Texsox

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 04:01 PM) I can't even begin to comprehend how you came up with that. So your telling me that if you go into a resturant and have a bad server, you blaim it on them and not the place.. And then go back to that Resturtant? Yes. If the food is good, but the service is poor, of course I would go back. Are you telling me because one Doctor committed murder, you will never go to a Doctor and would argue against medical care? Will you not send your kids to school because somewhere a teacher molested a child?

Imagine a league with free agency where the players only cared about winning? How would you like to compete with the Yankees when they are turning away all-star players offering to play for league minimum? Thank our lucky stars that they have that huge payroll and make mistakes like with Giambi. I think some players sign with Boras as a status symbol. He has the best of the best every year and like driving an Escalade, players want the feeling of being with and having the best. Those players looking for the almighty dollar are with every agent. And let's not forget that the teams aren't exactly the most loyal. Have you seen Frank lately? Fisk? So teams whining that Boras players aren't loyal or only care about money, just falls on deaf ears.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) I have faith they are.. so it must be true then right? Why bring up yet another blackmark on this "cult"? HMM Have no idea.. Question.. What is the difference between a religion and a cult? It isn't a blackmark on the group, it is a blackmark on that individual.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) Question.. What is the difference between a religion and a cult? Why is that even important? Those are labels that people apply. It is the actions that determines if something is good or evil.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 03:07 PM) Wow, now who is stretching.. It isn't a stretch at all for me, I have faith. It would be a stretch for you, you have faith in those that have misled you, and have written in books at your home, that there is no God. That is your faith. You mock faith, yet we use faith every day. Drive down the road and you have faith that an oncoming car will not cross the median. Get on a roller coaster at Six Flags involves faith in the person who assembled and maintained the ride. To believe someone loves you, you have to have faith that what they say is the truth and their actions are real, not an act. That's faith. Thank you for trying to brainwash me into the cult of disbelievers, but I will pass and be happier for it. Your Cult is without a moral compass. Your cult has no basis. Enjoy your cult, raise your kids in your cult, end your life in your cult. Every step of the way, believers like me will be praying for your salvation.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 03:08 PM) Nice post, Tex. But, it won't get through either. I know. But you know us poor misled types, always trying to save the world, one soul at a time.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 03:03 PM) Here is the wikipedia list of Borass clients, they claim it is incomplete, but there are some pretty great examples of horrible deals in this bunch Are all of them bad? Are there the same percentage as other agents? Are they bad because of injuries? If you were a GM starting a team, would you want access to this list of players, or be told they are off limits? We agree on the damages a bad contract has. We differ on how those bad contracts come about. I blame the teams for over estimating what a player will do and paying him that amount. I cannot believe Boras has some special mind control over GMs who just can't help themselves. BTW, you are awesome, I ever could find a list of his clients.

It's a shame Anthrax with your logical, scientific matter, you will never know love, because love can never be proven, you will never know trust, or any of the emotions that make life worth living. You want to see, touch, measure, and hold things that some people are able to know through faith. I have faith that my partner loves me. I can't place her in a test tube, can't hook up electrodes to her brain, after our passing, you can't discect us and find this "love". But my faith tells me it is there. Just like my faith tells me that God exists.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:51 PM) They are easy targets. But, then again this comes back to Ethical.. How do you define what is ethical? by science Coming into a Church thread and ranting there is no God is the same as trolling a Cub board as a Sox fan, or yell fatty over at weight watchers. With all your logical gray matter, I would have assumed you could understand that.

Players contracts are determined years down the road, on the field. If Konerko plays like a couple seasons ago, it's a bad contract. If he continues to improve slightly, it's fair. If he continues to improve by leaps and bounds, it's a great contract for the team. Obviously the team is hoping for #3. Where in this curve, the player's contract falls is a result of the negotiations between the team and the player. A slightly under market contract makes 2 or 3 more likely, a over market contract makes 1 or 2 more likely. Can you list Boras' clients? How many mid level prospects does he represent? How many of those have "bad contracts"? How many of these are Boras clients?

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:37 PM) So The Masses are against me you are saying? not against you, and for many of us, you will be in our evening prayers as we pray for those who have not been saved. But hey, no thanks are necessary

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:34 PM) You can't again, this comes back to the orginal post.. check again for the orginal post. This was about Churches, but you decided to yell God doesn't exist in a thread about Churches. Probably because of some pompuss attitude that you are smarter than enyone else. It certainly shows how classy you are. It is classic troll behavior.

Ding Ding Ding We have a brief intermission. Anthrax I must commend you. You are taking on all comers, and not backing down. I and others, think you are way off base, but you keep on lifting yourself off the mat and answering the bell. Kudos for that. Ding

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:27 PM) I'm sorry you are not allowed to think for yourself and must listen to those who mislead you. So did you just make this up yourself, or who misled you.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:26 PM) You do know that the scientific process was work of the devil when it was orginally brought to the world's attention.. Because now all the Chruches lies would be proven to be just that. I'm sorry you all are correct, maybe I misused the words.. There is prove there is no God.. But, Science can not prove this, just as they can not prove his brother's easter bunny and Santa Claus, and his sister the tooth Fairy are real or not. look up object permanence, take a read, think about how this reflects your own life. You may be stuck.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:23 PM) Wow, she must have used soap then. the hairy armpits took me a little to get use to. Not to be confused with Harry's armpits, which is different.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) Except they will put us in with the Cubs, Yankees and Red Sox fans... It is hell afterall. And instead of a Rally Crede, we get White Flags™

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:21 PM) ^ Supertramp-Breakfast Over America Excellent choice. The Logical Song Gee, I wish Juggs was here

QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 12:52 PM) Anyone who's so afraid they will get "taken" by an agent that they would rather run away doesn't have what it takes to be in the business, IMO. SFF

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:03 PM) Roman Catholic here...But I agree with comedian Rick Reynolds on Catholicism: I'd attend church more if they used fudge instead of a communion wafer. "Body of Christ. With or without nuts?" (Hell won't be too bad, right?) LOL. Don't worry, it will be a soxtalk reunion

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:12 PM) Does your Cult allow this type of acknowledgement, cause they have proven you wrong time and time again. Do you even understand the scientific process? What was the hypothosis and how was it tested? Show me the data.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 01:12 PM) Frank > Baines & Fisk As a sportsman? Nope As a leader? Nope As a batter? Yes

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 02:02 PM) I wish I could tell you if that was true, but I've only slept with Democrats. Wow, that's will power. I slept with a French socialist, but it didn't rub off.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 01:57 PM) It is not a testable theory, thus, science cannot "prove" or "disprove" the existence of a higher power. Shhhh, he's being logical. http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/science.shtml

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Jan 12, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) You would. Then you would have someone with the same intelligence.. Though, his might be a tad larger