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QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 07:52 PM) I wonder if Francona would have been mature as you call it if one of his former pitchers said he couldn't manage a bullpen. It's easy to turn the other cheek when you have nothing personal involved. Good point, but we are blessed with Ozzie. I believe we can always assume he will react more quickly, honestly, with zero planning, and without any regard to PR.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 08:51 AM) How do you tell the difference between the extra 50 and the legit 1000 that went out? You usually can't. Some of the groups that issue the patches have started sending some sort of authenticity letter, etc. but not many do. So once those are accepted, then the company can make a few more (which is illegal). We also urge people to accept the overruns as part of their order. They even have a name in our hobby "Chang" after the guy who first started selling these. Crazy, but that, and the local Councils who produce the patches who started issuing dozens per year to profit off collectors have almost killed the hobby.

What was hurting my hobby are "overruns". Most of the patches are being produced overseas and for legit purposes, they will make 1050 to fill a 1000 pc order. They will then sell the extra 50 direct to whomever. We've been argung for years if these are legit or not.

There isn't an employer on the planet that is perfect for everyone and there isn't an employee on the planet that is perfect for every company. Doesn't make either party wrong, or right. It makes for nice theater. I imagine Ozzie and Bobby are both bored with the usual routine of spring training, so they have this to play with. Reporters have something easier to write about than someone's fastball or new workout plans. Keep talking guys, it brings real games here faster.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Feb 25, 2011 -> 06:02 PM) I actually picked one of these up a while back as a place holder until I could find an authentic 2008 stars and stripes hat.. I collect Boy Scout memorabilia and especially patches. Some of the patches sell for up to $25,000. Fakes are a problem. There was a very strong push to stop collectors from buying any, even as placeholders, because it kept a market for those patches. Has cap collecting gotten to that point?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 25, 2011 -> 05:06 PM) really? I hadnt heard about that. I submitted it 10 days ago and the state return came today, so I'm thinking Monday or Tuesday at the latest. There is a chart at http://www.irs.gov and click on where's my refund.

From what I was told, primary *care* is actually being in direct supervision of the minor. Basically if there is no one to watch a 0-12 year old, that's a major problem. Each judge kind of runs their court so for some the money thing is not a huge concern. If you make $50 per day or $500 per day, it is still a day off. Others understand that stress makes you a s***ty juror. At least that what an attorney in Texas told me who argues cases in front of juries and teaches a jury selection class.

Before 6am: direct deposit shows up, transferred most to savings, paid off a couple balances, began thinking about a Wii.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 06:18 PM) Obviously the Cubs are an anomaly. A Cubs game is more about entertainment than baseball. They play to a packed house daily, but baseball isn't really the draw. It's more like an outdoor party of day drinking where a baseball game breaks out. If the Fire played at Wrigley, soccer would be huge in the city. Which is my point. Baseball teams have to promote fun at the ballpark, not come watch our team win.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 02:16 PM) Haha, she did indeed say that. OMG. She can't be that clueless, is she?

Really cool, thanks for posting. Individual posts with the history of each cap would be kind of cool. We could lock it so only those posts appear. Hell, a Knight list of favorite Sox cap (BTW hats have brims). might be cool.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 08:55 AM) Pretending that guns are the problem and not people is the real issue here. Continue to think that banning all guns will solve the problem though. Criminals wouldn't dare break a gun ban law right? How do you stop the person then? Pretending that guns are no more lethal than a pencil is the real issue here. Currently if they find a gun on campus, they can confiscate it and arrest the person carrying it. That is including the potential criminal. Allowing guns on campus and that gun is either never found or returned to the person.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 07:59 AM) The issue isn't the amount of money as it's relative. The issue is competitive balance. Eventually, MLB is going to lose major fan bases. There's no incentive for kids in over half of the markets to follow their team. People in Pittsburgh, KC, Baltimore, Cleveland etc. won't continue to follow teams that have no chance. That will hurt MLB overall. Yet the Cubs draw great crowds year after year. How are they any different than KC or Baltimore? There is even another team in the Cubs' market that does field a challenger almost every year. Even since free agency got started decades ago people have been predicting this. Eventually, maybe it will happen.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Feb 23, 2011 -> 09:34 PM) I'm not exactly sure what the benefit of guns on campus is. To stop mass killings on campuses like Virginia tech.

Did I read correctly that CMB said someday Chicago will elect its *first* woman mayor? Jane Byrne says hello. The onnly thing better is if she said someday Chicago would elect its first black mayor.

Would you rather your team's total salary drops $20 mil which they take as profits, or they pay a superstar player $20 mil?

Based on what are their salaries nuts? Based on what a cop earns? Or based on the profits that baseball teams make?

Is that regardless of team profits? Remember, that is what we really care about. So if a team can pay Pujols that money and make money, why not? One issue I have with a salary cap is if it means the Yankees will now make $$$$$ while the Pirates can now break even. Seems like there has to be some revenue sharing in the mix, and I hate to even write those words.

Pretty excited about spring training starting.

Lucky for the Sox they had a can't miss All-star right behind him . . .

Mother. mother, ocean . . . I'm in a why can't I be back at the island kind of mood

I think this will start more college shooting sprees than end them. It seems like such a bad idea no one is really taking the proposals seriously, but it seems both states have the needed votes.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 04:46 PM) No doubt they're better, but it isn't why they lost. Pitching (especially the bullpen in the last couple of months) screwed them last year more than anything else, and this year the outcome will again rest mostly on pitching. The 2010 outcome really had very little to do with Kotsay. How soon we forget . . .