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BS? Yeah, I guess actual stats are BS in your world. All I have to do is say I have a ticket that has a face value of $50 in section 132, oh wow, so tickets are actually cheaper now... Saying something isn't proof of anything. Especially since if you actually have that ticket, it isn't a full price ticket, and isn't valid for the arguement anyway. To put it simply, the White Sox did not have a full price ticket that sold for $8.50 in 1999. But I can see how basing a ticket price arguement on one single half price ticket, would have a bearing on ticket prices, while average ticket prices would not. :rolly

There are much better things we could do with the couple of million dollars needed for Randa. There are plenty of quality pen arms we could look at, or even a fifth starter if everything else falls through...

I must have missed your reply to this, Anthrax?

How about setting up a humanitarian food for oil program to skim 50 cents a barrel off of, and then use to bribe people so no one wants to do anything about the bad things that you do?

Trades are going to happen.

That is exactly what it is. It gives them a cheap back up if it works out, and they can use that cap space to try to extend someone like Alex Brown. Low risk, cheap gamble. If it doesn't work out, there are the usual back ups and the draft to try. George is coming in as the 3rd stringer, and most likely couldn't even play until the last couple weeks anyway.

I do like the fact that Clement seems to want to be here...

Hey Minny, are you even playing anymore? You have IL guys in your starting line up

The shear size of the boulders is amazing

NIU and DePaul tipping off on Comcast SN.

Somebody else likes Meyer too, they have him with an 80% chance of being picked, which basically one other guy on there has.

They are impressing the s*** out of me. Then again the Zags don't have nearly the depth or outside shooting they have had in the past, but I sure am not going to take anything away from Ill.

Any accompanying numbers for what corporations gave to 527's?

Actually I am not sure if you are full of it again, or if that particular ticket is just an aberration, because I don't ever remember tickets being that cheap in the OF. When I was going to games in the mid 90's the UD reserved were $8. More than likely you have a half price ticket, which would put the full ticket price at $17 each (which would fall under LD reserved in sec 105), which makes much more sense. Now for the facts. If you look at average ticket prices 2004 was $21.56 http://www.teammarketing.com/fci.cfm?page=fci_mlb2004.cfm In 2000 it was $14.30. http://www.teammarketing.com/fci.cfm?page=fci_mlb2000.cfm Doing the math that is a 50% ticket increase, to accompany a 110% increase in payroll ($31mil to $65mil) So in reality, your arguement has holes in it. In reality you have gotten twice as much in payroll for what you are paying in tickets. So I guess that means (gasp) that JR and company has dipped into revenues to make up that difference.

Worst records pick first.

Like something tied to the Wing deal?

Happy Birthday to the most well read person on Soxtalk

Pretty much we don't want the pics posted here... As long as there is a fair warning given, it doesn't bother me if the link it posted. You all have a life outside of here, and the sharing of cool sites, it kinda neat IMO. The definate no-no's for sharing is anything illegal (such as gambling etc), and anyone who signs up as a member for the express purpose of spamming. Its cool if our members want to share their sites, as a member of our community, but we try to make sure that you guys don't get spammed with crap here.

Now that I would believe

Jason Grilli Geesh Rex, you are slipping. Out of curiousity, are Siscos injuries something where he could get left on the DL all year, and not take up a 25 man roster spot? Or is he ready to go?

You are kidding right... If you have the money, ARod is the best SS in the game.

And at twice the payroll that Ron Schueler had. The Sox payroll had more than doubled from 2000-2004, but that gets conviently forgotten as usual.

Let me amend that equation to minus Konerko plus Thomas...