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QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Dec 17, 2007 -> 02:43 PM) They have haven't they? The Sox haven't responded is what I thouight had be reported Actually try the reverse. The sox went to talk, and Boras stated they want to pursue Free Agency which is what all Boras clients do. If he wants to stay, he seriously would need to fire Boras and negotiate. However I wouldn't do that. Boras gets you max money, and max years. His time on the Southside is dwindling.

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Dec 17, 2007 -> 01:28 PM) Puhlease.. let's get back to the Rally Crede. Hope he is stirring up the Sox faithful again next year in the Sox uniform Well tell him to get rid of his agent, and negotiate a deal.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Dec 16, 2007 -> 06:41 PM) If you honestly have no idea, go with either some sort of jewelry, or a digital photo frame with some of ur favorite pictures already uploaded. They have been dating a month RD, so ditch the jewerly or he will be a world of hurt in the long run. The easiest one is some Yankee Candle/Bath and Body works stuff. Girls like funny smelling soap for some reason. Or if you are a betting man, you could always get her a victoria's secret gift card and tell her its a present for the two of you. Remember nothing says Christmas more than a G string.

A baseball player made completely out of playdough >>>>> Jason Tyner

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Dec 16, 2007 -> 11:48 AM) What I saw this off season so far is another trade off of good young players from our system for young players of another organization. Maybe the ones we got are supposed to be a bit more advanced AAA versus A or AA. That has been a KW trend. I don't like the fact we traded Jon Garland, who is a top of the rotation (#1 or #2 starter) but we probably upgraded at SS. I liked Uribe, but plate discipline and focus/intensity on the field were sometimes lacking. I don't and have never believed the rhetoric from Reinsdorf and staff that they are willing to spend to win. But, I think we have a pretty good team for 2008 and just hope we don't get start just giving away or players to fill these so called holes we have in the team make up. Jon Garland is a top of the rotation starter????? You should check his stats, and revist what a top of the rotation starter means.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 14, 2007 -> 11:19 PM) Thoughts? I'm thinking that portability will not be much of an issue, so a powered one will be fine. It will be primarily a backup, but perhaps I'd store some extra music and pictures in it that I do not need 24/7 access to. Its pretty much a commodity at this point. Depending on your intake, you can look at 500Gig for near 100 dollars. The unit I picked up a little bit ago was a 500Gig Buffalo Linkstation. You can try online searches or Fry's. 500 Gig USB Hard Drives Things to look for, SATA over PATA. 16mb cache.

QUOTE(Vance Law @ Dec 14, 2007 -> 04:24 PM) What percentage of posts on Soxtalk are posting of a prediction or guesstimate by one of the one million credible or completely retarded "baseball" "analysts" on the internet of some trade, free agent signing, or draft pick that the White Sox might potentially make (displayed all nice and shiny in a numbered list format), followed by a Soxtalk poster, all in a huff as if this extremely unlikely transaction has in fact occurred, stating, "if this happens, Kenny should be fired, and I'm never watching baseball again!" I posit that that is 85% of the posts. Here is another top 10 picks list. This one from Baseball Prospectus http://baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/i...&mode=login Lets see, Kenny already drafted him, likes the family and traded for his brother. We have had a piece from the sox beat writer late last year talking about Jordan Danks meanwhile overlooking the much better Pedro Alvarez. And we have a long history of passing on talented guys for the "bargain" in the bunch. How many of those guys are represented by the anti-sox guy. And most of all, when Kenny locks on a guy how many times does he let him go. It would be lovely to believe that kenny will take the best available talent thats available. But if that was the case Porcello would be in our system, and some of the other "bargains" wouldnt be in our system now. Actually this is a question to BureauEmployee if he reads this. Please tell us that Jordan Danks isnt the forgone conclusion on draft day.

The Royals trade for a 2nd baseman, and get this from the Diamondbacks. Alberto Callaspo, Diamondbacks Age: 23.2 Hitting .323/.398/.439 in 80 G (AAA) As a middle infielder, Callaspo was in the wrong system with the Angels, but one would think they could have gotten more for him in a trade than Jason Bulger, who admittedly has power stuff, but is also 27 years old with a history of injuries and control problems. The most contact-oriented hitter in the minor leagues, Callaspo has struck out 128 times in his career, which now spans 2,527 at-bats. After batting just .222 in April, Callaspo has hit .360 since, and in the month of May--when he hit .371 in 116 at-bats--he whiffed only once. Expressed as a ratio, that's one strikeout for every 116 at-bats--and you guys thought I was just the scouting guy with no statistical skills. The best defensive second baseman on this list, Callaspo was moved to second base by the Angels in deference to Erick Aybar, but he has the skills to play on the left side of the infield and has even seen time at third base this year. Adding to his prospect status is 43 walks, which is already just four off his career high with seven weeks remaining in his season. Where he fits into Arizona's plans is up in the air, but he could be an inexpensive upgrade over Orlando Hudson.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Dec 14, 2007 -> 03:17 PM) If the Cubs land Nathan i really think they will be the favorite to win the NL next year... Ugh!! I hate where baseball in Chicago has headed these last few years... They could get 5 great relievers and still get decked in the world series. The AL is silly strong. The only way an NL team wins is if the pitchers forget how to throw to 1st.

QUOTE(Markbilliards @ Dec 14, 2007 -> 12:46 PM) I bet Big Butt Uribe used. Anyone want to guess where he applied it? If less than half of the Sox players tried at one time in their career I would be shocked. I feel like more than half of professional players, or at least MLB players did what they could because steroids seemed like using creatine or protein powder, a norm. The only thing that Uribe used was a shovel to put food in his mouth.

Roids must make people stupid. How can anyone believe that no one could hit babe ruths record for all these years. Then within a few years of each other 3 people shatter that record, not only beat it. But clear it by a bunch. Outside of the ability to use our eyes and see normal human beings go into Cro-Magnon reverse engineering mode. If the numbers start to go up again with HGH, they should raise the mound and shut the offenses down again.

I like on page 216 how the Dodgers had a meeting and suspected the Kevin Brown was roidin, then traded him 2 months later. LOL

QUOTE(NCsoxfan @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 01:06 PM) JIM F'ing PARQUE is on there!!! PARQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He needed steroids to throw 83-85. LOL

QUOTE(WCSox @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 12:08 PM) Everett was a DH with a horrible OBP. He was basically a switch-hitting Uribe who didn't make any defensive contributions. Despite his 23 homers, was probably the least important person in the lineup. Rowand or Pods being named in the Mitchell Report would've been much more damaging, IMO. Agreed about Frank. Albert Belle's name wasn't that surprising, especially since it's almost universally-known that he corked his bats. Everett was also demoted from the 3 hole late in the season because he sucked so bad with the stick. Dye hit there at the very end of September. Roids didnt help Dino boy too well at the end.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 11:32 AM) I have no clue what he has done in Oakland or what his health status is, but that is a guy I really like when he's healthy. Good arm with some nice sinking action to his pitches. Calero and Otsuka would make this pen pretty damn good. Then trade some of the flamethrowers who cant throw strikes to someone else.

It has to be Mike Caruso.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 10:08 AM) Have we forgotten our hitting coach? LOL

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 13, 2007 -> 10:06 AM) btw, just saying, firegregwalker.com IS available. The website is already being built.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 11:51 PM) Weeeeeee! Fantastic -- no mention of the more talented options of Brian Anderson and Ryan Sweeney. Nope, Jerry Owens, the catalyst who'll hit .270/.315/.330. But he'll steal bases and run fast -- boy will he run fast. The formula for leadoff hitter for the whitesox. Bantam weight hitter Track star Speed doesnt slump

Cowley "YAH BRA, I got the inside source. My source tells me that Torii Hunter is signed, sealed and delivered." After he signs for the Angels. Cowley "He was all ready to go, but the evil Angels wooshed in at the last minute. But dont woory Bra, I got a better one. Cabrera, the fish one, in a big move for Gio, Danks and Fields. Get your Cabrera jersey" Cabrera gets traded to the Tigers. Cowley "man its a cutthroat business, well Bra Rowand is coming home.....f*** what, the Giants god damn it" Cowley "Well you cant expect to take shots on a guy who is 75% for the offseason. Kenny is a hero." Has anyone seen Cowley and Hawk in the same place at the same time. Just saying...

QUOTE(Soxfest @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 11:39 PM) http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news...=.jsp&c_id=cws If KW really thinks he accomplished 3/4 of his off season goals already his main goal must be 90 losses. There is no reason to panic until Foghorn Leghorn starts to tell you how speed doesn't slump and that Jerry Owens is a young Juan Pierre. For your amusement though, Santo was on WGN radio tonight and his insane ass is all over the Fukudome signing. Based on Youtube and what some fool told him, his arm is just as good if not better than Clemente. Thanks Santo, you typify their sillyness. The signs of "its going to happen" are going to be back. I almost hope they make it to the world series, just so we can have the Tigers, Indians, Yankees, Red Sox, or Angels put a major league beatdown on them.

QUOTE(sayitaintso @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 11:33 PM) Akinori Otsuka-R-Rangers Dec. 13 - 12:29 am et Rangers non-tendered RHP Akinori Otsuka and outfielder Nick Gorneault. The Rangers are setting Otsuka free even though the reports back from his rehabilitation have been positive. With the way the relief market has blown up, it would have been worth the risk to pay Otsuka $4 million, especially since they still would have had him under control for 2009. This makes C.J. Wilson the current favorite to close for the Rangers, though the team figures to consider Octavio Dotel and maybe a couple of other options. Related: Nick Gorneault, C.J. Wilson I heard last year that we were interested in aquiring him, so do any of you think that there is a chance we go after him for some additional pen help? We should pick him up in a heartbeat. Then Trade some of the "fireballers" for a bag of crap for all I care.

Have you informed Greg and the rest of the hitters that we live in the midwest and its relatively cold until late May. I understand that they were a bit shocked at the fact that April is cold in Chicago. What management training have you provided Konerko and Dye as you have included them in on your personnel decisions over the last few years. Have you identified any premier young talent you wish to acquire when they reach the age of 33.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 05:01 PM) Does it scare anyone else that Pods and Erstad are still out there? If either are picked up for starters as say a plan -Z.9 then Kenny shouldnt show up to soxfest. It will get ugly.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 12, 2007 -> 04:18 PM) Cowley's blurb this morning said the Sox envisioned Fuku in LF. Fields and Gio for Bay would be the worst trade in the history of this franchise. I'd rather have Fields than Bay right now. Cowley is the new bombarder. His accuracy rate is far worse than the previous bombarder Bruce Levine. Take anything he says with a grain of salt.