Texsox

My last commute was Wheeling (Wheeling Road and Dundee) to Schaumburg (Algonquin and 53) . The crawl down Dundee was so annoying. The lights would have to change three times before I would get through. And Algonquin and 53 was a mess trying to get on 53 right before the northbound merge. Mix in a little snow or ice and gridlock.

I remember when Southsider2k3.5 passed the 7000 mark. I believe it was in the Congrats SS2k3 on 5,000 posts thread

Wait a minute. Did you not just say you'd like to take the train?! You would be passing up a private chauffer / husband for the common folk on the train!? Are you running for office or something?

I do not see the Cubs leaving Wriglyville in anyone here's lifetime. IMHO the loyal intelligent fan base is about evenly split between the teams. The battle is for the casual fan who attends two or three games a year. The Cubs have made themselves a hot ticket and the Sox will again. If either team was to leave the city, it would have been the Sox. Who knows what Arlington Heights would have been like?

The usual source of magnets near a monitor are speakers. Move any speakers away from the monitor.

When I was driving between Skokie and Wildwood (way north) everyday there were many mornings I didn't remember anything on 94 or the Edens. I would just zone out and the car would almost drive itself. Scary.

When I as working in Mexico, I saw it every day. From a friend who entertains clients there in Boy's Town he claims the prostitutes sell viagra at $10 to $15 per pill. BTW, the fastest growing population with AIDS are over 60 who frequent prostitutes. They call it the "Viagra Effect".

Kerry supports underage drinking by his fans volunteer event

Just don't talk too loud. Woman arrested for talking too loud on cell phone.

Nap on the train?? Do you enjoy getting groped and robbed by strangers?

Nah, I'm starting my own show. Seems easy enough. I'm bashing the Corrupt News Network (CNN)

Kerry punched grandmothers in the face when he got back from Vietnam

It's over the counter in Mexico, and prostitution is legal. See the marketing synergy. Old guys stopping off at the pharmacy before a trip to Disney World aka Boy's Town.

You're premise is we would be out of it before the season started. You never see us competing with the Yankees and Red Sox? I think you get better by competing against the best. Not only on the field, but in the GM position, the ownership position, the travelling secretaries position. Imagine if we were trying to unseat the Yankees instead of the Twins? Then we would be trying to build a WS Champion instead of a best of the worse team. True, most seasons we would be chasing a wild card, not a battle to lose in the first round of the playoffs. Put another way. Would a Championship AAA team in the Cell outdraw the Sox finishing in third? If the only reason to go to a game, was for Mr. Fair Weather, Bandwagon Jumping Fan to see a winner, why not be the biggest market minor league team? I'll answer that. Because people want to see baseball talent. They want to see Bonds, Jeter, A-Rod. They want to come out and jeer the Yankmees. Let's stop thinking Smallsville USA and compete in the premier division, not the bottom feeders.

As a manager I expected my employees to get offers and listen to them. I figured if I was half decent at recruiting and training my people should be most wanted. Most of the time they would tell me before going. It was the time they didn't that I knew I was close to losing them.

Kerry voted against 2+2=4 and clean water for our Troops

AT that time there were only two divisions and it was prefered to the east. The division was very geographic with only Milwaukee being west of the Sox and in the East Division.

I agree. In our division the only reason to go to a game is if the Sox are winning. If they are losing stay home because Central Division baseball only offers mediocre talent and non competitive teams. It is the weakest division. Sox fans would rather watch the Sox beat up on a talentless Tigers team than watch the best teams in baseball. I believe seasons like 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2002, 2003, and 2004 would be helped by better teams to see.

And just to be clear, I believe it would be a disaster from a competitive side, but I believe JR would make more money. That is why I could see him exploring the idea. Plus he would have a built in excuse every season for not winning. No pressure, just cash the checks.

Look at Baltimore, Tampa, and Torontos HOME attendance. I believe we will inch closer to Baltimore than Toronto with better games and more national exposure. Do you want to compete in the big leagues or try and be second fiddle of the worst division?

Most seasons we are out of the playoff race. OK, the once a decade when we win the division our attendance will be better. The rest of the time, it will be better. Perhaps attendance would not have fallen off so dramatically if we were playing the Yankees and not the Tigers. Let's follow my logic. The team is out of the race. Who's in town? The Tigers, I can see Pudge. The team is out of the race. Who's in town? The Yankees, I can see Jeter, A-Rod, etc. I can understand why Sox attendance would take such a nose dive. And the Sox outdrew each of the past 3 seasons, and we were further out earlier. So give Sox fans credit for also being baseball fans. We are not such a group of fair weather fans. Of course winning increases attendance, but so does good baseball and superstars. You may prefer to watch the Sox beat up on a s***ty team, but there are other people who enjoy good baseball. The battle is for the casual fan. The hardcore attend the games regardless of standings. The casual fan will come out to see great teams and superstar players.

Why JR would place profits over competitiveness?

Plus, in those years when we are out of the playoff race, which game is going to draw more Yankees or Indians? Red Sox or Twins?

No matter where the Yankees, Cubs, and Bo Sox travel to, they draw bigger crowds. I am showing the ROAD rankings of attendance. So the Yankees draw an average of 40,000+ away from Yankee Stadium. Let's look at home attendance: #1 Yankees, #12 Boston, #13 Baltimore, #25 Toronto, #30 Tampa Bay #22 White Sox, #23 Detroit, #24 Minny, #26 Cleveland, #28 Kansas City Which group do you want to be part of? Do you think we will drop down to Toronto type numbers or increase to Baltimore type numbers? With more games against the premier teams in baseball, those teams that draw national attention, are in the thick of the race, with the superstars of baseball, we will increase attendance. Now the downside is we will be closer to the Washington Generals than the Globetrotters. But from a business profit standpoint, I can see why JR would explore the idea.