Hatchetman

The point is we don't HAVE to pay Crosby $5 mil, there are ways around it.

Maybe we toss in a little MacDougal action to even things out? I'm not fired up about the idea, but we have to have somebody to play SS, should Alexei go on the DL for a month.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 24, 2008 -> 10:16 AM) Wilson Betemit and Chris Getz Well, hopefully, Alexei can play 162 games.

I would take him as a backup to Alexei. Who is penciled in as backup, right now?

I'm just thankful Crisp won't be on the Sox.

by no means did i love the guy. he was a muckraker which makes for good entertainment once in a while.

looks like it.

i'm sad because it was beautiful to watch swish play 1B after 30 straight years of butchers.

i will admit North's morning show over the past few years was horrible. i kind of liked him teamed up with buffone.

i like phony venom i guess....a little show business makes life a more interesting, even if you know it is a scam....boers is just phoning it in at this point. i don't think he actually watches any sports other than horse racing.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 11, 2008 -> 03:33 PM) Never. Mariotti wrote uneducated criticisms of management, which I would never miss. I actually think, at this point in time, that most quality opinions on professional sports and their management is found on the internet on blogs and message boards. Even though I dont always agre with opinions on this site or on blogs like Cheat's, I find that at least they usually have a good thought pattern and back up their ideas with observations and third party information. i don't want quality opinions, i want to "feel" like someone is calling out management...(even if the most their rantings achieved was to irritate management). topics could include: WTF was john paxson thinking with this roster? WTF is going on with the bears defense? WTF was lou pinella thinking? BTW i don't drag my laptop on the train so i'm limited to newspapers and radio.

anybody with me on that? Is there anyone left who is critical of chicago team management/ownership? I can't remember any column I've read in the last month and I read both papers every day. I listen to B&B in the afternoon, but their continued defense of Lovie & Co. is bordering on bizarre.

Division titles mean more $$ for the payroll, which is good. Otherwise they mean nothing to me.

he's pretty damn slow out there.

I'm sure JR would give LaRussa a call before they got Rolen. Ergo, not gonna happen.

well that's pretty much a yawner.

he's not going to bring a whole lot with his salary.

Fields' trade value is at its low right now. Not sure if you'd get much of anything for him.

I concur with statman. I would be nice to have somebody who could throw out my grandma stealing third.

Theoretically, what would Konerko have to do to earn an F? He's got a lifetime free pass.

half the guys test positive, the other half beat the system. just like the olympics.

Back in the day, Thigpen was quoted in the paper as saying it would be nice if the Sox moved to St. Pete so he would be closer to home. Never forgave him for that.

carlos martinez.

kitty #37? oh no. he should be like #2. his career was really hampered by a series of injuries unfortunately.

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