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It's not she's going to be effected by the outcome of the election.

I've always thought Tom Brokaw was a tool, but he's had one thing right. There's been a continual "Fleecing of America" going on for years. I doesn't make a damn bit of difference who the president is, was or will be, either. One of these days, someone like one of those pitots is going to lose his retirement and spatter some CEO's brains all over the street. That might get their attention.

Apparently, it wasn't a "Republican wall of fame" Keeping all political opinions out of the equation and looking at it objectively, punishing a teacher for this is idiotic.

I'll give this a shot. Yanks over Twins in 4. Angels over RedSox in 5 Astros over Braves in 3 Cards over Dodgers in 4 Angels over Yanks in 6 Astros over Cards in 7 Astros over Angels in 6 South Texas gets it's first World Series and takes home the prize.

Back to my original point, then. I'll even give in and replace the word "teach" with the word "stress". Better yet, how about "demand"?

That thought did cross my mind as well.

Thank you. That's what I was looking for.

I'll remember 2004 for one thing. No World Series for the White Sox. These years all kinda run together for me, though.

If you're lucky. In both cases.

I wasn't talking about the Sox. In fact, I wasn't advocating trying to acquire him. I just stated a simple fact.

It's part of the equation when pitcher's can't throw a decent breaking ball with any consistency.

Solid move here. Resigned CP and saved $300K in payroll next year.

So how come those skills are so rare in the majors?

Timo and Valentin?

Austria? I was thinking is was Vienna Illinois! :rolly

I was reading through this thread to see if anyone else thought of this and was going to make a similar comment if not.

At under $10M for next year, Rolen's a relative bargain.

This thread had no chance to be anything but a negative thread. Ya gotta love it. :rolly

Uribe's season leads me to agree with you Rex. He's seemed to get tired during the middle of the year. They need enough infield depth to keep him rested and fresh throughout the season if he's going to be a starter.

You get the benefit of the doubt this year because you joined in May. But next offseason you come out with a post like this Belliard thing I'm gonna ask one thing of you ...... Show me where you said it.

Miguel Cabera came up quickly with the Marlins and made a difference. He started 2003 in AA and then was called up in June for the Marlins. The Whitesox usually take a real long time to promote outfielders through the system. Maybe we are going to be a bit more aggressive with our prospects. I think this is a good idea, as we have seen that keeping people in the minors forever doesnt necessarily promote their success. IE Joe Borchard. On the contrary, we should leave them down there longer and teach them how to play the game. How to bunt, hit and run, hit behind the runner, go with the pitch, hit the cutoff man, throw to the right base, how to go from first to third on a single, hit a sac fly, etc.

Have a great one R&W

Happy Birthday, Bud.

I guess I should have put "He's their hero" in green. Sometimes what you think is obvious sarcasm, isn't quite so obvious.

Even with Buehrle leading the league in innings pitched, that is somewhat of a suprise. Our 5th starter had to average about 3 innings per start.