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QUOTE(Reddy @ Jan 4, 2008 -> 04:20 AM) this is me eating crow. i truly didnt believe that this election would defy history but it did - people came out, the youth came out, the independents came out. congrats Obama. but lemme tell ya, we're not done yet. I'm headed to New Hampshire tomorrow to work my ass off. if we can get 2nd in NH and knock off clinton it's a whole new ballgame. uh oh, sounds like the dean speech, watch the yelps.

he can do that fresh soulja boy dance

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Jan 4, 2008 -> 03:13 AM) Sadly, I think yes. will you guys get off this, he's always going to say things like this. let me make it clear to you all: every year, KW will say this "were out to win a championship THIS YEAR" but does he believe it? I think there is a reason he got a young OF with a 5 year contract.

OT. I doubt we win. last two minutes have been this: dribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledr bbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribbledribb edribbledribbledribbledribble BAD SHOT!

WHY WAS THAT A SHOT GORDON?

glorious news.

now, what will it take to get him back?!?!?!? /green

buerhle?

QUOTE(TheKillerB's @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 10:25 PM) The only reason I voted yes on this is because somehow Kenny Williams traded Gio twice and received Thome and Swisher in return. Even if Gio does pan out, that alone is semi-impressive. that's a funny point, though, he has not been the centerpieces in the deal.

if it could've landed bedard it would've.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:12 PM) can I get a link of where he said that? If we got some of the LA scouts, I'd have a little more faith... LA=latin america, sorry.

QUOTE(juddling @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 09:11 PM) I'm not saying Santana is going to be a Cy Young winner but i think he could be a nice #3 or #4 guy which would fit well with MB and Javier. Besides....apparently it's a forgone conclusion (reading this board) that both Danks and Floyd are going to suck so you have to have someone pitch....and as an added bonus..I'd like to see Figgins in CF and at the top of our lineup. 1.Figgins 2.Cabrera 3.Thome 4.Dye 5.Swisher 6.Crede 7.A.J. 8.Fields 9.Richar/Uribe why'd we trade for quentin then?

but what a stud.

we've also redone the entire scouting dept. from what 29&poplar has told us, including spending much more money on LA scouting.

yeah but, he's not ready/may not be good.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 08:59 PM) Let me preface this by saying I dont want Owens in the lineup. The bantam weight speed guy is one of the annoyances of this team. But you build a team around balance. Building a team that has power in the middle of the lineup, followed up by a lot of guys who can hit doubles would play very well at this park. Having a large amount of high power, high strikeout guys make for some really nice 11 run games followed up by a 0 run, 2 hit, 12 strikeout corpseball effort where everyone is trying to hit the majestic home run when we need a single late in the game to drive in the guy from second. The wind from the bats missing the ball, and the players making the ooh I just missed it face when they fall to one knee after striking out on a low and away pitch makes me shudder. Dont worry, with Walk and the park Swish will hit himself some home runs. see, i agree if your power hitters are like crede that get you 25 dingers but are getting on at a .315 clip, but when they are getting on base + hitting power like we think quentin will do and know swish will do, it's a lot different type of player than the uribe and crede power hitters we had. Fields is that type of hitter, but i can tolerate it hitting 7th, you know.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 08:57 PM) Agreed. Santana may not have lived up to his potential, but I like him over Floyd in a second. so you are going to trade paul konerko for a pitcher that is slightly better than floyd? Come on.

wouldn't we all, bearsox? But we don't, and when we make a move like this to greatly improve a position on this team for the next 5 years, how is that different than having a all star potential OF waiting in the wings? I think in the next few years our new scouting dept. will have this team suited well to have impact players coming in about 2011. So i'm not worried about moving these spects for a legitimate hitter. The point of having a farm system is so you can nab guys like this. Now we have a legitimate OF for the first time since ... maybe 04 i guess. Now we have the #8 pick in the draft and a new scouting dept. what's the point of keeping guys that weren't that highly thought of anyways for a really good hitter?

honestly when you are playing in US cellular field why the hell wouldn't you build a power team?

and swisher gets on an incredible obp too, so who cares if he strikes out, like the difference between striking out and weakly grounding to 1b like erstad is much worse. He's got a good eye, k's are bad when they have bad batting eye's and are swinging outta the k zone. His k's are not a concern.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 08:47 PM) so, what's our lineup? 1. Cabrera, SS 2. Swisher, CF 3. Thome, DH 4. Konerko, 1B 5. Dye, RF 6. Fields, 3B 7. Pierzynski, C 8. Quentin, LF 9. Richar/Ramirez, 2B looks like we will live or die by the home run, once again. yeah man, i wish we had owens back in the lineup for some nice singles.

1. pete rose jr.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 08:43 PM) Because our SP is horrendous. so we get e. santana?

QUOTE(BearSox @ Jan 3, 2008 -> 08:42 PM) With Swisher we maybe beat out the Royals and Twins for 3rd place... but our rotation and bullpen suck, and our offense is just filled with power hitters who K a lot (but we did add a little extra OBP!!!!!!!) If we actually had a chance at competing, I would like this trade, as I think Swisher is a good player... but we just f***ed our selves up big time for the future as we have no farm system and don't have any future replacement for Konerko or Thome. miggy cabrera k'd 127 times last year...HE SUCKS

why would we want santana again?