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Has anyone else ever seen "Groundhogs Day"?

Its December 15th at 1:45pm and 175 people are on Soxtalk. How incredible is that?

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) If you can get a definite answer on this thing please post it.. I'm getting pissed at these idiots that work at BB, and CC.. I like DDs myself...Oh wait, we might not be talking about the samethings here...

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 12:32 PM) f***, let's make it Rolentalk.com Crede+Garland for Rolen and a spec. Cardinals could be an interesting team. They have lost a pitcher, and not been able to replace him. What kind of prospects do they have?

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 11:14 AM) I'd pass.. he's not my type. Now what if he banned Jason for you?

QUOTE(rudylaw @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 01:35 PM) Can get a little Bill Simmas Sure if you can spell it right... He closed for about half a season before giving way to Bobby Howry during our run of incredible closers. Joel Skinner

QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) i think you're ahead of most people our age. you snob. He did see Brokeback Mountian 23 times though.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) READ THE GAZETTE.... I cover the hawks for that paper... its like reading the porkchop chronicles... only about hockey... cause the hawks are well the porkchop's of the NHL. yeah but even the Hawks score occasionally [/rimshhot]

I called the USCC store downtown about tommorrows appearence, and there are a few thing people might want to know. It is only there from 11-2, so call ahead and find out the hours that the trophy will be at your location. Also there is a $10 donation to have your picture taken with the trophy. I am going to be there tomorrow, so I will let everyone know how it went.

QUOTE(needauribe @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 11:57 AM) If Sox games are not blacked out during the regular season, I'm sure they won't be blacked out during Christmas time. If you are in Michigan City, count on being able to watch as I will in South Bend. yeah but Kap was going to do me a little favor involving a DVR instead of me just video taping them. oh well.

20 years ago this was called "disipline". now its front page news.... And we wonder why kids are spoiled rotten now adays. [/old codger]

Son of a b****... I guess I am glad I bought all of those video tapes.

Good... bad... indifferent... I don't know why you all waste your time reading his crap. Its people like you who keep Kotex-boy employed. Put down the Sun Times and find a decent newspaper to read.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 04:26 AM) Mike Porzio signed an autograph for me, and the guy wreaked of a bottle of jim beam. My biggest Porzio memory was the Cubs fan poster who was here when I joined named Cy Porzio. Next up Jerry Don Gleaton

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 10:43 AM) I tried collecting the state quarters, and after about (ironically) Indiana I quit. I need to catch those up somehow. I've got a jar full of assorted ones if you get up here sometime soon. They might get cashed in during January so let me know what you want soon so I can separate them out

Darcy better throw down with Vandermeer tonight, or else :angry Have fun dude!! Don't forget about question #2.

I am a big time coin collector. Its one of the things I picked up proudly from my grandmother. I check all of my change before throwing into jars as a kind of mini savings account. Honestly I think it could be a neat thing to pass on to my daughter when she is old enough to understand. Some hobbies easily transfer from generation to generation, and are neat ways to interact with your kids/parents etc.

QUOTE(mreye @ Dec 15, 2005 -> 09:52 AM) Pretty clever. I can appreciate it. ^ Exactly what I thought. I can always appreciate good satire.

We actually had a bit of a contest a while back to pick the date it would happen and who the magic poster would be... http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34678

With all due respect this thread misses the big picture. This is exactly who Kenny Williams is as a GM. He is perpetually trying to make the team better, even if it is just incrementally. If anyone thought he was going to rest on his laurels just because we won the World Series, they were dead wrong. As a matter of a fact with something in the area of an extra $20 million to spend in 2006, we should have expected the flurry of moves, and with Williams history as a GM, we should expect the moves to by and large workout well. To be honest the day Kenny quits being aggressive and obsessive is the day he needs to be fired. He isn't the nicest or the smartest GM in the world. He doesn't have the worlds biggest payroll, or the best scouting department. The one thing Williams does have is the guts to look past his personal ties and identify problems and idenify potential solutions, and then the guts to actually do something about them. Look it is much easier to sit and do nothing and win your 75-85 games a year, just ask Ron Schuler. The thing is you aren't going to get that from Kenny. Kenny is going for the brass ring on every pass. For better or for worse, this is the capitian of our ship. To expect him to quietly sail off into the sunset is foolish. I want Kenny Williams to do what he does best, make the cold decesions and keep trying to improve the Chicago White Sox.

QUOTE(LDF @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 11:57 PM) then why even have a msg board Oh I don't know, maybe to give Sox fans from around the USA and the world one place to unite and ENJOY the team?

From today's Trib

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 04:05 PM) Wasn't that for RJ? Samething for Vazquez IIRC.

Even better look back at last year when the rumored asking price for Vazquez was Konerko, Garland, a pitching prospect, and a CF prospect.

QUOTE(Ricky3353 @ Dec 14, 2005 -> 03:21 PM) this deal really shows the sox' intolerence of Scott Boras-Garland's agent. I heard the sox initally offered a 3 yr 24 mil deal, and boras and garland declined. Also, How good is Chris Young? Who would be his MLB comparison? From what i heard he sounds like juan pierre. Borass isn't Garland's agent... It is Craig Landis, who is also PKs agent.