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QUOTE(zach61 @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 01:22 PM) Whats the difference? You're their all time best seller. Oh yeah, well I had sex with your wife.

Finally found an image worthy of slapping on my desktop. Thanks man. God I love the look on Crede's face in that last one. And Garland really got his ass out there quick didn't he?

So how many athiests am I going to create when I post this horrendous link.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 10:32 AM) We don't need Burnett. We don't need another $10 million + contract, and we don't need a guy who doens't get along well with his teammates, that's for sure. Let the Yankees, Red Sox, and Tigers decide who wants to pay him.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) I think $13 million is a bit pricy for Paulie, though, as much as I love him. I'd pay that. I'd sit down and hope to get Konerko signed to a deal similar to Sexson...and go up to $13 if I needed to.

I was thinking last night about how long you could track the paths of some of these players back to the Sox, and how amazing of a job was done assembling this team. Konerko...traded for Mike Cameron. Uribe...Aaron Miles. Joe Crede...draft. Aaron Rowand...ditto. Pods...Carlos Lee trade Jon Garland...Matt Karchner Jose Contreras...Via Esteban Loaiza, who was signed as a FA himself Cotts...via Keith Foulke, who came via the surrender deal Mark Buehrle...whopping 38th round draft pick Freddy...Reed, Olivo, and Morse. Free Agents: AJ Gooch Hermy Jenks Dye I think it says a lot about this organization that our highest paid free agent signee is Jermaine Dye.

I'll spend that if we win 4 more.

Welcome to Soxtalk. And it was a damn good post.

QUOTE(BlackBetsy @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) Remember, also, that the Nationals sale money is going to be floating around all of MLB, and if the teams spend that money, this offseason could be nuts, especially considering the available talent. Which is why we need to sit Konerko down the second this season ends...ask him what he wants, and as long as he's not asking to be ARod, pay it. Get him off the market and do the rest of our damage in the form of trades and callups.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 11:21 AM) If I think I know what you're asking...the money made from the US Cellular deal has nothing to do with payroll. That money goes to the park and its renovations, additions, etc. Yeah, but how much extra revenue have those renovations enabled us to bring in? Think about the scout seats...those have to bring in a fortune. The naming rights to the "Pontiac" fundamentals area, additional ticket sales from a nicer park, etc. That has to help a lot too.

QUOTE(SS Gload @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 12:28 PM) How could he leave the starters for the ninth inning? BRING IN HERMANSON!! Edit: How the hell do I make the font green? You need to open the color tag with the same thing you have above, then you need to write your sentence, then you need to c lose the color tag with a /color inside [] brackets.

Why is it that I just don't care right now about what Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Sweet Lou, Jeff Brantley, Jay Mariotti, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadu, or anyone else thinks about anything? The White Sox are going to the world series. Who gives a rats ass whether or not the announcers were happy enough?

Yeah, I think we all knew what he was saying at the time...like how could things turn around so completely when they were looking so rough? Mark my words...Ozzie won't be going anywhere right now.

That was a great move by Cora...but I still have problems with him, in particular his failure to realize how slow Pierzynski and Konerko are. You simply cannot send those 2 if there's any chance at a close play.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 09:10 PM) Colon just hasn't had that year that makes your head pop out and say WOW! I mean he had a great year but it's not like Halladay's season. If he had been healthy than he would've won it. No one in the AL really had a year that makes you stand up and say Wow. Buehrle and Contreras both had 1/2 seasons like that...Rivera had a good one, Santana had a good one, but once Halladay went down it was a group of pitchers performing above average but not great. Out of those...I have to say Colon...just because he had a slightly better total season than the others.

Oh that's great knight!!!

Some entertaining Ozzie quotes. The ARod one is by far my favorite.

I heard the same thing on ESPN Radio out here yesterday during the NLCS...there was a suggestion BMac might be on the W.S. Roster. El Duque was pitching/warming up in the bullpen last night for what that's wroth.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 10:19 AM) Who's Santana? I had to be a little fair...I mean, I can't use Viz for an inning...and home field in 06 would be nice as well (hence the Rivera).

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) Could Chicago experience a similar effect? If JR spends the money to keep this team together, and the marketing deparment launches itself at that city...yeah, it could have a similar effect. The Angels sell out tons of games, because they're putting a winner on the field every year and they won a W.S. 3 years ago. The formula isn't hard to follow.

Carl sits out there unless Dye goes 0-10.

Inning 1...Contreras...Inning 2 Buehrle, Inning 3 Garland, inning 4 BMac, inning 5 Santana, Inning 6 Politte, Inning 7 Cotts, Inning 8 Jenks, Inning 9 Rivera.

You always want the team that beats you to be the one that wins it all. If you're going to lose...lose to the best.

Please everyone try to stay out of prison.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) I thought I made that clear enough but I guess some folks chose to take the Jesse Jackson route on this one. Nuke, I got your point, and with all due respect, I think you were totally off the deep end in those remarks.