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Which brings up the point. What span is necessary to be the best? If a player sandwiches 12 great season between 6 absolute horses*** seasons and someone else only has the 12 in the middle, is the first player better for playing longer and racking up a few wins same worse for killing his era, win percentage, etc? How about a player whose the greatest for 5 or 6 years, then (for example)commits a vicous rape and has his career ended by jail time? How about the Ted Williams' whose careers are cut short by serving our country? Career numbers are interesting.

Maybe I have more than one teacher back BTW, I just noticed I've cozied up next to Steff.

If I had my choice of two bosses, one said we need to increase spending, buy more stuff, hire more people, etc. and another that said we probably cannot afford it and it isn't needed, I wonder which one I would want?

With only one team, Chicago would be a major market, similar to Boston, if not bigger. How do we get the Cubs to move? And take Wortz with them

Sorry, Brando like I said, I've been hearing so many different theories, I've lost track. I'm not certain where the $80 million comes from, but that would change things. I certainly think that's a resonable number if the SOx want to stay relevent in the market. I thought we've been discusssing a $60 million dollar payroll and 5/75. Brando, so you would disagree with 406, who claims you cannot pay a player 20-25% of your payroll? I agree with you. I also assume the 406 and everyone realizes that in almost all of these contracts there is defered money, it all isn't paid in the year. If I am understanding correctly, Some argue that 20% is too much regardless of performance to pay one player. Vlad is the gold standard. His is the most accurate contract, not too high, not too low. Brando, you mention that Ivan was the missing piece for the Marlins, what do you think the missing piece is here? So the trick is finding a bunch of Uribe and Harris type players, maybe saving some money and swapping a few prospects for a rent a player?

I cannot remember who said what. I thought you said that it is crazy to tie up 25% of your payroll with one player.

But those guys would eat up more than 15 or 20% of the total. Everyone is pointing to the Marlins, how did I-Rods $10 million contract fit in? The Marlins total was $48 million.

Again, just trying to follow. Maggs would be out, regardless of performance? You would set a top limit of say $8 million, any player who can't be signed for that or less would be gone. Likewise, you would not have signed Maggs to his current contract, or Frank when he and Belle made half the payroll.

It is so hard to compare eras in baseball. We've been blessed with many great ones the past few decades. I've always said Ryan was the best I saw. Some can argue his longevity adds to his greatness, or merely pads his stats.

I think we, as Americans, have a very warped view of what life in Russia was/is like. We always saw images of long lines for toilet paper, boring military parades, and crowded apartments. Of course that was in between our duck and cover drills when Russia dropped an A-Bomb on us. My neighbor had a bomb shelter at their house. They discovered it my accident after they bought the house from an estate. You could access it from a moving bookcase. Way, way cool. There was some old manual of how to survive the A-Bomb.

But notice how you were able to add another posts . Of course, learning from my mentor, I added three. Look out Brando, I'm passing you.

As soon as we win a few more pocket books, the Cubs will suffer. I actually believe WGN and being a super station with all those day games made the Cubs. If they didn't have that huge edge at the damn of cable tv, we'd have kicked their ass in the late 1990s and 2000.

A heart condition is very scary. Everytime you experience a shortness of breath or twinge in the chest, it's cause for concern. His workout regime probably added years onto his life. It's reminicent of Jim Fixx and Hank Gathers.

I am a little surprised? Were not religions outlawed? I'm not surprised because I believe Cults were kind of a privledged thing. If you are in the Sudan trying to scratch out a living and feed yourself, you may not have the time or the money for such a thing.

As you pointed out, at one time Frank and Belle were making a huge portion of the payroll. Based on what you've said, you would not have signed them. I am trying to understand how the team would look if we follow the reasoning of no player at more than say 15% of payroll. Wouldn't we have a roster of Valentin type guys everywhere? A few guys at near the minimum hopefully improving quickly before their contracts are up. As soon as they get to the $9 or $10 million mark we trade them for prospects. We hope for a Marlins type team to emerge. Am I far off?

Research: Endangered mouse never existed This is what prompted my question. I'm a tree hugger or environmental wacko as Rush would say. I think we have a responsibility to preserve the earth for future generations. But when I read articles like this, I begin to think we may have gone too far.

I'd like to be 16 and look like 10.

We start with the little countries and work our way up to the nuclear ones. When people the world over fear us, we're in trouble. If they resect us and know we act fairly at all times, we have a chance. If they have a bomb and feel cornered, it's AMF time.

So you are saying you would not have signed Maggs or Frank to their current contracts. Just wondering.

For example can you damn a stream if your neighbor's land becomes dry? Can you destroy a species that doesn't live anywhere else? Can you cut down all your trees and cause mud to slide into a neighbors? Should you be allowed to build a 6 story building in a residential area? Should you be allowed to pave over your property if it causes flooding for a neighbor? Are plants, animals, birds, etc. worth protecting or is it their tough luck to be born on your property and they could be killed to extinction?

Brando, are there these f***ed up cults in Russia?

How about our current payroll, would you have signed Maggs or Frank to their current contracts? Both at some point, ate up a considerable portion. So it isn't if a guy is worth the contract, a guy may be worth his contract to a large market team and not a small market team.

I want my own cult. How much for yer weeeeeeoman?

I find it amazing that the Dems get zero credit when the GOP did not have control of both houses. Without the social spending, the feel good wouldn't have. It was democracy at it's finest.