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QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Jan 3, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) That fact that his contract is now deferred (interest free over the next 6 seasons) makes him a lot more appealing in a trade, but I would think LAD is still going to pick up some of the cash. Scott Boras is a magician for getting Jones that deal in the first place. Deferred or not, someone is going to have to pay that money sooner or later and no one is going to claim Jones off waivers. He'll get released and than someone will give him the major league minimum, imo.

There is obviously some smoke to this deal but I don't buy that the O's would actually demand more. Than again they've asked the world for Roberts and I've never quite grasped why but none of this makes sense. The Sox are bumping the payroll limits yet they are going to take on salary and extend Roberts (as the rumor indicates the Sox would want to extend Brian) and than the club would open up a hole in the rotation which couldn't be replaced in house (unless you really want to f***ing suck) so your going to have to add more payroll (or trade Dye or Paulie for prospects and open up offensive holes which would need to be addressed with more payroll). Bottom line this s*** doesn't pass the smell test.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 06:50 PM) Sure, if he brings Mora with him... The one thing about this rumor is I wonder if Kenny could be thinking about selling high ala Esteban Loiaza? One big difference, Kenny wasn't truly selling high on Loaiza (if he was he would have dealt him after his 20 win season and not after he was already on the downside). He still was able to get a raw talent in Contreras but we were also talking about a deal involving two guys of similar ages. Floyd is younger and far cheaper. If the Sox are going to get Roberts it better be involving Poreda/Fields and not Floyd.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 05:18 PM) Floyd had his 2 worst months ERA wise in August and September. He could have been tiring or maybe they were catching up to what he was doing. Danks was awful the second half of 2007 so it could be the former. I'm not sold on Floyd and I like Roberts. If he were a White Sox in 2008 and Ramirez played CF, this team would have been one of the most exciting White Sox teams ever. But even with all that, Floyd for Roberts makes zero sense for the White Sox. They don't have the major league ready pitching depth to give up another 200 innings. The Sox already have two question-marks pencilled into the rotation and moving Floyd would make it a third and it would take a s***load of luck for Marquez/Richard/Poreda (who I'm assuming would be the 3-4-5) to combine for an ERA under 5.5 which means no matter how good the offense would be we'd still be an awful club. Floyd is young, cheap and has a pretty effortless delivery and the potential to be a pretty good #2/#3 pitcher so there is no way I move him for a 30 year old 2B who is going to be a FA at the end of the year. The move also makes zero sense given KW's plan to rebuild (well more like re-tool and get younger). It does fit in with the speed approach though. Plus if your going to bring in Roberts and his salary the Sox would have just been better off going after Hudson or Furcal.

I still think when the dust settles Homer Bailey will be a White Sox.

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 08:15 PM) Andruw's historical numbers are worth much more than that, no matter how bad he is now. Jones could get put on waivers and no team would touch him. The only reason the Sox would have to give up anything is because the Dodgers would be sending significant cash back to the White Sox or taking on some sort of bad contract and I can't think of any really bad contracts currently on the roster.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 07:50 PM) Simers is smoking something. #1 The Sox don't have young pitching. #2 Jones isn't worth young pitching. #3 The Sox are short pitchers enough as it is. Technically the Sox have a lot of AAAA type of pitching prospects that I'm sure the Dodgers wouldn't mind getting in exchange for Jones. I would be shocked if we were talking about top prospects getting moved here.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 07:35 PM) TJ Simers was on the radio here in LA was talking about the Jones contract.. He reported that the Sox are the heavy favorite to get Andruw Jones for young pitching coming back to LA.. I know this will surprise a lot of people but I would trade for Andruw Jones and I'd be willing to give up the Broadway's of the world. I would not be willing to give up some of our better prospects and I would also expect to receive significant cash in return. I believe Jones will have a better season and that he is still an above average centerfielder. All that said Jones doesn't make sense unless the Sox make some other moves.

Lovie met with Marinelli today.

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 04:04 PM) http://masnsports.com/2009/01/roberts-to-t...er-chicago.html This would be downright retarded.

Nevermind...I see they are already posting.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jan 1, 2009 -> 11:00 PM) Long story short, my girlfriend plans on moving and Bridgeport is one of the areas she's thinking about. I've heard mixed things about Bridgeport, however in terms of how safe it is and such. She does have a child so that would be a huge concern. I wanted to call on you fellow Chicagoans and former ones to give me a bit of info. Hey nine...ask Molto or Shipps. They both live in Bridgeport and are very familiar with the area.

Oh my god....I saw the thread title in the admin board with "penis" in it and I was like dang, looks like an interesting thread. Little did I know it was I that was the author of such thread. I must admit, I'm shocked at the serious answers. However, Andrew was right about my account being hacked. I was logged into Soxtalk over at Mario (Molto) and Jeff's place (Shipps) which is where I was staying the past few days. Clearly one of them realized I was still signed in and made what I think might be the funniest thread I've ever seen on this site

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 1, 2009 -> 05:20 PM) And they played an extremely young OSU team. The B10 has top flight coaches and top flight players, Iowa will have to do alot of work to get into and stay in the top tier of the B10. Just ask Bruce Weber how easy it is to compete year in and year out. Lick's a better coach than Weber, imo. I'll get shredded for saying that but he is. Whether he'll be able to recruit good enough at Iowa remains to be seen though.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 1, 2009 -> 06:33 PM) We're a bunch of computer nerds. All I know about Iowa/Big Ten is that Iowa State almost won at Iowa (had nearly more than 100 more total yards than the Hawks) and ISU is one of the worst BCS teams there is. The Big Ten should be thanking Iowa for beating Penn State and saving the conference the embarrassment of getting destroyed in the title game had Penn St. run the table. Iowa did nothing but get better as the season went on and beat top teams like Penn State and smeared some other opponents once Stanzi got aclimated. Bottom line is they beat Iowa State too.

I feel really weird asking about this, but I'm uncircumcised and over the past few weeks my girlfriend has been dropping hints that she wants me to do the snipp snipp. I will admit my ding dong does look kinda strange right now but I read that its rather painful and that it can take off inches. What are your guys thoughts, being some of my closest friends here on ST. Thanks guys.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 05:05 PM) Even more ironic is that he used to play for WVU, and Iowa and OSU both were destroyed by Huggins in the last month or so. Iowa's coming around and becoming more competitive on the road. I just don't know if Lickliter can get enough athleticism to win with his system in the Big 10, in terms of recruiting. I think he will fall a little short of Alford's hype as a recruiter, although the program will be better off from an overall standpoint, I just don't see him taking Iowa to the Elite 8 or Sweet 16 on a consistent basis. However, the fact that Iowa's really learning how to play much better D is a good sign, something that didn't really happen under the Golden Boy. They had one year where they played top notch defense under Alford and it was Alford's second to last season (the one where they lost on the 3 pointer by Northwestern State in the 1st round after playing tremendous all season). It was a completely veteran team though. Lick is doing this with a team where all of his best players are freshman/sophs.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 04:52 PM) Oh snap, WSOX99 pwns. Iowa scored about 99 percent of their points on 3's today, kept me on the edge of my seat. Just wait till Lickliter can get a few more of his guys in, there style of play will be very unique in the big ten and they should become a consistent top 4 big ten team. Nice win for the Buckeyes though as at times Iowa looks like a borderline tourney team (at other times, not so much). They are extremely young though.

I was by Wrigley two days ago and it just looked plain weird. I'm sure its a cool experience in person but the level of hockey played on this surface will be worse (because of the poor ice conditions) and the fans are going to have awful awful seats.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 27, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) Yeah, same here, it was like below zero for the longest time. Last night it was 48 at 1 AM with incredibly thick fog. I think 2008 in terms of weather for Iowa won't be topped for a while. Yep, we were driving through that fog to the funeral and than to the airport.

By the way...shipps, would you guys be interested in possibly hitting up a bhawks or Bulls game? I have no idea if they are even playing when I'm there but I've never been to the United Center before.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 27, 2008 -> 12:42 PM) You shouldnt have any problems,there isnt any precipitation predicted for tomorrow and all the ice and snow is pretty much melted now. Dont wear flip flops,see ya tomorrow dude. Haha, can't wait to get out there. The girlfriend is super excited too and I even got a new winter coat for christmas to hopefully keep me warm. We have a layover in Cinncy so hopefully everything is okay there. I honestly don't know why we have to fly through cinncy but I actually pricelined the flight so I didn't exactly have options.

I fly out to Chicago Tomorrow and am there through New Years...woo. I must say I hope like hell that I'll be able to get in and out okay though given the airport status.

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 24, 2008 -> 08:56 AM) What's Figgins' contract situation? FA at the end of the year I believe.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Dec 22, 2008 -> 06:40 AM) They have Yonder Alonso who is about as far from Cincinnatti as Beckham is from Chicago. They could make due for a while until he is ready. Obviously a Dye->Votto->Figgins deal would need to have other pieces added in as well. Maybe something like Angels get Reds get Sox get Votto Dye Figgins Fields K Escobar Dickerson Ortega Bourjos Anderson Figgins would be a one year rental, and I think would net Type A compensation. I forgot about Yonder. I guess with Yonder less than a year away the deal makes more sense.