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QUOTE(winodj @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 09:23 AM) Shouldn't the Elton John choice really be Elton John/Bernie Taupin? Most people don't realize that Elton primarily wrote the music. IIRC from an interview with him, I don't believe any lyrics were his.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 07:05 AM) Lennon/McCartney [/thread] LOL I was thinking we should let it be, before we have to drop a silver hammer on some people's heads, there is something in the way that Lennon/McCartney wrote that makes them #1. I don't wish to light someone's fire here, but the answer isn't blowing in the wind. Jim, SS, care to add?

I even disregarded their solo stuff before picking Lennon and McCartney. Something for everyone.

We had a couple complaints regarding a pic, which has been moved. Thank you for your understanding.

If I am reading some of the pro Ozzie comments correctly, you would speak to your best friend and the rest of the world the same way, and everyone should just know how the remark was intended :headshake Ozzie is the most visible face of the organization the most often quoted individual. When he is perceived by the general public as dissing gays, that's bad. He didn't say, there's a really great guy. Or there's a fine family man, he clearly was making fun of the guy by calling him gay and/or a child molester. We can expand out from there that Ozzie obviously must think gay is not a good thing because he was making fun of him. Duh, it's an insult. Kids, feel free to insult anyone and everyone you come into contact with in life. Make the world adjust to you. f*** those people that can't take a joke. You'll do just fine in the job market.

Griffey should be looking to an AL team to finish his career as a DH. But most athletes, especially someone as gifted as him, think they can play forever. I have mixed feelings. I do not see Griffey and Frank sitting next to each other. I believe Griffey = no Frank. Sentiment over performance. The team will not keep both. Not enough spots in the lineup unless JR can convince the owners to allow a DH for the thrid baseman

14 I thought it would be fun to count down each AL Central foe as they drop from the race. KC should be the first do go, and by the end of the month. Maybe sooner.

Off the record means a source will give you information and tell you it cannot be attributed to him directly and is "off the record". Ozzie did not do that. It was a remark made in public in front of a bunch of reporters. Ozzies an idiot for thinking he wouldn't be quoted. People are quoted all the time in situations that are not formal press conferences. It doesn't matter if the person the remark is made to isn't offended, if the other people in attendance are, and the public in general could be, the Manager of the White Sox should show some public relations skills and avoid that. The entire organization should be building the fan base, not doing things to alienate a portion of it.

My feeling is they found a way to win, with the top of the order slumping and Ozzie trying to find some magic. Any team in baseball can win when they got 6 or 7 guys playing well. The Sox are winning with only a couple guys hitting right now.

I've done a few.

I4E can handle the attorney stuff Congratulations. What's the address? And this is the baby's room, and this is the posting room, and over . . .

I know I am in the minority in liking Mariotti. One thing I like is when he does like something, or think it's good, they are almost unimpeachable. I enjoy the skepticism. He's getting convinced just like the rest of us. Read the Skeptics thread, Jay's more positive than a lot of members that post here.

I would like to confess to you, my fellow Sox fans, that I was thinking this team would be like the 1990-91 Blackhawks, lots of wins, but end the season with a loss. I am a changed man. I just lifted my foot from the pavement and jumped totally on the bandwagon. I am now convinced, if healthy, this team could win it all. Have any other skeptics, oldtimers like YASNY, become convinced after this series? 2005

Other moments in bunny history A history lesson they leave out of the books :-) And finally do you think the family will ever need this link?

I'm setting the over/under on 4 days until the next person attempts that trick.

QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 01:12 PM) I gotta go with the Bangles. They all played instruments, they all sang, and they all wrote. In college I would leave MTV on all night just so I could hear them. Well, not just hear them... SFF Jeez, I gotta grow up.

You know, changing her oil does sound kind of erotic

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Aug 10, 2005 -> 01:00 AM) I took my car in today for the usual: oil chance, tires rotated, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, the man that met me at the car (they usually meet you there, hold your door open, show you into the service area, whatever) says as I get out of my car, "Are you here to get serviced today?" I wasn't sure how to respond. Duh, is he hot?

People. Starting Game 1 is a big deal to any pitcher. Do you really think Oz would sit the franchise's best pitcher in game one? Buerhle has been one of the best pitchers in all of baseball over the past 4 seasons. To not give him the start would be a giant slap in the face to Buerhle. Buerhle will start game 1 of healthy. There shouldn't be any debate. This isn't MLB2005 for Game Cube.

In the end, Ozzie will want to trot out his best arm in game one and that is Buerhle. He'll want his next best arm, Garland in game 2. That easily leaves Freddy as game 3 and the schedule will determine if Mark gets game 4 or not. Even Oz won't mess with convention on this one.

Very sad news if it happens. Not the way Frank's career should end in Chicago. If he does play in another unform, I would hope he signs a 1 day contract to retire as a White Sox player.

I think too many people believe real police work is like CSI, L&O, etc. and everything wraps up in a nice neat ball. There was probably as many theories as to where we was as people in that room, maybe more. Later one guy is found to be right. I don't care who was in command at the time, it isn't easy capturing someone with multiple millions of dollars and fanatics that would die for him. Combine that with our nation's insistence on playing by the law and walking our talk, makes this doubly difficult.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) Are you a VeggieSaurus Tex? Being in the Texas area, I would guess you could be hung if you were. I myself would consider being a vegitarian if there wasn't BBQ out there. But a pulled broccoli sandwich just won't cut it. Texas BBQ raises BBQ to a whole different level. Nothing like some pit cooked brisket, charro beans, rice, jalapenos, onion, pickles, and a sweet tea, to brighten my day. Or maybe a 1/2 chicken. I guess it is Rudy's or Lone Star today for lunch. The point about cute and cuddly is probably right on. To avoid getting eaten, dogs and cats became companion animals. If we ran a dog down a cattle line to be euthanized, it would be a crime.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 01:10 PM) Reading is a skill . . . I was just reading over directions on the maps that I am enclosing with my invites and when I looked at the heading, I swear it said "Directions to hell" rather than "Directions to hall." Invitations?

With soooo many more choices, we probably have seen the end of the mega anchor. In the days of the "Big 3" networks, there was a huge built in viewership for network news. I just don't see another Jennings, Cronkite, etc. coming down the road and having a 3 or 4 decade career in the top spot. Rating will nail them first.