South Side Fireworks Man

I agree with the Sox not spending money for the likes of a Zito, Schmidt, Lilly, Meche, Marquis, etc. But when guys like Santana and Zambrano become available, and the Sox are drawing close to 3Mil fans, I would certainly hope the Sox would be competing for their services. KW is smart for not blowing his wad on mediocrity and he's also way ahead of the curve (as always) in dealing a Garcia for two young pitching prospects. But even KW says salary is no longer an issue, so when some real quality becomes available, I would expect KW and the Sox to be right in the mix with the money they didn't blow on a Lilly or Meche type pitcher.

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:33 PM) This should be a wake up call to some of the ridiculous trades that have been suggested on here. Yep. Everyone thought having a surplus of SP gave Kenny great leverage. But think about it, with the cost (salary wise) of starting pitching so high, who is going to give up good young cheap talent for a pitcher who they can't re-sign after one season?

QUOTE(fathom @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) Wow, there's no way it can be straight up. If so, what a disaster. LOL! If true, we didn't even get Rowand back as a throw in! The market for starting pitching is sure strong this offseason!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Nov 28, 2006 -> 11:07 PM) You realize that the Marlins are swimming in cheap pitching right now. So they really dont want Santana. Everyone wants (should want) cheap quality pitching.

OK, here's what the Sox do: KW trades Garcia and Crede to the Angels for Figgins and Santana. Then he flips Santana along with Fields and Anderson to the Marlins for Miguel Cabrera. Figgins in Left, Sweeney in Center and Dye in Right along with Cabrera at Third, Uribe at Short, Iguchi at Second and Konerko at First. Pierzynski Catches and Thome at DH. McCarthy moves into the rotation. Sox get faster, younger, cheaper and arguably better.

Maybe Uribe is to be included in a package to Toronto for Vernon Wells...

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Oct 24, 2006 -> 06:44 PM) Has Uribe ever played 3B? Yes. He's probably better than Fields too.

Crede, Garcia and Broadway?

Now Crede has to hit a home run because that's the only way Paulie and Thome can score.

Konerko better hit a home run this time. It's the only way Thome can score.

QUOTE(whitesox1976 @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:40 PM) This team has quit. I am starting to think that Ozzie might not be around next season. Best news I've heard all evening!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:35 PM) I can assure you 100% that their absence from the White Sox roster has nothing to do with this team finishing in 3rd place in the AL Central. 100%, huh? Wow. You know everything!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) Everett played his way off the Mariners, and the Phillies played a lot better after Rowand got hurt. Last year the pitching was awesome. This year its been bad until the last couple weeks . The offense was playing so over their heads, you knew a correction was coming at some point. Everett and Rowand helped lead the Sox to a World Championship in 2005. Everett's talents had been slipping the past few years and by 2006 it appears he's about through as a major leaguer. Rowand was doing pretty well in Philly but suffered two major injuries, one which ended his season. It's irrelevant what they did this year, the point is last year they were key members of the Sox and a major contribution of both of them was their fire, intensity and leadership both on and off the field. The Sox are lacking those qualities this year.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 21, 2006 -> 09:20 PM) AJP's been a dog this entire 2nd half of the season. Everyone keeps saying we need these "urgent" players like Rowand, etc. Isn't this what Ozzie is supposed to be good at? A.J's been one of the few guys to come up with some clutch hits in the last few weeks. Catchers usually do have a legitimate excuse of being "banged up" around this time of year. Ozzie supposedly was good at motivating players, but it turns out it was guys like Carl and Aaron that were more responsible for that than Ozzie. Our new "Captain" sure ain't the type, either.

This team sucks. Fire Ozzie.

Something told me it was over..... LOL!

QUOTE(greg775 @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 09:54 PM) At least watching this game gives me some closure. Maggs' nice catch in rf. Maggs' deep blast. The Tigers playing small ball early. Tigers' middle relief. They are better than we are and the Twins are way better. Wait til next year. p.s. Oh but we did hit two solo homers. Whoopie, way to go Sox. Iguchi looked so proud in the dugout after his solo blast. Regroup Sox, this offseason, pls regroup. Notice how the Tigers go from first to third on hits and hustle on the basepaths. That's something the Sox have lacked all season. Next year they have to trade some of those slow middle of the order guys and add some speed and defense. And of course, improve the pitching.

QUOTE(SinkingShip06 @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) Aaron Rowand wasn't a MAJOR contributor. He wasn't the best thing since sliced bread, but he was the starting centerfielder for the World Champion White Sox. He wasn't the best player around, but he did stabilize the outfield which made it a much better defensive outfield than it has been in 2006. And despite his shortcomings, he did bust his ass and left it all on the field every night. At least give the guy his due for all that. He should always be remembered as a key part of the 2005 Sox.

C'mon Gooch! Hit another one!

Stupid Harpo.

Magglio Ordonez looks like Harpo Marx.

This sucks.

QUOTE(BearSox @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 09:14 PM) Wicked, I don't think I could have even hit that.

Way to go, Thome. Why am I not surprised?

Let's see if Thome comes through here.