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QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:15 PM) LOL, well nevermind then... Sorry I just hadn't seen the story yet.... In that case... Welcome Baj... Excited to see what you can do.... Give Hermy a rest.... Anyone else think Hermy might be headed to the DL to make room for BMAC? Ya, Its a feeling I've gotten, but I haven't had any luck finding any verification of it.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) BTW, I do think one of Contreras or El Duque is gone after this season. Just a hunch. From what I hear they will be. McCarthy will be the Sox 5th starter next year.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 03:51 PM) Excuse my ignorance. But, two things: 1) Does someone wanna tell me where we might get that money. 2) What about Kenny's homeboy Mr. Uribe? My guess is the Sox will have about 15 million to spend on free agents next year (thats if they resign Konerko to a deal around 10-12 million a year). If they let Konerko walk, they'll somewhere in the 20 mill range. Thats between payroll going up between 10 and 15 million and the Sox losing Frank's contract and Everett's contract. They also have to resign Garland for a few million a year more.

I'm checking for verification on Bmac. From what I hear Willie will be with the team tomorrow, thus making him eligible for the playoff roster. I don't know what exactly they are planning on for tomorrow (in terms of who starts). But they obviously have the option of calling up another pitcher instead of Willie Harris. Of course I have a feeling Hermanson will be placed on the disabled list.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:49 PM) Remember, it's all about respect. Respect the newbies, allow them some slack, don't call them "stupid" for not knowing things, and everything will be fine. One other point that's important to note. This "suspension" policy goes into effect from now forward. We're not on a witch hunt, and our memories are gone of all past issues with current members. Let's not kick the dead horse here. After a bit, we should lock this thread, and if anyone has questions, they should contact one of the admin staff. Kap Just want to re-iterate what Kap said here. I left this out of my original post, but members have a clean slate from here on forward.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 02:40 PM) Except when the Sox make the playoffs and 450 people join the site in 3 days. Our plan is to have this place rocking by playoff time. I think with a good sytem in place we'll be more ready for the steady growth the site will see in the future. I think to a point we weren't exactly ready for the massive explosion this place has had and because of it things we originally let slide need to be semi reeled back in. Thats not to say were going to go all crazy with rules. However, I think its pretty easy for posters to refrain from attacking another poster as well as saying totally derrogatory things about players. With those two issues aside, we can all go back to talking about the Sox and pretty much anything else. Like I say though, we are serious about curbing this issue.

We just took an agressive stance on excessive attacks of players (ie the ones that get personal) and now Soxtalk is going to continue with this stance and apply it to posting. We'd like to see Soxtalk as the #1 site for Sox discussion and to do that we want everyone to feel comfortable posting amongst each other. Lots of us have gained friendships via the site and all of us have gained tons of knowlege during our time spent on the boards. Whether you come here once a month or multiple times a day were going to do our best to continue to improve Soxtalk. The next step to doing so, in our mind, is to agressively root out personal attacks. I know we've always had a policy when it came to personal attacks, but now were going to truly enforce that policy. If you see someone make a post you think is stupid or offensive...dont' respond to it by calling them an asshole or a moron. Either disagree with them by putting together an argument for why the person is wrong, report the post (which the mods/admins will than look at) or totally ignore the post. This has nothing to do with limiting discussion, in fact, we feel it will do the opposite. When people are comfortable to post without getting slammed, we'll see better discussion and debates on the site and I think we'll see the site become the friendlier place it once was. In terms of our policy, we will be suspending posters for 7-10 days upon first offense. So please, take note of this and take a few seconds to think before you reply in a post. Obvoiusly us admins/mods won't be able to catch every personal attack, but if we catch most of them and enforce the rules the attacks should gradually dissapear. If anyone has any comments (for or against) feel free to post them in this thread (its always nice seeing feedback so we know where the varying members stand on certain issues) or if its something thats more private, feel free to PM or email any of the admins/mods.

Ya, Myrtle Beach has the Braves affiliate. Who knows, you could get lucky and Kannapolis could be in town. The season is coming to an end really quickly though. Check out milb.com and go to Myrtle Beach's web page and check out the schedule. You could also google Myrtle Beach Pelicans (I think thats there name) and go to their team webpage.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 01:58 PM) I believe BA is traveling with the team since he may be back up in a few days, am I wrong? I heard they were thinking about doing it. It only makes sense considering he'll be able to play again with the Sox on Thursday.

Were you at the show in Carson? He's freaking awesome live.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Aug 29, 2005 -> 01:07 PM) Do we have 39 or 40 on the 40-man now? 39 still.

I'm assuming Anderson was officially removed from the 25 man roster? Or did they decide to put Crede on the DL. I've heard there is some chance Anderson will be pulled from the 25, but travel with the team, since he can play again on Thursday.

Jeff Bajenaru Replaces Jon Adkins in Chicago By Jason Gage FutureSox.com In a surprise move, the Chicago White Sox promoted RHP Jeff Bajenaru from AAA Charlotte. Bajenaru will replace Jon Adkins on the 25 man roster. Adkins was called up on August 1st but pitched in just 5 games. The Sox used Adkins as a mop-up reliever. Bajenaru will likely see action this week as will the rest of the pitching staff as the Sox have limited off-days and a double-header on its way...MORE

Podsednik Activated From DL; Anderson to Charlotte; McCarthy to Start Tuesday By Jason Gage FutureSox.com The Chicago White Sox activated leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik from the 15 day disabled list following Sunday’s 9-2 loss against the Seattle Mariners. To make room for Podsednik, the White Sox sent top prospect Brian Anderson back to Charlotte...MORE

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 07:27 PM) Jas, are you sure about this?? You probably know the whole krod situation better then me but I do remember that happening. I was just putting 2 and 2 together and thinking Frank's injury gave us a loophole, I wasn't sure though..... Ya, the Sox can replace a player thats on the DL. Thats what the Angels did with Krod. He replaced the lefty Dennis Cook (I think thats who it was) who had a brain aneurism (that or Kent Mercker..actually I think it was Merker).

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 06:28 PM) But would you rather have Adkins or Anderson on your playoff roster? They still have the option of putting Anderson on the playoff roster thanks to Frank's injury.

I wish they could of gotten things worked out quicker, but Benson is a good football player and hopefully he can get some action in the next pre-season game and slowly adjust into this league. Its also a great insurance policy this year if anything happens to Jones, cause the Bears are going to be relying on their running game an awful lot on offense.

Great news

Going to close this and use the new thread as Griffey Thread #4

Wow, thats beautiful.

Happy Bday

I watched some of each game today. Some of those kids are damn good.

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 28, 2005 -> 04:04 PM) I thought that was confirmed yesterday. I was thinking it was everything but official. But I wasn't around yesterday so maybe it was. I know there was a lot of speculation that he'd be brought up and it makes total sense. My guess is Bmac will replace Crede (if Crede goes on the DL) or Adkins will be taken off the roster and than called back up on Sept 1st (I think this is the one exception where you can pretty much send a guy down and immediately call them back up).

I'm trying to find out, but I think Bmac may be making a start against the Rangers.

Haeger seems to be really really good or really really bad. Either way hell of an outing for him.