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I have a Taiwanese friend. He's Japanese.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 11:30 AM) Some more rumor fodder, from Rotoworld, and it doesn't appear that anyone has a damned clue what KW has in mind: Mark Buehrle, Freddy Garcia, Jon Garland, Javier Vazquez - The White Sox still appear likely to move a starting pitcher, opening up a rotation spot for Brandon McCarthy. There were reports a couple of weeks ago about Garland being on his way to Texas, but besides Jose Contreras, he should be considered the least likely candidate to go. The other common rumors have been Garcia to the Angels and Vazquez to the Mets. Also, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Buehrle-to-St. Louis possibility pop up at some point. Possibility: Vazquez to Mets for Aaron Heilman and RHP Philip Humber Prediction: Stays Possibility: Buehrle to St. Louis for Chris Duncan and RHP Blake Hawksworth Prediction: Stays Possibility: Garcia, Brian Anderson and RHP Lance Broadway to Toronto for Vernon WellsPossibility: Garcia and Jerry Owens to Seattle for C Jeff Clement and George Sherrill Prediction: Goes Vernon Wells - If Alfonso Soriano is worth $138 million, Wells should receive a deal in excess of $150 million when he becomes a free agent next winter. He'll be two years younger than Soriano when he hit the market, and he has much more value on defense. Since the Blue Jays aren't likely to pay the price, Wells could be moved this winter. Texas is the top destination on everyone's mind, but because there's a good chance the Rangers can sign him as a free agent, it wouldn't make much sense to give up a king's ransom now. The White Sox should also be very interested, and the Angels might not rule him out even after overpaying for Gary Matthews Jr. Possibility: To Texas for Brad Wilkerson, LHP John Danks and RHP Wes Littleton Possibility: To Angels for Erick Aybar, Jeff Mathis and RHP Stephen Marek Prediction: Stays (until July) Carl Crawford, Rocco Baldelli - Crawford has been mentioned in connection with teams like the Angels and White Sox since the summer, but Baldelli looks like the better bet of the two to go now. The Rays wouldn't mind opening up an outfield spot for B.J. Upton, and either Crawford or Baldelli could bring the team the young pitching it needs. Some of the teams that could have checked into Baldelli's availability include the Marlins, Rangers, White Sox, Orioles, A's, Rockies, Brewers, Cubs and Red Sox. Possibility: Crawford to White Sox for Brandon McCarthy, Ryan Sweeney and David Aardsma Prediction: Stays Possibility: Baldelli to Florida for Scott Olsen and RHP Jose Garcia Possibility: Baldelli to Oakland for Joe Blanton and RHP Jason Windsor Possibility: Baldelli to Milwaukee for Jose Capellan, Carlos Villanueva and Greg Aquino Prediction: Goes Miguel Tejada - Since the Orioles are collecting veterans with the idea of being competitive in 2007, a trade seemed a lot more likely a year ago than it does now. Tejada only figures to move on if there's another star coming back in return. That said, if the Orioles could get the Angels to give up Casey Kotchman along with Ervin Santana and Erick Aybar, they really should go for it. Possibility: To White Sox for Jon Garland, Josh Fields and Brian Anderson Prediction: Stays Possibility: Figgins and Dallas McPherson to White Sox for Joe Crede I'm confused by Rotoworld's writing style. I'd like them to adopt the Larry King "..." style.

I like it. I'm gonna wait for the ribbed version, though.

New York Football Giants. Anybody else hate this? Does every lame sportscaster have to use this phrase now? The baseball team moved to San Francisco in 1957!!! Is anyone still confusing the New York Football Giants with the New York Baseball Giants? And, oh by the way (another waayyy overused phrase on ESPN), the New York Football Giants play in NEW JERSEY!!! NEW JERSEY!!!! NEW JERSEY!!! I hate you Chris Berman. That is all. Middle Buffalo

I downloaded Adobe so I could open files with a ".pdf" designation. How do I create the same kind of file? Do I need a special program?

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 09:48 AM) Meh, I like that idea. It's better than most others to decide home-field advantage. They should use the overall winning percentage of AL v. NL in interleague games to decide which league deserves the homefield advantage.

That episode was terrible. That prison "scared straight" bit was really unfunny. I like Steve Carrell (sp?), but a little less of him would go a long way.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 29, 2006 -> 05:04 PM) I hate f***ing stickers. Well, you're not supposed to f*** them. Southerners. First, it's cousins. Now, stickers.

Where's Jeff?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 23, 2006 -> 08:50 AM) I know Your Out There Somewhere - Moody Blues They should be honorary Soxtalk members just for that.

I just finished decorating the outside of my house for Christmas. Everything was fine until I got to the last strand of lights, and then a fuse blew. Now I have to re-wire everything. Humbug.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 26, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) One wrinkle in my evals though is that I am left handed, and the stock available to me is a little less than if you are right-handed. Play it upside down, and the world is your oyster.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 10:39 PM) Can't leave out Cal-Stanford Unbelievable, but I didn't actually see that live. I did forget the Kirk Gibson homer against the A's. I love the video because you see all the brake lights of the cars that were leaving the stadium early to beat traffic. I'll bet those people leave that part out when they tell people they were at that game.

As far as sports memories go, Flutie throwing the hail mary to Phelan to beat Miami is one of the greatest sports plays I've ever watched live. I really can't even think of anything that ranks with it (Sox WS victory aside). I guess the '80 Olympic win over the Soviets would be greater, but that wasn't live. Every once in a while you can see this game on ESPN classic, and it's a great one to watch. 22 years ago. Man, I'm getting old.

More and more, as the years passed, I found myself just hoping to not get injured. I took my "skills" to the offensive line the last few years. Finally, I just said, "No more." And to make it final, I moved to Arizona, the only state in the US where football is not allowed.

Not a zoo animal, but I have some serious questions about poodles.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 15, 2006 -> 04:26 PM) If we're talking musically, it's Paul. He can pretty much do it all. He can play any instrument and can come up with a great tune for a song in about 5 minutes. He's a genius. I don't disagree, but why has he been unable to come up with great tunes for 20+ years? Same thing with the Rolling Stones. How is it that these guys with all this talent aren't able to evolve and keep making relevant music?

Let me see him do that with his mouth.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Nov 13, 2006 -> 11:52 AM) But as for calling in sick and how to do it? You call in, say "I'm not coming in, I'm sick" and that is it. They can't ask questions. Back to when I supervised in the PO, I had a manager who was pretty nutty. She'd call every morning right when I was busiest and ask how things were going. See, she worked 6-7 hours a day, then when shopping for "supplies," commuted to her boyfriend's station where they'd go out for business lunches or drive together to meetings, so me being in the middle of something important couldn't be possible. Anyway, she was insane about sick days (though her attendance was poor), and she'd ask me who called in, what's their problem, did I tell them they really needed to come in, etc. She hated that I just took the call and recorded the absence. 5 years later, I can still hear her seething with anger that I was so forgiving about sick days. My opinion, once someone picks up the phone, they're NOT coming in. Why put on a fake voice or come up with an elaborate story? Say, "I can't make it in today, I don't feel well and can't possibly work. I should be ok tomorrow. Good day, sir." Then, hang up.

I'm able to carry sick leave over infinitely, which is great. That will be great if I get an awful illness. Can't wait. I hardly ever call in sick for myself. I went seven years in between sick calls recently. Now, I only use sick leave for sick kids or for doctor appointments. I was a supervisor for the Post Office, and, without fail, when I walked into the bldg at 4:45am the phone would be ringing with sick calls. I very rarely believed that the person was too ill to work. I still feel that way. I guess my work ethic comes from my parents. I don't ever remember either one of them using sick days. They probably didn't even get them. Now, I own an apartment complex and I have three employees. The office manager is always telling me that she's sick. Maybe she should lay off the Pepsi and cigarette diet.

I used to watch it in the summers all the time, and then one day I turned on the tv and his hair was not black anymore. Color me shocked.

Ideally, I like to vote candidate by candidate. However, sometimes (like now, for instance) I think we need to change the ruling party, and I go straight Democrat. It's no different than the politicians voting along party lines, and they hardly ever stray from that. Since they don't it's necessary to get them out.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) Any points taken off for the hypocracy of wanting the government to spend tax money on his pet projects, them moving their company to a tax-haven to avoid paying taxes? That is reason alone to dismiss his politics. Imagine that, a guy with money not wanting to give huge sums of it to the government in taxes. The Beatles should write a song about that. Regarding Bono being a blow-hard. There's two things that charitible organizations really want and need. Time and money. Without people like Bono sacrificing their time, most organizations and causes simply do not get the recognition they need. The recognition is what raises money. Is there some hypocracy in his message? Sure. But, at least he's doing something.

"The Illusionist" is pretty good. Edward Norton usually is. Unfortunately, e attempts some odd euro-accent that's unneccesary. It kind of comes and goes and distracted me. Also, the antagonist (the crown prince) bears a resemblance to Jude Law. Kind of a Don Swayze v. Patrick Swayze resemblance. I pointed it out to my wife really early in the movie. She said "no way." By the end of the movie she wasn't sure if it was Jude himself. Same facial features and hairline, just a tad ugly.

Jesse Ventura was correct. He didn't have time to bleed.