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I'm sure they'd be able find a way to unload Darren Dreifort (maybe pay half his salary, $6.5M out of $13M) and other big deals like Paul Shuey, Paul Quantrill, Hideo Nomo and Todd Hundley come off the books before the start of the 2005 season. So, money shoudn't be a issue if they want both Gagne and Nomar.

No way is Gagne going anywhere, that would be like Boston trading Pedro. I just can't see LA allowing another team to have him.

He's a bullpen guy and with Gange they might be willing to let a possible closer prospect go.

If KW can get Perez and Steve Colyer for PK and Borchard, i'd do it in a heartbeat.

But, 8.5 million to find a 1B > Konerko, that and LA could find a better deal for Perez. Perez is to LA what Buehrle is to us, would you trade Buehrle for Konerko? I think not.

Yeah, that's why their called rumors. The Dodgers aren't stupid enough to take on Konerko's horrible contract. The only way a deal with the Dodgers goes down is if Lee is involved or a top level prospect like Rauch or Borchard are included with PK.

Konerko for Odalis Perez isn't gonna happen. Also, there's no way in hell the Sox's rid themselves of Koch without taking on another bad contract.

I'd kill to get Odalis Perez. If he get's his s*** straight; he can become one of the top starting pitchers around.

Rauch and Schoeneweis for both the 4th and 5th starter.

Hey, maybe he'll have a career year, wait, don't you need a career before you can have a career year? Hey it could be worse (that should be the slogan for 2004)

I think John Thomson would make a pretty good 4th-5th starter. If KW can land Sidney Ponson and one of Thomson, Alvarez, or D'Amico i be very happy.

Hawkins will probably cost more than Flash. I'd like to see Flash back, but for no more than 3 mil per season.

Just a reminder to some: Ponson truned down a 3 year/ 21 mil extenstion from the O's early last season. So he might be looking for more than 7 mil per season. Will he get it? Don't know, but 3/21 might not be enough.

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewforum.php...099d21fa45931f0

Right, the Sox's getting a real SS? That'll be the day...welcome back Jose (it'll soon be true)

I have a feeling Matsui will turn out to be a bust.

Was Ponson ever a stud ? He put up pretty damn good numbers this season, nothing stud worthy, but still pretty damn good.

How would that be possible? KW has already said the payroll will be about the same as this year (58 mil or something close to it). With Colon re-signed they'll need to cut 10-12 mil of payroll (Magz? or Frank and Lee?) and if Colon isn't re-signed why even bother getting another FA?

Maybe Rowand will have a break out season. I guess i can hope.

Just to avoid any confusion... This photo was designed in 2001, this is not something that has recently been released by the Sox. Yeah, don't get the wrong idea, that's not what the Cell might look like. But its a good example of a HR porch.

That's a HR porch.

Yeah, there are more than 10 rows out today, but i heard they had to remove a few extra rows for more construction room. My friend told me his ticket rep said only six rows will be removed. I guess we'll just have to wait until the Sox's announce what the hell their doing.

Last i heard was that 8 rows will get chopped off the UD (what good does that do?) and the UD roof will be extended over all the seats behind home plate. Could be wrong, but it seems reasonable.

To anwesr #1: Frank wants to win, he sold the house to make sure he's financially secure. If the Sox's put out a good team Frank isn't going anywhere, but if he thinks he can get a fair deal (probably no more than 6 mil) with a better team i think Frank will leave.

pssssst 2003