Capn12

We can hope so, IB72. I would love to give K-Dub my opinion on it. Thats a trade that you can make and know that it was with the best intentions for the club. You are filling more than 1 need by doing so.

Agreed, Yahtzee...why trade the guy when he is finally coming into his own? He is starting to become a complete player, minus the occasional fielding gaffes. If anyone, Maggs goes to the Yanks for Soriano, we get about $12 mill off the books, and get a needed second baseman also.

I am right there with ya on that thought, Yahtzee. I think that Jose time has served its duration. I'd love to see us make a run for Matsui, and trade Maggs for Soriano...thats a damn fine infield IMO.

Agreed, Mario Kart was loads of fun. Another personal favorite of mine was F-Zero on Super Nintendo. We used to sit around and play that game for hours.

PA, that may be the biggest understatement I've seen in a while. Oasis' influence on the grand scheme of the musical scene is minute at best IMO.

Good call Cali, FNM were way ahead of their time when it comes to Rap-Core music. As for the Gallager brothers in Oasis, , those guys....wow, gonna be bigger than the Beatles, but yet you can't stop bickering with each other. good luck with that, Assclowns.

I for one am voting 'neigh' when it comes down to paying our .237 hitting Rock Glove another $5 million for his efforts.

Maybe, Killa, but the guy is starting to be Frank Thomas Part II. Going and whining to the Press everytime things arent so great. I can think of other ways for this organization to spend $5 million.

Obviously, IMO The Beatles were the biggest musical influence...and I agree that what The Who brought to music was unmistakable, if thats a word. I'm gonna add a couple here that are influential to me, of not the world: OutKast---Yeah, I know, doesnt seem right, but what those 2 do lyrically, and the mix of jazz, rock, metal, etc. is amazing if you just sit back and listen, Fiona Apple--- To me, she is the first real younger generation female who can just sit on a Piano and play music from the heart. She was the first IMO to do so in quite a while. Foo Fighters--- IMO, what Dave Grohl has done Post-Nirvana has far outweighed what he did with them. His ability to cover each instrument with his group, his vocals and lyrics, and the fact that everything they do gets better and better. OK, so not the most groundbreaking artists, but those that influence my musical background the most right now.

If Soriano is brought in, I dont want another failed second baseman-to-Center Field experiment. Put the kid at second, let him play the position everyday, and quit trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Its not like we haven't seen plenty of errors out of Ray-Ray and Blockhead Jiminez at the position.

Good Lord, KW....if the Yanks are offering one of the most exciting 2Bmen in the league, who is still cheap AND young, how the hell do you not take that deal?!? I guess it makes too much sense for K-Dub, and he is confused. Its $14 mill off the books, management, thats all you need to know with this regime.

I'll take K-Dub's word on this one. I believe him, and can only hope that this will further convince KW not to bring Manos back to the Southside.

WHOA!!! What the hell?? I dunno what happened there. Just did my normal quoting procedure.

No chance in hell that we can give credit to a guy that can't even sign in correctly!!!

Yep, how true Jas....Case in Point, Albert Belle...

Wait, I thought JosE6 was Mr. Clutch for our team? God, I get so tired of hearing that everytime he goes 1 for 4 with a HR.

No offense to Jason, but I think I'd :puke if I had to see a calendar of dudes in their draws!!! Scary thought

Huh? I wasn't saying that you said we should get Manny, I was just posting the fact that for all the positives about his production, between Maggs and he, thats 57% of our projected payroll.... :puke

I'm probably alone in this line of thinking, but I don't wanna see a salary cap in Baseball. Look at how many veterans get cut in the NFl because of salary cap reasons. There are other, better ways to control spending in the MLB. The salary cap in football IMO has had catastrophic effects on the guys who served their time in the league, and get rewarded by getting released because of the cold, hard numbers.

I second that notion ABoz, don't watch it, don't honestly care anything about it. Theres always that lull between the end of football, and the beginning off baseball to me.

NO chance. Lets see, with Manny and Maggs, we would only have 57% of our payroll in 2 players. Thats a GREAT idea!!!

No offense to Kip, but it was Capn12 that gave you that hint....damn you!!

Wow, I feel.....so....misinformed. I thought Maddux made 20 mil last year. At 14.75 million, its a bit of a different situation. But if the best offer that Maddux gets is a 6-7 million for 1 year offer, the MLBPA will be SCREAMING collusion at all the owners.

I'm not arguing whether or not the Union is doing its job or not though, cw, I'm saying that the MLBPA as a union is too strong as it is, and anything that happens from now on to heighten its power is obsurd. IMO the MLBPA does not have much ground to walk on, and they are already teetering ever so closely to losing their livelyhood by alienating those that are the most important to this game that they control.

And don't forget, after they put in their minimum service time, they have a pension to look forward to also!! :fyou MLBPA