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Vlad, without him the Angels would be in 3rd place right now, probably 6 games out. He's absolutely put the team on his back and carried him despite injuries to Anderson, Salmon, Erstad, Donnelly, Percival and Glaus. Now they are starting to get healthy. Anderson and Salmon are off the DL, Erstad is scheduled to come off and Donnelly may be back next week as well. Now Percival, Sele and Mondesi make the DL and Eckstein is out as well. However, with some protection, Vlad should really take off some more.

Miami....Ricks who plays 2nd base. The Sox are likely to convert him to catcher.

This was horribly handled and thats all I'm going to say. If a friend of mine died and they had a drug problem (assuming the death wasn't do to drugs), I wouldn't say served them right the day they were burried. I may eventually bring up that the person had problems, but not then. Every president can be villified if you look at certain facts. When you are running the country for 4 or 8 years your going to make your fair share of mistakes, but its how you handle those mistakes and how you overall policy as well as successes do that will help judge what kind of president you are. I think its garbage to soley point out a few mistakes that Regan made and I should add that at the time they were by far the lesser of the two evils. I wasn't old enough then, but from what I understood, the political conditions of the middle east during that time were incredibly different then they are now. THeir is still turmoil now, but at that time, if I recall, their were some that feared the middle east was going to all be taken over by the same group of people that were incredibly radical and were going to do what they could to continue to spread their views outward. If you don't like a president thats fine, but to bash him on his national day of mourning, screw that. Even for Clinton, who I respect as a politician, despite as a person (sorry, but lying and cheating isn't cool in my book, but I will admit he was a great politican, although I didn't agree with his policies and such). I'm not going to go rip him and say how s***ty of a president he was or anything along those lines (even though I personally have that opinion), especially the day of. And Cubsuck, I don't care what party you end up following, but I am going to say this, when a democrat says something their view is going to be slurred towards their opinion, just as when a republican says something they will use evidence to point out their opinion. Politics is tough because you have to draw the line and decide where you stand on issues and go the hell with what people say at times.

It will be interesting to see where Lumsden and him report. I've heard they will be in Kanny, but I've also heard they could start at Great Falls with a later season promotion. However, with Lamura being promoted to Birmingham, their is an even greater need for WS to get some pitching from Kanny. I got a feeling both will be starting their careers in Kanny. Here's the link to FS's article on the signings. Not too in depth. Tomorrow were going to begin work on the entire draft review http://www.futuresox.com/modules.php?op=mo...article&sid=435

White Sox Come to Terms with 21 of Their Picks By Jason Gage June 12, 2004 FutureSox.com The Chicago White Sox have been very busy in the days following the draft. The hard work culminated in the signing of 21 of their draft picks. Tyler Lumsden and Giovanny Gonzalez, both compensatory picks, were the highest choices to sign. The White Sox are also reportedly closing in on a deal with their 1st round draft pick Josh Fields. Fields will likely be sent to Winston Salem, where he will join two of the Sox golden boys, Brian Anderson and Ryan Sweeney. It is unclear where Lumsden and Gonzalez will be sent, but both could be possible additions to Kannapolis in the near future. However, both pitchers spent the day in Chicago with each throwing a bullpen session The rest of the picks will be sent to either Great Falls or Bristol, both advanced rookied league clubs. Their seasons begin on June 14th. The following is a list of the picks that have been signed: 1A - Tyler Lumsden, 21 – LHP – Clemson University 1B – Giovanny Gonzalez, 18 - LHP – Monsignor Pace High School (Florida) 2C – Ray Liotta, 21 – LHP – Gulf Coast Community College 3 – Grant Hansen, 21 – RHP – Oklahoma City College 4 – Lucas Harrell, 19 – RHP – Ozark High School (Missouri) 5 – Brandon Allen, 18 – OF – Montgomery High School (Texas) 7 – Tim Murphy, 19 – LHP – Glascock County High School (Georgia) 12 – Daron Roberts, 21 – OF – Cal State San Bernadino 13 – John Egbert, 21 – RHP – Rutgers 14 – Michael Swain, 20 – 3B – Wabash Valley Community College 15 – Carlos Torres, 21 – RHP – Kansas State 16 – Fernando Alvarez, 23 – OF – Florida International 19 – Caleb Cooper, 21 – 3B – Cal State Hayward 23 – Derek McNeil, 22 – SS/2B – St. Leo (Florida) 24 – Joshua Hansen, 21 – C – University of California, San Diego 30 – Matthew Zaleski, 22 – RHP – Indiana State 34 – Mario Suarez, 21 – 3B/OF - Florida International 35 – Evan Tartaglia, 24 – CF – Elon 40 – Justin Roelle, 23 – LHP – Iowa Western Community College 48 – Peter Vukovich, 23 – C – Clarion 49 – Garret Guest, 21 – 2B/SS – St. Joseph College

Oh, I was waiting for confirmation on Duncans injury.

I'd take Contreras if they take on Koch. I still think the Yanks would have to take on a little bit of his contract, but give him Coop and things could work out well.

I'm writing up something right now for FS on all the signings

Warthogs Activate Carlos Lee; News on Stumm By Jason Gage June 12, 2004 FutureSox.com The Winston Salem Warthogs activated catcher Carlos Lee on Thursday. The move was made in response to B.J. Lamura's promotion (as mentioned in another FS article) to Birmingham. Carlos Lee had been on the disabled list since May 26th with an injured right knee. He is hitting .159 with 4 RBI in 69 at bats. Other News: In other news, Warthogs RHP Jason Stumm has been on the disabled list. He was feeling discomfort in his shoulder and is scheduled to come back in a couple weeks. Stumm's career with the White Sox has been injury riddled to say the least. The 15th overall selection in the 1999 draft has struggled to stay healthy. He has had numerous shoulder and elbow problems, which have hampered the talented righty. Prior to the injuries, Stumm was known as a hard throwing pitcher that could reach the upper 90's. He's pitched in just 87 games since joining the organization in 1999.

Its an especially good book. I recommend it to any baseball fan, especially if your a big baseball fan.

I noted that outing in the minor league thread but should also note it here. He's really been doing a very good job this year in the spot starts or long relief situations. He's doing a good job for the Barons and I hope that sucess can help translate to an eventual promotion to Charlotte and hopefully one day a promotion to the majors. Keep up the good work Bull

Oh, I was thinking it was the one that you have in your avatar now. The poster type image. I must not of seen the other one.

Now if only they had any pitching Sean Tracey is doing good though.

Hey Jordan. Just wanted to say if you want me to shrink up the old image you had and make it a more fittable sig, just email it to me and I'll adjust the size of it. jason@futuresox.com

If they got Carlos, I'd hate to say it, but I'd probably move Magglio unless the Sox felt comfortable getting a deal. Then I'd say the Sox should try their best to lock up Beltran.

Glad that saying isn't exclusive to California.

I'd say a mix between school/work and friends. When I say friends it more meeting girls through friends and then picking them up on your own, not in the sense of being set up. Say for example you go to a party and you bump into a few friends and they are like with someone u don't know and they are like this is so and so. Typically though school usually works best for me.

Vladdy Vladdy Vladdy!!!!! Next up would be: Mark Prior (love watching him pitch) and Pedro.

Hey Shuf...not a bad thing when you can say you've been out with models. Speaking of which, have you had other girls become models after you broke up with them? Maybe you just motivate them to get hotter :shrug

Bush

Didn't Day have some injury concerns? Other then that he's a pretty damn good young pitcher. I've always been a fan of his and he'd look great in Sox pinstripes.

I closed it since it was already posted

Stumm is on the disabled list. I'm going to do a write up on it in the morning at work

I'm gonna be there or at least I think I will. Gonna be in Chitown next weekend for a wedding. Hopefully I cna pick up something and at least check out the cell. I'm assuming it goes on in front of the stadium???

Let me see what I can find out.