Dick Allen

I don't know how to link it, but Joe Sherman in today's NY Post says Thomas has demanded to be traded. Says Guillen has requested that Konerko, Ordonez, and Lee get traded, and that the White Sox are the frontrunners for Ponson with a 3 year $18 million offer.

He came up a secondbaseman with Oakland. He really hasn't played there for a few seasons, and I really don't know how he was defensively there. But he is a "grinder", and I think would fit in well in the line-up.

Winning isn't the cure all. The Cubs have been pretty brutal overall the last 10-15 years, yet have no problem packing them in. The White Sox had the best record in the AL in 2000, yet didn't draw 2 million, more than 500,000 below the league average.

Next year would be this upcoming season. By opening day, I believe the naysayers will be impressed with the roster.

That's in a huge pitcher's park. It would even be worse at the Cell. If he quit partying so much, and had a better attitude, his numbers would probably get back to where they were before.

KW could just be posturing. If other teams know he must get rid of players right away, he could never get any value in return.

I was thinking the same thing. He called the Clayton and Boomer Wells trades a couple of years ago. He said 3 years ago the Sox wanted Weaver, all as accurate as can be. Lately though, he has been way off.

Phillips is the guy who assembled one of the worst teams in baseball on a $110 million budget. What does he know?

Isn't there a way around it by signing a minor league contract? I could be very wrong.

Why would the cash-strapped A's go after Wickman, especially since he hasn't pitched in over a year? This story is BS, I believe.

I will be renewing, looking forward to batting practice at the Cell next spring.

Isn't there questions about Percival's hip? Bo Jackson, Konerko, Percival, the White Sox would be the hippest team in the league.

There will be some more seats available. They screwed up, and had no idea the seats would be more popular outside of the park than in it. They will correct this, and you as a season ticketholder will get some seats.

It would have been a sweep. Tony G is great off the bench, but when they played him for longer stretches, he got exposed, and wasn't nearly as effective.

The Reds are dumping payroll and would like to get out of paying that contract. If Griffey hit 50 homers next year, and was healthy, they would trade him for a slew of prospects in a heartbeat. No one would trade for him now, especially your team's best player. His conract runs 3 or 4 more years after this season with a 4 million buyout, I believe after 2008. Even if he came back to his old levels this season, his recent injury history still makes his contract a terrible risk.

This is a trade that will not happen. No one will trade for Griffey with that contract, until they see he is healthy, and can stay healthy,and, most importantly, is still an all star caliber player.This scenerio is a figment of someone's imagination.

The seats were crappy, by not getting a set you saved $50.

I was thinking the same thing. That sounds awfully high for a guy with Garland's limited success. But he does have ability, and if the light goes on he could be very good.

I wouldn't have minded having him during his Seattle days, but just like his father, he will spend the majority of his middle to late 30's on the disabled list.

JosE6 going to josE5??? That would be JosE4

There's a decent chance Garcia will be non-tendered, he would get about $9 million in arbitration.

Kotsay made more than Long and Hernandez combined last season. I'm sure Hernandez is due a big raise, however.

Who cares what color the seats are? Blue seats are just as comfortable as green ones, and since they are not in my living room they don't have to match anything.

Dr. Tom got it from Hayden. I am a U of Iowa graduate, and was in school during some of Hayden's finest years. They did it all the time. Dr. Tom replaced George Raveling after the 1985-86 season. I don't recall him doing the Hokie Pokie, but if he did, he got it from Hayden. I also loved when Hayden called his players 'rascals'.

Hayden had the Hawkeyes do the Hokie Pokie after big wins.