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It sure was nice having Crede's defense on a daily basis. If his back is healthy, his defense alone makes him invaluable.

Rowand is a good player. The guys we have replaced him with the last 2 years were not good players. Owens might be a good player soon. Who's to say what he's worth in this market nowadays? I'm sure he'll sign somewhere for close to what he wants. I'd rather have Hunter just to try something new.

I didn't even notice them til reading some old threads and they kind of intrigued me. I usually just read the main threads in Pale Hose talk and trade talk but one day saw those old awards. Kind of funny.

Oz better have us ready to play out of the gate. For years the Royals have been out of the race by mid May. Hope that doesn't befall our Sox. We better be ready for those division rivals early.

Hey is anybody going to do the awards this year? Like most annoying poster? Best poster? Best quote in a post? Hall of Fame candidates, etc?

Good point, soxfan, but how come nobody is addressing my age and injury concerns? On the board people often talk about money and how to spend it wisely. He will be a DH and DH only. The odds are he will only play in about half the games or 3/4 if a team is very very lucky. Very lucky. Good point about just releasing him if the s*** hits the fan, but that rarely happens. The team hosts the press conference where all the national media show up and the distraction is not worth the 25 homers he'll hit. Obviously we have no room for both he and Thome. So we sign Bonds and trade Thome. Not bad, but Thome is better at this stage, wouldn't you say? And Thome is one of the most respected men in baseball; Barry the least respected. I mean you folks can't deny that. I'm not saying I'm right and I appreciate the stats you posted soxfan, but pls. address my age/injury concerns on the bum.

That guy/girl is right, of course. The good thing about this board and reason to click on it is you get good Sox discussion, great Sox discussion from longtime and newcomer fans. Nothing wrong with that. I doubt I'd read it if I worked for the Sox. They get enough discussion about the team at the ballpark on a daily basis. The high ranking Sox guy also probably doesn't listen to the talk shows. This is a good forum, though. Personal attacks are rare and nobody is so mean or anal to drive anybody else away. I give this board the highest recommendation. Some of the people on here with some additional job training obviously could work for the White Sox. Why not? It's not like we are all toothless idiots who flunked out.

That paper now is dead. Death of a good paper. There's no reason to read that paper for preps unless you are a parent. They will fill it with wrestling features and soccer features. If you are a parent, that's great. The rest of the people can read the Sun Times preps for football and bball scores and good enough stories of their alma maters. The Sun Times takes the Southtown's stuff for southland preps doesn't it? Bye bye Southtown; you were a great paper.

True, everybody on Ozzie's ass should be thankful he managed great in the postseason two years ago. Ozzie as you recall let our starters pitch into the ninth inning unlike these losers this postseason (yes Joe Torre) taking guys out after two to four innings. Piniella? My god, his decision to yank Zambrano in game one only cost them the entire series at that exact moment. The grass is always greener. You are right. That said, this trade should not happen. Konerko and Garland?? These are key key pieces.

I forgot about 3,000 hits. I disagree he is STILL a fantastic baseball player. He is not. My gawd, how many games does a guy have to sit out before some of you will think ill of that bum? Again, if he was 10 years younger you might want to deal with this crap. I mean this is serious crap an organization will be inviting upon itself. Have you watched the Marion Jones stuff? Bonds is in for a similar fall. It's ugly. What team would want that for a guy Bonds' age???

Buddy Bell is highly thought of in KC. Good man it appears. Been in baseball a long time. Cheers.

We know one thing: The Angels will deal for power this winter. So Konerko would obviously be key for them. We should try to rob them. They need Paulie. I don't like the proposed trade.

He's definitely a bad man. The way I see it is w/in a year or two, he is going to have a similar presser as Jones did admitting he lied and he's going to have to go to jail. The team that has to deal with that stuff will be a foolish team IMO. Have there been any rumors about what teams want this guy? This guy really really needs to retire. Why the f*** wouldn't he just retire and go away? He's already got the record? He's not going to put that much more distance between himself and A-Rod. He probably has 40 more homers left in him max in his career and that's probably over the next 2 years. I'm not flaming just asking what are the benefits to a team for taking this old f***?

Having the worst defense in baseball is not a way to win anything. I like Rowand, but I prefer we sign Hunter. We need a change of pace, not a return to the glory year of Rowand, who is due to come back to earth. We do need Renteria or somebody else at ss however. We need to do what the Cubs did last offseason, some serious spending and tinkering and we'll be back in the hunt. If we make very few moves we will probably finish the last next year as KC figures to pass us by. Although the Royals continue to be hexied. Kyle Davies was not a good pickup for them it appears. They also have some potential bullpen issues if Zack returns to the starting rotation. Sox better make some moves w/out breaking up the 3 good starters. We can't win without 3 reliable starters. It'd be nice to pick up a veteran off the scrap heap. I'm rambling but the thing we've been missing .... a Dustin Hermanson type!

Having the worst defense in baseball is not a way to win anything. I like Rowand, but I prefer we sign Hunter. We need a change of pace, not a return to the glory year of Rowand, who is due to come back to earth. We do need Renteria or somebody else at ss however. We need to do what the Cubs did last offseason, some serious spending and tinkering and we'll be back in the hunt. If we make very few moves we will probably finish the last next year as KC figures to pass us by. Although the Royals continue to be hexied. Kyle Davies was not a good pickup for them it appears. They also have some potential bullpen issues if Zack returns to the starting rotation. Sox better make some moves w/out breaking up the 3 good starters. We can't win without 3 reliable starters. It'd be nice to pick up a veteran off the scrap heap. I'm rambling but the thing we've been missing .... a Dustin Hermanson type!

Having the worst defense in baseball is not a way to win anything. I like Rowand, but I prefer we sign Hunter. We need a change of pace, not a return to the glory year of Rowand, who is due to come back to earth. We do need Renteria or somebody else at ss however. We need to do what the Cubs did last offseason, some serious spending and tinkering and we'll be back in the hunt. If we make very few moves we will probably finish the last next year as KC figures to pass us by. Although the Royals continue to be hexied. Kyle Davies was not a good pickup for them it appears. They also have some potential bullpen issues if Zack returns to the starting rotation. Sox better make some moves w/out breaking up the 3 good starters. We can't win without 3 reliable starters. It'd be nice to pick up a veteran off the scrap heap. I'm rambling but the thing we've been missing .... a Dustin Hermanson type!

He should resign after the game and beat George to the punch. Obviously he has a job next year if he wants one. Obviously he's rich and even can have a TV gig if he wants one. Girardi to the Yanks? Mattingly?

I didn't think Bonds' mistress' comments had been in the public til the Playboy Interview. And her tapes of him saying he would kill her I thought were new. I realize there are a lot of scumbags in sports but this guy is the creme de la creme. He defines everything wrong with sports. I just can't see bringing in a guy this old, this brittle, this selfish and THIS OLD. No way the Sox are that dumb, especially considering this is gonna end the same way the Marion Jones deal ended. With Bonds getting sentenced.

Thanks Knight, I put up that wallpaper for now. Good stuff.

He homered again tonight. He'd look good patrolling the outfield for us oh, the next 15 years. Bad move, Kenny.

Young is a stud. It looks like KW could have gotten Javy for Anderson. That means KW failed ... big time.

Anybody developed off season wallpaper?

I agree completely with max. Owens is starting to win me over, but can't compare to Hunter or Rowand. He stole so many bases that I won't be pissed anymore if he's the starter.

Is Soxtalk.com a good place to request buying a few tickets next summer? Do all of you go to all the games? Or would you sell 2-4 on a given summer day? I am hoping my vacation finally coincides with the Sox being home next summer. They are always on the road when I come back which has sucked.

That is really really strong attendance. There once was a time a season like this would have meant horrible attendance.