Rooftop Shots

QUOTE (quickman @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) JJ chose the diamondbacks for two reasons ( as I emailed you before) The first is he lives in AZ which was part of this. The second is He would have signed with the Sox for the exact same amount. The sox offered him 3.2 million. I think he made the right choice both on the money side, getting a second year and on a personal side spending much more time at home. I guess that when it came on these issues, he made up his mind and decided not to Putz around anymore.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 08:09 AM) Since it's early and slow. Anyone want to pick crawfords contract after Werth signed for crazy high? Also KW looks like a genious now signing Dunn when he did with the Werth contract we may have paid more for waiting. I know that it is NOT going to happen, but KW seems to be always aggressive on people of his Target list of (I've been wanting him for years!) How much has Crawford been talked about by him? I KNOW that he is WAY WAY out of range, but when he says "ALL IN" and will be aggressive at the winter meeetings, how much "ALL IN" is he talking? Hmmmmmmmm! He's got me curious!

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Dec 6, 2010 -> 03:01 AM) From my conversation with Brett Ballantini - QUOTE KW *loves* Dayan. Untouchable at '10 trade deadline. Has Big Hurt/Dick Allen thump to his bat. He'll get a shot, sometime You never know with KW though. Remember when Chris Young was on his board, he made comments as to how he was untouchable too. Next year..........bye bye Chris!

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 07:26 AM) RIP Santo Condolences to the Cubs & their fans Never a fan personally, but anyone that passionate about the game is great for the game overall and will be sadly missed. Nice post! Totally agree!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 07:14 AM) Maybe his doctor told him he's got a year to live and he just said f*** it. Laughed when I saw this, but at the same time, on the serious side, you brought up a great point! You wonder if that is crossing his mind to some extent? Not sure how old he is, but if you keep waiting in life to live out your passions, you have to go "ALL IN" before your time and opportunities run out. Not sure how his health is, but at his age, you wonder how much more waiting he can deal with. Regardless how much he spends, he and his family will still live comfortably, so I agree, why not totally jump in for 2 more years? If we make it...Great! If not, at least he can look back and have no "What If's!!!" Jerry wants another W.S. It makes me wonder that if he realized that the only way it will have the best chance to come is to unload the bank? esprcially with Minny and Det breathing on our necks! if that's the case...........I will be reading Soxtalk like crazy for updates when the winter meetings start. If we're "ALL IN" then what does next week bring in? It's not baseball season yet, but this has the makings for a possible best ever enjoyable hot stove season.

A quote from Putz in the Sun Times "Putz said while he would do what's best for his family, heading into a winning situation is a priority." Maybe I am reading this wrong, not sure, but could that be why he declined arb? I mean, if he really thought that we had a realistic chance to contend and win, he wouldn't hesitate to sign. What's best for him and his family is location and money, but yet winning is his priotity......................and he declines us. Let's look at it realistically from his standpont. Starting rotation .....better than average Bullpen...................Thorton the only one that is "proven" Lineup.........as it stands..........cannot hold a candle with any real powerhouse contender that has some serious pitching. Pierre......fine for getting on base and steals Beckham.............................question mark Quentin .............................question mark Catcher.(V Mart gone, not much else out there)............question mark Morel/Teahan platoon...............question marks Viciedo.................question mark (nice power, but will swing at anything that's in between both on deck circles. Alexei reliable shortstop, but like viciedo, will swing at anything within 7 yards of home plate Realistically......we have only a few reliables in the line up. Rios, Pierre. and then add a shaky bullpen to that. Unless we get lucky and Quentin and Beckham get their heads out their rear ends this year, KW pulls some rabbits out of his hat and gets us a proven catcher/hitter, left handed bat with power and good on base percentage, and Morel, Viciedo, Teahan have breakout years, really.................what chance do we have to really contend? We do not even come close to having a lineup that has a 1 through 9 (WOW) type threat As far as left handed bat, sure Dunn has power, but he's also a base clogger upper because he can't run, and he strikes out 8000 times per year. If I was Putz, and PK....................I would look at all of this and do the same as they did. I want to play for a winner NOW. Our lineup and bullpen have too many holes, and question marks. There is NO CONFIDENCE or assurance that we will be a PROVEN post season contending team next year. Add the fact that our farm is weak as well doesn't help much at all. I truely belive that a major shakeup is needed, and get some proven players (NOT PAST THEIR PRIME) with no question marks has to be added if we are going to make the players, and fans alike, to REALLY believe that we have a legitimate shot! If we had Detroits 50 mil to spend.........great. But we don't! And with them getting better with money to spend, and Minny getting Nathan. Morneau back along with their lineup that they already have, as we stand with our payroll where it's at, how can anyone see us being any higher than 3rd place? Could it be why VMart took Detroit instead of us? They have an upswing for winning, and money to spend .............................we don't! (And to the equation.................no more of these "past their prime....maybe we can imitate Lazarus, and bring a dead washed up has been back to life again" additions anymore") KW...........you got your work cut out for you if you are going to make "serious believers" in the league, central division rivals, our fanbase and any players that you would like to sign with us. Agree or Disagree.................there are some pretty valid points to all of this. If we are to be SERIOUS CONTENDERS, a few things need to be done. Not live in a pipe dream world, some serious trading, and/or some serious spending on REAL Life players needs to be done. If not, then a lot of other players will see us as going no where, and will turn us away along with the likes of PK, Putz, and VMart.

He still hasn't decided if he will do this, but he was talking about possibly letting family members display one of his gold gloves in their house, and pass it on and let other family members take turns displaying it their homes as well. That is just flat out cool, and shows a lot of class. That's why it's not hard to like this guy. His competiveness, humility and good naturedness shows him to be in the ranks of an upscale White Sox icon. He's never been arrogant in his accomplishments. Never been the type of guy to be in the medias face pointing out "Hey Everyone.........."LOOK AT WHAT I'VE DONE"........."See how great I am"! Just a Class act guy all the way!

Can you play some AC/DC?

Haven't done this in quite a while. It's time to pull this on a new group of people! Putting a black kettle strapped around my neck filled up with bars of "DIAL" soap with a sign that says "What am I? and $10.00 bill for the winner. The answer that I reveal at the end of the day if no one guesses is......... I'm a "CROCK-A-DIAL!"

Happy Birthday to the one that joined Soxtalk on the exact same day and year as The Rooftop! Ehhhhhhhhhh, so you got by a "Few" posts! I'm catching up! (Yeah Right!!!) I Hope that YOUR DAY is an absolutely GREAT one!

Hi guys! A while back, I got a lot of REAL good advice from others on this board on where to get a real good (non-grissley) steak burrito. Got another one for you. I realize that everyone's taste preferences in chili can be radically different, but what I am specifically looking for is a good steak, or thick beef chili, (preferably steak chili) where the hotness is what it claims...HOT!!! With winter around the corner, i want to have some places in mind to try where steam will resonate from your head after a few spoonfuls, but also have a good flavor to it. There are some that concentrate so much on the hot, but lose the beefy chili flavor, and some have the beefy flavor...but have no hotness. I'm looking for the combo of steak, thick, and real hot, I iive a few miles west of Oak Lawn, and am looking for either a restaurant, take out, or fast food within reasonable driving distance. Thanks

QUOTE (shipps @ Oct 9, 2010 -> 07:21 PM) We had a beautiful wedding at the Palms Resort on Miami Beach. Everything was absolutely perfect. Beach wedding and great reception with a lot of family and friends traveling a long ways to support us. Great day for me and my wife. I wish you all the best! I hope that you'll not only say "great day for me and my wife", but in the future that it will be...... Great Year for me and my wife! Great 10 Years for me and my wife and so on..........

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 02:59 PM) Too bad you didn't have a link to that board. Here's a link to one of their boards. Was curious if they are in the same range of disgustedness in their post seasons against the Bronx, as we are in the way play the Twins in the regular season! Club twins / Twins Talk

I can do am impersonation of Ozzie Osbourne singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" just like he did when he sang it on TV at Wrigley! All you have yo do is not know any of the words, slurr, mumble, and see Steve Stone in the background looking at you with a much bewildered look like your half crocked, and then when all is said and done, yell out...."Let's get some runs!" "Lesh-geh-shum-runshs "Ozzie at Wrigley

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2010 -> 06:35 PM) Would you give up Sale + another big piece or two for him? Let's say Sale + Viciedo + Morel? No way. One thing I didn't check before I posted. For some resaon I thought that Choo was a FA. Since he's not, yeah, you're right! They would want an arm and a leg. We've already given up enough of the farm. Don't need to keep doing that.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 2, 2010 -> 08:36 AM) Agreed, what are the chances Viciedo could put similar numbers to Paulie given a full season? If they managed to put Quentin at DH, I hope we are getting a sick bat to fill in RF because this team will need an offense. what about Choo from Cleveland? it's not a "sick" bat, but at least the guy can field, throw, and hit!

Lose....3 and out! ANYTHING that will not take them deeper in the post season and help their revenue for next year. With them having a great farm/developement system, and attendance being great for them this year, the last thing that we need is to have them win, and really boost their spending money on players. Next year is still far away, and they are already the favorites for reasons mentioned above. Them winning it all, is like putting hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place...... (The Backbreakers)

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 19, 2010 -> 06:51 PM) What's the link to the image? Thanks Knighni for your reply! , but I got it. In the past, I had to paste the URL from "Thumbnail size forums" in image shack. This time it didn't work, After I posted this, I tried one more time. I tried the "direct link" url in Image shack and it worked. I posted it in SLAM under the "what are your hobbies thread". Sorry to waste your time. Image shack gives you 8 different URL options, and I don't understand as to how you know which ones to use for inserting images. Any light as to why so many options, and are there different options from image Shack that I should use for Soxtalk, depending on what type of photo that I am inserting.............because the thumbnail one wouldn't work?

Used to have an airbrush business, but got tired of the business end of it. Got to the point where I hated it painting anymore. After a 7 year break, I recently started doing it again for ministry work within our local church. (murals. paintings, etc)It became enjoyable again. No longer doing what I felt "Forced" to do because of customers demands, but now doing it for reasons that I "want" to.

I haven't posted a picture in quite a while, but when I tried to post one of my photos from image shack, the picture doesn't show up. Only a squre box with an "X" in it. From image shack, I copied and pasted the URL from Forums. Went To Soxtalk reply, allowed the scripted windows, clicked on the icon "add image", them pasted the URL, and "voila".........the good old squre box and no pic. What did I do or didn't do? Thanks

Maybe they have been listeneing to The Beatles as their inspiration! "Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 Number 9" (Note! I wonder how many heads that this will go over)

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 02:05 AM) .885 OPS this season Only problem was, that we got him to be a clutch hitter and drive in runs, so in essence, he really hasn't done squat for us when doing what he is being paid to do. Kind of funny. In 1 1/2 months, he is getting paid about 4 times more that a lot of people make in a lifetime. and yet has not even come close to doing the job that he was called to do. Shouldn't have to worry about his "dreaded locks" It's more of his "dreaded performance!"

Strange how the last 26 out of 29 games are against our own division

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 07:09 PM) That trade would never go down. I didn't mean a trade, I meant the total weight of all 3 combined would equal the weight of 1 Prince Fielder. Sorry, I guess I should have made that clear!

If he bulks up, he'll be all the way up to 145 pounds. One Alexei, One Sale, plus one Vizquel, equals one Prince Fielder.