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QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 05:22 PM) Question, of the guys the Sox have....who do you think they would have to trade to pry Brandon Wood away from the Angels? Shortstop prospects like that are few and far between. The Angels have OC for another 3 years (at $24 million), and may be willing to part with him. The 20 year old who hit over 40 homers in high A? Don't think he's going anywhere.

Mine is even more ghetto. I just took a picture of the Sox logo on my hat and made it the background.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 15, 2005 -> 10:54 AM) ANOTHER OFer? What for? A lot of us were thinking DH. Or he could take over in right if Konerko left and Dye moved to first.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 14, 2005 -> 09:40 AM) I'm actually of the opinion that he could put up a .290/.335/.500 season next year - it'll be his 28 year old season, and he's bound to peak somewhere. I just hope the Sox are not fooled by it and move on to the next 3B option when he's up for free agency (2008, I believe). If Crede put up a line like that I'm almost certain he'd get a 3/4 year deal.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 09:01 PM) Ok, I used a different program. No silly little text over the middle of the screen... Also, I cut the filesize down to about 10MB. http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LLUQSE...R43OKX1LUOCV9CD That was f***ING AWESOME. Best vid yet. Cutting to Rooney and Farmer mid-song was a perfect touch!

Sometimes I wish I just became a fireman.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) I am going to go out on a limb and say $85 million is the lowest that our 2006 payroll will be. With a 20% attendance increase, on top of a large ticket price increase, plus at least two playoff rounds, there is some cash to be spent. Don't doubt it for a minute. If we play one or two more LCS games at home, and make it to the World Series, we could realistically be looking at a $100 million payroll for 2006. I agree with you completely. I calculated that the attendance increase plus home playoff games has generated at least an extra $15 million revenue IN TICKET SALES ALONE compared to 2004. If we make it to the World Series, that number exceeds $20 million.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 13, 2005 -> 12:23 PM) I'd say no for two reasons: (1) The "Where would he play?" problem. He'd half to play LF, and Kenny and Ozzie think that Podsednik was the reason they won 99 games, instead of Garland (improvement), Contreras (improvement) and El Duque (passable 5th starter). There's no room for him in the OF. I was thinking he'd take over the Frank Thomas role at DH. He can spell Konerko at 1B or Pods in LF. Podsednik is one of the last reasons we won 99 games, if you don't count the fact that his rock-bottom salary enabled us to sign several other players we wouldn't have with Lee. What I really wanted to know is can we put together a package that Cincy would be interested in without hurting us. I assume Marte would be one trade chip but I know little about positional depth of teams outside the White Sox. Maybe Rowand/Anderson would be the other piece?

Anyone think we have a realistic chance of making Dunn a member of this team next year?

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 11:49 PM) Nope. This idea is sinister. Pay for reruns. Blech. Or just pay $1.99 for 40 minutes of entertainment that you missed and don't want to wait months for. Seems like a much better deal than $0.99 for a 3-minute song.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 10:45 PM) Something i just noticed - Pierzynski started running after the extended arm call meaning he swung through it. I think AJ thought that he wasn't going to rule him out, and started running. AJ never saw the fist call. Another thing is that Paul flipped the ball back to the mound before the fist call.

Eddings is on ESPN now, good God this is hard to watch.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) Just to shed some light on this from an experienced plate umpire. Regardless of whether or not the ball hit the ground, the umpire ruled 'out.' An arm extended means strike 3, the fist means 'batter is out'. Once he does this, he CANNOT ask for help at all. He's out, regardless of whether the ball hit the dirt or whatever any other umpire says. I'll take it. Sox win. But this is the most ridiculous thing i've ever seen. If you are correct, tune in to the Baseball Tonight crew. You will get a good laugh at how bad they're butchering this rule right now.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 12, 2005 -> 07:04 PM) He had all of our guys practice bunting. Awesome. :rolly

Think we can trick Sabean into trading us Winn for Podsednik?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) As long as the proposed class also teaches about the Flying Spaghetti Monster theory of origins, we're all in good shape. That is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 11:48 PM) Timo focking Perez.....someone please shoot me :headshake :puke Has game-tying 3 run single against K-Rod and game-winning single against Shields on his resume.

Someone might want to notify Podsednik and Rowand that, when sac bunting a man from first to second, you bunt down the first base line. Little leaguers know this.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 03:49 PM) I'd agree the chances are slim, but what do you think are the reasons why the chances are slim? (1) Giles won't leave Cali; (2) The Sox won't let Konerko go; (3) The Sox wouldn't spend $40 million on a 35 year old (4) The Sox won't spend that money on anyone? Just curious. I actually see #1 as the biggest reason, followed by #2. I'd also agree with you that Giles' 36-38 year old seasons at the Cell would likely be better (sabremetrically, at least) than Konerko's 31-33 seasons. I see a mixture of 2 and 3 being the main reasons. A lot depends on what happens during the rest of the postseason. I'm pretty sure Paul wouldn't hesitate to sign with us if we made a competetive offer. In my mind, if PK gets a new contract, Giles is immediately out of the question. Part of me thinks Sox management would look at PK's stats, then at Giles stats, and not even realize that Giles is a better offensive asset than PK because of how badly the two parks skew the numbers. Giles had almost 11 (10.8 I think) more batting win shares than Konerko. His offense alone generated just under 4 more team wins. An aging Brian Giles is more productive and a better value than Konerko, I just highly doubt he would end up here.

Let me put it this way, I'd rather use $40 million to sign a 35 year old Giles as a DH rather than using it to sign a 30 year old Konerko as a 1B. The chances of this happening are slim to none.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) And if this organization wants to pencil in a player that has 1 career game at 1B as their starter for next year, be prepared to be very angry with them. That is not a move that you make after a successful year like this. That is a Royals move and i would lose alot of confidence in our managment if we use a stopgap like that. There is no reason to hold the team together with duct tape. The Oakland A's did exactly this after winning 102 games in '01. They made Hatteburg their '02 full-time firstbasemen with no experience. They went on to win 103 games.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 11, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) (1) Give Anderson 200 at bats as a 4th outfielder Get ready to hear it from Randar...

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 11:45 PM) There's a reason why the Angels won the season series 6-4. I like to tell myself it's because Timoniel started one of the games at first base.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 10:59 PM) Pauly .283/40/100 Matsui .305/23/116 PK -- 134 AB's w/ RISP 'Zilla -- 182 AB's w/ RISP