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QUOTE(longshot7 @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 01:20 PM) Owens will win the starting centerfielder job, mark my words. Rookie of the Year. Considering your handle while reading your post. Somehow seems very appropriate.

I've had it all for several weeks.

QUOTE(endymion853 @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 10:16 PM) Here is an interesting question..... If Harold Baines was on the Hall of Fame Ballot this season, would he get in? He is definitley, IMHO, the most qualified candidate if he was going this year. Next year he will be left in the dust with McGwire, Gwynn and Ripken. It's interesting to think what could have happened if he went this year instead. And who would have thunk at the time?? Harold's career lasted longer than Albert Belle! I'm just glad to see Harold get a WS ring with the White Sox. One of my favorite ball players, one of the classiest ball players to play the game. Endymion To answer your question, I say no. I don't think Harold will ever get into the hall. This is not anything against Baines, but it's an honest assessment on my part.

The scouting report and the one good year thing make Lopez sound like a lefty Shingo.

I have to say this much. The first 12 of the Senate Judiciary Committee have given their opening statements. Of those 12, two democratic senatorsa impressed me, Fiengold and Biden. On the other hand, Kennedy's a moron.

QUOTE(Dam8610 @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 12:16 PM) Has anyone ever fouled off NINE consecutive pitches before? I just found that tidbit hilarious: Nellie Fox could do that in his sleep.

The confirmation hearing has begun. I think we should use this thread to discuss this tremendously important event in US history. This will be a long, contentuous and on going subject. I would also suggest this thread be pinned. Edit: As an afterthought, I also suggest it be moved "The Filibuster" forum.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 09:51 AM) Neither is BMac...yet I agree.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Jan 9, 2006 -> 06:18 AM) Thinks much too highly of the Orlando Magic. Thinks ... occasionally

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 02:48 PM) A triple A pitcher that dominated the league in his 84 IP. He's pretty much going to be a Johan Santana results wise. He is gonna be incredible. He's not Johan Santana .... yet.

QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 09:47 AM) I agree. This tells you how confident KW is in Brian Anderson. To let a rookie play the the most important outfield possition on a World Championship team is really something. Well hopefully in 2006 we will see why KW was soooo high on this kid since he drafted him. I just remember those 2 homeruns off Felix Hernandez in Seattle last year, that was huge! Anyways in Kenny I trust, and if he says Brian is ready to be a fulltime player on our roster I believe him! I don't consider those 2 homers as an indication of anything. Basically, you had a AAA hitter tattoo a AAA pitcher.

QUOTE(TLAK @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 12:04 PM) I’ll say one thing about KW, he’s got guts. Rowand, Haigwood and Gio Gonzalez for Thome. Thome’s coming off surgery so there are already questions, KW then burned his bridges to Everett and Thomas, and put all the eggs in one basket. Arow’s spot is going to a rookie while the two young LH’s might turn out to be pretty good down the road. If Anderson and/or Owens struggle and Thome has any type of injury KW could look pretty bad. El Duque, Vizcaino and Young for Javier Vazquez. Vazquez is a sub .500 pitcher making $11,000,000 a year. He has driven his last 3 managers crazy with his inconsistency; it’s a good thing Don Cooper is so well entrenched because this guy is tailor made to get coaches fired. He sent away proven major league pitching and a very hot prospect that could be good for years to come. This is the riskiest deal of all, Vazquez could win a Cy Young or end up the 10th pitcher. Marte for Mackowiak. This move was forced by Marte’s blow up with Ozzie last season, I don’t know how the trade will workout but KW got fine value for a player that everyone in baseball knew he had to trade. But should Marte regain his form, nobody will remember that. Coming off a World Series win Williams didn’t have to make any of these moves. The White Sox could have just sat back and cashed the season ticket deposit checks. I’ve voiced criticism of some of these moves, but one thing I can’t deny is, KW has balls. Damn right he has balls ... and that's the very reason we are celebrating, for the first time in our lifetimes, a White Sox World Series Winner!!! KW proved himself to me when he traded for David Wells. It didn't work out, but he showed a willingness to "go for it" which I never saw out of Schuler. I've been a fan of KW ever since that trade, and he's continued to "go for it". That's why I sit and look at the moves he's made this offseason with a smile on my face. They may not work out, but he's not resting on his laurels. He's going for it again. Rock on, KW!

QUOTE(DaSoz555 @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 12:12 PM) wow, thanks for welcoming me with open arms you guys You bought into that? LOL. Anything you see in green, don't take seriously! Glad to have you with us.

Welcome y'all. Post well, post often.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 01:12 AM) You along with many others. But that's how it is when you're party is in majority control of the Congress, Senate, and in control of the Executive branch. We just have to deal with having criticisms from the other party. It'll happen, sometimes they have a right to complain, most of the time they're just b****ing about something, but whatever makes them feel happy. Most of the time. they are just b****ing for the sake of b****ing. Bunch of f***ing morons if you ask me.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 10:00 PM) Last I checked the citizens of New Orleans were Americans. That makes them taxpayers too. Some of them were taxpayers. Some of them didn't pay any taxes because the didn't have enough income. Yet, they felt entitled to receive money from the Fed even though they payed zero taxes. They are so used to hand outs, that they couldn't accept being left out. f*** 'em.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) That just tells you how brainwashed people are. Riiiiiight.

QUOTE(sti3 @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 08:13 PM) I guess I'm more concerned about the truly enormous misuses of tax dollars. Such as increasing the deficit by cutting taxes on rich people and our little caper in Iraq. The sum total of all the debit cards probably amounts to 1 day's worth of Iraq. Taxes were cut across the board. Not just for the wealthy.

Oh Steff, I'm so sorry. Having lost a son, I can relate to the loss of a loved one so close and so young. Please know I send my deepest heart felt condolences to you, Jim and the entire family.

You have a major metropolitan area, built below sea level, surrounder by water on 3 sides in a part of the country that gets consistantly hit by hurricanes and that's considered unlikely. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Maybe Willie should have listened to KW and went to winter ball and learned how to play SS.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Jan 6, 2006 -> 04:18 PM) that is different. It didn't really cost them that much and if he sucked or was still injured they could just let him go. Now if Vick was still around in the 4th or 5th round I would say yes. But not in the first 3 rounds. Oh, I see now. Character over talent only applies to the 1st three rounds of the draft because drafting a questionable character player in the 5th round would minimize your risks. Yep, I see exactly how character fits into this equation.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 01:31 AM) I don't know if this is something that can be blamed on Bush, because somehow I doubt this decision was made nearly that far up the chain of command. Dept of Treasury somewhere sure, maybe even the SecTreas. Anywho, great move IBAF. Someone needs to embarass baseball and the U.S. to the point that they'll have to either let Cuba in or cancel the bloody thing. If Cuba can't show what they've got, then it's not worth antyhing. Who would have thought this? .... I disagree with you in that I think this squarely on Bush's shoulders. That chain of command runs down as well as up.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 6, 2006 -> 04:07 PM) what if the plane crashes on the way to oakland? What if Jon gets polio?? Then, we will have a lot more to be concerned with than whether or not we repeat.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 01:41 AM) I think the reality of that site that we're all talking about is probably something like this...he's pulling stuff off of every source he can get, and using lower levels of credibility than people who have to say report to a news desk. That means that a lot of the stuff he reports is either going to be plants or it is going to be random rumors which arise somewhere. But, as we all know, every so often, even at a message board, or on the radio, or somewhere along the line, someone may very well leak something which is true. It won't happen very often, but when you fire enough shots, eventually one of them may hit the target. This guy will be right eventually. He'll be wrong a lot too, but so will we. But eventually, he'll get something right, and it's up to all of us whether we want to bother thinking about whether or not we want to care about all the times he isn't right. I agree with you. But, for an example, let's look at the 4 team trade that Rogers wrote about. That wasn't a rumor, per se. It was merely speculation on his part as something that could make sense to all involved. Yet, he's a columnist for a major newspaper and a columnist for a major sports network/publisher. What this guy at mlbtraderumors does is no more "out there" than what Rogers did here.