Mercy!

So it's not just me who thinks those characters are kind of pervy-looking? Looks like something R. Crumb might have done. But if that sort of thing contributes to the sexual heath that German teens enjoy compared to the abysmal condition of their United States counterparts, then our educators and parents should be importing those books by the thousands. In the US, the teen pregnancy rate is nearly five times higher, and the teen abortion rate is eight times higher, than the German rates. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publicati...sheet/fsest.htm

If we hadn't known he was available to take a coaching job before the first playoff game where he was in the broadcast booth, he and his pals made sure we were made aware during it. Shameless lobbying during the telecast. I will say, however, I was amazed at how good Lou cleaned up. A shave and a jacket suited him real nicely.

When I heard last week that the wonderful Shirley Horn, a jazz vocalist and pianist, had died, I pulled out the 11 albums of her music that I have and started listening almost solely to her for awhile. I haven’t yet tired of that musical diet. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5102101624.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/22/arts/music/22horn.html May the music never end.

Please. Make. It. Stop

After you're through arguing about Clinton, could we go back and rehash Pres. Carter, maybe Gerald Ford, Johnson and Nixon and the Vietnam War, too? Much more fruitful than dealing with our present problems.

Since Barbara Bush should be in her Diamond Club seats directly behind home plate, why not make a sign that says: The Chicago White Sox “This is working very well them” (But they promise to go home after sweeping)

Dorothy, I'm revoking your membership card right now. Just tear it up. You're a disgrace. You know, now that you mention it, it has been a while. If they’d ever just pass that smoking ban in Chicago………. But if you're telling me that ol Kate isn't on the jukebox anymore, then an era has definitely passed. Uh, several eras, in fact. Nah, you'e just making that up. Better taste? You must be an effete Cubs fan. Wait, now I see. You’re in Los Angeles. I said “in the United States.” Never mind.

Lordy! I stop following a thread for a couple of days, and everyone starts talking about me behind my back. I LOVE those Milwaukee's Best commercials. The casting is perfect and the concept is really funny. Another set of commercials I get a kick out of are the Bacardi Guy and Cola ads. A great send up of the '80's party scene. I TIVO all the programming I care to watch, so I usually just zip past commercials. But those two usually get me to stop and watch.

I bet you stand for the Chevy Pride Crew. And salute.

Are you related?

I was thinking, What MAN pulls someone's hair? Sounds like pretty good security, though.

Yeah, go tell that to Rex Hudler. That girl just NEVER gets it. Not that I'm complaining, you understand. :headshake On a related note, why can't Soxtalk have a more visible "green" font color, like the teal one WSI uses, for instance? Sometimes I just don't see the irony.

Gee, I hate to make a value judgement on something so trivial ....but that's pathetic.

I like to think that even if I were a Cub fan, I would have the good sense to be totally ashamed of what their 7th inning stretch has evolved into. Talk about something that needs to be put out of its misery!

I'm excited already thinking about our pitching staff for NEXT year!

Jane Fonda / Gene Honda – Separated at Birth? On the bright side, God Bless America as sung by Kate Smith is a standard on the jukebox of every gay bar in the United States. So I’m sure plenty of folks get downright misty-eyed whenever that song begins to play.

Can you imagine what one of the biggest discussions in Phil Garner's office is going to be? Despite his public vote of confidence.

Who would be the villain(s)? Why, the umpires, of course. At least, they're the usual suspects promoted by the media.

Making God Bless America a new “tradition” at sports venues is a bad idea. If it ever really had any meaning for a mass sports audience, it faded within a few of months after 9/11/2001. But having Gene Honda instruct everyone in attendance to stand “for a show of patriotism” for this Irving Berlin ditty is downright presumptuous, insulting and shallow. (Not quite as peculiar as those times when we’re instructed to stand “for your Chevy Pride Crew,” though.) In place of God Bless America, I suggest the PA announcer request a moment of silence while he reads the names of our service members killed that week in service to their country. THAT might be a show of respect for the real patriots.

I nominate this for the first post for Nuke's White People Behaving Badly thread. Plus please add the photo of the white boys pushing the flaming garbage dumpster down the street. *sigh* I get so embarassed at that "segment" of MY community. Don't you?

I was thinking you shouldn’t even joke like that. And then I heard Ozzie’s interview where he kidded about Podsednik:

Uh, you mean the “I just heard on the news that….” type of rumor? And an hour later - no substantiation, no link, no mention of name of TV or radio station? EDIT: Here's the link to the probably bogus information on that message board http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/mb/message.asp...g=42497.1&ctx=0 Actually, it's pretty funny. Should be titled "Who has Big Hair? Pass it on."

When they were doing the Game 1 introductions of the Astros, I was thinking that I had really poor facial recognition skills. Practically every member of the team that trotted out onto the field looked the same to me - like clones or twins. Even their beards looked identical.

Obviously so. And that's wrong because..................................?