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He's a horrible announcer, but a great guy. I wish him the best.

Wow, if he is, he wouldn't be a bad pickup at all. You could then use Rowand as bait to add an arm of some sort or use him to sweeten up a possible PK deal.

I wouldn't touch Livan at 6 mill a year. He's a solid pitcher, but the only way I take him is if the Expos pay half is salary and do the trade for someone like Ginter. His option vested right, so we'd have to trade for him??? If were going to invest 6 mill, I'd rather spend an extra million or so and land Sidney Ponson who is much younger and a total workhorse too. You could also look on the trade front and see what teams are considering cutting payroll and have starters that make fair money, but they can't retain them.

Great minds think alike. Yep...Dodgers system is barren. I want good prospects/players from a good system. Khalil Greene is a very good 2nd/ss prospect who is ready for the show right now. Peavy could come in and be a very cheap very competent 5th starter as he develops into a better pitcher, and folks he has all the stuff to become an ace or a good #2. Then your 3rd prospect could be one of the pads vets (Not really a prospect, but if they want to unload someone to fit then thats cool) or a solid prospect in AA or so. I don't know a ton about their system, I know they have like Ben Howard who has kind of fallen out of love, but has great stuff.

Great article. I really liked the sound of that. I got a feeling the Sox are gonna go a lot cheaper on offense while spending money on pitching. I do think you'll see them bring in one good middle infielder that can fly to go with Alomar, if he's retained. You may also see a change in centerfield or first base as well. If the Sox are going to go with speed, you have to figure at least two moves will happen, potentially more. Love the fact that it looks more and more likely that Guillen will be hear one way or another. If he comes with Gaston I'm guessing its to groom Guillen a bit more and then Guillen takes over in a few years.

I'd pass on the deal unless the prospect your getting from the Dodgers is their young RHP...Guiterez or whatever his name is (The one who came up and pitched the last 2 or 3 weeks). I'd be much happier getting Khalil Greene, Jake Peavy and a prospect.

Maddux isn't worth the amount they offered Colon. I don't see him as a bad pickup if its at an affordable rate short term. He can do a lot ot help a staff just by letting the youngsters and other pitchers watch his preperation.

If the Yanks sign Luis Castillo...all I can say is :fyou

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But threads were closed. I closed them in fear that things were getting well out of hand. Last night I had no problem with everyone discussing the issues as it was very civilized. Then today and now tonight too many personal attacks occured. Whether I'm right or wrong, its the stance I'm gonna take. These personal attacks have to stop. Like I've said numerous times now, you are entitled to any damn opinion you want. If you want to call us admins...nazi's go for it, it won't bother us. I think were far from it, but thats cool...its anyones right as a poster *whitsoxfan99, just want to make it clear I'm not directing this at you..just saying in general*

Agreed. Like I said I don't have a problem if someone wants to say they hate gays. I may not agree with it, but just cause I don't agree with something doesn't mean it shouldn't be allowed to be said. The only thing that won't be tolerated are attacks on people based on their race, religion or sexuality. You can say you don't agree with people being gay, you think its sick. You can say you don't think the christian religion is right or this religion is right, but don't go out and attack a person. Viewpoints are allowed...attacks aren't.

Most stayed clean.

I don't know what else to say. I go away for two freaking hours to study for my law test and I come back to umteen private messages and emails about s*** going lose. I was hoping when I left that things had calmed down, people were able to make their statement and that it was clear that attacking a person or accusing them wouldn't be tolerated. I don't give a rats ass what your view is. You can have whatever damn view you want, but when your view changes to name calling and blatantly attacking them, it won't be tolerated. This is a place of free speach, but libel won't be tolerated. People accusing of someone being gay ain't cool. Who the hell cares..he's hear to post about the Sox, not tell ya his sexual preference and if he wants to tell ya he likes girls or he likes guys thats his perrogative. You don't need to constantly scrutinize and attack that person and blatantly accuse him or any other person. Not only is he called gay, but he's called a pedophile, aids infected and many other things. Thats disgraceful to accuse someone of that. I don't think anyone would want to be called that especially when their is no base for those comments to be made. Those type of comments aren't for here. This is a board where you can post about any issue you want to, but I want to make it VERY CLEAR that personal attacks won't be tolerated...whatsoever. If someone goes out and clearly attacks a person they will be suspended. Discuss the issues, don't bash on the person. I'm not going to play favorites. I see everyones points of views in this situation and have heard from a lot of people. I'm more then willing to hear what you think as this is a place where you can openly express your points of views. If you want to call me a dick, go for it, I don't care. The point is people shouldn't be called names for no particular reason, especially if they don't appreciate it. If its a simple joke, big deal, but none of those words were uttered in a joke. Once again..I could give a damn whether you love gays, are gay or hate gays...thats your freaking opinion, but don't call attack people or accuse them of something when they are blatant untruths.

Well Arnold won the election.

I would do it in a heart beat. I think its a very fair trade. The only stipulation is I'd love to get Mota instead of Quantrill if possible. I should say this is if that additional 14 mill means the Sox invest the money in other areas. Welcome Aboard

The Chicken of the Sea was great television.

My creep towards that top continues. Just 5 points behind the leader

Money well spent as long as you get to see her in them

Pure Comedy.

I think its going to be hard to look at Cotts line and tell how he's doing since their main goal appears to be adding the cutter and improving his secondary pitches.

Clu...did you rock the vote?

Lol In general I don't ever want to ban anyone. I'm trying my very best to keep a board where people can talk without getting attacked as well as giving people the opportunity to state their opinions, etc. I don't condone what BMR said..but he later apologized for it. I hope what he says is true. I like BMR and he's very knowledgeable in many areas, I don't disagree with his views on all things, but I'm not going to prevent him from expressing them. That said, attacking a poster and accusing him of things isn't right, but I think BMR understands that. As far as me bringing up Michael, I felt all parties mentoined things, I made a comment and things seemed to settled down. I was interested in knowing what BMR thought about the situation. Afterall I think most of us are Bulls fans.

CW/Apu check your pm.

Oh man, I know exactly what you're talking about. One of my good friends always did that with his girlfriend. He would come to school worried when she was late. I couldn't believe that he did that. He said it didn't feel the same. That's just a faulty argument. Atleast he was only with one girl. What about the people who get around quite a bit. If I got a girl pregnant and she wanted to keep the baby, I would step up and take the responsibility no question about it. My life would be a ton harder, but I hate the dads who bail on the kid. Deadbeat dads suck. My dad means a lot to me and I'm sure life is that much harder when you don't have anyone to look for when those issues arise that you don't want to talk to your mom about. Whats worse is those creeps don't help the mom in any way and she really gets screwed. I mean she's part of the cause if she's stupid enough to let some schmuck she's never met do the pullout method, but still both should suffer the consequences. All I know is it would suck.

Davis and Bustamante are in hot water for $38 billion in deficits yet Bush is the next Churchill? Just sayin Their ways to fix the budget steam me much more. I have no idea who I'll vote for next election. Right now I'm supporting Bush, but that stance could change, although I see the economy improving and if it does...I think it means Bush is re-elected. It really shows how weak Gore was that he couldn't use the sucess of the economy to win (Not looking to debate whether Gore really won or not...I did enough of that in school around that time ) I do think the budget needs to be fixed, but its a big myth that says the budget will hurt our children or our childrens children. The budget is still a very small when compared with our GDP or GNP. I do think they should start paying it down slowly and start turning the government into more of a business. By that I mean they should make it much more efficient. While Bustamante and Davis want the same bueracrats if not more...both McClintcok and Arnold want to cut it and get rid of all the duplicate agencies that lead to such deficits occuring. Why cut programs when you can cut jobs that aren't needed.