supernuke

I'm in now. I wouldn't mind getting rid of the cap on moves and trades though.

He's a closer, all closers are head cases, the Dodgers say he must have a mental defect to be a closer and they win the case. sounds simple enough to me.

This has got to be the best Trib article ever written.

Boras probably started these rumors to get the cubs to raise their offer.

The only number that will ever matter when it comes to Arod is 252,000,000.00

I thought the Rangers were planing to move Young to SS when they were going to trade Arod to the Red Sox I would think that that would still be the plan.

Frank for Lowe is not the trade to do it, but if trading Frank could bring a championship to this team then f*** loyalty I'll take the championship.

Damn man that was beautiful, it brought a tear to my eye.

Sometimes I have to wonder what the f*** is wrong with my beloved Country, I mean if you can't make fun of a french Canadian then who can you make fun of. As for the NDP politicians that are outraged by this they are just doing anything they can to try and gain some relevence in this country and take advantage of the conservative party falling apart. This just shows that this Country is going to hell in a handbasket, soon we will be no better than you Americans.

Ice cold Labatt's Blue, the pale amber nectar of the gods.

I love the classics so I gotta say saran wrap over the toilet bowl is my favorite prank of all time.

Deepthroat

One other thing if he was able to hit .375 against the best team the NL had to offer when he was trying to do poorly part of the time he just may have been the greatest hitter of all time.

This is some info based on the stuff i have read. Jackson was offered $10,000 to take part in the fix, he refused. Later he was offered $20,000 he again refused. this info is taken from his grand jury testimony. There is evidence to suggest that Jacksontold one or more club officials that a fix was in the making before the series began, and he also requested to be benched for the series to avoid suspicion that he was involved. As for the $5,000 that he "took", Lefty Williams went to Jacksons hotel room and offered him the money. Joe refused to accept it and an argument ensued, Jackson stormed out of his room, Williams through down the envelope and left and Jackson found it there upon his return. This was attested to under oath by both Jackson and Williams the only two people there. To me it looks like the money was dumped on him not taken by him. Sleepy Bill Burns one the guy who put the players and the gamblers testified under oath at Joe's 1924 cival trial that he never spoke to Jackson but instead took the word of Lefty Williams who claimed he could speak for Joe. In the same trial Williams testified that he did not have Jackson's pemission to speak for him or use his name. Also if you look at Joe's grand jury testimony you see jackson telling two very different stories, one confessing guilt and one claiming innocence. The players were all counseled by Comiskey's lawyer Alfred Austrian before giving their testimonies and since Austrians main concern would be protecting Comiskey not Jackson. Comiskey had to protect his reputation now and didn't want anyone knowing that Joe had tried to tell him about the fix. It is easy to infer here that Joe's confession was the story given to him by Austrian (who Joe mistakenly believed Austrian was his Lawyer) and the claim of innocence was his own feelings. Anyway enough from me, if you are interested in further reading try Say it ain't so Joe! by Donald Gropman the Revised second edition.

Gotta love the Great White North, eh?

-60 degrees farenhiet with the windchill here in Winnipeg over the last couple of days. Hope that makes you all feel a little bit better.

1. Crede - A full year under his belt, should stedily improve. 2. Rowand - Should produce ok with a full time role, .260 15hr 65rbi 15sb is my guess. 3. Konerko - will be back to his streaky self, .280 25hr 90rbi 25sb. 4. Olivo - Will improve more defensively and hit about .240, good enough for me from a catcher. 5. Harris - I have my doubts and there will be a lot of pressure since I think the team really needs a strong lead off man, I'll be surprised if he hits better than .240.

Wow he's going to steal a base every time he gets on, That would be impresive.

Man if I lived by that rule I would have nothing.

I don't know if Ozzie will really be able to motivate this team. Looking at the core of the team the last few years it seems like it would be alot to ask of anyone to motivate theese guys. Sometimes I think we would need Tony Robbins on speed to even have a chance to motivate them.

They inject it with used needles, i thought everybody knew that.

Sad thing is I could see KW jumping all over this deal.

Damn I wish I could share the optimism that some of you have.

Nope, not much ever really changes around here.

It will happen tomorrow, if not then next week at the latest but possibly at the end of the month. Well maybe early February, you know how these things take time.