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QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jan 3, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) The Van Dam / Lashley one was a work because for some reason, the creative team showed sanity and didn't job out RVD to Lashley and they weren't going to take the belt off of Lashley that fast. As for the Mahoney one, he looked legit hurt when he got nailed. Haven't heard anything more about his injury though, so perhaps (and hopefully) he'll work through it. Viva el Chair Swinging Freak! Yeah, that was quite a shot. Vampire-guy didnt pull his punch on that one at all. Balls went down and immediately crossed his chest, and the ref made the quickest 3 count I have seen since the NWO was running the WCW

I dont know if anyone watched ECW last night, but I think that Kevin Vampire guy hurt Balls Mahoney in the match. It ended really abruptly and Balls was making the X sign on his chest after he got nailed with a forearm shiver across the jaw/collarbone. The end of the RVD/Lashley match had them both crying injury too, but I think that was on purpose.

You know what was the worst thing about the Cena/KFed match? It wasnt a conclusion. This crap is going to continue on, and that POS is going to get more facetime

i hate you all for telling me this and making me envious

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jan 2, 2007 -> 02:05 PM) Two things since I'm just back from vacation and didn't want to read through 9 pages. 1) Getting John Danks hopefully will help us get Jordan out of Texas after 2008. We drafted him but he chose to go to Texas instead. Not sure if we retain his rights or not, but if John likes the org, than maybe we can get Jordan to sign as well. He's a hell of a hitter, although I don't know how good of a fielder he is, since he DH'd a good part of last year as a freshman.2) Putting McCarthy in Texas isn't going to make it easier for him to succeed. That's one hell of a hitters park. That is all assuming that Jordan will be available for the White Sox to draft again. His family already stated how much they appreciated the White Sox organization when he decided not to sign,I dont think that is an issue

Dear Dan PMs are a wonderful thing

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) You're saying that we shouldn't use the vaccine because it may mutate at a later point? No, Im not saying that. Im just wondering about the possibilities of such a vaccine. If you are trying to nail everything with one shot, and the vaccine mutates past that, where do you go from there? Im not a micro-biologist(if thats even the right field, ha), so I dont know how these things work. But I do know that viruses(viri?) have been around for a long time and they have a knack for surviving and doing their thing. And, I have watched more than one science fiction movie/show about worldwide viruses that have mutated into something we couldnt cure.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 10:21 AM) If you read the article, the mutation issue is addressed. LOL, I read everything but the paragraph about the mutation, i should know better They say the M2 protein has "barely" changed in the past 100 years, but that doesnt mean it will not change. If it does mutate though, wouldnt that put the scientists back to square one, considering this virus would be mutating to get past everything we threw at it? Kind of a scary thought

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 01:44 PM) Every pitcher is a huge risk long term. The White Sox were prepared to go a lot of years for Alex Fernandez, but luckily didn't get the chance. They liked the fact he was young and had impeccible mechanics. He blows his arm out a couple years later. I can't see the White Sox ever offering more than 4 years for any pitcher, except maybe they would go to 5 for Santana. Other teams would go to 7 or 8 though. Wasnt it at the end of the very next year with the Marlins? IIRC, he started off the year unstoppable for the Marlins, but didnt get to pitch in the World Series or Playoffs because he was already shelved, and never really recovered.

Wont a virus mutate to survive a vaccine? I dont believe there is ever going to be a true end-all be-all vaccine, a virus is a tough little bugger(no pun intended )

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 03:36 AM) Who really does that, though? It's well-known that he's not only cheated on his wife, but had a really bad gambling problem. To the point it had been linked to his father's death (although there hasn't been a shred of proof that his gambling played a role). Wow, I never heard that before. I never really thought about it, because the two guys that were caught were basically kids(idiot kids at that, you cant flash your world championship Bulls ring around without drawing attention to how you got it). I would tend to believe that his dad was in the wrong place at the wrong time. His gambling problem doesnt necassarily make him a bad person in my eyes, just an addictive personality. Its a problem he has, but he can afford his problem.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) I wish the Sox would get him but that wouldn't be realistic at all Probably not. Our luck would see that Johan hires Boras as his agent somewhere between 2007 and 2008, just in time for the bargaining.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Dec 29, 2006 -> 03:19 PM) All pitchers need command and control in addition to their stuff. It appears that KW has worked hard to add velocity to the bullpen. It takes more than velocity. Yes, the AAA bullpen has depth. The major league bullpen does not. That's a problem for the major league team and is one of the reasons this bullpen is not greatly improved. Yes, every player has to get their shot sometime. Hopefully if they are ready to perform well at the major league level. I don't know how many of these guys are. That's a problem for the Sox. Uribe's 2006 was very similar to his 2005. I think that's the kind of hitter he is. In 2004, he variable might have used some supplements to help his power. If he improves, I think it will be minimal. Podsednik wasn't just awful last year. He is awful. He basically had one good year for Milwaukee and that wasn't too recent. His skills have diminished to the point where he is a zero-tool player. He isn't good at anything, and I don't expect him to get any better as he ages. I think Anderson will do somewhat better. The improvement could be significant, or minimal. His improvement over the course of the 2006 season didn't give me great reason for optimism. He went from awful hitting in the first half of the season to merely bad hitting in the second half. I wish I had seen some actual good hitting from him. I don't know how much of that we can expect in 2007. His ERA was just like 2002, 2003 and 2004, which is basically his career average. 2005 is clearly an outlier. Now, what about his peripherals? His WHIP was back to his old (major league average form). His K/9 was actually below his career average and worse than 2002 and 2003. His K/BB was better because he gave up fewer walks. Overall, his peripherals were very similar to the rest of his career. About major league average. Average is exactly what we should expect from Jonny. Luis has parts of 4 major league seasons to prove that he's a major league player. In that time, he hasn't shown much at the plate. I think he's shown that he can't hit. And it isn't like he was some great hitting prospect in the minors. In 1016 career AAA AB's, his OBP was .357 and his SLG was .479 for an OPS of .836. That's a pretty good AAA hitter. It shouldn't be surprising that a guy who is only a pretty good AAA hitter can't hit in the majors. That's pretty common. He isn't half the hitter Mackowiak is. But he's twice the fielder. So now BA has a backup who can field but can't hit. That's not a net improvement. It was a good article, but I just think it needs more balance. These guys have downside as well as upside. If the article was called "3 Reasons the Sox will contend and 3 reasons the Sox wont contend", then it would need more balance. Its an optimistic article, something this site needs. QUOTE(Craig Grebeck @ Dec 29, 2006 -> 03:25 PM) FWIW, I was pretty much playing devil's advocate. I was planning on writing 3 reasons why we won't contend next week. lol

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Dec 29, 2006 -> 12:45 PM) Another guy I believe is still out there that could be of some interest as a stop gap 5th starter could be Tomo Ohka possibly? Pure speculation of course. Whoo boy I think i just threw up in my mouth. Lets keep this at pure speculation please

QUOTE(beautox @ Dec 29, 2006 -> 08:34 AM) Hes back, along with his beautiful wife. HOLY COW! That woman is of porn star proportions!

StatManDu rocks. Nothing else needs to be said, he is the king of off-season threads that have nothing to do with the upcoming season.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Dec 27, 2006 -> 11:40 AM) We have 3 HUGE gaping holes. Scotty Pods and BA make up by far the worst outfield in baseball, sorry I love BA, but he is not there yet. One of the great parts of last year is we had 6 starters. What do we do when the fossil known as Contreras goes down. Yeah, but how does McCarthy getting traded ruin our World Series chances? If this trade were somehow reversed, are those 3 gaping holes somehow filled and our World Series chances reborn? If the season starts and not one more move is made, than we all have cause for concern, but I think we all know KW isnt finished tinkering.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Dec 27, 2006 -> 09:53 AM) We need to stop discussing this, its done and we cant change it. Earth to Jimbo's Drinker: This is a messageboard, people will discuss anything, anytime, for any reason. It doesnt have to be something you can change, just something you can discuss.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) Reading this thread is really reminding me of some previous threads regarding trades. And on that note, how goes Cooperstown's efforts to get Olivo's bust bronzed for his impending HOF ceremony? I swear -- for many people on this board -- if KW walked on water, you'd complain about him not swimming. We've still got a few months before spring training, let alone the start of the season. A trade or some FA work may still be possible. It's also amazing that McCarthy who has shown flashes of being very good but hasn't been able to put it together is automatically, again in many peoples' responses here, going to overtake Johan Santana in 2007 for the AL Cy Young. Take off the homer blinders and look at this pragmatically please. Just like the Garcia trade to Philly. People thought we didn't get enough for him. Yet everybody here was joking about how bad Garcia was all last year (my favorite being Kalapse's Flamethrower Freddy with the 86 mph speed gun saying "Intimidation had a New Name") I'm personally amazed that we got something more than a sack of scuffed balls for him. Never mind. Forget I said anything. Continue with the complaints that the sky is falling and the end of the world is at hand. Never mind that all the prospect trading over the past seasons might just mean that we may need to restock a little bit. I'm not defending KW, I'm just pleading for a little reason here rather than emotional "OMG!!!11! WE'RE GONNA BE WORSE THAN DA ROYELS THIS YEAR!" knee-jerk responses. *standing ovation*

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 03:24 PM) Go ahead, Philly has been dying to get rid of him for years. He got lit up in AAA, they still brought him up, got lit up in the NL, they brought him back down to AAA, got lit up again. And now he is still getting lit up in Winter ball. He's done and Kenny bit on him. MMhmmmm

QUOTE(AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 03:19 PM) People! Gavin Floyd sucks! He will be out of this league in 2 years, book it! He is not the present nor his he every going to be the future. I've seen him pitch for years and doesn't even deserve a shot in our bullpen. Thank you X Box GM, I will forward this to Coop and KW

Breaking news on CNN.com shows that the prosecutors have dismissed all charges against the Duke Lacrosse players. Mike Nifong, your table is waiting.....

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 09:53 AM) I'm guessing it's his mom, or that one friend of his. The commercial for the new years episode during tonites Christmas episode rerun showed the Jan went with Michael on the trip.

She is pretty, but I dont know that "Rockets" is a good description. Anna Benson is surely deserving of that nickname, but Mrs Dice-K seems like a pretty woman, thats about all. Hard to believe that Dice-K got suspended for having his car towed from the front of her place. How can a team dictate who you date?

he used to be a punter for Nebraska. thats all I've got