Texsox

Just wondering what y'all will be mixing today. I'm certain it may be weather dependent. I'll be outside later when the forcast calls for: 3 PM 83°F Feels Like 85°F I'm wondering what your favorite drink is when it's 32°F Feels Like 22°F with Heavy Snow Warnings Enjoy

I think it goes to show how during the regular season great coaches make a difference. Parcell's had a coach of the year season. That was a .500 team at best.

cwsox, that my friend was above and beyond the call of duty

WILBUR WOOD I’m like throwin’ f***in’ junk scraping the sides of the plate fluttering across broken winged accumulating insults & lounging in stale air I’m the junkballer & from a few feet away I look easy to hit but, friend, understand that my s*** explodes BOOM! & it sure as hell ain’t where you thought it’d be when you started that swing & yr fury fans the air impotent while my junk falls behind you, immaculate He once pitched both ends of a double header. Gotta love that.

showers, exploding scoreboards, dog days, shorts, world's largest tavern. I'm rethinking the comment that Sox fans do not like hot dogs Let me run this bit of irony by you. If it is true that they have to relocate the shower to right field and JR doesn't want to pay to move it. Is the PLUMBERS UNION saying it is too expensive to move? Perhaps they could use "non-union" plumbers to lower the cost I love the spot JR has them in.

which is why I try and never miss a cw post.

f*** you Brando, about time you left. At least you waited for the I v. P thread YOU started to cool down Come back for the season.

Hmmm, dad is reading some of your posts. That may explain a few things . . . Happy 22 again.

With a few people going postal around here I was wondering if the post office is part of Homeland Security

I forgot all the good times I had deliverying pizza. My car always smelled like a pizza. The most fun was the regulars who would always order the same thing at the same time. There were pecking orders to see who got to deliver. Poor tippers went to the new guy, big tippers went to me. Inscientific survey based on clothes and attitude: Old people have pizza then sex Young people have pizza during and after sex.

How's this on your dating resume: Yeah, and ah, like I was married once before, to ahh, Britney *f***ing* Spears whoo whooo!

I went in to monitor and remind people to be carefull (even dug up a Hill Street Blues pic, I miss that show), I reminded people that arguing with a brick wall is stupid and frustrating. Around page 35, I was branded an anti-semite and so I started screaming. What a great thread.

That's three words Getting back to peanut butter, for the perfect PB&J do you spread peanut butter on both halves of the bread so the jelly doesn't sink in or not? There is this local health food store near me that makes there own peanut butter, awesome stuff, better than the store brands. When I'm out backpacking I like the new stuff in a tube. Makes storage and spreading a lot easier and convienent.

I do agree with cwsox on a big thing. Sox fans in particular and Chicago fans have a low tolerance for hot dogs. We've been blessed with some great gentleman athletes with strong character.

No!!MARY!! in the best and worst trade thread I love the history through the eyes of the fans. We have so many excellent historians here, this site is such a treasure

Mr. Silent Killer Gas Passer I know it's childish but my son and I had tears in our eyes. Link

I guess I never really expressed myself clearly. Here's the scenario I'm thinking. It's 2003 and Sammy's career is exactly like it is except it was in a Sox uniform. The steroid suspicions, the home run chase, the corked bat, everything happened in a Sox uniform. It's the final weekend of the season. The Sox are battling for a playoff spot. It's in the late innings and Sammy comes to the plate. I contend Sox fans are cheering every step from the on deck circle to the batters box. We've rationalized he made a mistake and served his suspension. Now I am also certain that a lot of sox fans on this board would not be 100% happy but we wouldn't be booing. Remember there are probably 1,000 Sox fans rabid enough to be discussing Uribe for hours. The other 500,000 occassional fans would be doing the Sammy hop in Sox black. Would Sox fans have embraced him as much as Cub fans? I hope not. I know the hardcore won't. As I believe someone else pointed out, we would have more casual fans who do come out to see him. Since they would be wearing Sox hats and coming to games, we would have to consider them Sox fans. cw, sorry if I was confusing in all this. I hope this is clearer. I don't think trading Sammy for any of our All-Stars would have made a difference.

I'm sure you do

I'm not supposing any of that. My original post is we would cheer him. If I understood you correctly, you think we would not. That the rank and file Sox fans would be booing him unlike the Cub fans who cheered. I'm saying we would cheer. We're* no different than any other franchise. If he was hitting 40-50 home runs on the south side, making that little hop, blowing kisses, we would be buying it hook, line, and sinker. Even if it was on the way to a second place finish. For proof I pointed out Rodman. We cheered him with every rebound. This was a guy we hated at one point. We never hated Sosa. *Again, I say we as all Sox fans not just the ones rabid enough to be here. The other 300,000 who attend a couple games a year, maybe own a cap they got on free hat day.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities were concerned with terrorism threats in the air and on the ground Saturday. The British government delayed a London-to-Washington flight for three hours and U.S. officials monitored heavily secured stadiums hosting the first round of football playoffs. British Airways (BAB) 223, the most scrutinized flight since the United States declared a high terrorism alert Dec. 21, lifted off from Heathrow Airport just after 1 p.m. EST after intensive security checks. The plane had the all-clear earlier from Britain's Transport Department. The subsequent checks added to the misery of passengers on a flight also detained in Washington on Wednesday and canceled Thursday and Friday. The British government has declined to provide details of its security concerns about the flight. The department said it took action Saturday following discussions "with a variety of sources," including U.S. authorities. A British Airways morning flight to Washington D.C. left on schedule at 5:55 a.m. EST Saturday. Other routes under scrutiny during the code orange alert in the United States were London-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico City-Los Angeles. The United States is working closely with other countries to lessen the threat of terrorism on international flights. South Korea's national police agency, responding to American requests for international cooperation, said it would have armed officers on individual U.S.-bound flights if warranted, based on information about a terrorist threat to any specific flight. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said Saturday that authorities have been discussing security with the National Football League and the National Collegiate Athletic Association during the playoff and college bowl season. NFL playoff games Saturday were in Baltimore and Charlotte, N.C., with contests Sunday in Green Bay, Wis., and Indianapolis. There were weekend bowl games in Boise, Idaho, and New Orleans. NFL spokesman Joe Browne said security has been tight since the Sept. 11 attacks, and air space over stadiums is restricted by federal legislation. He said security for the Super Bowl, Feb. 1 in Houston, would be even more intense because of the international attention the event receives. "The number one concern our fans have is the air space," he said. Spectators are less concerned about stadium security because "they see our tightened measures as they enter the gates and the parking lots."

I pointed to Rodman as someone we hated from the rooftops. Between Lame-beer, Thomas, and Rodman, I'm not certain which one we hated more. And we came to cheer him. If Chicago fans can overcome that hatred to cheer a guy they certainly would cheer Sosa. Doesn't fans going from hate to love prove my point more than going from neutral to love? Chicago loves a winner. If Sosa was leading the Sox to a championship instead of the Cubs, many Sox fans would be lined up to cheer. Face it the totality of Sox fans (not just those rabid enought to be here) and the totality of Cub fans aren't that different. Most are from Chicago. cwsox, not everyone is as principled as you. If I had my choice of a Sosa led WS Title or letting the Cubs win one, I'd take the Sosa title every time.

I think that is pretty close. There is no way to be precise. The key element in your equation is there are powers around the world with big interests in how this shapes up. Don't underestimate the world communties involvement in all this. Bigger countries than these two have a hand in it. Perhaps left to their own, this could have been worked out a long time ago. I looked at your numbes again, include the US and everyone else in the other. The US has made some mistakes in all this as well.

cwsox, for every fan like you, 10,000 will cheer. In time even more. I remember the early boos for Rodman, by the end of December only a couple. Sad but true.