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    Rumors

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    This should make Beastly happy:

     

    From this week's Sporting News and their "White Sox Insider" - Magglio Ordonez will not be traded, despite the constant rumors.  The White Sox would truly be hard-pressed to get anywhere near equal or fair value for one of the most complete players in the game.  The team wants to create room in its limited budget, and Ordonez is due $14 million next season in the final year of his contract, but G.M. Kenny Williams would need to get a whole lot back in return for trading away the heart and soul of his batting order.

    Now if we can just find a taker for Paulie

    Bruce Levine Talks

    in Pale Hose Talk

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    GOTTA get more for Maggs than that.

     

    Why do we always give up two or three top-shelf prospects for guys and get scrappers in return?

     

    Jeez. Jon Adkins for Durham. Garbage for Baldwin, More garbage for Howry.

     

    Yet the Sox trade away Rupe, Bittner, Webster and Ring.

     

    Need more than Gibbons and Ainsworth for Maggs. Cust is another slow DH wannabe. Forget it.

     

    As for the young SS, that's a crapshoot. Hell, Mike Caruso was supposed to be the best SS in the Giants' farm system and we know how that worked out. You'd better have awful good scouting if you're projecting 19 year olds.

    Seriously....it seems none of these trades have helped the ChiSox in the long term. It'd be nice if that finally changed.

    Phil Rogers talks Colon, Matsui, Konerko trade

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    True the first couple moves KW did kind of stunk; however, you have to give him a little credit. KW does a hell of a job with the resources and money he's getting (which is about nothing, though you all knew that). I mean look at last year; he brought in Colon for Leifer and Biddle. Not too shabby if you ask me. The Everett and Alomar deals really worked too. Just the level we underachieved at during the first half killed us. I don't think we can put much blame on KW for that.

    Big 10 7-0 Last Night

    in A and J's Olde Tyme Sports Pub

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    Yeah HOOOOOOOSIERS!!! Bracey Wright came up big for us last night. He got 27 points which is a great sign that he's going to be alright after back surgery in May. If Leach can step it up for us on the offensive side, the Hoosiers won't be so bad after all. We have a tough schedule going into the Big Ten. We play Wake on Wednesday in the BigTen/ACC, Mizz on December 7th, and Notre Dame shortly after.

    Phil Rogers talks Colon, Matsui, Konerko trade

    in Pale Hose Talk

    Posted

    It will be very interesting if the Dodgers bite on the Konerko deal.  I don't think they will make any deal for Konerko until Richie Sexson is officially of the market (Which will happen when he is finally dealt).  Once that happens, you may just see the Dodgers bite on the trade.

    I'm seeing things on CBS Sportsline saying that Sexson will end up being dealt to the DBacks from the Brewers after all.

     

    Report: Diamondbacks to Acquire Slugger Sexson

    Brewers Will Land Spivey, Overbay, Counsell, Capuano

     

    CHICAGO (Nov. 29) -- It appears the Arizona Diamondbacks will be getting the slugger they have coveted.

     

     

     

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    Richie Sexson crushed 45 homers and drove in 124 runs last season.

     

    According to radio broadcasts in Chicago, the Diamondbacks have agreed to a five-player trade with the Milwaukee Brewers that will bring power-hitting first baseman Richie Sexson to Arizona.

     

    After clearing room on the payroll by shipping high-priced right-hander Curt Schilling to Boston on Friday, Arizona would send second baseman Junior Spivey, first baseman Lyle Overbay, versatile infielder Craig Counsell and left-hander Chris Capuano to the Brewers.

     

    The trade is expected to be completed Monday after the players complete physicals, the radio station reported Saturday.

     

    Lacking punch in the middle of their lineup beyond Luis Gonzalez, the Diamondbacks gladly would welcome Sexson, who matched a career high with 45 home runs last season, two behind National League leader Jim Thome.

     

    The 6-foot-8 slugger played every game for the Brewers in 2003, hitting .272 and driving in 124 runs, one shy of his career best.

     

    Drafted by Cleveland in 1993, the 28-year-old Sexson owns a .273 career average with 191 homers and 593 RBI in 813 games.

     

    The Brewers, who were ordered by the team's board of directors to trim the payroll this offseason, would have a new look on the infield as a result of the trade.

     

    Spivey, 28, was one of several Diamondbacks to miss time due to injury last season. Sidelined for 31 games with a sprained ankle, he batted .255 with 13 homers and 50 RBI in 106 games.

     

    The 2003 campaign was a disappointment compared to Spivey's breakout season the year before, when he hit .301 with 15 homers and 78 RBI and made the National League All-Star team.

     

    Milwaukee hopes the 33-year-old Counsell brings his World Series magic to Miller Park. After scoring the series-winning run for Florida in 1997, Counsell was hit by a pitch to load the bases in the ninth inning of Game 7 in 2001, setting up Gonzalez's championship-winning single.

     

    Counsell, who has played all four infield positions during his career, missed 53 games in 2003 after undergoing right thumb surgery. He batted .234 with three homers and 21 RBI in 89 games.

     

    In 658 contests with Colorado, Florida, Los Angeles and Arizona, Counsell has a .266 career average with 16 homers and 188 RBI.

     

    Given a chance to wrestle the first base job away from Mark Grace, Overbay was unable to produce and was sent to Triple-A Tucson in July. The 26-year-old was recalled in September and finished the season with a .276 average, four homers and 28 RBI in 86 games.

     

    Capuano, 25, made his major league debut in 2003, going 2-4 with a 4.64 ERA in nine games, including five starts. The left-hander, who was an eighth-round selection in the 1999 draft, rebounded from Tommy John surgery, which he underwent in May 2002.

     

     

    11-29-03 17:39 ET

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