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They beat out Paris in the final balloting, Moscow, Madrid, and New York City were elimated in the first rounds.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 02:41 PM) You're right, I misspoke. He was acquitted. Clinton was not held above the law. He had an impeachment trial and won. Clinton was aquitted just like Bush would be aquitted today if he were to be impeached... along party lines.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) Steff: "Well.. good to know!... Um.. how about some breadsticks?" Way too nice... more like "How about you STFU and get me my damned breadsticks, b****"

Nice to see the Sox getting some publicity for these seats. The interesting thing was how small the Dodgers started out with these, and how big they are now. I hope we are that successful with them, as these are huge dollar items.

So the Chinese government wants to buy an American Oil firm, and because Congress doesn't like it and passed a resolution urging the US government not to allow this to happen, the Chinese government had this to say... Excuse me? Are you f***ing kidding me? This is coming from one of the most predatory trading partners in the world. Their textile and steel industries are amongst the most heavily subsidized in the world, their currency, the Yuan, isn't allowed to free float like it should, instead it is pegged to the Dollar, at the expense of the US consumer. The Chinese still have archane laws regarding foreign ownership of companies in China that say Chinese have to have a controlling interest in any venture, and they have the NERVE to say some crap like that about us trying to protect a national interest such as energy supply? Maybe if the Chinese for once allowed for "normal" commercial exchanges between the US and China it wouldn't be a problem. Hell the US didn't bat an eye when equal level trading partner Britian's British Petroleum bought US firm Amacco. What a joke. [/rant] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0400551_pf.html

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 12:41 PM) Mark Buehrle is doing his part: Let's hope it helps. That was pretty sweet. Let's get Pods in!!!

QUOTE(OilCan @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 12:26 PM) Um, OK. So not getting more money makes sense, right??? If that was the case, you betcha John's and Jordan's parents would've pushed Jordan to get drafted WAY earlier in the draft, say the first round, and signed for some serious bonus money. Let's look at the facts: 1. John Sr. used to play for the 'Horns, albeit in another sport. The fact is if you've ever been in Austin, and seen the sights and sounds (like 6th street on a Saturday night), trust me, it's a no-brainer. Plus the school's not bad too. And this is coming from a South Sider who's living in TX right now. 2. Yeah, John Jr is in the minors. So, the Danks can look at the pros and cons of why they should allow their younger son to join John Jr in the minors, or take a closer look at furthering his education, get a free ride and play for a recently two-time national champion. 3. Jordan's parents DID send a letter to all 30 teams stating "Do not draft Jordan because he is going to school". At least John Sr. did say that he would allow the Sox to re-draft Jordan if Jordan ever changes his mind. So it wasn't as if the Sox didn't know what was going on. 4. Round Rock TX, where the Danks reside and where Jordan graduated, is only 10-20 minutes away from downtown Austin, depending on traffic. So they KINDA know about Austin already... If the Danks were selfish, then they would've said to Jordan, get drafted and let's party. But they didn't. In the end, it's Jordan's decision. And a pretty smart one at that, IMO. At least, John Sr. is being very professional and courteous in what he's saying to the press. Hopefully the Sox will get another chance at a talent like Jordan in the near future. Shiner Bocks to all my friends.... Good post. And damn some Shiner's would have went down real good yesterday

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) I like 2.85 better. And I like 1.16 even better

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) im sensing sarcasm here.... Just a little bit...

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 11:50 AM) Yeah, and I bet it's mainly due to being in the NL now. Also pitching in one of the biggest pitchers parks in baseball...

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jul 4, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) Uhh I believe Knightni would have the rights to that as you can see in this thread http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...pic=29225&st=45 BUSTED!!!

QUOTE(Finkelstein @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 11:31 AM) From MLB.com, "After one day of balloting, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter leads the American League voting by a hair over Chicago White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik." This was posted today around 10:50am. Hell yeah.... Keep it up guys!!!

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) Thats whats wrong with the world today.. people are all about suing and getting money.. The camera wasnt even pushed OFF his shoulder.. He just pushed it up, and then they guy put the camera down and Rogers kicked it, which didnt even hit the guy.. He IS milking it.. the Suspension is also too long imo Pushing a camera - 20 games Taking Steroids - 10 games And you can thank the Major League Baseball Players Association for that. :fyou

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 2, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) I'm just glad that i'm on good standing to say.... I TOLD YA SO! SORRY BUT KNOWING THE TRUTH ABOUT RJ "TOO OLD" JOHNSON BACK IN DECEMBER AND NO ONE ELSE WOULD ADMIT IT. And to think almost everything besides me wanted to morgage our entire season on picking up Johnson, thus leaving us with a 3 man rotation at best along with no AJ, Iguchi, Dye, Herminson. Yeah such as good idea... HAHA! This is why i'm so glad that loser turned down a trade here... HAHA! Wow did you break your arm patting yourself on the back there

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050705/D8B578DG0.html

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 11:00 AM) Exactly. Every time we bring some AAA pitcher up, he sucks out loud and he soon has no more trade value. I have a question. What will everyone here do if Baj comes up and falls flat on his face? The samething we do everyday Pinky... make up ridiculous trade threads.

QUOTE(quickman @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 10:15 AM) neither one of us, I agree but I am sure the Whitesox know about him. Also have you heard his name in any trade ever? Although you or I do not know about what GM's talk about, the media does suspect things, and his name is NEVER brought up. Like I said before, I think that is because no one talks about the B level prospects in trade speculation. Everyone is too busy talking about Anderson, McCarthy, Sweeney etc. I have a feeling that Baj will end up getting dealt in one of these deals, and will end up on someones 25 man roster by August 1st.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 09:26 AM) This just in: Bobby, the 6'3, 270 pounder from Mission Hills, CA, will be wearing #45. Hmmm he must have taken his waistline to give him that...

QUOTE(quickman @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) We will disagree on this. I just don't think he is all that great. But then again I hate minor league players. I love minor league baseball though. That's the thing, neither one of us have a great idea of what Baj will do at the major league level, because the Sox aren't giving him a chance. I don't know whether Baj will be the next Kevin Walker or the next Keith Foulke. But what I do know is that the kid keeps putting up great numbers at each level of the minor leagues, and has put up better numbers at a higher level than the kid we are calling up now.

So with the 4th of July, the Sox are exactly 81 games into the season, with 81 more to go. The Sox stand with the best record in baseball at 55-26, leading the 2nd place Minnesota Twins by 8 1/2 games. With that in mind, I am curious to see everyones grades on individual players on this team as of today. I have mine in mind, but I want to see what other people think.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 2, 2005 -> 02:16 AM) Then why are the Sox always Average/slightly above average every year and never win s***? Dude, God let the Romans kill his kid... I think Sox fans can suffer with being slightly above average

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) He's still the best color man in the game, IMHO. God how I wish he could take Tim McCarver's seat in October. Or DJ's seat RIGHT NOW!!!

QUOTE(quickman @ Jul 5, 2005 -> 08:41 AM) Well I think its very telling that they didn't call him up, its as if to say he can't pitch here, plain and simple the sox don't believe in him like most of the people on this board, but I would love if he is included in a trade because that means that someone will take him and we don't have to give up someone else that has upside. More like the Sox are so enamoured with "stuff" that they are overlooking a guy who might actually be able to "pitch". See also Jose Contreras.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../ixnewstop.html

QUOTE(Jimenez4MVP @ Jul 4, 2005 -> 01:41 PM) The reason you go to school is to learn so that you can have a successful job in the future and make money.. Why would you want to go to school when there is a job, with more money than youll make goin to school sitting right there in front of you and all you have to do is play a game.. You dont have to go to class you dont have to do homework, you just play a game and get paid a ton to do it.. f*** school, but thats just me.. I dont see how you can turn down that much money for your job to be playing a game.. makes no sense, school is overrated as it is.. After I read that point, you pretty much just proved my point without trying.