Texsox

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 28, 2011 -> 05:56 AM) How fast his career went down the tubes? He won 50 games the 3 seasons after he left the Sox and pitched until he was 44 years old. Fast facts. Did you know that off the top of your head?

By the way, from Florida which has snagged some headlines, it seems the Gov may have a conflict here

Weird doing the costume thing today. I have to make a stop on my way to school and after. I am trying to figure out a two step system to not look quite so weird.

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 07:12 PM) Need a corny idea??? In the past, I had a costume where nobody guess what I was. I got a black plastic kettle, hung it around my neck, and filled it up with bars of DIAL soap with a sign that said "What Am I?" Nobody guessed it, so at the end of the day I revealed to everyone that I am dressed up as a "Crock-O-Dial!!!" (Maybe that's why I don't post much. Who could stomach the one-liners?? Ah who knows.........maybe someday I'll reach #1000 yet!!) Nice

How much lobbying from testing companies is going into this testing for benefits movement? Do you want to spend $5 to save $3? And are we really going to cut off aid intended for kids because their parent tests negative? How many retests will be necessary to be accurate and fair? Seems like a solution looking for a problem. The private prison lobby has been pushing tougher illegal alien laws everywhere to counter the more lax drug sentences, they are always looking for business. Now the drug testing companies are getting into the act.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 27, 2011 -> 09:46 PM) OK, Washington still had to lead the army to one of the most unforeseen victories ever, and then take the reigns as first president when he could have basically been, in other words, a king. George Washington is the living embodiment of the Roman ideal of Cincinnatus. The perfect kind of leader. To show how all of this is so intertwined, without the involvement from France, which Franklin secured by partying and lobbying, the victory probably doesn't happen. Something I learned last night, Lafayette and Von Steuban where also Freemasons. Washington would be turning over in his grave if he saw our two party system. I wonder really if he would object too much to our involvement around the world. I believe he would have seen the necessity for change from a young weak nation to the superpower we are today and the responsibilities that come with that.

It was Franklin that convinced Washington to even attend the Constitutional Convention and worked hard to assure George was in charge.

I have to go with the elder statesman of the group, Ben Franklin. His diplomacy in securing the French aid during the Revolutionary War was critical, his leadership during the writing of the current Constitution was brilliant. Has he been a few years younger he would have been the first president. Plus he was a player

He's almost as powerful as Boras in mind control.

Why? because I bow to peer pressure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 07:49 AM) Fixed. Do you think they had any discussions about other candidates or just said Oz is gone, hire Ventura? As far as your two candidates that you wanted interviewed, I believe they know enough about Cooper to make a judgement without a formal interview. Hell he negotiated his contract by going over his bosses head, so he and the front office are very comfortable with each other. I'd say Cooper had many informal interviews over the past few years. Plus, they may have actually done something classy and not announced who they interviewed and didn't hire. They didn't come out and say, Hey, we interviewed (insert names here) and they sucked during the interview. Image how Cooper would have felt answering questions about how he failed in the interview.

Why is it that no other writer has bothered to talk to Frank? With all the ex players hired you would think that Frank would be a hotter topic.

Good point. I'm wondering how much Frank has mellowed. I do think he has some of the temperament to be a coach and not immediately a manager.

How can we elect someone with no experience at any elected office? Baseball teams wouldn't do that.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Oct 26, 2011 -> 07:05 AM) You're drunker then s*** if you play "Texas" as the drinking word for Perry speak. I agree. I cannot stand Rick Perry. Gee, that shouldn't be obvious or anything by now. Obama says thank you for your vote come November 2012

I think the role with Konerko and other consistent veterans would be more adviser and observer while spending more time with the newer players. But, as Cowley noted, I have no idea everything a hitting coach does.

Dubya says howdy. It's also not the US of pizzA either. When a governor from Arkansas can be president, can't every young boy, black or white, dream that dream? Even if you're from the state that out performed every other state during the Dem driven economic troubles we experienced? Can't a nice man like Perry, a true Democrat until the party left him, rise to the top?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 25, 2011 -> 09:01 AM) I never liked Francona as an option all that much, and would have said absolutely not to Cooper. Martinez and Alomar were 2 guys I at least wanted to see interviewed. If they screwed the interview or clearly were unprepared...fine, then move on...but there's every reason to expect those guys to be effective managers from day 1 right now, and with Ventura I'd call it a roll of the dice. We didn't even do the due diligence on them. How many possible MLB managers are out there? Your due diligence would have been to interview these two, would it have included Ventura? Mine would have been Alomar and Mike Jirschele or Marty Brown. You keep criticizing the team for not doing due diligence, but what you are really saying is they didn't interview your candidates.

I'm surprised that no one is interested in Frank's situation. His name was all over the thread when Robin was announced. I understand the Cowley hate and that Sox fans have to attack everything Cowley writes, but who they are, and who they are not interviewing is interesting. I'm glad that the team seems to be looking in the direction of an experienced hitting coach. I'd like to see Robin surrounded by a little experience. But it's not like Cowley interviewed a lesser Sox retired player, he interviewed Frank, a legitimate name.

Wait, hasn't Frank been mentioned by fans as a possibility? Has no other journalist contacted Frank? That would seem pretty strange. I would think any reporter on the Sox beat would be talking to him. And for those that want coaches with experience, don't you want the team to ignore Frank?

Getting back to the stadium lease, if the Sox pay more, good for Illinois taxpayers, bad for Sox fans. Which are there more.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 25, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) He's been given up for dead a couple times? I count 1...right now...and he's "Still in the race" in the same sense that Jon Huntsman is right now. He definitely has a road to the nomination...but he has to go "All in" on Iowa. Other times in his career, but this is a guy that has never lost a race, the longest serving governor in Texas history. He flat out knows how to win and has assembling a heck of a campaign team.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 25, 2011 -> 10:30 AM) Well done. Keep it up. If I was part of your staff, I'd have been Wilson. We did think about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have one female (blond) teacher and three males. I was planning on just wearing Chicago Bear hat and sweatshirt. Instead I will spend the day eating tic tacs from a perscription bottle.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 25, 2011 -> 07:50 AM) Correction - he's damn good in person on a stage with no one else involved in a discussion. He's good at giving speeches. And once the primary season hits and the candidates are forced onto smaller stages in each state, Perry will rebound nicely and pick up momentum against Rom. He's been given up for dead a couple times and is still in the race. He may be the GOP version of Clinton when it comes to feeling our pain.