Texsox

The papers had Buerhle as the guy. No doubt the team loved it.

Nuke better hang on to the screen name, it may come back in fashion

TEXAS When you're from Texas, people that you meet ask you questions like, Do you have any cows?" "Do you have horses?" "Bet you got a bunch of guns, eh?" They all want to know if you've been to Southfork. They watched Dallas. Have you ever looked at a map of the world? Look at Texas with me just for a second. That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be. As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is. It's Texas. Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is. What happens if I show you a picture ! of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would? And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you? In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup. There is some little bit of Texas in everyone. Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because there's no place like Texas. Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas. Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto. Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day. Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest. Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend. Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country. Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas. Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas. Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork. Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico. Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome. Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, ZZ Top, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, George Bush, Lyndon B.Johnson, and George W. Bush. Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments and Compaq. And LOCKHEED MARTIN AEROSPACE, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter. Texas is NASA. Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops. Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer. Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the Night In Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio. Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lake s and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities. If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it. No one does anything bigger or better than it's done in Texas. By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why? Because it is the only state that was a republic before it became a state. Also, being a Texan is as high as being an American down here. Our capitol is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there. Texas even has its own power grid!!

I am so glad this worked. I love eating my words.

Yeah. You've been reading any other thread? It's going to be tough again to win the division with 1/5 arm tied behind our back. We need Maggs back sooner, rather than later and no more major injuries. If we have any injury to Mark or Estaban we're looking at third or fourth. Second or third if Garland or Sho go down. On the plus side, I have confidence in JR and KW filling the starter hole. Hopefully not by giving up the farm (system) or 25 man to do it.

Did he leave or was he pushed?

Police: Girl shoots, kills father after abduction More at link. Enjoy hell. I hope the girls can survive this and lead happy lives.

Adidas and Nike are locked into a bidding war to sign the kid to a contract.

Are these the same fans who do not want to over pay for anyone? Remember we could have kept Colon by going 4 years instead of 3. At worst he'd be the 3 or 4 guy in the rotation. Instead we have the much cheaper Rauch starting tonight. At this point in time, KW would have to give up major talent to get mid-level in return. The Marlin's bullpen was so weak they went after Koch. We're in the same position for a starter. Give it two more weeks, a couple teams go 3-9 and some of their players are available. KW came up nice last year with Everett and Alomar. No doubt he'll pull a similar deal or two.

This December I will be running another "Best of Soxtalk" awards thread. You can see last years for the types of awards and who, at that time, was nominated.

Does he fly back or drive? I'm thinking they hand him a Friday morning flight back to wherever they are playing on Saturday. He's going to be rocked and ejected from the game after plunking someone. I'm expecting a bench clearing brawl tonight. In fact, we probably should just forfeit and not risk injury to anyone in a game that is clearly meant to be a loss. Rauch will only make it out of the third because Ozzie has no options. I think Munoz is going to look good by comparison. Rauch will give up double digit runs, possibly by inning two. I would also guess back to back to back homeruns by their 7-8-9 hitters. Left to pitch 9 innings, Rauch would give up 20 runs. There are only two solid ML pitchers in the organization. Two servicable, and the rest are AAA on their best days.

When they are playing bad, it's real easy to turn off the computer and not think about them. There are a lot of Cub fans all around the country, but it is easy to avoid them out of town. It sucks when they ae doing well and I know I'd be at a couple games a week, like old times. Calling my old Cub fans and gloating just isn't the same. I'd say you feel the pain a whole lot harder being in town.

College coach rivalry mentality. Do what ever you want but beat Ohio State, Oklahoma, Boston College, etc. I like that

I missed 8,000

Tony, re-read the post. No word if BRETT WOULD PAY IT. It's a joke.

Was I any good?

you are correct. Living where I life, I should have known that. It's nice to see the We Speak English signs in some windows como se dice "closer" ey espanol?

That wasn't what I meent

d-o y-o-u s-e-e t-h-a-t h-o-t c-h-i-c-k i-n t-h-e t-h-i-r-d r-o-w? S-h-e'-s m-i-n-e. Teams have an almost unspken language nowadays. With so many players from all over the world it is necessary. That is one of the challenges of pulling a team together. It is tough to make friends if you don't hablar espanol or speak english in many clubhouses.

So do some ladies, padded even, what's your size . . .

A more interesting question is what a Cub fan does in that situation at the Cell when a Sox players hits a home run?

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