Wedge

If the argument is over "Which of Frank Thomas or Magglio Ordonez is more important to the White Sox?" then I think everybody has to say that's Frank. Other than that, I dunno about all this Dye, OPS, RSIP, RO, C&L, etc.

That's a pretty good point. Their system is pretty empty right now.

What went wrong last year? I just remember that it wasn't pretty, whatever it was.

Do you know how long Hernandez is still on contract for? Sheets is this and next year, right? Is Perez from LA still available?

$10 million a year? Holy cow!

I agree with you. (Note that this one isn't in green!)

as long as anything possible doesn't involve trading Borchard or Reed

For what it's worth, the Mets traded David Weathers for Hidalgo.

It'd suck if they got him. Hopefully KW swings something before they do.

Talk about the kettle calling the wedding dress black...

or if Maggs is not with the team altogether...

The bats are coming out tonight. I'd like to see a line-up without Jose, just for a night. Put Uribe at SS, Harris at 2B, Rowand in CF. I think we're going to kill them tonight. I just sort of have that feeling.

Let's pretend that Munoz gets the start against the Expos and pitches well and keeps pitching well out of the fifth spot. Also on Saturday, KW announces he has made a trade for an established starter (Garcia, Sheets, Hernandez, whoever). Do we keep the big four and move Munoz back down to AA or AAA? Do we move Scho or Garland back to the pen? Does that mean we have to remove somebody from the pen to AAA or waivers? It sure would be a nice problem to have!

Wow! His tools sound like they are so-so, but he sounds like he could be a good hitter. Also, love the Jimmy Mac avatar. He's my favorite Bear of all-time. I've got the starting line-up figure on my desk at home...

I mean, I don't think we had this feeling even in 2000. I think it has a lot to do with Ozzie. This team lost a lot of attendance due to the White Flag trade and has been hurting ever since. I think Ozzie is helping bring back the feelings of 93/94... I'm also curious. Was much made of the Pepsi commercial with Sammy and the Sox Fan?

I like Reed because he's a lefty. My beef with him is that we already have a left-handed slap-hitter in the majors in Willie Harris. I'm not sure what Reed brings to the table that Harris doesn't. Ideally better outfielding defense, but other than that, he doesn't have much power. Now if Reed was a lefty power bat, I would hold onto him for dear life!

My prediction: PAIN!

Any time you can trade potential for production, you do it. Especially when it's potential hitting for proven ace pitching. The guy I'm surprised hasn't come up is Roy Halladay. You gotta think Toronto is selling this season.

Yup. Something's changing. It's very subtle, yet I think anybody who went to the park last week understands and has sensed it.

Looked to me like the ump was giving Pavano a few extra inches on both sides of the plate and not returning the favor to Scho. I mean, we have to over come that, but it's really tough. I'm not trying to complain; I'm just trying to state a fact.

The thing about the NBA is that it's all about the dynasties. Throughout its history, there's been one dynasty after another with a few years of upheavel between.

I'd like to see Rauch get another shot with us IF we can't or don't trade him for a proven front-line starter.

I used to love him and Tommy Williams late at night. I'd sort of heard what happened to Les, but whatever happened to T-Dub? He ended up on WMVP for a little bit, I thought, but then sort of disappeared? Dan Jiggits, too...

The Bulls were the last. And before that... the Pistons