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QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) I've seen a couple of reports that the Red Sox and Twins are working on a Mueller for Romero deal. Yet, KW says that AL teams are not willing to help the White Sox. Seems to me, the we might have the respect of the competition in the AL, if not the Eastcoast Sports Programming Network. I think it is more of a matter of how teams match up. The Twins always have a surplus in the pen, while the Red Sox have Kevin Youklis who is the next "thing" at 3B. I am sure if we were offering an equivilant pen pitcher (Marte or Cotts for example) that Boston would be talking to us too.

Skankadora? Is that her name? lol.

QUOTE(Benson&Rexage @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:17 AM) It will always be Oldies 104.3 to me. God Damn these uppidy homosexuals and thier bulls***. How can you do that to so many people. Oldies 104.3 is and was Chicago. This is almost like taking the LOOP and making it into a Spanish station That is way out of line not acceptable at all. Anymore posts like that and you will be suspended.

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 10:11 AM) A few stadiums (namely Petco and the BOB) now have their ushers stop you until a lull in the action. Meeting at the mound, pitching change, between innings. I think that is a great policy and should be considered at the Sox games as I cannot stand the people who get up and down 5,000 times a game during the inning. Look no further than a Blackhawks game for that etiquette.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 09:51 AM) Ozzie called him the best..? Kenny did too..? While JD is out there busting his ass..?? It's not about what he said.. it's about the timing. Tack is something Paul has little of. What's with the harping on those of us with an opinion that Paul should open mouth, insert foot with some of his comments..? I don't get it. Because certian players are immune from the same critisism no matter what they say.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 09:36 AM) Don't see any quotes from Mark and Frank calling their competetor the "best they ever played with..." :rolly I like this approach by Ozzie.. "Because there are more important things with this ballclub than talking about Magglio. When it's time to talk about Magglio, I will. "It's hard for me to come here after the way we played and all of a sudden the first thing is [about] Magglio Ordonez. "It's not fair for our players, it's not fair for me. … I want to talk about my team first before I talk about Magglio." Hope Paul is taking notes this morning.. Paul said almost the exact same stuff as Ozzie did, but of course everyone only focused on the negative. When Kenny Williams talked about how great he was while he was here, that was just a blurb in the article that hasn't even been mentioned. But its always different when it comes to certian players. Everyone complains about Frank being misinterpretted, but Konerko saids boo and everyone is putting the worst possible spin on it. I don't get it.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 11:13 PM) It's easy to come here and gloat after one good game, Timo people did it after his big hit against Oakland (I think it was them?). Do it with ANY type of cinsistency and I'd be pleased. He consistantly plays one of the best 3Bs in all of baseball and gives our pitchers a chance to win games because of that. To me that is just as important, and with our pitching staff, maybe moreso.

The Cubs

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...tesox-headlines So is everyone going to rip on MB and Frank now?

For the above mentioned reasons I edited the post out. ESPN can come after Soxtalk for that stuff, as they hold us responsible for our content, so I took it off. If someone wants to summarize that is cool, or if you guys want to contact each other to talk about it, that is up to you. Thanks guys.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) I'm looking to trade 2 Sunday August 21st upper deck tix (Box 527, row 21, seats 20-21) for similar seats for Friday or Saturday of that Series. . . PM if you want to trade. Thanks! Get tickets for the Saturday game, we are all going to tailgate, and would love to meet you!!!

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 08:54 AM) Tex, any chance Houston will get hit? Infantestimle at best. The only real chance they have is if the storm takes a northern turn after landfall, and it gets sideswiped by the outer bands. Most like it is going to blow through Mexico and reemerge into the Pacific and get renamed as a Typhoon.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 19, 2005 -> 08:43 AM) Tex.. turn it upsidedown Or try to bungee it to a tree or an immovable object. If it is just sitting there, the wind will catch it and it will become a projectile.

I hate the wave, end of story.

That is a Fox exclusive time slot. Unless Fox picks up the game and moves it to noon, I don't think they CAN do anything about it.

Put away the tin foil hats fellows. Kenny Williams said he isn't doing anything, because there is nothing out there worth doing. Of course he isn't going to say that there is a big deal working, but he also wouldn't flat out deny it if it were actually happening. And everyone wants to point to the AJ thing, but at the time, we were going to get AJ. It took major campaigning by Hawk to open that door, and then it still took a while for Kenny to investigate AJ to his satisifaction before he would act on it. The deals that are on the table now are stupid. If there was a deal that would improve this team, KW would do it, and money isn't an object right now. But even with saying that, just because you have money in your pocket doesn't mean you go out and spend it stupidly. These guys also don't want this to be a one year thing, and trading away guys like McCarthy, Marte and Anderson for a middle of the road pitcher, that is not doing the future teams justice. There is a balance there. Our best hope is one of these teams that is holding onto desparation right now, finds a horrific two week slump and decides to meltdown at the last minute and we slip in the backdoor to pick up some guys (ala the white flag trade of 97 in reverse). Other than that this is the worst deadline trade market I have ever seen. I have never seen the teams looking to add players having to pay so much. In a wierd way it was a great year to have a bad first half, because veteran players are trading as such a premium right now.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 05:20 PM) I'm now 50-50 of getting a direct hit tomorrow night I'm the sliver of green in Texas, that's green of a different meaning Now that's irony

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEAT!!!!!

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 03:18 PM) I want to give KW big props for making a difficult move. Shingo is a nice guy, but we are trying to do something real special this year. Last year we hung on to Mike Jackson because of him getting some record. He was a nice guy also. On the plus side, who thinks that this will scare a certain Vizcaino into pitching a bit better. Your job is not safe. Pitch well or be left behind. You might want to check up on things, but Vizcaino has been pitching better. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=6291 April 7.43 era .309 baa May 5.23 era .293 baa June 2.25 era .283 baa July 1.17 era .250 baa Season 4.36 era .283 baa He hasn't been great, basically average or a little better, but he definately doesn't need to be cut with the numbers he has been putting up over the last few months.

Damn I read the thread title and was hoping this meant there was a new Porkchop article out... :crying"

We are not going to go with 2 rookies and a 2nd year pitcher out of the pen down the stretch. It ain't gonna happen.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) The Sox don't need an outfielder. They need a backup 1B and a LH bat. Podsednik, Rowand, Dye, Everett, Willie and Ozuna all play OF. That's not how Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen feel. Ross Gload would start at 1B maybe once every two weeks to once a month. Like them or not, Timo and/or Willie play more positions, have more speed, and are more usable right now than a one dimensional player who can only play one position, which just happens to be where a guy who is going to play everyday plays at. Gload can't run, can't throw, and only plays 1B. Yeah he would be a nice pinchhitter, but why would you keep a guy on your bench who might get 2-3 ABs a week? He would be the positional equivilent of Shingo.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 03:00 PM) So a healthy Gload is still down in Charlotte and Timo is still on the ML roster... Gload isn't healthy. He can't play the OF because he still can't throw.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 02:48 PM) It's 2:45, just go down there, ask at the box office to see if any late tix were released. Or, try to get some outside. That is the best thing to do. There are always day of game releases that are available only at the ballpark.

QUOTE(Yossarian @ Jul 18, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) I'm not worried about the Yankees this year. I am worried about another West Coast El Foldo. The Sox are 30-5 in their division (Wow!), 9-4 against the AL East and 12-6 in interleague play. Unfortunately they are only 10-14 against the AL West and have shown a tendency of folding up like an accordion when playing those teams, especially on the road. I'm most concerned about the Angels and the streaking A's. We just don't seem to do so hot against those teams. 10-14 against the west which is primarily the 2-7 against Oakland. They are 8-7 against the rest of the west.