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I'm hoping once I get out of the Rookie settings things get better. Way too many homeruns. I also need to figure out the roster switching from the minors to the majors. Although late last night Jon Rauch pitched 6 strong innings against the Yankees

Infamous moments in JR family history. "I think we may need to fire the Captain?"

My son will actually let me use one of his game consoles. Has anyone played High Heat MLB 2004? It's looking like the game I'm going to buy.

what's the url? I couldn't find the area within Yahoo

Congress to Honor Sosa With Resolution 7 minutes ago By DENNIS CONRAD, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Several Illinois congressmen are expected to visit Wrigley Field on Friday to honor Sammy Sosa (news), even though the star is facing a suspension for playing with a juiced bat. AP Photo The U.S. House voted 372-0 Monday to congratulate the Chicago Cubs (news) slugger on his 500th home run and praise him as a role model. Friday's ceremony is to present him with a copy of the House resolution. A day after the House vote, Sosa was found to be hitting with an illegal bat.

Sounds like a strange fantasy to me but if you like older women Bmr31 is looking for head, perhaps this is a match made in heaven . . .

You might also try the cUBs shame ticket operation. They may be scalping a few. Cubs tix ... or tricks? April 10, 2003 BY GREG COUCH SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Advertisement Orbitz Do you have any tickets for the Cubs-Yankees games in June? That's what I asked at the Wrigley Field box office, crossing my fingers. ''Sold out,'' the woman said. ''Obstructed view only.'' But just over a block away on Clark is Wrigley Field Premium Ticket Services, a broker in a brown brick one-flat. I'd like two seats for the Saturday Yankees game, please. ''First row, behind the Cubs dugout,'' the guy behind the counter said. ''Fifteen hundred dollars apiece.'' Yikes. What about bleachers? ''We've got all sorts of them. They're $155.'' Darn brokers. They can really stick it to you. The Cubs have been complaining about them for years, and this is exactly why. At those prices, it's impossible for the Average Joe to take his family for a nice day at the ballpark. It's $1,500 for a ticket that has $45 printed on it. It's $155 for a ticket that says $30. But what can you do? Wrigley Field Premium has a magical supply of tickets you can't get at the Cubs ticket office. ''We're a broker,'' the man at Premium said. ''We're not related to the Cubs ticket office.'' Just what dirtbag owns Wrigley Field Premium? Who has jacked up these prices by, what, 3,000 percent? Who is sticking it to Cubs fans? It is the Cubs themselves. They own Premium. The Cubs are trying to cheat their own fans. They are doing it by pushing numbers from one set of books to another, playing a shell game with your trust. Where is it now? Under Premium's name? Under the Cubs'? Under the name of the Cubs' owner, Tribune Co.? Last year, the Cubs produced a book called Wrigley Field. A Celebration of the Friendly Confines. In it, Cubs ticket manager Frank Maloney talked about ticket brokers: ''It's like the black market in World War II. It depletes the market. They drain the supply [of tickets]. They force the poor guy from Keokuk, Iowa, to come here and. ...'' It goes on. But it turns out that while the Cubs were publicly lamenting the scourge of brokers, they were hatching their own plan. The Cubs have watched other people doing this for years. Now they want a piece of the action. Here's how the scam works, how the Cubs are able to put tickets on the resale market before they ever have really been sold in the first place--how they can print a price on a ticket but never sell it at anywhere near that price: For Yankees, White Sox and Cardinals games, prime games, the best box seats are $45. Bleachers are $30. That's what it says on a sign posted outside the box office. But when the Cubs put their tickets on sale, they held back some unknown number and ''sold'' them to Premium. Now, Premium can turn around and ''resell'' them. Legal? I don't know. But I know two fans who feel they were defrauded have filed a lawsuit. And while the Cubs wouldn't comment, citing the suit, they already have explained things fairly well in their depositions. The Cubs say they are not the ones brokering the tickets, but that Premium is doing it. Yes, Premium was set up by the Cubs, or maybe by Tribune Co.--you really can't tell them apart--as a way to get into the broker business. The Cubs say they set up Premium as a separate business. Sure enough, they have paperwork to prove it. But, curiously, the President of Premium is Mark McGuire, who also is a Cubs vice president. The manager at Premium doesn't know much about accounting, so he outsourced his books. To the Cubs. For $1,000 a month. I didn't realize the Cubs accountants were available for hire. Maybe they can do my taxes. Last year, Premium bought roughly $1 million of tickets from the Cubs. Later in the year, Premium returned all the tickets it couldn't sell. As for the others, I'm sure Premium cut a check out of its revenues. Which is sort of like writing a check to your wife. All those tickets and checks and dollars are staying within one big, happy, corporate family. But where did Premium get its tickets in the first place? According to McGuire's deposition, the Cubs say Major League Baseball forces them to hold back a number of tickets for VIPs, muckety-mucks who might show up for the game at the last minute. That's why the Cubs didn't let you or me buy those front-row tickets for the Yankees at the advertised price. Answer this, Cubs: How do you know, during the first home series of the year, more than two months before the Yankees are here, that those VIPs aren't going to show up? Let's hope they don't. I would hate to see President Bush and Mayor Daley standing in front of the Harry Caray statue holding up one finger and yelling, ''Anyone got a ticket?'' Something tells me the Cubs would find that extra VIP ticket, which means those VIP tickets for sale at Premium never were meant for VIPs. They were meant for you and me. For $1,500 apiece. The Cubs claim the plaintiff in the lawsuit works for a broker, and that the brokers are suing because the Cubs have moved in on their turf. The plaintiff's attorney, Chicagoan Paul Bauch, says that's not what's happening. Look, the Cubs can charge what they want for tickets. They should just print $1,500 on Yankees tickets in the first place. Would that look bad? Maybe, but it's a hell of a lot better than lying, playing bait-and-switch. I asked the ticket office about White Sox and Cardinals tickets. ''Sold out,'' they said. At Premium, they had ''plenty'' of Cardinals box seats, starting at $95. Sox bleacher tickets are $90. How about bleachers for any Saturday throughout the prime dates of June 6 to Aug. 17? ''No, sold out,'' the woman at the ticket office said. ''We have all sorts of them,'' the guy at Premium said. I'd like to know what ''sold out'' means to the Cubs. The only thing sold out here is the fans. 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That may say something about the amount of cheating going on. If they are laughing about it I'm thinking it means a lot more are corking and the attitude is you poor shmuck, you got caught and the rest of the guys haven't. If no one else was I would expect a little more shock and outrage.

Stupid asshole. huh? He is 100 percent right. If he beat her , and cheats and all that, and shes still with him, shes a dumbass. Oh Lord help you if you have a sister or a really, really close female friend. I am wishing bad, bad things on you right now... Steff you seem to have some SERIOUS issues that you made need to address. I have never met another male more into protecting women than me. Sammy Sosa is a piece of s*** for raising a hand to a woman and shes a dumbass for taking it. Its clear cut. It is hard to have sympathy for her when she stays. It's not as if she wouldn't have the financial means to live. My heart breaks for a mother who's stuck because of financial considerations. She clearly isn't. Personally I think she should have dumped him as soon as the rum bottle started towards her. I wouldn't have waitd for it to land.

LMAO But would Roger do that on behalf of NL Pitchers or pitchers everywhere? You know MLB is going to be certain Sammy plays vs., the Yankees Actually with him going for 300 he's not going to risk getting tossed

I clicked through a banner on the Sun Times web site. Sammy Uncorked T-shirts! I love America! http://www7.footballfanatics.com/?string=s...F0969E33EDFACF7

oooo sarcasm, good. We should start putting together the all time Cub team. Fergie "cocain" Jenkins on the mound. Sammy "the cork" Sosa Leon "golden glove" Durham I love that ball rolling under his glove

Heather Great insight and summary White Sox

I was a bit disappointed in Kidd's play. I'm not that emotionaly involved in the Spurs. I would like to see Robinson win another championship but would rather see a really good series. I thought both teams looked bit rough around the edges, espcially in the first half. In other news Go Ducks!

Not a pool, a Calcutta style tournament. Basically each team is auctioned off with the high bidder "owning" that team. Most Member-Guest golf tournaments at private clubs use that format. The one big difference I see between this and a "draw a team" pool or bracket pool is you aren't just getting a team at random. You have to decide how much you are willing to bet on that team. It's not like everyone tosses in $10 or $100 or $1000 dollars. I might bid and win Gonzaga for $100 and Texas A&M for $250 and you might have Texas last year for $5000 and Notre Dame for $2000. Plus only one person or betting group will have that team. This type of betting is a notch or two above a normal office pool (and more fun) but less than placing a bet with a bookie. I see some sort of suspension. He ain't walking away scott free.

Was it the opening sweep by KC? Earlier? Later? It's all a blur, like the Shock Wave at Six Flags. One moment you're all giddy with excitement, the next moment you're in free fall with s*** dropping everywhere.

Amazing. They probably confiscated the car because of the prior owners involvement in drugs and never checked it. I live near the US-Mex border. I'm not surprised he got caught. The dogs are really good and the agents are well trained.

I traded off picture quality for the convienence of using floppy discs. I really like my Sony Mavica. I don't know of anyone that regrets going to digital photography. Even the serious photogs I know have a digital for snapshots. They will use film for work but grab a digital for the play at school etc.

The league that plays in my neck of the woods is an independant league. These guys are hoping to make it to A or above. Great entertainment. The team actually makes it seem like they are happy to see you. No b.s. just baseball.

A major sport league wouldn't? I disagree ~ they would. I still think Jordan's two year retirement was fishy. And exactly right about just one bat. That one was "extra" special and would have stuck out in his mind. He had the entire story ready to go and I have to admit it was a dam fine story to tell. Spin us another yarn Sammy.

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lol I once had a salesguy working for me. I couldn't figure out why he held onto this dinkball little account on the northside. Turns out he like the fashion show at Biasettis on (I believe) Irving Park Rd. and after lunch a car date a little drive east of there I figured it out when he called a co-worker to come bail him outta jail and he didn't see his car for a couple months. Of course you can't get that action on the way to a nice family activity like a Sox game . . .