Harry Chappas

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 11:25 AM) From what I understand, and with Leinart (sp?) deciding to stay in school this has come up, the insurance only covers career ending injuries, they don't "make-up" lost earnings for time missed. This seems like a silly example, but it's one I know of. When Mr. Perfect from wrestling got hurt he collected on a Lloyd's of London insurance policy. But when he returned to the ring a few years later he had to negotiate a settlment with them to pay some of the money back, since it was for career ending injuries only... this is why Ravishing Rick Rude never wresteled before he died when he most likely could have Rick Rudd's dead huh. I guess steroids really do have a negative impact on the human body.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jan 18, 2005 -> 01:17 PM) Weaver should talk to Matt Harrington about not signing and skipping a year. That turned out real well for him... What is his story, I missed it. I love to see greedy people fail.

Peolpe it is all about cost savings. Say there are 20 jerseys per player for the season = 500 jerseys. Coaches get 9 (3 per model for the season) = 15 515 jerseys * cost to put names on $30 = $15,450. There is Billy Williams salary to coach first base. Oh and also, NOW EVERYONE'S JERSEY IS OUTDATED SO EVERYONE NEEDS A NEW ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thomas is most likely a FA after this season. I believe Sox option for $10M or a $3M buyout something like that. Also Shingo only has 2 years of service time after this season, he is not even arbitration eligible. Does his age impact this? I guess Steff's copy of the CBA may be needed. It was a nice Konerko piece though.

The streets of Chinatown would be complete bedlum this evening. I know China and Japan are not the same thing, I just like to rile up the PC folk from time to time.

I would think they would let peolpe line-up inside like they do for the garage sale and other crap like that.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 04:40 PM) Well I've never been a huge Maggs fan to begin with. I saw & read about too many games where he collected 5 or 6 rbi's in a blowout game. It's why I don't put much stock in the accumulated yearly stats any more. Any reliably good hitter can pound the ball against the weakest pitching in the majors. Sosa & Maggs excel at that. Is it any coincidence that when Sosa & McGuire were battling for the HR title that year that the NLC had one of the worst staff era averages of any division in MLB? I prefer guys who are low-key solid hitters like Thomas & Dye who have proven their ability to hit the best pitchers in MLB. I love it when you analyze, sometimes. Oh and I think he goes AL to be a DH.

I wish there was a major paper in Chicago talking up a team that is dependable and competitive. The tigers lost almost 120 games two years ago and this little rah rah piece makes them look good. Imagine what a nice spin article would do now for the Sox with ticket sales and Soxfest coming up. Look at the maggs story in the Trib today. Sounds like maggs is falling all over himself trying to get back to Chicago. He said he is in the best shape of his life and is pain free and wants to play with the cub. On the other hand, the Sox..................... :sleep This guy writes for a Detroit paper it is his job to promote the city and the team. For some reason this is lost on half of the baseball teams in Chicago related to the press for some reason

Sun-Times today has the cubs not being interested in Bernitz or Ordonez unless they move sosa. This paper makes no sense. The story is again about sosa and different suitors (Royals, Mets, Orioles, and now the Astros.) My personal thought is there is no team going to take sosa before maggs therefore the cubs need to sign maggs to open options for sosa. FWIW, I think the cubs are done with their offseason and maggs goes to Houston, where I will then become a huge maggs fan.

The funny thing there is no proof the guy can even walk. Any team that picks him up is taking a huge risk. What kind of shape is he going to be in. Remember this is the guy that tired down the stretch every season as his body wore down. Now he hasn't worked out in 8 months. Risk is a huge understatement.

QUOTE(babybearhater @ Jan 6, 2005 -> 09:44 AM) Hold the phone. This is actually a pretty good idea. We can see now that Houston is going to be after a big switch hitting outfielder after they lose Beltran. How about Carla for them??? s***, I will take a little money and a minor leaguer for him, and it would clear alot of payroll for us. And then who do we replace him with? Borchard? Let's not forget, he is 33 and has the ability to be up very good major league numbers and is a servicable outfielder. If Thomas is not back until June who is the DH Gload?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 5, 2005 -> 11:34 AM) There is probably a good shot that maggs up on the northside though. If healthy he'll put up fantastic numbers there. Papers tend to think it is Hollandsworth and Dubois for the cub. maggs if sosa is moved. I would guess maggs goes to the loser between the Mets and Astros. Remember the Mets have Cameron for center. Think he will be moved to the Astors if the Mets sign beltran?

Anybody know how the strikezone is called in Japan? Is it the teacup MLB zone or the traditional? Could this not greatly increase the effectiveness of a hitter if the zone is smaller? Just a thought.

A little note on population density. If you took every living person and put them in the state of Texas, it would have a lower population density than Manhatten.

There commercia breaks. Is this station ever on the air longer than 5 minutes?

His article today in the Times says it all. It talks about how the cub are frauding their fans by not going after Beltran but it does not have the personal distain toward the situation as it does with this feelings for the Sox. How are the cub not getting raked over the coals for not addressing a single issue this offseason? Yet the Sox make moves but they are not good enough. Case in point the bubbly article about how Todd Hollandsworth is going to replace Moises Alou and then the followiong day how they should target Ordonez. Whre is the JD Drew story? He would look great inl eft this year and right next for them.

He is awsome.

I think Santana may have an off year. The guy was great but he seemed to wear down as games wore on. How many times did he have a gem going for 5 innings and then get touched up in the 6th or 7th. I will use the Buerhle game last year in Cleveland. If he is on he is on for 9 innings. Sanatana seems to tire and can be had in the late middle innings. Am I wrong?

Bo Jackson and Carlton Fisk gave this team the character it needed to win. He was nowhere near healthy while he was here but he did add something.

As good of a player as we may think of Eck, he is not even close to Everett as a hitter. A good piece for our infield as we have two guys that give us above average defense. He will not DH. Konerko will with Gload at first before Eck.

Let's just hope steroids are not involved. Remember these fellows came from SF the home of BALCO.

Are these the same people that forced Maggs to go to Austria for surgery. I take the physical with a grain of salt but I love the signing.

I posted this thought somewhere in these threads but want to go a little further. It appears that KW is trying to get major league arms and hitters on the roster. Think of the Bill Mueller, Miguel Cairo and Tim Wakefield's of the world. You are going to win by having a solid major league team 1-25 not the hot FA or two of the week. There is potential that on any given night Dye, Everett or Thomas is sitting on the bench late in the game and in NL parks, two of them. Now if all of these guys are ready to go, Pods can be a late specialist if needed. This team is looking to be very flexible and fluid, especially if a Cora/Eck is brought in. Hermanson fills the spot start if needed, something we have lacked since Sean Lowe and if a pitcher fails we can bail him out not continue to get pounded for 3 or 4 innings. We are looking to have solid hitters that will not be shut out by a rookie. We appear to be adding veterans that can play the game. Eckstein and 1 or 2 arms with experience to minor league deals and I think wea re going to be very good. Think of a bench of Everett, Harris/Eckstein/Crede, Gload, Burke, and Perez. We need a RH here and this is pretty damn good. Injuries are a part of the game and as long as they are not serious I think we are looking very good.

No s***, his wife is from Chciago? She goes home whenever he goes on a road trip and didn't want the long commute home (i.e. Chicago, I guess.) This was a reason he was balking at the trade.

Not if he stays healthy