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QUOTE(Wanne @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 04:40 PM) Was having a discussion with somebody about the Tejada claim and they said it was mere bs from KW...I disagreed. My point was hasn't Kenny had wood for Tejada for quite some time...prelim discusssions last year. Same with Javy....got him. He was in love with Thome...got him. And always loved Ersty....and tried to trade for him a few years back. What guys out there now has Kenny been enamored with that we can expect him to go after this off season. Hunter Pence?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2007 -> 03:41 PM) Anyone have ESPN Insider access? Someone on WSI claims that ESPN Insider indicates the White Sox made an offer for Wily Mo Pena, after he cleared (or hit) waivers. I don't see it.

No way Murton or Cedeno gets through waivers. No freakin' way. (That doesn't mean that I wouldn't want it to happen though)

See...

MacDougal was signed for three years...so if they released him, they would still have to eat his contract.

When it comes right down to it...a hitting coach can't swing or not swing for a player. There are some FANTASTIC players who swing at absolute crap...because they get fooled. Ichiro swing at a Dice-K whatever-you-want-to-call-it is one example. Ozzie said it yesterday...he doesn't want players that have bad at-bats...which is why Uribe is probably gone after this year. And Anderson is gone. I'm not a baseball genius by any stretch of the imagination, but Fields hitting .240 this year was better than Anderson hitting .230 last year. Cuz really, that's only a few hits over the course of a season. Why? Because Fields is better at seeing pitches, fouling them off, etc. Anderson looked lost. Completely and totally lost. Walker and Cooper can only do so much, especially with young players. They have to take extra batting practice time, listen to the vets as well as the coaches. I believe the vets respect Walker. And not only that, but as a former White Sox, the front office respects him. He does need to work with some players on bunting, tho.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 11:14 AM) I wonder if he might have pitched well enough this season to get us a pick if he walks. Can't hurt to at least offer him arb. And if he accepts??? I don't know about that. I have a feeling they are going to let him walk.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 6, 2007 -> 01:01 AM) This show keeps getting better and better. That's good because I'm starting to 'down' a little bit on Entourage. I love the plumber giving advice to Bret. "They're like bears. You gotta give them a little bait." And last episode, flipping the bird -- awesome. "Just fix the sink." "It is fixed. The water's coming out, just from a different part." I think my favorite part was when Jemaine went to make tea and he held the kettle above his head because the sink wasn't fixed right. Hiiiilarious.

QUOTE(Jim Spencer @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 07:16 PM) Tejada at Shortstop for the Sox I wonder what the O's wanted in return? I would think it would have been Danks. Or centered around Danks. I would love Tejada on this team, but it's not that important.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Aug 5, 2007 -> 05:00 PM) I guess we finally get to see what Kenny saw in Floyd. If he can pitch to his potential the guy has a serious chance to be a solid starter for this team. No one ever questioned his stuff (even the Phillies)...they questioned his brain. Today...it looked like he was pitching with confidence. Hopefully...this was the start that turned the corner for him.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Aug 3, 2007 -> 12:13 PM) Yeah Cause Konerko has looked so bad at 1b this year and has been so hurt. Konerko has showed no sign that he cant play 1b for 3 more years. This is something people are putting into their heads. Konerko had played 101 out of 108 games this year at 1b. Making a whoping 3 errors. Alrighty there, Admiral Angry. I'm just saying that Thome is going to retire soon. Konerko has a degenerative hip and the White Sox LOVE him. Thome is signed through next year and has an option in 2009. If the Sox don't pick it up, which they probably won't cuz it's for $13 mil with a $3 mil buyout...I could see Paulie being moved to DH. And errors, like pitchers wins, is not a good stat for defensive ability.

Wow...this guy is going to idiot himself right out of the league. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2959870

QUOTE(SoxPride56 @ Aug 3, 2007 -> 11:40 AM) Very good point, and I was thinking that as well... but don't you think Paulie can play 1B for another 2, maybe 3 years? Sign Dye for a 2 or 3 year deal to be the DH, when his contract is up, move Konerko to the DH. Would this be realistic? Thome is signed through next year, right? I bet they sign him to one more one year deal with an option after that and then Paulie will take over. Just a hunch and I have nothing to base it on except that Thome doesn't want to go anywhere (except Cleveland, and that DH job is taken for a loooong time).

Not to be rude, but why are you confronting her? Why isn't your friend confronting her own mother? Just curious. Advice: All you can do is make her aware of the fact that she is doing it and it's hurting her family member. After that, it's on her.

QUOTE(SoxPride56 @ Aug 3, 2007 -> 11:36 AM) I will most likely get grilled for this, but I would LOVE to have Dye back... AS THE DH. If there is any way to trade Thome (I know he has a NTC) we should do it. A team like the Angels would love to have him with Vlad in there lineup. I dont know what we could get for Thome, but I would think we could get something pretty darn good for him. Thoughts? I think people are forgetting the Sox already have their DH replacement when Thome retires/leaves after his contract is up. He's at 1B.

Unless Mark Cuban ends up owning the Cubs, there is no way they are going to pay Santana after last years spending spree.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 04:29 PM) probly both It's about flexibility.

QUOTE(AirScott @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) Suck it up. It helped us to a World Series and it's what you'll be best at here in America. You think he actually got a fair shake to be in an RBI spot on the Sox??? Putting Uribe 2nd wasn't going to work. There was no one else who could do it. Yeah, he excelled, but we don't know if he would have been BETTER lower in the order. So you can't say this is what he'll be best at.

And he would have...if we would have dealt two pitchers. Or next year, when one or two of Floyd/Contreras/Garland are gone. Plus, and I don't remember who said this before...we don't have a Doug Mirabelli to catch it. That might be part of the trouble.

QUOTE(AirScott @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 02:25 PM) Well, we wanted to see Iguchi's power potential. And I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. He was the perfect No. 2 hitter with Pods in front of him, why mess with it? Because Iguchi was never comfortable with it. Just because you are good at something doesn't mean you like it.

I say we throw anyone who can't ever improve into a barge and ship them off to some remote island off the Falklands. I'm talking baseball players, football players, any athlete. In fact, let's just throw EVERYONE that we think can NEVER improve into a giant woodchipper. You people are incredible. 100+ innings?!?! That's nothing. Danks has gotten a better shot in 1 year than Gavin has in his career. I'm not saying he WILL improve, but for the love of all that's holy, give him a chance. Gio/Egbert/DLS are all still young. You have a better chance of ruining their confidence than a 24 year old who probably realizes this is his LAST chance.

QUOTE(Hideaway Lights @ Aug 2, 2007 -> 11:33 AM) Gavin Floyd will never pitch in the majors successfully. Miss Cleo...is that you?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Aug 1, 2007 -> 11:55 AM) Saved By the Bell "The College Years" wasn't on fox, but WAS amazing. What little respect I had for you...is gone.

Give Floyd the rest of the year. If he can't put it together or show some SERIOUS signs of improvement with no pressure being placed on him (i.e. no one to replace him, no chance of going to AAA, etc.). Working with ONE pitching coach day-to-day. Let's see what he can do. If he sucks from now until the end of the year...dump him. But to say it was a bad trade??? How many innings has Garcia pitched this year? If anything, at this point, it's a wash.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2007 -> 12:02 PM) Well, hasn't the team said before that they'd actually like him to shorten up his routine? I could have swore I read that somewhere. Just because he's adapted to one thing throughout his career doesn't mean he won't be able to adapt at all to changing a few things. You can't teach an OOOOOLLLLLLLLDDDDDDD dog new tricks. At this point in his career...he's not going to be able to adapt like we want him to.