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I altered the choices before anyone voted to give you two a place to vote.

Yeah! Let's hope he becomes the talk of legends how a HoF 1st Baseman was thrown in as a PTMNL.

It is in your control panel.

Win the division and get steam rolled in the playoffs. We know the drill and are damn good at it. Tag team for the Central for a while now.

That wouldn't surprise me at all. Moving Sosa is the tough part. The Mets are launching the new TV network, like the Yankees, and need some marquee names to sell it. Maggs would work, but Sosa is better.

I think it's going to court and no one will win. If it goes into the stands for a walk off home run, the fan clearly has ownership. I doubt this has ever happened before. BTW don't forget our alter ego http://www.talksox.com if you want to chat this up with Red Sox fans.

QUOTE(Mr. Zero @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 03:10 PM) Yeah, no s***. We could be down 5 and then up 5 in no time. With all the small ball we'll be playing, it will take a 2 hour inning to cross 10 runs

If career opportunities and waht makes sense playing wise comes into play, an AL team with the chance to play DH makes the most sense. I see a Harold Baines type career for Maggs, especially if the knee doesn't respond. The Sox are probably lucky he didn't accept the last contract offer.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 11:49 AM) I'm a big Billy Koch guy. He was a tough guy and owned up to his struggles. He didn't run and hide like LaTroy Hawkins. Here's hoping he can become a 30 save guy again in Toronto. QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 11:54 AM) I gotta say, dispite everything that happened on the field, I like Billy's attitude. He was honest, up front, and never ducked the media. Hopefully he finds his way again. QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 12:04 PM) I look forward to Billy Koch trotting out of the opposing bullpen. Its a shame he never found his way on the Southside. Here's hoping Koch can get back on track in a familiar setting in Toronto. Best o' luck ay'! QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 12:46 PM) I like Billy Koch the guy. I like Billy Koch the player. I just don't like Billy Koch the player on the Sox. Goodluck in Canada and I hope you get your career back on track... He displayed a ton of guts and class. I really will pull for him to regain his old form. I wouldn't mind an obvious cheat to fall this far, this fast, but Koch seemed to play hard.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 10:19 AM) Funny, I heard a discussion about this on the radio, they said it's actually Potugese. If you listen carefully, when he says 'one' he doesn't say Uno, that would be Spanish. They also said 'Catorce' is 4 in Portugese, so it makes sense. Besides Spanish and Portugese are very, very similar. Interesting. I imagine then that Hola! [spanish for Hello] and (¿Dónde está?) [Where is it?] are also the same in Portugese?

:headshake

QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 11:59 AM) Us bleeding hearts welcome it with open arms. Even from wing nuts wings are nice, but I prefer the breast. {insert joke here}

QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:20 PM) Actually it was italian I believe. I still like what I've heard from this album.... but then again after listening to the Pop album, its hard not to feel every other song they did was grammy worthy. catorce is spanish also. you discussing Spanish with the guy living on the Mexico border

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 09:31 PM) I hear you on that. There's a couple songs I've liked U2 has made, but for some reason U2's never really done it for me. I seem to have a curve with U2 songs. Slow to like, then I like them for a while, then all of a sudden it's :puke It could be that every song they do immediately goes into heavy rotation.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 02:12 PM) I hit my first three point bucket and pulled down my first rebound in varsity action last night. I remember when I hit my first bucket and grabbed my first rebound. We were at least 20 points down, that's the only time I played

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2005 -> 01:10 PM) :puke Thanks FCC BTW, I thought tis was a network decision, not the FCC. The comment I read was they did not rule on things before they hit the airwaves.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jan 8, 2005 -> 09:50 AM) http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com...ll/nfl/2005-01- At least it wasn't Andy Rooney... Maybe if Bea Arthur was in the locker room

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 11:20 AM) Whatever the hell that was Ashely Simpson was screeching at the Orange Bowl... I think it was called "La, La, La" QUOTE(Hall of Famer @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 12:05 PM) Vertigo by U2 is probably the worst song that I've heard in the last 10 years. These were the two that came immediately to mind. However, was Ashleeee's performance a song in any sense of the word? And an extra :puke for using Spanish for U2. I guess they still haven't found what I'm looking for . . .

Nice, and current. Very cool.

QUOTE(Mr. Zero @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) Yeah, but I'm sick of all this protecting gay people. There's only one f***ing gay person on the board, and he doesn't even care (or so it seems). He's never the one saying "Guys quit using that word please", it's the admins. I don't know why there's so much protection for it, he's probably heard every gay joke in the world, some guy calling a football player gay on a message board isn't gonna make him freak out. I'm not gay, I'm offended by the usage. Perhaps you don't mind if your aren't the one being insulted. When you are being insulted, do you want everyone to adopt the attitude of it isn't me, so why should I care?

Sometimes things are so small we don't want to start a thread. Place them here. Kind of like flying under the radar.

Early leader for the Tsunami Victim Teenager Raped by Would be Rescuer :headshake :puke

As I was updating my profile and realizing that my favorite current player choice is no longer around (Sandy Alomar), I was stumped as to who I should list. I really do not have a favorite on this team. Maybe Frank but Frank is Frank, and while I respect his tremendous talents, he just isn't favorite material. It just doesn't seem right to pick some new guy, with all respect to Abo and his man-crush, starting pitchers don't play enough to become "favorite". It would be fun to pull for Crede this season, if he plays decent. Suffering with another lack luster season doesn't seem like a great way to spend a summer. Kong? Even Fan of 14 finally jumped off that fan-wagon. Lee or Maggs would have been the next obvious choices, they too are gone. Do we really have a guy who could be a fan favorite?

BTW, Sorry Southsider, they already have a southsider