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QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 09:41 AM) http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/11/news/HIV.html Doctors discover new HIV strain Happy Valentine's Day! QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 09:44 AM) Maybe Jim can correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this pretty common behavior for viruses? Don't they adapt to drugs fairly quickly, and mutate into something else that is resistant? I seem to remember there been a couple new strains of TB that were untreatable. I think that is also why they have started to discourage use of anti-biotics at the drop of a hat, because that also speeds up the process of viruses becoming immune. You are 100% correct.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 14, 2005 -> 09:01 AM) I'd venture that Keyes has just committed political suicide. I think that people stopped taking him seriously after he tried to carpet-bag his way into Congress Hillary-style. It's unfortunate, as would've been a much better role model for minority children than many of the other Chicago-area African-American politicians.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 13, 2005 -> 10:15 PM) I'm not saying Drew is automatically going to be better then maggs, however he arguably had a year that maggs has never accomplished, you can't just assume that maggs will for sure have a better season. I don't assume that, but Drew has never had a season with 520 ABs. Maggs had six in a row. So I don't see how you can predict that Drew, who is only one year younger than Maggs, is going to be a more productive player in the future. And I don't agree that Maggs has never had a season to match Drew's '04 numbers. Check out Maggs' '02 numbers, where he destroyed Drew in every major hitting category except for OBP.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 13, 2005 -> 09:30 PM) Not necessarily true. Drew had an ops of over 1 something maggs has never done before. LOL! Whatever... :rolly Maggs came into the league almost exactly one year before Drew. Career stats... Drew: 127 HR, 373 RBI, .287 BA, .904 OPS Maggs: 187 HR, 703 RBI, .307 BA, .889 OPS Maggs has had 3807 career ABs in just over seven full seasons. In contrast, Drew has only had 2415 ABs in just over six full seasons because he can't stay healthy. Unless Maggs' knee condition is beyond repair, he'll continue out-produce Drew over the course of their careers.

QUOTE(soxhawks @ Feb 13, 2005 -> 04:26 PM) there is no way drew is better than maggs, even with maggs injury he has been consistent throughout his career where drew decided to show up healthy all year in a contract year Agreed that they overpaid for Maggs but, unless Maggs' bum knee lingers, there's no way that Drew will out-perform him.

QUOTE(lvjeremylv @ Feb 13, 2005 -> 11:11 AM) Correction..maybe for those who married the wrong woman. Yeah, I agree that those whose lives are completely controlled by their wives definitely married the wrong woman.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 11:53 PM) Which is like every other day thereafter. Well, maybe for those who let their wives walk all over them. We can't cave on everything now...

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 10:23 PM) Saturday in Iraq -Iraq election results expected on Sunday -17 civilians and Iraqi police killed in car bombing in Musayyib -1 Iraqi woman killed in car bombing in Baghdad -in Mosul insurgents attacked US Forces and 8 insurgents were killed ---1 Mosul woman was killed by mortar round during this battle -prominent Basra judge assasinated ---CNN reported he was probably killed because he was participating with the new gov't and foxnews reports he was probably killed by Shiites getting revenge on him for participating with Saddam Hussein -Iraqi man and son found dead on highway south of Baghdad -6 Iraqi national guardsmen found dead along a highway in Mosul sources http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147204,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/12/...main/index.html It's too bad that we didn't have Internet message boards back in the late 18th Centruy. I can't imagine the extent of public outrage over the daily casualties in the American and French Revolutions. Despite what some of the media outlets might want you to believe, revolutions do not occur overnight and always involve significant bloodshed. I don't see why these numbers are such a shock to some.

This whole "Karl stole Michael's MVP award" discussion made me laugh. Who cares? Karl was an absolute stud and MJ was slightly better. It's not like Karl's "stealing" of the '97 MVP is going to keep MJ out of the HOF or that Karl needs that MVP to get inducted in his first year of eligibility. Sheesh... :rolly

QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 04:17 PM) That Dave Martinez accusation is interesting.. there were a lot of rumors about him in '97 and why he was shipped from Chicago so fast. IIRC, Davey left as a free agent at the end of the '97 season and, from what he said, the White Flag Trade had a lot to do with his decision. QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 09:51 AM) I don't advocate the use of steroids or performance enhancing drugs, but it was my understanding that it wasn't illegal in MLB prior to the past couple of years.... So why is this such a controversy? Well, because steroid use was illegal then, just as it is now. MLB just wasn't allowed to test the players. However, if someone like Canseco had been caught purchasing steroids on the street or injecting himself in a hotel room, he would've gone to jail.

Agreed that most women would break off their engagement the minute that their fiance' suggested something like this. A word of advice to all single and engaged men: Do not mess with your woman's wedding plans. It's her day, not yours. Do what she wants to do.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 04:49 PM) FINALLY I got a new job opportunity today. It's sure a relief. Now comes the resignation from my current company, which is sure to be ugly. Sweet. I was out of work for about eight months (by choice... I hated my old job) and didn't find a good one until a couple weeks ago. The market is terrible right now and I've seen a lot of other people struggle as well (especially at the Master's/Ph.D. level). BTW, great cartoon. Being the owner of two cats, I can definitely relate.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) Welcome to the board! Thanks. Man, this season can't start soon enough. I haven't seen a Sox team this complete since the early-mid '90s squads.

QUOTE(awesomefan @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 01:42 AM) I'll answer your last question....IT'S ALL ABOUT THE $$$$$$$$$. Yep. Maggs obviously didn't go to Detroit to win a WS or to pad his batting stats. I feel pretty much the same way. I knew Maggs was a goner when they didn't re-sign him at the beginning of last season. Given his reluctancy to allow the Sox doctors to inspect his knee and his mouthing off after signing with Detroit, I'm not really going to miss him. I would've loved to have Carlos around for a while longer, but freeing up that money allowed KW to address other problems.

QUOTE(Chisoxmatt @ Feb 12, 2005 -> 10:20 AM) Hmmm... Interesting i thought i remembered the frisbee being 59. I also have never seen him throw 93 usually his fastball is 89-90 I've never seen his fastball go over 85. Then again, I only went to two games last season and don't get to see many others on TV where I live. I hope that his 36-year-old arm can keep that upper-80's velocity for another season. That's a devastating compliment to a 60 MPH changeup.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) At least KW does something, if he didnt do anything you would be b****ing about that too. I think out of all of the teams in our division, as well as the cross town crybabies we had the best off season. Good job KW, I look forward to his next move. Agreed. KW has made some poor decisions (Ritchie, Clayton, Koch), has had a few good ideas blow up in his face (Wells, Alomar), and has made some brilliant moves (Shingo, Uribe, Garcia) over the years. He may not be the most savvy GM out there, but I'll take his aggressive approach over Schueler's crappy "The Kids Can Play" squads any day.

91-71, 3 games ahead of the second-place Twins Three Sox pitchers win 16 or more games with ERAs under 4.50 and KW's long relief acquisitions pay off as well. By losing Maggs and Carlos, the Sox score fewer total runs, but win more games by manufacturing runs (by replacing Jose and Willie Harris with higher OBP hitters like Tad and Uribe and Pods' 45 stolen bases).

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) Don't care...two aces are good to have. and if Hernandez can pitch like last year, we have three aces. Agreed. Flip a coin.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 01:52 PM) even if you have seen him 6, 7, 8 times, the difference in speed of the pitches that he throws are hard for anyone to hit. His differentiation of speed keeps hitters off balance and it is very difficult to hit him hard. I think he will be fine. That's true, although he'll live and die by his command with that style of pitching. If he falls behind a hitter and needs to throw a fastball over the plate, he's in trouble. More "traditional" closers (like Percival, for example) can reach back and throw a 97 MPH fastball over the plate without fear of it being jacked out of the park. While I don't necessarily think that he'll be lights-out again this year, I agree that he'll be an effective closer.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) That whole region of the world is so messed up right now. And no one really cares, which is the saddest part of all. There is genocide going on right now in the Sudan, and UN is too busy arguing whether 80,000 people dead fits the definition of "genocide" The UN doesn't want to get involved if the US isn't going to subsidize 90% of the costs. That's a big part of the problem.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 11, 2005 -> 08:22 AM) I guess we all agree that Shingo is a one inning pitcher. Someone email Ozzie and make sure he gets the word. Yeah, he certainly was less effective last year after one IP. Given that KW bolstered the 'pen this offseason, that shouldn't really be a factor this season. It should be interesting to see how things play out for Shingo in '05. He was incredible last year, but I'm wondering how much of that had to do with his rather unique style of pitching and if AL hitters will be better prepared this time around. He's also 36 now and age may come into play sometime soon. That said, I'll be rooting for him to put up 40 saves and take us to the playoffs.