL!!! GOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!! EDIT: Dammit ss2k...beat me to it.

QUOTE(Butter Parque @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) Lets just say we make the playoffs, no matter what happens to Willie during the regular season, I think he's a must to have in the playoffs for his ability to pinch-run. It's important to have a guy like that on the bench while Timo would serve no purpose as a fifth outfielder. Willie could get sent down in the regular season over Timo, but he has to be on the playoff roster. If the playoffs started tomorrow, I would agree with you. But, if something happens between now and then we may have to bring someone else in or up. But, if this is the way the team is in Oct...you are absolutely right.

QUOTE(Winnin Ugly @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 08:10 PM) Eric Casilias said last week if the WSox were in the AL East they would be a 4th place team If he was a good host, it would be called The Eric Casilias Show. He can rag on the Sox all he wants. Makes for some good radio and hopefully, he'll have to eat his Sox at the end of the year.