Texsox

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 02:21 PM) The Manny talk is interesting, even if Boras is his agent. KW's had a megaboner for Manny for a long time. Then that would help KW to follow my best advice, f*** Manny. I'm not a fan of Manny.

I have to laugh at how quickly we accept Dye, World Series MVP, signed a contract for less on the free agent market, etc. leaving and we wave goodbye so quickly. Love that loyalty. I could imagine the howls of protest if he said he wanted a trade.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 02:16 PM) And when Michael Steele becomes head of the RNC and Sharpton or Jessie refers to HIM as a 'house negro' or an 'uncle Tom', what then? I just want consistency. If this 'toned down' Al is the future, great! That puts his fearmongering side out of commission. I want to see him then continue with this new approach when Steele does something he doesn't approve of. Then if you want consistency, then you wanted the Uncle Tom and House n***** talk to continue? If the new behavior is to continue, then it should be applauded, not jeered and criticized. But right now you are basically pointing to a good thing and trying to make it look bad. So I go back to my statement that a toned down Al Sharpton will make some people unhappy. It takes away a target for their attacks. So no you really don't want it to continue. You want him to revive it so you can call him a hypocrite and post ten links.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) You can't compare baseball internationally to basketball. Basketball is truly an international sport now and the talent level is much deeper. Baseball is a North American, Latin American, and Japanese sport. I guess I forgot about all the other great Chinese basketball players So what makes a Cuban player better than a French player in baseball?

Partially debone a turkey, stuff that with a deboned duck, then stuff that with a deboned chicken. From there, you can add a nice stuffing.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 01:55 PM) Well, I guess Sharpton 'changed' his mind about the use of 'house negro'. And some people, evidently you, will be unhappy and disappointed with Sharpton's toned down, less radical rhetoric. I like it.

Ironic that we are probably talking more than the Sox and Rays.

Having the cash for FA and actually getting FAs signed are two very different things. I'm not enthusiastic about a strategy that revolves around shopping and outbidding anyone for a player's services. Perhaps if I was the Yankees or Red Sox, but not for the Sox.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That looks good. I forgot to add Turducken as a choice.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 12:54 PM) I remember being on a plane to Texas for the first time, and as we were about to land at Hobby Airport they announced that Ronald Reagan had been shot. Gee two winners for Southsider

Obama promised change. Obama supporters bought into the change. Some will applaud, some will jeer. America!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 01:28 PM) That is f***ing moronic. The US already has millions of acres of leased land specifically for the purpose of drilling with minimal impact (after studies). So, apparently, we can't drill there, but we need to drill in protected space??? Idiots. x

I love it when two posts come in at the same time on the exact same subject. And in this case from both the right and center

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 12:38 PM) Agreed, but most Presidents sort of spazz out in their last couple months trying to make a good mark on the world through various executive orders. And don't forget pardoning various felons, donors, friends of donors, political exiles, etc. Those are my favorites

His legacy is cast. And it isn't pretty.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 11:40 AM) No because those areas aren't known for their baseball programs like Cuba is. It's just like how getting a player from Japan gets people a lot more excited than they would get about a player from Taiwan, or how a player from the DR or Venezuela creates more excitement than a player from the Netherlands. Or a basketball player from China So is it their skeletons that make the French poor players? Their intellect?

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 09:03 PM) Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 9/8c. Scrubs, ABC.

what Cubans do they have? We're all about the Cubans today (why don't we have a Cuban flag smiley?) Damn mods sitting on their ass again. /back to discussion

Would we be as excited about Viciedo if he was Brazilian or French?

I was remembering the coal mine at the Museum of Science and Industry

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 10:36 AM) Somewhere there's a joke with Iowa, Tornado and Cows that can be worked into scenario here. I do not think scenario would appreciate that.

I remember the thrill of breaking in a new mitt. The rubber bands and glove oil. The forcing my hands to try and close it. Sleeping with it under my pillow.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 10:27 AM) It hilarious how ignorant some people are about baseball though. On the radio people were lauding KW's deal for DV saying that it was too much money for a player that wasnt proven in a league that is not up to par. Uh, you mean you would put our American High School baseball a level above Cuban leauge? Because we are essentually signing a player right out of highschool, yet he has been playing pro ball for 4 years longer than those HS'ers. Whole websites are filled with those people. And they keep telling each others how smart they are.

Summers with all my aunts and uncles and grandparents at cabins in Eagle River, Wisconsin