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She's declined?

I don't care about not caring.

And how...pray tell...does the reservoir tip come into play? Cuz, without it...that could cause some problems... Ew.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 04:24 PM) Just picked up the DVD set. God, I loved that show. I used to stay up oh-so-late into the wee hours of night when I was oh-so-small and now I don't have to rely on Comedy Central to maybe play it once every four months at some point in the middle of night. Last Winter, I was with my girlfriend, well ex-girlfriend, and we were talking about favorite shows and I told her about The Critic and wanting to watch it with her because she'd never seen it and then, well, and then I looked it up on Comedy Central's site and it said that it wouldn't be aired for over half a year and that even then it'd just be one episode. Thank God I don't have to ever worry about that now. Is that why she's your EX-girlfriend? Here, watch this show. Uch, it's awful. That's it, we're through!

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) Getting Rowand back won't neccessarily garuntee us a division title, but it does garuntee us that our defense will be pretty solid out in CF and RF. Um, are you saying that Rowand plays a better defensive CF than Anderson? I don't think so. Just because Rowand makes more diving plays doesn't mean he's better...it means he's slower or takes the wrong route to the ball and has to make up for it.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:14 PM) 6'0 - 185 DING!!!

QUOTE(iamshack @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) While Gload doesn't have a lot of trade value, I think it is flat-out wrong to state that he doesn't have any trade value. I think a player who has shown he can hit .300 in the past with a 1-year deal making $600k has some value in this market. I think given the PT, Ross Gload could put up David Dellucci numbers, and he is making about 5x what Ross just signed for. Maybe it should say he has NO trade value to the Yankees.

I would much rather try Sweeney in CF than bring Rowand back. Not because I dislike Aaron, but because we've traded one future OF (Young) and tried another (BA, even though I think it should be considered an incomplete).

I think I'll go Leinart, Young and Cutler...but that may change cuz Cutler started one game. Leinart has been playing pro-style ball for longer than any of them and if they can get a defense and offensive line out there in the desert, he's going to win. Young, at best, is going to be Steve McNair and at worst Andre Ware. He still has that side arm throwing motion and that makes him a 6' 1" quarterback. He needs to be able to come over the top and use that height advantage.

QUOTE(bschmaranz @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) Take it for what it's worth but a buddy of mine that lives in LA just emailed me and said that one of the sports radio shows mentioned a possible swap between the Sox and Yankees with us getting ARod and Melky while the Evil Empire receives Joe Crede and either Garcia, Garland or McCarthy. Again, take that with a grain of salt. Now we're talking...but I hope against hope that it's Garcia.

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 09:24 AM) I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT KENNY SHOULD TRADE 2 STARTERS. 1. However, I think that it should be Buehrle and Garcia - or , if possible,extend Garcia and trade Vazquez. 2. In both trades we should receive a young starting pitcher that is ready to start now (Santana) or a big time prospect ready in a year or two (Pelfrey, Reyes, Bailey ). 3. If we get 2 young studs that are not ready yet, sign a decent free agent starting pitcher to a short term contract. We could always trade him later. 4. We MUST get pitching back which is why I don't like the Crede and Garcia/Buehrle for AROD deal. I'm sorry, you want to trade Buehrle for a young starting pitcher? Isn't Buehrle a young starting pitcher? He going to be 28 at the beginning of the 2007 season. We better get a HUGE package for Buehrle if we trade him...A-Rod and maybe Proctor or that other young pitcher...is it Hensley?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:32 PM) Nothin really new, but from the LA Times; That's an interesting thought that a lot on this board probably haven't thought of...Crede as 1B. Are there other teams that could use a 1B and a starter that can be a trade partner?

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) We would have had a better chance of winning the WS last year if Gload was our LF instead of Pods. It really is just mind-boggling how so many people seem to forget how bad Pods has been for the last year and a half. But I agree with what some of the wiser posters have stated....this move doesn't guarantee he'll be on the team in 2007. No. Pitching, pitching, pitching. That is why. Gload wouldn't have given us any better of a chance.

I want a pony.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 03:33 PM) Pods RC27 number -- 3.88 -- ranks him among the worst qualifiers in baseball last year. Of course, this wasn't the worst figure on the team. While we're at it, why not look at the whole team. We averaged 5.35 runs/game. Who upped the average, and who lowered it? Our fabulous 3 Jim Thome = 9.15 Jermaine Dye = 8.77 Paul Konerko = 7.53 More than pulled their weight Ross Gload = 6.03 Ozuna = 5.83 Joe Crede = 5.70 Almost average AJ = 5.21 Iguchi = 5.26 Mack = 5.31 Offensive deadweights Brian Anderson 3.35 Juan Uribe 3.69 Pods 3.88 Cintron 4.24 No one else had even 100 plate appearances. So what conclusions should we draw from this?? Re-signing Pods for even $2.9 million is a lack of foresight and a mistake. Ross Gload should be our starting left fielder next season -- with Mackowiak backing him up -- unless someone can emerge that can hit nearly as well as he can and field better than he can. Ross Gload created 6 runs/game last year. And the other year he got more than 150 ABs, he created 6.41 runs/game. That is pretty damn good, considering Joe Crede comes in at 5.70 runs/game. It wouldn't put him among the LF leaders in this category, but it would be respectable. And Iguchi followed by Gload followed by Dye would be so much better than Pods/Iguchi/Dye that it wouldn't be funny. Gload is a prototypical #2 hitter -- high average, low strike outs, left handed, bunts well, hits lefties and righties equally well -- whereas Iguchi is being shoe-horned into that role. But I've given up hope that logic will prevail here. Ozzie Guillen has to be chirping in KW's ear about needing speed, speed, speed. To hell with speed. With Dye/Thome/Konerko being the best 3-4-5 in baseball, just get someone ON ahead of them. So you are saying that Iguchi is being shoe-horned into the #2 hole? You think he's a leadoff hitter? I think not. He's a #6 or #7 hitter. This signing is called covering your a**. We DO need OBP guys and Gload is that guy, but we also have pitchers that pitch to contact, we know what we have in Pods...maybe it's not great, but we know what it is. Gload has NEVER played LF for an extended period of time. 2.9 mil for one year isn't a big deal especially for what FA are signing for.

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:36 PM) Apparently you're not going to make a judgment on anything that HAS happened either. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1321592

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:35 PM) Yep, it seems like we're going to have Sandy as our back-up catcher. I said this a week ago, but I had the way this offseason is going so far. I still hold out hope that something good will happen at the winter meetings, but everything seems to be going against the Sox in terms of the moves they'd like to make. He's the baseball equivalent of the Hardy Boyz. Who do the Sox take off the 40-man roster then?

QUOTE(hitlesswonder @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:33 PM) My fearless prediction is that the 2007 team will feature Pods in LF, Alomar as backup catcher, Sweeney/Owens in CF, and either Vazquez or Garland traded to Texas for minor league closer Nick Masset. And a 4th place finish. I'll be happy to be proved wrong on any of this. Wow...such pessmism. Let me take a look at my calendar......yes, Dec. 1st. Winter meetings haven't started yet. Schmidt and Zito still to sign...not going to make a judgement on anything that hasn't been done yet.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:28 PM) lets just say we keep pods in lf and dont trade uribe because it seems like kw likes him...its going to be the same crap all over again.... 8)uribe 9)anderson 1)pods 2) gooch.... Can I look at your crystal ball? I'd love to see what my stock prices will do. Seriously, this team won 90 games last year. I think the you need to cut that down to Uribe and Pods...we know what we are going to get from them. Iguchi is as steady as they come and Anderson should improve or he will be replaced.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 12:18 PM) Gload can hardly throw the ball, why in the hell would we put him in LF. That'd be worse than Pods defensively. Sweeney needs more AAA seasoning (he's what, 22 now?) and Mack isn't an everyday player. And Jose Guillen is a cancer. In no way am I defending Pods but your suggested moves don't make us any better off than we are with Podsednik. Exactly...Pods doesn't make us worse, he's just, the same. We know what we have with him. I have a feeling Guillen would be asking for more than $3 mil, even if it was just for one year. The White Sox organization wants Iguchi to bat lower in the order to be a run producer. With Guillen, we have NO LEADOFF MAN.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 10:45 AM) You are correct. I know and love Cooter Browns. I've been to nawlins three times and it's been a high point every trip. It's right on the St. Charles Streetcar line so it's a great way to tour the historic Garden district. Maybe the best Sunday of my life was in nawlins on our honeymoon. We had breakfast at Brennan's. You haven't lived until you've spent $27.50 for eggs. To be fair though, mine had rainbow trout on them and my wife's had a mountain of lump crabmeat on hers. Couple of milk rum punches and a dessert of Bananas Foster, and then we took the streetcar through Garden and past Tulane to Audubon Zoo. Hung with the animals for a few and then walked to Cooter Brown's, whereupon I proceeded to eat more gumbo and boiled crawfish than any human should and lose myself in Beervana. Damn good rock band that night too. Absolutely worth the trip. Edit to add: We did not happen to stumble on Coooters. Before we started cranking out the kids, we pretty much took our vacations around various beer destinations, and Cooters and the Crescent Ciity Brewpub were on the Honeymoon itinerary. Is it any coincidence I married a fellow craft beer lover? I have been to Cooter's a few times as well. My best friend went to Tulane and when I'd visit, that would be one of the stops. I also went to N'awlins for my bachelor party in April and stopped by Cooter's for a beer or 8. Word of caution though, the St. Charles Streetcar line is not back up and running yet. But the buses are...if you intend on going.

People, people...just because he signed doesn't mean he's our starting LF next year. He's an affordable option to be a throw-in for a trade. He's very limited, but he's going to be playing for a contract again and unless he's still hurt or gets hurt again, I would imagine an improvement in '06. I'd rather go with Pods in LF than pay ridiculous amounts of money for some of the other FA out there...and $3 mil wouldn't have gotten you the quality of bullpen arm most people were looking for this offseason.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) While I agree somewhat on this, I also don't see a lot of other options on the market. Don't be surprised when #22 trots out to left field come opening day. Now Pods has the trots? WTF????

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:32 AM) Personally, I'd say it was the pitching, pitching, pitching, pitching, and pitching...but a key part of that pitching is having a catcher who the pitchers trust. It was the pitching, but that team had attitude. They wanted people to doubt them. Last year they didn't have that same attitude, they proved it and everyone thought they were going to win again. I can almost guarantee that if the "experts" put Cleveland, Detroit or Minny ahead of the Sox this year, they will have that attitude back.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 1, 2006 -> 11:41 AM) It's also possible that if he could manage another up season (in his career, he's thus far gone good, awful, good-until-injured, bad) he could significantly raise his trade value for next offseason. So he's a position player Saberhagen? This isn't a bad signing. Whether they decide to keep him (and hopefully he'll work on steal % and bunting) or trade him, he's not expensive. They still need to get a number two hitter so they can move Iguchi down in the order. Michael Young anyone?