Balta1701

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 06:20 PM) Can someone summarize 15 pages here? Is it official? The White sox aren't allowed to officially comment on the waiver wire per MLB's rules. It has been mentionned on all of the local press sources and has an article on Whitesox.com reporting on the rumor. The only denials appear to have come from the Uribe camp, who might not have known anyway. It's impossible for this to be confirmed until either he's claimed or given his outright release.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 04:13 PM) After being anointed closer, Kerry Wood gets scratched and is hurt again. The flowers are blooming, sun is coming out, Kerry Wood is hurt, it's baseball season!

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 04:12 PM) In other news....Kerry Wood is hurt again. Now it feels like baseball season.

Simple question. Why is this man still both alive and able to run around free?

QUOTE(JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) B) Ramirez could be traded for a team looking for a CF Horrid idea. Worse than trading Richar, Quentin, or Fields. Sign a guy, see him performing well and impressing, and then deal him while he's under contract for 4 years before he's played a single MLB game and had any chance to prove he's a decent player?

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:58 PM) So long, Juan. I wouldn't be surprised if Richar is included for any kind of deal for 2B. He didn't exactly get on Ozzie and Kenny's good side by showing up late. Also, I wonder if this means there is room on the roster for Bourgeios to make the team. This might well leave room for Bourgeois. I've said this before and I'll say it again. If this team gave up perhaps its best young hitting/1b prospect to get Richar, gave Richar a couple months to start learning the big leagues, and then makes a deal for someone else who either blocks him for multiple years or that gives away Danny while his value is still low because he hasn't fully adapted to the big leagues, then basically we can throw all semblance of them having a plan out the window and admit they're scrambling and making silly mistakes.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:23 PM) I thought I saw on here that we were already at 39 on the roster. Are there 2 open spots now? Once Uribe is off, yes, we should be down to 38. I may have missed someone else posting it, but Whitesox.com has an article up reporting on the reporting of the DFA and stating that they can't confirm it due to league policy. That's probably as official as we can get until 3 days pass.

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:19 PM) KW talked about a list of guys they wanted to acquire, and Cabrera was on that list. Plain and simple, he should have had an idea about whether or not he'd be an option prior to re-signing Uribe. If they really did DFA him today, I hope people will stop making excuses for KW and just admit it was a gross error. Fathom, unless they have something else lined up...if Uribe has been DFA'd, then you've even got me agreeing with you on that being a mistake.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:13 PM) anyone see this from big Z? it was in the suntimes a few days ago http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...oxcub16.article Go back a page or two.

Is Masset getting shelled or are the miscues by Toby Hall hurting him that much?

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:07 PM) Doesn't seem that way to me. They said AQ and Shia, with support from places like Iran, not that AQ is Shia and Iran is supporting them. The unstated link is there, of course (like Saddam-9/11), but I wouldn't call this a gaffe. I wouldn't either...but this is becoming a pattern. Very similar to the 9/11 and Saddam connection building that was done back in 02.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 06:28 AM) he misspoke THREE times. THat is a lack of knowledge from a person who says he know how to protect America. As Olbermann said last night... we'll be in Iraq fro 100 years because it'll take McCain that long to figure out what is going on there! Seems to me like his campaign did the same thing today in a 5 year war statement.

For some solid humor, I think this image fits well within this thread.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:52 PM) That's nothing. Of course she was in on some discussions, she has said as much. That, on the other hand, could be a bit damaging. If these allegations of her stretching her experience start to get some legs... Those type of statements have been out there for some time, it seems like it might be about due for her to get some focus on that issue. And it seems like it's the cycle's time to find something to go after her for anyway. The whole Northern Ireland thing seemed like it would have been a good jumping off point but it never seemed to get traction for some reason last time around. Probably because she wasn't winning.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:50 PM) cubs need a SS not a 2B. DeRosa is better than Uribe. Uribe has played SS before.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:48 PM) Well, looks like he got HBP actually - so probably just got a little bruised up. And let's keep in mind...Ubaldo Jiminez is on the mound for Colorado. He has a moderately good arm.

QUOTE(iamshack @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:48 PM) Ahh, no fun. Ubaldo Jiminez threw the ball too.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:43 PM) He was HBP. From Ubaldo Jiminez.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:11 PM) I'm certainly no expert, but it seems to me that the people who wrote this amendment wouldn't seemingly deny a right in one clause that it seemingly affirms in the next. I do wish the language was a little more precise, though. One reason, perhaps the main reason, perhaps the only reason that our constitution has survived the dramatic changes that have taken place as the country moved from a small set of agrarian colonies to the foremost economic and military power on earth is that the Constitution is vague and allows for reinterpretation over time.

Fields was just pulled in the 1st inning of today's game for a pinch runner.

Bourgeois comes in to pinch run for Fields.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:37 PM) He still had a 150 OPS+ in 432ABs last year. At his age, and recent history, the key thing is keeping him healthy. Having Swisher DH against LHP can give him a few extra days off No reason to use Swisher at DH when we have older guys who are RHP who can fill that role and get more rest for themselves (Dye and Konerko).

When did the DFA Waivers period become 72 hours as opposed to 10 days?

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:34 PM) Believe it, it has been stickied. I think we stickied the Dotel signing thread about 2 weeks before it actually happened and had to drop it off.