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That quote can be applied to every free agent that has ever been. It is very rare, I'm certain there have been a couple, but I cannot think of any, that have resigned with their team after having negotiations broken off and the player a free agent.

This completely changes my opinion that Bush isn't doing enough about terrorism.

Nice edit

Steff 187 Texsox 2 I'll never win

Yep, I was with a sweet young girl last night, she was 15. 15!? Yep, but don't worry, she had the body of a 13 year old

I think it is more like this

I think what ss2k4 is trying to say is

I'm feeling happier already

Apu, I've thought about that situation. How would you have made the arrests? They had already shot federal agents who came to serve them a search warrent. If you had the badge and needed to make the arrest how would you have done it?

Hey, blow me. If I want happy news, I'll watch Sesame Street. Instead of starting happy threads how about figuring out why I only have 6 PTC wins for the season

Did you see Maggs knock that 4-year old out of the way in Texas to get a foul ball?

That was you?!! Sorry.

more than a few historians believe he may have been 45 or 46 when he made his debute. His birth records were never found, only the recollection of the town's historian.

Part of the problem is they are drafting high school kids and enticing them to skip college and play pro ball. Sometimes that takes more cash. I've read stories where kids say no, then the team starts offering what sounds like a great deal, the kid has no professional representation, and gets screwed. It certainly isn't all fun and games.

I've been to a few Ranger's games. Don't judge all Ranger fans by this ass hole. We got the loser Liege and his kid, we know how guilt by association hurts. When I watched the tape, I didn't see him so much take the ball away as knock the kid out of the way and dive almost in the kid's mom's lap. Asshole's leggs hit the kid and scared the kid half to death. Somebody has to know who this guy is. Kap, are their any Ranger boards, like this, not MLB who would probably delete the name right away.

LMAO, that's in the archive

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1549 in the thread about the 92 year old man that had been bite over 200 times by snakes

Defered is compensation that is paid down the road. Just because, for example, Maggs signs for say 5/75 means all the money is paid in 5 years. He may be getting paid over 10 years. It is not uncommon and a tough thing to negotiate. You may recall part of the A-Rod to Boston problem was the value of the defered money. If it is interest free, the player loses the inflation rate, plus any interest. If the team is going to pay interest, some index must be used (Prime rate for example). Basically the player is offering a loan to the team. Sometimes you will see this in a team's annual payroll. A player who is gone is still getting paid. In the NFL the Cowboys loved this. Baseball doesn't do it as much because there is no cap.

The only issue I have with Kruk's argument is why should anybody settle for less money then they can get? Do you think Kruk told ESPN, hey I've never done this before. Give me $25,000 for the first year and we'll talk?

I'll bet Dahlmer's mom loved him

It was sooo cool when Jim showed me. Previous owners had built a wall which blocked the bookcase from moving. It was impossible to see the rails built into the ceiling. When they were doing some remoldling, they were running some wires for an extra phone and got blocked by something. A little research reveiled the steel supports. They actually called the police to come, they thought it might be some torture chamber, dead bodies, maybe a still. But, alas, like Al Capone's vault, nada.

That was about my first memories of watching the games on TV. I would read about them but didn't know we could watch the games on TV. I was living in Des Plaines and was at neighbors for dinner. They had a small B&W set with aluminum foil wrapped around the rabbit ears and trying to watch the game between the snow. I thought baseball was only played during the day on WGN. Anyone else here remember the first night game at Wrigley?

I think I am understanding where you're coming from. Would you also agree then if Maggs was our only star player like (I-Rod and his $10 mil out of $48) it would make a little more sense? I'm asking because it sounds like you would have never signed Belle, never gave Frank his contract, and not Maggs. Because if it was ok to sign Maggs to $14 million for this season on this contract based on a future higher payroll, it would certainly make sense to sign him again on the same basis. Like Brando supposing a possible $80 million payroll. Would deferal money make any difference? You know some of the money could be spread for years and years if Maggs and the team can agree on terms. Interest rates paid on the defered money is usually the sticking point.

Come on, at some point it became fun for the masochist And they all bit me in the groin