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I've found that Fantasy sports to be the best way to always be interested in sports. This is my second year in fantasy football...I've always done confidence pools...I am in a pool for NCAA football...and I've been a die-hard fantasy baseballer for the past three years.

"Wait a minute, he's not coming back... and I just fired... Aw s***!"

Mr. Spurrier is welcome to join the ranks of the Big Ten. Hell, I'll let him crash in my room untill he finds a place of his own here in America's heartland.

Everything I've read has said the Twins continue to make Radke their number one priority. I invison them re-signing Radke and calling it an off-season. It will be a "one and done" kind of free agency for the Twinks.

Absurd...completely absurd. I don't even know what to say. You don't approve the trade of Paulie for Hudson. Yet, you think...... Crede for Hudson!!! You need to put your favortism aside and take a look at what you just posted. We've all grown accustomed to guys like Paulie...but, c'mon...there will be others. You can find different players to get attached to...there is a lot of talented players out there that don't play on the SouthSide of Chicago...open your eyes.

Don't worry. I'm sure Nomar will think long and hard about offending the people in Boston before cashing his enormous checks from King George. Be realistic. It's a bottom line world we live in.

Conjecture...plain and simple. If Kenny is really serious about changing the dynamic of this ballclub, he would take a long and hard look at this deal. As much as I like Paulie, he represents exactly what this team is trying to get away from. I know he picked it up big-time this season, but remember, he's a pull-hitting HR guy...something Kenny wants to get away from. This deal would present Kenny an opportunity to assemble the type of team he has been preaching to us. A core of solid, contact hitting batters (assuming we sign Vizquel, start Gload, and the like) and a top major league rotation. Buehrle-Hudson-Garcia-Contreras-Garland "SouthSide Pitchmen?"

I generally agree with that, but my agreement stops at your last sentence. Not even if he puts you over the top. If he DOES, in fact, put you over the top...that is, a serious contender for a pennant...pull the trigger. Johnson does not put us over the top.

:headshake I couldn't care less what you want. I don't want Brown nor do I want Johnson. We are not a "Brown" or a "Johnson" away from a WS title. The price that those two would come at would be too great for a team in our position. Regardless, RJ will not be on the Southside next year and if by some grace of God he is...I previously stated I will eat my hat.

Stats lie my friend. Ask around, not many people consider Brown a consistent, or better yet, a consistently healthy pitcher at this point in his career. When its not the back, its "illness," when its not "illness," its something else. I, too, checked the stats. And...2004 Salary: $15,714,286 Cha-Ching!

That shirt and the recent South Park election episode basically sum up my feelings about this year's election.

That would be awful. What could be more of a risk than getting a forty year old rent a player...an INJURY prone old guy! Aw man, I hope that doesn't happen.

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The AP Reports that a drug overdose killed Ken. "Coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart were listed as contributing factors in the death Oct. 10, medical examiner's spokeswoman Grace Brugess said. The death was ruled an accident." Both Coronary artery disease and an elarged heart are among a list of cocaine complications. I didn't realize he was doing that much blow. What a sad ending. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...initi_autopsy_9

Me too! My favorite player of all time. A Jackson statue oughta' be ahead of him though.

Bringing in guys like Vizquel and Eddie would be crazy...rooting for the guys I hated so much during the mid 90s, not because of their personality, but because they were so damn consistent. I don't think Eddie is a sure thing, but who really is at this point? Take a long and hard look at him KW, he could be the best thing to happen to our pen since...um...well...Bobby Thigpen.

Well...that argument can go one of two ways... 1) Yes, in fact, it can be a PR ploy to justify the dismissal of high-priced talent in place of low-priced "hard workers" But I'd also have to argue that... 2) Jeter is a grinder, and he makes gazillions. All-stars can be grinders. I was also enacting the use of irony in this thread. Although KW is so big on this type of player...he refuses to stock his team with them.

Although archiac, it works. I propose a nation-wide District System. It is far and away the most logical approach to the Electoral College. I appreciate your numbers on the vote percentage per citizen in each state jackie...really interesting. BUT...We will never see the overthrow of the Electoral College in our lifetime.

Wow...its a win, win! Forgive my naïvety.

Let me buy you a beer some time my man. Its all about efficacy...the EC is, in fact, efficent. Don't let 2000 scare you.

Well then, perhaps you would prefer the methods of Maine and Nebraska, wherein the state enforces a District System. The District System operates in this fashion...the state's electoral votes may be split between candidates. Maine and Nebraska apportion their votes between congressional district and two at-large votes, but neither state has ever split its electoral votes. I too prefer that system. I am not arguing the efficacy of the Electoral College. I am not even debating its "fairness." What I am debating is the fact the every state has a say in the outcome of the election. If Rhode Island didn't take part in the Electoral College, why would any candidate campaign that state. If it was me, I would spend far more time in California than Rhode Island. Yes, statisticly the electoral votes per person varies from state to state. The end justifies the means my friends.

No sir, it is proportionate. I think that is where you are having your problem. In the state of Wyoming...a state with more cows then people...they have 3 Electoral College votes...count em', 3. In the state of Rhode Island...the smallest state in these United States, in terms of land size...they have 4 Electora College votes. The votes are proportinate to the number of citizens in each state...not square milage.

Alright Kip, I may have been a bit harsh...maybe you don't quite get the electoral college representation... Each state gets as many electoral college votes, as it has congressmen. For example, the great state of Illinois has 21 electoral college votes...19 for its House reps, and 2 for its Senators. Callifornia has 55...53 for its House reps, and 2 for its Senators. The president and vice president are elected by 538 Electoral College voters, one per senator and representative from each state, who usually cast a ballot for the candidate who wins the popular vote. In addition, the District of Columbia has three votes. A candidate must receive a majority of 270 votes to win the election. Therefore, equal representation is a neccessity in this type of election. Fear not, we are all equally represented. Just make sure you get out and vote!

This coming from a poster that previously said... "Anyone know a good site that thoroughly explains the USA election system because I'm really not sure what an electoral vote or anything like that is? Any help would be great." All voters do have the same imput...you can thank the electoral college for that. More research you must preform young grasshopper.

Wait a minute...re-read what you just wrote and let that sink in for a moment. Then try arguing why a voter in a smaller state is "more influential than a voter in a larger state." The argument is absurd. Competely and utterly absurd.