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Robinson deserves it. He did the admireable thing throughout his incredible moment, which helped give all other African Americans a chance. He was an amazing athlete and if I recall he was great at track and field as well as baseball.

I'll be rooting for you too Jim. You seem like such a humble player with the right attitude. All I can say is Jamie Moyer, look what he's done and he can't even touch the 90's. Keep working hard and I think you can do it

Snatch is a great movie.

Three Kings Rocks, Cali. One out the blue movie I think is hillarious is Milking the Guy. Others are Office Space, American Pie, and Road Trip. All of those kick ass. I've never seen "Milking the Guy", but it sounds porno-ish. Lol, I meant Milking the Cow.

I'm excited to see the changes to the stadium. This year JR has done some really good things; but like I have repeatedly said, it will take some time and say *cough* *cough* a World Series Championship and I'll forget!!

I wonder when they plan the schedule, if they think about things like that. Like I wonder if Bud Selig's Brewers have great opponents on weekends or if he has crappy schedules as well. You can't make every team happy, but you can at least try. Afterall, we play the Tigers upteen times, why not get the TWins on the weekend a lot more, since those are supposed to be the big rivals fighting for the playoffs. Common sense says you want those in the race playing eachother when more fans can make it to the games.

As long as its only temporary thats fine by me. I don't have a problem starting Olivo out really slow, gradually giving him more games. That way he doesn't get rushed into the fire. By the way, Welcome aboard Rowand44.

I tend to agree with you Rowand, but I think Sammy is an amazing player as well. I'd put Sammy in left and Maggs in right and forget about Lee and Alou. In center there is no question in my mind that Borchard is better then Patterson. I think Patterson will be a bust, but he could prove me wrong. He has some of the worse plate discipline I've ever seen and has a very long swing to go with it. I'm starting to think Borchard may just make the team out Spring Training; if not then, then give him one month or two in Charlotte and he'll be up depending. This is the first time I've ever thought about having him up early and if Rowand is hurt, it could be the best way, cause I think Borchard will develop even at the major league level. I also think Rogers article convinced me a bit.

Hey RPS, Here's an idea for the intro and closing songs... Open up with Metallica's "Enter Sandman." Part of the song goes "Exit light, enter night!" Well, aren't the Sox gonna be taking the light out of everyone they face this year? Close with Godsmack's "I stand alone." This song signifies that the Sox will stand alone as the victors at the end of the night. It also signifies that the Sox will stand alone as the World Series champions this year. you know what's funny those are the EXACT songs the Angels play at their games, the go on the field to "Enter Sandman" and when Troy Percival comes out to "I Stand Alone" when he comes in to close. Yep, I was gonna say the same thing. I've gotten so used to hearing enter sandman, especially.

My grievances about corporate naming of sports stadiums and other civil buildings aside. My only fear is what is going to happen if (with the competition in the cellular phone market and with the constant companies going under all the time) U.S. Cellular goes under. IMO, I don't think the company is going to last 20+ years for JR to get all the money over the timespan. Yeah, JR needs to spend the cash on renovations for the park and not sit with two thumbs up his ass. We've got a great team built this year, so we most definitely do not need a PR disaster to f*** up attendance. I guarantee they get bought out or undergo a name change at one point.

Well, maybe you were right all along when I brought up his name

Three Kings Rocks, Cali. One out the blue movie I think is hillarious is Milking the Cow. Others are Office Space, American Pie, and Road Trip.

He knows better then to f*** with SnR! If he ever tuned in, he'd realize it the jerry springer show uncut. lol Ahhhhhhh............ I'm putting together SnR intros now . Trying to track down all teh highlights and put them on the site so people can have some memories of last year. Damn that was so fun last year. i cant wait to start it up again. I talked to JoeyRehab (joebatters) We're going to bring him back , but he knows he's going to catch hell all season long. He's sober now and doing well. Its great to hear Joebatters is doing better. Hope to hear all ya guys doing Sox games real soon.

I can't disagree with Manny, he's a heck of a player. Is he going to be Dh'ing in beantown this year?

I have always thought Paint It Black should be one of the Sox songs.

If thats the case then why in the hell have Olivo on the major league roster. JM is a deuche if he lets Olivo rot on the bench. Its known Alomar can't start a full season and KW signed him to play maybe 60-70 games. Trust me, KW will have a little talk with JM, cause there is no way he's gonna let Olivo rot on the bench. If he does, then that would be the final straw. If in fact Olivo is the starter, then it will be yet another time JM opens his big mouth and says crap about a players role that won't come true.

If it is a Sox it will be Jon Rauch and I do like his chances. Otherwise, I'll go with one of the Devil Rays outfielders.

I can't tell with him sitting down, but Franks always looked in pretty good shape to me.

expects 3-4 allstars from the sox 1)mags 2)colon 3)MB 4)open paulie I'm thinking Koch could be there, and then maybe Pk or Frank.

I like Sandy way more then MJ, because the pitchers like Sandy a whole lot. The flaw is he can't stay healthy. Good thing Olivo is our starter and I think he will do good.

Lol...Happy Birthday 420

I'd count on fizer. The guy has a ton of heart and has played his butt off. He took so many shots from the media, getting benched this year, but he came through it and was playing awesome. I'll miss watching him, he's one of my favorite Bulls. The Bulls need to concentrate on solving there shooting guard situation. Can Erob do it, cause Hassell isn't a starter. Then when it comes to the big men, Curry and Chandler are going to probably avg 30 minutes or so for the rest of the season, just my guess though.

Jordan could still probably score 26 or so a game if he wanted to. He doesn't want to though. He wants to be a guy that helps the younger players as he can make them all so much better with his passing etc. He still looks very similar, but you can see the rust and age. Still, near the end with the Bulls, he wasn't exactly dunking all over the place, he was more of a shooter, and he was still the best player in the NBA then.

Welcome aboard Shamrock and thanks for the link. I actually thought it was all right. What he said made sense, minus the fact that he thinks Willie Harris is our starting 2nd baseman.

Man, Tejada is one of my favorite players in the majors. The kid has a strong arm, good glove and good range. He's way better then Jose defensively, and lets not even talk about his offensive abilities, cause he's huge at the plate. I'd stick him in the 2 hole where he'd get a large arsenal of fastballs. If we were to get him, I'd assume we'd give up Carlos and Manos and something else. Then stick Daubach in left, which gives left handed pop in the back part of the lineup. The move would definately make sense. Of course, the key is what it would cost, cause I couldn't see the Sox signing him, Colon, and Buerhle. Pk, and Maggs are signed for a bit longer and we will have Buerhle, but he'll be making more no matter what. Still, Colon's contract won't go up too much. He already makes 8.25 million, and I can't really see him getting more then 12. I'd look for the Sox to give him a 3 yr, 36 mill contract or a 4 yr/48 at maximum. They seem very interested in resigning him. That alone would increase the payroll 4 mill though. Buerhle will increase it probably another 3-4 million as his will go up a lot next season, as long as he keeps pitching awesome. Then you look at Tejada, who made like 3.6 mill or so last year. His would probably go up a whole lot, towards 8 million, but if he hit the open market, it could go up even more. If they signed him long term, that would add another 5 million over what they paid him the year before. Thats around 13 mill more then the year before. Then the Sox make a decision on Big Frank and Carlos Lee, if both of them go, then you easily can afford this move and resigning everyone else. I also see the Sox raising the payroll next year if the team is very sucessful. The key is a couple sucessful seasons in a row and the Sox are just due and they got the team that can do it, but some things will have to fall into place. As far as why the deal would make sense now, simple, if we move Manos, then his contract is probably a bit more then Tejada's. I don't think the A's are looking to dump payroll, but rather to find a replacement who won't make as much during free agency. I'm assuming the deal would cost you Valentin, maybe Lee (I don't know if they want him or if they want his salary) and if they don't go after Lee, either one real good position prospect; not Webster or Borchard; and one good pitching prospect, maybe Malone. The deal would definately be worth it, because Tejada is fantastic. I'd love to find a way to get him, without giving up anyone other then Jose and some minor leaguers that wouldn't ever reach the majors; but it is Billy Beane and I don't see it happening. I do think he'd like getting Jose in return for Tejada, because it gives him a guy whose contract is up and can produce solid power numbers.