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Huge turnover with that punt. A&M is playing awesome defense. This is a big series to deflate the Aggies

Paging Longhorn Defense, paging Longhorn Defense Where the hell is the Longhorn Defense??

I went up to the ranch to fetch a 24' ladder to put up lights. That is as close to "out" as I want to get.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:59 PM) Tex, wouldn't a real Texan be at this game? College Station is 10 hours and $$$$ away.

I've become very disenchanted with developing talent. So many can't miss prospects, miss. It seems more luck than anything else. And I was thinking of the Sox history at 1st base and almost forgot about a big guy from Auburn they drafted back in the 80s.

Big Momentum turn here. I was just going to post where is the Texas defense? They need a stop here and this game will be back under control. Rivalry games like this is why college football >>>>> than the pros

Blocked punt UT TD

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:39 PM) I believe Jim was talking about Blalock when saying Boras was not his agent. Oops, I just wasted 15 minutes back to the UT vs. A&M game

CBS Sportsline has Boras as Crede's agent http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/teams/report/CHW/9044054 This is dated 11/14/05

http://www.mlb4u.com/chw.html lists Boras as agent. What is interesting is if you google Crede Boras there is a quote from Reinsdorf that confirms Boras, but the link goes to a different article.

QUOTE(JimH @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:18 PM) Somebody on the site posted and showed his agent isn't Boras, can't recall who. I thought it was Boras too but I believe he's got someone else. Texiera has Boras. He dumped Boras mid contract? That is an encouraging move.

QUOTE(bmags @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:19 PM) I'd tend to agree...i think KW is not a typical sox personnel...i think he's gonna get Konerko...i really think we can get him too... If they do get Konerko, then the typical dies, if they do not, I stand by my statement. We picked up a guy with a huge upside, coming off question marks, versus landing the guy coming off perhaps his best season. Cheaper with ?? - your expensive free agent = typical Sox move. Cheaper with ?? + your expensive free agent = New Era in Sox baseball move.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:02 PM) Didn't you not like any of the moves last year either?? Kenny knows what he's doing. Also..no we're not getting away from smallball but we needed another middle of the order bat. I felt that without a .300 hitter, someone to get on base, the team would have a hard time scoring runs. Small ball is nice, but someone has to get on. I think I was correct, they did struggle to score runs. I'm not saying I dislike this move. I think it is the best Kenny could do because I have almost no hope that Konerko will be resigned. It will be a huge steal *if* Thome returns healthy and *if* his body is holding up and *if* he adjusts to AL pitching. I am saying this is vintage Sox baseball. See above where Kenny said he couldn't get Pods or Uribe *if* they hadn't come off less than average seasons. Buy low and sell high is how SS described it. AJ, a move I liked, was coming off a season where he was labeled a clubhouse cancer, so *if* that was wrong, it would be a great signing. Another *if* came through. We are almost always signing cheaper players with *ifs* over proven guys in or near their prime.

A bigger question mark with Crede is his agent. Boras and the Sox do not have a smooth working relationship. Regardless of Crede's success, he will be hard to sign to another contract. The team should start planning now for his replacement.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:48 AM) You make it sound much easier than it is. Konerko will not cost only $10 million plus. He will likely receive $13 million a year for 4-5 years. That's a guaranteed $52-$65 million dollars. Thome, when healthy, is a better hitter than Konerko. I think people are forgetting this fact. Thome for 3 years, $24 million >>>>> Konerko for 4-5 years, $52-$65 million If we are able to re-sign Konerko, we are even better. I'm not making it sound easier, I am trying to point out this is a typical Sox move. I should have been clearer Konerko will cost more than $10 mil, I agree. That is why I wrote $10 mil plus, choose the plus you want, plus $2 mil plus $3 mil plus $4 mil whatever. And look how often Thome and *if* are in the same sentance. *If* he returns to form, *if* his shoulder rehab works. This is classic Sox moves. Grab a guy with "ifs" for less and let the guy without "ifs" go. That is why my position is the World Series changed nothing. Konerko will not be signed, Thomas will. And people will write Thomas for 2 years $8 mil + incentives >>>>>> Konerko for 4-5 years, $52-$65 *IF* Frank is healthy and produces his regular numbers. This has been a fact of White Sox baseball for what seems like forever. Kenny has played the *if* game with an almost perfect record. Does this also mean we are getting away from small ball?

Thome - coming off an injury, and a terrible season by his standards, with many ???? for $7 mil Konerko - coming off an All-Star, LCS MVP, season. No ???? for $10 mil plus Which do we sign? Things have not changed as much as y'all are thinking. I will cheerfully retract my statement of Konerko is signed, until then, it's vintage WS. This trade provides cover for not signing him. There is far less pressure not to sign him.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) After reading SL&P, I usually need to listen to Rush for an hour to deprogram myself. or vice versa The only other character in history that was right more than Rush to their followers was Jesus. Rush has created the most successful character ever.

I didn't deep fry this year. So I had little to do except watch the That 70s Show marathon. Brining the turkey didn't seem to make much of a difference. Brian was born in early December, I did enjoy that first Christmas. I don't think I saw him for two days, except to change diapers.

Mapping software, 5 states. Talk about a full time job. I like guys that put a little effort into the deal. Think the boys in cell block L will enjoy playing Leg-O with him?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:00 AM) Edited for accuracy. No I was 5 at the time If I'm going to lie, I damn sure will make it a biggie. How was babies 1st Thansgiving?

QUOTE(Steve Bartman's my idol @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 09:48 AM) 1. I'm not I4E! 2. Both he and I love the US...we just don't like our Prez. 3. Every country in the world has "spies" in the US, and the US has "Spies" in every country in the world. Don't be so naive as to think otherwise. 1. I'm guessing he borrowed your login for a day. It was fun. 2. OK. 3. I agree. But just because that is a fact, doesn't mean we have to accept it. People will commit crimes, we prosecute them for it. When we are supporting a country with all this aid, it is an insult that they would in turn commit a crime against the United States. If you invite me to your home, pay for my airfare, rent me a car, prepare a nice dinner, and in return I rip off the family sterling silver place settings, you might feel a little betrayed. I feel betrayed by every ally that sends spies to the US, whose diplomats use privilege to circumvent US laws, who in general do not act responsibly in this country. When any country is successful in stealing US government secrets it potentially puts us at risk. Now we are in the position of trusting that country does not use that against us. The same country that supposedly is our ally. In this case I can hear your brother claiming "Israel would never harm us" but then why spy in the first case?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 08:12 AM) Now that I agree with. On any political front. And Tex, Rush is an asshole, pretty much just like the "mainstream media". Rush's character he portrays on the radio and on TV is that of a pompous ass. I am fairly certain he is not like that in real life. But I would rather listen to you everyday than him.

Some reporters have waaaaay to much time on their hands, or one of his rivals spent some time working the arvhives. As I was reading it, I was thinking what a coincidence I was drafted with the A's in 1966. As a 5-year old catching prospect.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 07:13 PM) No FZ quote on this topic, Flaxx?! If not, I gotta represent... "I detest 'love lyrics'. I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on 'love lyrics'. You're a young kid and you hear all those 'love lyrics', right? Your parents aren't telling you the truth about love and you can't really learn about it in school. You're getting the bulk of your behavior norms mapped out for you in the lyrics to some dumb f***ing love song. It's a subconscious training that creates a desire for an imaginary situation which will never exist for you. People who buy into that mythology go through life feeling that they got cheated out of something." That was just so beautiful. Love Hurts Somebody done somebody wrong song He stopped loving her today Your cheatin' heart Plenty of balance out there. But your point is very accurate.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 05:12 PM) I wonder if I can remember how to gut a deer? Last year, for a Boy Scout Order of the Arrow Pow Wow, one of the leaders shot a deer early that morning, at first light, and we showed the boys how to field dress and process the deer. I was standing there and noticed the entry and exit holes and started walking away quickly before the first cut. A couple of my Scouts started laughing at me, thinking I was too squeamish to watch. Instead they got to learn about gut shot deer. Edward was under time pressure to have a deer and took a less than ideal shot.