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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.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 08:57 AM) And welcome to Thursday for me (well just about anyways). What's the future like?

I actually enjoy flying so maybe I'm not the best to give advice but the first things to pop into my head were just put on some headphones and close your eyes.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 07:04 AM) Well I mean you could always sign Pierre to play LF (gulp) and you don't have to move Contreras to the Rangers, so you have 5 starters that way. Instead you could try to move Fields to say pick up a very good reliever and a good young arm or 2. e.g Fields for Carillo and Scott Cassidy Well I will say one thing, I really hope we trade Fields this offseason. I don't think his value is going to be much higher and I want Joe around, I don't want Fields taking his spot as I just think it's going to take Josh a long time to adjust to major league pitching and I just don't see him being a great hitter either. The one thing you said in this thread that really sticks out to me is trading one of our starters to Texas. Whether it's for a John Danks or maybe a Michael Young. The Rangers are definitely an interesting team that I can see us matching up with pretty well. As far as the bullpen, I'd like us to trade for another right hander that could pitch late in a game(Linebrink or one of the Astros trio for example) and then, yes I'm joining this bandwagon, sign Kerry Wood to an incentive ladin deal if at all possible. I'd love to have Wood in our bullpen, the only thing that would scare me here is if Ozzie got some crazy ideas and wanted him to start eventually. Now obviously everything changes if we could actually trade for Alex, there's a lot of different options for our team because we got something that almost no one else has and that's 6 starting pitchers with at least some amount of trade value. Once again, it's going to be a fun offseason.

L O L http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1710927/...tag:parishilton

The problem with your scenario dbaho, is we just can't go into the season without a 5th starter. Also, out of the 3 sluggers Kong is the one I'd least like to move because of the fact imo he's more of a sure thing than Dye and Thome and he's signed at a very reasonable price over the next 4 years. Absolutely no reason to trade Konerko imo.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 18, 2006 -> 03:57 AM) Two for the price of one. Ever tried Fat Tire amber ale? Whatcha think? Do you use the word a-hole to mean stupid or a jerk? Nope Jerk

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QUOTE(BobDylan @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 10:48 PM) ^^^^^ SoxTalk hype on Podsednik's defense. lol, ok.

Ross Gload would be better than Pods out there in left field. Not a question in my mind.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Oct 17, 2006 -> 05:25 PM) My worse case scenario is that we get Pierre in CF and Pods is back in LF due to Ozzie loving the slappy speedsters at the top. Oh boy that OF wont throw anyone out. Ok, that's not even funny.