Texsox

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 11, 2009 -> 10:28 PM) No, the ideal is: Ricky Henderson (LF), Micky Mantle (CF), Babe Ruth (DH), Lou Gherig (1B), Joe Dimaggio (RF), Roger Hornsby (2B), etc Well played sir I might want to put the Tiger's Ty Cobb in that #2 spot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2009 -> 07:55 AM) That is a great last paragraph. If you are miserable, you are doing it wrong. Turn off the TV and find something you enjoy instead. What is really strange is that many of the posters who posted all winter variations on how many different ways this team will suck, are now upset the team is living down to expectations. I am not suggesting that we just blindly cheer whatever crap the organization trots out there, but a little perspective on what real trials and tribulations are, and an appreciation of the game for the game's sake, goes a long way.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 11, 2009 -> 10:08 PM) SOunds like the law might be unconstitutional, because it deprives Peterson of his right to confront his accuser, in this case, his dead wife. It will be a test for some (activist) judge.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ May 11, 2009 -> 10:07 PM) TexSox- Without a doubt, you are my favorite poster here. This site would be a real drag without the levity you add. Thanks for the perspective you add to this site. Pants. P.S. Can I have sex with you, too? P.P.S. Ozzie Guillen replaces Alexei with...Ozzie Guillen: First player-manager since Pete Rose. Well, when it comes to baseball, or any subject for that matter, I'm an idiot, or so I've been told (repeatedly). At least I can laugh about it. I have mentioned this before, but I will repeat it for the new posters. After 30+ years of following this team, you have to enjoy the sport and the entertainment that is White Sox baseball. Perhaps I am one of the last of Veecks "World's biggest saloon" holdouts. We are not Yankee fans who can expect to win a Championship a few times per decade. So I accept what is on the field and enjoy the season. I am not going to lose sleep over it, getting mad about it is about as sane as getting mad because Jennifer Aniston made a crappy movie and you are a fan of hers. Allow me to post a few Bill Veeck quotes that I appreciate. The most beautiful thing in the world is a ballpark filled with people. Bill Veeck The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball. Bill Veeck There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. Bill Veeck What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat. Bill Veeck Somewhere in there is why I love White Sox baseball. A long time ago I accepted I may never see a Sox World Series, I was wrong. But I have accepted I may never see another one. Every win, every player like Mark Buehrle or Frank Thomas, is to be cherished. So some fans, including many here, can get frustrated and s*** all over my team, but that is your choice and how you want to enjoy this team. The saloon is big enough for everyone. Just don't get annoyed when I cheer when you want to spew a profanity laced diatribe at the team. I often times wonder if many of the negative posters here are just trying to convince themselves how smart they are about baseball by posting the 1001 ways a team can fall apart and lose.So in the end who is smarter? The fans who enjoy the boys of summer, or those who spend so much time and energy saying this team sucks?

"Sorry about your car" sorry the roof of your car is now pushed to the floor of your car, while we laugh our asses off, dude

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2009 -> 04:27 PM) Actually no. People decided to assume that it was but it's actually about belly buttons (see poll). gee, people here flying off the handle and making assumptions?! Shocking!

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ May 11, 2009 -> 02:18 PM) Teams just dont care about dignity anymore, do they? It's all about the highest bidder. LandShark Stadium? Seriously? What a horrible sounding name. But the beer is decent.

Mark would be the perfect poster here. And half the poeple would call him a moron and tell him he knows nothing about baseball.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 11, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) Can we rename this thread Pavlov's dog? subtitled August Comes Early

After this thread, I guess I am out.

Gotta love those teacher pranks . . .

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ May 11, 2009 -> 11:10 AM) Nobody's even concerned about me But yeah the storm that hit was unbelievable, we had a tornado warning during my first final at 10:10 am. Then when i left C'dale at 1 there was another tornado warning, and thats when the winds hit. Thank God you are ok! who the hell is this guy? I kid because I care™* *Used by permission of FlaSoxxJim

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 10, 2009 -> 07:27 PM) You're not the only one. It's been going on for a decade. I see "Michael Jordon" every now and then too. : I usually do not make that error. My spell checker should have caught it. And isn't the usual mistake Burhle?

Yipee!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 10, 2009 -> 07:23 PM) grats Texsox. thx

QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2009 -> 07:01 PM) pssh. I'm going to live tweet my graduation. Take that GRAMPS I was texting my fam, but stopped as soon as we stood up and I was discreet.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 10, 2009 -> 05:48 PM) I just hope if he gets in his last name is spelled correctly on his plaque. ouch, you are correct /tex turns red

Graduation and cell phones going off everywhere, students on the floor messaging and calling, one person was talking all the way to just before the stage.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 10, 2009 -> 11:27 AM) Ozzie says Richard isn't developed enough to be a starter, then 2 weeks later, puts him in the starting rotation. Great job this past offseason KW. Coop will fix 'em™

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 10, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) Well yeah, but my point/question was encompassing the season, not just right now Team's rosters are what they are. If they hit well against lefties, they will be smiling at the schedule when they see the Sox coming to town. If they struggle against lefties, they will cringe.

QUOTE (everafan @ May 10, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) Mark Buehrle is not an ace, he just gets the same results as an ace. best comment on MBINAA

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 9, 2009 -> 03:05 PM) You apparently aren't aware that pot currently sells at all sorts of different prices because not all the quality is the same. I imagine companies that would go into manufacturing pot would make different flavors and potencies to capture as large of the market as possible. Most people don't buy moonshine or brew their own beer to avoid taxes. Look at the large market in bottle water and other items that are freely available at the supermarket. It's all in how you sell it. Which is the same with beer and every other product. I took that into account. Water is an interesting example. Do people pay more, or less, for bottled water? Again, I do not see a cost savings to pot smokers if it was legalized. There will be way too many new sin taxes and costs and no real incentive to lower prices. Plus, even if manufacturers could lower prices, there will be increasing taxes added to the product. Sin taxes, from cigarettes to gambling, are very popular with law makers. After reading your post again, yes, I could see the worse legal product equaling, or cheaper than, the current "premium" product. But quality for quality, I see price increases, not decreases.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 8, 2009 -> 11:19 PM) I was sitting behind the White Sox dugout tonight, and I know Contreras was bad and has been bad, but some of the classless people around there are way out of line with what they are yelling at him. The guy is perhaps the biggest reason there is a trophy at that park. He also is a guy that wasn't supposed to pitch until August, if ever again. Remove him from the rotation, but the Count will rise again, and all these "fans" will be singing another tune. I understand the whole, "I bought a ticket, I have a right to be an asshole" talk, the funny thing is most of the people who pop off didn't buy their own ticket, but saying disgusting things like what was being thrown at Jose shouldn't be said to anybody higher than Drew Peterson. well said.

With revenue being the #1 driver of this discussion, who, between the manufacturers and the government, benefits from a price reduction? Since y'll know what is being paid by consumers, shall we assume that the government and manufacturers are also equally informed? I just do not see prices being reduced. The tax will be set too high for a price reduction. Consider the massive lawsuits that the tobacco industry paid over the past two decades. Consider what money the industry will be forced to set aside for treatment, education, etc. before the laws would be changed. Those programs were forced upon every sin industry from liquor to gambling, from porn to smoking. Pot would be subjected as well. Think about the massive product liability insurance that will need to be paid. Let's also consider workers that now will receive unemployments insurance, workers comp insurance, social security benfits, FICA, etc etc etc Plus if Rock is correct, pot smokers will gladly pay more for a legal product. Price decrease?! no way. If it stayed the same, I would be shocked.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 8, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) This is Obama's war. Why is he killing innocent civilians? /just repeating the company line of liberals everywhere with only one word change. That's right, Bush's war ended with Mission Accomplished