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I know I'm in the minority but every time I see Colon's name, I think damn, I wish he was still here. Buerhle is on track to be on everyone's Sox Career All-Time Rotation, if not #1. I am not including guys like Seaver who stopped in for a cup of coffee at the end of their career or guys who had a couple outstanding seasons.

I do not believe the method of evaluation should change regardless of the methods used by the manager. If I am understanding the question, you are trying to place a tangible score ($$) on an intangible (style of leadership) Step one is always find objective evidence. Without a yardstick that can be touched, measured, etc. you are chasing sprites. Find something that can be measured. This will change by the company and the department. For some it may be increases in widgets coming off the line with a increase in quality. For other companies it may be accuracy, it may be increased sales, etc. Make certain that what you are measuring is important to he department or company. The corresponding increases or decreases will give you a gage on the effectiveness with that manager and how well that manager implements a management style. Again, in studying human behavior in this manner, the only conclusion that you could draw would be about that that manager. Perhaps after many managers have been measured, you can broaden the scope and perhaps make some judgments.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 04:50 PM) I just called a friend, who had her cell off. So, I leave my message, but for some reason included, okay, love you bye. There's a two second pause where I realize what I've said, and then I ramble on for about 10 seconds, saying, "Um, I'm not sure what I said that. Sorry, that's totally not how I usually close my conversations. I mean, you're great and one of my best friends, but, uh um, yeah. Okay, well, I uh gotta go. Sorry. Have a good day." Agh. I need to get more sleep. (on the plus side I ordered two new studs for my nose! woot) your Fruedian slip is showing

QUOTE(soxhawks @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) frank still has gas left in the tank i see no reason to dump him Let's hope Rein$dorf agrees with you.

What we really need is Fisk to say he placed a curse on the Sox and will only lift it if JR calls. Then the national media will have a story and we can finally get some air-time

A buddy was telling me his worse sports moment. His HS team had just won their conference championship, and everyone was feeling pretty good. As guys were lining up to get in the showers, one guy looked at him and said "why the hell are you getting in the shower, you didn't play!" Then a few other guys said "yeah, you haven't played in 2 weeks, you're always in the showers, whats up with that?" Humiliated he decided to walk home from the away game. Problem is, he had no clue how to get home. So he basically "ran away". No money, cold, tired, (a guess a litte sweaty from warmups) and pissed. After walking for an hour he saw the school bus slowly coming down the road. So he hid and watched it go by. Seems the whole team was out looking for him and getting madder by the minute. So now he's afraid to even get on the bus, afraid of the ass kicking at school coming up, afraid of all the jokes that were going to be said. So he just sat there and cried. Long story short, he found a pay phone, called home, and got a ride home. Problem is the school never called his house and he never called the school. The bus driver finally took the team home and the coaches and the police went back and started looking. The cops had enough sense to call home and found out where he was. He was kicked off all school activities for the rest of the year. His girlfriend broke up with him because her parents thought he was a mental case. I cannot believe anyone could have a worse sports moment. I also cannot think of anyone dumb enough to tell me so I could post it on the internet for all of Dan Thompson's friends and relations to see.

Timo slapping Paulie's ass after a home run. Timo getting the phone for Ozz Timo just changing his uniform after a game, no need to shower.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 09:35 PM) From the sounds of things.. it's the kids fault because he's too stupid to get out of the road. Open season on stupid kids

One of my all-time favorite players friom any team. I just wish there was a White Sox moment as dramatic as the "wave the ball fair" for the networks to use.

From the Sick Poll Thread QUOTE(Antonio Osuna @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 12:03 AM) I would dump any girl who didn't cheat on me if it meant preventing the Cubs from winning the World Series. Spoken like a true Sox fan

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Jun 26, 2005 -> 03:15 AM) Maybe something is wrong with the power supply? Thanks, I woke up thinking along those same lines. I was just wondering and searching to find out what happens if the battery is bad. My first thought was that as long as I was hooked up to an outlet the battery doesn't matter. I'm hoping to find an answer before droping $150 on a new battery. Figured out how to get the error message to stay on the screen. unmountable_boot_ and of course I cannot find the system disk for the laptop.

It seemed that the jury focused in on the fact that the engineer saw the vehicle, it was clearly very close to the tracks, too close to judge if they would clear or not, had plenty of time to stop, and didn't. If you see a kid playing in the street, have time to stop, and decide not to, is it the kids fault or yours?

My laptop suddenly went into a cycle where it will just continuously reboot. I tried all flavors of safe mode, normal, and to last known configuration and it keeps cycling around. It has Win XP home. I checked for stuck input devices including the keyboard. The only way to stop it is to pull the power. My anti-virus is up to date and I assume had been running.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 25, 2005 -> 02:09 AM) Because of the way the question was phrased...who is the "Best" offensive player, the only answer that is possible right now is Paul Konerko. Right now, Konerko is 15th in the big leagues with 52 RBI's. No one else on the Sox is even in the top 30. Konerko also leads the team in runs scored, with 44...Pods is a close 2nd at 42, but the same guy is leading in runs scored and RBI's. Now, on top of that, this is not even the first year for Paulie to lead the team in the 2 main offensive categories; he was 10th in baseball last year with 117 RBI's, and 3rd on the team with 84 runs scored (although both Podsednik and Dye scored more runs last year.) If the question was "Who is the most valuable offensive player"...that's a much different question, because it takes into account speed, timely hitting, etc, and Everett, Rowand and Pods become factors, but in terms of simply who the best offensive player is, it's hard not to say it's the guy leading the team in runs scored and driven in. Great post. I would not have thought of good old number 14 but using your definition of best, I have to agree. If I had to nominate the poster child of Smart Ball 2005, I'd go with Rowand or Pods.

So there is a car stopped that (at best guess) would have been 4 inches away from the train. Others in the crew didn't think there was room and that they would have hit anyway. They would have been able to brake to a stop, but decided to go ahead because they didn't want to be late by the 7 or 8 minutes braking would have slowed them down. To save 7 minutes, a girl is now retarded for life. So it really comes down to how far away the car was from the tracks before sparky the boyfriend pushed the car further onto the tracks in a "failed rescue attempt" Clearly in the path ---> girl wins Clearly not in path ---> RR wins Gray area for jury to decide 4" at best? I'm with the jury on this one and if the father probably in jail for killing the stupid ass boyfriend who pushed the car. Then again boy friend might not have been that stupid. There may have been cars blocking behind her plus pushing the other way would have put him in the path of the train.

IMHO, this is a perfect example of the posts that make this place such a great place to talk White Sox baseball. Balta defines "best" which helps to clarify his point. He does a little research and backs is opinion. He also answers those that have taken a different approach in the meaning of "best" and concedes that if that is the definition, that the other posts are also close to being correct. No insulting others who think differently. I know I learned a little something. I also know why a few non White Sox fan boys are still promoting Paulie for the AS game.

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I thought I would write a guide for the Iraqi people projecting a US life. Iraq before US involvement: Tortured its citizens Iraq After: Write laws against torture Send prisoners to 3rd countries which do not have similar laws for interrogations Hire teams of lawyers and Doctors to figure out how to get around the laws you just wrote Iraq Before: Killed its citizens Iraq After Only kill citizens after giving them an over-worked under-paid public aid attorney. This allows your star athletes and entertainers to continue to give back to society Iraq Before Detained people indefinitely without trials Iraq After Keep this one. Iraq Before Strong following of religious law Iraq After Write "In God We Trust" on all your money, then stuff the money into the "g-string" of the topless dancer who is taking advantage of her right to free speech Iraq Before Closed borders, don't let anyone in Iraq After Erect a statue welcoming everyone, but complain when the tired and poor actually show up. Try and close border. Iraq Before No elections Iraq After Hold elections but don't actually go and vote. The lines are too long, you're busy, and it doesn't really matter anyway.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 12:54 PM) Hold on! I didn't know we were interested in Moyer. GET IT DONE!!!!!!!!!! I'm not certain he's the answer. Linked Here I hope KW is very careful and checks all the information.

Last time I was in KC I thought theirs was excellent O'Hare because it means I'm home

Mine voted for. In a side note, I really like my congressman. He has an excellent staff that goes out of their way to help and offer information. Last election he pulled in like 88% of the vote.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) Yes, it cuts down on having a million threads. The other option is this ... which I know you guys don't want to do ... new members cannot start threads for 6 months. They can post, but not start threads. Not to sound elitist, I'm certainly not trying to do that, but every time school lets out we get totally overrun with young people who feel the need to start a thread every day. Usually they are of the caliber "We should trade Borchard for A-Rod" or "Look at me, I was on TV!!!!" ... just off the wall stuff. Seeing as this site is for learning, maybe we should let new people observe, add their comments, and see what this place is all about for a while. But I agree - the trade speculation threads clutter things up big time. The idea of one big trade thread is well worth trying. Jim, That has been discussed without a clear consensus. I can only speak for myself. I feel a post minimum encourages spamming, Some posters have been solid right out of the gate and stifling them would not be in our communities best interest. We also have some long time posters who are as bad as anyone. It's an imperfect world. I believe most members here get into a pattern of skipping over some threads and posters based on who started it, etc. We also look for posts from some members. For example, I always read your posts. If there was a time when we needed to restrict a little I think time would be the best choice.