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D'oh, I knew that.

GET OVER IT! Man, Almonte is a Foulke clone who is a lot worse than Foulke. Matt Ginter is a lot better than Almonte. Ring is a 'tweener, and hasn't been hitting over 90 MPH, from what I've heard. The Sox still have Munoz, Sanders, Wunsch and Marte in the pen (future and present). Also, if Alomar leaves next year, we'd be getting Type A Compensation for him, which means we'd get a first round draft-pick AND a first-round supplemental for Alomar. Would you take those two draft picks from two future relief pitchers? I sure as hell would. Great trade. Espesially since the Mets pick could be a top 10 pick.

Don't go turning into the windsock on us now Ugly

Really good point. Even if he ONLY hits his current .266 he is a 10 point improvement on Jimenez and a 70 pt improvement on Harris. And that is before you factor in that his D blows away anyone we have. Plus he has been in the playoffs and pennant races how many time?

OK this is the official Yeah or Nay thread. Put your post here saying if you support or hate the deal of Alomar for Ring, Almonte, and Salvo I am for it!

Ginter and Danny Wright. I really think Danny could be a great closer.

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He also began his decline the day he went to the Mets and the NL. I am willing to take a chance that this could be a rebirth for Alomar.

And I'd like to add to that I think that Ginter and Wright could very well be better out of the pen than Ring.

The Trib is reporting another player in the deal. Anyone ever heard of Salvo? http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...-home-headlines

Its not going to be a pitcher. It would leave us with only 10 pitchers.

Guess I should get a refund on my Jimenez all star jersey

The other thing that just hit me is how much stronger our bench just got as Harris becomes now our superutility man and first man off of the bench. We also now have speed coming off of the bench to pinch run. So what should be done to our roster? Release Rios? Send down Jimenez, Rowand, or Harris?

He could give up his #12 or he could argue and give up his roster spot

I am just VERY happy it wasn't Neal Cotts.

Almonte sounds like a AAAA guy. He had put up huge save numbers for 2 or 3 years in the minors as the "prospects" moved past him. This year he has been horrible. Ring was our #1 pick in 2002 and was considered as a guy who was on the fast track to Chi, and a future closer or primary LH man out of the pen. He had been tearing up the minors.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_...16p-88052c.html

Wow. I am surprised that we dealt Ring, but happy it wasn't Cotts. Two questions come to mind real quick. Does that mean we are still looking at trading Cotts for Weaver, and who gets sent down to make room for Roberto. Could D'Angelo be the odd man out?

Meh, I just like this site. It is a great read for all kinds of urban legend. Most of the time when people send my those kind of emails, this is the first place I go to check out the legitimacy of it.

cw, I was very very hopeful in 2000. But I knew our staff was staying together by means of baling wire and duct tape. We had about .500 ball the last 4 to 6 weeks of the season. That is not the way to head into the playoffs and expect to win it all. There are no Detroit or Tampa Bay games during the playoffs. And DEFINATELY no CUBS!

I have never been quite sure why we signed Rios in the first place. He has never really seemed to be much of a pinch hitter, can run with Pauly in the race to first, and really doesn't play defense that well. I would have much rather us signed a guy like Tom Goodwin who can PH and give some speed off of the bench.

Great to see ya Neal. Welcome aboard, and I am sure I speak for all of us when I say we look forward to hearing from you often. My first question would be have you heard your name being trade rumors with the Mets (for Alomar) or the Yankees (Jeff Weaver), and what is it like to be traded at such a young age?

I would hardly say Robin underestimated his value. He got a 4 year $32 million deal when the Sox were offering about half of that.

No way dude, it is mine, and I am using it to buy the White Sox! I will be the next person that all Sox fans hate