Harry Chappas

I went three yeras ago and was not happy with the hotel. I am booking next week, where is the best place to stay??????

The White Sox winning the World Series took all of the unachievable dreams for which I watch sports away. I no longer have the burning desire for my team to win. There is nothing more I really feel I need to see and hope for. Sports are now a recreational passing of time and much less stressful. The losses hurt less and the wins although great are not as satisfying. I am a big fan but no longer a HUGE one of sports in general. I like it this way. Still Go Bears.

Recievers don't really take the beating that linemen do. My thoughts are that this is a cub PR move and he will take the guaranteed money of the NFL. This deal allows him the latitude of dealing with organizations that will take a risk and spend money ala Bo Jackson and John Elway.

$18M a year for 6 or 7 years is what they want per Comcast last night. Yikes. The cubs better suck this deal up.

Erstad and Ozuna are making the same amount. If he sucks, he will not play. He has to pass a physical first that will determine what role he has. I see no risk at all in this move. If the guy can not f***ing walk he will not play. They basically signed him to a Minor League deal. Where is the uproar that Wiki may take at bats away from Gustavo Molina????? If he takes at bats away from Anderson it will be because Anderson sucks no other reason we will see if this plays out. The guy is intense and has a great attitude, things I like. This mirrors a move from years back, Ellis Burks. How did that work out. Let Herm get at him. It could be worse, we could be giving Cliff Floyd a couple mil a year.

Doesn't the cable side simply have to pay a fee to DIRECT TV for the rights. Kind of like Direct TV getting Comcast Sports?????

The cub mindset is simply insane. The guy is a horse and big game pitcher.

Why is Bonds not suing the s*** out of the people who have tarnished his image and give him illegal substance that could kill him without telling him what the stuff is???????????? I wonder if Sweeney is going to put a nice libel suit out there or at least theft or trespassing charges should be brought up.

Anyone that compares Ozzie Guillen and Jerry Manuel has zero credability and knows nothing about baseball, sorry if this is offensive. Ozzie Guillen may be a bad manger but he can not be compared to Manual they are polar opposites. The 2003 White Sox had the best team in baseball. Guillen would have led this team to at least the playoffs and Loiaza and Colon would have taken them to the WS.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jan 10, 2007 -> 12:42 AM) 99 mph fastballs can be turned in 500 ft HRs just as easy as 89 mph fastballs. Hanging curve balls and sliders go further much more often then 99 MPH fastballs. I want a guy that can throw it past someone three times with a man on third and one or nobody out, not someone that "pitches to contact" to get outs. This is why I think the bullpen needs to be stocked with a guy that can come in, in the 5th-9th that can do this. Guys like Eckersly are successful when they start an inning and are not in tough situations. Throwing strikes is what Cooper seems to be able to get guys to do and if these guys do it, this bullpen is sick.

A precursor to this will be what Carlos Zambrano gets next offseason as I beleive he is a FA. He will be 26. Is there anyone that can be compared to him recently for his age. He can blow out his arm next year and get a Zito contract. Wanna win the WS every year. Sign he and Santana. Your bullpen gets a rest two of every five starts.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jan 5, 2007 -> 09:54 PM) The search function is down () but I recall you supporting Steve Finley over Podsednik for 2007 and as a defensive metric you used FLD%. Broadway for Cristian Guzman? That is absurdly stupid. Hence my stating that we would get something more on top of Guzman. If Uribe is out we are not dealing from a position of strength and every GM knows that.

Maybe Christian Guzman could be had. Throw a decent starter (Broadway/Phillips) out there and get something else decent on top of him. Assuming Guzman is trying to be a MLB player again. s***, Gilluen will demand Alex Gonzalez.

What is the difference between Kevin Brown/Mike Hampton and Jason Schmidt/Barry Zito?

Broadway or Floyd should be all that is given up. Then Rocco, Pods and Anderson can platoon in the outfield. Baldelli has not proven enough to be giving up more than one decent arm. His OBP is only .339 and he has played in 92 of a possible 324 games the last two years. How he is some how garnering the talent that is right ther ewith Crawford is beyond me. Danks should be able to get Crawford straight up or with a decent lower level prospect.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 05:09 PM) His parents might not see this the same as you ... considering they live in Round Rock, TX. I was joking you know. Sometimes humor around here is missed.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 08:53 AM) At .08 your reaction time is slowed quite significantly. Your eyesight is diminished as well. You may not realize it, but you are much less safe at .08 than when you are sober. Dr. Johnny Fever proved this theory wrong. Thank you very much.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Dec 27, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) I know it makes me disgruntled knowing we just ruined our chances of a world series. We have no Liriano to step in and take over. I jsut wish this all never happenend. Are you comparing Garcia or McCarthy to Liriano? Who is the Twins Liriano by the way?

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Dec 25, 2006 -> 10:28 PM) That is the real problem. If only people would stop hyping things so much, they would be able to see the big picture. This was the same problem with Jon Garland and this board (and everywhere else). Everyone wanted to cut/trade Garland when he was going through his growing pains because he was not the next Cy Young they all had built him to be. Not one understood how young he was and how, given his salary, he was providing us great value as our 3rd or 4th or 5th starter in most of those years. Gavin Floyd is a young Jon Garland.

Is Randy Johnson going to net the Yankees more talent that Garcia did for the Sox? If so, KW was fleeced.

QUOTE(Balance @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 11:41 AM) That move seems to be the opposite of the philosophy KW is currently pursuing. I don't think it would be a good move. I agree with you 100% but it is only for one year. If the six guys that are in the running all s*** the bed at AAA then we have a problem. Chances are two will be needed next year and can succeed while Johnson is the insurance policy that should they all suck we still have 5 MLB seasoned pitchers right now.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Dec 26, 2006 -> 11:32 AM) I fail to see why we'd want a 43-year old starter that posted an ERA of 5 last year for somewhere in the neighborhood of $15 mil. If we were going to do that we might as well have kept Freddy, it just makes no sense... Throwing money out of the equation as the Sox had money before the Garcia trade and have it now. 5 spot in the rotation; Garcia or McCarthy v. Johnson, Floyd, Gonzalez, Masserat, Danks, Haegar He is a gamble but the reward is greater. Remember it is for one year only and he can be anywhere from a 1 to 5 in our rotation.

I hope Danks doesn't show up wearing a Rangers hat. Who the f*** does he think he is talking to the Taxas media as well. Somebody better tell him he can no longer associate himself with the state of Texas.

ESPN alluded to the fact that the Yanks are looking to drop some salary and Johnson is a move they would like to make. Think they may want to replace him with Zito? If so and it only cost someone like Broadway, I think the Sox would do it in a heartbeat. Right now the bandwagon and media have the Sox in the middle of a fire greater than that created by a cow many years back. This is a KW move if ther ever was one. THE SOX HAVE MONEY TO SPEND!!!!!! This and Clemens are one year gambles. If Clemens or Johnson flame out, there is a parade of young arms ready, willing and able. Tell Johnson to meet the team at the next destination and enjoy a couple of days at home between starts, same with Clemens. If this team does nothing and wins only 85 games the bandwagon will be gone and point at this. KW can not sit pat I believe there is a greater move out there. I think there will either be a big extension for Buerhle or big trade.

So Danks might be better than McCarthy in the future, but it hurts the 2007 team. And the AL Central's 3rd place team didn't need a downgrade, it needed an upgrade. That is, if we wanted to contend this year. Wasn't there another person is this trade that throws mid 90's and has threee plus pitches? Does he not get factored in here? To me it sounds like a great 5th/6th inning guy which we will need seeing as we traded our Ace.