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now that they have a cap, the only things left to do to fix hockey are smaller goalie pads, bigger ice, more area behind the net, and to contract unnecessary teams (Florida Panthers, Atlanta Thrashers, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks to name three. seriously, do you need 2 hockey teams in the Los Angeles area?).

QUOTE(THOMAS_KONERKO_BACK2BACK @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 05:45 PM) Ya i no that but its all confusing and plus id liek to have lieka really cool one like some of u guys have that people made i was wondering how i could get one. oh well there I can't help you out. unless you want to start a fan club. that can be done quite easily, as I have started my own. no other members, though.

QUOTE(THOMAS_KONERKO_BACK2BACK @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 05:35 PM) HEY I need help with my singnature> DO you guys have people that can make them for me or something. IF u guys could hook me up ti would be greatly appericatied!! go to "My Controls" near the top and "Edit Signature" on the side.

80%, forgot opening day and the end of Garland's streak.

sounds good to me. I'll follow suit. welcome to Soxtalk.

QUOTE(bigredrudy @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 09:52 AM) The dimensions of the playing field at the Cell are ludicrous. KW considered moving the fences back at the Cell and he should have. This is not baseball we are watching but softball at a church picnic. As originally constituted the dimensions were OK but have you seen all the homeruns dropping in the bullpens. Tony Clark and Shawn Green did not even hit the balls squarely. It was OK when it was cold but now forget about it. I do not enjoy watching games where they are decided by lazy pop flies-17 homeruns by the DBacks. Come on! OK, now you've just gone too far. I still like to refer to it as Comiskey.

the way I see it, unless they want a pitcher in our minor league system not named Brandon McCarthy, this trade shouldn't happen. we need Cotts and Politte, our bullpen isn't much at all without them. besides, he's on the downside of his career and a huge beneficiary of Fenway. his batting average at Fenway this year is .343, and away it's .230. last year his average at Fenway was .344 and at US Cellular it was .231. so I'd say hold off in Mueller.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 10:30 AM) Do they even have enough money to get that free agent! I said the 2006-07 season, the one after next. QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 15, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) Not this year. This year they have only small amounts - I think they have an option on Divac, but just about everyone else is signed.. Next year they get Brian Grant's contract off of their heads (and a couple of other people), and he's making nearly as much as Kobe, so that will free up a fair amount of cash. Kobe and Odom are also making a ton. That team was about $20 million over the salary cap last year, so even then, they're not going to have much room. thanks for clearing it up for me.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ May 26, 2005 -> 03:12 PM) Resigning 1 player for 7 years and $17 mill or so a season, especially considering he is a career .353/.489/.842 hitter is not only financial suicide for $60 mill payroll team(let alone a $35-45 mill team such as the Royals), but it kills what you can do with a team too. I know Glass should spend more on the team, but he doesn't, because you have to realize that the last time he opened the pocket book a little was last year...a year they lost 104 games. I'm about two weeks late to looking at the replies after I thought my thread had died, but who exactly did they sign? Juan Gonzalez and Benito Santiago? not exactly prime free agents, and nobody from the 2003 team showed up for 04.

for Gooch's stance, I use Klesko's, I think it looks similar is all. and in dynasty, I don't know if this hurts the integrity of it, but I just turn off fair trades and make the moves that were made in real life.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 02:50 PM) Wouldnt trading Dye present the same problems as trading for Omar Vizquel, since he was signed as a free agent this past off-season? Wouldnt Dye have to approve the trade etc... And counting on Griffey to stay healthy is one thing, telling him to become a complete hitter again is a completely different animal. Just say no to Griffey. ps. VA, who skewered you? you asked the sites opinion on your trade idea and got it. I didnt see everyone ripping into you badly or calling you stupid. I said trading Dye would be the only way this trade would make sense. if we can't trade him, it wouldn't happen. he can be a complete hitter, but he'd have to sacrifice the power. instead of hitting 30-35, it'd be 20-25. not a terrible idea, but there are better moves to be made.

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 02:43 PM) I guerntee the Lakers dont make the playoffs next year! that may be the worst guaruntee ever, since they were in it until the last few weeks this year with no coach or team concept. but they won't be championship contenders until the 2006-07 season, when they'll have been able to pick up a key player in free agency.

if Dye were shipped off, and Griffey would stop trying to hit homeruns every swing and went back to using the whole field and letting the homeruns come naturally, this would be a good trade. risky, but good.

wow, don't you all realize this is the BEST thing to happen to Kobe and the Lakers? Jackson will bring with him the triangle, and although Kobe hates it, now Lamar Odom and the others will be used. they will play more as a team, unlike this past year in which every Lakers offensive possession was made up of five separate games of 1-on-1. plus Kobe is the #1 guy now, so he has lost the inferiority complex and will listen more than he did in 2003-04.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 12:58 AM) Randa's most telling stat. BA with runners in scoring position and less than two outs .294. With 2 outs..... .381. Keep Uribe at SS, put Joe and 2 on the bench, and get Randa. Uribe will come out of it, and Randa can keep the offense going and drive in runs when men are on instead of King to strand them. Joe Credes stats with men on and less than 2 outs .250 and with 2 outs its .125. the more I hear about Randa, the more I'd like to see him here. he's a proven hitter that uses the whole field and he won't be a liability defensively at third. the Reds only signed him to a one-year deal, so if KW is looking to trade for him, I'm all for it, because he is the best fit in my opinion.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 10:51 PM) You're thinking of the wrong guy. damn, they all look the same to me.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 10:49 PM) Is it just me or does every time a Flubbs fan open up his yap he has to close it right back up again and sulk away in defeat? the bartender really should have thought that one through.

QUOTE(traydragen @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 10:45 PM) Well I will be nice and be the first one to welcome you whitesoxmanager. well that's too bad, because someone already welcomed him in here. you're the third, the one nobody remembers. Nelly never said anything about #4, so WELCOME TO SOXTALK!

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jun 12, 2005 -> 07:46 PM) I've never been in an earthquake before. I don't know if I really want to either, but I'd like to see how it feels. I saw something, somewhere a few years back that simulated what it feels like. I didn't try it, and nobody I was with did either. so I guess I haven't really been much help, though I did just add to my post count. #229.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 10:38 PM) Did anyone notice the author's play on words in the title. Brilliant. let me go back and check it... clever. very clever.

QUOTE(whitesox91403 @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 01:56 AM) I don't want to knit pick, but I believe Roberts played for his dad at North Carolina. he did until his dad was fired. then he went to South Carolina, but I think was All-American at NC too.

I remember back in late April/early-to-mid May, on the 20 min BBTN the only mention the Sox game got was Dye's homerun on Touch 'Em All.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) Middle reliever rarely, if ever, make the All-Star team. The only time I can remember it happening is Jeff Nelson, Paul Quantrill & Shigetoshi Hasegawa. That's only three that I can remember. Cliff has done a great job. I'd rather he rest his valuable arm for the stretch drive. Brendan Donnelly did in 2003, but from April thru July he gave up 4 earned runs in 31+ innings. Politte is deserving, and I'd like to see him used in more important situations, but he probably won't make it.

mine's Josh Paul, only because he's my running joke for video games endorsed by MLB players. after playing Ken Griffey Jr.'s game on N64, I said there should be Josh Paul Baseball 2003. it would be a normal game, except he'd be unstoppable, and in simmed seasons he would always break every offensive record, and in the next season he would break his own record. I've promised myself if I'm ever a fledgling Major Leaguer, I will come out with my own video game.

Sports Illustrated had something about the lenses 2 or 3 weeks ago. the only one that had the big improvement was Roberts, and Roberts had been steadily improving since he came up. he had been an All-American at South Carolina, and hit 50 doubles last year, so I really wouldn't attribute his success this year to the lenses. as for AJ, someone before me said he's not hitting better, just with more HRs.