YASNY

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane. A pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day when the New York Times said "God is Dead" and "The War's Begun". I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing. Love of mine, someday you will die. We've already said ‘So long’. I don't want to see you go. Oh you had better go now Because something about you makes me say wow. We got a wham bam shang-a-lang and a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing. Every shing a ling a ling That they're startin' to sing So fine. Grandpa was a Carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks. Chain smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks. If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning.

While reading that article, I'm thinking "Billy Martin on uppers".

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 06:46 PM) Balta, to counter that, just a bit, did you see southsider's posts about Ahmadinejad and his religious beliefs? This guy believes that we are in the time of the (Muslim) version of Armegeddon. That's nothing to make light of, and our government knows that is what we're up against. If this guy gets the bomb, he will use it. It's not about a country the size of Finland. It's about the fundamentalism that is taking hold in Iran. It's not something to dismiss forthright. I'm not saying we go in there and take care of crap, at least not yet, but the pressure has to be maintained to get these guys off that course. I personally think we're edging to the brink of something no one ever thought we would be at and that's a nuclear power in the middle east. It's not a pretty thought. All the negotiating in the world I don't think is going to stop this guy. One other point. Ahmadinejad didn't rise to power on his own... none of them do. Think about it. I'm more concerned with our guy than their guy.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) Agreed, it is suspicious. Two of the prescriptions were written by a dentist, there aren't (reportedly) records of any tests for the hormone deficiency, and, although Byrd claimed that he was open about it, MLB and the Indians have said they didn't know. Link to a followup SF Chron story. Did Byrd have a history of muscle injuries? Past HGH use is tough to go after, though -- baseball didn't ban it until a week after his last purchase, iirc. The fact that he didn't purchase after the ban certainly helps his case. And, may I add, that I thought the interview in this thread was great stuff. Still, I'm suspicious.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) If it was me I would have scooped that $400,000 to $700,000, paid the taxes, and said see ya' LMAO

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:34 PM) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21381022/ You oughta be a shamed of yourself.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:30 PM) Even with good insurance that's what prescriptions cost in this country! Oh hell. MLBPA's medical insurance sucks.

I've waited to comment on the HGH issue till I gave it some thought. Byrd ordered $25K worth of the stuff. Something stinks about this.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 10:47 AM) If the Red Sox win, am I to still be under the impression that there is a God? It is said that the Rockies are God's team right now - self-proclaimed by the Rockies themselves, and I think the results prove themselves - so that has to make the Red Sox Satan's team, right? No No No! Everybody knows the Yankees are the evil empire.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 10:48 AM) Ty Cobb or Mickey Mantle. I say Cobb just because he was a psycho f***, and Mantle because playing drunk and hungover always makes you better than playing sober, everyone knows that. Babe Ruth. Who knows what was in all those hot dogs he used to eat?

QUOTE(michelangelosmonkey @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:06 PM) Maybe if we bundled Dimaggio and Musial together we could work out a trade for Doyle...it would totally help our playoff chances. Sounds like a plan to me.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 11:18 AM) There have been problems drafting, but in my mind, player development is by far the biggest cause of concern within the organization. Brian Anderson had the potential to be a Torii Hunter player, but the White Sox organization only properly trained him to be a AAA quality player. You may be right, but I'm not so sure it wasn't just BA thinking he was the s***.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:01 PM) There is a mechanical, inevitableness to our government and I believe that is one of our strengths. We can elect the worst person possible or the greatest and the net effect is not all that much. Another way of explaining, taking the middle of the road, you ain't going to push the country to the left or right shoulder. At best, you may nudge it one way or another. So those that expect great changes from either party are being silly. Small directional changes, rarely large ones. Then what you are saying is GWB hasn't had that much of an impact.

QUOTE(michelangelosmonkey @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 01:00 PM) Stupid old Joe Dimaggio was a .271 career hitter in the post season with an OPS of .750. Stan Musial about the same. I sure wouldn't want THOSE guys on the Sox (being dead and all). Brian Doyle was the s***, though.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 12:54 PM) Sadly, you are likely correct. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 12:50 PM) Money well spent: And the Democratic majority congress that ran for office on an end the war campaign theme will approve it.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 12:11 PM) You're wasting your time, YAS. I'll just leave it at that, and with that said, you'll know exactly what I mean. I'm just letting it go.

I always root for the AL team.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 12:05 PM) It'd be probably better suited for a PM. I'd hate to hijack a thread about the environment. But I guess Branch Rickey is somewhat related to the environment...at least in name! Hijack a thread? Whatever. Forget I said anything.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 12:01 PM) He says it in his book without attribution; I will likely keep it as such, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. PS: that has nothing to do with the environment. Nothing wrong with it at all. Just trying to spread a little info. PS: So?

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 11:55 AM) "The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, well I read a science fiction novel that tells me it’s not a problem. If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame-retardant. You take action. The planet has a fever." The quote in you sig that is attributed to Schuerholz was originally uttered by Branch Rickey. Maybe not word for word, but it came from him first.

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till its gone One day you're up and the next day you're down, you can't face the world with your head to the ground. You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes Ohmigod, shoes. Rather than I want to hold your hand, I wanna swallow you whole. I wanna give birth to your baby, baby Scream all night long. Seven screaming diz-busters should go the route and die. Just to let you know, you blow my mind. You've blown it all sky-high by telling me goodbye And I'll be high as a kite by then. I went to a party the other night. I wanted to fill my brain with light. And yeah, I told her that she smells like Kurt Loder. I can dig it, he can dig it, She can dig it, we can dig it,They can dig it, you can dig it, Oh, let's dig it, Can you dig it, baby Shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it like a polaroid picture. As long as you're wearin' clothes that fit ya. In worn out shoes with silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants, the old soft shoe. But you're a bum bum ba-dum...BUM! Please tell me where have all the hobos gone to. I see no light a'burning down by the rusty railroad tracks. And if I can't find my way back home it just wouldn't be fair. Waitaminute, somethin's wrong. . . this key won't unlock the door. Do me a favor, open the door, let 'em in. Lawd, there's a man down the road. It might be your man, but I don't know. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola. She asked me why the singer's name was Alice. I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand. Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light. Alice, Dallas Alice. Every minute of every hour, I love a sunflower Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high I know you like to think your s*** don't stink, but lean a little bit closer see roses really smell like poo-oooooo Run for the roses as fast as you can. Your fate is delivered, your moments at hand Hard Work will Set you Free. Hold out your hand and ask for some. Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water. Well I love that dirty water Black water keeps rollin on past just the same You don't have to worry though you have no money. People on the river are happy to give. Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man. Everybody knows I'm him. Some people call me Maurice Well now, they often call me Speedo, but my real name is Mr. Earl. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. So I finished watching Dog Day Afternoon, stoned out in a house unfamiliar to you. And everything here is so real, you can feel it. You are everything and everything is you. Oh, you are everything and everything is you. It's All Too Much for me to take, A Love that's shining all around you. All the world is birthday cake so take a piece, but not too much. I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes. Well, love is all around me, and so the feeling grows. You make my heart sing. I want to spend my life with a girl like you. Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba! Dreamin' ... of a girl like you to come into my life.

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till its gone One day you're up and the next day you're down, you can't face the world with your head to the ground. You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes Ohmigod, shoes. Rather than I want to hold your hand, I wanna swallow you whole. I wanna give birth to your baby, baby Scream all night long. Seven screaming diz-busters should go the route and die. Just to let you know, you blow my mind. You've blown it all sky-high by telling me goodbye And I'll be high as a kite by then. I went to a party the other night. I wanted to fill my brain with light. And yeah, I told her that she smells like Kurt Loder. I can dig it, he can dig it, She can dig it, we can dig it,They can dig it, you can dig it, Oh, let's dig it, Can you dig it, baby Shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it like a polaroid picture. As long as you're wearin' clothes that fit ya. In worn out shoes with silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants, the old soft shoe. But you're a bum bum ba-dum...BUM! Please tell me where have all the hobos gone to. I see no light a'burning down by the rusty railroad tracks. And if I can't find my way back home it just wouldn't be fair. Waitaminute, somethin's wrong. . . this key won't unlock the door. Do me a favor, open the door, let 'em in. Lawd, there's a man down the road. It might be your man, but I don't know. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola. She asked me why the singer's name was Alice. I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand. Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light. Alice, Dallas Alice. Every minute of every hour, I love a sunflower Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high I know you like to think your s*** don't stink, but lean a little bit closer see roses really smell like poo-oooooo Run for the roses as fast as you can. Your fate is delivered, your moments at hand

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till its gone One day you're up and the next day you're down, you can't face the world with your head to the ground. You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes Ohmigod, shoes. Rather than I want to hold your hand, I wanna swallow you whole. I wanna give birth to your baby, baby Scream all night long. Seven screaming diz-busters should go the route and die. Just to let you know, you blow my mind. You've blown it all sky-high by telling me goodbye And I'll be high as a kite by then. I went to a party the other night. I wanted to fill my brain with light. And yeah, I told her that she smells like Kurt Loder. I can dig it, he can dig it, She can dig it, we can dig it,They can dig it, you can dig it, Oh, let's dig it, Can you dig it, baby Shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it; shake, shake it; shake it like a polaroid picture. As long as you're wearin' clothes that fit ya. In worn out shoes with silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants, the old soft shoe. But you're a bum bum ba-dum...BUM! Please tell me where have all the hobos gone to. I see no light a'burning down by the rusty railroad tracks. And if I can't find my way back home it just wouldn't be fair. Waitaminute, somethin's wrong. . . this key won't unlock the door. Do me a favor, open the door, let 'em in. Lawd, there's a man down the road. It might be your man, but I don't know. Girls will be boys and boys will be girls. It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world except for Lola. She asked me why the singer's name was Alice. I said listen baby, you really wouldn't understand. Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light. Alice, Dallas Alice. Every minute of every hour, I love a sunflower Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 21, 2007 -> 05:56 PM) Did I miss this in another thread? Tony "The Royals will win the division, I guarantee it" Pena will be interviewing for the Yank-Me job? Pena, Mattingly and Girardi have all been notified that the Yankees plan on interviewing them.