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Good god, that reminds me of one of my best friends. He is absolutely whipped. Other then me, he won't call any of his other friends unless she is busy doing something else. Its basically he guys, my girlfriend is busy so how about we hang out. In general if I ever got like that, I'm taking Shuf's approach. I don't see it happening though, I'm usually the one that says something incredibly stupid and pisses the girl off. I'm not one to toe and I tell it like it is a lot (I'll always love the simpsons for the tell it like it is episode). But no, that marriage won't last. One day he'll wake up and go what the hell am I doing, I'm living her life....when its supposed to be their life.

I'm in my 4th year at Cal State Fullerton...oh ya, National Champs!!!! (Baseball and FENCING ) Studying to be an accountant and will probably take my CPA over the summer or at least prepare for it. Gotta get 150 Units so I can get pathway II on the CPA, which means I gotta go back for another year (really pisses me off cause I'm absoltuely sick of school). I have the worlds s***tiest classes. Well they are only s***ty cause the teachers SUCK (By suck I mean don't speak a word of english). I only enjoy one class...the rest are freaking pointless. Don't know exactly what I'm going to do next year, whether MBA or just get a dual major in finance.

Thats a really nice idea cheat. If EY couldn't teach Willie a thing or two about base running, who will. Plus Willie didn't have favorable splits against lefties so it would be a great way for a platoon system. The only problem I see is it takes at bats away from Uribe, who the Sox appear ready to give the uber utility slot to again with him getting about 500 ab's, many of which will come against LHP's because Willie will be sitting. Polanco is an idea I'm starting to open up on. I didn't realize how good some of his numbers are. Like you though, I don't think the Phils would let him go.

I think with a smaller payroll you have to take injuries much more into account. For that reason, while I love the idea of JD Drew, I would also advice against it because i feel it is too big of a risk. Drew fills so many needs for the Sox (great hitter, good power, left handed, high OBP guy, fills RF, good base runner) but at the same time one healthy year in the past 4 or so is a risky proposition. I remember reading an article saying he can finally run at full speed and how awesome he's feeling, but leg and knee injuries tend to take a toll on a player. They aren't quite as fluke and usually they have a prolonged effect and tend to flair up. Thats just my opinion and I'm not a doctor. I'd be excited if he came here, but I also think its a large gamble. I get that same feeling when talking about this years free agent market. You got Pedro: Gonna get a huge contract and probably long term. He's been very good this year, despite wearing down late in the year. However, his arm is really suspect at this point when you talk long term and its way too ridiculous of a financial risk unless your a pitcher away from the World Series. Pavano: Been very good this year and last year. Has an injury past and you have to wonder whether he's truly that ace or if he isn't, cause he's going to get ace money or so it appears (10-12 mill a year, long term). Remember we dind't think Colon was worth that and while he struggled this year in Anaheim, he had a pretty good history of sucess, a better one than Carl Pavano, imo. Clement: Ace stuff, no doubt about that. However, he tends to lose his arm angle on his slider and when that happens he'll hit a rough patch and struggle for upwards of a month to two. When on his dominant and he is a good fit for the Cell considering he is a ground ball pitcher. With all the sliders he throws, you have to consider him at least a risk health wise although he's been healthy most of his career. To me he may be the safest bet out there and would be a pitcher I'd like to see the Sox target if they went this route (I'm a proponent of trading for a Jerome Williams, Joel Piniero, etc). Odalis Perez - Good stuff, good pitcher, but has had injury questions and is pitching at an incredibly pitcher friendly park. He's gonna get #2/#3 money and the question is whether he's worth it. He also has some attitude issues. When on he's really good, but his struggles in the playoffs will drop his price. Plus, while most of us could argue W/L you have to at least take notice in the fact that he didn't factor in many of the decisions for the Dodgers. Matt Morris - This guy has been an ace and is coming off a down year. If the Cards win the series he won't be going anywhere, imo. His curve is nowhere near as good as it was throughout his career, but he's still doing good. He gets that curve back (its still solid, but he typicalyl has an awesome curve) and he's right back at that ace level. He isn't a Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson, but who is. Another solid guy to target, imo, especially considering he's had the pressure of being an ace. Why do I suggest acquiring Williams or Pineiro. Well frankly too much of the Sox money is tied up with starting pitching and with their budget you can't invest too much in one category especially when you have a lot of guys out their with some questoin marks. What would I do, make that deal and then see what Contreras and Garland do. If things work out you may not have to do something, if they don't though, then you'll be able to owrk out and free up at least one rotation spot (Garland) and possibly another (Contreras) and add one of the big name pitchers that will be on the market the following year. Also if the team does very well, you have that as an option. This may sound like a sissy way of going at it, bvut the fact is if your going to spend ace money, make sure your getting an ace and I don't know if any of the current crop is that, sans Pedro.

I don't know how much of an effect its had, but to me, Neal Cotts changeup wasn't as effective this year as it was down in the minors. I'm hoping he'll make the necessary adjustments and improve upon it this year. The big thing with Cotts was that he made some really foolish pitches, especially to left handers. I remember two times off the top of my head where he would throw them all fastballs and then try to trick a lefty with a changeup after this hitter has been doing nothing but fouling the ball off...what happened, kaboom and the ball left the building. However, its one year in the bigs and his minor league numbers aren't something to look past. Its obvious hitters can't turn on him at the major league level and thats a hard to find talent, especially considering his velocity. My stats on Santana weren't really comparing the two, just showing that he too had to develop, just like every other pitcher does. I always say Johan as a FB, changeup guy and then his slider came along and bam. Yes, he does throw harder like I mention ,but both have the same effect on keeping hitters from pulling their fastball. Cotts, he was a fastball changeup guy and then started adding his curve, which has looked rather good at times this year, but tends to flatten out on ocassions as well. Plus hitters have it pretty easy cause Neal essentially only throws his fastball for a strike. The big thing is, even with them knowing whats coming they are behind more often then not. He's got a year in the league, understands some things he will have to improve on and we all knew command was one of his weaknesses entering the majors. He looked better at times this year throwing strikes and when he was on, he'd put up some very very good numbers out of the pen. Like Johan, if he became a starter, I'd expect him to struggle making it deep into games for a while, simply because he tends to pitch with a higher pitch count, just like Johan did and in a sense still does (although not much during his insane 2nd half).

My bad, meant to say strikeout to innings pitched. Will fix it right now. As far as my assessment of Santana I didn't put this stats in, but maybe I should of. I'm going to throw out Neals 2003 beacause it was just 4 starts and not near enough to make any type of assessment. In 2004: 4-4, 4 Hlds, 65.1 Inn, 61 H, 58 K, 30 BB (Basically one every 2.17 innings). He also has a 1.93 K/BB and a 7.99 K/9. Johan Santana 2000: 6.49 ERA in 86 innings. If I recall he was Rule V so this is pretty much him getting a lot of time and experience cause he couldn't be pitching down in the minors. 2001 he came up and did much better in 15 games. 4.74 ERA, 5.77 K/9 2002 his dominance began as he better developed his slider and changeup. It took him a lot of time and his stats jumped up. Looking at Neal's minor league numbers, their is no reason to not think he couldn't make this jump. They definately share some similarities. He also had some of the control problems Neal did, but to a lesser extent. I know this was a pretty radical statement, but from watching Neal, you can see hitters and they aren't comfortable against him. He still has to work on improving his secondary pitches. But from last year to this year his curve has come a long way and his changeup is getting better. Is next year going to be the year it happens, I don't know, but it would be insane to give up on a guy that can make hitters look so foolish. I just think they have similar talent and that knack to hide a fastball well and get it on top of hitters is something you shouldn't estimate. As far as previous player, I stick to my prior comparisons to Mark Langston. Many may of given up on Neal, but I am not one of those people. We'll see though and I'm not a proponent of giving him the job right away, but if the Sox go cheap, he's the best option..case closed, imo. I don't want Diaz as a starter, Munoz is a reliever and Grilli and Stewart are ehhh. I still say if the Sox can get Jerome Williams and a reliever or hell, Jerome Williams and AJ Pyrz (this would be a contract coming back and to be honest I see no chance in hell that the Giants would do this straight up, unless they really don't like Pyrz) then I would do the deal. I'd prefer seeing the contract essentially dumped and it is no secret that the Giants need a power bat in their lineup. Williams is 22 so I'd say their is a great chance the Giants would scoff at this deal (Williams and a reliever or prospect for Konerko or Lee). He also has a 3.77 ERA in 43 career starts with 2 complete games and a shutout. If the Sox could get him, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Come to think of it, if Pyrz is on the market, you could legitimately see the Sox come up with a package deal to get him and a pitcher from the Giants. It would just involve more then just Konerko/Lee imo.

Butter...I really like the idea of Delucci. He's a solid player who has never really gotten much of an opportunity and this year he really excelled. His bat would fit in very nicely in the back of the lineup. I can also remember him making some very nice defensive plays back in his days with the Dodgers. Off the top of my head he strikes out a little more then I'd like, but this is a definate potential solution to the outfield. I think if you get Delucci then you could potentially at least hold onto Konerko and Lee and let David play right field, although I'm not sure on his arm strength and what not. Of course with Everett stuck here, the odds of the Sox signing a guy like Delucci are probably less. This leads me to believe when ti comes to the outfield either Lee gets dealt and they pick up a big name bat and go with Everett/Gload in LF or they keep Lee and go with Everett/Gload in RF and chance it defensively (hoping that Escobar or Borchard can break out).

Depends which Cabrera. You could also say he's under-rated because he's not going to get paid on the scale of what he can do, but on what he's down. However, the Red Sox over-rate him because he was so much better defensively then Nomar. He's also a good hitter and has the tools to be, but he has a lot of questionable things going on when at the plate. Poor eye, basically a lot of bad habits that put him in prolonged slumps. However, sheer talent wise I think he could bust out and start putting up Renteria like numbers. Right now I'd go with Omar because I have a lot of faith in Uribe becoming the starting shortstop in a year or two. He may be the starting 2nd baseman and eventually slide over once Omar is done. We all know Juan can play shortstop. The key is for him to continue to cut back on his flaws at the plate because he too has what it takes to be a stellar hitter. When I see Uribe, I see Tejada like numbers in his future...if he can continue to work on patience and drive the ball opposite field like he does when he's hot, cause it opens up his ability to pull the ball and he can hit the piss out of it.

If I recall the team option isn't what you would consider cheap. I'm not positive, I may be off and its 3.5 mill, but I was thinking it was more along the lines of 5-6 million which may not be as much of a guarantee. With a few good pitchers out their, the Yanks could use this time as an opportunity to sign two younger starters that can be around for a while. Then again they could go after Pavano and Pedro. However, if Liebers option is declined I think the Sox should look at him. He knows how to pitch and should be even better this year, considering he'll be 100% entering the season.

My last piece talked about the White Sox offense and how it wasn’t the problem. That puts the emphasis on pitching. In this piece, I will talk specifically about the starting pitching. When you take a look at the Sox earned run average, you get a quick glance at why the 2004 White Sox fell short. A 4.91 team ERA, which is good for 25th in the majors and 12th in the American League. Just divisional foes Detroit and Kansas City ranked worse. The starting rotation was even worse, posting a brutal 5.17 ERA. The bullpen had a 4.31 ERA. The rotations ERA is inflated due to the numerous poundings given up by the varying 5th starters. That list included Dan Wright, Arnie Munoz, Felix Diaz, Scott Schoeneweis, Jon Rauch, Jason Grilli, Neal Cotts and Josh Stewart. Their combined ERA’s is flat brutal. Truth be told though, the White Sox rotation was much worse after the trade deadline. This is a scary proposition, considering the Sox bolstered their rotation with Freddy Garcia and Jose Contreras. Part of the reason behind this was Jon Garland and Jose Contreras. Plus this is 4/5ths of next years starting rotation. Garland had a 5.44 ERA after the break, with a more alarming 1.46 WHIP. Contreras wasn’t much better with a 5.30 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP. These two are going to play an integral part on the 2005 season. While Buehrle and Garcia are the Sox aces, at this point and time they aren’t capable of carrying a team. Garcia has ace potential and some would say Buehrle is an ace, especially when you look at his VORP which ranks him as the 17th most valuable player, just behind Pedro Martinez. When adjusting his ERA for playing half of his games at the hitters paradise known as US Cellular, you get an even better sense of value for Mark Buehrle. The man may not have ace stuff, but he knows how to pitch and performs like an ace. But the focus of the White Sox rotation will be the back of the rotation, which contains a talented Garland/Contreras duo. The mystery 5th men is yet to be known and while this years free agent crop offers some attractive names. From the likes of Pedro Martinez, Carl Pavano, Matt Morris, and Matt Clement…just to name a few. But don’t expect those names to be mentioned on the South Side this year. In fact, what the Sox need is consistency from Contreras and Garland. The only thing consistent about them thus far in their careers is that they will put up average to below average numbers, while flashing signs of why you keep them in the rotation. Did I just knock you out of your chair???? I sure as hell hope not, because this is no revelation, I wish I could of came up with something more creative, but luckily that’s not the case, cause I don’t know if I have faith on Kenny being uber creative. I have faith on him being cheap and on him acquiring veterans in the deadline (sometimes the wrong ones), but creativity implies numerous moves and that’s not something the Sox will do. Garland looked incredibly comfortable in many starts this year, but early in the season (late in the games) he would get batted up and hit trouble. As the year went on he was harped by the big inning. To check out more on this, see Cheat’s ChiSox Blog. The bad news is, statistically Jon Garland didn’t grow, although he once again was able to get deep into games and in general keep the Sox in games. Jose Contreras on the other hand improved after being traded to the White Sox. But really, how much better was he? Contreras posted a 5.30 ERA on the southside. However, minus a string of two starts (Sept 7th and 12th) he was more then solid. His big flaw is working on not tipping his pitches as well as improving his control, which is brutal. Contreras has a strong strikeout to walk ratio (7.93) and limits opponents to a .253 batting average. What am I getting at, well I’m getting at the fact that the success of the 2005 Chicago White Sox is going to come down to these two talented pitchers, the top of the lineup, and the bullpen. Now you ask, who do I propose to be the 5th starter? To be honest, I don’t know, but I don’t see the Chicago White Sox signing any starter to a big contract (this off-season). The Sox have trade bait in Carlos Lee/Paul Konerko and appear willing to move one of them while potentially signing another lefty bat to replace them. Its quite likely that either one of the duo could bring the White Sox a young talented starting pitcher, who could step in and be a 5th starter and potentially develop into more by the end of the season. This pitcher would also help keep the payroll down, because realistically the Sox can’t spend more money on starting pitching. They project to have roughly 25 million spent on their starting four. Out of the in-house candidates, there is only one person I consider and that’s Neal Cotts. Cotts didn’t have a strong campaign, but regardless of the fact he boasts some impressive secondary stats (.247 OBA, 7.99 K/9). He limits opponents batting average and is capable of getting the strikeouts. In fact, he has some resemblance to Johan Santana. Now before everyone calls me crazy, lets think about their two fastballs. While Santana can get it up to 94, both utilize sneaky quick delivers that helps the ball getting to the plate faster. In Lehman’s terms, the ball jumps on the hitter leaving it practically impossible to turn on the ball. Unfortunately numerous times this season Cotts made some questionable pitches and would help speed a hitters bat up and then flash his change-up, which is still not where it should be. After that, the hitter got to run them bases as slow as he wanted to. If Neal can improve his control and get a better grasp of his changeup, which has potential, along with his improving curveball then he has a strong shot to not only make the rotation, but eventually become an ace. Brandon McCarthy, the Sox best prospect, will wait in the wings down in Charlotte or Birmingham. He will be the first one up if a pitcher goes down or if Garland/Contreras/5th starter fail to live up to their expectations. Prediction: White Sox deal Paul Konerko or Carlos Lee (more likely of the two) to a team like San Francisco, Seattle or Baltimore. Think Jerome Williams, Joel Piniero and pitchers like them. Talented pitchers that have proven themselves in the majors to a point, but can go a lot farther with time. Check back next for the piece on the bullpen, an area I would rank as important as the rotation. In my opinion, you get to the playoffs with a solid staff (not a great one) and a good bullpen and offense. You win in the post-season with a great staff, a good bullpen, and great defense.

Its more comcast being a bunch of assholes. I think in the end the teams are going to have to tell Comcast to f*** off and get them on every station.

http://www.soxnet.blogspot.com I figured I'd use the name SoxNet. Still got to do some customizing of the blog and get up links and all that. Thanks for the kind words everyone, hopefully the stats make sense. I used 0-3 runs because you'd like to think 4 runs or more you win the game more often or not.

This is my first article on my new blog and figured I'd post it here too. Sorry for the length...I hava a tendency to go on and on. The 2004 Chicago White Sox failed to make the playoffs, but with that being said the team did make strides in a number of areas. First off, they added a manager who intends to build an offense to help create runs and not rely on the homer. While that is a great plan, it is unclear whether it will be a sucessful plan, especially given the current pieces on the White Sox (ie...power). While the power has led to just one division title, you can't necessarily place blame on the Sox power for the fact that they haven't reached the division. This season the Sox offense ranked once again amongst the league leaders in homers (Tied for 1st with 242), and Runs (3rd with 865). However, they ranked in the middle of the pack in average (15th with a .268 BA, tied with the Northsiders) and OBP (15th with a .333). So while it seems popular to blame the Sox offense, I think that is far from the problem. If you want to blame the Sox offense, don't blame the power, ie Paul Konerko, Carlos Lee, Magglio Ordonez, Aaron Rowand, and Juan Uribe. Two power hitters, Joe Crede and Jose Valentin deserve some blame because their averages, and OBP's were absolutely horrendous but aside from that the power hitters did a good job not only hitting for power, but average. The flaws with the Sox offense weren't even the fact that they didn't execute, in fact, the only major flaws of the Sox offense stem from drastically right handed lineup and a very weak top of the order. The Sox slow offense ranked 18th in stolen bases, but obviously they had a number of guys running that shouldn't be running, based on their atrocious 60% sucess rate (28th in the majors). Heck, with a power offense the Sox ranked 18th in strikeouts, which is a huge stride considering Jose Valentin was basically strikeout or homer. The Yankees, by comparison, were 23rd in strikeouts...another tremendous feat considering their penchance for power. However, unlike the Yankees, the White Sox offense ranked low walks. And that can be expected from an offense with the amount of youngsters the Sox had. Its not an excuse though because this number should increase next year, especially with Frank Thomas back. Plus Carlos Lee and Paul Konerko have both made strides in this area, although one of those two is likely to be moved. Some of you may say, well great, now what are the White Sox supposed to do. Remember, I'm not saying this offense is perfect but wholesale changes aren't necessary. One hitter for the top of the lineup and a left handed bat to replace Magglio Ordonez are necessary. That can be done one of two ways, but the most likely option is Omar Vizquel of the Indians. Vizquel is a veteran, who fits nicely in the 2 hole, but can also work in the leadoff slot. While Omar has had some down years, this year was not one of them. Omar was healthy and still is a very good defensive shortstop (not as good as he once was, but still good) and his leadership is something un-measureable by stats. The harder thing to find is the left handed or switch hitting bat to break up the mix and replace Magglio Ordonez, who is expected to depart via free agency. The White Sox could offer him arbitration or an incentive laden contract, but his health status appears "in the air" and Ordonez' camp doesn't appear to happy with Ken Williams and the White Sox. This is based on comments made in an article in the tribune a week or so ago. What am I trying to get at here, don't get so down on the Sox offense and don't think it needs to undergo a major over-haul. Now I'm ready to hear the one counter-argument, that the Sox offense is an all or nothing offense, meaning that while they score a lot of runs they have numerous games where the offense flat fails. To check whether this is valid or not, I decided to take a look at the game logs and count how many games the Sox score 3 runs or less. 3 Runs or Less: 54 Games 1st half of the season: 27 2nd half of the season: 27 Month of July: 14 By Comparison I'm going to look at the Red Sox (I'd say they are thought to have a consistent offense - 1st in the Majors): 3 Runs or Less: 37 1st half of the season: 22 2nd half of the season: 15 Now the Yankees (2nd best offense in the majors): 3 Runs or Less: 50 1st half of the season: 27 2nd half of the season: 23 St. Louis Cardinals (Offense everyone talks about in the NL): 3 Runs or Less: 46 1st half of the season: 27 2nd half of the season: 19 In conclusion, the White Sox would be higher then the other teams, however, you can't look past the fact that they had 14 in the month of July. This was the month the Sox found out Magglio and Frank would essentially be gone for the season. Aside from that month, the Sox were on pace with the rest of the best offensive teams in the league. So my proposition of signing Omar Vizquel would gives the Sox a guy who hit .291 with a .353 OBP and 19 stolen bases (6 CS - 70% clip). He also had a .982 fielding % and a 4.31 RF (Range Factor). He would be replacing Jose Valentin's .216 AVG, .287 OBP, 8 stolen bases (6 CS - 57%). He also had a 9.65 fielding % and a 4.91 RF. This is a net increase in average (.75), OBP (.66), stolen bases (11 and 13%), fielding percentage (17). However it would be a decrease in RF by .6. Omar Vizquel is also a player that does all the little things that would bring a better improvement to the Sox ability at executing and manufacturing. How the Sox could solve adding a left handed power bat is a much different proposition. My personal dream would be Lance Berkman or Carlos Beltran, but that is insanely unlikely and I'll leave that proposition up for grabs. However, I would say the acquisition of Carlos Beltran would lead to the trade of Carlos Lee for a young 4th/5th starter who would have the ability to develop into better. So since I said the offense isn't whats wrong with the team, I'll tell you what is wrong with the team....the pitching and my next piece will go in-depth about that.

All the best Robin. You were definately one of my very favorite White Sox.

Glaus is going to have a monster career somewhere assuming he stays healthy. He made some minor tweaks to his swing, but most importantly had laser eye surgery so he can see the ball far more clear. It was a big deal early in the year when he was getting off to a great start in Anaheim.

Holy s***. I was always a Cammy fan back in his days with the Padres. It was tough how he had to go through the substance abuse stuff as well as Cokaine. I gotta say this came out of absolutely nowhere. RIP.

Probably two of which are tv's, then of cousre you couch and bed Hey, thats all you need, along with a nice cute girl

Wow, this comes as a shocker. I thought he was in excellent shape, minus the paralysis and that he would one day walk again. Thats really sad. RIP

Imo, but if the Sox deal Paul Konerko, they shouldn't even worry about things. Ross Gload showed me enough in 2004 to prove that he is fully capable of handling the position and deserves an opportunity at that position. I'd also give Carl Everett a first base mitt and give him time over their at spring training and if I'd sign a backup it would be a guy like Randall Simon who would be happy to backup and would come very very cheaply. Just my humble opinion cause I'd really like to see Gload get playing time next year and lots of it.

Live with the fam. May move out at the end of the year and get a pad with some buddies. Then again, I really love free rent and the fact that not paying for rent means I can take more time off work and have pretty much extra money to do things.

No, I think the guy is a grade A jag bag. I'm not one to get angry, but with a guy like that pitching, I'd at the very least be tempted to swing and miss and let the bat slip out of my hands. The guy flat out shows up his opponents. I love the fact he has heart and is into the games, but I don't like the way he does it at times. He cracks me up though when he's on the mound.

Yes, its true Gload is their as a backup, but it also seems that the White Sox are very happy with Konerko. I think one thing in regards to Konerko is, he has the opportunity to be the "face" of the franchise. Frank Thomas is still probably the face of the franchise, but those days are numbered. Paulie is a likeable player who if he puts up similar production to this year could really be a guy that Sox could market around. Having him, having the latin players like Garcia, Uribe, etc, and then Shingo (the asian) it could really give the team different faces for different markets. But Konerko is the kind of guy that you could really build a marketing campaign around. Just think about everyone that loved Robin Ventura, well to me, Konerko is a similar mold and he truly is a very likeable player. This may not seem like something that you should think about, but in reality you have to think about it in a sense. He's also pretty well thought of in the clubhouse from what I can see between Kenny and Ozzie and others comments.

This was a great read Jim. Thanks for posting it. I think Cowley is one of the best Sox writers their is an I almost always respect and listen to what he says. From what I know he seems to have good contacts and usually is pretty accurate. Of course I do remember a few odd things coming out of him this year, I just don't remember what they were. This was a good piece though. I've been thinking more and more and from the quotes from KW I'm starting to get an idea of where this team is going to be and I have a feeling were all going to like it. I also am getting a hunch that the Sox aren't going to be signing a Starting pitcher. They are going to sign a big bat, a shortstop, and a reliever or two. However, they will get a starting pitcher, it just won't be via the free agent market and I don't expect it to be a big name guy, but rather a guy that the Sox think can come in and grow as a starter. The kind of guy thats already a 4 or 5 but can develop into a 2 or 3. In following of Cheat and Black Betsy's fashion I'm going to start up a blog on the Sox and try to write stuff during the off-season of different options. I'm not going to do many trade suggestions other then mention players available that could fit.

I'd still wish Maggs back, but good riddance to Jose and I have no prob with Politte/Shingo back in the pen.

I'll so be at the @ San Diego games in June.