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Well I stick to my opinion. He's a goon and all, but I don't care who we had has gm, I still wouldn't see the Sox going out and getting a ton of great players. It comes down to ownership.

Ya, the Dodgers were interested, but what do they have to offer? I'd take Guillermo Mota, they'd be nuts to give us him though.

I'd love getting Giles, but if the Sox are going to add payroll, I'd like to see it done around a pitcher. Still, Giles would give us an amazing lineup and would add left handed power. If the Pirates were willing to dump him without getting one of our top prospects, I'd do it, and just sign someone like Person for a mill. Either way, I am happy with the team and as long as we add one pitcher(Right now I don't even care who it is if its via free agency) and then get a back up catcher I'll be happy. If we get Orlando Palmerio, I'll be excited.

Come on Michelle, not all Sox fans whine. A lot of them simply expect the Sox to do something bad. Luckily, I'm one of the few of us that is optimistic. I think I got to go steal some more of that Cubbie Koolaid

Well, the only reason I can think of him in not telling us, is he doesn't want to make the players who were involved feel bad or something. Still, he could at least say what the timeline was and if it was true he turned down this deal or if this was a legitimate deal offered.

I do think thats what many said about Mark Buerhle too. Well, I wasn't on any boards at that time, but I'm assuming thats how it was. The guy isn't exactly glowing with ace stuff, he just flat out knows how to pitch and mixes everything so well. He doesn't have any great pitches, just a lot of good ones that he can spot. I'm hoping Stewart is the same way.

I'm thinking I'll mail Jr 10 bucks and we can have Soxnet.net Park I'm going with Yahoo or anyone that is willing to give us enough to get the homer porch and all those cool things. I'll still call it Comiskey either way.

I'm going to ask him what was the offer that was made between you and the Giants. Then I'm also going to ask what his other options are as of right now, other then Plan B. Oh ya, I'll also tell him he's the best gm in the world and that he should send his paychecks to me.

Well, I think we all knew Rithchie would be back. Now it comes down to Rauch, Wright and Garland to grow a lot and Buerhle continuing his growth as the staff ace. Its still a decent rotation, just not as good as one with Ortiz or Colon. This rotatoin is better than last years as the younger players are maturing more and I do think Ritchie will produce.

Is their a way to email him questions? Also, is it possible to listen to that station online?

They are making a big mistake if they think Jeff Kent can play 3rd base. I heard today on the radio that Biggio may move to the outfield.

Don't worry Baggs, Jerry seems very adamant about leaving Manos at short and the will be their as long as he's playing alright.

I tend to agree with you on the lack of lefties in the lineup, but I don't see that changing. The only place we could possibly add left handed pop would be in centerfield, with someone replacing Rowand that could either hit with pop or allow the Sox to move Manos back in the order.

Lets calm down here fellas.

If we could get Encarnacion for Liefer, then I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I'll pass on Ricky. Secondly, the Angels didn't offer him arbitration so he's a free agent, and they can't negotiate with him till May. I don't know why they did it, must be because they are looking for outfield help another way.

He's a free agent, coming from the Angels. I posted all about him a couple threads back, I just don't remember which one.

To me Shinjo is a utility guy too. I like Palmerio a lot.

Alomar has been mentioned as has Kreuter and Lampkin and other veterans.

No one knows that for sure. I don't even think JM knows. Most likely, at least to start things of I'd assume they'd do things like they did near the end of last year with Frank back in the lineup, but if Frank has a good spring training, I'd look for him back in the 3 hole.

Traded or demoted. Most likely demoted as he's a good 3rd string in case of any injuries.

It seems like they offered him arbitration, but they've yet to sign them, but nothing is out their to verify thats official, so as of now, I'm assuming all the details haven't been finalized.

Yes, Williams seems interested in adding a vet catcher and another outfielder, but catcher is the most likely.

Well....I'd do Carlos Beltran for Jeff Liefer, lol. :metal

Crede could be what makes this the best offense in major leauge history. If Frank rebounds like I think he will and the other big bats continue to develop, we could just out slug everyone to the playoffs. In our division, we don't have to be good, we just have to beat the worse teams in baseball(Minus the Twins) and we'll end up with quite a few wins.