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If this team kept Sully, Brought in Hawkins, brought in Millwood/Ponson and a 5th starter. Mix that with spending maybe 3-4 mill at shortstop and I'd be extremely happy. If they had to deal Konerko/Koch/Maggs/Lose Thomas then I wouldn't be concerned. I'm assuming they would get value for Maggs.

Went to change his name but saw Heads already did it. I guess its time for him to start a new legend

There were a series of posts where some very harsh attacks were made at another poster.

I agree, unless he's willing to take about 500K then get rid of him. I think for the first time ever in the offseason its pretty unanimous that the Sox need a change at shortstop.

Not a big fan of giving big money to Gordon. Would much rather give it to Hawkins.

It definately would take more than 15 million to get Ponson and Millwood. Millwood alone will probably command 10+. Well if thats the case, then I'd be willing to trade for a pitcher that has that type of salary and give up some midlevel guys in exchange for taking on the contract. I just don't know if Millwood is worth 10 mill. Your probably right though, a team will overpay for him. I think 10 mill plus should be reserved for a special player or pitcher and in my mind Millwood isn't special nor is Ponson. Colon isn't even special which is why I'm stunned to see he is commanding 13 mill. Colon is more special then them, simply because he's a freaking stud workhorse. But if the Sox really are prepared to offer 13 mill, then they better be willing to spend that same 13 mill on getting someone else they feel can be an ace in here. Personally I love the idea of getting two very good pitchers.

Couldn't agree more. Invest something like 15 million in those two and I wouldn't have one complaint. That would be a hell of a 5 man rotation. As far as the lineup goes, move who you need to, to clear the way. You will go very far with that kind of pitching. Plus Scho/Wright stay in the pen which is nice, although it may piss Scho off. Hopefully he'll have the right attitude. Mix that with marte and Koch (Unless they somehow move him...we can hope). I'd move him for Benitez if it was possible. The Sox also have Wunsch, so they would in my opinion be alright going after one middle reliever and leaving one spot to Munoz/Sanders/Vet signing late in the offseason. Then if the youngsters struggle, pick up a reliever via trade.

Jeff D'Amico and Corey Lidle would be very solid cheap FA pickups to compete for the 5th spot.

I'd take either.

He hit .308 with an OPS of .892. Now he has to work on making that translate to a full season. If he does...all I can say is All Star. Man I hope the Sox lock him up in a year or so. Crede is one of my fav's. I know RPS will back me on this one....NEVER TRADE CREDE Baltimore wanted Crede before the trade deadline. Thankfully, Kenny "3 for 1" Williams didn't bite. On a sidenote, RPS is MIA. He's been getting spammed and trolled by sCrUB fans. He's even had to change his AIM name . ROFL. I guess thats the one downside to running the most kick ass Sox radio show on the Net But I'm sure all the groupies he gets make up for it

He hit .308 with an OPS of .892. Now he has to work on making that translate to a full season. If he does...all I can say is All Star. Man I hope the Sox lock him up in a year or so. Crede is one of my fav's. I know RPS will back me on this one....NEVER TRADE CREDE

If their football team wants to join a conference I think the big 10 is the only one that makes sense. Why would you want to always be travelling out to the east coast when you don't have to and such.

Good. So stupid playing in two different places. They are a really talented team, it sucks that they dont' get much attendance and that they will probably lose some really talented players. Minaya has done a good job and he may be in Cinncy next year.

I just hope none of Elo's Amigos will be jumping off a bridge next season. If he repeats this performance it will be awesome, but I'm going to wait till next year to see the results of that. But you guys couldn't of picked a better guy to root for. As far as Crede, the guy played brilliant in the 2nd half of the season. Don't have the stats off hand, but I'd almost guaranteed he hit around or over .300 in the 2nd half and had a ton of huge hits. He also was one of the only Sox that would consistently get guys over and hit the ball towards first with a runner on 2nd. And as far as his defense...STELLAR. This guy is going to be the best 3rd baseman in the AL with Chavez while Cabrerra will be the best 3rd baseman in the NL.

Book it, they will play in San juan. On a sidenote, did the players ever have that vote to decide whether they would accept another split schedule or whatever they were going to vote on. The vote was supposed to happen like 3 weeks ago.

Jose at half price still isn't good enough, now take him as a utility man and I wouldn't complain a ton, but with the FA crop of shortstops out there, there are quite a few better and younger options. As far as trading for a leadoff hitter, I think this means that Konerko is either going for a leadoff hitting prospect or is going for some leadoff hitter that is solid but has a decent size salary, probably one or two years left. That info seems real reasonable. Hopefully Arow is alright, if it happened. If it did happen, I'd think you'd see him get dealt. I don't see the Sox bringing in a new centerfielder unless he's named Kenny Lofton. Ie, Veteran stop gap so Reed/Borchard can play when ready.

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Soley base this on the fact that KW has always tried to add pitching and I don't see how this year will be any different. He's been interested in Vazquez and Ponson in the past. Doesn't mean it will happen, but I don't see the Sox not adding another pitcher if they lose Bart. I don't disagree on the adding a pitcher part if we lose Colon. There's almost no other choice. Otherwise, you're counting on Wright/Cotts/Rauch/Schoenweis, etc. to fill two rotation spots. The problem is, it could be another Todd Ritchie who is added rather than a Ponson or Vazquez. Its a definate possibility. Boomer, Ritchie, Colon its no secret that KW will make a move if Colon isn't back.

Not likely. I think this year you may have like a 4 way tie in the big ten for the champion. As far as Iowa goes, I still think they beat USC had they not had 6 weeks off before the bowl game. Didin't want to mention Purdue cause they have been really up and down.

Soley base this on the fact that KW has always tried to add pitching and I don't see how this year will be any different. He's been interested in Vazquez and Ponson in the past. Doesn't mean it will happen, but I don't see the Sox not adding another pitcher if they lose Bart.

Beane is gone. All indications/rumors say that he's going to be going to LA.

I am fairlly confident that the White Sox will have either Bartolo Colon, Javier Vazquez or Sidney Ponson next season.

I wish Iowa would get another shot against MSU. Big 10 is strong this year, you just can't look at the usual suspects. Wisconsin is very good, MSU is, Iowa is, Michigan is alright as is Minnesota and Ohio State is allright. They beat up on eachother and its why no team will go through the big 10 undefeated this year.

She says she sounds BRITISH, lol.............and thats Clujers woman, by the way. Hes really into her........... Just joking, he cant stand her... British, Irish same thing Both have Soccer Houligans. And Clu, if it helps, I think ya got a chance. OMG you're going to hell for that one. Irish > British I'm South Side Irish you dick! Best commercial(s): Anyone with Valtrex in it is just f***ing hysterical. "I've got genital herpes!" RFOFLFROFROL!~L~L~!~~ And the best, by far: KY came out with a commercial for it's new lube, and oh my God I almost died. Oh, Jason get on IM soon because I've got the most hysterical short film you'll ever see. Lol, I saw the film yesterday. Him banging the mailbox was the funniest part. When he's eating breakfast and she comes down, thats pretty damn funny too.

That was some good stuff. Noticed it on your profile the other day, hillarious.