Kalapse

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 05:54 PM) No, he'll get more than that. If Burnett got 5 years/$55 million, Buehrle will get 5 years/$75 million. Completely agree, and the fact that he's not in the top tier of pitchers will keep his price down far enough that JR won't shy away from re-signing him. Woah, lets not get carried away now, Mark Buehrle could make an absolute fortune on the open market simply based on his career record, injury history and reputation but a $15M per pitcher he is not. I see Mark comming away with a 4/$54M or 5/$65M deal at the most.

Just for old time's sake.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 05:21 PM) What does Farnsworth throw? It'd be nice if he had the gas his brother has. Kyle has about 2 inches and 50 pounds on his brother and from what I remember Kyle's also got about 6-8 MPH on him.

I am going to be royally pissed if for whatever reason this organization believes Dustin Hermanson is ready to face major league hitters.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) What does "DFA" stand for? Designated for Assignment, the club has 10 days to do something with him.

For whatever reason I really don't think this signifies an iminent trade nor do I believe there's anyone else in the minors besides Tracey and Montero who would be trusted in mopup duty even.

So does this mark the return of Sean Tracey or are we going to play the Montero game again?

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 05:08 PM) As much as I wanted this to happen, it still saddens me. He was so integral to last year's run, and he was a class act while trying to get through this year. It's sad to see him go. Good luck wherever you go, Cliff. Could not agree more. Clifford never blaimed anyone else for his struggles and refused to make excuses. I'll never forget his spectacular 2005 campaign and his remarkable standing backflips.

per the Score Cliff Politte's career as a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox is over.

QUOTE(Frank the Tank 35 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 04:44 PM) Some person over at the mlb board said Politte just got DFA'ed. http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/mb/message.asp...g=65653.1&ctx=0 ...so hopefully the polecat will be the first to be traded. There's a reason why most people don't bother reading the MLB boards. News of a Clifford DFA would not surprise me one bit but this is about as unreliable of a source as you're going to find.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 04:47 PM) i guess kalapse was right all along How many times has this phrase been repeated on Soxtalk? 60-70 times? When will you people learn?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 04:22 PM) Fine, I'm annoyed enough to say it. Think the Mets would do Milledge, Heilman, and Sanchez for Buehrle? you did not just go there

Fruit on the bottom . . . hope on top.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 02:59 PM) I'm not sure about that last part, but much of this staff really did pitch over it's head last season. Garland was an All-Star, Contreras was nearly unhittable from August-October, B-Mac had a very good rookie campaign, Hermanson was a stud closer, Politte was a rock-solid setup man, Freddy had his best year since '01, and Mark had arguably his best season ever. Mark's a cokehead? Dude, nobody is above becoming a drug addict.

Perhaps Mark Buehrle is following the career path of Dwight Gooden afterall.

QUOTE(Contreras @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 09:59 AM) If we're going to be asses and call it an undefeated streak, it's a lot longer than 17. What is it? 25? 26? Something like that? No, it would be 17. What exactly do you think this streak has been? The last time he lost a game was 17 starts ago, he's had a bunch of wins and no decisions since then but did not lose a game. That my friend is an undefeated streak not a win streak. But I guess I'm just an ass for wording it properly.

Can someone define the word "Ozzieball" for me? Thanks.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 02:24 AM) Isn't Bittner originally a Sox castaway (part of the Scho deal) and IIRC we recently picked him up as a FA. In fact I think the Angels were pretty high right after they acquired Bittner (if I'm thinking of the right guy, we send him, Scott Dunn and maybe someone else). You are correct I think we drafted him somwhere around the 10th round in '01 he Gary Glover and Dunn (whom I believe is sucking ass in Tampa's pen currently) netted us Shoeny. I was surprised to see we picked him back up for the simple fact that he's only like 25 years old still and I know the Angels really liked him at one point in time.

The odd thing about Sandy Alomar, the guy has had 59 PAs this year and has not walked even once.

So when the hell did we acquire Tim Bittner? Yet another Angels castaway.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:55 AM) Actually, that usually means he's gone in the near future. QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:56 AM) That mean's he's gone, in all honesty. I'm well aware of the scary past connection players have had to the player rep label (Shoenweiss we hardly new ye). I'm trying to think positively here guys.

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 01:46 AM) But it's still a catch 22. Why can't the guy Ozzie brings in from the bullpen get the job done? If the player (pitcher) comes through, we're not talking about this. It's about putting your players in the best position possible to be successful and IMO Guillen did not do that today.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jul 15, 2006 -> 12:50 AM) I prefer Undefeated Streak if you're going to pick on the "Win Streak" naming. There we go, that's the perfect one and of course I left it out.

This product that was on TV was available for four easy payments of $19.95. I would like a product that was available for three easy payments and one complicated payment. We can't tell you which payment it is, but one of these payments is going to be hard. The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how much I play, I'll never be as good a a wall. I played a wall once. They're relentless.

Well he is the Sox' player rep so he's uh, got that uh, goin' for em I guess.