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QUOTE (The Critic @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 10:26 AM) The gist of it was that the Cubs fanbase has become too impatient yeah, it's only been 100 f***ing years

"Walk in the booth, urinate, and leave". They had Cub fans nailed.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 10:15 AM) Actually, it was a culmination of a number of different things. The Tribune had just bought the Cubs. People could watch the Cubs for free on WGN while the Sox were on Sportsvision which you had to pay for. And of course, Harry leaving the Sox for the Cubs. The Sportsvision vs. WGN was huge. But even going back to the old Channel 44 crappy picture the Cubs always ruled the TV. Remembering the 60s and 70s, the Cubs were the wholesome family team that played in the sunshine and the Sox where the kind of seedy, sleezy, team that played on the Southside (wink wink) to a different (wink) fan base.

Would have been more fun if we had managed a couple more wins.

As a matter of policy, I think it is a mistake to dismiss Boras clients immediately. In this case, I'd pass on the two he has. After thinking about it I chose a FA as the probable for next season. One of the modern realities of baseball I really like is the A-Ram kind of story. There is probably some youngish kid playing on a crappy field in South America who has caught K-Dubya's radar. Or at least that's what I want to believe in early October.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 10:29 AM) If you can't see the future benefit of observing people doing your job at the highest level, I'm not sure what else there is to argue about. Sorry, I am not making my point clearly. I do see the benefit for the AAAA players and whatever team they may be on down the road. I think it is over rated, but would not dismiss it. ---->>> I also see the bigger benefit of not distracting the MLB roster players from the goal of winning. So the argument is whether this advances the team towards their goal of winning or away. I see potential distractions and zero benefit towards the goal of winning. Getting AAAA players clubhouse couch time is so far down my list of what is important during the playoffs, it almost doesn't make the list. I agree it would be nice for Broadway, and if he ever is on a playoff roster there may be some value.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) I don't think that's even the issue being raised. Dick Allen's comments are exactly to the point. So it seems we agree it doesn't help win any games. And we also agree there are a number of great reasons that it helps the AAAA guys. Where we disagree is the cost of getting those AAAA players a chance to sit on the clubhouse couch and maybe spray some champagne. If that is the goal of being in the playoffs, that is great. But in my mind, it's all about winning games, and having extra ass patters on the club house couch seems silly and potentially distracting. And the next time I hear a manager say on the eve of a playoff game "I'm not worried about , he was in the clubhouse during our 2008 run and he knows what it takes" will be the first time. There is no substitute for preparing and actually playing. The rest is just to party.

Thank you for putting that together. I've always leaned towards the Sandy Alomar type backup. But it may be time to start thinking more in terms of an understudy.

What the team's marketing is looking for are the families that go to one or two games a year. They choose when and where based on other factors than history. They need to be assured the venue is "safe" and the experience will be exciting. They want to build a memory for their kids. "remember when you saw Frank Thomas"? Of course watching the home team win is nice as well. But this is the fight over the entertainment dollars. The decision isn't Cubs or Sox, but baseball game (then which one) or Indiana Dunes. Next are the guys that attend a half dozen or dozen games. Again, the game is almost secondary to atmosphere and other intangibles. The drunken Cub (and Sox) fan who we are embarrassed for.

Well baseball basically ended, I looked around the NFL and college football and thought, when does the Spurs season start?

Yeah. those 30,000 fans at the game were not enough. I'm certain it totally ruined Buehrle's night when he went to high five Logan and he wasn't there. Or needed a pat on the ass from Broadway and he was gone. I'm certain Junior missed that ball over his head because there wasn't enough guys on the clubhouse couch rooting for him. Comparing professional players to little league players needing their moms and dads is silly. They manage to play almost an entire 162 game season (minus Sept.) without extras in the clubhouse and on the bench. Yeah, it is a great experience hanging out. Fans would pay $$ for that opportunity. It is totally cool to see all the behind the scenes stuff. And parties are always better with a crowd. But that comes at an expense. There are no free lunches. And point to someone on this team who benefited from being in the clubhouse, but not on the roster, during the playoffs in 2005. Was Danks ever hanging around a playoff locker room? And how many AAAA players need to be hanging around? Eight? Eleven? Twenty? Are we really thinking they would have won even another game with more guys hanging out in the clubhouse?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2005&tag=nl.e539 Basically while you play some mindless flash game another invisible (to you) page is being clicked and you could, for example, grant this person access to your webcam and microphone.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 08:45 AM) I have an Idea! Step 1: Let's trade everyone for prospects! Step 2: we play .500 ball. Step 3: prospects develop. Repeat step 1! Brilliant! Where is a good place to buy a Chicago Athletics Jersey? Yep, that's the usual formula around here. Jump in line.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 07:58 AM) FrankTv ads FWIW, those "I'm a PC" ads has quieted Mac a little bit. Also, HP advertises ink cartridges HEAVILY on mapquest. Pretty smart if you think about it. I'm using Google Ad-Words extensively at work. It is interesting the words I started with and their relative number of hits.

The best stuff running right now Bud Light - Real Men of Genius ATT&T No bars in the youth hostel (the others not so good) E-Trade w/ baby

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 09:43 PM) That talking baby on teevee seems to like it, so I say go for it!

Away from here, take some time and think about everything you did and everything she did. Start a journal and list the stuff that you think was positive in your and her behavior, and the stuff that sucked. List the traits you liked about her and the traits that you could live with, and the traits that would be deal breakers down the road. Most people spend more time thinking about and planning a vacation than in selecting the one person who will have the most impact on your future happiness, what you achieve in life, and a whole lot more.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 07:26 AM) I will take this as sarcasm This isn't a World Series team. Imagine the prospects we could pick up for these guys. They have way more trade value then Konerko and Dye.

The old guys will, Thome, Konerko, AJ, Crede, JD, Buerhle, Javy -- They all need to be traded The guys that had career years. CQ, A-Ram, Danks, Gavin etc. Trade them while their values are highest Some of the guys like Jenks who just kind of stayed the same, are probably ready to decline. Trade them.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 05:58 AM) Jager. . . ugh. My Grand Tiki Adventure has brought me to the Donga Punch, an original 1937 drink by the Father of Tiki, Donn the Beachcomber. Lime juice, white grapefruit juice (rare for tiki drinks), cinamon infused simple syrup, and a generous pour of 5 year Demerara rum (I can't afford the aged Martinique rhum Donn used originally) makes for a really exceptional and different drink. If I find the grapefruit is making the flavor profile a little dry or bitter, I'll sub half of that with pineapple. I'm really liking El Dorado Demerara 5 year as the backbone in several faux tropicals. Makes great whites (coconut milk and nutmeg, Mmmmm) and Tahitian sunsets really come together, and also makes for a really nice mai tai if I don't want to use up my favorite 15 year Demerara. Also working out the kinks in a traditional "one of sour, two of sweet. . . " Jamaican rum punch. Equal measures of light, golden, and dark rums and a secret slug of Jamaican strawberry syrup make a decent punch, but substituting aome allspice-infused Wray and Nephew overproof for the light rum definately brings it up a notch. I am getting in a kayak and crossing the Gulf to go drinking with you. I figure crossing the Gulf in a kayak is safer than the following consumption of alcohol. You got me thinking. My gf does not like coconut, which knocks out many tropical drinks. The Donga Punch outline just might be perfect.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 11:37 AM) Experts: Palin Owes $25K In Backed Taxes On Per Diems So, Palin and her husband want to secede Alaska from the US and reinterpret the IRS tax code. odd. Not that unusual to have a deduction disallowed. In the grand scheme of things, it's a minor error and with the IRS tax code, these issues often time are just a matter of interpretation. More technical than anything else. As I mentioned, I've been down this road.

I'm wondering which non roster players were in the dugout in 2005 that were on the roster here in 2008 and how they fared in 2006 etc. BA is the only one I thought of, and his 2006 kind of sucked.