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George Stienbrenners checkbook.

Carl Everett would be my first choice, that dude is hilarious. AJ would be on my list to as from the sounds of it, he has the same cynical sense of humor that I do. Also meeting any of the Soxtalk guys for a beer would be cool as hell. (Baj, Bull, Bmac, Cotts)

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 10:44 PM) That surprises me. You'd keep AJ over Buehrle, Hermanson, Thomas, Garland, etc.? That would have to be the case if he is your 'most valuable' player. Widger has an idential OPS to AJ with our staff having a lower ERA with Widge behind the plate and that dude was playing softball last year. I'm not saying Widge is better but come on. Has anyone of those players singlehandedly made multiple players better around them? What would be the net effect of having Ben Davis behind the plate for all of those games vs AJ. Tell me that guys like Garland and Contreras would be having the years they are having with Jaime Burke behind the plate. Tell me how many key hits that Chris Widger would have had if he was playing everyday. No one is denying that those guys you listed are important, but the guy that is most valuable to this team is AJ.

The Trib called Pods "Moonlight". I like it, and I hope it sticks.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 10:44 PM) The money was ear marked for research anyway, so I don't think this is a misappropriation of funds. . . Earmarked ahead of time? This is the Trib article today. It sounds like it was an endaround to me, and the only people who knew the money was there were two people. They never gave anyone a chance to vote on this, dispite knowing the controversy it would start. George Bush and company were taken to the matt with controversy when they tried sneaking a rider into a bill dealing with the IRS, but now things are seemingly quiet, dispite how this was done. Whether you believe stem cell research is right or wrong, Blago's techniques here were at very least a gross misuse of power, and I await all of the ethical screamings that accompanied the samething from the other side of the aisle.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) My wedding dress arrived today woohoo lol. That has got to be a thrilling day for you... Congrats

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 09:24 PM) The great Meg trip. Nope. PM. Post Meg.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) Congress is too ball-less and chicken s*** to even touch this. Constiutionally it isn't their place to do so. This a state and local level problem.

I hope that KW has a 3 year deal in his back pocket for our MVP.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 05:02 PM) I remember seeing a launch in 1986 from Daytona Beach - yes - you could see it that far. However, I would LOVE to go to the Cape and see, hear, and better yet, feel the power, of a launch. I saw a night launch from Daytona when I was down there in 1996 with the track team. It was about 3 am and it was awesome. I want to be on the Cape though.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 03:24 PM) So 2k5, how soon can we have this little schindig!?! As soon as the check arrives my man

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 02:51 PM) I think my whole perspective on this trade discussion can be summed up by these words from Gammons. That's an interesting twist and a good perspective on when the Yankees fell apart. The thing is you don't want to get 5 years down the road and look back and see Jon Garland and Dontrelle Willis at the All-Star game, meanwhile still looking for guys to fill their shoes. Tomorrows stars come from somewhere, and it isn't todays 35 year old declining players. There is a delicate balance here. If you aren't the Yankees you can't afford a $10 million starter at every position and you need some $500,000/yr starters to go with your $10 million/ yr starters. You can't just rape the farm system hoping to win today or you end up in a hole like Detroit, Yankees, Mets, Orioles etc, where it takes years to recover.

I AM GOING TO BE RICH YEA!!!

How true it is

And the winter of the Hollywood's discontent continues... Geesh, and they sound surprised when Hollywood keeps reporting declining ticket sales, gee I wonder why?!?! :puke

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 02:23 PM) Sosa was hardly what I would call scrawny. He was ripped. I'm not saying he didn't take steroids. He clearly did. Did you see Sammy when he got called up? He was scrawny.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050712/1/3tflw.html The first arrests have been made in Britian.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 01:17 PM) Sign me up! "Samuel Jackson beer! IT'LL GET YA DRUNK MOTHAf***ER!" I would proceed to ban everybody but me and the lady posters of SoxTalk.... You can paypal the expense money right to me...

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 12:55 PM) Hu...?? Did I miss my designated "admin for a day" day...??? No no, you bought the last package

Finally after all of these years, Jason said something funny. This is from the thread about the White Sox fantasy experiences.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 12:48 PM) Personally I think the Soxtalk Fantasy Experiences are a better value Dinner with Jason (Chisoxfn) @ Mortons - Free - Cover his meal and travel expenses and he'll be there, whether he likes you or not Post like 2k5 for a day - $100 - For one day you can feel what it is to be the great Southsider. We will inflate your post count to greater than 2k's, so you too can know what its like to be Soxtalk's leading poster Become an admin for a day - $1000 - This is Soxtalk's best buy. You can become an admin for a day. See what goes on in the admin board, who do we gossip about, whose the next person to get banned. We even have pools of when certain posters will get banned Ban a Poster - Sox Tickets, Travel Expenses, and lots of booze - Fly all the admins out to Chicago, give us tix to a few games and buy us beer and we'll ban whoever the hell you want. Heck, if were drunk enough, we may even ban ourselves So come try out the Soxtalk experience....all money will go to a great cause (the admins pockets). Sign up for the 2k5 experience... with a baby on the way and a house on the horizion, I could use the money

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 12:12 PM) tell him his seats suck then. And Willie Harris=MVP

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 11:48 AM) I have a lot of trouble understanding this comment... How exactly is it that you can't imagine what it has to be like for Londoners right now? Both nations have suffered their fare share of terrorism. Londoners have probably seen more bombings, while the U.S. has seen more devastating attacks. It isn't that complex. I can't understand it. I have never been through a terrorist attack, nor seen a potential terrorist base raided in my hometown. I have never seen a train in Chicago bombed, or a CTA bus bombed, and I have never seen dead bodies and the panic of an attack up close. How could I understand it???

And for those who didn't think Eminent Domain would be abused... this is news from my hometown, written by the Michigan City News Dispatch

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Jul 12, 2005 -> 11:16 AM) All I can tell you at the moment is what I've heard on the car radio today. This being that early this morning 6 houses were raided, one by explosive force, in various areas of Leeds. A number of houses were evacuated to enable the authorities to blow there way into one house . this house was in Beeston (overlooking Leeds United Football Club). From evidence found here they moved to other houses in Leeds and then Luton. We are now hearing unconfirmed news reports that there have been some arrests. That, unfortunatly, is all I know to be fact. I can't imagine what it has to be like for you guys right now. If you hear anything keep us posted if you can. Stay strong Sorry IIRC means if I recall correctly...