Texsox

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 10:00 AM) That happened once at a little league baseball game in Illinois when I was 15. It was partly cloudy and the nearest rain or storm was 20 or so miles away and some kid batting at the game got struck by lightning. I remember Carol Marin telling me all about it... Carol Marin

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 08:09 AM) Bad way to start a day. Blowout on the Garden State Parkway. is this written in some code or hip language I do not understand?

I can't believe 42 replies and y'all missed one of the largest selling bands of all time. REO Speedwagon If you are judging by hit after hit, there has to be some love for Cronin and the boys. 30+ years with hits spanning the 70, 80, 90, 2000. I'd also toss in there the Fleetwood Mac, Eagles (Greatest Hits All-Time #1 Selling Album), Aerosmith, Van Halen, Pearl Jam, and Journey. What has America contributed to the history of rock and roll? The ability to create sales and make the cash register ring. Forget Indie, forget complex, forget meaning, look at what American music does best, gets people to open their wallets and pluck down cold hard cash. If we start talkin' quality and other "artistic values" you would have to add The Ramones and Velvet Undergroud to the discussion.

Fox isn't conservative, It's fair and balanced

Like you will see it here in SL&P Happy Birthday

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 11:59 PM) We sure stunk big time tonight, at least in the sixth inning, but I'll take a 10-1 record against KC anyday. I can't argue with giving some guys the night off again. KC truly is a Triple A team. It is not a major league team so you figure you could beat 'em without Rowand, Iguchi and Joe, especially with Mark on the mound. Oh well, it's one game outta many and we are 10-1 against KC. Tough to not play your best lineup for your best pitcher who is in the thick of a Cy Young worthy season.

if you have nothing to hide, innocent people should not care if they are treated like criminals.

An old dog finds a bone now and then . . .

Social climber

Glad to see some posters can read and understand. Historical perspective here. Poster thinks Konerko sucks and points to a player with better stats making less. Poster thinks Maggs sucks and points to a player with better stats making less. And it's always get rid of this guy and fill holes. KW's job is to figure out who to be the high bidder for. Too many keyboard GMs just look at current contracts and can put together the "All-Underpaid" Club. Go spend $80,000,000 on players for 2008 and tell be who you would take, and who would take your offer.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 08:49 AM) NYC is 3 times the size of Chicago. Anaheim is in LA like South Bend is in Chicago. Plus both LA and NYC have metro areas that are way larger than Chicago. Chicago is the smallest multiteam city in MLB. The Cubs are #6. Better team? Beter stadium? Better transportation? Better fans? The geographic split in LA is similar to Chicago. One side travels to the Angels, the other to the Dodgers. Still close enough. The Dodgers do have a built in advanatage. You still can't argue with his point about attendance at both parks. But shame on him for saying it?

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 08:40 AM) If the Sox were the only team in Chicago, we'd draw as well as St Louis does. and if ifs were skiffs, we'd have a Navy. The fact is, there are two teams, we are at the mlb average in attendance. There are two teams in NY and the Yankees are #1 and the Mets are #6. There are two teams in LA and the Dodgers and Angels are #3 and #4. Bay Area? Giants #5, Oakland #24 There are two teams in Chicago and the Cubs are #8 and the Sox are #16 That's total attendance, ranking the averages are about the same. Of the eight teams, who has the best record? Who has the best park?

Anthrax

http://www.adn.com/front/story/6749149p-6637241c.html Plus word is spreading on Scouting boards and listserves.

There are still some unanswered questions with this team. I believe teams that have a tradition of being in the playoffs have an advantage, even if the individual players have not been there before. Teams feels it. I remember my college cross country team won 10 of 11 conference titles. You bet when we went to the conference meets, even the Freshman carried themselves with a swagger. It's infectious. I questioned early how small ball would work when we lost our two best averages from last year. We do not have a .300 hitter. When was the last time a team won a playoff series w/o a .300 hitter? I don't know if it's important, but it seems strange.

OMG, I know one of the families from the internet and a Scouting discussion list I belong to.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 08:09 AM) He was complaining about USCF after being to Busch Stadium? This guy really is an idiot then. Busch stadium is a dump. It was one of the worst places I ever saw a ballgame. The fans were nice and smart, but I could never complain about our home park after seeing the s***hole that St Louis is. It is a round cookie cutter stadium, with a couple of extra things done to it. It is generic, the site lines suck, and the air doesn't move in it because there is not an openning for air to flow through. The only thing worse than watching a game in STL is eating the food at the ballpark. There was no choice, and it tasted like microwaved cardboard. After seeing a game there, I could not see why anyone would ever say they liked that place. His comparison was to the fans. The Sox fans were sitting on their hands, versus the Card fans cheering from the first inning. The word he used was "electricity". There was "electricity" in the air at Busch and he just didn't feel it at the Cell. Based on the games attended, I could believe that. Last I looked St. Louis was trailing just the Yankees and the Dodgers in attendance. We're middle of the pack. A factoid that is just that, a fact. What one makes of that is up to their opinion and bias. St. Louis fans are among the best I've been around while attending a game. The dump they play in makes it all the more amazing.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 12:13 AM) No but you certainly could expect to be questioned in any country when you wear a heavy jacket in the middle of summer. Or if you go to Brazil and sweat when it's only 95 degrees. The free world is winning the war on terror when there is an open season on people wearing coats. God forbid you should be wearing a heavy jacket in the Dallas airport in January when it's 70 degrees here and -10 where you are flying to. people screaming, police running, look he's wearing a jacket!, he's a terrorist. Remember, guilty until proven innocent. There are suicide bombers everywhere. More people will die today from alchohol and tobacco related disease. We don't ban those, but live in fear that someone wearing a jacket is a bomber. :headshake We're winning!

I heard it and it wasn't as bad as reported. He attended the Cards game the day before and if anyone hasn't been to a Cards game, it is intense. They really rock their park. Heading to the Cell during a bad game won't compare. He complained that the Cell was sterile and without personality. The same rap we've been hearing for years. He pointed out we have exactly zero .300 hitters and rank almost last in team average. Can't argue with that factoid. He mentioned Pods has zero home runs and 18 rbis. Not certain why that was a big deal. He stated Ozzie should be Manager of the Year. Right now, don't even vote. He's making it happen. The one complaint I was puzzled by is he didn't like the food at the Cell and called it generic with hot dogs and pizza. He was looking for ribs or some Chicago specialties. Has the menus changed since last year?

White Sox > AL Central > AL My path during the playoffs and world series.

I figured out the key to complaining around here is finding guys who are having break out years and comparing their contracts to guys who have done it for years before signing a contract. Example: I can't believe we are paying Buerhle $6 million. I'd rather have a couple guys like Garland at $3.4 and use the rest of the money to fill holes. Buerhle just isn't worth $6 million when you can have a guy like Garland, with more wins, for $3.4 million.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 10:38 PM) Just a thought, if our Constitution is supposed to be a 'living document' that can bend and adapt with the ever changing times, why can't our rights be as well? Tex, I understand what you are saying, but one one hand you criticize Bush and co. about being so 'black and white', but then on the other, you appear to be on some issues as well. yeah, maybe the terrorists HAVE won a bit. People also used to be able to leave their car doors unlocked. If I did that now, I would be needing a new radio tomorrow, assuming my car would still be there in the morning. Oh no, the crooks have won! I have to lock my door! We need to do SOMETHING. I'm not sure what checking random backpacksis gonna do, except maybe move the bombs to a different hiding place, but it is a start. Do YOU have a different suggestion? I haven't heard it yet. I said at least twice in this thread, we do need to take these steps and each of these steps are a step back for our rights and freedoms. It certainly isn't a step forward for rights and freedoms. I don't believe anyone will say random searches are a victory for us and a defeat for terrorists. You are correct, now they will blow themselves up on a crowded corner or a football stadium. So we search there also. Soon random searches could be the price we pay for being in public. If you were a suicide bomber, attacking mass transit, would you loiter on the platform or rush up at the last minute? So if the transit police are looking for someone to search wouldn't the late arriving passenger be a good choice? Now realize that could be you, and you are watching the train take off, while Barny is checking your lunch for explosives. Needing to arrive one hour early for a bus, like an airplane, is a victory over terrorists? What concerns me is we are not only accepting a reduction in freedom, we are demanding and defending it. When we have totally thrown out innocent until proven guilty, we will have completed the cycle. We talk about how if one innocent life is saved by these random searches, and that it is worth it. We could save hundreds and thousands of lives by reducing the speed limit to 55 (again). We could save hundreds of lives by banning guns (I am against that, but as an example), banning alcohol and tobacco, again would save lives. Of course we would not accept any of those infringements, yet we freely give up other freedoms. Great point on our rights being flexible. They are probably on a pendulum, able to swing back and forth. Right now, we are on a swing away from total freedom.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 05:08 AM) Up yo' nose, with a rubba hose!! Off my case Toilet Face

George Lopez is a lot funnier since I live down here on the border. I'll be listening to some of his stuff and recognizing friends.

Why have we been checking security at airports? Terrorists!! Before Hijackers, there was no screener, metal detectors, etc. So terrorists won that one a long time ago. Try again. Name me one area where we have more freedom than before? Look how much debt we are racking up in Iraq. That's a victory? What have we won? Are you really saying life in America is better today? Deeper in debt. Less freedoms. More paranoia.