That funky motion

Bruce Wolf brought this up on Fox this morning. He also followed it up with,no one went there before,this will make it worse. Jerk!!!!

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jan 17, 2006 -> 01:42 PM) I'll still maintain Podsednik gets horrible reads out in LF. If you've ever watched him closely in person--and I gather many of you have--you can attest to his poor reads. I'm sure it helps that he is one of the faster players in baseball, but, I don't really know if we can call it "make-up" speed. He seemed average last year. I'm hoping he'll improve, but, if we get the 2005 version of Podsednik in LF again, we should still be in good shape. He's more than adequate. I agree! I had ticket in left and complained about this all year. However I do believe he got a lot better as the year went on.

If you like hockey,you have to love this man!

I just like to say Bubba.

I think the big thing here is Pods got better,as the year went on. I dont know if he was working with Rowand or what but,he looked 50% better at the end of the year and playoffs. I had tickets in left fiedls all year and reads were like night and day. Now you add Mackowiak to back up at third,and Thome to back up first. I dont know about you guys but Timo at first,and Blum at third I would'nt call great D. I think we got better. I also dont think Dye was all that most of the year,that will most likely improve!

QUOTE(Beauty35thStreet @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 11:14 PM) Without that win, would we have spanked them in 3 and 4? YES!

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 12:36 PM) I don't consider those 2 homers as an indication of anything. Basically, you had a AAA hitter tattoo a AAA pitcher. That AAA pitcher made everyone else look like fools!

We need leftys in the minors also,so I'm sure he is just a body for for that. If he works out great,if not we can use him in the minors.

I expect to see Tejada traded on Monday.

After reading that,I would say it has a better chance of happening then not!

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jan 5, 2006 -> 12:39 AM) I wouldn't call it dumb at all. Seo will be a very solid back of the rotation starter with potential for more. Also will be two seasons until he even hits arbitration I believe. Agreed!

I like Mets also. Just dont let Boone on the field. I also wondered why they traded Seo,I liked him a lot.

QUOTE(drowninginflame @ Jan 3, 2006 -> 03:12 PM) What do the sox and bobby brown have in common? they both beat the s*** outta houston

QUOTE(quickman @ Jan 4, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) Your chances of winning are with better players. We won last year despite our team. Sorry that is the truth. Everything went right, just like our playoff team in 2000. By the way its the first time in like 90 years that we won. Don't think it can be repeated without better players. As far as budget, I will let the org figure that out, I need not worry about team budget, we are not the GM's or the owners. I will say, if we get tejada I do think it will increase season ticket holders and our chances to win the division this year, don't you think? I agree! Tejada comes cheap!Season tixs,and jerseys will go through the roof.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 12:23 PM) Despite what the Kool-Aid drinkers think, Jeter has always been a very good defensive SS. Certainly not on Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel's level, but still an excellent defensive player. The only thing that Uribe has over Jeter is youth. He just went from GREAT to very good in one page! Big difference!!

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) I agree that he's overrated, just like everyone else in the eye of the NY media. That doesn't mean that he's not a great defensive player, though. He's at least as good as Uribe (I'd argue a little better) with a much better bat and more clutch plays in the post-season. Jeter dreams about getting to balls that Uribe can.

QUOTE(Ozzie Montana @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 08:23 AM) Yesterday, when I was listening to Baseball 365, they said that Prior's agent stated in the newspaper that Prior was never even included in this talk for Tejada. Does that mean Bruce was lying to us?

At least I get to see that lost look on his face,everytime he srikes out! :puke

Happy New Year!!! Be safe everyone!!! We need everyone here to cheer on our Sox next year!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Dec 30, 2005 -> 08:52 PM) And then I don't want ship off Uribe. The guy dropped Boras and signed a good deal with the Sox. He plays hard as hell, and might even be a better defender than Tejada. He almost single-handedly ended the World Series for the Sox on top of that. I don't like getting attached to players, but after this possibly scenario, the Sox have replaced a whole lot of last year's team in one offseason. I'm all for improving the team, but that just worries me a lot.

Miguel Tejada Trade: Update Some more quality details on the possible Miguel Tejada trade: First issue: White Sox payroll. My source is saying that adding Tejada would not be a problem - the team's board of directors are willing to take the payroll up to $105 million. Should the Orioles accept one of their offers, they'll still have flexibility for more additions at the July trading deadline as needed. Second, the Astros are definitely in talks for Tejada. Interestingly, their proposal does not involve Brad Lidge. Their offer consists of a position player and a pitching prospect. Unfortunately, that's all the info I have on that one. A little speculation: Chris Burke, Jason Lane, or Willy Taveras could be the position player in question. I have to think the pitching prospect would come off their top ten list, and could be Jason Hirsh or Troy Patton. From MLB trade rumors. Sound like someone has been reading this thread!!!

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Dec 30, 2005 -> 06:04 PM) i read all 20 pages of this thread and 3 were devoted to tony batista. unacceptable. and now another one has started!

A buddy of mine just hopped the fence in the back,and snagged a pair!

Merry Christmas! Our Christmas card this year,had our little girls head,in the Paulie cut out at the cell. In the inside it read"Bah Humbug said the Cub fans,Christmas came early to the Funky motion household this year."

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 11:24 AM) The Dallas Stars have 6 people participating in the Olympics. That's pretty good for one NHL team. Rangers have 9!!!