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People continue to discredit the things KW does, without failing to realize what a piss-poor ownership he is having to work with. You can't go and sign Vlad, Tejada, etc, etc when you are the Gm of a Jerry Reinsdorf owned team. I think KW, ever since the Ritchie/Kip debachle has done a damn fine job in keeping this team semi-competitive with the restrictions he is given.

I'mstill baffled by this thought every day. Not sure why its an automatic write off for Koch because of a bad 2003. Go back and look at his numbers in ST 2003. In the "thin pitching air" in Arizona, he was still dominant. Yes, he sucked during the regular season of 2003, but you know what? That doesnt mean I wanna ship him off in exchange for some other teams high salary problem. Koch still has the ability to rebound more than say, Roger Cedeno.

Very good question. Honestly, if Stewart were stealing 30-40 bases, and puttin those numbers up, I'd pay 6 mill for him per year. But the thing isn't money, its the priorities that Minny sets for themselves. They have always likened themselves as an organization who will almost always promote from within and depend on the Farm clubs for talent rather than pay a FA money. Then that train of business thought goes up in smoke, even though one of their own products is there to play the position.

With the reported 65 million on the table for Vlad, the 72 million given to Tejada, and the 18 million for Javy Lopez or 21 million for IRod.....at some point, the well dries up. And we can hope that means Ponson may have to look to the Windy City.

OK aboz...edit your post!!! I can't have that shoddy stat posting quoted in its ugly form!!! I agree wil them keeping A.J. over Doug M......but hey, good for us!!

You got it, ABoz. here are Stewarts stats career-wise: SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 1995 Toronto Blue Jays 12 38 2 8 0 0 0 1 8 5 5 2 0 .318 .211 .211 1996 Toronto Blue Jays 7 17 2 3 1 0 0 2 4 1 4 1 0 .222 .235 .176 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 44 168 25 48 13 7 0 22 75 19 24 10 3 .368 .446 .286 1998 Toronto Blue Jays 144 516 90 144 29 3 12 55 215 67 77 51 18 .377 .417 .279 1999 Toronto Blue Jays 145 608 102 185 28 2 11 67 250 59 83 37 14 .371 .411 .304 2000 Toronto Blue Jays 136 583 107 186 43 5 21 69 302 37 79 20 5 .363 .518 .319 2001 Toronto Blue Jays 155 640 103 202 44 7 12 60 296 46 72 27 10 .371 .463 .316 2002 Toronto Blue Jays 141 577 103 175 38 6 10 45 255 54 60 14 2 .371 .442 .303 2003 Minnesota Twins 65 270 43 87 22 0 6 38 127 25 36 3 4 .384 .470 .322 2003 Toronto Blue Jays 71 303 47 89 22 2 7 35 136 27 30 1 2 .347 .449 .294 I just don't see why you give him 6 mill per, when you let guys like Pierzinski walk. And please realize, it takes me a good 10 minutes to get those stat posts lined up the way I want them!!! I'm a perfectionalist, sorry!

Cali, I'm there with ya. I haven't seen any of these movies either....just not interested in it. I'd rather go see a new gory horror movie anyday than see 'em but hell, thats just my personal preference.

Hehe...BEGood...I need Cliffs Notes on typing myself. I use the backspace button more than any button on a keyboard. And the word 'THE" almost always shows up as "TEH" when I type....bad finger placement I guess.

Cheat, you'd be proud to know that I still have Journey the game on an emulator on my laptop. What a dumb game, yet I'm cataclysmically drwan to keep playing that..../shudder

My cut and paste URL is gettin lots of action on your posts, BEGood....

Well, its true. The signing of Shannon Stewart by Minny...a team that is largely considered to have the biggest cash-monger owner in baseball, just makes NO sense. You spend al lthe time to develop your talent in the minors, because you aren't a big market team, then you let them leave so that you can sign a guy in Stewart who only played 2-3 months for you, and has NEVER been real solid in terms of arm strength or power. Makes no sense, but thats fine by me being a Sox fan.

Ah yes....Head....wow...talk about completely setting your career back 5 years. It probably seemed like a GREAT idea at the time, a way to poke fun at the way their musical career started as actors. Wow, were they wrong. Uniquely artistic, but NOT very gratuitous to their careers. My favorite Monkees songs are probably "Goin' Down" , "I'll Be Back Upon My Feet" and "The Door Into Summer" I'll admit it, I enjoy listening to the Monkees even now.

You gonna see this alot BeGood.....

Yay!!!! Another thing for my wonderful home state to be proud of!!!

Quite Simply....... YES [/size]

MonkEEs...FSJ....hey, I still like listening to them, once they staretd writing and playing their own music. And yeah, thats one of those Did You Know questions I always ask people.

My main problem with the poll would be that IMO alot of the older artists, Kurtis Blow, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, really werent given as much relevance in it because they are not in most peoples recent memory. Eve?? Ja Rule?? Queen Latifah??? C'mon now, people.

Which one is right below All-Madden? Thats the one I meant... I thought it was Veteran...I'll change my original post to All-Pro

Lol....the first few yahoo entries are uber-ghetto!!!! Then theres this little ditty....for all us PC geeks, its pretty funny. The now defunct Compuserve.

winded is the sailor...drifting by the storm... wounded is the organ he left all...bloodied on the shore... gorgeous was his savior, sees her...drowning in his wake... daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate... little secrets, tremors...turned to quake... the smallest oceans still get...big, big waves... ransom paid the devil...he whispers pleasing words... triumphant are the angels if they can...a get there first... little secrets tremors...turned to quake... the smallest oceans still get...big, big waves... i'll decide...take the dive... take my time...not my life... wait for signs...believe in lies... to get by...it's divine...whoa... oh, you know what it's like... turns the bow back, tows and...drops the line... puts his faith in love and tremor christ... Pearl Jam - "Tremor Christ", from the oft overlooked, but VERY satisfying 'Vitalogy'

Good Lord, tex.....I busted out when i read that, and yet....its true. Great metaphor for the status of the 2004 White Sox

Pfffft....$19,000? Gimme a break, I''d MUCH rather have the 5-in-1 Mens Travel Kit!!!

Wish that I had another stab at the under cover was it a change in mind for you? It's impossible I can't let it out You'll never know Am I selling you out? Sit and watch Your every mood Your eyes still remind me of angels that hover above eyes that can change from blind to blue Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!

Lol...ok BeGood....I'm gonna start something new here...anytime I see you use incorrect syntax or grammer in a post, I'm dropping the following image on ya. Now its not meant to be hateful towards ya, its all in good fun.