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I thought it was a suicide.

It's tough to sign a catcher to a long term deal. You never know when the legs will give out. Here is an idea, maybe he can play left field. I wouldn't do a thing until the off season. There is plenty more baseball to be played. It is easy to look good when the team is winning. Let's play through a couple tough stretches and see what happens.

Yawn. I liked the guy but didn't care one way or the other on seeing him go. I wish him luck against every team but us. I guess it was something to write on a slow sports day.

I think terms get tossed around without anyone really defining what they are saying. "Best Division" means different things to different people. Is best the best, most closely matched, then the NL East comes to mind. Most likely to produce a WS Champ, then most of the time the AL East comes to mind. Best teams top to bottom, etc. It all depends on how you define a division. I don't believe trips to Detroit or Kansas City are striking fears into any teams. Cleveland maybe. Minny and Chicago, yes. Does that make the Central the "best" division?

I have to pick just one? impossible

Watching Scottie Grow . . . I am feeling so old, I remember when he was a rookie :headshake

Another proud member of the "I'm retiring from Soxtalk" Club. Hell, I lasted days once. Maybe I was suspended, I do not remember now.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 08:55 PM) Islamic fundies who preach "death to America" and the like pervert what is really a peace loving religion. Those who pervert a religon as they do certainly qualify as a cult. One point Nuke and I can agree on Although we could probably trace this back to Martin Luther who perverted Catholicism to start his cult.* *just pointing out defining cult is nearly impossible.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 07:48 PM) To say there are more American citizens at Gitmo ( if I'm reading your statement right ) and the government is hiding their nationality from us is purely speculation on your part. Once again. These people at Gitmo are those who were captured on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan and they are set to be tried by military commissions, as the Supreme Court ruling of 1942 specifies they should be, and your side of things is stopping that from happening. It is YOU who deny these people a day in court not us. Terrorists do not use battlefields, uniforms, traditional command and control structure. That's what makes this such a moral and ethical dilemma. Once again Nuke, we are all Americans. The US and Them rhetoric is exactly what makes the GOP Talking Network so effective. It's sad you have accepted and embraced it so willingly.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 06:34 PM) Why is it so important to afford people who are trying to destroy our country and kill our citizens rights they are not entitled to? Because you just rejected innocent until proven guilty. The cornerstone of our legal system. If we are going to export the American way of life, shouldn't we be following it and showing the world it works? Or are you proposing that innocent until proven guilty does not work and that Napoleonic justice of guilty until proven innocent is a better system?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 06:18 PM) Horrible examples with OJ and MJ. As I'm so fond of saying, if you have big money in Cali you can buy your own justice. For the last time. WE ARE TRYING TO TRY THESE PEOPLE!!!! We have military commissions set up to deal with these people and it is YOUR SIDE which is stopping that process from going forward with your legal challenges. It's extremely hypocritical of the left to whine about these people being there without trial when they themeslves are holding up the process. :rolly Are the conservatives who are requesting quicker trials also being hypocrites? If we truely want to spread democracy around the world, then we need to allow our system to pass or fail, just like at home.

Does this mean we'll have Aussie rules and US rules?

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 06:13 PM) Ahh, f*** it. Let 'em all go. Across the whole world, let them all go. After all, they're not harming us. Ahh, f*** it. Lock 'em all up. Across the whole world, lock them all up. After all, we cannot tell which have harmed us.

I wouldn't be too quick to condem anyone based on an attorney wishing to cover his ass, or what would be a prudent discussion regarding the treatment and techniques. I am certain that there have been other discussions wondering about the legality that turned out to be legal.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 11:55 AM) So those poor mistreated terrorists, that want to kill YOU were uncomfortable. Damn! What's the world coming to? Without trials of any kind, how are you so quick to label them terrorists? We thought OJ was a murderer, that Robert Blake hired a hit man, and Micheal Jackson was a child molester before trials. OK maybe those were poor examples. YAS, if a chained you in a fetal position for 36 hours, in those conditions, think you would admit to being a terrorist as some point? If we are going to export American Democracy around the world, shouldn't we actually use it? If our system is so great, why are we not putting these people on trial with a jury of their peers?

Southsider is a prolific writer, but he's no Jay Mariotti. Headline: Tex Compares Southsider to Mariotti I believe many Americans were shocked to learn some of the methods we employ to save lives, give American style democracy to the world, etc.

It's the next small step towards the Taco Liberty Bell Grande, the Grand "Golden Palace" Canyon, The Lincoln "Financial" Memorial.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 12:03 AM) And with my 3,000th post I have decided to become the Roberto Clemente of Soxtalk. Farewell forever, for this is my final post. You will be missed. I'm setting the over/under at 6 days. Place your bets*. *entertainment value only. No actual goods, services, or cash will be exchanged. Offer void where outlawed. Not valid in Honduras, Antigua, or Wigglyville. Winner need not be present to win. Offer void before midnight tonight. Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate. No peeing in my pool. All chewers must spit in approved sanitation devices.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 05:57 PM) I totally agree which is why forcing people off welfare after a certain time limit has expired is such a good idea. Additionally it's for the very reason you mentioned that "social programs" are curse words to me. Of course Nuke we have a different thought on how they should end their dependence on any government program. Either death like in Social Security, or increasing their income via better jobs. Just kicking them off doesn't help society. Desperate people, those perhaps without food, are more likely to commit crimes. Then we pay via victim programs, prosecuting them, and ultimately housing them in correctional facilities. Each program should have at it's core, the desired outcome of lifting the person to the next level. This of course does not pertain to certain programs like the generous retirement programs we give to our public servants. I love how 40 year old guys can "retire" from the military at full benefits. Why the hell does a healthy 40 year old guy need "retirement" benefits? While people suggest delaying social security benefits until later and later in life, we have people who take a full pension, and start working in new careers, sometimes also for the government.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 08:28 AM) Well if And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin' coal; pourin' off of every page like it was written in my soul from me to you, then I suppose that cliche would be okay.... I do look like the silent type . . .

QUOTE(skidoochic @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 08:23 AM) LOL! You know how they know it's bedtime in Neverland? When the big hand touches the little hand!

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 09:57 AM) Accountability is a curse word to the left when it comes to social programs. Not to this liberal, I for one think that accountability is very important. Especially if you are making certain the program is actually accomplishing it's goal. Without some checking, these programs take on a life of their own, self replicate, and lose sight of what the goal was. The ultimate goal of these programs should be to get people off them. When we see second and third generations on public aid it tells me there are serious problems in accountability. Now I could be my usual smart ass and point out that social programs are curse words to the right.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 05:22 PM) Outdoor Life Network RAWKS! I liked it better when they had more hiking/backpacking information. A little too much rodeo and skiing for me.

they should be licking the crumbs from the crushed, empty packages of the middle-class kids. Dammit DJ, when will you wake up? Those kids need a strong lesson that they are inferior because their parents are raising them on public aid. Thenmaybe that cycle can be broken. The McAllen school district stopped charging for lunches a few years back. It was costing more to collect money from the few kids that did not qualify than the amount they were collecting. So Evil, there are kids living in very expensive homes, whose parents drive Lexus and Hummers, vacation in expensive locations, have memberships at the Country Club, and receiving free school lunches.