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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?

Ranking is becoming problematic now a days. With speed chess becoming popular how does one compare? Should only tournament play be included? I do not think Aron Nimzowitsch was all that strong a tournament player, but My System is The difinitive book on positional play. I doubt there is a player the past 40 years over an 1800 rating that hasn't dog eared a copy of that book. Looking at traditional champions I would put Garry #1 and Fischer #2. I do not believe that Fischer ever reached his potential. His genious was like a gyroscope spinning at an unbelievable rotation. The slightest bump and he was crazy. Plus there was zero support for chess champions in the US so he basically beat a Russian team in 1972. As for the third, I've enjoyed Capablanca's games, if Karpov had been born in a different time he may be more highly regarded, I am being told by friends who actually live where decent chess is played, that Anand is amazing. I no longer am a member of the USCF, and have not followed the current players. Petrosian, Spasky, and a few others are up there. I am almost forgetting Tal, a personal favorite when he just starts blasting away. And as an American I should probably mention Morphy, but I have a hard time placing him near the top 5 or 10 for that matter.

I just found out I will need to travel to Chicago in the next month or two. I am trying to hold this off until mid April Which series will be easier to get good tix for, the Home Opener or Yankees the following week?

I am not a Krausse supporter, but it is hard to gather the rest of the team while drafting at the bottom year after year. Look at Minnesota, they haven't won a series and they have one of the top 3 players in the league.

What American Presidents have Won a Nobel Prize? I believe Woodrow Wilson (D) and Teddy Roosevelt ® and Jimmy Carter (D) And Bush joins another noted American President William Clinton who was nominted in 1998.

I try and sneak into the land of winter for just a couple of days and BAM! Dallas gets it's worst winter storm of the year. Frickin' snow in Texas. 3" it looks so nice my my hotel window, but eventually I have to drive in this crap. 39°F Snow Feels Like 33°F UV Index: 0 Minimal Dew Point: 28°F Humidity: 65% Visibility: 0.6 miles Pressure: 30.10 inches and steady Wind: From the East at 9 mph Nightmare Pic Here I will never gloat about my almost always perfect weather again.

mommy?

I tried watching it but the damn Hooters waitresses kept getting in the way. I love those buffalo shrimp and they have crawfish now.