The Voice of Reason

It's the difference between a misdemeanor DUI charge and manslaughter. If that's irrelevant to you, I don't know what else to say. It's a fact that drunk drivers at Tony's level (.93) kill people all the time. Just because an innocent person didn't get in his way and get injured or killed is pure luck. If that's irrelevant to you, I don't know what else to say.

Maybe the Courts will force Tony to lecture the public on the evils and destruction caused by drunk drivers like himself in place of his current PETA lectures. The fact that he didn't hurt someone is pure luck and irrelevant.

Ask someone who has had a friend or relative killed by a drunk driver. They may disagree with your premise that driving a little over the drunk limit is not a big deal.

DUI is nothing to joke about. A 62 year old man should know better. Tony could of killed someone.

Time for Tony to step down so the Cardinals can replace him with Dusty.

A+ - He's undefeated in regular season Cubs games.

Vance - Three more Cubs vote. It's going to be Cubs in a landslide.

Sent. I voted for my beloved Cardinals :roll:

Like his charitable foundation? http://www.sportslawnews.com/archive/Articles%202000/Sosacharity.htm

- Sammy quoted at Friday's games against the Cubs Love him or hate him, there's one thing everyone can agree about Sammy - There's no "I" in Sammy as he's all about the team. Never miss an opportunity to bash him, do you? RTG, Juiced or not, Sammy Sosa was one of the greatest individual baseball players of all time. However, his antics eventually wore a lot of down us down. I just prefer players like Ryne Sandberg who was IMO 100% correct in his HOF speech. ...and like Grace, 100% jealous of the attention Sosa got. I really don't think Ryno or Grace would be jealous of the attention Sammy got today from Barry Rozner. http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/rozner.asp?id=291118

Thanks Vance. I guess big things can be expected from Cesar Izturis and Neifi Perez this year.

Who will be this year's Aram? DeRosa? Soriano?

So is Jacque Jones.

So does stealing someone's sig.

- Sammy quoted at Friday's games against the Cubs Love him or hate him, there's one thing everyone can agree about Sammy - There's no "I" in Sammy as he's all about the team. Never miss an opportunity to bash him, do you? RTG, Juiced or not, Sammy Sosa was one of the greatest individual baseball players of all time. However, his antics eventually wore a lot of down us down. I just prefer players like Ryne Sandberg who was IMO 100% correct in his HOF speech.

From the early paper edition of the Sunday Chicago Tribune (not on the net yet): - Sammy quoted at Friday's games against the Cubs Love him or hate him, there's one thing everyone can agree about Sammy - There's no "I" in Sammy as he's all about the team.

For the record, I don't think it would bother Terry a bit being called crusty or old for that matter but I changed "crusty" in the title to "insightful" anyway because there is no disputing that he is that and why he would make a great interview for Mr. Miles. I heard him speak as a last minute replacement with no notes or prepared statements. He stopped after 45 minutes with the crowd begging for more. Not only is he a "heck" of a guy but a fascinating one as well.

He obviously doesn't realize that merchandise sales are split between all MLB teams You are correct LCCF. Well done. The scout and I stand corrected. However, I still think signing Dice-K was a great move by the Red Sox. Could prove to be the second coming of Fernado Valenzuela. http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=184125

Mr. Miles when you get back from your vacation in the Arizona sun (lowered the handicap any?) and have an off day, I have a suggested interviewee for your or Mr. Rozner. The individual claims to have only two passions in life - Education and baseball (No, it's not Vance) and can offer a unique perspective on his experiences with the game of baseball from Little league through the Big Leagues. He was coach and mentor for the most successful high school baseball program in Illinois over the last 15 years (Lyons Township of LaGrange), is the moderator for a cable sports talks show and in his spare time is a scout for the Boston Red Sox. His name is Terry Sullivan and he lives in the Western Suburbs. I recently had a chance to hear him talk. Here is a few of the things he said. - Says traveling team managers who believe in 80 game seasons, 10 year olds throwing curveballs, etc. have done more damage to baseball players in the U.S. than everything else combined. - He scouted and signed the #1 pick of the Red Sox in 2005. A kid named Michael Bowden out of Waubonsie Valley. Said he is the best high school pitcher he ever saw and the Red Sox are expecting big things from him. Loves the kid's tenacity as he essentially grew up without a father (he's in jail) in a trailor park. - Not a big Hendry fan. Says he's loyal to a fault and puts way too much faith in a small circle of old friends. Thinks Hendry overpaid for Samardzija. Called him a 5th round pick with bad mechanics. - Says Matsuzaka will be more popular than Ichiro and the Red Sox will recover their purchase fee in a couple years from merchandise sold in Japan alone. Says Matsuzaka will ecome a dominant pitcher in the U.S. and that the Gyro ball is for real. - Thinks the smart organizations (like the Red Sox) value both stats and scouts about 50-50. Says although no one in the Red Sox front office is over 35, they value old scouts like him and treat him well. He said he had been on John Henry's yacht several times partying with Big Poppy, Manny, etc. - Says he never scouts second baseman because "I want to see the best fielder on the team - the shortstop." Refers to second baseman as "failed shortstops." - Says he likes scouting in the midwest because players here have more untapped potential than Florida or California guys. - Says the Latin and Asian influence on baseball will continue to grow because they are hungrier and more dedicated than US ball players. - He has been to the Domincan Republic several times. Said the best 12 year olds kids are purchased from families by "agents" and put in baseball "camps." They are forced to live in shacks, not allowed to go to school and play baseball from dawn to dusk. After a few years, the best ones are then sold by the agents to one of major league teams with facilities in the Domincan Republic. - Thinks a team would be foolish to rely totally on stats. "Aren't the best stock analysts the ones that start with the quantitative analysis but still go out and talk to management, interview suppliers, talk to competitors, etc.?" "You gotta kick the tires." All in all, a pretty interesting guy for a crusty old scout.

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I bet it's "a dive" - Even though it doesn't have to be.

Always good to have you come around and spin everything out of Albert's favor. Are you jealous, or just a demented prick? Jealous? No, I'm already a citizen. Demented? Not demented enough to be a Sox Fan. :lol:

Must be a very slow news day. He's been in the country for 11 years - it's about time.

Urlacher - first of three TDs by the Bears D and special teams.

A publicity stunt. Similar to Babe Ruth ending his career with the Boston Braves.