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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 20, 2008 -> 09:05 AM) She'll be going soon enough, although there's enough horny teenage boys voting for her to keep her in for a while, unfortunately. "I'll blow you out of your socks"... LMAO. And ironically enough, Kelly Pickler was on the show last night... I wonder if she was giving Cook advice?

That is good stuff

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Mar 20, 2008 -> 11:41 AM) Yeah, because they had 10 days after the WS to find a replacement or go forward with no SS. The White Sox hedged their bets and it bit them in the arse. Yet, if they didn't have Uribe and couldn't get Cabrera, then we'd have Cintron or Alexei or Ozuna at SS and OOOOOHHHHH the bashing that would be taking place, especially since Richar is hurt. Seriously picture this. Kenny lets both Crede and Uribe walk, and then Anaheim raises their price to ridiculous levels on Cabrera, because they know Kenny is desparate. Our options literally become Andy Gonzalez, Pablo Ozuna, and someone like David Eckstein. If you really want to make things interesting, take a look at the roster if the maligned Swisher trade isn't made in addition to the convential wisdom of not bringing back Joe and Juan. Our OF would be Anderson/Owens, Quinten, and Dye, to go with an IF of Fields, [insert horrible SS], Ramirez/Richar, and Konerko. Ugh.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 20, 2008 -> 11:19 AM) He HAS said nearly the same thing. The Sox don't make much money - rarely a profit, and if so, a small one. Increased revenues are plowed back into the team. That's how he has always managed the franchise. He has said it ad naseum if you listen to him. Not to mention that his actions have spoken louder than his words for a long time. There is a long line you can run back where any profits for a season, end up being almost the exact (if not more) increase in salaries for the White Sox team the next season. I am sick to death of hearing the mantra about JR being cheap. It doesn't matter how many times it gets repeated, IT IS NOT TRUE.

I'm in!

NC, Georgetown, Texas, and Duke.

I would have rather seen the Cook girl go, but I had no problem with those two being the bottom two.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 04:55 PM) I'm not debating the strategic implications of the whole NAFTA issue but eventually people are going to have to realize that NAFTA is not the source of all of America's problems. Not all of America is buying the load of crap that it is our trade agreements that are hurting the economy. They don't seem to want to blame themselves for buying the stuff putting themselves out of jobs.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 06:19 PM) The good news is MacDougal has been good his last few outings, and Thornton has been better than last season. If Dotel and Linebrink live up to the hype, the bullpen should go from terribly pitiful to a strength. But the long man is a concern. I think Masset will win by default unless he has a couple of more outings like today. To me if we are worried about the 4th/5ht/6th innings, that is a much better thing than last year, when we had no one for the 7th and 8th innings.

QUOTE(knightni @ Mar 20, 2008 -> 01:44 AM) YOU DESERVE, A SHRUBBERY!!

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 10:47 PM) According to Ozzie in the Uribe status uncertain column on whitesox.com, Uribe is on waivers to gauge interest, not to be released. He also said Ozuna looks like the starter opening day because of his success vs. Sabathia. I hate to say it, but it makes sense. Might as well see who wants him.

Drew Gooden is the scoring big man we have been missing for years. The Wallace trade was a winner just for dumping Ben's salary, let alone getting Drew Gooden.

That save at the end of the game was one of the most incredible saves I have ever seen. It would have been nice to see that Khabibulin for, I don't know, the last 12 million dollars we have paid him... We might actually be in the playoffs then. It's nice to see that he decided to show up now that the season is pretty much over. I hate garbage time superstars. Show up when the season actually matters.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 07:01 PM) They shoulda had him on. I heard him live at some BBC event last week - he's starting to lose it a little - a remarkable difference then two years ago in terms of the quality of his voice. Kinda sad. Really? That's too bad. He was incredible when I saw him a few years back. I was amazed how good he was for his age. There are other superstars, who are much younger, who have aged much worse. Paul sounded like he did in 1964.

We couldn't find the olympic bomber here in the US for like 5 years, finding someone in Pakistan isn't going to be a snap...

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 01:01 PM) The reason I said cocky was the fact I met him the night before Soxfest began. I was inside the private party at ESPN Zone, and met all the players and coaches. Jerry Owens refused to sign autographs until he finished eating, but all the other players signed and took pictures while they ate. Then afterwards I asked for his autograph and photo and he was like "yah but lets hurry it up," then before I could get a picture he sidetracked to talk to Greg Walker. Maybe I just had a bad experience with him, but he comes off as cocky and a jerk...to me atleast. Hell I'd be pissy too if you bugged me while I was eating dinner!

Or Paul McCartney needs the money to pay for his divorce...

QUOTE(daa84 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 03:11 PM) BTW if this is true, it gives less credibility to front office saying crede will start...cuz 1 week ago they said uribe had the upper hand at 2b, and here we are letting him go I know when I am trying to trade someone, I go and tell everyone how s***ty they are...

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 03:09 PM) I know the O's don't have a ss, but I still don't see why they'd want Uribe. They're in a pure rebuild mode right now. The only use they'd have for him is to hope he has a very strong first half so they could get something in a trade. I don't think I'd pay almost $5 mil for that lottery ticket. Its one year. It gives them time to develop, trade for, or sign someone new next year.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) Hopefully the message from this move is..."Danny, Alexei, it's your shot, you've earned it". I think they made this move because of Ramirez's performance this spring. Hopefully we don't lock him in at 2nd base long term and block Richar while leaving us searching for the SS that he could be, but based on their recent statements that seems like a logical conclusion It makes sense. They are seeing something out of these kids that they really didn't want Uribe around to block. Its really unfortunate that the Cabrera trade took as long as it did to come about, because that forced Kenny to re-sign Juan. If he doesn't re-up with Uribe, he could have been looking at a situation where he shortstops were Ozuna and Gonzalez if he couldn't get a deal done, which would have forced him to overpay for someone like David Eckstein. He HAD to make sure he had a major league SS on his roster, otherwise he would have been hanging in the wind with his pants around his ankles.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 02:58 PM) In the end, I guess I am happy. Hopefully someone picks him up and pays his contract. Is that how it works? Are we off the hook if he is claimed? Yes if someone claims him, they pay his contract.

This thread ought to be fun!

Cocky attitude? What am I missing here?

84-78 3rd place. They start nicely, but fade late. Pitching falls apart in August and Sept as Danks and Floyd fade away as the workload catches up with them. Offense rebounds nicely, but is really inconsistant with 100 plus K's from Thome, Swisher, Fields, Konerko, Dye, Anderson/Owens in CF and the second base combo of Uribe/Ramirez.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 19, 2008 -> 10:41 AM) It is. No show has ever gotten more people more involved. There is no reason not to have 100% trust in the writers, but they could do a million different things with the ending to make it great, so they better not screw it up. They could Soprano the ending, but up to this point, I have never HAD to watch a show like I do with this one.