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QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 10:04 AM) Well, you'd be quite wrong in that regard. Parts of the South Side, especially in Bridgeport, are going to boom within the next ten years. Don't get me wrong, I think they will boom but I think you'll see the developers in no hurry to instantly throw stuff up. If the market was as hot now as it was a year ago or even before that I think you'd see them working at more frantic pace to really redevelop the area across from the Dan Ryan. Right now they are going at a more slow pace because they know they have prime land but I think they are going to wait out the market slowdown.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 09:39 AM) Has that ever happend in MLB before? Here are the #s: Dye- 39 Thome- 36 Konerko- 29 Crede-28 These 4 will all hit 30+ Homeruns. When was the last time a team had 4 guys hit 30+ homeruns? Uribe- 16 Iguchi-14 Pierzynski- 12 Theres a good chance AJ won't hit 20, but I like the chances of Uribe and Gooch. The Sox could be breaking some offensive records this season. The Rockies had a team that I think had Gallaraga, Bichette, Castilla, and Walker and I think all of them had 30 HR's.

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 31, 2006 -> 06:55 AM) The condo plan has been "in the works" for over 2 years already now. For whatever reason they are in no rush to get the project going. My guess is with the real estate markets slowing, the developers are in no hurry to put money out there, especially since property values will probably go down a bit more between now and than. All I can say is one thing, this sucks, but at the same time its part of doing business and when your leasing you can get moved at any time. The owner of this building has his right to things that he sees fit. Afterall, its his money that bought the buildind and while Jimbo pays rent the other guy (Ray) owns the building and what he wants to do with it is his perogative.

I don't see how anyone even comes close to Johan. The guy is downright nasty.

QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 06:50 PM) It comes on movable palets and is real easy to move. Also the roof will be open for most of the later games and the MNF game. Ya, I think it takes something like 24 hr's to move it all in, but they apparently have scheduled proms there and are going to have conventions and all kinds of other stuff there so it really works well for them to have the tray of grass.

I was so bummed when I found out that was the Monday night game. I had plans all year to go to that game cause I knew it was the Bears turn to go to AZ and than I find out its on a Monday and won't be able to make the drive out there. My dad lives out there part of the year so I'd have been golden. So Tom, hopefully you can get tix and bring him a Bear Winner. The stadium looked absolutely magnificient when I drove past it during spring training.

If I can get work off, I'll be back for the 11th straight year. Spring Training is my favorite time of the year.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 07:43 AM) For most hitters, I'd buy the "playing in Birmy" excuse, but not for Getz. He's not Josh Fields. I'd guess that he's a guy who's not going to hit a lot of flyballs that would normally go out, but instead die in the air. Jerry Owens and Ryan Sweeney both showed last year that, with more room in the OF, slap hitters can be pretty effective in that park. I still see Getz as, at best, a major league backup. Even then, Pedro Lopez is having a better year and is a full year younger than Getz. Pedro is the one guy that I was overly harsh on, but in reality I think it was Dan who was really pushing hard for Pedro and Lopez is still (sadly) possibly our best middle infield prospect, especially because none of us like Valido. I like Valido's baseball smarts and defense, but I have reasons to think he'll never ever ever hit sucessfully again.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 30, 2006 -> 07:32 AM) It's basically a tossup between CF and SS, you have to go on a team by team basis I guess. Taking into consideration the type of park they play in (big OF, Comerica) and what kind of pitching staff they have (sinkerballers, flyball pitchers). On some teams the SS position could be more important and on others it would be CF. I tend to agree with you and despite a few funks by Juan this year, he's still a premiere defensive shortstop and he really helps us save runs. I see absolutely no reason to gripe about a guy whose hitting over .300 with RISP and 2 outs, who has 15 plus HR's, 50 Plus RBI's, and plays top notch defense. I've never once griped about Juan, although I wouldn't be shocked if he's gone at the end of the year.

Last year I remember Gammons would report a good chunk of the names but I assume with Gammons still recovering that no one else on ESPN tried to come through with that sort of list.

He'll probably be the difference maker in the NL Wild card race as I think he'll go to the Pads, although the Dodgers also have some interest and could nab him. We know he likes San Diego and the Pads have always been fans of Boomer.

Its going to come down to Jeter, Morneua, and Dye. I think Jeter has had a tremendous year on a Yankee team that overachieved for most of the year while Dye/Morneau have both been stellar and whichever team makes the playoffs there guy will be the one whose the biggest competition to Jeter. No, I don't give the MVP to a DH unless they are amazingly better than anyone. I also don't give the MVP to a guy that isn't in the playoffs unless there numbers are amazingly better than everyone elses. Ortiz finds himself in two of my categories (if the season were to end today) and that means I wouldn't even think about voting for him cause his numbers would need to be doubly impressive compared to anyone elses and I don't think they are. Plus I think he's aided by hitting ahead of Manny.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 10:07 PM) I'm not bashing Perez. He remains and old middle reliever. Middle relievers in the minors mean very little, especially before they reach AA which was the case when we made the list. I'd rate him higher now because he has shown production in AA, but I can't say I'm gitty over Perez yet. You also have me who completely hates lower level relievers. Omogrosso is about the only one I like right now. I say this because there is usually a reason these guys are pitching out of the pen. In fact, I am usually the one doing everything possible to push relievers down and down the list. I'm the tools person of the group.

Hey bmags, whats your website?

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 29, 2006 -> 03:45 PM) He's a good RF, though, and he has a very good arm. Ya, not enough people talk about his arm, its very strong and its accurate.

Grammatically speaking, I am probably the worst poster on this site.

I learned the secret, you buy them online from places and htan sell them back. There were a few books that I was able to sell back for about the same price I paid for them. Of course it took me till my final year to derive this ingenius plan. However, you alwyas get stuck with books you can't sell back because new editions are always coming out. When thats the case I stick mine up on half.com and I've had some decent luck on there.

I had a semester where I lagged, but even than I would go to at least half my classes and all of my accounting specific ones. In general I probably was in class at least 90% of the time. I got the urge of missing school out of my mind by skipping a lot in high school (I always used up my absences, lol). I dunno, I just felt a lot more comfortable if I were there cause I wasn't missing things if a test was pushed back or we had some sort of quiz in class (cause pretty much all my professors would ocassionally give short notice quizes and if I weren't going to class I'd be missing em).

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 07:23 PM) I can't see how even the biggest of Red Sox homer fans could think this. I'm always pessimistic about the White Sox chances...but I'd take our position and the way we're playing 100 pct of the time over the Red Sox position. Something interesting I heard the other day is that in LIPS, Manny's OPS is like 1.400, while Ortiz is like .800. Ok, whats are LIPS???

Before someone makes mention, I'd like to point out the reason the totals are so low in 95 is because it was a strike shortened season. Either way, you can see that the AL seems to be the league thats harder to win the wild card in (well more wins anyway) and I guess that coincides with the AL's recent dominance in the All Star game.

QUOTE(Bonderman38 @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 12:05 PM) He's the real deal. I think he can do well. This guy has a great arm, but he wasn't dominate at times against some of the better collegiate teams. I expect him to be completely overmatched and its a joke that he has a clause that would hinder his development (and him pitching at the major league level right now, which won't happen as he'll probably rot on the bench, is going to hinder him because he could have been developing and getting a lot more innings down in the minors).

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) Not a fan of Ortiz? I hate the Sawx, but I have a hard time disliking Ortiz. I don't have anything against Ortiz, but no one will ever convince me that he's a better hitter than Manny. Manny may very well be the greatest run producer of all time.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 06:59 AM) Congrats to Jeremy Piven for a much deserved Emmy win on the night of the 3rd season finale. He is awesome in that role. Liked the finale. Makes me mad I have to wait til next summer for the next season. Really thought they would go with the "they come to their senses and do the right thing" ending like last season but they did something interesting and new. Almost a cliffhanger? Ya, just saw the finale and it was good stuff. Damn I'll miss that show, its just 30 minutes of entertainment.

I officially miss school. Had I not graduated I would have started last week. Instead I start the real world two weeks from today and with that my existence as a member of Soxtalk will be greatly reduced and if it doesn't it probably means I'm gonna get fired relatively quickly

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 28, 2006 -> 02:32 PM) Some people never liked him. FTR, I like him most of the time. I think you were pretty dead on when it came to Ozzie. IIRC, When he was hired you mentioned a lot of his positives but than also said there would be times where people would be shaking there heads at what came out of his mouth and some of his actions.