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QUOTE(THEWOOD @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 08:23 AM) MICHIGAN already lost to OSU, get over it. Why do they deserve another shot?? THEY DONT! Bring someone else on.... GO BUCKS! Me thinks you are fearful that on a nuetral field, the results my somewhat different if they meet again.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:27 AM) I'm in, if urine. Piss on it. I'm outta here.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:15 AM) No what you said I'll go along with that.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:14 AM) The security of Russian's nuclear material should be a concern to all of us. One of the dirty little secrets of the decline of the Soviet Union was missing material. The US purchased, at a huge cost, much of this material. IIRC over 500 metric tons. In a book I read, Russia admitted they could not guarantee the security of the material. Too many people had gone without paychecks and had access to the material. So ... Now North Korea is offering their nuclear material to Russia to get Russia's support.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 07:08 AM) We are a country of followers. It's sad. What he said.

2006 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. That says it all.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 05:21 AM) cuz Theo is an idiot He might get 1 of those 3 in a deal for Manny, if of course Manny were willing to go to Cleveland. He's no idiot. He's asking high and will negotiate from there.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 05:35 PM) To my eyes, there's a lot more depth to that problem than just saying that the government f***s everything up big time. Specifically, I would say that from the point of view of just a relatively average citizen, every time lobbyists get their hands on something, they f*** it up big time for everyone except the company they're lobbying for. I love this. It's not the government f***ing things up, it's the lobbyists. Who do think the lobbyists are lobbying?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 07:26 PM) Bavasi just hasn't done a good job at filling other needs on that ballclub though, especially on the pitching side of things. At least Beltre showed some promise in the 2nd half of this season (think he hit over .300). But then there's the really, really stupid signings like Carl Everett (didn't last the season), signing Jarrod Washburn to a 4 year $36M deal (produces a 4.67 ERA in an excellent pitching environment) etc. Where is Crazy Carl these days?

QUOTE(shoota @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:57 PM) Yes, which is why I'm uncomfortable with his lack of quality, agressive deals this offseason (so far). Patience, my friend. Kenny's sitting in the catbird seat right now. Let him play his ace in the hole when the time is right.

QUOTE(shoota @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) And so would every other GM in every sport. How does that relate to my post? The fact that Kenny has been aggresive in the past. He's not like 'Stand Pat' Gillick in that regard.

QUOTE(shoota @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) I'm not aware of Flash's past comments on KW, but this one seems reasonable. I'm a huge KW fan, but his offseason decisions and comments have left me believing he's somewhat clueless. His staunch reluctance to participate in the FA game, along with his (so far) failure to trade one of his excess starters makes me uncomfortable in is ability to build a 2007 WS winner. If Williams gets a deal that he thinks will be benficial to the team, he'll pull the trigger. One thing he has never been is shy about making a gutsy move.

It includes a Carlton Fisk card I don't have. Sold!

Link Read the section on the Mets.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 01:36 PM) $ Well said!

QUOTE(rcpweiner @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 01:30 PM) I'm still trying to figure out exactly what McCarthy has done in his career for people to think he's untouchable ... He has shown that he can be a dominant starter at the big league level. He's young and he's cheap. The Sox can pay him 5 to 8 million over the next 5 years and have a chance of him outperforming pitchers making 12 to 15 per year. Other than that, he can be had.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 12:56 PM) But why as a nation should we accept a healthcare system that lets people who are contributing to society fall through the cracks like that? And, as far as your assessment of people like academics who enter poor-wage/no benefit sectors as having "made a bad choice". . . That is some fµcking arrogance, brother. Because whenever the Govt gets their hands on something, they f*** it up big time.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 03:23 PM) New York would undoubtedly need another starter. Texas might; depends on whether or not they're persuing other starters. I'd rather Texas lose out on signing Padilla, and another mystery club signs Zito. We need a bidding war between two clubs who have the trading chips Williams desires. Which is all the more reason that the teams with those chips would overpay a bit for a FA.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:12 AM) I'm not a big fan of it, but it HAS made the game more interesting. How about this idea, though...best head-to-head record? AL vs. NL. Real games, not a mid-season classic. Selig is a pretty good commish overall, but I hope the next one isn't from baseball itself. No owners...player reps, anything like that. Get someone who can look at both sides objectively. This idea makes the most sense to me.

Being the worst WS winning team ever is still much better than being the greatest non-WS winning team... to put things in the proper perspective.

Or ... you can write your own lyrics: To the tune of Pink Floyd's "Time" Ticking away the moments that make up a decade. You fritter and waste the years in an offhand way. Kicking around on the hallowed ground north of downtown Waiting for Dusty, no Pinella, to show you the way. Tired of playing in the sunshine, always messes with the brain. You are young and life is long and there is still hope for a trade. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, thrown out at first again. So you try and you try to make up a good team, but it's stinking Waiting around for next year to come again. The ivy's the same in a relative way but you're older, In a mindnumbing funk, the fans are once again drunk. Every year is getting longer, always seems to be a grind. Arms that might as well fall off, oops theirs another error 5. Hanging on in quiet desperation is the Cubbie way The summer's gone, the season's over, Next year's never far away. Ok ... I was bored. Sue me!

the 42, 44, 46 sizes are supposed to be inches around the chest.

NY Yankees - Money by Pink Floyd.

Eh ... I tried to tell you guys that there weren't a lot of reasonable options out there. This is no shock to me. You weigh the options, the costs and the risks and Pods doesn't look that bad.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 01:49 AM) Who says it will take Fields that long? Who says Fields will ever reach that level? QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:44 AM) Fields isn't replace Crede's production. But that being said third is one of our strengths. We can afford to deal Crede more than say AJ, in that we have no capable starting catcher. Crede's value might be higher than it will ever be right now. His value to the Sox is pretty high too.