Harry Chappas

QUOTE(forrestg @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:57 AM) Maybe you don't know but the sox almost moved there because money for US Cellular wasn't being appropriated. I was 60% sure they were going. As far as trades we need a couple of good left-handed bats and in the lineup Huff would be great. As far as pitching I would really think twice about giving up McCarthy if he's pitching well. In the playoffs we can get by with 4sp 3 are superb and the other 2 can be brilliant. Marte, go ahead and trade him but leave Jenks,Cotts,Hermanson, and Politte alone. I knew that, they were going to be the St. Pete something, I have the t-shirt. The stadium down there was built for a team of some sort. It was their leverage.

Once a guy leaves the Sox, unless I dine with him regularly or my kids go to school with him, I could care less what he does. Gary Majewski took the loss, I really could care less.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:35 AM) ok 1.) i agree on keeping salary down. 2.) i disagree taht attendance does not matter. it does matter, becuase it will bring them more money. if they can raise attendence by not spending more on salaries of players then WHY NOT DO IT?????!?!?! Because you can't control attendance, see White Sox and Miami. The state of Florida is the state of Florida. Miami tried winning and it didn't work. You can watch about 15 spring training teams when the weather is nice. Now when it is 100 where do you want to go, the ocean or to see the D-Rays?? Sports in Florida are different than Chicago. 75 and sunny and the ballpark. -10 and snowing indoor hockey. 75 and sunny (hockey???) 110 baseball The risk of building a new stadium and spending money (to compete agaisnt NY and Boston) is not worth it. I really think they are in a no win situation and will be dicks about it, I thought that was the point of not trading for spite.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 09:27 AM) haha im not saying tehy should invest. thats why im advocating them trading huff. hes 7.5 million dollars spent by ownership. if they can cut that spending out, they will make more money. AND additionally why not get players that can help you contribute in teh future. if they can contribute at 300,000 dollars, maybe they will help to bring in some revenue, which also increases their pay check. i completely agree with you that they could win 90 games make 200 million, or win 60 and make 300 million that they would choose to win 60 and make 300. i think, you must be under the assumption that i dont agree with you on that, but i do. alls im sayin is that if they can win 56 without huff, then they make 207.5 million (with the extra money coming from the money they save on huffs contract). and maybe, just maybe, the prospect tehy get turns into a player like huff and that brings them back to 60 wins. maybe a few more fans will start to show up then, and the team is spending less, and maybe that 207.5 with 56 wins jumps to 209.5 with 60 wins. i agree tehy dont really care about teh wins, but if the wins bring in money, without them having to spend money, then they do care How do you know what they care about? Sorry but I think Steff really does know what they are like and how they are run and it is apparent on how they are run on a day-to-day basis. Lamar and the owner are good friends he ain't going nowhere and does not need to do anything but keep the salary down. Wins, losses and attendance do not matter. Lamar is a fool and there is no recourse against, I guess this makes him brilliant.

It took two/three years to GET someone to take the Nationals now we are talking about potential suitors for another team, come on. The two Florida teams have to be tops on the list of teams to dissolve especially if there is no stadium in Miami. That team should not have to ask for anything after two titles in the last 7 or so years. Jenks is the "flavor" becuase he brings PURE talent something that lacks in our bullpen. I want a guy to come in with men on second and third and one out in a game and shut a hitter down. Not hope to shut him down but in the end the hitter can inside out a ball in the air to the outfield on a 92 MPH fastball. Jenks keeps hitters off balance because you have to react to the pitch and can not try to have a strategy at the plate. If you look fastball away and get a good hook near the plate you are defensless. With hermanson if you look fastball away and get a splitter you can still put it in play. Wagner is bettter than Jenks, Baez is iffy and nowhere near the potential even this year.

The Trib gave Farmer and Rooney credit and then stated something about how the cub broadcasters could be so low (they used the term surprising or shcoking or something like that). They (Trib and cub fans) really are full of themselves go to Around the Horn to get the rest of my cub rant.

Foxx Raffy if he is 50/50 Frank Thomas is out. The amazing thing about baseball is that in its history Yankee (or NY in general) players are so grossly overrated it is disgusting. Yogi Berra v. Mel Ott for instance (not sure about the stats but they are close) Whitey Ford Hell even Joe Dimaggio. His hit streak is nice but in the grand scheme of things what did it get him (what was his average during the streak). I'll take 3 2 for 4's and an 0 for 2 over three 1 for 4's and a 2 for 4. Hank Aaron was probably the greatest (behind Ruth) and you would think he couldn't hold Willie Mays jock with accolades draped on Mays (not saying he wasn't great). The media overhypes flair, pizzazz (not Piazza) and locale rather than real talent and achievement. I bet Jorge Posada is more of a HOF lock then Frank Thomas, christ there were stories on if Mattingly should make it. Harold Baines will pass on the balloting like Andre Dawson, too bad he didn't play longer with the cub he (Dawson) would've been a first ballot guy. With the Trib coverage of Sandberg this week (back page every day) did they do this for Fisk???You would have think he saved 10,000 children in a burning orphanage and then found them all nice warm homes. Enough of my rant, off to the USA radio poll to post the Trib comments on this, they are precious.

Didn't the same thing happen do Danny Wright and he didn't even leave the game???

Let's see Houston just swept them and beat Pedro, well the Mets when Pedro pitched. Oh, Houston is also 9-1 in their last 10. Although I think Wade should think about a deal he won't. The white flag deal is very similar to this in that although they are only 3 1/2 games (or something) back the fans, as they should, still believe the Phils have a shot. Their problem is that their division is just tough enough for them to make it hard.

Overbay. $500K

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 03:50 PM) Doug Jones.. where the heck is he these days..? He will be productive for us by the end of the year. How Wille Harris (BA about .220) and Vizcaino stick arund and he is gone is a complete mystery.

I did not see this but I remember when Rickey Henderson did something similar to this to the catcher's wrist and he dropped the ball. I thought it was a BS move but everyone in baseball I believe thought it was hard but clean. Do anything to get the run in....... Was it similar to this????

He could teach Uribe how to wait for a strike and play smartball. Maybe he'll be good for the Latino players as well. No thanks we need smart hitters that can handle the bat not stats guys.

Is that 5 or six in the last week???

What did Crede do?

Does anyone think Ozzie is getting a little to cocky. He went to his pen early with the off day to get them work as well as getting playing time for those that should not even have uniforms, well one Harris actually.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) It was a legitimate question, so you don't have to be a smartass about it. In his last 6 appearances, his ERA is near 6. CBS Sporstline had El Duque in the game.

Defense has cost us a ton (possibly three games) lately. Is complacency setting in???????

Whew for a second I thought it would be Willie Harris.

Something annoys me in an Anthrax kind of way about him. Too much Stuart Scott lingo type crap. I don't really get the impression he is a big fan either. Like one of those guys that got the job becasue they like doing radio which is good but it doesn't work to get teh fans to listen all of the time. This was why I like Wills and Hawk.

The White Sox have arguably the most complete team in the pennant race. Any additions could be viewed as simply a manner of upgrading an average aspect of the team. There are no weaknesses as great as other teams may have. With this in mind, is KW involved in every deal knowing that he can or can not make the move while possibly impacting another team negativly. The White Sox appear, although most of this comes from a biased fan forum, to have the best bargaining chips in terms of prospects. These pieces can be used to drive the price of a player up knowing that in the end they really don't need him. With Clement's status possibly unknown at the deadline, Boston now needs Burnett greatly. Can they top major league bullpen help greater than Politte? No but if Schilling is now moved to the rotation and they can go after Guardado can they top a Marte deal for him.... All KW needs to do is become involved in every deal knowing he does not have to complete anything but knowing he can always put up enough to stay in the mix and see which contenders can improve them themselves and then improve based on this. I find it funny how we are involved in just about every deal out there while we really don't need anything that great.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 09:07 AM) They can keep him, his contract, and his butchers glove. he certainly moves the team back into the corpseball realm. Did you see the series this past weekend. Won two games and scared the crap out me (us?) in another. He is an enigma but if pay a chunck......

My thoughts are Lowell (if forced to take hiM) and Burnett come here and spun directly to the Philles for Wagner and Thome. I think it is Burnett only then he is spun one for one for Wagner. If Contrearas is not moved Burnett is not on this team. The Phillies and Fish are not trading with one another nor in a three way.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 22, 2005 -> 07:41 AM) They are showing this live - there's not going to be a "rigging" but mathematically, the Rangers have the best shot (along with three others) because they have sucked so bad for the last 4 years. My understanding was Bettemen was holding a press conference and the drawing was to be held behind closed doors and announced at the end of this conference. Hawks have the most cash to get this guy in and signed at the draft.

What is harris current batting average?