Texsox

At least we broke up the no hitter

Let's jump on them early tonight

I've been accepting ownership's claims of not being able to spend money for 40 years. I've watched the Cubs slowly take over the city. If the Sox cannot build on their stars, they will get destroyed by the Cubs. Remember this is the same ownership that was willing to move the team to Florida if the taxpayers didn't build them a stadium. And y'all defend them. :headshake If the Cubs continue on their path and the Sox continue to swap Maggs for some rookie, Colon for Wright, etc. they will be irrelevant in this city and soon will be gone. But as long as the team does not lose money, some will be happy. Give those fans a $250,000 player who hits .275 and they'll be happy. But a $12,000,000 outfielder that hits .300?! He's not worth it and must be let go. :headshake they would rather finish second. Anyone who pays a student loan knows the value of sometimes spending more than you take in. Anyone who borrows to buy equipment for their companie's expansion understands that. If you had $25,000 in equity in your home and it needed a new roof, would you wait to fix the roof and ruin the sheet rock or take a loan from your equity and fix it while it needs fixing?

Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh announced Friday that he and his wife, Marta, were divorcing.

From CWSGuy406 Eureka!

We could put together a nice rotation of Buerhle Cotts Rauch Diaz Wright if healthy or Munoz Total maybe $8,000,000 That's a dream rotation.

Fact A. I have purchased as gifts or donations 50 tickets so far this season. My parents have purchased many more for our business. If the Sox hadn't been so unprofessional when a drunk fan who had gotten our seats at a charity event caused a problem we would still have 4. Who cares about out of town fans? Look to the north. How much of a fan base did the Cubs build from out of towners who all visit Wrigley on their vacation. But I'm certain with your two degrees you're smarter than that. You will be happy with a second place finish and a profit. Oh please JR don't win a division if it means losing money. We only want players who are "worth it". So you can choose profits over victories and rate players not on if they will improve the team, but will they be a bargain and play better than others with the same salary. Keep cheering JR and the shareholders over a winning product on the field. Keep disrepecting our soldiers with "cutting grass" references and somehow feeling superior. But we know our nation needs soldiers like Nuke before assholes like you.

Actually, no I can't wait a year, that's a different discussion and not for today. BTW, I just realized that actually attending games is irrelevent to this discsssion. I have purchased close to 50 tickets so far this season. I have sent my nephew's youth baseball team to the Cell, sent a stack to my cousin because I will be missing his wedding and bachelor party, and will be sending some to a few HS friends since I will be missing our HS reunion. When asked for donations for charity raffles, gold outings, etc. my parents usually give blocks of tickets. We use to buy season tickets for this but once a drunk who was sitting in our seats caused problems and the White Sox threatened us and treated us in a very unkind manner, so we stopped using season tickets for our business. I will try and be clear and brief, the powers to be who are currently controlling my blood pressure are concerned that Soxtalk is not good for me. They have already informed me that anytime Billy Koch enters a game, I have to turn off the tv or computer, Last year we lost the division by 5 games with a series of failures from our 5th starter. If we had another Colon type pitcher last season, we would have been in the playoffs. This season, once again we are floundering in the #5 spot. Yet, if JR asked what he should do some of y'all will tell JR: We don't mind finishing in second place if it means you will make money. We understand that is our fault, we do not attend anough games. So if winning the division means the shareholders losing a few million dollars, we don't want it. We only want to win if we have guys who are worth the money. Give us a team of $250,000 players who exceed what a player of that salary should do, and we are happy. Please, please JR don't lose any money for a season. Please, someone with the time and energy look for any of the rankings on what certain franchises are worth. It's the list with Yankees on top. Check for twenty years ago and check for 2003. IIRC the franchise is worth $450,000,000 more than when they bought it. Now tell me that losing $15,000,000 million and giving the fans that made you that profit a World Series isn't worth it? But some will insist finishing second and making money is better than winning and losing money. That is your choice. Some will point to the Marlins and pray for a Dontrell Willis to appear. Don't hold your breath. And to reply to a post from a while ago and will only make sense to one or two people, cram your f***ing degrees up your ass, America needs soldiers like Nuke a lot more than assholes with two degrees in being a baseball fan.

BTW, I just read a report that we are phasing back Troops in Korea? Will there still be sufficient Troops to support the South?

Hey, jump on my ass, because I pissed you off, but not Nuke. And I hope you were not making a disparaging comment about menial labor because he's in the military.

Would the argument "is Maggs worth the money" change is Sox attendance was 3,000,000? Why would he suddenly be worth more if we drew more? Thanks for the comment, Nuke. I appreciate it. They are taking my computer away. They think I am "working" too hard.

We did not have a crystal ball when we decided not to sign him. We did not have a salary issue for this year or the next 3 years. The only issue was 1 more year. Who knows how he would be pitching for the Sox. He pitched great the second half, kept us in the first when Mark was :puke . But JR cried poor, and we accepted it. Now we have a giant hole that was never filled. You can accept that hole and think saving the money was good. You can believe taht with a investment that is now worth hundreds of millions more, they cannot pay to keep a proven super star (Maggs) You continue to accept whatever ownership shovels to you and defend their wallets to the end. Watch them develop players for other teams. Watch the season end in September year after year. Then when you near your final days, bask in the glory that when they sell the team and realize their profits, perhaps they will share the profits with you.

Valid point about my attendance. I only had season tickets for 10 years and not for the past 5. I will make a donation to JR instead.

The Flub fans won't know and Sox fans will cheer the guy leaving so we have more money to spend next year. :headshake

No option for 100+

I forgot how effective Wright, Rauch, Diaz and Cotts have been. Again trading wins for $$$$. Yeah!! Enjoy the 5th starter dance. You f***ing deserve it. Sho should be our 5th starter.

I am sorry for venting. It is the realization that I will never see the Sox win a WS in my lifetime. They will continue to try and catch lightning in a bottle. And cry like second class citizens. They will never overtake the Cubs. Do you think the Cubs will lose Sosa to FA? Y'all believe the shareholders hook line and sinker as far as payroll. It is fact their investment is worth hundreds of millions morre, yet fans want them to make even more. They will argue and defend the ownership's right to make even more money. I guess the joy is knowing the franchise is making money. Enjoy.

I am not going in circles I do not care about how much the shareholder earn. They can sell the f***ing team today and make hundreds of millions on their investment. And you care if they make a couple million more each year? You can hug their bottom line, I want a World Series. I don't believe they cannot afford Colon, Maggs, or any of these guys.

and by the way :fyou f*** YOU AND YOUR CAP LOCK

Yes, that's right. The Red Sox are spending money to compete for a f***ing World Series, We f***ing don't. Don't you f***ing understand?

I can understand and you can have a lifetime of grooming players for other teams. Enjoy. When the White Sox celebrate 150 years without a World Series, take comfort in your understanding of what the shareholders can afford.

Anyone want to take the Marlins and I'll take the Red Sox? Next 5 years, most playoff and WS berths? That's what I thought.

It's killing the game. Why are fans even loyal to one team? God I feel old; but when I was a youngster, teams kept a lineup together for years, not weeks or months. You knew your players stats from year to year. Pardon my Cub reference but no more Tinkers to Evers to Chance. Now it's 6-4-3 double plays. Who's on First isn't a comedy routine, it's 2004 MLB. Sign a guy for three months. Now we compare hits to dollars, no, we look beyond hits to an esoteric stat that someone comes up with. I just want to see the White Sox in a World Series before I die. I probably do not have many more tear down and build again cycles left. So in the end, I can cheer that we had the best team our owners money could buy. Seems rather hollow doesn't it?

Myth busters tested the theory using died water and weighing the cotton suits before and after each test and they found no difference. The walking is better theory holds that more water will just fall on your head and shoulders, not the rest of your body. The running theory is less time in the rain = less rain soaked into the clothes.

This is also 40 years of frustration with ownership bowing down to the Cubs and crying poor. At some point you realize your favorite team may never win a championship before you die. It's always anotehr rendition of these youngsters can play.