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BEGOOD, the the whole school off or was this a special vacation for you

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Everyone here has said they wish JR would open the purse strings. He isn't cheating. Am I counting correctly they will have 8 current All-Stars on their team?

No one wanted this trade more than the Rangers and they are paying the price. As far as his choice of who to work for it is very rare that someone works for the same company all their lives. We all have quit companies for more money, better opportunity, etc. The Rangers told A-Rod they were going to go out and get pitching and they were unsuccessful in doing that. The Rangers plan failed and now they are onto a new plan.

If we applied the standard of everyone "lying in the bed they made", then NO trades would ever happen. Teams sign a player and their needs change and they make a trade. They are not required to sleep in their bed. For example last season the A's should have kept Koch and we should have kept Foulke because that was the bed we made. I just heard that when the Rangers are finished paying A-Rod, in about 10 years, they will have paid him $140,000,000 for 3 seasons. As it turned out it was a bad deal for everyone.

Oh sure, there are a dozen teams as good.

As happy as I am for his victory, I would be happier if his life straightened out. He has done some monumentally stupid things in his life.

Seems like the biggest stars all seem to land in big time cities. I know the MJ doesn't fit as well, but still. . .

Deal for Rodriguez Makes Dollars, and Sense By TYLER KEPNER Published: February 16, 2004 he Yankees and the Texas Rangers have completed a trade that will send Alex Rodriguez to the Yankees for Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named, baseball officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said last night. The players union has approved the deal, and all that remains is Commissioner Bud Selig's approval, which is expected today. Advertisement A Major League Baseball official said Selig was merely waiting for a weekday to complete the paperwork. Rodriguez, the consensus best player in the majors, has longed for years to play on the New York stage. He is expected to be introduced at a Yankee Stadium news conference tomorrow, the day the team's pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training in Tampa, Fla. Rest of the NY Bulls*** gloating

From the NY Times Summer or Winter, the Yankees Show the Red Sox How to Win In the end, the Yankees' trade for Alex Rodriguez is just another instance in which the Yankees beat the Red Sox. Go to Article • Deal Makes Dollars, Sense • Jeter and Rodriguez • Yanks Will Need Pitching, Too http://nytimes.com/

New Bronx Bombers The Yankees' potential lineup with A-Rod, per inning based on 2004 salaries. Player Dollars/9 innings 1. Kenny Lofton, CF $2,126 2. Derek Jeter, SS $11,659 3. Alex Rodriguez, 3B $14,403 4. Jason Giambi, 1B $6,858 5. Gary Sheffield, RF $8,916 6. Bernie Williams, DH $8,230 7. Jorge Posada, C $4,115 8. Hideki Matsui, LF $4,801 9. Miguel Cairo, 2B $617 Kevin Brown, RHP $10,288 Total $72,013 Almost $1,000,000 per game for your starters. Think they will have a charity day for Miguel Cairo?

Imagine if we were in the East? How would you feel if you were in Baltimore, Toronto, or Tampa? Hell, they have no chance of making the playoffs. What does that do to their attendance when the Yankmees are not in town?

I was thinking something else, but cleaned it up

Selig doesn't have the courage to stop it.

Suckers?! Ahem, we're getting paid to post today

With love Brando, with love

I guess, bottom line, they have taken the innocence and fun out of baseball.

I love to go to my backyard in January and pull a few organic oranges off the tree and make fresh orange juice.

Anything can happen in a series. But you have to get there. The Yankees know they will get there. The Yankees and a couple other teams are playing to win a WS every year. The other 28 teams are playing to maybe make the playoffs.

If you really want to save money, and can not get a direct flight, look at pricing each leg. I have to fly Continental or American out of McAllen. I look for cheap flights from Dallas or Houston. I've also saved hundreds by driving a couple hours to San Antonio and picking up a flight there.

The A Rod trade was the final straw in what is going to be a very s***ty year in Chicago baseball. We've taken a couple steps back while the Cubs are surging forward. Even if we found a way to compete with KC, and Minny, we're just fodder for the Red Sox and Yankees. I'm as rabid a fan as anyone. I imagine if I'm disgusted with the Yankees being able to pretty much do what ever they want, how many other fans just said screw baseball? I hope this wakes up baseball owners to do something to create some competition. Why bother trying to build a team? Why bother investing any emotion in a team that is clearly inferior to what other teams can buy? :headshake If anyone cares to look, I was a Yankee supporter. This however, is not in the best interest of baseball. Imagine if Bud had balls and blocked the trade.

Gee Brando, sometimes I think you could do a fine job

That is the most vivid description of a chess board and sadly I never got to that level. I bored in intricate positional battles and prefered a quick gambit, attack, simplify, and hope for a pawn and rook end game. My tournament play was greatly enhanced when I was listening to a 13 year old kid say; that to simplify his play he decided to learn one opening really well and a defense for e4 and d4. From the mouth of babes I decided in addition to limiting my opening study I would study rook and pawn end games. I was amazed how many times I could create the situation that benefited my style of play. My rating went from mid 1500 to 1800. Then my talent took over and I stagnated. I really dislike on line play. I enjoy the heavy feel of a 3X wood piece. The sound of silence, the look, feel, and sound of an analog clock. When I see these electronic clocks and guys playing speed chess it just isn't the same. Same thing with on-line and what became of postal in the end. Too many people, to aid their fragile egos, resorted to using computers to play for them. I never understood how people could feel good about a victory gotten by cheating. A friend of mine talks about how lines of play turn on and off like lights on a dance floor when he looks at the board.

One of my all-time favorite books. If we were to cast the movie here who would you cast for Lord Wotton?