Gregory Pratt

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:50 AM) I love the Marlins, and I think that although the Marlins don't draw well, they have a lot of baseball "fans" all across the country who sympathize with their situation, yet realize that they're doing a helluva job despite having a payroll less than what A-Rod makes. Simply put, the Marlins know how build a team. And it pisses me off when teams like the Pirates cry poor, while the Marlins are able to stay competitive on a payroll that's the third of the Bucs'. As far as if the Marlins can compete in the near future, why the hell not? The Dodgers and D-Backs farm systems get talked up all the time, but the Marlins are right up there. There's a chance that the 'Fin rotation over the next couple years -- with Josh Johnson, Anibal Sanchez, Ricky Nolasco, Yusmiero Petit, not to mention Dontrelle and Olsen -- will be the best in baseball over the next three-four years. That team is fishing super deep in pitching, in a park that is money for pitchers. If that team could find itself a CFer for next year in the mold of Mike Cameron or Brian Anderson, ie someone who will go get just about everything hit in center, watch out. There's no doubt, though that the major league ready "prospects" in that organization is the best in baseball. Well said. I want the Marlins to win the Series almost as much as I want the Sox to, but I'd rather the Sox do it sooner rather than later, as Florida can wait a little while longer.

QUOTE(MarlinFan84 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:39 AM) We were not supposed to be good this year. We were supposed to challenge for the worst record of all time. We had a team full of kids and a rookie manager. Yet, so far, we are defying the odds. I thought I'd ask you guys what your opinion was on my favorite team. If we have defied your expectations, what you think the future of this team, do you think we can realisticially compete for the rest of the year(and next year for that matter)...basicially, what are your thoughts on the team Beinfest has assembled? I expect, and hope, that the Marlins win the World Series again in the next five years. I love your franchise's resiliency and front office.

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:27 AM) Great Job on the perfect score by the way Thanks.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:29 AM) It's a terrible date. You and maggs just posted youz leave earlier then the twenty sixth, or twenty seventh, and Greg is gonna just type it down anyway? You suck Greg, way more than your pitching and your two dislocated shoulders. Shut up, bi-ch. Pansy. Shot you a PM.

I'm sad to hear it, Chimpy, but take solace: it doesn't seem like anything'll be happening. But hey, next week I and some other friends from here might have a get together, so if you'd like, you could join us then.

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:17 AM) Well I don't have much patience I am going through and getting a CJ degree and work with Forensic Science and work with crime scene science One of the reason was I couldn't handle Answers like this: What country did we purchase the Louisana Territory from: Answer Mexico Who was involved in the corrupt bargin of 1824-25: Jefferson Davis What was the Civil war fought over: Sugar Taxes And the best one what is the Maine: A state in New England Yeah, I couldn't tolerate being a teacher, either. I wouldn't mind mentoring someone, provided they do everything I tell them!

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:11 AM) Was it you that took the AP history. I actually taught history for 3 years. How did you do on it? I got a five out of five on the AP Test. Why'd you stop teaching history?

QUOTE(samclemens @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:07 AM) dude, you are clearly on the ropes. i'll take my leave at this point in time. peace out. I didn't cite any such study. You're absolutely confused.

How about the twenty sixth, or the twenty seventh? If anyone's interested, let me know, so as to tell if it'll be doable. QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:07 AM) I'll be there, if you can stop by my house and pick me up. I would if I could. As it stands, I'm sure you could...hitchhike. Or travel Orbitz!

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:04 AM) Happy 17th by the way making me feel old Thanks for making me feel young!

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 12:03 AM) Are you gellin? Like a fellon But the dead felons don't gell -- they fry!

QUOTE(samclemens @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) are we having some trouble admitting hypocrisy? aww, so stubborn. its ok. how about when you quoted that crap study calling israel war criminals, and failed to include the findings on hezbollah? thats one example off the top of my head. You made a mistake earlier in the thread that you conceded, and now you've made anoter. I haven't cited any studies. I think you're confusing me for another poster. I think it was more mature for me to let WCSox know that I don't care for his patronizing comments about my age, especially when he knows that I call everyone "son" or "dear boy" out of habit, and he knows that because we talked about it in private and I told him that I meant no harm by it. I refuse to be baited by someone who's going to be taunting me about my age over a comment I made that they're all-too-aware of and all-too-okay of, and so I'm ignoring him. I'm sure his feelings aren't hurt by it.

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:59 PM) Ok it was hard to tell you seem to be overly agitated tonight. I am gellin also Good, good! I love that commercial, even though it's awful.

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) Damn what the hell is the matter with you I make a joke and you respond with more bull spiff. Quite clearly I was kidding, minors. Chill!

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:55 PM) Need to take a chill pill Greg I'm gellin'...

QUOTE(minors @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:48 PM) John Kerry + Al Gore = The Chicago Cubs the lovable losers HE SAID THAT JOHN KERRY AND AL GORE ARE LOVEABLE LOSERS LOLOL D'YOU WANT TO COMFORT THEM WHILE THEY CRY, MINORS? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE SO SENSITIVE AND CARING!

Why don't we all sometime arrange to get together at some place we can all mutually agree on, and play a game of baseball someday on a Saturday or Sunday? It'd be extra cool, and then we could have a barbecue or something. Not softball, but baseball, although if the public demanded softball over baseball, that could be done, too.

QUOTE(samclemens @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:45 PM) hey, thats really great that you like truman and he happened to support israel. truman's first name was harry, and i like dirty harry movies, and clint eastwood played dirty harry, and clint eastwood knew...kevin bacon. Okay, I concede, I don't really like Jews, or Israel. Homosexuals either, but that's beside the point. Blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blaaaaaah. I told you to tell me where I said something anti-Israel rather than anti-War. Either do that, or there's no reason for this to continue. You can call it as you see it all you'd like, but unless you have anything that a reasonable person would consider support of Islamic Facism, you're just looking at pink elephants. Blah, blah blah blah.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:34 PM) Happy birthday you tools.. You old SOB, we have to get together again sometime. Next week!

QUOTE(samclemens @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:21 PM) see the forest through the trees, pratt. im not implying you smoke weed or drink illegally; it was an example used to illustrate how infantile the line of reasoning was. the last time i honestly heard it was as a sophmore in high school in reference to weed. the argument just blows. you are qualifying your answer after the fact. instead of funding and arming known terrorists being ok, now its a "mitigating circumstance". then, to disguise your retreat, you throw in an all-caps (classy) comment about how i must be accusing you of wanting israel not to succeed. did you not tell me earlier to stop putting words in your mouth [pot calling kettle black]? i support israel in this fight because the other side happens to be terrorists. the same goes for many here, i would imagine. islamic fundamental facism and oppression is a plague to this world. you seem to spend a lot of time defending it. You've got a lot of nerve to imply that I am defending Islamic Fascism. Do point me where I did such a thing, because I'm not so simple as to believe that saying, "War with Iran isn't inevitable, let's not go nuts!" is the same as, "I hate Israel," or even, "I'm indifferent to Israel." President Truman's my personal favorite partly because of his courage with Israel, and so to accuse me of supporting "the other side" is bull. Hell, I even said that an attack on Israel would call for American internvention, but the facts don't matter much. Iran is a lock to destroy Israel, the only thing to do is War, and no in-between exists. About the all-caps comments: I was quite clearly satirizing the nature of Republican indignation. Sarcasm on the Internet doesn't have to be green. About the substance: I never said that funding terrorism was okay to begin with. I was merely pointing out the nuance of the issue, the fact that Iran isn't the only one and that its support of terrorist groups does not necessarily call for War.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 06:51 PM) I find it amusing that a 17-year-old is calling somebody else "son." Your argument doesn't account for the fact that the U.S. gives foreign aid to pretty much everybody. I'm not sure if they're still doing it, but that list has historically included the Palestinians. Open Letter to WCSox: My response to you regarding the seventeen-year-old crack would get me suspended from SoxTalk, and so I'm simply going to say that I don't feel you add anything worth responding to, I think your points are usually bogus, and I don't particularly care what you have to say, considering. I am officially putting you on my ignore list because I don't like you and never have. Respectfully submitted, -Gregory Pratt I I'm stunned nobody's made a crack about my title ("Brokeback Pratt"), given the maturity level. No, since I don't drink or smoke weed, I haven't picked it up from there. And I never said that it's all right that Iran funds Hezbollah to begin with -- merely that there are mitigating circumstances that change things, one being that Iran isn't the sole sponsor of Hezbollah and that presenting its support of Hezbollah as evidence that we need to go to War with Iran to be foolhardy. But thanks for misrepresenting what I said. Go on, add a, "YOU DON'T WANT ISRAEL TO SUCCEED LOL WHY DON'T YOU SUPPORT THE JEWS!" while you're at it so we can go full circle.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 07:44 PM) And all I was saying was that a reasonable chunk of Nader's cash came from Republican donors. Here's numbers to back it up. July 04, several tens of thousands of dollars going to Nader by people who also gave to Bush. Why is this something i'm getting hammered on? I can't even figure out what you people are trying to argue. They're hammering you because they think you're easy...

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 07:45 PM) W. Bush + Administration = right-wing garbage That's not fuzzy math -- it's simple arithmetic!

QUOTE(tealeafreaderii @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 06:00 PM) boy... what a game... I was drunk before it started... and then went on a bar crawl looking for a bar with satalite that has the game... I went through about 7 bars and took shots(Irish car bombs and tequila for the most part) at all of them before finding a bar that had the game... It turns out Welch Ave. Station had the game... but at that point I was so damn drunk I didn't even watch the game. I woke up on the floor with a big bruise on the side of my head... so I'm guessing I got punched in the face or got it when I passed out on the hard wood floor. then I find out the sox lost... wtf. Sounds like an amazing and good time.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 06:25 PM) Kerry would have been just as bad (probably worse). vote Demorcrat or DIE! LOL LOLOLOLOL UR FUNNY