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Also don't forget to have your Picks to Click and YNOT's in early as this is a 1:20 start at the Deadly Confines.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:53 AM) oops ment to put that in green, but wishing for a brawl how is that any better? Never said I was wishing for it. Just saying that wouldn't be a big surprise if it happened.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:49 AM) I think we'll see one extreme or the other from Fat Boy. He'll be pumped and anxious to show that his arm is ok, hopefully he's overly emotional and wild. Question? How has Pods done on the bases against the Scrubs? I think I saw 9 steals in 17 games... don't know how he has hit though.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:42 AM) Line Drive back up the middle off his elbow......that would be sweet Dude, what is wrong with you? Wishing injuries on players, that's low.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:28 AM) The comment is not just in reference to Gitmo/Newsweek - althoughthough I agree that since former interrogators had corroborated the Quran abuse there is likely a real story here, Newsweek's lack of due dillegence notwithsstanding. There are plenty of people who think the media should have minded it's own business instead of exposing Abu Ghraib, physical Gitmo abuses, etc., and see the media as being the real problem. They'll feel the same here. Amazing, but not at all unexpected in this era where the President has decided that if we don't see footage of the caskets coming back home we'll continue to think everything is going smoothly with the war. The media seems to have no problem minding its business when it comes to showing the good our solidiers are doing in Iraq, Afganistan, and around the world in general. All of our boys and our country is being painted as blood thirsty savages. This is bigger than one parties political agenda, or at least it should be. When was the last time you saw a picture of American's building new roads in Iraq? Or a little girl going to school for the first time in Afganistan? But I'll bet you have seen a picture of Lyndie England in the last month. Yes the media has a role in opening up scandals, as they are the final check and balance of government. But their agenda needs to be bigger than taking down a President. They are daily putting our lives in danger, not just our soldiers. If their were images of Americans saving lives around the world, that might go towards actually showing that the vast majority of American's want the world to be a better place. Instead the media only concentrates on the worst of the worst. Feeling the hate we do from the rest of the world, makes me want to close up shop and say screw the rest of the world. Pull out all of our companies, resources, food, aid companies etc, and let them see how they get along without the great satan. They all hate us, but where is the first place they turn to when they need help? Who is in there saving the lives of Iranians after their huge earthquake? It wasn't the Russians who are selling them the bomb making equiptment they hope to someday use against us I will tell you that much. It is us. The citizens of this country give self-lessly to the rest of the world, more than the rest of the world gives combined, yet we are the evil ones. What does the Muslim world provide for our poor and starving people? Did they offer to send rescue crews and relief aid after all of the hurricanes hit Florida? Nope. I am sick of it. I am sick of being protraying as treating the rest of the world as a doormatt by our own citizens, and having my life put in danger because of it. All because they want to sell a few more newspapers. Hell the reporting of the abuse of American;s, our families mind you, doesn't even get reported as much as the abuse of other people? This same kind of stuff happens in our own prision systems everyday, but are there reports about that? Nope. I am f***ing sick of it all.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:19 AM) I hope to hell that never happens. It would spill over into the stands ... undoubtedly. What a nightmare that could turn into. The thing is, it isn't a difficult scenario to imagine. Zambrano goes out pissed of at what the Sox said about him. Z throws at Rowand, or someone else. You know the Sox under Ozzie aren't back down, so they get pissed and charge the mound. Benches clear, punches thrown...

Could you imagine a bench clearing brawl with the Cubs... Daley would need to call out the national guard like his dad did in 68.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 20, 2005 -> 09:02 AM) The difference is that this is well documented and not a heresay source. We have a winner!

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

That's too bad. He was going to be a stud before his arm got torn up.

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050516/full/050516-10.html

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050520/D8A6JNBG1.html Some of these numbers and stats are staggering.

This just in, the agents are f***ing stupid. The NBA and the NFL are the only leagues where there was labor peace, and low and hehold, everything is going well for them. Well now that the agents have taken over, and this could get ugly. They pretty much had the framework of a deal done, and just needed to finish details, now all of that is in the trash, and the NBA is staring at a lockout in 5 weeks. Good luck with that.

1. Robin Ventura 2. Carlton Fisk 3. Jack McDowell 4. Frank Thomas 5. Ozzie Guillen 6. Harold Baines 7. Ron Kittle 8. Mark Buehrle 9. Claudell Washington

I would have loved to have seen a Maddux/Buehrle match up if only to see if they could beat the 1 hour and 38 minute game that MB had earlier this year.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ May 19, 2005 -> 03:45 AM) Garland has taught me never to give up on young players too soon. Could you imagine if we had traded Jon and he was doing what he's doing now for somebody else? Think about that Eddy Curry Haters. But unlike Eddy Curry, Jon Garland actually helps his team on defense.

QUOTE(YahtzeeSox @ May 19, 2005 -> 10:44 PM) So. Whose leaving school early to watch the game or go to the game? *Raises hand... I'm just putting on MLB.tv on at work

We aren't posting anyones names out of privacy respect. Me and Alex are the only ones who have them. And all of the names Alex has, I don't know who their screen names are even. Pretty much if you PMed me or Heads, the names are on the list.

Hey gang, we have a final draft done of the letter we are sending to Brooks and his bosses with the Sox. All we need are the rest of the names of people who want to be included in it. If you would like to be included PM either me or Heads with your full real name (don't worry, Mike Hunt has already signed it). So far we have about 30ish people. Please try to get these in by the end of the weekend, as we would like to send it out Monday or so. Thanks, Southsider

QUOTE(Steff @ May 19, 2005 -> 01:23 PM) And that was sooooo long ago.. :rolly Yeah, at Soxfest

QUOTE(rafacosta @ May 19, 2005 -> 01:01 PM) Is there any good bars? Sometimes it is good to have some beers and know few girls And the weather? I believe that in the winter it is not that cold. I know it is 100 miles from Houston and 130 from Dallas. I lived about a half hour from there for a couple of years. The summers are hot and humid. The winters are fairly mild.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 19, 2005 -> 12:50 PM) Then we'd have to ban Ozzie for a personal attack... Damn I would hate to try to read that email....

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 19, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) Some reason I'm not as excited as I used to be for this series. Maybe that will all change once the games start tomorrow. It also may be the sad fact, that though I'm always optimistic, part of me realized this may be all I had to look forward to during the season. It seems there's things much more important than the crosstown series this season. You just put into words exactly what I was feeling. Its wierd, but we have much more to worry about, the Cubs games are just that. Games. Usually we are behind and the secondary prizes start to mean something. This year it is all about first place.

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