Dick Allen

Just a reminder, the Sox are under .500 without Magglio. They need him.

You're right. Carl Pohlad is one of the richest people in America. He is a billionaire a couple times over.

You may be right, but Cotts has been horrible since he made that spot start. I think he needs to go back to Charlotte for a little while.

I think ripping Magglio here is shortsided. For one thing, he is just answering questions asked to him by reporters. IIRC, it was KW who talked about Maggs contract offer a few days ago, when it was supposed to be kept out of the media. Magglio is a very decent person, who really wouldn't be rude to anybody. He also doesn't speak English that well, (he's very self conscious of it, its one of the reasons you have rarely seen him interview before this season). I think his agents have told him to go out and speak more. Anything that sounds pompous may just be poor word selection. Magglio often ends a sentence with "thats it". We have no way of knowing what has gone on during previous negotiations, nor can we have any idea what the current offer is. Its possible Magglio's contributions have been downplayed, and maybe KW threatened to trade him if he didn't sign.KW said it was close to his asking price, then started hemming and hawing about the final year. All Maggs said was negotiations weren't close, and he wanted to concentrate on getting back in the line up. He also said how much he likes it here. I just want him back on the field.

Don't get that deep with Magglio's quotes. His English is not that great.

Throw away that little bad stretch before his last 2 starts, and his stats are very similar to Mulders, and Buerhle pitches in a bandbox. Oakland is great to hit in during the day, but at night, its brutal.

Throw away 2 bad starts, and Buerhle's stats are good enough to start the All Star Game.

Don't worry, Nomar won't be in a White Sox uniform this season.

They didn't have their hottest hitter, Ramirez for the last 2 games. Ray Ordonez hitting about .130 killed the Sox Saturday. There is no excuse not to score against Glendon Rusch. This guy was given up on by the Mets, Brewers and I believe Texas released him in Spring Training. Texas would probably let me pitch a few games before giving up on me. Execution was weak last night. One saving grace is that Buerhle didn't get stuck with the loss. Another is the Sox are still in first place. It goes to show how important Magglio is to the team. If the Sox are to win the WS they are going to have to win without a DH. When Frank sits, and Magglio is out, and a LHP is facing us, which renders Valentin virtually useless, the line up is not very impressive.

Its about time they get a grip on reality in Wrigleyville, and realize Harry is dead. Its time to move on, those "guest conductors" are so annoying.

Just a little irony. I went to see Jackie Mason at Zanies last year. JR showed up-with Sam Smith.

You're probably right. I do think, however, that Ponson's and Colon's performances this season may finally bring down contracts, in terms of length and price, for pitchers. JR's theory that pitchers should not get more than a 3 year contract has proven time and time again to be correct. There has been an exception or 2, but not many. I read last year, that many teams have adopted his policy. I'm sure more will now.

He was fine his first inning of work. His control was a little off that second inning, which could be an indication of fatigue. He has averaged only 42 innings of work the last 6 seasons in Japan. His appearances and innings have been about the same during that time. He is used to working 1 inning at a time. He is bound to give up some hits and walks, afterall, these are the greatest hitters in the world. If I were Ozzie, I would work him 1 inning at a time. I wouldn't throw him in there when there is a 4 run lead and nobody on in the 9th, like he did twice last week, he's going to need this guy for a few more months.

He's working out. Wrigley Field is not condusive to rehab. Maggs wants to get back ASAP.

Mariotti would say that the Sox finally took his advice. If the Sox re sign Magglio, he will take full credit. If Magglio should somehow not live up to the contract, Marriotti will have a column on the stupidity of signing him. Its happened before with that schmuck, it will happen again.

So far KW has dodged a lot of bullets. He wanted to re sign Alomar and give him $3 million, JR wouldn't let him. He wanted to trade Maggs for Nomar, Nomar has been a total bust. He wanted to bring back Colon, Colon is making Jaime Navarro look like Cy Young. He wanted Odalis Perez and Edwin Jackson from the Dodgers, they are both hurting. If he traded Maggs, he would have brought in Juan Gonzalez, who is sitting out with an injury. Maggs has been hurt for the first time in his career, and it has been less an injury than everyone they where going to trade him for. I think its a sign that he should stay. I hope you're right and they do re sign him. Garcia, I would like to see a few more times, but if you do sign him and the wheels don't fall off, the team should contend for the next 4 or 5 years.

David "Boomer" Wells

Hawk used to be an amatuer boxer. If Jay ever took a swing at him-----Mariotti, HE GONE

I still don't see the harm in deferred money. The Yankees do it. They did it with Sheffield. Where's the proof no other team will offer deferred money to Magglio? Chances are, every contract offered to him will contain deferred money. What does it matter? The interest rates are low, and the payout is still more money than he'll ever need in a lifetime. I'm sick of the old stand by, deferred money, to rip JR. Steinbrenner defers for crying out loud. Mariotti and some on this board need to get off it. Every team does it.

Sammy wouldn't switch positions for anyone. If Magglio signed there, he would play LF until Sammy Steriod's contract ran out.

His "columns" should appear in the Editorial section. No suprise he knows what FOX has on TV while the game is delayed. He's probably at home. Why he did mention a guy ran on the field, where was his call for stepped up security so this doesn't happen?

Diaz was throwing 89 mph in the first, and 93 thereafter. He must not have been totaly loose. A homer to Ordonez is inexcusable, as is the homer to Alou on an 0-2 count. After the first, he was great.

If the Sox would have tied it or taken the lead in the 6th, by rule it would have been a suspended game.

When they call a game with the sun shining brightly, and it hadn't rain more than a drizzle for at least a half hour, is ridiculous. It didn't rain for another hour afterward, and even then, not hard at all. The 3rd delay was the killer. The infield basically was destroyed before they got the tarp down.

I don't know if Moronotti was able to see the Cub fan that ran out on the field during the rain delay. He was tackled, but he did make the tarp and if there was a player or umpire there, he would have reached them by the time security got them. My wife left the park as soon as the 4th rain delay came. I went down to the exit to walk her out. As I was coming up back to my upper box seat, a very drunken guy said "Sox suck" to me. I was sporting my Dick Allen jersey. I should have walked away but I replied,"not as much as you did in Boystown last night." He took a swing at me, but like his idol Sammy does most of the time, he missed. Security happened to see the whole thing and took him down. I could have had a bruise.