Texsox

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 09:05 AM) LOL! Actually, Rush is well compensated for his efforts. However, all the sources you mentioned ( save for Fox News ) are COMMENTATORS, not newsmen. Commentators give their opinion of issues and that's it. Newsmen are supposed to be unbiased. There'a a huge difference. How noble, the administration is only paying off poor commentators. And we thought they didn't have a plan for helping the poor. LOL. They paid off minor columnists, but nothing for Rush? Again, shouldn't he be pissed? You know, I little something for the effort? If you were looking to pay someone shouldn't you go to the top? Isn't that a better use of our tax dollars? If the administration is going to pay off columnists, I want the best value and Rush and Hannity would be the best value. Quit wasting our money on minor league columnists in 50 papers. As I mentioned, I will be shocked if the Bush Administration invented this. Give it time, someone will unearth other payments from the Clinton White House. Nuke, care to write what your pithy commentary if this was Clinton? You'd be all over his ass for wasting tax dollars that should have gone to fighting terrorists or something.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 08:52 AM) And its the exact reason that satillite phones have never taken off, and Iridium went bankrupt. Those phones work ANYWHERE in the world, and they are dependant on towers and antennas. That's why they were the only phone network not to crash on 9-11. But the problem is they had to put up a bunch of satillites (I don't remember the exact number but it seems like it was 50+) in order to support the network. It is ultraexpensive to maintain and upkeep. I believe you meant to say they are *not* dependent on towers and antennas.

From the catch-all anything thread QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) Because the people that do that are getting pissed and smoking f**s in Britain. context is everything

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 02:42 AM) Because the people that do that are getting pissed and smoking f**s in Britain. For what it's worth, the best microwave butter popcorn I have ever had is Trails End extreme butter. Every last kernal pops and the butter actually comes close to tasting like butter. Available from a Boy Scout near you.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 08:59 AM) If that's the case then the NY Times, Washington Post and Boston Herald and LA Times would all have to close down. They have been shilling for the left for decades. This stuff works 2 ways. I wonder if they knew they could be paid for shilling for the right if they would change? I wonder how much Rush, Hannity, Fox, and the rest of the GOP Media Network are getting paid? If Rush isn't, shouldn't he be pissed? No one is a bigger champion of GOP strategy than Rush. All those hundreds of thousands of dollars and he isn't getting any taste?

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 08:31 AM) Only difference is, Timo knows his role on the team and Willie is a disgruntled employee right now. Harris is of no use to the Sox unless (1) he accepts his role and is willing to do it or (2) if Iguchi or Uribe get hurt. Is Timo's role to say, they're better than me, I'll just back them up; or to push them and make them earn their starting spots?

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 08:10 AM) I couldn't disagree with anything in the article. ...and he's completely right, if you don't yank him out of the lineup when he's hitting .330 and bench him for 5 straight games and then expect him to be an all star every other day when you finally decide to play him your nuts. Rowand didn't start to hit until he was left in the lineup for a few weeks and that was only because of a hitting streak (could you imagine where we'd be now if AROW happened to be an 0-4 that day. Timo would of gotten about another 100 at bats in CF :puke ) He's right. They either need to give him a fair chance to make the starting job or trade him. You can't blame a guy for being a little pissed when the organization has jerked him around so often. I agree with Jeckle Willie sounds like most any person would in this situation. If your employer just hired someone to replace you, I bet you wouldn't be all happy and whatever helps the company. He's asking for a chance to compete for the job. I thought that's what sports was about. I don't want guys on the team that wouldn't want a chance to compete and believe they should be a starter. Anything else is a loser attitude. To be fair to Harris, they probably need to trade him before ST so he has a fair chance somewhere else.

Thought number one, this current Administration probably didn't invent this. How long until we find out that this reaches way back? I will be shocked if this didn't happen during Clinton administration as well. At least the people that accepted the money are also the same ones that reasonably would have been accepted to approve of the plan even without the money. Maybe we are talking government waste here? Personally, IMHO, any columnist who has accepted money like this should be looking for new work.

Thank you.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) Dang, I pegged you as one of the few here that might also own a copy of that on good old vinyl. Cheater. I knew it was a Pink Floyd at least. It just took me a while to search out the exact title.

We lost Maggs and Lee, and Frank is a question mark. That's a lot of negative on that side of the scale. 5 of the 9 starters are gone from a year ago. They are replaced by a guy from Japan, guys coming off less than career years, and a guy trying to shake a clubhouse cancer tag. Where is the love?

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 03:01 PM) While I agree with you, I also see the miltary's point. Think about the costs. I know that the cost shouldn't really matter when it comes to the troops, but in reality, it does. Look at the budget to rebuild Iraq. I know there must be some accountability, but begging phone cards from US citizens isn't how I think our Troops should be treated. I want Nuke to have internet access to argue with me

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 02:36 PM) No comment, Tex? I still think it is ridiculous that soldiers rely on gifts and charity for a lot of their calls home. It is also up to their CO to determine if they even get those two. We are asking a whole lot of these people, and I believe close to unlimited calls home is the least we could do. Bush just asked for $80 Billion more, aren't are service men and women worth a few million in phone calls.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) Placing a player with a well run organization isn't a consideration of an agent? Yes, but telling a player to sign for less so the team can pay other players isn't. If the team doesn't think they can be successful paying the player that contract, THEY should not sign him to that contract. How do you define well run?

It isn't up to Boras to tell a club how to run their business.

Received today from my Senator

QUOTE(gotoh00 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 10:33 PM) Just wanted to say it once By that do you mean he should just accept whatever the club offers?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 01:00 PM) Or at least more agents that will place his players interests ahead of their own... I haven't heard a player complain about what Boras has done for them. He isn't for everyone, and certainly small market, low payroll teams, need not apply. But name another agent with his stable of players. He also does an incredible job of taking the villian role and allowing his players to somewhat be shielded from the uglies. Taking the PR hit is exactly what most agents should be doing and helps to maximize his player's marketability. In this case he's trying to get Maggs a long term deal. How is that not in Maggs best interest? It isn't up to either side to find a "fair deal" they each try for their best and in the balance something fair comes. Everytime you sign a free agent you are the high bidder. Is every free agent an asshole and greedy? Is every agent that fights for every last dollar an asshole? If he's so bad, then why does he have so many top free agents every year?

I could see his logic that the people in the Pentagon were a military target. Retailiation for anything? Certainly he could say the attacks were in retailation for anything inclusing Big Macs giving the world heart attacks, it doesn't make them justified, and it doesn't mean the victims were not innocent. Nice way to get some attention.

The Sox need more agents that will place the team's interests ahead of their clients.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) Haha Maggs is stupid. If he gets an 8 digit figure, he can go to hell, and so can the team that caved, and if that team gives him a multi-year deal, they can go to hell twice. I don't wish ill will on people...but this guy's a true asshole. Thankfully, karma will take care of his ass. Baseball is a business. Remember all the nice things the club said about Sandy Alomar? Then they cut him. Remember the glorious way Fisk was treated at the end of his career? Dumped on a road trip. Are the free agents we just signed ass holes because they went the free agent route and signed with the highest bidder? Grow up and enter the real world.

I would like to thank my parents who allowed me the freedom to listen to all kinds of music. The inventor of the 8-track player who allowed me to listen to 2 1/2 song per track endlessly looping until a lever was hit, and most of all to google.com for finding me the answer.

Pinning on their badge has got to hurt, but I know where they can hang their handcuffs . . .

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 27, 2005 -> 02:33 AM) He'll probably wish he had that $17K when he has to pay his divorce attorney. :headshake That's the beauty of it, almost everything he spends now is "half off"

"You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)" Rod Stewart or Faces, I cannot remember anymore. unless we cannot count parenthetic material then Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict by Pink Floyd