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QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) Down In It - Nine Inch Nails In Too Deep - Sum 41 -All Killer No Filler

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 02:42 PM) Of course she gets more than the other candidates. It makes every bit of sense. For one thing, they GOP WANTS Clinton to win. She's still got absurdly high negatives, and she is more beatable than the other candidates in a general election via the currently favored methods of mudslinging. Also, she happens to be a favorite target because she is a CLINTON. So its really no surprise she gets so much attention from the political right. Agree 100%

Giuliani v Clinton I honestly could not vote. Giuliani v Obama Giuliani v Edwards Giuliani v Richardson Romney v Clinton Romney v Obama Romney v Edwards Romney v Richardson McCain v Clinton McCain v Obama McCain v Edwards McCain v Richardson Thompson v Clinton Thompson v Obama Thompson v Edwards Thompson v Richardson Huckabee v Clinton Huckabee v Obama Huckabee v Edwards Huckabee v Richardson

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:40 PM) Whatever you mean...the key variable is whether or not we get to choose the days off. If we can choose the days off, then we can schedule them when there's a LHP on the mound starting. With Thome's extreme L/R splits, that's really the only thing that matters. I'm willing to sacrifice on the total # of games played by Jim/Swings taken by Jim if it helps maximize the number of AB's he gets against RHP. That's my whole point here; if giving Thome extra time off when there's a LHP on the mound prevents him from having to sit against RHP, it's a major improvement on our overall numbers. OK, I would agree. And since many mangers like the R-L-R-L kind of split in their rotations, it would be tought to find many back to back LHP games to have him sit.

QUOTE(bschmaranz @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) Somebody get Hunter some deep-dish and hot dogs, quick! For an Arkansas man, the Texas BBQ would win. Lou's Deep Dish >> Texas BBQ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chicago Hot Dogs

Without knowing the money, it's impossible to tell Hunter - Rowand Crisp as well. Hell get me all three. We'll work out the rest later :-)

Since he received a nice $15 mil per year offer from the Twins, will he be a greedy SOB who only cares about the money if he signs with the Sox instead of staying with Minny?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 20, 2007 -> 11:23 AM) There are certainly some predatory lending stories out there, and the banks do deserve some blame. More importantly, some laws need to be tweaked. But ultimately, the single biggest factor was stupid decisions made by people with their homes. You want to fix that? Make basic finance a required course to graduate high school. You'd have a lot few victims of all types of fraud, and a lot fewer bankruptcies and foreclosures, if everyone got the basic tools to survive in the modern financial world. We had comsumer ed in High School which covered this, is it no longer being taught? That would be a shame. My kids played the "Stock Market Game" but I do not remember them studying loans. BTW, youngest son and his partner won for their school one year. He decided to buy Timberland stock because he loved the boots he was wearing and couldn't think of any other stocks.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:22 PM) I'm so f***ing sick and tired of this stupid Queen b**** running around talking about "For 15 years, I have been the object of the Republican attack machine and I'm still here." Even if it's her own party, it's the "Republican attack machine". Whatever, b****. GO THE f*** AWAY... She does receive more than her share of negative energy from Reps. Look at the posts here. She has been a huge selling point by the GOP. Just listen to Rush and you see what gets the ratings, and it's attacking Hillary. The most misleading emails are about here. She is a lightening rod for negativity.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 08:12 AM) And there you go right down the slippery slope. Its not really lying, so Bush gets away with it too. Its politics. If we don't have standards for our Presidents, we don't have standards as a country. He lied under oath, and half of the country make excuses for him, while the other half wants his head. The sad thing was that wasn't even the worst thing he did, but that is a discussion for a different day I guess. Exactly. Clinton's inability to act in a moral manner, then lying about it, effectively killed any leadership and power he had after that point. The worst was not being able to go after Bin Laden. The half of the country that wanted his head would have been screaming "tail wagging the dog", he's making up this bogeyman. And to tell you the truth, I probably would have agreed. And I know it is wrong to hold one person's actions against another, but I really cannot stand the thought of him smiling at some head of state function with the other spouses. I just wish they would go away.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) I saw bits of that article from Rozner, what a tool. Seriously -- he spent more than a couple sentences ripping Tallon for trading Karl f***ing Stewart? If you just said "who?", you're probably not the only one -- it took me a minute to remember that Stewart was that fourth line midget that skated hard and hit people last season. Talk about grinding an axe. How the hell do some of these columnists keep their jobs? it looks line one sentence? I don't know Rozner, does he have a history with Tallon? Overall I thought it was a very positive article.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:35 PM) Awesome idea, hitless. The end result would be the same, so why give him the money sooner? A career ending injury could occur. I think you are right, it is the correct way to analyze the contract, he seems by year four everyone is overpaid by performance or underpaid by what other guys who have signed new contracts are getting. Would any hometown discount be the Rangers, the Twins, or Pine Bluff AR?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 11:36 AM) Beautiful Letdown - Switchfoot Let Down - Radiohead (bonus points?)

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) Purely from a performance issue, a day or two off a week would clearly be better than 2 or 3 straight weeks off. I meant he plays 14-16 games then takes two games off, not two weeks and perhaps combine that with a travel day.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:05 PM) That's absolutely not true. In my years setting up international purchasing groups for companies, we were mostly speaking in that countries language. It was the clearest and most efficient manner. Typically we had to phone outside of usual business hours in the US, and it was far easier to hire someone in the US who spoke that language, than insisting our partners, who we wanted to keep as inexpensively as possible, to hire someone to speak English. We wanted people skilled in Engineering, material analysis, ISO procedures, etc. When I was buying tooling in Taiwan, it was a huge asset having someone here speaking Taiwanese. They could consistently negotiate better deals than when we attempted to force them into English. Less problems too. But your experiences must be different. I forgot to add, you are correct in that all contracts and legal documents were in English, and I think we even had one or two in French also. But everyone was in English, it was the expected, customary, and my understanding ONLY legally allowed language for international contracts. But I'm certain one of our lawyers here could verify that.

At 130 games he would be at the same as last season. I always wonder which time reference is best when discussing these types of issues. Purely from a health issue and rest, not a performance issue, is once a week rest better than every couple weeks taking two or three straight off? I don't know. Plus, and I do not want to jinx him, but I'd pencil him in for at least one 15 day stretch on the DL.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 10:30 AM) Great article by Rozner today... OMG Please make it true and I'll throw away my Stars stuff. Mezmer back, Foley back, Free TV, it's almost too much, I have to sit down.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 11:55 AM) congrats Soxy

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:31 AM) Ace, I don't mind if people wear their hate sideways. That's about individuality. When on the baseball field, you should follow some type of dress code, and unless you are tilting your hat to block the sun, I feel you should keep it straight. Merely an opinion, among many, but it's how I feel. QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 09:02 AM) I may be very wrong, but I still think Hunter is all about the money. Anything else I believe is an act. Like 99% of the American population. If he was interested in a tradition of winning and a proven track record, he'd be in New York chatting with the Yankees. With Free Agency, absent of the money issues, we'd see every great player in the Bronx with pin stripes or LA soaking up the sun and speaking their native language.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 12:02 PM) What are those two? George Lopez for one.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 11:29 AM) I have worked for 3 international companies, 2 extremely large ones including a Dutch owned one. And one mid sized. At every one, the predominant language of the company was English only. It was rare to run into someone who cannot speak english. It was up to the location country personnel to be able to communicate in the local language. That was the entire reason that they were employed. I would say that only a small small minority of the executive or higher management teams could converse in more than one language. The international language is English. Exactly, and when you are employed in the US and need to speak to a foreign country, you would be speaking in that language. Look at all the US businesses that have subcontracted work to non English speaking countries. For example all the maquilla's here on the US need Spanish speaking employees to communicate with their plants in Mexico. We have a thriving call center industry here because of the number of Spanish speaking employees, Hotels.com, Ticketmaster, and many others all have call centers here. No doubt that English is the language around the world, but English ranks third in the world for first language, behind Mandarin and Spanish. And it is always better to communicate in your first language, than second. Imagine if you are a customer overseas buying American products or services, one employs someone who is fluent in your language as a native speaker, and the other does not. Who will you be more comfortable with? In business everyone is looking for an edge, and speaking the tongue is one of the edges in International trade.

In the man shoots goat when his wife would not bring him beer QUOTE(knightni @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:24 AM) Ah s***. He'll never win a World Series now. Two hours later I was doing something else and finally got the joke

QUOTE(knightni @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 01:24 AM) Ah s***. He'll never win a World Series now. QUOTE(mreye @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 08:04 AM) A+ He who laughs last. I just got the reference

QUOTE(The Critic @ Nov 21, 2007 -> 10:28 AM) Beautiful Thing You - The Wildhearts You are so Beautuful - Joe Cocker and others

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 20, 2007 -> 11:23 PM) Breakfast In America - Supertramp America the Beautiful - Various Artists