Cubs dump Sosa
 

He's off to Baltimore pending a physical.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1978241

so, who's this guy hairston?

Hell if I know.

As a Cardinals fan, I was really hoping Chicago would keep him. :D

Arn't you getting a little weak hearing about it in the Chicago media, I am! :deevee:

For skipping out on the season finale at Wrigley, the Cubs fined Sosa $87,500 - one day's pay.

This is why I find it very difficult to continue being a fan of professional sports.

My reaction to endless Cubs groveling would be more like this :Lin:

parity has worked really well in the nfl...

despite our hapless chiefs, i still enjoy football...

but i'm apathetic at best about pro basketball and baseball...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6127

Some Cardinals fans really wanted him this offeseason to play 2B, though he never seemed all that great to me.

Im really interested to see how much of Sosa's contract the Cubs had to eat in the trade. Hopefully its a lot:fire:

ROFL ROFL ROFL

what, no evil smile?

I have felt the government should commision a study on Cubs fans, maybe spend a few million to understand it. ROFL

Good grief. ROFL

I'm not much of a basketball fan, although I'm happy to see the Bulls playing well for the first time since Jordan hung up his spurs.

I dont think it was that big of a deal. Especially considering what he has done for their team. About the same a Priest and the Nachos thing.

But yeah thats a shitload to get paid for just one day.

I'm talking about the money. That's $87k in one day. I used to make a couple G's in one day and felt like I was on top of the world. I can't imagine $87k.

What's to understand? A bunch of yuppie douchebags who flock to Wrigley just to go there, and feel good about themselves because they can afford the outrageous ticket prices, regardless of what kind of crap the Trib splatters on the field. I think midget badmitton could sell the place out.

Both of em are pretty much regional for the most part. If you have a competative team in your area or grew up watching one they are both still very enjoyable.

Well you think about it, and I know it doesn't "technically" work this way because NFL players get their signing bonuses up front, but really you look at a guy like Peyton Manning and technically if you take his cap number for this year, he makes around $500,000 a game...

You left out the shit talking about their World Series chances during the regular season only to become silent later in the season ;)

but just like our o, if his defense can't stop anybody, what's the use of paying out the big bucks?

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ROFL

They're not really paying it out, they're simply redistributing what you pay for tickets. If this country goes through another serious recession, guess who comes crashing back to earth first?

Very interesting perspective, do I detect some division hatred similar to what we might feel toward the Donkeys and Faiders? Being a Royals fan I have always looked at the Cubs as "who gives a fu#k" but I am literally surrounded by them here.

My fuggin' college team hires GRob and my favorite baseball team trades for Sammy "blows more kisses than Johnny Morton" Sosa.
Somehow I am no longer concerned with the Chiefs draft this April.

how many points do i get if i get this right? :shrug:

I am a Cardinals fan. That should answer all your questions.:)

you mean that's where babies come from? :shrug:

Second?

I think that he'll let you trade spots on the "who gets to cyber with GoCheefs tonight" list. I hear he's in the running for the pole position.

ok, so i've had a few too many...

but i don't follow... http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/cwm/cwm/uhoh3.gif http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/cwm/cwm/uhoh3.gif http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/cwm/cwm/uhoh3.gif

Cards are my favorite NL team as well, raised on them. But even if you could be objective, isn't the Cubs thing very strange? How long has it been for them? Makes the Chiefs Super Bowl win seem like yesterday compared to that! ROFL

Well, the original statement implied that sports figures would "come crashing to earth first", but considering the stories I've heard about stock brokers, I've since revised my position on the matter.

You either are not drinking or you lied about the Moron thing...or both

Everybody on this board knows I'm a moron. Plus, I'm in Denver - home of some of my favorite micro-brews. I am required to be drinking here.

99 Years.

Goddamn. :LOL:

the whole thing with the stock market frightens me a little...

i remember the stories from my grandpa and my dad and uncles about the great depression and wonder if it's going to happen again sometime...

Thats one definite plus Colorado has going for it. Most of the best micro brews i have had come from there. Probably the best beer in the country.

heh, i thought drinking fine brews was always required for you...

have you tried anything new while you've been out there?

what's your favorite so far?

Why did the name change from Mental Ward to Lounge while I was in California or does that happen on a regular basis? Denver is a great town but thier Football team sucks.

How did you become so cultured for such a young guy?

When I was your age, I didn't know the difference between good beer and swill.

It's normally known as the Lounge - it got changed to the Mental Ward after the Chiefs sucked ass this season.

What would happen if they ever actually won it? Would Chicago burn again? :Bartee:

yeah, after that season, maybe we should call it "the pits"... :( :( :(

Hard telling. Boston survived, though. But I figure it would be bigger than the Bears Super Bowl and all the Bulls championships combined.

Too bad it'll never happen.... ROFL

I've really enjoyed the Bierre de Mar - a seasonal offering from New Belgium (makers of Fat Tire). I also decided I wasn't incredibly fond of TommyKnocker's wheat offereing. Finally, I decided I can't tell the difference from one Indian Pale Ale to another. I've been drinking Mojo IPA and it's good, but nothing distinctive.

Finally, I'm ashamed to admit that I like Blue Moon - a wheat beer secretively brewed by Coors.

It will happen sooner than you think. Selig is trying to salvage MLB.

Another beer spritzer, or does it actually have less than a 99.99% water content?

C'mon Fraz..it's 99.9% mule piss.

Don't hold your breath.

And with this...

30,000

And to think my high school guidance counselor said I'd never amount to anything.... :D

Mostly by drinking a bunch of it and so did most of my friends. Kind of a plus going to undergrad in Texas is that Shiner is all over the place and its an entry into good beer. And for some reason i always have liked dark beer. The bitters, ale's and foreign beer were an acquired taste.

Why do you think Coors isn'te advertising the fact that they brew it. I had my reservations, but I actually like the stuff. A lot. I wouldn't be caught drinking pisswater.

You bastards...I have to take the other half to work at 7:30 and now I've got to go and grab a Boulevard out of the fridge.
BTW congrats Frazod!

congratulatiopns! :toast:


you're only the 7th human to make it to 30,000 on chiefs planet...

history in the making, folks... :D :D :D

That's not what GoChiefs just said.

[QUOTE=frazod]Hard telling. Boston survived, though. But I figure it would be bigger than the Bears Super Bowl and all the Bulls championships combined.

Wow, that is an excellent comparison to the magnitude of what it would be like. Had not thought about it like that, you are right though, Tribune does not need to bring in a winner to fill Wrigley. All they need to do is maintain interest. This sounds strangely like what some posters say about the Chiefs ownership. Surely no........they would not. STFU

[QUOTE=hemied]I wish the Royals would make a move to maintain interest.

Sadly, I've often said that the Chiefs are football's answer to the Cubs. :shake:

I hope Carl never turned the goat away from Arrowhead....

Have you tried any from Breckenridge Brewery, Flying Dog or HC Berger yet? I remember them all having some good stuff.

You're awfully generous with the term "human." ROFL

[QUOTE=hemied]yes, yes they would... :( :( :(

Turn the Goat away? Hell no! He'd **** him in the ass like the rest of us!

In the past, I have. Not this trip. I'm not familiar with HC Berger, though. I just remembered a couple Petes Wicked Rally Cap Ale from a couple nights ago. It was okay, but not incredible.

I am always interested in the Royals, fight with DTV all the time because they only show 52-60 games for the $160 bucks. However, they need an owner with some money, real money. Or as Phobia said, maybe Selig will fix it, that is our only hope. Make it like the NFL. :thumb:

I wouldn't count on Selig to fix anything :( I really hope he does though.

well, i wasn't really gonna count phobia...

his head's too big to be human, but i gave him the benefit of the doubt... :p :p :p

I can not even imagine how much time you wasted doing that, wow...Congratulations!

did i get confused again?

this sounds like the gay pride theread...

We're going to start a Bi-Curious thread for you Bo

That hurts more than you'll ever know.

HC Berger is a pretty good brewery. I haven't had any in quite a while but i remember their chocolate shout and red ale (red banshee) being really good.

I wish i could get Breckenridge brewery here. I used to in TX and loved Avalanch and Oatmeal Stout.

I havent had anything i liked from Petes Wicked. Tried some of theirs but thought it sucked.

butt, could he fix gochiefs?

I am very deep in to the 12 pack now but didn't Selig sell off his share of the Brewers? Maybe halucinating I dont know, but that could be good for the cause..... :thumb:

thilly boy, you don't have to do that...

4 1/2 years. ROFL

I like their winter, but that's it. Something about their yeast leaves an unwanted aftertaste to me.... It's like an IPA aftertaste in every one of their brews. I can deal with it in an IPA - not in a supposed amber, though.

oh i'm just jealoous because you['re in denver enjoying fine beers and i'm stuck i independence watching the snow fall and trying to have an intelligent conversation with gochiefs...

how pathetic is that? :huh: :huh: :huh:

BTW, the most storied life waster is ENDelt. He's been here two less years than me and has over 13,000 more posts. That's incredible. :wayne:

You could have stopped at "stuck in Independence" and we would have all felt bad enough for you.

Pretty much what i thought. Guess maybe a bitter aftertaste but dont know how to really describe it. The ones i tried definitly had the same bite to em.

Is it really snowing? Shit.

I'm pretty pathetic, too. My brother, sisterIL, and wife watched a stupid chick flick while I hung out on the planet with you bastards all night. I was kinda watching, but it was really stupid.

:p :p :p

you'r too kind... :D :D :D