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The payoff for the people and by extension, the government, is private home ownership, aka "The American Dream™".

Prospects are cool, having a lot of them is nice. Ones taht are achieving is even better. But after four decades of following baseball, I have a hard time getting excited for anyone not on the 40 man, and truthfully, the 25 man is where it is at for me. I prefer to not be attached so after they have spent four years working their way up the system and are traded for a three month rent a player, I'm never too upset. Which interests me, more people would be upset with say a Josh Fields leaving then a Paul Konerko. Love that cheap potential. And Go GF. That is great for their community.

When it is a toss up, I'll take character, experience, and 10 gold gloves.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 01:55 AM) We just have to be up 2 or 3 heading into Minnesota. We have to be able to withstand a possible sweep. If we are tied with them or one down entering the series and they sweep, the season is OVA. If we can't win one in Minny, we probably have no right winning the division. I do think 1-2 in Minny isn't so terrible a statement, and 2-1 shouts we won it. I'd rather not "back into a division title, but hey, anyway is ultimately fine. This weekend was solid. Adding to a lead while we're playing a divisional winner and they are playing a out of it loser, is pretty damn sweet.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 08:50 AM) What ever happened to 'who', 'what', where', when'? When did it turn into 'this is why I think it happened and why I think you should care'? When you read the stories and you can hear the feelings coming from whoever wrote them, they didn't do their job right. Unless they are a columnist/editorialist. But if you are a newsreader or reporter, you are supposed to report, not interpret. Sure, dig for more info if you want to be 'investigative', but still only report what you find, not what you HOPED to find and were disappointed NOT to find and are SURE is correct even though you couldn't find ANY evidence whatsoever. Exactly, the interpretation begins as soon as they seek to verify something the government has said or even begins to rewrite something. A word for word transcript eliminates that chance of bias. A direct from the government to you story also eliminates that possibility. They are reporting exactly the "w"s. And as soon as they begin an investigation they would usually have to have something specific to investigate. How else would they have caught say Clinton or Edwards? They wouldn't start out we're going to investigate every member of Congress or every intern. They need something to check out or investigate. So why even have a press that investigates? That is an immediate bias.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 11:37 PM) My team would go as follows: C-Carlton Fisk 1b-Mark Grace 2b-Ryne Sandburg SS-Ernie Banks 3B-Ron Santo DH-Frank Thomas OF-Shoeless Joe OF-Hack Wilson OF-Billy Williams SP-Fergie Jenkins SP-Ed Walsh Cl-Lee Smith (bobby jenks one day) Hard to argue with this lineup, but thematically, there is no one from the team that actually won a world series in the past 100 years. I'm not certain where anyone would play, but that seems odd. And knowing how these polls go, there will be a few who played the past 5 years. Current always trumps in a few spots.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 10:25 PM) Ooohhh, this gets my blood boiling even 25 years later. Because, what song do they cut to in the next scene? Kashmir. And what album is that from? Not Zep IV, it was Physical Graffiti. I know, I know, Cameron Crowe couldn't get the rights to any Zep IV songs, but that just always bugged the hell out of me. It highlights Rat's inability to get it right, those awkward teenage dating moments that other kids have, and the differences between the two characters. We feel a sense of relief that Rat was not totally under the influence of the other character and could retain his innocence. Feel better?

We saw this coming.We like to think of our systems as perfect and import them around the world, but situations like this show us otherwise.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 06:42 AM) Do you mean TASS? As in ITAR-TASS, the Russian government-run news agency? Sorry, mistypes. Yes, TASS. Bush would not have any problems with his message being reported wrong, we would get exactly what the government is saying. As soon as that mews starts to get filtered, bias comes into play, and it seems that is not something we want. Theirs was a totally unbiased (by the media) system. You see it is impossible to have an unbiased system with independent reporters and editors. They will not report what the government is telling them, instead they will go out and search for other sources. That starts to change the government story and introduces the possibility of bias. And the only bias we are worried about is the bias between Dems and Reps. Seemingly there is no other bias in the media.

TAAS had it right, news directly from the government, no bias.

This too shall pass. I know it sucks, but really, it is far easier to stay stuck in a relationship where nothing went wrong and no one was hurt then make yourself vulnerable and find a *real* relationship. So ask someone, anyone, out. Go through the highs and lows of an actual relationship, you won;t regret it. Well that isn't totally true, and here at soxtalk we could fill volumes with takes of relationships from hell, but you just file the experiences away and move on, Soon, you will be ahead of most people, you will know who you are, and who you should be looking for. Chances are it isn't high school girl #1.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 6, 2008 -> 11:38 PM) For some reason it feels like getting a 2.5 game lead over Minny takes the same effort as building an 8 game lead. And if we had an 8 game lead, it'd feel like a 2.5 game lead. Ain't that the truth.

There are some tough calls all around. I'd also have to think about getting Ryno in there as well.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 09:11 AM) Thanks! I spent my birthday indoors because of the nasty Tropical Storm that was passing through NYC. Did get a nice brunch with Mimosas though before hand, and then spent the evening trapping a mouse in my bedroom and releasing it outside. Hmm, is that code for some new thing you kids have invented Happy Birthday!! I hope this is your year!

Dikta 1983

Quick we need to lock him up to a 7 year deal . . .

Yep, Greedy Joe Crede. I don't know why Joe didn't just trust the Sox to be loyal to him. After all, they wouldn't just toss some player out. Well except for Frank Thomas, but what did he ever do for the franchise?

I'm going to enjoy mplaying games for real and not watching to see if "these kids can play". Let some other teams start flying the white flags.

There is a God and this proves he's a Democrat, a Sox fan, and wants us happy* *I tossed in the Dem for snark

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 4, 2008 -> 05:54 AM) I read somewhere that their EULA says something like that by using Google Chrome you give them the right to use, publish or sell anything you create using Google Chrome. That would mean that Google would own all your future Soxtalk posts! Wow, theirstock just went up by $.01! or -.02 after reading yours

Barring cheating or something like that, I always believe a team that wins a division has "earned" it. Not a team can win a game with a blown call, and potentially not have "earned it" but after 162 games you notched more wins, you earned it. Even if the other team lost it, and you were not the classic champion that won it.

You have to love being in a pennant race.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 5, 2008 -> 06:17 AM) No one in particular broke it, the post table crashed and it had to be repaired. The indexing took something like 10 hours. Southsiders post table took 9:36, the rest of ours took 24 minutes.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 5, 2008 -> 05:46 AM) its a tough call. I think it really could go either way, the way that catwalk snakes around the back of the foul pole makes it pretty difficult to tell. I wonder why they dont(or wont) set up cameras at the base of the foul pole looking straight up along the pole, so you can see where the ball passes Or the same technology they use in tennis, I think they call it Hawkeye. Or the strike/ball tech they already use

Like many Universities, mine has a severe parking shortage. I paid for my permit over a month ago and was toild they would be mailing my permit to me. I avoided the hellish lines. So my old one expires and still no new one. Of course no one can do a damn thing via email or over the phone so I drive to campus. Cannot park in a student lot, no current sticker. Cannot get a visitor permit, I'm a registered student. So I find what looks like a street just off campus, next to a parking lot. After only an hour wait, I receive my new permit and start the 20 minute walk back to my car. Only to see some jackass barney wanna be mother f***er issuing me a ticket. I ask why, and he says it isn't a parking lot. I said it is a street. He replies, who parks on a street? Wow. Who parks in a street? Well there is parking on the street in front of my house. Then he claims it isn't even a street, it's a four lane driveway. The next few minutes are spent with me "talking green ala soxtalk" plenty of sarcasm. There are no No Parking signs. No signs that identify it as University property. Fortunately, I can appeal with just a phone call, which I will. And if I lose, I will lower my donation to a campus scholarship fund by 10X the ticket amount. Bastards.