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You can thank AJ for some of that as well.

Was he a type A free agent for us?

Or non contending teams wouldn't mind seeing the Cubs go for the World Series.

So is Teddy Greenstein

LOL. I remember when Cub fans instantly calling Pawelek one of their top prospects right after they gave him a bunch of money.

Either that or when some of the members of the veteran commitee who hold something against him start dying off.

How has Thome been under achieving? Ever since he's been near the top of the list in OPS for DH's every since he's been here and we've only been paying him around $8 million for each season. I assume you rather pay Travis HGHafner $13 million a year to see his OPS drop 200 points each season?

of this cliche. He can "fix" everyone at once.

Maybe we should post a different video each day of every out he made or defensive screw up he had. Since he led the American league in outs made that should take us up to opening day, in 2010. What's the record for GIDP's by a leadoff man? Normally they are fast and had much fewer opportunities to hit into one because they are guaranteed to leadoff an inning. 16 seems like a lot for a guy hitting at the top of the order.

good riddance. Sox get compensation. Don't have to overpay for an overrated hacker, and OC is going into a dead market. Make sure you f*** yourself on the way out the door you piece of s***.

Yeah, I forgot to throw Superman returns into the middle pack. I'm not so sure why Singer decided to go so slow paced and long with that movie. He was trying to connect it to happen after the second movie, so maybe he felt like people needed a refresher.

San Diego got burned with offering arbitration to Todd Walker a couple of years ago and released him after spring training. He filed a grievance, but I don't remember what came out of it.

You can trade him earlier if you get his permission http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1114

"The second one" = Punisher with Thomas Jane. That Punisher had a great opening, but like kyyle said, it came off more like a Charles Bronson "Death Wish" movies. Dark Knight, Batmans Begins and Iron Man are in their own class. Then I'd toss Superman, X2, Batman (1989,) Hellboy, Spider-Man 2, The Incredible Hulk together. Third Stage: X-Men, X-Men 3, Superman 2, Batman Returns, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Spawn, Punisher (Jane) 4th: Batman Forever, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Judge Dredd Bottom of the Barrel: Catwoman, Elektra, Superman 3, Superman 4, Batman and Robin, and probably this new Punisher.

After both players accept arbitration, the Sox trade Orlando Cabrera to the Angels for Jon Garland.

Hate to rehash an old topic, but the second punisher was not one of the best comic book movies of all time. I watched one of those, Superman, earlier today. I might see this punisher just because of how violent and bad it's suppsed to be. I could've sworn there was talk awhile ago of making this movie rated PG-13.

Perhaps he should be less slappy and hit for more power. Why is it when a runner is on base he only distracts the pitcher, not the hitter? Why should Cabrera get credit for those SB's that were on strikeouts if he was only running because Ozzie was calling for a hit and run? It's kinda like a consolation prize.

He also gave "an inconvient truth" 4 stars as well.

Yeah, eastbay screwed up mine 5 years ago with some red lettering instead of the blue one like they showed in the picture. The whole 1983/1985 jerseys are so screwy. So apparently in 1983 they had names on the unis, but not the 1985 ones? MLB is advertising replicas of the 1983 White Sox unis from last year (they're on clearance B1G1, $134 for Dye, Thome, Swisher and Jenks) but they put the MLB tag on the back and did not include a tag.

Meaningless. Sox lost that game He stole a base on a pitcher who couldn't find the plate. Very selfish, and he would've moved up anyways on the walk. Meaningless A couple of more meaningless ones, including one where he stole while the batter got ball 4. Completely meaningless. Don't even try to argue that it "set the tone for the season" or some Hawk Harrelson bulls***. So because he only stole 19 bases, it made it quite easy to go through the game logs and see what impact they had besides someone's fantasy team. From that list I see only two that arguably contributed to the run (scoring on a single from third instead of second,) 1 that did (got into second to score on a single) but the Sox lost that game by more than 1 run, and a LOT of batters striking out with him on the basepaths. Meaningless.

That SB helped him get into scoring position scoring on a single so it helped, but the Sox lost that game 10-6. Another possible distraction leading to a K. Scored on a home run. Meaningless. Meaningless Meaningless. He stole a base in the plate appearance when Carlos drew a walk. He would've scored from second on the single to RF. I'd say that's meaningless too. Meaningless Meaningless. His single was much more important Yet another SB with the batter striking out. Meaningless Sox lost that game 2-0, he didn't score, and all the batters K'd in the inning (two of them while he was on base) but he did get himself in scoring position. Still, it only would've been 1 run, so I'm going to have to chalk that up as a couple more meaningless bases. Double steal, with the batter striking out. Meaningless It might've been possible he would've scored from second (don't recall how hard that ball was hit to left,) but the Sox lost that game 3-1. Not very meaningful on the game, but was a factor with the run.

It's not that I don't think he was an upgrade over Uribe at SS, it's that he's overrated and is NOT worth the money he received nor the money he will get in arbitration In 140 PA's, Cabrera put up a line of .234/.305/.305 in his "comfort zone." He was atrocious in that spot. Led the team in stolen bases with a whopping 19. So what? The Sox are a slow footed team. Look at the results of each of those stolen bases: Meaningless. With two outs he would've scored on a single from second anyways. Sox lost that game 7-6 Meaningless. Stole the base when Carlos struck out. Sox won that game thanks to Swisher's home run

Here's the home 1968 jersey Mitchel and Ness is selling from their site (and a few other sites:) Here's one that mlb.com and a couple more sites are selling: Now which is correct? Veeck started putting names on jerseys in 1960, but was it just for the road jerseys? I can't find any pictures and this is all I got from a uniform guide.

Expelled was one of the worst movies of the year by far. I rented it from Redbox and want my dollar back.

Great season??? His defense was worse than normal. His baserunning distracted our hitters and only stole 19 meanlingless bases. Put up an OPS+ of 84, and OPS of .705 (Uribe in 2007 was .682.) Led the American League in outs made with 509. Got in arguements with other teammates and pissed off the manager (obviously not the clubhouse leader as falsely advertised,) and he completely ignored the media after they reported him selfishly calling up the press box on multiple occasions to question a fielding error. How many times, error or not, did Cabrera blow it defensively leading up to a huge inning? Ask fathom for some help on that question. Of course Cabrera did this on a $10 million salary and should be expecting a raise. f*** him.