Rowand44

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 07:42 PM) Man a lot of you people seem to really think the Al is that much tougher than the NL. It really depends on the guy, I think for a lot of guys it's a huge factor but for some there is no effect at all. There are some guys who just cant pitch in the al but our studs in the nl, Jeff Suppan comes to mind. That being said, it's not that big of a deal for relief pitchers imo.

God, I would absolutely kill for Carl Crawford. Mccarthy is off limits though but if they wanted a package centering around Fields, um....hell ya.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) And to be honest, its not there fault. I have never watched BBTN for White Sox news/highlights. During the regular season, they probably watched a total of 25-30 innings of White Sox baseball. These guys have to cover 25 teams(Im sure they didnt see an inning of the Rockies, Royals, ect.. and thats not that easy. Fact of the matter is, 95% know more about the Sox then these guys, plain and simple. If you take BBTN for what it is, getting highlights from the days action, and finding out about who went where, its a good program. That's a good point and I do watch bbtn every night during the season for highlights. Their analysts could do a little more though, atleast before they say somethign without knowing what they're talking about, they can take the time to research the subject a little bit. Like you said though, I watch bbtn for highlights, not for analysis.

QUOTE(JimH @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 02:15 PM) Well that does it, let's call off the 2006 season. These guys get dumber and dumber. Harold and John have never even heard of Brian Anderson, I'll almost guarantee you that. That's what makes everything they say so funny, that's the main beef I have with espn, their analysts just dont do any research.

QUOTE(Sox Hustler @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 01:46 PM) Would I be cool if I had a Koch 44? Yes.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 01:16 PM) Theh craziest moment I remember from him at ISU was like a 53 yard TD run. Who starts at QB for Miami next week? I think Sage will get the nod.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 01:11 PM) Sage is the motherf***in' rage. ^

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) (Rowand44, you still suck) Why thank you.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 03:02 AM) It is said about ten times a year... really annoying if you ask me. If he really wants to go to the cardinals shut up about it until you are a free agent and then talk about it. That is the one thing that has always annoyed me about buehrle. It's not his fault he gets asked about it a million times a year. He's mentioned it by himself once or twice that he'd like to play there maybe a year or two with his career winding down, the other teams that he's talked about it has been because the media has asked him about it.

QUOTE(soxfan420 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 01:03 AM) 13 mill a year is not to bad but maybe im low balling him with increase in rev, and more support from the great people of chicago wouldn't now be the time to win back the city for good. You want to pay Damon more then Konerko? The sad part is, he might get something outrageous like that. See: Rafael Furcal.

Scott Boras.

QUOTE(SoCalSouthSider59 @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 12:42 AM) And on Jan. 10th, the best Cop drama ever to grace the airwaves, The Shield........ This and family guy are really the only two shows I watch all the time. Absolutely love the shield.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 12:22 AM) They were full of solid lines today. In fact, this whole offseason has been awesome for the most part. The Ponson thing was awesome, they took a shot at the A's for signing Loaiza(Jose Lima had a good outing in Winter Ball, and they suggested the A's were smart for signing Loaiza now because Lima's assured to get $8-9 mill a year based off of one winter league outing), and they took at shot at Sammy today when he said several teams are interested...something along the lines of "It's too bad most of them were from the Atlantic League." Roto(qwerty)world The Ponson line was absolutely hilarious.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) Are you saying that people who have a budget, resources, and time to research contacts and develop relationships within the organization know the same as you do? Where do you get your information? Yes Tex, cause they're in the middle of the negotiation process. They heard something from the ever so reliant Bruce Levine and started speculating and that's all they were doing was throwing numbers out there and speculating. Anyone here can throw out numbers and speculate as well, when this was being talked about on the show it was the first they heard of it and they just went on to talk about it, nothing more.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:53 PM) This Morrison guy isn't half bad , averaging 30ppg through 6 games now. He's got a great shot at NPOY. He's fun to watch. The guy is an akward player if that makes any sense. He dribbles funny, he takes off balance shots where I think he has no shot to even get the ball off and he just drains them some how. He's awesome, that's for sure.

97-93, wash. 1:06 left. Defensive struggle.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:37 PM) Did they get Mabry? A buddy of mine told me that, but it's not on their website. Yes they did.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:26 PM) I dont know but with their money troubles and aging roster I expect them to be less and less of a force in the coming years. That team is definitely a mess right now, they have a lot of work to do to get themselves back into the title picture imo.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:09 PM) Looks like the Cardinals are close to a 5 year, $50 million deal with A.J. Burnett. More bad news for Cubs fans after they lost out on Furcal. If Burnett can stay healthy, I'm very interested to find out what Dave Duncan could do with him.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:10 PM) They basically replaced Piazza with a slightly younger version of Piazza without the power. They could have just signed Bengie Molina or Ramon Hernandez and not given up the prospects. That's the part I don't understand. Molina is just an awesome defensive catcher(including handling a staff) and he would not have cost any prospects. Molina is also a solid hitting catcher, great in the clutch so he would have been a great pick up. Aw well, it's the Mets.

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 10:08 PM) This might be true, but its not like they got nothing in return. They got a pretty good prospect, and considering the fact that Lo Duca is 34 and his talent is declining, thats pretty damn good. He throws out 25% of the base runners who try stealing on him (hey, its an increase for Mets fans), and his defense isn't that great according to ESPN's scouting report (although they do think that Jeter is one of the best in the league, so they aren't always right). If he could hit, then ok, this would be a good deal for the Mets. But considering the fact that Lo Duca is old, bad at defense, and not special offensively, the Marlins got away with murder in this trade. He's brilliant at handling a pitching staff, which is the most important thing a catcher does imo. Like you said though they did get a pretty solid prospect and it's a fine deal, I'm just saying Marlins fans are tired of only getting pitching prospects in these deals, they want some positional spects.

QUOTE(mac9001 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:39 PM) I thought Travis Bowyer was supposed to have some real nasty stuff. The Marlins are looking at him as this years closer, no? He does and yes they are. Like I said in my last post, Marlins fans are getting kind of angry that they're only getting pitching prospects. Also, for Luis Castillo you should be able to get more then a relief prospect and another decent one.

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:37 PM) Lo Duca isn't even that great a player. Career .756 OPS, including only two seasons with an OPS over .732. The Marlins got the better of this deal, so no, I dont find this BS at all. Well most Marlin fans certainly don't think so. They're tired of getting pitching prospects. Lo Duca was also pretty liked and believe it or not stats and ops aren't everything especially when it comes to catchers.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:25 PM) Damn good site, I appreciated the email I recieved from them telling me to have a Happy Thanksgiving. Outside of here and other sox sites, it's my most visited baseball board.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 09:20 PM) I doubt the 95 existing Marlins fans really care anyways. WRONG. http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index.php?showforum=1