southsider2k5

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 01:00 PM) Wow, font TBNL passed through waivers already? Im an average baseball fan and I am shocked. You should see what a new font costs on the open market. Luckily I have the biggest posting total on Soxtalk and can afford it.

QUOTE(JimH @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:57 PM) Mike do you have a green font deficiency today? Yeah, I sold all of my green font to Texsox for use on SLaP, in exchange for a font TBNL.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:37 PM) KW said the same thing I always say.. Thomas is out.. f*** it dude lets go bowling. And I wouldn't expect anything less from the best GM on the board.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:18 PM) We needed to upgrade at SS, and KW goes out and gets another OF.. Does that make sense? NO, If Wookies are living on Endore.. It doesn't make sense..Does it? What do 8ft wookies have in common with 3ft Ewoks? Yeah I mean the best hitter in the franchise's history just got hurt, why would KW try to replace him with one of the greatest powerhitters in our generation... :headshake

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:06 PM) Problem is I'm never gonna be able to see these games. I'll just have to mooch off my best bud whose a huge red wing fan and buys the center ice package or whatever it is. Heck neither are we with the homegames being blacked out...

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 12:01 PM) The Yankees have never been afraid to spend money. If George can get a HOF like Ken Griffey to play in NY, I think he would be willing to spend $14 million on him. Heck, I would spend $14 million on him if I were JR just because he brings excitment and talent. I know the Yankees history, but if they had so much money, why wouldn't they have put together a cash and players deal for the cashpoor Marlins, AJ Burnett? Their actions at this deadline don't fit their history at all, and I think there is a reason for it. I think they are finally at their spending limit.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:59 AM) OH man, I get goosebumps at the thought. I don't know whats happening to me, but I'm following this thread religiously and I've never been into hockey (until just before the strike). I got to say, I'm getting pumped about the Hawks...you all have done it. Good. We didn't want you to root for the NY YAnkees of the NHL anyway.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:57 AM) The Yankees are desperately looking for a CF and have boatloads of money, correct? Where do you get they have boatloads of money? If they had that much money laying around, why wouldn't they have gone after a real pitcher at the deadline instead of Shawn Chacon, Al Lieter, and Hideo Nomo?

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) Would Griffey's no-trade play any part in this though? Not with waivers. If Cincy lets him go, he is gone. Honestly I don't think either team has the money for him, especially the Yankees. Even with all of the pitching problems they had, they weren't even RUMORED to be involved in anything.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:36 AM) rowand called this? if you've ever seen him in gamethreads, he can't even call the fact that konerko sucks And ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Konerko SUCKS. Even the Reds ownership knows that. Why do you think they traded him in the first place?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:39 AM) I'm confused by the wording. Who 'agreed' to it? Who vetoed it? From the sounds of it the baseball people agreed to it (GM, VP of Op etc) and the actual ownership vetoed it.

_rigley Field _oo _oo _orld Series _e Believe Notice what is missing?

Happy Birthday... So what screenname are you posting under now?

QUOTE(Yossarian @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 11:22 AM) My apologies, I should have read the entire thread but of course time is of the essence and I don't always have it. If you like I'll delete. No biggie, I understand. Me, I have nothing but time

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 10:25 AM) Someone, and I thought it was Southsider, but he denies it, (I don't blame him) sent me the link over at ESPN. He thought I actually knew something about baseball and would add to the conversation. Silly fool. The sad thing is that you wouldn't be the most embarassing person to post here because of me

I clicked an ad on Yahoo... All I have to say is BLAME MARIO!!!

QUOTE(Yossarian @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 10:47 AM) The highest percentage of the popular vote any elected President ever got was LBJ with 61.05% of the vote in 1964. Did he get a "D"? Seriously though, quit crying about a recess appointment. They are quite common, even the great Bill Clinton used them a "time or two." The poisonous partisan atmosphere in politics today is to blame for a lack of an up or down vote on Bolton. Bush may be wrong about a number of things. Bolton may be a bully in the workplace. The UN is still a corrupt virtually worthless organization and recess appointments of all types are a regular part of American Presidential history. Eisenhower even made at least one of his Supreme Court nominees a "recess" appointment IIRC. I mentioned this somewhere earlier, but it was 3 Supreme Court Justices, including a Chief Justice.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/02/m...g.ap/index.html

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 09:48 AM) The biggest need is a major transportation link from Mexico to Canada. It has been in the planning stages for about 8 or 9 years, and portions of existing roadways have been improved to meet national standards.Because the route winds through 6 or 7 states, it must be a national project. http://www.keeptexasmoving.com/projects/i69/ It will be really interesting to see if the I69 corridor gets done, as there is a ton of resistance to it up here. The enviormentalists and the NIMBY's are really up in arms about it.

QUOTE(mreye @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) If it's "in the 5 fastest growing areas" it must be generating tax dollars. Why can't the state handle the road projects? The sheer size of Texas is amazing. I can see them needing a lot more highway money than most states.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/...itics-headlines A grand total of 4 Senators and 8 Representatives had the balls to stand up this porkfest. Two conservatives actually asked that their appropriates be turned over the state for its own usage.

Here is the Trib's version of the story. A few things jump out, #1 a MLB official leaked the product that Raffy tested positive for. #2 the process took 2 1/2 months to get a suspension done. #3 each sample is divided into two parts so if one come backs positive, then they test the other sample to make sure there are no false positives.

QUOTE(winodj @ Aug 3, 2005 -> 08:08 AM) In diplomacy, there are useful euphemisms. And unuseful euphemisms. You're right. According to France genocide is too strong of a word for the ethnic slaughters going on in Sudan, so maybe Bolton should revise his language to some kind of diplo-speak so that he will fit in better. I hope his bribetaking skills are up to date also.

QUOTE(Jake @ Aug 2, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) Baj deserves a chance. All we are saying... is give Baj a chance.

Rich Hardesty