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That Appier signing cost the Royals nothing. So, yes, it was a very good move by Baird.

Under the circumstances the Sox were in at the time of the deal, I would have pulled the trigger on that trade in a New York minute. No disrespect intended to Hummel, as I think he has a chance to be a solid ML infielder. But, we were desperately in need of a quality RH pitcher in the bullpen, and Sullivan fills that bill to a tee.

You're hateful obsession with Paul Konerko has almost reached the point of being rediculous. You are entitled to your opinions, and are welcome to post them at anytime. But, please, have more than one. You've used "GIDP" in so many anti-Konerko posts I've come to believe that your fingers type these letters from muscle memory.

Awesome. Way to be, Jim!

Oh ye of little faith. ..... Don't underestimate him.

If the magic number was 4, and the Barons beat the second place team, that should have reduced the magic number by 2 ... to 2.

From the Daily Southtown: Damn good news.

Jose Valentin

He's not going to suck on the raod any more.... Frank Thomas.

Sandy Alomar

Well, I really stunk it up last series. Here goes nothing, again. 1) Who will win the series (CHW/NYY) (2 points)? CHW 2) Will Frank Thomas have an RBI (Y/N) (2 points)? YES 3) How many errors will the Sox make (4 points)? 1 4) Which Sox bullpen pitcher will face the most batters (4 points)? Gordon 5) How many hits will Joe Crede have in the series (5 points)? 4 6) How many innings will Esteban Loaiza pitch to the nearest third (5 points)? 7.1 7) Who will lead the Sox in batting average for the series (min. 6 ABs) (4 points)? Maggs 8) Which bullpen will give up more earned runs (CHW/NYY) (2 points)? NYY 9) Who will lead the AL Central after the series (2 points)? CHW 10) Will Hideki Matsui hit a homerun (Y/N) (2 points)? Yes TIEBREAKER: White Sox total number of runners stranded as a team for the series 14

Some people are NEVER staisfied!

Cotts will hold his own against the Yankees. Just a hunch.

I don't have a problem with HSC. Love her to death!

Porzio = AAAA pitcher. At 31, he's a journeyman, at best.

Just thinking back at the stats I looked at ... if you take away each firstbaseman's best season, like you say I should do with PK, the results would be very similar, if not identical.

SUB f***IN PAR COMPARED TO THE REST OF HIS TEAM MATES.. EXCEPT FOR CLAYTON IN THOSE TWO SEASONS........damn........ I have to interject here. Those 4 years 99-02, Paulie roughly averaged .290 - 26 - 95. I'm sorry ladies, but to me those are pretty solid numbers. Other than Magglio, what teammates are you comparing him to over this period? Who else has put up that numbers that solid over those four years other than Ordonez? .... Frank? Carlos? Jose? .... NOT Until this season, Paulie has been a solid, productive first baseman. The numbers you posted actually prove this. Not everyone has the talents of Magglio Ordonez and not everyone gets paid like him either, including PK. Yas among 1st basemen, those numbers are really only average, if you exclude his best year. On the sox? Sure they were above average. I just went through some stats. Over the 4 year period of 99-02 that we are talking about, I see 7 firstbasemen who's numbers were superior to PK's. Those are Bagwell, Delgado, Giambi, Helton, McGriff (maybe), Sweeney and Thome. There are 3 guys with numbers similar to PK's: Klesko, Olerud, Sexson. Out of 30 teams, I'm finding 10 1B's who are better than or as good as PK. I'm talking strictly offensive numbers for those 4 years here. Paulie fits in there somewhere between 8th best and 11th best offensive producing firstbaseman in the big leagues for the four year period of 99-02. Out of 30 teams, that, by definition, is above average. There are at least 19 other ML teams that didn't get the production at 1B that PK supplied the Sox. Dont mean to split hairs, but the arguement was excluding his best season. I do think Pauly is above average, but not much. Also, you probably didnt factor in speed and defense, so.... Granted ... And I emphasized "offensive production" in my post. I also looked at the 4 year time period, which was what I was refering to in my original post. And in that post, I was refutting HSC's claim that he didn't produce as well as his teammates. You brought up a point that I thought had some merit, so I checked it out. I'm not saying you were wrong, because average and slightly above average are pretty damn close.

That last road trip didn't help any.

SUB f***IN PAR COMPARED TO THE REST OF HIS TEAM MATES.. EXCEPT FOR CLAYTON IN THOSE TWO SEASONS........damn........ I have to interject here. Those 4 years 99-02, Paulie roughly averaged .290 - 26 - 95. I'm sorry ladies, but to me those are pretty solid numbers. Other than Magglio, what teammates are you comparing him to over this period? Who else has put up that numbers that solid over those four years other than Ordonez? .... Frank? Carlos? Jose? .... NOT Until this season, Paulie has been a solid, productive first baseman. The numbers you posted actually prove this. Not everyone has the talents of Magglio Ordonez and not everyone gets paid like him either, including PK. Yas among 1st basemen, those numbers are really only average, if you exclude his best year. On the sox? Sure they were above average. I just went through some stats. Over the 4 year period of 99-02 that we are talking about, I see 7 firstbasemen who's numbers were superior to PK's. Those are Bagwell, Delgado, Giambi, Helton, McGriff (maybe), Sweeney and Thome. There are 3 guys with numbers similar to PK's: Klesko, Olerud, Sexson. Out of 30 teams, I'm finding 10 1B's who are better than or as good as PK. I'm talking strictly offensive numbers for those 4 years here. Paulie fits in there somewhere between 8th best and 11th best offensive producing firstbaseman in the big leagues for the four year period of 99-02. Out of 30 teams, that, by definition, is above average. There are at least 19 other ML teams that didn't get the production at 1B that PK supplied the Sox.

SUB f***IN PAR COMPARED TO THE REST OF HIS TEAM MATES.. EXCEPT FOR CLAYTON IN THOSE TWO SEASONS........damn........ I have to interject here. Those 4 years 99-02, Paulie roughly averaged .290 - 26 - 95. I'm sorry ladies, but to me those are pretty solid numbers. Other than Magglio, what teammates are you comparing him to over this period? Who else has put up that numbers that solid over those four years other than Ordonez? .... Frank? Carlos? Jose? .... NOT Until this season, Paulie has been a solid, productive first baseman. The numbers you posted actually prove this. Not everyone has the talents of Magglio Ordonez and not everyone gets paid like him either, including PK.

Yes, there is a long way to go. But the point, I believe, was that we are back in the race. None of the doubters thought this would happen. Give 'em hell, witesoxfan!

Well, cancel my original post. I already know that I cannot make it to any of the Twins games. I still may slip up there for the Sunday game vs. Cleveland, however.

WOw dude i was thinking of coming for the same weekend. Depends on when i start my new job.......... If so, we'll have to hook up. We'll talk about it as the date appraoches.

Party on. I was just stopping in momentarily, anyway.

That's usually because I'm here in the wee hours. I've seen it a few times before.