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Dropping the "me" part in his statement for a moment. Slightly rephrased makes sense for a coach to say "we are playing with the guys who are here and can give 110% to the team. To have any player wonder if their position is dependent on *if* a player will un-retire and join this team is unfair to the players, unhealthy for the team, and unfair to Malone." Somewhere in Kobe's statement I think is concern for his teammate who may be sitting there wondering if he is just warming a seat for Malone. I can understand wanting to encourage your current teammate. But the way Kobe said it was just wrong. But then again, I am not a Kobe fan.

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It really depends on how this is structured. Years is just one part of the package. For example 1 year $8 million is not as good as 2 years @ $4 million per. 6-Years, all incentive driven, off the league minimum would be awesome for some team. Clauses that void the contract if the knee proves unhealthy wouuld make a multi-year possible. Clauses that severly reduce his earnings if he cannot play OF could also be used. So the balance becomes a give and take. If Maggs wants more year he would probably have to take on more of the risk on his health. If a team only wants to give him one year, the pay would go up.

Cynic alert No use cutting anyone off until everything is finalized Remember all those championships we won with Tom Seaver? Another HoF pitcher spending his twilight years on the Sox.

These people don't know you very well . . . Happy Birthday

Big deal, so a tire falls off, does it need all 4-wheel drive? What's wrong with 3-Wheel drive. My Big Wheel drove just fine.

Years ago the Sun-Times coordinated a program where you could answer a letter to Santa with a gift. I asked for one of the letters. It was from a young girl living near the Chicago Stadium. She wanted the types of things that, for my kids, my wife and I would casually pick up on the way home from work, not the type of stuff you would expect as Christmas gifts. An option was to drop off the gift at the school, which I did. First I called and made certain it was ok. The school administrator I spoke with mentioned to not go overboard and add stuff like bikes and such, as they would wind up getting stolen by bigger kids. In the end I bought some clothes and a couple family games (I prayed she had someone to play the games with) a couple books, no matter how small the gift was, I wrapped each one. The school she attended was locked, the only way in was with a Chicago cop. I took a buddy with me who wasn't certain he wanted to walk to the school or stay in the car. It was a quiet ride home. Everything was signed from Santa so I never found out if she liked all the stuff. To this day I cannot imagine trying to be a parent in those circumstances. I would be totally unequiped to teach my kids the types of things they would need to know to survive. During this Christmas break, and during summer vacations, High School and College kids will take mission trips to Mexico and other far away locals. I suppose it is an eye opening, life changing event. However, I wonder why they cannot find it in their hearts to instead stay home and find a little girl whose letter to Santa isn't being answered.

The article I read said the ruling had basically zero to do with the daughter, but every thing to do with the person the daughter was talking to. Do you mind if anyone and everyone was allowed to eavesdrop on your kid's conversation? I know I don't want some pedophile being able to listening when my daughter is talking with a friend. This ruling basically protects us from that.

I believe the White Sox look at their history with guys who left. Is any team better at having players leave and still love the organization?

None of these guys have won a damn thing and they have had years trying. Any player with more than three years on the team can be tossed and replaced for all I care.

So do I. But as many people pointed out, this purse snatcher is free because we cannot eavesdrop on his call to his girlfriend. I don't think any of us would mind if the government monitored all our calls. Wireless already has the potential. Any hobbyist with a chip change can scan the wireless phone frequencies. It's illegal, but I bet entertaining.

But when you see a assclown like this purse snatcher rotting in jail instead of whining about his rights, it feels good.

Earlier in this or one of the other Maggs threads someone quoted a WSI piece that called Maggs surgery "experimental". FWIW, from a friend of my son's father, an orthopedic surgeon I saw last night. He had no idea was was meant by "shock therapy to the knee" he went on to say . . . "the US is very slow in recognizing any medicines or procedures that are developed in this country. They are even slower in recognizing anything new from other countries. What we call "experimental" is sometimes common practice for decades elsewhere." he went on to say that in a pharmacology class way back when it was the professor's opinion that aspirin today could not pass FDA approval. Stomach issues, future fertility problems if kids take it, and some other things. So common aspirin could be "experimental" in the US. He was trained in Mexico but is board certified in the US. He doesn't think the US has a monopoly on truth and knowledge. That some advances in science and technology could be developed outside the US. There is intelligent life in other countries. It may or may not be more accurate to use the phrase "cutting edge" or "best known course of treatment". Or it could be Maggs bet his baseball career on a back alley quack with a Micky Mouse degree.

I should have said, Maggs health isn't an issue to the White Sox. He wasn't going to play for the Sox next year no matter what. The lowest they could offer (per SS) was a 20% pay cut and no matter what condition the knee was in, that wasn't going to happen.

There is no way that either side is 100% truthful in all this. There are too many opinions and emotions involved. There are also too many privacy matters involved for anyone to tell the whole story, so we are going to only see the edited parts.

Sorry I should have started a new thread. I was just thinking Maggs health today isn't really an issue, it's how it will be come May. And then I remembered Frank was still questionable. Sorry

Wasn't Piaget after Skinner and wouldn't his theories be more relevant to language development? I Piaget

How healthy is Frank today?

Damn millionaire baseball player having emotions like normal people. :fyou Companies merge everyday and people have to go work somewhere else and they don't whine and pout. Baseball players aren't like you and me. They are different. All those millions proves it. They should understand if the GM thinks the team is better off without them. Now an average Joe or Jane who is perhaps leading their company in sales or whatever when they hear that the company thinks they can do better, they don't pout or whine, they just realize the company is doing what is best for the company, and work extra hard.

I not!

I feel better about the pitching.

Tell the truth, you are bored at work and what to pad the post total

Whose Pat, and why is he involved?

And what difference does this make? So the offer came with a "if approved by MLB". Aren't ALL contracts approved by MLB, not just the big ones? I cannot think anyone here thinks Maggs is coming out ahead for turning down the last offer. He lost that gamble when he collided in the outfield. The Sox may have dodged a bullet on this one. I cannot see 5/70 looking like a bargain.