as much as i do like Hideki Matsui and DJ...

[Zech Marquis]

it's really, really hard for me to be PROUD of the Yankees this upcoming season. It's more like Jeter, Matsui, Bernie, and Jorge and the Mercanaries :eyes: The Red Sox so far has that TEAM sense to them, even after the failed trade for Arod--whci now I feel glad did NOT take place. So fellow DUers, should I go ahead and reaffirm my new membership to the Red Sox Nation? Or just cease and comply for the Evil mpire in NY?

BTW--I'll be ordering an eMac in about 4 weeks :bounce:

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Personally, I'll be pulling for the Hanshin Tigers to win the Japan Series

As for the Yankees, screw 'em. There are something like 10 Japanese players in the big leagues this year, so there are plenty of nihonjin-no-senshu on other teams that you can support.

By the way, what's the difference between an "eMac" and an "iMac"?

[Zech Marquis]

3. my gf is from Shiga

and she told me that although she's proud of Matsui playing so well for the Evil Empire, she likes the nuderdog teams, ESPECIALLY the Hanshin Tigers--how did they screw up in the series last year?! Geez!

Currently, the imac has the flat panle display that"floats" on the metal arm, like a desk lamp (or if you're a Pixar fan, like he Luxor Jr lamps). The eMac used a 17 nch flast CRT, heavy, but still very sharp and not prone to glaring. Not to mention with a combo drive, 512 MB Ram and 80 GB HD, will run a nice $999. The eMac was probably a design Steve Jobs didn't like as much a few years back, but the education folks saw it and viola! Then the consumers like me raised hell, and now anyone can buy it :evilgrin:

[Art_from_Ark]

6. Wherabouts in Shiga is your girlfriend from?

Hikone? Nagahama? Otsu? Kusatsu? Maibara? I know that part of the country very well.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Come to the light, my friend . . .

The Anaheim Angels are looking good this year. O8)

[Zech Marquis]

4. Anaheim you say?

Hmmm....one of my co workers is from Anaheim...lemme check out their spring training report at mlb.com

[Bertha Venation]

5. Yepper....

Many hearts have been broken in the shadow of the Big A. But 2002 -- and the subsequent sale of the Halos to a man who knows and loves baseball and its fans -- signal even better things to come.

[Zech Marquis]

7. looking good so far

Red Sox Nation and the Halos.sounds like a good pair to root for :taost:

[Bertha Venation]

8. Unless they're playing the Angels, or

fighting them for the wild card spot, I always root for the Red Sox. Despite 1986. ;)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Welcome to Red Sox Nation

George "Deep Pockets" Steinbrenner proves once again that the Yankees are the best team money can buy.

The Red Sox have great pitching this year. Pitching wins games, not offense. I think the Sox are coming together as a team also-I have been watching Spring Training reports and getting very excited!

:bounce:

[Zech Marquis]

10. I saw Curt doing some pitching on tv the other day

damn, it's just spring training, and he was firing on full blast.I like that :evilgrin: And you're the Red Sox are a TEAM, nt a bunch of hired hands Red Sox Nation and Halos it is!

O, and delte the eMac remark--make it a 14 iBook G4 :evilgrin: Because i use a checkcard, all I have to do is call my bank when I plan to order or buy it (I might actually go and pick one up)

[jus_the_facts]

11. LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!! LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!! LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!!

....the players aren't the EVIL EMPIRE....they were just good enough to play for the most winnin' team in baseball history....so if do what ya gotta do....but have to tell ya...it's gonna be reeeeeally tough bein' a BoSux fan...I mean DAMN! :evilgrin: :hi: :evilgrin: