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QUOTE(Heads22 @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 12:42 AM) I love my late night talks with row.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 22, 2006 -> 12:18 AM) I agree. The only team to hold the #2 team in the country under 300 yards this season sucks ass. Correct. Well I've seen them play in person and I've watched almost all of there games this season and they really are bad. They also haven't beat a decent team yet this season.

Iowa is awful.

If the Cards were going to win a game I thought it'd be this one. I expect Detroit to win the next 4.

Very interesting.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 20, 2006 -> 12:03 AM) Hillarious. What a great find, you rock.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 20, 2006 -> 12:43 AM) Ah, the Tigers winning the World Series prediction makes sense now. Rowand, please bet on the White Sox next year. Even if I wanted to bet on the Sox, I never could due to superstition/jinxing stuff. And yes, I really did believe the Tigers would win the World Series at the start of the playoffs, and obviously I still believe that now.

Boo, I posted this in the flying under the radar in the sportspub and it got no responses. But seriously, that article is really funny.

Congrats to the Cards but at most I see them winning one game, and I see CardsJimEdmonds15 lurking in this thread so I'm sure he'll have something to say. Congrats to you, but I just think the Tigers are the superior team. As for that Endy play, given the context of the game, easily one of the best plays ever. Like Tony said though, I honestly couldn't care less about these playoffs but I guess I will root for the Tigers because of the fact that I have 20 bucks on them to win it all.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Oct 19, 2006 -> 01:52 PM) McCarthy will not be our 2nd or 3rd best starter next year. I bet he will. I'm also one who usually expects youngsters to struggle early on but I think Brandon is very special(time number 3423432432 I've said that) and I expect him to be very good in 07.

QUOTE(BainesHOF @ Oct 19, 2006 -> 12:27 PM) Yeah, McCarthy was so valuable that Ozzie barely pitched him in meaningful situations. Ya well he's going to be starting this year and he's going to be one of our better starters(he'll be our 2nd or 3rd best starter next season) and he allows us to cut 8-10 mill in payroll. Like I said, he's way too valuable at this point.

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 19, 2006 -> 12:16 PM) Okay Mr. Signature Bet, what would you give up? To be honest, I just don't think we're a good fit with Seattle unless they'd want one of our veteran sp's and then a Josh Fields or a Sweeney or a Broadway. Trading Brandon is a no no, he's just too valuable to our club at this point. I'd absolutely love to trade for Ichiro, don't get me wrong, I just don't see us being a good match with the M's.

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 19, 2006 -> 12:14 PM) Seattle always needs younger guys. Sweeney, BMAC, Vazquez. Too much pitching giving up? Discuss. Way too much.

My friend came up with the idea and it's pretty fun to do if you have some time. You're building your own baseball team, you have the top 25 picks so you can take whoever you want and you have a 90 million dollar payroll(based on 06 salaries). It takes a bit of time to do, to make sure the salaries match and such but I had a good time doing it. So... What would your team look like? My team ended up being about 89 million, I'll post it later.

I figure some of you guys will enjoy this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pDY8PTh2Y

QUOTE(knightni @ Oct 19, 2006 -> 01:40 AM) So, pretty much, you're judging him on the body of work of 3 (4 including Giamatti) other men. Selig has had successful expansion twice, a team moving only once, profit sharing in the form of the payroll tax, decent parity, the 3 tier division with the very popular wild card. Many new stadiums, the All Star Game meaning something, exciting interleague play, record increases in baseball attendance following a work stoppage (which was the union's fault as much as the owners') and a 14 year period that saw 26 of 30 mlb teams make the playoffs. No other Commissioner can say these things. Good stuff there knight. I honestly was just going to mention the wild card cause imo that is one of the best things ever to happen to baseball.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 11:55 PM) The White Sox have one of the highest payrolls in the game. While I agree that replacing Podsednik is priority number one, finding at the very least a platoon mate as insurance for Brian Anderson in center is a close number two. We have a crap load of money already tied up. Brian is fine, getting a new left fielder is definitely priority number 1 when talking about the offense. After that there isn't a need at all depending on the Uribe situation.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 11:53 PM) How is Dye a better RFer than he is a LFer? And how is Ichiro pretty much the same despite never playing a MLB inning in LF? I was wondering the same thing. I guess people just assume you can move Ichiro around anywhere, that being said, we don't know that all.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 11:20 PM) Thanks guys. Slavko.... One of the best birthdays I've ever had since I have someone to share it with now. You know ima party all this week and next. Thanks to every poster here who are like distant brothers/sisters/mothers/fathers to me. Happy bday man.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 07:34 PM) What does the best recruit available in Germany equal these days? Maybe 8th in the big 12?

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 04:40 PM) Not if you die anytime soon. Well I'm planning on living at least a few more years.

It's good to know that when I die I can put a Sox logo on my casket.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 03:39 PM) Randy Moss would like to agree with you And that's really the only reason some people still think he's good.

Like I said about Carlos Zambrano, I'd kill to have Ichiro on this team. Like NSS said though, I highly doubt Seattle will part with him.

F'n Ridiculous.