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Me too. Someone actually threatened to kill me for wearing my "cork" t-shirt. This is getting out of hand, I wish Florida would put an end to this. CWSOX45

oh yes it can, if the cubs win 6 more games I've almost come to accept that the Cubs are gonna win the world series. It's sad but I'm at that point. I'm prepared for it and if it happends I'll deal with it and move on. CWSOX45

Thank god for it, when I need to escape from the "cubbie" love fest I can simply come here and speak my own mind and what I'm thinking. The whole world all of a sudden has fallen in love with the Cubs, and I think I speak for everyone here when I say it makes me sick. However it's good to know that I can come here and talk to fans that have similar emotions and feelings I do. So to all the posters here, keep the faith. Even though the present seems dark and dreadful I am still optimistic that sometime in the future things will get better, hell it can't get any worse. CWSOX45

Yes my love for the Sox has grown stronger, the Cubs success has proven how many "fair weathered fans" we have here in the city. Being a die hard Sox fan makes me proud, especially during rought times. CWSOX45

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We're up to 40%. CWSOX45 :fthecubs

It's now at 33% everyone keep clickin the vote button until your finger bleeds, it automatically updates the running tally!!! :fthecubs CWSOX45

Dammit I hate Samme, how many times does he slide for a routine fly ball? That s*** just pisses me off, stupid show-off. CWSOX45

It's true. I'd rather only have a small amount of fans that know what they're talking about (Sox fans) than a large number of fans that are brainless monkeys. (Cub fans) CWSOX45 :fthecubs CWSOX45

It's now at 19.1%, keep voting!! :fthecubs CWSOX45

So will they just add a new channel for people that have basic cable in the Chicago land area? Where did u get this info from, do u have a link? CWSOX45

Great minds think alike. Yep...Dodgers system is barren. I want good prospects/players from a good system. Khalil Greene is a very good 2nd/ss prospect who is ready for the show right now. Peavy could come in and be a very cheap very competent 5th starter as he develops into a better pitcher, and folks he has all the stuff to become an ace or a good #2. Then your 3rd prospect could be one of the pads vets (Not really a prospect, but if they want to unload someone to fit then thats cool) or a solid prospect in AA or so. I don't know a ton about their system, I know they have like Ben Howard who has kind of fallen out of love, but has great stuff. Would Towers be willing to sacrifice Greene? I mean they already have their big name now with Brian Giles in San Diego. I would do it, Greene could be our shortstop for a very long time. CWSOX45 and outfield with maggs/Giles in it can carry an offense. The question is how much money are the pads willing to spend. Cause they still need pitching and would they give up Peavy? If they don't, would they give up 2 or 3 of their stud arms down in the minors...afterall they've already given up Oliver Perez. I think Greene is available, especially with the Pads having Jake Gatreau. To me it would either be the deal as I proposed above: Greene, Peavy, mid level prospect OR if they are unwilling to move Peavy Greene, Nady, Top Prospect Pitcher, Pretty damn good pitching prospect. You then use Nady as bait to land a starting pitcher from elsewhere, potentially Javier Vazquez if you want or someone else. I remember when Peavy made his major league debut, struck out a huge number I can't remember what it was. Xavier Nady is a solid player too, along with Khalil Greene. Is Montreal looking to deal Vazquez in the off-season? CWSOX45

Great minds think alike. Yep...Dodgers system is barren. I want good prospects/players from a good system. Khalil Greene is a very good 2nd/ss prospect who is ready for the show right now. Peavy could come in and be a very cheap very competent 5th starter as he develops into a better pitcher, and folks he has all the stuff to become an ace or a good #2. Then your 3rd prospect could be one of the pads vets (Not really a prospect, but if they want to unload someone to fit then thats cool) or a solid prospect in AA or so. I don't know a ton about their system, I know they have like Ben Howard who has kind of fallen out of love, but has great stuff. Would Towers be willing to sacrifice Greene? I mean they already have their big name now with Brian Giles in San Diego. I would do it, Greene could be our shortstop for a very long time. CWSOX45

Hopefully they win tonight to make it difficult on the Cubs. CWSOX45

There goes the pipe dream of having an infield of Castillo and Cabrera. Alomar and another free agent shortstop will do just fine in my eyes. CWSOX45

Awesome. Having a couple of speed demons in the top of our line-up is what this team needs......unless it's Willie Harris.... . Don't get me wrong I like Willie but I don't think he's ready to be a starter yet. CWSOX45

Willie remember this is the Sox we're talking about, we usually don't sign one big name free agent. Let alone two, I wouldn't be surprised to see Alomar back at second with a new partner at shortstop. CWSOX45

I'd be thrilled if we got Redman. I wanted Kenny to make a trade for him last off-season, the guy is an awesome pitcher. CWSOX45

I know isn't it splendid? :fthecubs CWSOX45

I disagree. Here is how you have to look at it. Not only would the Sox be getting Mota and 2 very good prospects, but they would be saving 13M/yr(Mota makes about 1M/yr). So you can invest that 13M/yr into getting Cabrera and Castillo. So in the end you can think of it like this: Maggs for Mota 2 very good prospects Castillo Cabrera If you won't take that deal then you are crazy. The Sox probably wont get more then 2 or 3 good prospects for Maggs, ESPECIALLY if they want the team they are trading him too to pay his entire salary. Like I mentioned before, be careful with taking LA pitchers. They pitch in the friendliest pitchers park in the game, and it is always wise to check their home and away splits, because their away numbers are more likely then their home or overall numbers. LA pitchers dont have a good track record after leaving LA. I would rather have Mota and 2 very good prospects. I have to disagree with you as well, the White Sox first priority should be acquiring another pitcher to strenghten their rotation. The number one problem for the Sox last year was that 5th starter. Acquiring Ishii or Perez helps right away, and we don't have to wait for them to develop. As for saving money we're already doing enough of that! Colon is as good as gone, that opens up a TON of room to sign guys already. 13 Million a year may not even be enough to sign Castillo and Cabrera. Castillo is already making 4.5 million with the Marlins this year, and I gurantee it his price will go up because the entire league knows he's a free agent after this year. Cabrera made 3.3 million a year and I gurantee that will go up as well. So you see 13 million will most likely not be enough to sign both of these guys, especially if Castillo wants money like Durham did. My suggestion would be to retain Alomar and to sign a quality shortstop like Cristian Guzman. Either that or we could wait to see who gets Kaz Ishii and make a deal for their former starter. (A La Royce Clayton) CWSOX45

No on Javy, Yes on Livan,Yes on Castillio( i whould like him at short, keep Robbie), No on Pierre(just based on Rowand) Yes on Robbie, and Yes on Colon. Realistic, no, but guys I whould enjoy in a Sox unniy. If we don't re-sign Robbie than I say take a look at Castillo and Guzman. Those two would be tremendous in our middle infield. Than again if the Marlins win the pennant Castillo's value sky rockets. Than again we'll probably end up with Robbie and a shortstop KW acquires in a trade. CWSOX45

The only way I make this deal is if the White Sox get Kaz Ishii, or Odalis Perez along with Mota, and a a couple of highly touted prospects. CWSOX45

Anyone is better than Valentin, well okay maybe not everyone but a vast majority of shortstops in the league are better. However I don't know if I'd like to have Wilson as our starting shortstop. He batted .256 with 9 homeruns and 62 rbi's, I would take those numbers over Jose. His OBP was .303 he only walked 36 times compared to 76 strikeouts. Once again I'll take that over Valentin since he had 114 strikeouts. Wilson committed 18 errors and had a fielding percentage of .975 Jose had 20 errors and a fielding percentage of .969 So out of those two I take Wilson, however I'd like to see the Sox take a look at signing or trading for another shortstop. However if we dont have another option Wilson wouldn't be a bad move for the Sox at all. CWSOX45

The Sox better get a hell of a package for Ordonez or Lee. It better not be a trade consisting of all prospects, we better get some guys that can actually HELP us win NOW. CWSOX45

Billy Beane is probably going ape s*** right now. Losing after being up 2 games to non.....AGAIN. CWSOX45