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DBAHO eloquently said: we just can't afford to pay one of our players 1/4 of da payroll." I agree sort of but we have to pay him whatever he needs. Otherwise why have a baseball team??? Maggs is a star; if we can't keep a lifelong Sox who has developed into a star, then why even have a team?? Let it move.

If the Sox trade Magglio Ordonez, the Sox should pack up and move the team. That move would signal everything that is wrong with baseball. The guy is a mother-fricking god. He is one of the best players in the game. He has been with the Sox from the start like Frank. I know all about the money, please don't tell me about how the money we give him would go to others, etc. I realize that. But if the Sox want to play in Chicago, Maggs should be part of the team. If the Sox are talking about trading Maggs, I'm sure the Yankees will rob us for him. Torre has wanted him a long time. Maggs is one of the five best players in the game.

Good posts. I'm glad you all agree Bell should not toll in our dugout.

It's Buddy Bell for the reasons the Daily Southtown writer gave. I don't want Buddy Bell. I sure hope he knows what he's doing. I don't like the hire.

You said: "It is pretty obvious they don't respect themselves and the team with their style of play if you can call it that. What makes you think they would respect Joe?" --Well I am assuming the White Sox like any team has players that wouldn't mind winning it all. Since Joe is a hero in NY to everybody but the Boss, I'd think our guys would respect Joe. How could they not? The guy is awesome, but I'd say our odds of getting him are 15 percent.

How can you folks say you'd rather have Colon than Maggs. That in my opinion is insane. How much more can we take maggs for granted?? The guy is a stud, one of the best players in the game. Pitchers arms can go at any time.

Basically I agree with Jim. We were a joke not winning this piss poor division this year. The Twinks by their standards had a crummy year. They just decided to take it at the end, then fold quickly vs. NY like we would have done. We still were not great defensively, had no team speed, but had some streaky bomber bats and pretty good pitching all around.

Our players would have to respect Torre. Bring on Joe.

I don't think JM was that bad. We could have done a lot worse, like Terry Bevington who was a disaster. If we are not careful we could hire somebody totally incompetent. The Royals went through several rubes before landing Pena.

Cellular One gave the Sox all that money, which the Sox are putting to good use. Thanks to Cell One obviously. My question is, why don't we revolutionize baseball and get another big-time company to donate 68 mill for salaries? Would any company fork over the dough? We could put the company's name on the back of our jerseys or on the outfield grass.

I want Jason Bere back. No 2 starter!!!! Just kidding. That guy sucks.

CWSox said "Yes he's horrible" when I asked "Is Valentin that bad?" I would call Clayton horrible; not Jose. Jose may be average but he ain't horrible. That's an exaggeration I think. 29 homers looked pretty good during that stretch when we were turning the season around.

Is Valentin that bad? The guy whacked 29 homers.

Graf won't be an every day player. I can almost guarantee it --I agree. Graf isn't an every day player. He's a great utility man. Look up utility player and dictionary and Graf's picture appears (cliche of the day)

I predict Cito if we aren't too cheap. If money is a factor Ozzie beats out Bell. He better. I don't want Bell. Please ... no Bell!!!!

The fans have spoken with their hating the upper deck. Thanks to cellular one for the money! Now if we can get a team just as worthy as the park with the porch.

That would be tremendous. Can they put one in lf also?

That will be so neat if we add an upper deck porch in the of. Thanks for the explanation. That would add a lot, balls clanging into an upper deck!

I think Torre would be awesome if he wants to rid himself of George.

What's a home run porch? Just wondering. It sounds neat though.

I want to keep Colon. Remember that poster on here who has inside connections to the Sox who said Bartolo was a cancer? I haven't heard much about that lately. Was he a cancer or not? I remember that poster was pretty thorough and indeed you guys n girls confirmed he had inside sources.

Garland is no bust. He pitched some awesome games. Our starting pitching was not a problem this year except for Wright. I hope he's not a bust.

Are you sure Willie started hitting at the end? I thought he continued to make easy outs. I don't think we want or need Willie.

Tona Pena didn't have any experience, did he? he's a pretty good skipper. Bring on the Oz.

Maybe we should make Koch a starter. Just kidding.