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QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 12:27 PM) The Hawks are definately playing better under Savard. I'm just glad they finally had the balls to dump that bum Yawney. Savy already got an extension too so he'll be here next season as well (I'm sure if things go well this year they'd consider giving him another 2 years). Savy is a perfect pick for the "new" NHL, especially with all of the skilled offensive kids in the system, and soon to be in the system.

Damn, Schmidt should put up nice numbers in the Ravine. It will be interesting to see how that three year part of the deal works out.

Did anyone see the end of the shootout in the Hawks/Wild game? Damn. What balls does it take to end a shootout on a spinorama against a Dennis Savard coached team? Awesome.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 11:59 AM) The Sun-Times this morning quashed this rumor, for whatever that's worth. KW said in a Trib interview that "any rumor you see about us adding a big bat is false." Well I guess that is about as clear as it gets. There was none of the usual ambiguity in that statement.

Wow, kudos to Kenny for aiming high.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 10:13 AM) I would just like to take this time to tell the 1.63% of registered Soxtalkers who voted in the election how proud I am of their great dedication to civic duty. I sure hope the pollworkers were able to handle the turnout and the lines weren't too long. Soxtalk: We lead the cyberworld in apathy or Soxtalk: if it ain't the All-star game, we don't care about voting.

So his injuries are ligament and tendon injuries? That isn't good. Not to accuse anyone of anything, but aren't those typical steroid injuries?

Baldelli would be an interesting guy to settle for. For those in the know, have most of his injuries been of the preventable kind, or the injury prone kind?

Well at least the statheads couldn't b**** about our LF OBP anymore...

And they are saying it could have been as recently as a few years ago... The press confrence is at 1 pm EST for those who are interested.

ABC is moving LOST! to 9 pm CST instead of 8 pm, when it returns in Feb.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 07:06 PM) It's probably been posted elsewhere, but whatever. Absolutely fantastic to hear that Jon Lester is cancer free. Easily the best news of the offseason Good for him and his family

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 12:33 AM) This guy's good^^^ Ozzie clearly let's personal bias take precedence over what is best for the team. It's obvious in the way he twists what McCarthy says to reporters. B-Mac says that he'd be more useful in the rotation than he'd be in the bullpen, and Ozzie says McCarthy is demanding that he start. Ozzie's basically just a douchebag that wants his way or the highway, but he's a douchebag that's won a WS, so I don't know. Or he felt while Mackowiak was a bad option in center, he could have felt that Brian was worse...

So who wins the East, the New York Yankees, or the New England Yankees?

QUOTE(SoxHawk1980 @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 05:22 AM) Few deserve to get into the HOF as a broadcaster less than Hawk. Do you guys just want him in the HOF because he's a Sox broadcaster? Does that mean you want all Sox players throughout history to be in the HOF too? Hawk is a bad broadcaster, period. Nothing like turning an institution with a proud tradition into a joke. So who out there is a Hall of Fame broadcaster?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 01:25 PM) I think that A-Rod would do just about anything to get out NYC right now. I agree with you 100%. You are talking about a guy who has been in the media spotlight his whole life and knows how to work the press. The only thing he is going to say to the media is how much he loves NY, and how he wants to be a Yankee for life, dispite whatever his true feelings are. The kid isn't stupid, he knows if he said "I hate this f***ing s***hole, trade me NOW!" he would never hear the end of it. Instead he gets to make it look like the Yankees wanted to get rid of him, and he gets a PR vacation as the victim.

QUOTE(StatManDu @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) Enlighten me to what that is. Thanks. I am kind of new to all of this. Its a bit of code that you can have show up in a few different places, but it scrolls headlines of new articles from whatever sites you set it up to monitor.

Too bad. Jim Hendry wanted to offer him 5 years at $30 million to start and leadoff in CF.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Can't happen. Because of last year alcohol has been taken away from us, spouses are no longer allowed, and it is a "luncheon". It's also being held an hour and a half away from where I live. And its "manditory" f*** all that noise.

Good for Brandon. Hopefully he keeps quiet and overcomes all of the BS he has had to deal with for the last year plus.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) 5/65 is more than Carpenter got for his extension. I don't think KW is going to pay Mark more than that. Buehrle is also younger and more healthy that Carpenter by far, and left-handed.

QUOTE(Damen @ Dec 4, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) I don't know if you've got any empirical evidence to back you up on that. Most studies seem to show that, despite spending more than twice as much per capita than any other country in the world, the US is in the middle of the pack in terms of quality of health care for most health issues. That would mean that governments who've gotten their hands on it (more), not only provide health care to all of its citizens, they've done so at a vastly more efficient rate, while still maintianing or beating the quality we have here. So are you honestly trying to tell me that you believe the US government would get ahold of an ineffectient and expensive program, proceed to expand it to more at risk people, and be able to add to quality of health care and/or reduce the per capita costs?

QUOTE(StatManDu @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 11:32 AM) I made the edit:) Cool. Solid work BTW Have you made an RSS feed for your site?

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 11:18 AM) If you have a mutual option for 2 more years, that's pretty much a 5 year deal. Unless it is HIS option, I don't see it happening. If someone like AJ Burnett could get a five year deal last year, imagine what Buehrle will get next year? The guy has never been hurt, and had that incredible streak of 6 IP in each start. That alone will justify a team giving him at least 5 years, if not more. QUOTE(aboz56 @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 11:36 AM) He'll be back next year, book it. All-star for the third straight year. Do you think 5/65 would get it done? I don't think so, but I think it would be a good starting point for negotiations.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Dec 5, 2006 -> 11:11 AM) I found this at Baseball Reference when looking up Chris Carpenter. These are the similar pitchers. If you go to the site, it will explain their rating system. I think FG is higher because he's been around longer. 1. Moose Haas (955) 2. Matt Morris (955) 3. Freddy Garcia (950) 4. George Pipgras (947) 5. Erik Hanson (945) 6. Tex Carleton (944) 7. Mark Buehrle (940) 8. Rick Reed (940) 9. La Marr Hoyt (939) 10. Teddy Higuera (939) http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/similarity.shtml I think Carpenter just set the market. Maybe 3/42 with an player/team option year or two. That's a mil a year more than Carpenter, who's older and has a bit of an injury history. 3 years for Buehrle? He would laugh us out of the room. We have to pray he would take 5 in this market place.