Friday, June 30, 2006

Next year's sponsor: G-STAR RAW (CHICAGO, 1525 N.Milwaukee, 60622 Chicago (IL), t +1 773.342.2623... let's go Denim and take this shiznit 2 da next level!)

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MAIN ABOUT US COLLECTION MARC NEWSON FAIR/SHOWS RAW DEFENDER
ADDRESSES RETAILERS PRESS ROOM

AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, Central Ground Floor, 211 La Trobe Street, VIC 3000, t +61
(0)3 963 947 78
MELBOURNE, Shop 9 & 10, Chapel Plaza, 402-416 Chapel Street, South
Yarra 3142, Melbourne Victoria, t +61 (0)3 982 625 59
SYDNEY, Worldsquare, Corner George and Liverpool Street, NSW 2000, t
+61 (0)2 926 449 46
SYDNEY, 130 Oxford Street, Paddington, NSW 2021, t +61 (0)2 938 045 43

AUSTRIA
VIENNA, Neubaugasse 12-14, 1070 OPENING AUGUST 2006

BELGIUM
ANTWERP, Kammenstraat 22, 2000, t +32 (0)3 232 94 99
LUIK/LIEGE, Rue du Pot d'Or 19, 4000, t +32 (0)4 220 17 17
TURNHOUT, Gasthuisstraat 38, 2300, t +32 (0)1 443 41 43 OPENING JUNE
2006

CANADA
EDMONTON, 8770 170 Street OPENING AUGUST 2006

CHINA
BEIJING, Shop AA65, UG Oriental Plaza, 1 Chang An East Street, t +86
(10) 851 85 310
SHANGHAI, Shop 130, Grand Gateway, 1 Hongqiao Rd., t +86 (21) 640 76 513

DENMARK
COPENHAGEN, Antonigade 8, 1106, t +45 (0)33 69 00 33

FRANCE
BEZIERS, 2 Place Gabriel Peri, 34500, t +33 (0)6 728 669 04 OPENING
AUGUST 2006
BORDEAUX, 67 Rue Saint Remi, 33000, t + 33 (0)5 565 113 73
GRENOBLE, 1 Rue Vicat, 38000 OPENING SEPTEMBER 2006
LILLE, 22 Rue de la Clef, 59000, t +33 (0)3 285 281 46
LYON, 26 Rue Grenette, 69002, t +33 (0)4 784 252 30
PARIS, 46 Rue Etienne Marcel, 75002, t +33 (0)1 422 144 33
STRASBOURG, 114 Grand'rue, 67000, t +33 (0)3 882 351 66
TOULOUSE, 2 Rue du Coq d'Inde, 31000, t +33 (0)5 621 766 13

GERMANY
BERLIN, Oranienburger Strasse 12, 10178, t +49 (0)30 246 325 54
DRESDEN, Wilsdruffer Strasse 10, 01067, t +49 (0)35 148 489 99
HAMBURG, Bleichenbrücke 1-7, 20354, t +49 (0)40 530 294 80
HEIDELBERG, Sofienstrasse 15, 69115, t +49 (0)62 216 565 66 OPENING
SEPTEMBER 2006
LEIPZIG, Neumarkt 16-18, 04109, t +49 (0)34 199 997 80
MAGDEBURG, Allee-Center Magdeburg, Ernst-Reuter-Allee 11, 39104, t
+49 (0)39 150 963 81
MUNSTER, Alter Fischmarkt 3-5, 48143, t +49 (0)25 139 050 80
STUTTGART, Königstrasse 26, Königsbaupassage, 70173

GREECE
THESSALONIKI, Shopping Center Meditarranean Cosmos - 11 KLM National
Road Thessalonica - Moudanion - Pylaia, 507001 OPENING SEPTEMBER 2006

HONG KONG
HONG KONG, Shop A, G/F, Haywood Mansion, 57 Paterson Street, Causeway
Bay, t +852 (2416) 8983

ICELAND
REYKJAVIK, Laugavegur 84-96, 101 OPENING AUGUST 2006

IRELAND
DUBLIN, 1st. Floor Roches Stores, Henry Street, t +35 (0)31 873 02 61
DUBLIN, Unit 2M, 29-30 Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin 16, t +35 (0)31
296 34 00

ITALY
MILAN, Via San Pietro All’Orto 11, 20121, Milano, t +39 (0)2 760 12
511
ROME, Via 4 Novembre 111 00187, Lazio, t +39 (0)6 67 97 731

JAPAN
OSAKA, 1-21-16 Minami-horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0015, t +81 (0)6
6532 1730
TOKYO, Jinnan-zaka Frame GF, 1-18-2 Jinnan Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-0041, t +81 (0)3 5728 4003

NORWAY
OSLO, Byporten Shopping, Jernbanetorget 6, 0154, t +47 (0)22 17 12 12

REPUBLIC OF KOREA
SEOUL, Tower Building 1&2F, #31-5 Myoung-Dong 2 ga, Jung-Gu, 100-022
OPENING AUGUST 2006

SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE, Paragon, #02-32, 290 Orchard Road, t +65 (0)6735 8419

SPAIN
BARCELONA, Calle Plaza Comercial 6, 08003, t +34 93 268 86 47
BARCELONA, C/Provença 257, 08008 OPENING JULY 2006
BILBAO, Centro comercial Zubiarte C/Lehendakari Leizaola No 2 Local
P16, 48003, t +34 94 439 32 68
GIRONA, Sant Antoni Mª Claret 24, 17002 OPENING SEPTEMBER 2006
MADRID, C/Mayor 30, OPENING JULY 2006
MADRID, Fuencarral 39, 28004, t +34 91 523 80 48
SAN SEBASTIAN, C/Mayor, 9 Bajo, 20003, t +34 94 343 07 34
VALENCIA, C/Jorge Juan, 22 bajo derecha, 46004 OPENING AUGUST 2006

TAIWAN
TAIPEI, Breeze 2, No. 219, Sec. 4, Chung-Siao N. Rd., t +886 (02) 256
70 356
TAIPEI, Mitsukoshi Shin-Yi A9, B1, No.9 Shung Soie Rd. Shin Yi
District, t +8686 (02) 272 51 020

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ABU DHABI, Marina Mall Phase II (ground floor), Corniche, t +971 268
158 87
DUBAI, Deira City Centre (1st floor), Bin Hendi Avenue, t +971 429
511 42
DUBAI, Mall of Emirates (ground floor), Sheik Zayed Road, t +971 434
106 02
SHARJAH, Sahara Centre, Shop 165A , Ground Floor, t +971 653 195 15

UNITED KINGDOM
BELFAST, 17 Wellington Place, BT16GT, t +44 (0)289 032 98 41
EDINBURGH, Unit 8, Multrees Walk, EH1 3DQ, Scotland, t +44 (0)131 558
39 75
LONDON, Harrods Knightsbridge, SW1X 7XL, t +44 (0)207 730 12 34 ext.
2703
NOTTINGHAM, 9 Victoria Street, NG1 2EW, t +44 (0)115 985 94 21
SHEFFIELD, 112 Devonshire Street, S3 7SF, t +44 (0)114 273 75 46

USA
BOSTON, 348 Newbury Street, 02115 Massachusetts, t +1.617.267.4100
CHICAGO, 1525 N.Milwaukee, 60622 Chicago (IL), t +1 773.342.2623
DALLAS, Victory Park Lane, 75219 Texas OPENING SEPTEMBER 2006
LOS ANGELES, 7966 Melrose Avenue, 90046 Los Angeles (CA), t +1
323.658.6028
NEW YORK, 270 Lafayette Street, 10012 New York (NY), t +1 212.219.2744
NEWPORT BEACH, 571 Newport Center Drive, 92660 California, t +1
949.640.7054
SAN DIEGO, 436 Fifth Avenue Suite 2-112, 92101 California OPENING
SEPTEMBER 2006
SAN FRANCISCO, 76 Geary Street, 94108 San Francisco (CA), t +1
415.398.5381

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Mauled - - - http://homepage.mac.com/shadigradi/PhotoAlbum75.html

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GS mauled by DOGS 24-to-9 * 6/18/06

woof, woof, uhhggg- r.i.p. old scarz - roll lee elia, ditka, lombardi, or better yet Chris Farley as Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker- "You'll end up playing in a van down by the river...!"

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Re: Hope 4 Cubs$ale 2 Mark Cuban? - "Investors Call 4 Trib Breakup" - NYTimes

I don’t want Mark Cuban owning the Cubs. Get a true Cubs fan with big cash that will not destroy the ballpark like Cuban would I suspect.

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June 14, 2006
Chandlers Call for Tribune Breakup
By RICHARD SIKLOS <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/richard_siklos/index.html?inline=nyt-per>

A boardroom feud at the Tribune Company <http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=TRB> escalated today as the Chandler family — the billionaire former owners of The Los Angeles Times and now major Tribune investors — called for a breakup of the company.

In a letter sent to the Tribune Company's board, trustees representing the Chandler family accused Tribune's management, led by its chairman and chief executive, Dennis J. FitzSimons, of implementing a failed strategy for melding local television stations and newspapers, and failing to keep pace with industry rivals in everything from revenue growth to Internet strategy.

The Chandler trusts, which own a 12.2 percent voting interest in Tribune, called for the appointment of a special committee of independent Tribune directors to study spinning off the company's 26 television stations, and, possibly, its 11 newspapers, which include The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and Newsday.

If the board failed to do as the trusts asked, the Chandlers warned, they would "begin actively pursuing possible changes in Tribune's management and other transactions" that could involve rallying other shareholders and private equity firms to their cause.

The Tribune Company did not issue an immediate response, but has previously said it was sticking to a plan to borrow money and buy back up to 25 percent of its shares at a cost of about $2 billion, and sell some assets, after examining a range of strategic alternatives. The Chandlers today called that plan "hasty and ill-informed."

Tribune's shares rose 89 cents, or 2.9 percent, to close at $31.94 on the New York Stock Exchange <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/new_york_stock_exchange/index.html?inline=nyt-org> today on news of the Chandlers' letter. The company's stock has risen 14.5 percent since the Tribune Company announced the stock buyback on May 30.

In sending the 11-page document, the Chandlers also said formally that they would not tender their shares into the stock buyback plan,   which the family's three directors on the 11-member Tribune board already opposed.

While the letter sets the stage for a boardroom battle that could lead to Tribune being broken up and sold piecemeal, it comes in the midst of a separate dispute between the Chandlers and Tribune over the value of two complex partnerships. These partnerships were set up before Tribune bought the    Times Mirror Company <http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=TMMR> , which was controlled by the Chandlers and included The Los Angeles Times, in 2000.

If the rupture on the Tribune board does lead to the sale of some or all of the company's biggest assets, it would continue a major redrawing of the map for the newspaper industry this year. After unhappy shareholders forced the sale of Knight Ridder <http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=KRI> Inc., the nation's second-largest newspaper owner, to the McClatchy <http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.asp&symb=MNI> Corporation in March, McClatchy in turn sold several papers to other buyers.

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Hope 4 Cubs$ale 2 Mark Cuban? - "Investors Call 4 Trib Breakup" - NYTimes

June 14, 2006

Chandlers Call for Tribune Breakup

By RICHARD SIKLOS

A boardroom feud at the Tribune Company escalated today as the Chandler family — the billionaire former owners of The Los Angeles Times and now major Tribune investors — called for a breakup of the company.

In a letter sent to the Tribune Company's board, trustees representing the Chandler family accused Tribune's management, led by its chairman and chief executive, Dennis J. FitzSimons, of implementing a failed strategy for melding local television stations and newspapers, and failing to keep pace with industry rivals in everything from revenue growth to Internet strategy.

The Chandler trusts, which own a 12.2 percent voting interest in Tribune, called for the appointment of a special committee of independent Tribune directors to study spinning off the company's 26 television stations, and, possibly, its 11 newspapers, which include The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and Newsday.

If the board failed to do as the trusts asked, the Chandlers warned, they would "begin actively pursuing possible changes in Tribune's management and other transactions" that could involve rallying other shareholders and private equity firms to their cause.

The Tribune Company did not issue an immediate response, but has previously said it was sticking to a plan to borrow money and buy back up to 25 percent of its shares at a cost of about $2 billion, and sell some assets, after examining a range of strategic alternatives. The Chandlers today called that plan "hasty and ill-informed."

Tribune's shares rose 89 cents, or 2.9 percent, to close at $31.94 on the New York Stock Exchange today on news of the Chandlers' letter. The company's stock has risen 14.5 percent since the Tribune Company announced the stock buyback on May 30.

In sending the 11-page document, the Chandlers also said formally that they would not tender their shares into the stock buyback plan, which the family's three directors on the 11-member Tribune board already opposed.

While the letter sets the stage for a boardroom battle that could lead to Tribune being broken up and sold piecemeal, it comes in the midst of a separate dispute between the Chandlers and Tribune over the value of two complex partnerships. These partnerships were set up before Tribune bought the Times Mirror Company, which was controlled by the Chandlers and included The Los Angeles Times, in 2000.

If the rupture on the Tribune board does lead to the sale of some or all of the company's biggest assets, it would continue a major redrawing of the map for the newspaper industry this year. After unhappy shareholders forced the sale of Knight Ridder Inc., the nation's second-largest newspaper owner, to the McClatchy Corporation in March, McClatchy in turn sold several papers to other buyers.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Pre-Pimienta's PANIC! (why bother- we were murdered 22-to-4!)

Yikes! Thanks Larry (NO Larry... ;-O )
WHO's in LEFT???
PIMIENTA's at 2:45 pm . . . ullllpppppppp~~~!!!
We need a R-O-L-L C-A-L-L !!!

( HELL - we might want to play FOUR outfielders against Pimienta and try and have our pitcher help fill the hole at short center/second base on the "PEPPERZ SHIFT"!!!!

Who's OUT ? ? ?
--------------------
John Trimarco OUT (swollen ankle!)
Chuck Brown OUT! (healing dislocated finger!)
Joe Garza OUT!! (vacation!)
Larry probably OUT!!! (Mister Mom!)

??????????

WHO ELSE is OUT ?!?!?!
I, TimmO' was #12 last Sunday and did not play, so missing Joe and Larry drops us to TEN... IF everyone else makes it...

WE NEED JEFF "NADZ" BACK!!!
W-H-O E-L-S-E is M.I.A.?
My Cousin Patrick Shields may be able to make it soon...!!!? ;-)
KEVIN PERKINS... We MIGHT NEED YA to PLAY CATCHER Dude!!! ;-)

IN:
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(My initial THEORETICAL LINE-UP / BATTING ORDER... ;-)
(PUTTING WAY TOO MUCH WEIGHT on the LAST GAME's Hitting... please take no offense!~ Just trying to give the MOST A/B's to the HOTTEST BATS!!! CANNOT afford to spin our wheels/strand runners against Pimienta... we usually don't hit their starting "Chubby Zorro" pitcher too well, while they tee-off on poor old us!!!)
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1. (SC) Julio Martinez (Verrry Hotttt!)
2. (2B) Ric Palos (Genuinely Hot!)
3. (RF) David Wells (Getting Hot- need ya buddy!)
4. (C) Jose Vasquez (Warm... POWER... call him Sunday- no Uncle Joe/No e-mail/web?)
5. (1B) B.J. Sanabria (Getting Hot! schedule conflict but will play for us- (need 9 though!)
6. (SS) Gerry Mannix (Warming Up...)
7. (EH) Rob Van Tuyle (Warm... usually Smokin'!)
8. (P) Steve Olund (Warming Up...)
9. (CF) Mike Costello (Room Temp... only `cause of possible rust..., AND...)
10. (LF) Jeff Nadjowski (BACK! ...AND ... to motivate the guys who've been getting less A/B's)
11. (3B) Tim O' Grady (Pitiful since SWAT! BAD case of left KNEECAP Tendinitis... the less running the better; I will sit if we can scrape up TWELVE BODIES!!!!)

****WHO ELSE WILL BE THERE FOR SURE !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I wonder what shape the field is in after the RAIN?!?!?

ANY SUGGESTIONS for OUR LINEUP/POSITIONS???
If you want to move up/move down in the batting order, change positions, want someone ELSE to change positions (& can state it very politely & diplomatically!!!), LET US KNOW NOW so we can MULL it OVER overnight!

(I myself am thinking of playing a little three card monte shell game and swapping Big Jose behind the plate to not pressure him defensively at 1st Base, with B.J. Biggs moving there, and Ricky to Second Base, and SteveO/Julio to Short Center (whichever is not pitching tomorrow.) DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES SENSE?!?!?

If anyone is close to Wicker anytime soon take a lookee-see and report back to us PLEASE!!!

HELLLPPPPP!!! PIMIENTA's Tomorrow at 2:45 pm!!!

Sincerely (deranged...)

- TimmO!!!
(773) 416-9759 cellular
(773) 463-9370 Home...
(312) 742-7553 Wicker Fieldhouse!!!!

P.S. ... ..."Mike Costello had the idea/request... he stated that he hasn't had any batting practice yet this season due to lots of business travel... he/we could use a little extra work... we used to do it around 1 o'clock at Pulaski Park...? ? (Noble north of Division)... BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT JUST SCRAPING UP A FULL TEN PLAYERS!!!! (Cos' saw the lack of response and said it was cool, that he'd hit the batting cages on his own- which I also did Wednesday night after sucking eggs the whole time since my Wicker dingers against SWAT... (I then went 0-3 aggainst Risk for B.J.'s Green Light Thursday. so color me o-for-Two-weeks or so... ;-< ...Don's secret weapon, except the night before: a texas leaguer 1-for-3... struggling...
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On Jun 10, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Laurence Mills wrote:

Not looking like I can make it tomorrow due to conflict with a family baby shower - I must stay with el nino......can't find no babysitter.......

* WICKER GOLD STAR SOFTBALL SCHEDULE *
1.) Sunday, May 7th - 3 pm vs. United Nations ( LOST 13-to-7 ;-< )
- N o G a m e s - Sunday, May 14th - Mother's Day
2.) Wednesday, May 17th - 6:30 pm vs. Knuckleheads (RAIN OUT)
3.) Sunday, May 21st - 3 pm vs. Phyllis’ Musical Inn (WON! 17-16)
- N o G a m e s - Sunday, May 28th - Memorial Day
4.) Tuesday, May 30th - 6:30 pm vs. S.W.A.T. (WON! 13-12)
5.) Sunday, June 4th - 3 pm vs. N.W.S.K. (LOST 18-9)
6.) Sunday, June 11th - 3 pm vs. Pimienta (LOST 22-4)
7.) Sunday, June 18th - 11 am vs. The Dogs
8.) Sunday, June 25th - 2 pm vs. Phyllis' Musical Inn (3 hours LATER- vs. Clem!)
- N o G a m e s - 4th of July Weekend
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9.) *Sunday, July 9th* - 2 pm vs. That's Us, and
10.) *DOUBLEHEADER!* - 3 pm vs. Beachwood Inn
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11.) Sunday, July 16th - 4 pm vs. The Hitmen
12.) Wednesday, July 19th - 6:30 pm vs. Knuckleheads
13.) Sunday, July 23rd - 1 pm vs. S.W.A.T.
14.) Wednesday, July 26th - 6:30 pm vs. United Nations
15.) Sunday, July 30th - 5 pm vs. Los Gringos
16.) Sunday, August 6th - 4 pm vs. He Gone
- R A I N D A T E S & P L A Y O F F S T.B.A...
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16-INCHES

Friday, June 30, 2006

Next year's sponsor: G-STAR RAW (CHICAGO, 1525 N.Milwaukee, 60622 Chicago (IL), t +1 773.342.2623... let's go Denim and take this shiznit 2 da next level!)

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Mauled - - - http://homepage.mac.com/shadigradi/PhotoAlbum75.html

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Re: Hope 4 Cubs$ale 2 Mark Cuban? - "Investors Call 4 Trib Breakup" - NYTimes

Hope 4 Cubs$ale 2 Mark Cuban? - "Investors Call 4 Trib Breakup" - NYTimes

Chandlers Call for Tribune Breakup

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Pre-Pimienta's PANIC! (why bother- we were murdered 22-to-4!)

How will the CUBS Finish?

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