southsider2k5

Blues Brothers no doubt. That is one of the greatest movies ever. We're on a mission from God...

Manchester College c/o 1996

You are forgetting one little thing. The Red Sox have a payroll of $120 million and can afford to keep all of these players at the sametime, while pillaging them off of rosters of teams who can't afford them. Why in their right minds would the Diamondbacks have trading Schilling? Or the Phillies for that matter? Because they couldn't afford him. Why did the Expos trade Pedro? Because they couldn't afford him. Why did the Twins nontender David Ortiz? Because they couldn't afford him. Why did the Expos deal Cabrera? Because they knew they couldn't afford to resign him in the offseason. Why did the Twins trade Doug M? Because they had a younger cheaper prospect to replace him with. Why did Keith Foulke ever leave the A's, because they couldn't give a closer $21 million over 3 years. Why did Manny leave Cleveland? Because the Indians couldn't offer anything close to 20 mil a year for 6 years. Have you noticed a theme here? All of these trades and FAs are the result of financial problems of another team. It is easy to look like a genius when only one team in all of baseball can afford to outspend you. To me the Red Sox and the Yankees are the same organization. They make their playoff appreances on the backs of economically poor organizations. That does't impress me at all.

I am not sure honestly...

Did the letters look something like this?

Kinda reminds me of George Soros

How does terrorism fit in there? yea or nay?

I sent an email into the Sox also, so maybe they will get their s*** together... I already told everyone that all I want for my Bday and Christmas is gift certs so that I can afford to go to the fest. I can't wait.

They kept telling me all they had was a one night deal. They couldn't find anything for the two night package. Do they just automatically know you are there for the fest or what?

So you wouldn't have spent to end the great depression? Now I am curious, how would you have solved that?

That's it for exceptions? No spending to stave off recesion or depression?

Wrigley Field collapse

Has anyone made the two night hotel reservations yet? No one seems to know WTF is going on at the Hyatt. :banghead

You aren't a nerd until you have your best friend join Soxtalk so that you can just send PMs without having to leave the site

I had like a 5 digit ICQ number back in the day. I only downloaded AIM about a year ago, and am never on it.

My link still won't work

Personally I would say that I don't like big market teams because they are ruining the game. They are making so that at least a dozen teams on openning day every year, go into the season knowing that they have zero chance of winning anything that particular year. They go into the season knowing dispite the fact that they have drafted and developed a few incredible players, they will have to put that player up for bids because they know they won't be able to afford him because of the bloated salary structure. Instead they have to sit and pray that they can catch lightning in a bottle and hope that their attendance explodes enough where they can afford their starts instead of letting them walk away for draft picks. It is a bitter vicious cycle and it is costing MLB good markets. Look at places like Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, Cincinatti etc. No one goes to the games, no one cares. Look no further than the NFL for a system that works. Even a team at its worst has hope because the cost structure can't escape and bury them. Within a couple of years, those elite teams lose players because of salary concerns, and those bad teams can draft well and resign players to catch those teams. What hope do the Pittsburgh Pirates have of being good anytime soon? Any player that is worth anything is perpetually on the trading block. No it isn't jealousy. It is love of the sport. It is love for MLB and not just the Yankees and Red Sox.

Its a purely subjective thing decided by Sox ownership. I would retire the old 23, but that is just me, and I am a lot biased when it comes to Robin.

So out of curiousity, does that mean you are against aid for FLA hurricane relief? That money is coming out of a later appropriation. http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/11/...s.ap/index.html

1992. We actually had to go backdoor into someone elses access in order to get on-line. It was a pain in the ass.

All right guys, that is enough.

Who wouldn't?

Its not coming up for me...

Atlanta wins, even thought I want to see Houston move on

Off of Goose Gossage. That might be my personal all time favorite moment in my short White Sox history. It was nuts.