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well kenny made deicison he will be making trades and is done with 2007 team per the score

just enjoy the rumors right now because with 10 teams looking into him someone will overpay and kenny will get what he wants.. so this could be awhile before anything is done

Well... you might be suprised what happeneds here.. I remember hearing yesterday sox not only taking offers for buerhele.. so if sox unload contreas or garland ... sox might give buerhle what he wants.

today we might not lose a game... yes for rain

Memo to Sox: Pay Buehrle or pay dearly June 23, 2007 White Sox fans looking for good news in the wake of Friday's 5-1 loss to the Cubs might want to consider this: A source close to Mark Buehrle said Friday he was "99 percent sure" the pitcher would be in a Sox uniform next season. "Well, that might be a little high," the source conceded. "But Mark's agent has been talking to someone. Whether it's Ken Williams or Rick Hahn, I don't know, but there have been discussions." Friday, Carlos Zambrano was the talk of The Cell, quite correctly. He struck out 12 Sox and limited the hosts to three hits over eight innings in improving to 8-6. Buehrle, meanwhile, fell to 4-4 despite lowering his ERA to 3.39 after a seven-inning stint in which he allowed just four hits -- two of those going for solo homers in the first inning and accounting for the only runs he gave up. This, while suffering from "flu-like symptoms," a Sox spokesman said, during the game. A dehydrated Buehrle left the ballpark without comment, though another gritty effort spoke volumes about why the Sox can ill afford to go into next season without him. The Cubs would seem to be in the same boat with Zambrano, but with an ownership in flux and a pitcher straddling the line between brilliant and bonkers, you can almost excuse the stalled contract talks on the North Side. The Sox have no such excuse. And while they might have sought to suspend talks in fear they might distract from a pennant race, they ought to realize Sox Nation could use all the distractions it can get at the moment. As an organization, they believe in winning with pitching and within a budget. They can't possibly believe they can get a pitching staff to be both better and cheaper without Buehrle. To put it another way, if the Sox traded Buehrle for prospects, they'd end up either packaging those prospects with others to trade for a front-line starter, or hope to find a reasonably priced veteran on the free-agent market. Why not just make a fair offer to Buehrle now? Why not figure, if Javier Vazquez is worth three years and $34.5 million -- a deal he got in March -- that Buehrle is worth four years and $60 million? Frankly, $15 million a year is the right number for Buehrle. It would make him the highest-paid player on the team (by $1 million, over Jim Thome), which he deserves to be based on tenure and production. But it would leave him a bit short of top pitching money in the majors, which lacking a Cy Young or a 20-win season, he hasn't earned. A Sox source conceded Friday there has been an "ongoing dialogue" with Buehrle's agent, Jeff Berry, but said those discussions could not be characterized as negotiations. Again, why not? Because Williams is holding out hope for a "market correction" that would enable him to get Buehrle for less than the going rates established last year by Barry Zito's seven-year, $126 million deal with San Francisco. And because Berry has made it clear he would like Buehrle to test the open market, leading to the decision to suspend negotiations during the season. Of course, both sides like to leave the impression that it is the other camp which really prefers not to negotiate. But if Buehrle, as he claims, truly wants to stay with the Sox, he should suggest they make him an offer now. If the Sox can resist the temptation to lowball him, they should take him up on the offer -- and he may make it worth their while. Reiterating sentiments Buehrle expressed last winter at SoxFest, the source confirmed Buehrle has not ruled out giving the Sox a hometown discount. "That has been discussed (within the Buehrle camp)," the source said. "Mark wants to stay with the Sox." Buehrle shouldn't need to squeeze every last dollar out of this opportunity to afford a lovely standard of living in Lemont, where he resides during the season. Nor should the Sox stick to what has been a blanket policy regarding pitchers' contracts since the days of Jaime Navarro. Buehrle is only 28 years old. He has a history of health and durability lacking in many pitchers who left the Sox in the recent past to find their fortunes elsewhere. He also helped bring Jerry Reinsdorf a World Series ring -- and helped bring all those gate receipts into the park that should be going for something a little more exciting than Jose Contreras and Vazquez as your Nos. 1 and 2 starters in 2009. "Be equitable for everyone," the source said, "and everything will work out." It would be nice, in this season, if something did. Phil Arvia

nothing is immient and nothing was even discussed. Reported they want to get deal by monday. The cubs are also looking at Gagne. So no theirs nothing to report of jones to sox.

im not even ask about this. I will rather see owens, Dye, Mackowiak, Anderson, in outfield before I even think about trading for jones

what you think kenny is doing? seriously, give it time and yes the team will be very different next year. Alot of teams are going fight over Buerhle and kenny going weight out all his options.

can't wait for pods come back and pods make diving grab in left. hawk" looks like Pods still hurt".... " god danmit"

welcome back owens

General manager Ken Williams usually sends his scouts on missions at this time of year, seeking the right player or players to put the Sox at the top of the American League Central. The latest loss, however, gave the former Stanford wide receiver more of a reason to run a reverse and dispatch his pro scouts to the minor leagues for younger talent. Tuesday, Williams wouldn't reveal the current location of Dave Wilder, one of his top talent evaluators. Bill Scherrer, one of Williams' special assistants, was in Seattle this week. But it has become more evident that opposing teams, such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, are hovering over the Sox's potential trade pawns, such as right fielder Jermaine Dye. As the possibility of the Sox becoming sellers becomes greater, so does the chance for position changes.

Like Bob uecker would say to this being big series for sox " I think I will go wet my pants".

," Williams said. "I can't recall a stretch, at least within the last seven years, that we've played this poorly. advertisement STORY TOOLS: print send blog LIKE THIS STORY? "And I'm comfortable that the players are continuing to fight. ... I think we can stand behind them as long as it makes sense to stand behind them. ... When it slaps you in the face too that OK you're still in that mode, you'd better reassess and possibly redirect things." Williams declined to be specific about the possibility or re-signing Buehrle. Buehrle passed on a new deal in the middle of last season, one that reportedly guaranteed more than $30 million over three years. Buehrle, who threw a no-hitter earlier this season, is hearing trade rumors. "People text me saying, 'I heard you are going there or I heard you are going here.' It's kind of funny because of all the rumors you hear," Buehrle said. Asked if he could envision being traded, he said: "Yes and no. I can see why I would be, the way we are playing and the baseball side of it. But then again I want to spend my whole career here."

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another move will be made today but it didnt say whether was through trade or free agency but it will be a small to public but a plus internally. You can find this on confrence call on whitesox.com site.

Watch kenny deny the rumor tommrrow in the tribeune.

Kenny has the advantage in any trade with one of our starting pitchers being it. Since free agency for cost of a start will be too high kenny will sell it off that whoever intrigues him the most will get one of the starters.

per rotoworld Cliff Pollite has been released

06/22/2006 4:29 PM ET Commissioner disciplines Ozzie Guillen for comments ADVERTISEMENT print this page | e-mail this page Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig today fined Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen an undisclosed amount and ordered him to attend sensitivity training for making offensive comments. Commissioner Selig said: "On Tuesday night, Ozzie Guillen used language that is offensive and completely unacceptable. Baseball is a social institution with responsibility to set appropriate tone and example. Conduct or language that reflects otherwise will not be tolerated. The use of slurs embarrasses the individual, the club and the game."

per espn news guillen fined uncertain amount and will have to attend senistivity training for comments towards Jay Mariononti

It's time start up signs and everything for this.... Just like for scotty Pods making all star game.. time get rid of him

Roy Halladay will get extra rest before reportedly making his next start Monday against the Red Sox. Hallaway was originally expected to go against the White Sox Sunday, but the combination of added rest and a division rival made the decision for the Blue Jays

Hey scosica read this; Escobar not exactly a card-carrying fan of Pierzynski February 28, 2006 BY JOE COWLEY Staff Reporter TUCSON, Ariz. -- White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski is used to hearing that he's disliked. So when he heard Monday that Los Angeles Angels pitcher Kelvim Escobar was the latest to voice his displeasure with him, Pierzynski didn't blink. Asked by an Angels reporter about a Pierzynski baseball card that a teammate put on his locker, Escobar said he never was a fan of Pierzynski's. "No way,'' Escobar said. "[i've] never been [a fan] since he played in Minnesota.'' Coincidentally, Escobar was on the mound when Pierzynski reached first base in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series after a controversial ninth-inning strikeout, setting up the winning run. While Escobar said he never spoke to Pierzynski, the two had words in that game after Pierzynski flied out to right field in his first at-bat against the reliever. Escobar noticed Pierzynski shaking his head after the pop out and said to him: "You think you missed it? Get it next time.'' "I hit a fly ball to right and I was walking off the field, shaking my head, and he said, 'Oh, you just missed that one -- ugh, ugh, ugh,''' Pierzynski said. But Pierzynski didn't seem bothered that Escobar wasn't a fan of his. "Oh, well. What can I do?'' Pierzynski said. "Tell him turn the page.'' Pierzynski also pointed out that he has a Brett Tomko baseball card hanging above his locker. Tomko is the one who labeled Pierzynski a "clubhouse cancer'' when the two played together in San Francisco.

Im just going say this it's long season and were still in April

three in a row quality starts. vasquez, buerhle, and garcia today. lets hope this is signs to come this year