Dick Allen

The guy is a team doctor of the White Sox. Magglio played for the White Sox. I understand your point, but if he's on the team's medical staff, and he's advising or referring players to other doctors, he is representing the team IMO.

According to Weil, go to the Tribune sports section, page 4, he was treating Frank. Frank was the guy who brought Weil and Magglio together. Frank may have a doctor in Las Vegas, but Weil also treated him.

He is or at least was a White Sox team doctor at the time, correct? He was treating Frank at the time.

No its not. Is Weil a team doctor? Did he refer Magglio to the Vienna doctor? Weil has all the reports on Magglio's european surgery. He knows what was reported. Funny how he didn't say anything to the White Sox about it, but is now giving all the details to the Tribune.

Yes he does. If he wants to say he didn't for the 5 minutes it took for him to give Magglio the referral, that's his business.

That doesn't appear to be accurate.

The fact is KW said yesterday, and Bruce Levine also reported that the White Sox are now at their 2005 budget with Jermaine Dye pulling in $4 million next year. Considering they have a few more holes to fill, this shows the White Sox, at least after they signed Garcia to an extension and brought in Contreras, if not before, had no intention of bringing Magglio back. The contract they offered Magglio, I'm sure they knew would be rejected. He went to Vienna after the White Sox declared him out for the season, and after the team already determined he would no longer play here, and under the advice of a White Sox team doctor.

Dr. Weil, who is on the team staff, gave Magglio the name. Weil is representing the White Sox, so therefore, giving the name to a White Sox player means the White Sox did give Maggs the name.

Its true. Weil admits it, but says he wasn't working as a White Sox doctor when giving Magglio the information. Frank talked to Weil about Magglio, because Magglio confided in Frank, worried that his career was in jeopardy.

Dr. Weil is probably in a little hot water with the White Sox.

Boras provided an email to Magglio from White Sox podiatrist Lowell Scott Weil, turning him on to the doctor. KW didn't know about it, White Sox doctors did.

Josh Beckett insists he will be a Red Sox

Ken Rosenthal on sportingnews.com says the Angels are close to signing Finley. It would end their pursuit of Beltran. Money hasn't seemed to have been an object for Moreno, and it appears that Beltran would get less than Vlad money. Finley has been very productive but is really getting up there in age. If I'm an Angels fan, I'd be a little pissed unless Beltran has given them indications he rather play somewhere else.

KW just refuted Boras' statements. One of my first posts stated that they should have been done with the mess a long time ago. Most who leave the White Sox, leave under a cloud of controversy. This started with Schueler, and KW has taken the torch and gone with it. I also said if it were my decision, I wouldn't have signed Magglio or offered him arbitration. Magglio's camp didn't handle the situation well, and until Tuesday, the White Sox handled it similarly. They should be above the agent's spin. KW should keep his mouth shut, and spend the time he would be talking, trying to improve the team.

The Brewers can afford Sheets. They outdrew the White Sox last season, and had a $30 million payroll.

Didn't Delgado reject a trade to come here during the pennant race last season? I doubt he'd be interested in beginning the season here.

Actually, most players do only get payed from April until the end of September.

So you're saying the White Sox haven't put a spin on this entire situation. That Magglio and/or his people are to blame? FWIW, my source with the White Sox swears they knew about his surgery.

I'm sure the timing has everything to do with the arbitration deadline.

That's a little different. If your employer knew of your hand injury and told you of a european doctor who may be able to help you, and you flew out to see him or her, and said doctor recommended surgery and performed it on you, your employer, who already determined you would be able to work for the rest of the length of your contract, wouldn't be shocked by your decision to have surgery. They gave you the benefits book, they didn't recommend a doctor. Magglio is gone. Maybe he could have handled things better. He was being advised by his new agent. People need to get off of the Magglio is an asshole kick they are on, and remember how he represented this team with class and all star performance.

Boras is a lot like the National Enquirer. A lot of what he says is fabrication, but there also is some truth in what he says. The White Sox haven't been so honest with injuries this past season, either.

I not going to argue with you, I am just saying that if Boras is telling the truth, the doctor they recommended to him suggested surgery. It was performed. If they didn't want this guy to perform surgery maybe they shouldn't recommend Magglio fly out to Vienna to see him. Maybe they didn't know he needed additional surgery, and it would be consistant because the White Sox doctors were pretty stumped with this injury from the beginning. They didn't know he needed surgery in May. Referring someone to a european doctor would suggest the White Sox medical team knew Magglio would need additional care.

The doctor the team recommends, tells him he needs another operation. He has it. That's not lying. The White Sox are deceiving their fan base, trying to put a spin on the fact they are losing a great talent and getting nothing in return. At this point, I wouldn't sign him either. I wouldn't offer him arbitration. The guy got hurt. Why can't they just leave it at that? The reason the White Sox are full of s*** is they are making themselves out to be the victims, when in reality they are the victors. If Magglio's injury is as devasating as some believe, his turning down their offer last summer will be one of the greatest things to ever happen to this franchise. The fact that players almost always seem to leave this team in a cloud of controversy is becoming old. The organization needs to be above that. I blame KW for flapping his gums too much.

Someone at that fine learning institution should tell its new coach that the s at the end of Illinois is silent.

That's in the context of negotiation. This is not. KW has yet to deny Boras's claim, and if he or anybody else in the organization doesn't, you know the White Sox were full of s*** on this one.