Rex Hudler

I have been to 16 MLB stadiums, I think... Lots of good ones and many boring ones... Just a suggestion for a mid-summer trip.... Book hotel rooms dirt cheap through Priceline and book flights through Southwest when they have one way sales. If you route it right, you can hit 3 or 4 cities in as many days and do it cheaply on Southwest. I had three buddies ready to take a trip several years ago that would have put us in Detroit on Friday night, St. Louis on Saturday night and KC on Sunday afternoon and then back into Indianapolis Sunday night. Trip got cancelled because we couldn't get tickets in Detroit, of all places. This was around 1990 or so.

You are both right..... guys that hit the ball hard and don't have tremendous speed hit into more DP's. And trying to pull the wrong pitches definitely adds to it, especially if the hitter is good enough to still hit the outside pitch hard.

Any idea where that 57 ranks in the AL?

Somebody is bored today.....

I want to see where Carlos Lee fits into that list. My guess is he is pretty high as well.

I believe he already did that in a different thread, UNS. Check one of the prospect threads.

I had to change the last one to get it to work........ the others showed up, right?? On mine, I can now see all three.

Lauren Michelle-Hill again...... I found it funny she was on the cover of the Girls of Conference USA even though she was a cheerleader for an SEC school.

Lauren Michelle-Hill again.......

Lauren Michelle-Hill - Former Cheerleader at South Carolina & Playboy Playmate

Opal Anchel

I'm sure sales will go through the roof for that line.......

How do you figure saving $12 million? Do you just plan to non-tender Perez in 2005? He will be arbitration eligible one more year and will make at least $6 million or so, if not more. So the net savings would only be $6 million or less. That's still a nice savings, but no windfall.

Not Cincy, no. Can't see them doing it.

Which players do you feel are most deserving? Obviously Honel, Wing and Yan, but what others are most ready for AA in your mind?

I'll drink to that!

My man, I am relaxed, didn't you see the beers? lol I understand your premise, I just don't feel as confident as you that Griffey can stay healthy or be good enough to be a major box office draw.

Who cares if he brings a million or two extra in revenue in year one? That won't offset the $12.5 million salary. Everyone has said all season long that you can't give too much to one player and that with the Sox current payroll Maggs is too expensive at $14 million. Yet, the concept of adding another player at $12.5 million and one that is injury prone and on the downside of his career is a good one? C'mon Brando, time to change flavors of kool aid.

You gotta think big picture here....... Koch and Konerko are under contract with the Sox for a total of $23.125 million. Griffey is under contract for $62.5 million! Picking up Griffey would have repurcussions well beyond next season when Konerko is gone (barring being traded sooner). The idea of Junior patrolling CF for the Sox and being as good as he used to be with both the stick and the glove is a wonderful thought. But let's admit it folks, it's not gonna happen. He has been injured way too much, and grown older in the process. He may still fight his way back to a few good years, but don't expect a HOF type run from him like he did in the early to mid 90's. For an organization such as the White Sox, the risk is way too high for the potential reward in this situation.

Comparisons, to Belle as a player aside, the point was the length of the financial commitment and the possibility of a team eating such commitment without getting a player for the full term of it.

Yawn

I think you just said in 10 seconds what I have been trying to in 5 different posts. Thanks for getting straight to the point. LOL

The DIFFERENCE is the Sox would still be on the hook for $50 million dollars AFTER this season. That my friend is a huge difference that could indeed cripple this franchise financially 10x more than it is today. What if Griffey doesn't get hurt, but never gets back to superstar status? Are you willing to pay him that coin if he hits .275 with 25 HR and 80 RBI? I don't think so.

I don't know who the Wise Guys are, but my best guess is BOTH.

2000: $12.5M [$5.5M of 2000 salary deferred until 2009+] 2001: $12.5M [$6.5M from subsequent years deferred until 2009-2024] 2002: $12.5M 2003: $12.5M 2004: $12.5M 2005: $12.5M 2006: $12.5M 2007: $12.5M 2008: $12.5M 2009: Team option with $4.0M buyout The knee injury comment was just to show the risk involved. Do you really see the White Sox taking on that kind of commitment on a partly uninsurable player?