SouthSideScraper

Now for all of the Paulie haters on this site. For the record, I have not posted on this site for months as a result of some of the opinions expressed here. Not that anyone isn't entitled to their own opinion, but some of them are just plain stupid. Of course there are more good than bad but I digress. I'm sure I'll get the inevitable smartass reply that I should not post again. Expected and tasteless. I have been preaching Paulie since I joined this site and there have been supporters and many a nay-sayer. Well nay-sayers, kiss Paulie's slow moving, home run hitting, league envied ass! Big teams want him and will pay big to get him. Here's where Paulie's loyalty comes into play. And as the article said, you pointed out all of his negativities and short-comings out but now probably don't. When it comes time to re-sign or have him leave the nay-sayers will be at it again. Instead of praising him you burn him down. I can't wait to see those stat monkey's posting his OPS compared to other 1st basemen and their current salaries. A player is worth more than his stats. It's what he accomplishes for his team. In this case, leading them to a series. He deserves a big contract and more time with the Sox. More he deserves respect. He wants to stay so let him. He's done a ton for this team.....Many of you were against me wanting to wrap him up. It's all on Frank Thomas and Magglio you said. I laugh.

Yeah..... Whoops. And I thought I had a catchy, albeit cliche, topic name. Ahhhh well. Least I had a chance to gripe. I looked at the rest of the topics and didn't see that one...must've missed it.

Magglio "Cashlio" Ordonez is full of s***. For those who have not, check out the following tidbit from ESPN.com - Instead of playing his former team for the first time, Ordonez traveled back to Detroit from Montreal after seeing a hernia specialist, who could not conclude that Ordonez has a hernia. Ordonez said missing the game against the White Sox didn't add to his misery. "I just want to play against anybody," Ordonez said in Detroit's clubhouse after the game. Ordonez is scheduled to be examined by doctors in Michigan on Thursday and to visit another hernia specialist Monday in Philadelphia. He is 0-for-10 in three games after signing a $75 million, five-year contract. DOESN'T HAVE A HERNIA? NO KIDDING!! C'mon Maggs...We're not buying it. Now he's going to see other specialists. Right, like they're going to find anything. Sorry Magg's, you're knee was for s***. You denied it. Wouldn't let the Sox take a look at you. Promised that you were tip-top. Down talked the Sox for not giving you your just desserts by not offerong you the big contact that you had already turned down. Down talking them for not trusting you, after all, look at all you did for them. And now, you're knee is hurting you and you're saying that it's a phantom hernia. Hell, I got a hernia just laughing at your bulls***. I'm glad Maggs is gone. Good riddance.

That. Was. Queer.

I miss Carlos, but lets not forget the bitter rivalry between the Sox and the Brew Crew. I hated the Brewers and not much has changed with me since they went to the National league. And his little tough guy attitude when he was beaned in the preseason left a sour taste in my mouth. I appreciate all he did for our club, but now he's out. As far as I'm concerned, he's the enemy. I'll raise my glass to Podsednik.

QUOTE(soxman352000 @ Apr 10, 2005 -> 10:39 PM) Still a b**** in my book Soxman, that was poetry.

Awww, I still want to see him take a fast ball in the ribs. All the ass kissing in the world isn't going to make up for the schalacking he gave Burke. Ok, so I'm still sore about it. But since a good dose of revenge was never given to him, I'm holding on him. Until he takes a shot I'm not giving him any props.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 10, 2005 -> 09:59 PM) I'm sure you guys caught this. They talked to Ozzie during Sunday night's game and they said 'Mark B. is really underrated outside of Chicago'. Ozzie replied, 'well that's because he plays for the White Sox and not your Red Sox'. Those 2 clowns seemed stunned, THAT WAS AWESOME. Nope, missed it. Damn. Sure would have liked to have caught it though.

Let's not forget the rest of the team. It takes a team to win a game and a team to lose a game. The guys who want to point a finger at any one player are sounding a lot like Chub fans blaming Bartman for their loss a couple years ago. Excuses and finger pointing are a Northside traits, lets try to keep it off of this forum. If the rest of the team would have stepped up offensively, not struck out so much and scored some runs it would have been a different ball game. Point is we just didn't do it today. Crede isn't all to blame nor is Burhle. They share it with the rest of the club.

And the damn thing says in bright bold letters...2004 salaries. Duh. Well, I still think Paulie is worth 9 million for three years.

QUOTE(SouthSideScraper @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:03 AM) Whoops. I was looking at the espn.com salaries for the ball club. I guess that's what he made last year. I agree that Paulie isn't worth more than 9million. I don't think that he'll ask for more in order to stick around, but ball players get funny when it comes to cash. I hope he stays, and doesn't get to big for his britches. And as for BMac. I hope he's as good as we're all hoping. Lord knows we could use him. I'm not down talking him, I'm just saying lets see how the hitters handle him during the season. Here's what I was seeing- PLAYER SALARY (US$) 1. Jermaine Dye 11,666,667 2. Jose Contreras 9,000,000 3. Paul Konerko 8,000,000 4. Freddy Garcia 6,875,000 5. Frank Thomas 6,000,000 etc.... My bad.

Whoops. I was looking at the espn.com salaries for the ball club. I guess that's what he made last year. I agree that Paulie isn't worth more than 9million. I don't think that he'll ask for more in order to stick around, but ball players get funny when it comes to cash. I hope he stays, and doesn't get to big for his britches. And as for BMac. I hope he's as good as we're all hoping. Lord knows we could use him. I'm not down talking him, I'm just saying lets see how the hitters handle him during the season.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Mar 14, 2005 -> 09:47 PM) Playing for a contender usually is enough to change a player's mind. As I have done in this thread KW can easily sell Vazquez on the future potential of the White Sox. Koney fans are ignoring his road numbers. They are awful. He hit 239 on the road last year & his career #'s are not much better. Add to that the fact he is clearly a 1-dim player & it makes no sense to commit 8-9M/yr over 4 yrs to Koney. Based on the off-season deals it makes no sense for Koney to accept anything less than a 4-5yr deal. I agree out of loyalty to Koney the Sox should at least offer him a 3yr deal. Even if they overpay a little on it. [ Funny, We have the same guy naysaying Paulie but praising BMac. There's something wrong with that picture. Fine, Paulie has some work to do on his road games. But he's proven to be good and should be expected to do better, and in fact can. BMac has pitched one preseason game and you're already giving him a starting position in '07. Come on. Horse before the cart. And another thing...If Dye is getting paid over 11million, then Paulie isn't over paid at 9million. We wouldn't be overpaying him, we'd be giving a solid middle hitter and good fielder what he's worth to the club. Slow yes, but last year he didn't get into any slumps and just plugged along, nor did he have any glaring errors. If you're Looking into the future to say that BMac is going to be a great pitcher in '07 off one preseason game, then there is no arguing that Pauly is worth his salt and should be offered a three year deal.

QUOTE(WSFAN35 @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) Players say that, and then when it comes time to cash in, they sing a different tune. Don't respond to a post without reading it correctly first, and don't call someone a prick for pointing out that you misread it. First you said that Millar wouldn't come to the White Sox. Now your saying that he won't fit because of his lack of power numbers, but you said if Konerko's asking too much it'll be Gload in at first. I don't know how that works out. With Millar, you sacrifice some home runs, but your saving money for another hole. Besides, Millar's RBI numbers are skewed because he had some major RBI producers in front of him. It occurs to me, you called me a fool. I was merely retorting. Prick. And besides. Millar is out. Give it a rest chief.

I'm not flat wrong. I was talking about the trend that started in 2001. I was using 2000 as a point of reference. How many times do I need to post his numbers. This is not a one time occurance if he has had two seperate injuries that led to him ending a season prematurely and causing him to have an off year the following season. If it takes the rest of one year or most of the following year for him to heal, then we're not going to see the Frank we know and love until either sometime in September, or next season. He doesn't bounce back. Look....I have nothing against Frank Thomas. Nothing, I'm just trying to justify spending the kind of money he's going to want if he has a ad year this year. Both season ending injuries led to off years. If 2005 follows this trend, do the Sox really want to spend the money on him or do they want to look at what else they can get? There are some true blue Frank Thomas fans on this thread. Jeeze. And lets not bring Fisk into this. Him and Riensdorf hated each other. That is a whole other ball of wax.