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QUOTE(whitesoxmanager @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:27 AM) I will say it again you gotta know when is the time to NOT try to make the team better and just leave things the way they are... No matter how good your team is you always try making them better. When you stop trying to make the team better then you get passed by. Almost everyone here loved Arow but he was expendable and Kenny filled a hole that has been there for way to many years.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:30 AM) Okay, if Ozzie wants to split them up he could go with the following lineup: Podsednik (lefty) Iguchi (righty) Thome (lefty) Konerko (righty) Pierzynski (lefty) Dye (righty) Crede (righty) Anderson (righty) Uribe (righty) I just think Dye would be a much better #5 hitter than Pierzynski. But Thome will be our #3 hitter regardless of what the rest of the lineup looks like. You bat your best hitter third and that would be Thome. Konerko is a cleanup hitter and Dye is most definately not a #3 hitter. Are you Ozzie or something?? There's definitely a better chance that Thome bats cleanup and Dye or Paul hitting 5th compared to Thome batting 3rd and AJ batting 5th imo. Like I said, Ozzie loves breaking up the righties in his lineup and I don't see Aj hitting 5th, not a chance imho.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) Kenny Williams is the king of buy low, sell high. Look at the guys he has gotten, and when he got them. There was something in the paper yesterday how Kenny has said he wouldn't have been able to land Pods or Uribe if they had come off good seasons. That's something Kenny tries to do, find a player who might be coming off a bad season who he believes will bounce back in a big way. I still find it hard to believe that anyone could criticize Kenny about anything this offseason. Whether you believe it's a good deal or not he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:25 AM) I don't understand why people think that either Dye or Konerko (if we re-sign him) should or will be our #3 hitter. You guys realize that a healthy Thome will instantly be our best hitter, right? Thome has actually hit well in the 3-hole in his career. Konerko has barely done it and has been brutal there when he has. The lineup would look more like this. Podsednik Iguchi Thome Konerko Dye Pierzynski Crede Anderson Uribe Afterall, are you not going to put the guy with a .970 career OPS in the 3-hole? Ozzie loves splitting up the righties in the middle of the order when he has the opportunity and he's said so many times. There's a good chance Jim will hit cleanup next year.

QUOTE(JoshPR @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 11:55 PM) That's my problem this team goes out and wins the series and still has to manuvre under the JR salary Cap. Teams get themselves in trouble by adding payroll just because they can and making moves just because their fan base wants them to. JR is going to raise payroll a considerable amount but Kenny just isn't going to add payroll just because he can. That's not smart business.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 09:22 AM) That is the exact every day line up I would go with. I probably put Paul in the 3 slot, though like I told boz I understand completely why you made the lineup like that. It's so nice to just look at that lineup though and realize we finally have a left handed thumper...it's been a while.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 07:17 AM) Especially when Mr Bora$$ wants 5/50M for his client. That talented bullpen is also on the verge of losing their two best relievers.

Have a good one, everyone.

Hopefully we'll all get to see Aaron on the southside of Chicago in October next year.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 11:29 AM) You could flip him and Dye but I think at this point I want Dye hitting 3rd. Also gives us a Right-Left-Right-Left combo is why I put him 5th. He may or may not hit in that spot. Who knows. Something to ask ozzie at soxfest Right, like I said I understood where you were coming from with that idea. I just think you'll see Paul-Thome in some order in the 3-4 spots. However, Paul isn't exactly the normal number 3 hitter and Ozzie does love splitting up the righties in the middle of his order when he has the chance to. I'll be looking forward to your question at Soxfest...but will you actually ask this one unlike the Reed question you were supposed to ask last year?

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 11:17 AM) You could possibly see Uribe in the 2 hole if he showed any discipline, I just don't see it happening. All the talk about moving Iguchi down is nice and all, but for how great he was in that spot this past season, I just don't see why you would. If it's not broken, no reason to fix it. If we don't add Pierre or another player like Juan, Gooch is still going to hit 2nd. Also, I know why you put Pauly in the 5 hole but I don't see him batting 5th.

Just get Pauly signed. Giles in centerfield to replace Aaron is a huge downgrade. Lets get Paul resigned and our middle of the order becomes one of the better one's in baseball to go along with a great top of the order and oh ya...the best pitching staff in baseball.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 06:01 AM) Is stealing 16 bases really that big of a deal? Anderson has decent speed and that's really not a ton of stolen bases. Hell, Dye is slow and managed to steal 11 bases. Anderson has real good speed. The guy can honestly fly, when I saw him run in person it took me a bit by surprised, I knew he could run but I wasn't expecting him to be that fast.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 06:36 AM) That is the scariest part of the Thome deal...seeing Pods playing in CF. With that rag arm and some of his bad reads...things could get ugly fast. Pods isn't going to be in centerfield.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 12:48 AM) If KW hasn't earned your respect and trust yet, then there's nothing more to add. Bingo. The man overhauled a whole team last offseason and built them into a world series winner, he gets the benefit of the doubt no matter what he does this offseason.

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 06:09 PM) i really like thome, however now im curious as to who we put in center, so far i see pods in center dependin on who we get, id like pierre or ichiro but frankly i dont see it happening, somethin tells me we get a speedster that hits number two, based solely on what ive read in other threads and heard ozzie say There's a 0 percent chance Pods plays center this year.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 06:03 PM) I'm giving myself a pat on the back too. I said the deal would be done by the winter meetings a week or two ago Makes up for promising Randy Johnson last year, lol. You promised us Aubrey Huff at the trade deadline too.

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:58 PM) My guess that the Sox try and get Tony Womack. He has the speed you want and can play 2b and OF if needed. I just think this is what might happen even thought I think Willie Harris is a better player at this point and could become a Chone Figgins type player. Tony Womack won't be here. Like you said..Willie is a better player then Womack.

QUOTE(JimH @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:48 PM) Interesting. They'd still be missing the new #2 hitter, with speed, that Ozzie wants. My guess would be Bruce figured the Sox dont want Pierre cause he expected Aaron to be the main chip for Juan.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:27 PM) Then I am going to stretch and say something I did a few weeks ago - put Anderson and Owens (who I think is potentially an ideal 2-hole guy in the future) in a head-to-head for the starting CF job in spring training. Let them duke it out. Whoever loses, make them the 4th OF. I know, I know, Owens may not be ready. So if he loses, he loses. But I think it's worth giving him a shot. Not really, spring training doesn't mean all that much and Owens is still way to raw to be in the major leagues. Give him a year in Charlotte then we'll see what happens in 07.

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:25 PM) Personally, even though I should, I don't give KW any benefit of the doubt here. Until Thome produces, I will be pretty upset about A-Row being moved. The man changed the whole face of the team last offseason and built this team into a world series winner and you're not going to give him the benefit of the doubt??

QUOTE(Wanne @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:26 PM) How'd we add $4M...are you just assuming some arbitration figures? 4 million in this deal alone.

QUOTE(sayitaintso @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:09 PM) Since the sox just aquired Thome, do you guys/girls think that Paulie will be back with the sox to play first and have Thome DH or is Thome going to be our first basemen next season? To be honest I don't think it means anything either way. We only added 4 mill for this season so this deal just doesnt effect PK either way imo.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 04:52 PM) The team that really worries me about Kong is Boston. They have money to spend and I believe need a power bat, esp if Manny leaves... Kong won't be a Sawx, I'll guarantee you that.

I will miss you Aaron...a lot. I have a new favorite natinoal league team that is for sure. Thanks for everything.