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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

If the Sox's don't pick up Frank's option he becomes a FA. Frank can buyout the Sox's if they pick up the option and he dosen't want to stay.

6 Million Maybe he'll be man enough to give some of it back...

A realistic 2004 Sox's team: Pitching staff Rotation Colon RH(13M) Buehrle LH(2.0M) if he goes to arbitration he might get 3.0-3.5 mil. Loaiza RH(4.0M) Garland RH(1M) Schoeneweis(1.5M) or Rauch (300K) Bullpen C) Marte(600K) Wunsch (1.5M) Koch (6M) Wright (400K) Ginter(400K) Either Rauch or Schoeneweis. Tota l$$$ for pitching: 26.7M Lineup 1) Alomar 2B(2.5M) 2) Carlos LF(6.0M) 3) ***See below 4) Maggs RF(14.0M) 5) ***See below 6) Crede 3B(400K) 7) Valentin SS(3.0M) 8) Rowand CF(400K) 9) Olivo C (400K) Total $$$ for hitting: 26.7M (Plus 6-10 mil extra somewhere in between) ***The way i see our 1B/DH situation is: 1) If Frank picks up his option he's our DH/1B 2) PK needs to be traded, if he can't be traded and Thomas dosen't pick up his option, then Thomas is gone. PK will then be the DH/1B 3) PK gets traded, Thomas dosen't pick up his option, then the Sox's can pick up Thomas option. 4) Trade PK, let Thomas walk and sign crap to replace them, keeping our payroll around 55M. So either way our total payroll falls somewhere in the 60-65M range. If Colon dosen't sign this could turn into a fire sale really quick.

41-41, 8th seed, with Eddy Curry being an All-Star. As long as the Bulls win 10-12 games on the road they'll be a playoff team.

I really don't know what to think of Wille, lets see how he does in ST. If he proves he can hit in ST, i'd make sure to give him a lot of playing time early in the season.

Well, i guess Hawk thought it would, cause that's the trade KW was close to getting done near the deadline.

Jeff Weaver for Flash, that was before Flash became the full-time closer.

I'd say it's more about Cub fans than the Cubs themselves. If you live in Chicago you've probably gotten a lot of crap from Cubs fans and now you can go to work/school tomorrow and tell them all to f*** off. BTW, Aaron should start in CF next season.

Orlando Cabrera = big money, 5-7 mil per season/4 years. A SS that puts up .297-17-80 and plays great D will command a s***load of money.

I think Reed should get at least 200 AB's in Charlotte before he gets called up. AA to the bigs is a big jump. Plus, Rowand should get a chance at center.

Look at it think way; the Sox's will make a lot more money off this new deal. So i'd say Uncle Jerry better put some of that money into the payroll and not just his pocket.

Not interested in Astacio, Burkett, Byrd, Carpenter, Rusch or D'Amico. The rest are worth a look, I suppose. That's about the cream of the crop when it comes to the Sox's limited budget. I'm not saying we throw money at these guys, but a ST invite, or a low contract could make them a very a very attractive 5th starter.

Players i would like the Sox's to take a look at: Orlando Cabrera Wilson Alvarez Pedro Astacio- only if healthy Miguel Batista- if Arizona dosen't pick up his option John Burkett- at no more than 2 mil/season Paul Byrd - if Atlanta dosen't pick up his option and only for little money Chris Carpenter- if the Cards don't pick up his option Jeff D'Amico- ST invite Bobby Howry- ST invite Curtis Leskanic Braden Looper Jeff Nelson Glendon Rusch- ST invite Mark Redman

One thing for sure, if the 2004 Sox's are without Magz and Frank there gonna suck. I don't care how much pitching you can get to replace them. The Sox's would suck.

I called it in ST too

If we need to beat Santana tomorrow, if we can beat him the 4th game should be much eaiser.

He should have pulled Paniagua after he gave up that second hit, this is no time to be f***ing around.

Thank you god. That was the most pumped up i've ever been this year.

one more strike, come on Flash.

At least he made the right move bringing in Flash and not Botch.