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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:40 PM
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Coming in November...It's the Florida Marlin Player Auction!!!
Back by popular demand! Only the second auction since 1997!

Get yer Pudge Rodriquez!
Get yer Alex Gonzalez!
Get yer Luis Castillo!
Get yer Mike Lowell!
Get yer Juan Pierre!

Players are going fast! Owners need money! Step right up!
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:42 PM
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1. Horseshit and Sour Grapes
That was Wayne H... This is a whole new owner who aint gonna break up the team... The teams young enough to be the Cubs for the next 10 years....
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:43 PM
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2. We'll keep a lot of them
Although I would not be sad to see Gonzalez ago. He's a solid shortstop and had a good first half. But he was awful batting these playoffs.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:44 PM
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3. I Guess We'll Find Out In November
Surprise!!!!!
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:56 AM
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10. Yup. Them grapes is sour, boy.
And you're correct, trumad. Wayne Huizenga didn't give a shit about professional baseball, let alone the fans.
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Stupdworld Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:45 PM
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4. read the sign
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TSIAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 10:47 PM
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5. Pudge I worry about
I hope he can come to an agreement. First, Loria has to show a committment to winning. He showed it this year by not trading Lowell midseason to the Cubs. Pudge is making $10 million this year. He's in his 30's, so he'll want to get paid. He entered this year as a run of the mill catcher, and will now ascend to his previous status as elite catcher.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-03 11:21 PM
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6. The cubs could use Pudge in the last third of the lineup.
We'll take him, except I don't think the Trib will drop much more money next year on free agents.
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:03 AM
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7. The White Sox need Pudge more
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:07 AM
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8. They need more than that.
Like a REAL ball field and a new owner. :)

Actually, I was hoping for a Cubs - White Sox WS this year...
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 12:12 AM
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9. The park is ok
It really is a shame that they couldn't do something like Camden Yards. They could have, because the architects for Comiskey were the same for Camden Yards. Also, I cannot understand why they didn't situate home plate so that it faced the skyline. What a waste. Sox did allright this year. They should have won the division. it was the weakest in baseball. Getting rid of Manuel was a fruitful first step. They are fairly strong up the middle, bit their catching leaves something left to be desired. If they can keep Colon and Alomar at short, they have a fighting chance next year.
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deneb Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 02:09 AM
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11. Will they build a new cozy ballpark?
I mean really cozy so the 15,000 fans who come to their games aren't scattered around a football stadium cum lemonade stand?

The Braves and Marlins couldn't sell out their post-season games (much kudos to the many Cub fans who gladly attended the Cubbbie-away games).

Wrigley sells out all the time. A monday day game hosting the Brewers in April? Sell-out. (Shmaybe some scattered tix).

Lotsa luck to the National League Baseball-Playing-Marlins. It's probable they will sell out their two, maybe three World Series games they'll host.

I want a dollar whenever:
Kerry says he's Irish
Kerry says Dean is a Yankee fan
Jeb Bush bounces a first ball to Pudge
W's first-ball is shown on video (busy presidenting ya know)
- wow, 83 MPH! Sign him up!
Someone calls Yankee Stadium 'the house that ruth built'
Hillary dons a Yankee Cap
An Eagle flies into that stadium in the Bronx
Shrub says 'fabulous'
Tweety remarks on W's manly toss
Rone Tynan hits a high note..
Dean says Rone Tynan is Irish ;)
..sings for more than five minutes
..a big flag is unfurled by fifteen Marines in Centerfield
Tim McCarver gushes over the greatness of the Yankees

Hmm. How is Wes Clark's arm?

Betcha he can throw a strike from 66'6" inches away! He also has an awesome trick floater pitch. Grenade!

Go Wes!
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