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Baines was still active with another team when his number was retired. I could easily see Buerhle's number being retired, a few more seasons and it will be a no brainer. Are the Cubs still holding Jenkin's cocaine arrest against him?

I thought this was a Fleetwood Mac Thread /bye

Laguna by Michael Putengat

I doubt it would be anything like a ptbnl, but I couldn't find anything in a few minutes of research. But I am always intrigued when guys at this level get traded. It seems like there is always a personal angle, or something unique. Or perhaps the teams were discussing something from the mlb roster and had an oh, btw moment. Or maybe someone just gets bored and wants to do something

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 19, 2009 -> 08:25 PM) That is correct. I thought they were extreme in their quest to destroy corg, even though he was a fraud. It did seem extreme, although, the story was, he was offered an opportunity to write his own mea culpa and declined. It was annoying to watch the younger posters especially slurp up his lies and thanking him so profusely for posting all that insider information.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 19, 2009 -> 05:16 PM) Someone outted him on never being on the board for the sox. I also remember him claiming he was there when they voted down trading Thomas to the Red Sox for trot Nixon. He was outed in a huge way. People tracked down his ex-wife and really exposed him. The moment I *knew* he was a fraud was when he said that it was illegal for corporations to lend each other money or invest in other corporations. I was looking for his Ode du Colon a p[arody of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road IIRC

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 19, 2009 -> 09:55 AM) Actually, the kids voted for you because you were DEFINITELY old enough to buy them beer. Nice. Thank you.

They flew her hours after the head injury, that seems wrong to me.

I now have had all the various methods of fusing skin back together and while each wound was different, the staples seemed to be the best overall. With glue, the tugging and discomfort seemed to last for weeks. With stitches, moving was far worse. The staples seemed to have some give. But Kap was right, it is much more comfortable with them gone. I am using the vicodin at night and Advil during the day to control pain. I get tired very easily, but hope to get some stuff done the next couple of days. I put a warranty claim in to my mother, it seems as if this was probably present from birth. A few years back, I thought my days were numbered. I've been reflecting on that and having the opportunity to feel this pain and discomfort is pretty cool.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Mar 18, 2009 -> 03:43 PM) I was at a bar the other night, and they were having this trivia game and one of the questions was what are the two most common types of beer. The answer was ale and lager. Well, one guy who apparently got the answer wrong protested very loudly and adamantly that, "Ale is not beer!" If I heard him say it once, I heard it fifteen times. Most of the people in the bar believed that ale is beer and the bartender was pretty apathetic about the whole topic. Everything that I have found online says that ale is beer. I know there are some beer experts on here, so can anybody confirm that ale is or is not beer. And if it is beer, do you have any idea what that guy was talking about? The confusion is pretty simple, he is thinking of them as completely different beverages and not as a subset. The family is beer, which is then made up of many different beverages. You mention the contest was at a bar. I always give my drinking companions, and I consider anyone within voice range a drinking companion, the benefit of the doubt and would never consider them retarded. In fact I would offer to buy him an ale and congratulate him on his higher level thinking skills. Of course it is that compassionate bar behavior that got me elected as "Soxtalk Drinking Buddy of The Year" I hate stupid drunks

IIRC LCR banned himself.

A couple minor pinches but overall, way better than stitches. I had a jumbo size repair, the wound is about 50% longer than what he expected to need.

I have some minor quibbles with a few of his choices, but overall it is a well researched piece.

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QUOTE (RibbieRubarb @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 06:49 AM) Oh yeah...sorry about that. It was an accident, I swear. Ah, a grudge baby, someone had it in for him . . .

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 10:26 AM) I'm in the city. Let's put it this way. I have a 2 BR condo, in Bucktown. My taxes there for a year are 30+ times as much as I pay for 24 acres of land in New Mexico. Undeveloped land or ag zoned, pays almost nothing, and that is how it should be.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 07:45 AM) If someone gave me Z's contract but said I had to be a Cubs, Packers, and Pistons fan, I'd go out and buy season tickets for all 3 that same day. For Z's money, I'd even stop posting here.

QUOTE (Cali @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 05:03 AM) Really? If someone was gonna just flat out give me 100 million dollars and all I had to do was root for a sports team, I would do it in a split second.... I'd switch to the cubs for a hell of a lot less.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 12:16 AM) I have plenty of those painkillers here. I'll send some. WOAH... just kidding, FBI, ATF, etc. etc. etc. Getting staples out isn't bad. After those are out, your discomfort will rapidly disappear. You'll be surprised how much better you feel after they're gone. The bruising has steadily expanded until it covers an area about 4 inches high and 12-14 inches long. Not much discoloration at the incision. I can find a comfortable position and sit for a couple hours, but as soon as I stand up, it sucks. And I will not even go into details about the difficulties of personal hygiene. I did just see the Family Guy with Peter selling butt scratchers at the ball park. In my best Peter Griffin voice "butt wipers" "butt wipers" I was totally fooled when I felt great the day after, I was not expecting a three day slide from there. But I will be ready for the prime surf season, at least the non wet suit period.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 17, 2009 -> 12:11 AM) I agree with this. Must be the damn painkillers I am on

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 11:42 PM) I thought this was hilarious and this thread needs a return. I tried embedding, but that gave me a headache. What do you have to do other than copy/paste the code on youtube? HTML ON

Even if humankind was not making too much of an impact, why would you want to pollute and do things harmful to our environment? It just seems to make sense to be good stewards of our planet.

QUOTE (CubKilla @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 10:45 PM) You're joking right? Relative is an interesting tool. Cook County is relatively cheap and relatively crazy expensive.

Looking over the Ivy League educations of many baseball GMs, I'm guessing they think education is important also. And there is more than just baseball specific knowledge required. There have been more than a few multi-sport Scouts, some at very high levels. So of someone really does have that enthusiasm and drive, I am certain that drive and enthusiasm could carry them through a four year degree. And while college is also not a guarantee of honesty, with the number of cases of fraud that have been exposed in recent years, character indicators, such as a college degree, will become even more important. I'm thinking a Kinesiology degree with a business minor would be appropriate. Perhaps Psychology or Physiology.

QUOTE (CubKilla @ Mar 16, 2009 -> 10:46 PM) Doesn't hurt at all. Bulk of the pain might be a slight pinch. I was watching a few of the youtube videos and it seems a couple drunk guys can remove them without any problem I'm starting to run out of painkillers, anyone have Rush's phone number?