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The point I was making was use that as a reference when looking at these salaries, in a couple years, they sometimes look like bargains. Teams have to project out what a player is going to do. Maggs was a risk, and the Tigers won.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 7, 2007 -> 06:03 PM) Tex, when's the last time I told you how much I despise you? I'm all about the money Who cares if we finish in fourth place, as long as we don't overpay for someone that could actually contribute.

I can't believe anyone would want the team to spend $$$$ on a CFer when Brian Anderson is there for so much less. Screw these $18 mil players, we need Brian Anderson and his livable contract. What a bargain!

QUOTE(Soxy @ Dec 7, 2007 -> 07:14 AM) Not.worth.it. (And nothing like undergrad) All work and no play. We have a smallish program here that looks good to me now. We'll see in a year. I've been invited to take a couple grad level courses next year and will probably take them up on the offer. That way I will get a taste.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 02:32 PM) Even faster, I took it from the pile of old Tiger Beats I keep in my sock drawer. I actually really like the earliest Hall and Oates stuff – the 1972-1974 "blue-eyed soul" stuff that KG thinks is a myth. The Rundgren-produced War Babies album is quite excellent. Seriously? If I spend some time finding that stuff and it's Private Thighs stuff I'll get even. Is this like the Bee Gees, great stuff and poor, crap and rich?

QUOTE(KWs OK for Me @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 05:13 PM) I only have 11 more days of college!!! Just typing that scares me. I DON'T WANT TO GRADUATE!!! Grad school

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 02:23 PM) By the way, GP, if your friend wouldn't bang Hall, as her if she'll at least consider a mustache ride from Oates. I can't believe you got that down off your bedroom wall and scanned it so fast.

Milwaukee Coliseum circa 1980, they opened for ELO worse.show.ever (ELO was masterful) Sara Smile, thirty minutes, both guys withering on the stage, the song took sooooo much out of them to sign.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 02:20 PM) Watch out boy, She'll chew you up! they're watching you they see your every move

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 02:14 PM) I'm still trying to work out how anybody gets involved in a conversation in which the subject is whether you would bang Hall from Hall and Oates. . . And for the record, I would not. I can't go for that. No can do. Cause you know it don't matter anyway

The prices always look terrible when they sign, then in a couple years they are behind the curve. Rowand at $14 or $15 mil could look very cheap in a couple seasons.

To save a few minutes. Down here people park on the tracks all the time. That seems even more stupid.

As I have mentioned before, it is not the amount of the contract for most players, it's how much compared to their peers. They just want a little more than the other guys at their position. If Hunter had just signed for $3 mil a year and that was the top salary, Jones would have been happy at $3.1 mil

Looking at what Hunter and Jones just negotiated, let's look at an outfielder the Sox felt was overpriced just a couple years ago. That most fans said we being a greedy s.o.b. and that the Tigers got fleeced by Bora$$ For $15,000,000 he hit .363 139 rbi and scored another 117 times. .434 obp and .595 slugging. What will Hunter or Jones do for the extra $3 mil? So based on recent free agent signings, how does Maggs look at $15 mil?

Keep smiling Rowand, your price keeps climbing and climbing. If he accepts anything less that 5/75 he's giving someone a discount. Anderson Why pay more?

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 12:15 PM) About a month ago, Flash and I met again for a general conversation about some things outside of baseball and then baseball. When that conversation was ending and we were walking off, someone comes running up to me yelling, "Pratt! You asshole! You asshole!" I turn and we stop to wait for him. "You asshole! You f***ing asshole!" I didn't skip a beat. Just said, "Henry, this is Flash, my Life Partner." ["Henry"'s name has been changed to protect his identity; he is not a SoxTalker. Dude doesn't even like baseball!] (They shook hands and then Henry turns back to me.) "Asshole!" "Umm, what's up?" "Yeah, hey listen, I should run," Flash says, and he was on his way out anyway (we were at our place of departure). "See you Flash," I say, and turn to Mr. Henry. "What's up?" "YOU TOOK THE WORD JACKASS OUT OF ONE OF MY ARTICLES BUT PUT THE WORD 'ASS' IN YOURS! YOU ASSHOLE, I love you, you're so sinister." Was very funny to be walking with Flash and have one of my writers come up to me yelling and then praising me for being "sinister". It was nothing of the sort, but it was certainly entertaining. Didn't see Flash since then until today when I was talking with my Communist friends and Flash came over as I was leaving the building and yelled, "Pratt! Hey Pratt!" I stopped and turned, wondering who it was and it was Flash! "Yo, buddy, what's up?" and we walked and talked about life and baseball. Lots of fun. QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 5, 2007 -> 09:08 PM) "you'll have wasted your life," I say to my friend on the phone while discussing whether or not she would bang Hall from Hall and Oates. "No. Won't I live longer?" "What?!" "People who don't have sex live longer, right?" "Umm, I doubt that's true." "I've heard it's true." "Yeah, well -- who did they use as experiment?" QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 01:12 PM) What the hell was that all about?!

I feel I lose a couple IQ points every time I read a GP post . . . Yet I am sickly drawn to them.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 09:22 AM) How much did you love theories of learning? That stuff is my favorite. Excellent class. The professor is outstanding, this is the second class I've taken with him. His Research methods class was equally exciting. The first four weeks was basically a review for me, Pavlov, etc. We're finishing with Hebb, Gestalt, and Tolman. When I stopped and realized the range of subjects, in one semester, it was impressive. I'm looking forward to a couple grad classes he teaches.

Abnormal Psychology - Done Tests and Measurements in Psychology - Done History - on-line next week American Lit - 6 pages take home, another 3 or 4 pages in class on Wednesday Theories of Learning - Monday Then five weeks of r&r

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Dec 6, 2007 -> 08:40 AM) I am not willing to give him 18 million per either. I'd rather finish fourth in the division then pay that much for a player.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Dec 5, 2007 -> 04:13 PM) Taking finals is nowhere near as s***ty as grading them. Bleh. grading? A scantron and multiple choice.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7112401359.html Remember folks, Hidalgo County, Texas is one of the five poorest counties in the country. Obama raised under $3,000 Hillary over $600,000. Meet the man who made it possible and a really nice guy.

Damn, wrong Guillen or NOW WE"RE THE WORSE TEAM IN THE DIVISION!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUMP OFF A BRIDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WILL NEVER WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(bmags @ Dec 5, 2007 -> 03:59 PM) heads...suspend me until friday...i should be studying. i'm serious. Done.

Andrew Hund 1993 Ode to Finals Week! Twas the night before finals, and all through the college, The students were praying for last minute knowledge. Most were quite sleepy, but none touched their beds, While visions of essays danced in their heads. Out in the taverns, a few were still drinking, And hoping that liquor would loosen up their thinking. In my own apartment, I had been pacing, And dreading exams I soon would be facing. My roommate was speechless, his nose in his books, And my comments to him drew unfriendly looks. I drained all the coffee, and brewed a new pot, No longer caring that my nerves were shot. I stared at my notes, but my thoughts were muddy, My eyes went a blur, I just couldn't study. "Some pizza might help," I said with a shiver, But each place I called refused to deliver. I'd nearly concluded that life was too cruel, With futures depending on grades had in school. When all of a sudden, our door opened wide, And Patron Saint Put-It-Off ambled inside. His spirit was careless, his manner was mellow, When all of a sudden, he started to bellow: "On Cliff Notes! On Crib Notes! On last year's exams! On Wingit and Slingit, and last minute crams!" His message delivered, he vanished from sight, But we heard him laughing outside in the night. "Your teachers have pegged you, so just do your best. Happy Finals to all, and to all, a Good Test!"