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Sorry, I don't have insider information that tells me what they are going to use the money for. It could be for another Robbie Alomar. If they hold off until the mid season, it may be too late. You cannot win a division in May, but you can lose one. You might hear attendance is down and they will not spend all of it on a mid season pick up. I've been a Sox fan for 30 years. I have almost no enthusiasm for money. I have enthusiasm for players on the roster, healthy, who can play. Potential doesn't feed the bulldog.

I guess then trading Thomas, Crede, Buerhle, and Garcia for a sack of crap would be the biggest trade of all time. Look at all that cash. The last time I saw cash contribute on the field it was Norm Cash with the Tigers. The thing with cash is it doesn't have to come at the expense of talent on the team.

Was it Jas' birthday or something?

PTBNL, usually becuase . . . There may be some contract issues, or there is a small group of players and the Sox needed time for their scouts to weigh in. It may be pending some performance criteria and the player would come in next season or something like that. I remember one that the player would come from pool A if the team could negotiate a long term or player B if not.

I am against the death penalty. My prayers go out to all the victims in this.

:headshake losing both corners in an out field that wasn't strong in the middle.

Thank you, I had forgotten about it. I PM'd the winner.

I wonder what Saddams job satisfaction rating was? In the US, Presidents rarely dip below 30%. Even at 20%, there are a lot of supporters out there.

I was just thinking about the Nanny-gates that have come up through the years. Does anyone know what the requirements are if you only employe someone on a per job basis? For example if you employ a guy to paint your fence one day, do you have to report it and pay taxes? I didn't think so. We have not employed a live in maid since moving down here, but we have had a woman come in twice a week on a per day basis. I never even considered the possibility that she was an "employee" and I would have to report the money we paid her as "income". Anyone here with knowledge in that area?

I was a little surprised at Joe Lieberman being mentioned. Kerik was the first cabinet pick that I really didn't like. I thought Bush was doing a very good job of re-staffing up until Homeland Security. I am starting to remember why I liked Bush right after he took office the first time.

There are stretches out near Big Bend with zero, nada, zip, FM radio stations. That has to be the only place in the US. I hit scan and it just kept going around and around the dial. There were a few AM stations, I could here Rush for part of the dive lucky me Kap, one time heading out to the Davis Mountains after a prolonged rain, the purple sage was all in bloom. For that drive, West Texas was the most beautiful landscape I'd ever seen. The mountains, the flowers, the cactus were just incredible. The one thing that I was disappointed in was the stretch with all the wind mills. I thought it would look cool, they are an eyesore. Now I know why wind has so many opponents.

I promised a Soxtalk cap to the winner, PM me to discuss.

We started a pick the loser way back when, was a winner decided?

Trades usually involve a team with an abundance of something sending that to a team that has less and vice versa. With modern baseball we have to include money in the mix as well. So what do we have an abundance of in the system that could be traded? Starting pitching? Closers? Middle? Utility players? OFers? IFers? Money? Power Hitting? DH? What area can we afford to drop a little in without destroying any chances? Where are we clearly worse than most teams?

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Taget Link Someone must have hacked their site . . .

Miss Plastic Surgery

. . . and honey that's the honest to God truth how I lost my ring . . .

Not bad for a first attempt. My son is teaching me photoshop. I really want to get this into flash and have the tail fly up and a poof of gas come out . . .

Nice guy, loyal, worked hard. Greedy bastard owners cutting him while he's injured. What happened to loyalty? I sure hope players don't start acting like the owners. Alomar, Kelly, and now Danny. :headshake

The ghost of Christmas Past comes to visit . . .

Funny post of the year OMG!!

Critic Because Gage was so kind While out to lunch with her, do not forget to chat endlessly about your man-crush on Buerhle, chicks dig that warm sensitive, not afraid to show your feelings. Seriously, this is really easy because it's blockbuster, go in when it is slow, just ask her out and if she starts laughing, just transfer your membership.