Texsox

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 26, 2005 -> 04:37 AM) Karen Carpenter, for sure. Carly Simon. Patsy Cline. I forgot about Carly Simon How James Taylor could choose drugs over her :headshake

LMAO, this is why I love being a guy. I am 100% that the ladies here will think that is totally stupid and gross. The guys on the other hand, will be thinking of who they could do that too and pissed they didn't think of it first.

Bill Clinton starting a marriage counseling service. damn, that was soooo easy Michael Moore sitting in for Rush Limbaugh Southsider starting a 12-Step program was Internet Addiction, with me as his partner. Damn we could have been a success, but we were too busy posting on Soxtalk.

Governors wouldn't play politics with someone's life, would they?

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/25/D8E3R6I87.html

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/25/D8E3JE2O0.html

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 03:02 PM) Umm, I feel ignorant here........ What is Black Friday? It's the day retailers get into the black for the year. Many retail stores are losing money YTD, and need a busy Christmas season to turn a profit for the year.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Nov 24, 2005 -> 11:27 PM) Um, not a pretty sight. Apparently you got the last laugh! I couldn't get out of the way fast enough It wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 02:43 PM) Texas will win. Would that be University of Texas-Austin or Texas A&M?

Huge turnover with that punt. A&M is playing awesome defense. This is a big series to deflate the Aggies

Paging Longhorn Defense, paging Longhorn Defense Where the hell is the Longhorn Defense??

I went up to the ranch to fetch a 24' ladder to put up lights. That is as close to "out" as I want to get.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:59 PM) Tex, wouldn't a real Texan be at this game? College Station is 10 hours and $$$$ away.

I've become very disenchanted with developing talent. So many can't miss prospects, miss. It seems more luck than anything else. And I was thinking of the Sox history at 1st base and almost forgot about a big guy from Auburn they drafted back in the 80s.

Big Momentum turn here. I was just going to post where is the Texas defense? They need a stop here and this game will be back under control. Rivalry games like this is why college football >>>>> than the pros

Blocked punt UT TD

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:39 PM) I believe Jim was talking about Blalock when saying Boras was not his agent. Oops, I just wasted 15 minutes back to the UT vs. A&M game

CBS Sportsline has Boras as Crede's agent http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/teams/report/CHW/9044054 This is dated 11/14/05

http://www.mlb4u.com/chw.html lists Boras as agent. What is interesting is if you google Crede Boras there is a quote from Reinsdorf that confirms Boras, but the link goes to a different article.

QUOTE(JimH @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:18 PM) Somebody on the site posted and showed his agent isn't Boras, can't recall who. I thought it was Boras too but I believe he's got someone else. Texiera has Boras. He dumped Boras mid contract? That is an encouraging move.

QUOTE(bmags @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:19 PM) I'd tend to agree...i think KW is not a typical sox personnel...i think he's gonna get Konerko...i really think we can get him too... If they do get Konerko, then the typical dies, if they do not, I stand by my statement. We picked up a guy with a huge upside, coming off question marks, versus landing the guy coming off perhaps his best season. Cheaper with ?? - your expensive free agent = typical Sox move. Cheaper with ?? + your expensive free agent = New Era in Sox baseball move.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 01:02 PM) Didn't you not like any of the moves last year either?? Kenny knows what he's doing. Also..no we're not getting away from smallball but we needed another middle of the order bat. I felt that without a .300 hitter, someone to get on base, the team would have a hard time scoring runs. Small ball is nice, but someone has to get on. I think I was correct, they did struggle to score runs. I'm not saying I dislike this move. I think it is the best Kenny could do because I have almost no hope that Konerko will be resigned. It will be a huge steal *if* Thome returns healthy and *if* his body is holding up and *if* he adjusts to AL pitching. I am saying this is vintage Sox baseball. See above where Kenny said he couldn't get Pods or Uribe *if* they hadn't come off less than average seasons. Buy low and sell high is how SS described it. AJ, a move I liked, was coming off a season where he was labeled a clubhouse cancer, so *if* that was wrong, it would be a great signing. Another *if* came through. We are almost always signing cheaper players with *ifs* over proven guys in or near their prime.

A bigger question mark with Crede is his agent. Boras and the Sox do not have a smooth working relationship. Regardless of Crede's success, he will be hard to sign to another contract. The team should start planning now for his replacement.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 10:48 AM) You make it sound much easier than it is. Konerko will not cost only $10 million plus. He will likely receive $13 million a year for 4-5 years. That's a guaranteed $52-$65 million dollars. Thome, when healthy, is a better hitter than Konerko. I think people are forgetting this fact. Thome for 3 years, $24 million >>>>> Konerko for 4-5 years, $52-$65 million If we are able to re-sign Konerko, we are even better. I'm not making it sound easier, I am trying to point out this is a typical Sox move. I should have been clearer Konerko will cost more than $10 mil, I agree. That is why I wrote $10 mil plus, choose the plus you want, plus $2 mil plus $3 mil plus $4 mil whatever. And look how often Thome and *if* are in the same sentance. *If* he returns to form, *if* his shoulder rehab works. This is classic Sox moves. Grab a guy with "ifs" for less and let the guy without "ifs" go. That is why my position is the World Series changed nothing. Konerko will not be signed, Thomas will. And people will write Thomas for 2 years $8 mil + incentives >>>>>> Konerko for 4-5 years, $52-$65 *IF* Frank is healthy and produces his regular numbers. This has been a fact of White Sox baseball for what seems like forever. Kenny has played the *if* game with an almost perfect record. Does this also mean we are getting away from small ball?

Thome - coming off an injury, and a terrible season by his standards, with many ???? for $7 mil Konerko - coming off an All-Star, LCS MVP, season. No ???? for $10 mil plus Which do we sign? Things have not changed as much as y'all are thinking. I will cheerfully retract my statement of Konerko is signed, until then, it's vintage WS. This trade provides cover for not signing him. There is far less pressure not to sign him.