israel4ever

From this morning's Chicago Tribune Sports... "The Sox will have organizational meetings in Las Vegas in early November, and baseball sources have said they will make a hard push for free-agent Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel, although (Kenny) WIlliams would not confirm that."

Then the question remains...WHY didn't these players want to play for the Sox?

Well let's see...weren't Larry Walker and Nomar Garciaparra traded during the season? We couldn't have used either one of them, could we?

No I don't want to bet you...I WANT THEM TO SIGN TYPE A FREE AGENTS...that's been my point since Day 1!

What has he shown you to make you think otherwise?

I would give you 100 to 1 odds on $5, that it will never happen, (and I hope I am wrong!).

Everyone knew Crede would suck...there's no reason to think he ever won't suck.

Or, take it from another perspective...how would signing Carl Pavano and Carlos Beltran (for example) hurt the Sox' chances of contending?

And how do we get the talent, if we have nothing to trade for it?

AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PAYROLL OF THE 4 REMAINING TEAMS IN THE PLAYOFFS? I understand that spending money does not guarantee a WS...but not spending $ guarantees we'll never even contend for one!

ALL college hoops talk should begin and end with NORTH CAROLINA!!! GO HEELS!

I never thought anything could be dumber than Mike North talking sports...until I heard Mike North talking politics. The guy is "almost retarded"!

I agree 100%! (Be prepared to be attacked by the "Reinsdorf apologists"!)

Baseball Weekly says that Pavano and Eric Milton are the main Yankee targets this offseason, no mention of Pedro.

The REAL question is...did anyone make (change) their decision on who they are voting for, based on the debates???

That's exactly my point...if they'd only put enough (more) money into getting the players they need to win a WS, it would pay off for them BIG TIME!

I'll admit when I am wrong! (Just doesn't happen a lot!)

I don't remember who was available at the time...but there had to be someone out there who was better than Danny Wright, Jon Rausch, Schoenweis, etc.

Steff...I don't care that he left, I care that we didn't invest the money we were gonna give him on another player(s)!

You mean like when they got us a stud pitcher with the money they didn't pay Colon?

The guys they brought in (everett/Alomar) are washed up! We need players, not has-beens!

Exactly how will the Sox benefit by losing Mags? By having more money to sign Beltran? Pavano? Pedro? Don't hold your breath. We will get a nice draft choice for him, that will become our "next great prospect", ala Borchard.

I admit I was wrong re. lowering payroll. Actions speak louder than words, ownership can say that they are committed to winning until they're blue in the face. Until they actually do something about it, their words mena nothing. For example, the Sox went into the 2004 season needing a #5 starter, did we get one? Nope. (If we could have gotten a .500 record from our #5 slot, we'd probably have won the division!). When Frank and Mags went down, who dod they get to replace them? Everett and Alomar? Gimme a break! (I know we supposedly went after Larry Walker, but he wouldn't waive his no-trade clause...but he did waive it for the Cards...I wonder why....could it have been that HE DIDN'T THINK THE SOX COULD MAKE THEPLAYOFFS???) Perception becomes reality!

That's the first thing you've said that I agree with in a long time!

Enjoy looking at life through "rose colored glasses"!