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That, and I resume my stalking of Joe Borchard and Jon Garland. Lucky bastids all of you. Maybe one day I'll just fly out to Chicago just for Sox Fest. SOunds like most of the players are cool. I have to wait until June at Dodger Stadium to see them... Cali...hopefully CyYoungPorzio can land us his dads company tickets cause if he does, we'll be sitting pretty right behind the dugout for a game. Sounds like ya had a blast Cerb...you made out like a bandit when it came to autographs. Hopefully everyone else there had a ton of fun too!!!!!

I think the park fits right in the middle. It isn't the greatest and its far from the worse. The upper deck stinks and it gets a bad rap from the media because its in the so called "South Side".

This is great news. Glad to know Buerhle showed up and really got the fans on his side. I have never thought he is going elsewhere and I think we'll see him on the Southside a long long time. ROCK On BUERHLE!!!!!!!!!!

Were glad to have ya here!!!!!

The cell sounds really cool to me.

Very cool. I think JR is doing all the right things this offseason, shockingly enough.

I like the name of Qualcom. Its kind of catchy, US Cellular is long, but in time I may get used to it. Mario...I like your thinking, new name, new team, new fate.

As far as the time of the message, go to My Controls and then somewhere in there you can change the time zone settings into your area. For a signature, go to my controls as well and look for a box for signature and you can add coding there. If you have an image you'd like to be put there and don't know how, just post the image and I'll put it in for you.

Well, people will still call it Comiskey. I still call Edison field, Anaheim Stadium and so do most of the fans.

Remember thats nothing compared to what all the newer parks look like and if it looks as sweet as that picture, we'll have one of the sharpest parks in the majors.

It should be a sweet deal, but I'd like to see it named US Cellular Presents Comiskey Park or something along those lines. JR said he will still use the Comiskey name somehow, so that will be interesting to be seen. Its good if they make the stadium look like it did in those photos that came up a month or two ago.

I dunno, Comiskey was built very cheap when it comes to a new stadium. I think it was like 85 million or something or maybe it was 135 million. Either way, after all these renovations, it still will be way cheaper then almost all the new parks that were built. Camden Yards was another cheap park. One was 85 mill the other was 135, maybe someone with a better memory then me can tell me which is which.

Remember, Adkins does have some quality pitches, they are just all hard. If he can learn an offspeed pitch, he could turn into a solid reliever. As far as Webster and Reed go, both seem to be thought of as good top of the lineup hitters. I could see both of them making Comiskey. Reed will be the first one here though. Webster is much younger and will take more time. Both are very good players, imo. We could see Reed as early as next year, since college players tend to move through the systems much quicker.

Person is one guy out there available for cheap that I'd still love to sign. I think he'd be a great reliever/starter and would be a great guy in case Rauch faltered. I know we have Loiza and Heredia, but Person is a step up over them too.

They must have some type of reports from there, getting interviews from the newcomers. Thats just a guess though.

If anyone will be ticked at Buerhle, I have to believe it is JR. He's the one paying the contracts and throwing the money out and when he heres things like that I'm sure he gets upset. KW has to know that this is a business and players will say what they will. Still, I think Mark should stay quiet on this issue because he's stuck in Chicago for a while. I think he is happy here though and for all we know its a ploy to get a better contract. Who knows, but I'm not going to worry about any of it because we have him for a while and a lot can happen in the next couple years.

The big thing is, the Sox have already utlized a ton of their prospects and from what I hear and believe, this next wave is going to be the best yet. Arms like Honel, Malone, Rauch, etc are top notch and the Sox also have some hitting prospect. Reyes still has work to do, but he's got a lot of raw ability as do guys like Casey Rogowski. I remember a year ago, before his injury, people were wondering what we'd do with Konerko cause they thought he was so good. I think he had a wrist injury, which is something that really effects your swing and stats, but he should be better this year as well. One of my favorite thing about the Sox is that we get to read and hear about prospects and then actually see them at the next level. Teams like the Yanks hype them up, but never do you get to see them. I love watching the prospects grow and develop and then seeing it materialize on the field.

Are they dumping the name Comiskey all together? I'm hoping that stays in there somehow. Now I want to see that homer porch there by the start of next season.

We'll be starting that type of stuff near the beginning of the season and then will continuosly update it every month during the season. The list will look much different this year, cause the Sox have a lot more prospects down in the lower levels and that list didn't include many of them.

How could the Twins possibly be #1. They lost some key members, while the Angels brought everyone back, The Yankees rebuilt a bit, so did the Sox as well as other teams. Its alright though, we'll prove him wrong; cause who wins the series is all that matters, and its going to be the SOX

If this means they build that homer porch, then I'm all for it

Message is now pinned till the end of Soxfest. Hope everone there has a blast!!!!

I'm not too high on Suppan. He does one thing though, and thats pitch innings. Right now I'm pretty happy with our rotation. Finley, Rogers or Stewart are the only guys I can see possibly taking Rauch's job.

I think Miles deserves a shot this spring. If he plays great, then he should be up. The one problem is, the Sox seem to need a backup centerfielder and Harris is one that can fit that bill while still playing 2nd. HSC's also right about Miles never getting a shot, because he did have Biggio in front of him, and if I recall he was with Houston pretty much his whole career. If he rips the cover off the ball in spring or dominated down in Charlotte, then he should be with the Sox.

The more I work on my preview article, the more I think the Barons could be really fun to watch. They are going to have an awesome starting rotation, that will be lefty dominated. I've never seen a team or system with as many lefties as the Sox. The offense will be what it comes down to, but whenever you have a reall good pitching staff and a great coach like Wally Backman, you got a good shot at competing.