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QUOTE(GreatScott82 @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 08:14 PM) JR= Best owner in Chicago- its that simple! 6 Bulls Championships 1 White Sox title + many, many more! The McCaskeys are terrbile owners. Once Halas passed away the ruined the beloved organization. I won't even mention the Wirtz ownership of the Hawks- TERRIBLE! And the Tribune- well- lets just say its been 97 years. How can an organization accept losing for that long? GreatScott Can you post your picture (from your sig) for some of us to copy....it is awesome. I do not want to copy the sig since it is distorted for size purposes. TIA

If Paulie gets re-signed and Big Frank agrees to something (which I think will both happen), we really will not go after Griffey, Thome or Overbay All we need to do then is decide what to do with our bench. My biggest worry for next year is injuries. Other than Frank and Scotty Pods for a while, we did not really get hit by the injury bug this past year. Hopefully we keep that up. (We do have people with some injury history in Hermanson, Jenks, Dye, Frank etc). Hence a strong bench would be nice. They key to me is going to be: Can Uribe, Crede, Count and Bobby Jenks produce next year like they did in the later half of this past year + post season? They were outstanding in the post season (not just with the glove but also with the bat for Crede and Uribe) and have all made believers out of me. If Crede + Uribe can both produce around 0.280 for the entire year with ~20 HRs each, and Count and Jenks continue to dominate, we are set. If not, we have to ask ourselves should we make changes at the deadline. I think we should be in position to increase our payroll this year, and I am sure Jerry wants to keep contending to convert this city around. Hence, I expect more activity at the trade deadline in terms of starters than in the offseason (other than Paulie and Frank).

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 28, 2005 -> 07:41 PM) CF is a must, A-row OPS is pretty low for his position, but I hope he can bounce back. I think its proven that 3B is pretty much set, unless you want to take a chance with Mueller. I do not think we replace ARow because of his fielding and he is one of the leaders on this team. Without his fielding, I doubt we win it all. And Rowand cannot play from the bench. We have very few spots open frankly, hence it is important to build good depth in case we get injury bug or people start underperforming. This team is built on pitching + defense.....so you cannot let Arowand go unless you are getting a ANdrew Jones which I doubt.

Let this be a reminder to everyone who says things will never happen. Let this be a reminder to everyone who jumps off bandwagons. Let this be a reminder to everyone that when you do things the right way, you get rewarded. Let this be a reminder to everyone that one day the Blackhawks, Bears and yes, even the Cubs will win it all. (For anyone who says not really, the Hawks will never win with Wirtz, those are the same people who said the Sox would never win with JR) BELIEVE AND DREAM HIGH....otherwise why bother living?

Obvious things to do (Starters): Re-sign Paulie Extend Frank for 2 more years so he retires a White Sox after his 500 HRs Extend Jon Garland to a 4 year deal Wait on Carl Everett Not so obvious things to do (Bench moves): Let Timo Perez walk, and let Brian Anderson take his place as bench OF Let Willie Harris walk and replace him with a contact hitter (Jose Vizcaino type?) What else to improve bench/bullpen?

Thanks Marlin fans....very very classy Only 100 days for spring training....cannot wait to see this team back out there defending their title.....

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 10:30 PM) we won the world series... And one day, my friend, the Blackhawks will win the Stanley Cup too

Ozzie will manage the AL all stars next year I better see Big Frank, Pods, Iguchi, Dye etc and all of our pitchers in there.....it's payback time.....FOCK THE SPANKEES AND BO SUX

Ever since last night, I could not help but keep thinking of my first year watching the White Sox (1997). (I am an immigrant to this country so I was not born here. I used to come home from school but always want to watch the Sox and not the Cubs (it was when we had the young team with Durham, Foulke, Howry, Baldwin etc)).....Frank Thomas made me a Sox fan. We had Albert Belle then too.... Then I could not help but remember going to the Sox games and shouting Cleveland Sucks every time the powerful Tribe was in town....they had a great team then and it bugged me to no end. Though I was happy to see them lose the WS to the Fish And then I could not help but remember when I was there in person when the Sox beat the Tribe & the Spankees for the magical 14 game win streak against the Tribe and Spankees in the magical 2000 season.... And then I could not help but remember the Sox losing in 2000 to the focking Mariners.....my bro is a M fan so I got some ribbing from him Then I could not help but remember going to the Cubs-Sox game when Boomer Wells was pitching and Carlos Lee hit the extra innings grand slam to win it for us. We were shouting C LEE in the EL all evening on the ride back home.... And then I could not help but remember the pain of not being able to duplicate the 2000 season despite trying out Wells, Richie, Colon etc with injuries striking this team at key times all along (Frank, Wells, Maggs, Frank etc) And then I could not help but remember telling my wife one Sunday after the Bears lost that will I ever see any of my teams (Bulls, Bears, Sox, Blackhawks) win a championship ever ..... was very depressed and wanted to give up watching sports all along since I could never root for anyone else (Bulls won their last championship before I got to Chicago) ..... and just wondering why a great city like Chicago cannot have winners And now when it has all been accomplished, I cannot stop smiling and remembering how sweet this s*** is today. I am still letting it all sink in. We can actually tell Spankee fans 2000 now....

You are the man, Frank. I am sooooo happy for you. Now there is NO need for you to go to any other team to win a ring. You have it....quickly renegotiate a deal for next year and beyond and I will try my best to be at USCF when you play your last game .... hopefully in another World Series

I am so numb I do not know what to say or do I have been quietly just seeing all these post game shows Dreams do come true I can now die a happy man And from now on, my life has changed THANK YOU JERRY THANK YOU KENNY THANK YOU OZZIE THANK YOU TO EVERY WHITE SOX EMPLOYEE THANK YOU TO EVERY WHITE SOX PLAYER....PAST AND PRESENT SOX PRIDE BABY.....I AM PROUD TO BE A FAN OF THIS FRANCHISE

RIP EM BASTAGES.....FOCK THESE ASTROS

I actually see this as a good sign. More on the bandwagon means more revenue from all sources means better and better team every year with Kenny at the helm Re-sign Paulie, extend Garland, work a deal with Big Frank, let Carl go and improve depth on bench (for eg replace Timo with someone better at contact hitting) And go get them next year....

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...t=.jsp&c_id=cws ==================== Now I have sparred with many here in the "attendance" threads, but I have always said, if we get people to attend the games, Jerry will spend. This will be a test of that theory since our attendance was up significantly this past year and we have had 4 playoff games already (all sold out) + at least 2 more. Will all of you who said "Jerry does not care about winning, he only cares about filling his pockets" man up if you are wrong. Stay tuned until the offseason. Thanks Jerry for building this club. Let's dominate for the next decade now....I want a contender every single year. Let'smake the White Sox, what the Spankees have been.

QUOTE(SoxRock05 @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 02:47 PM) dOES aNY oNE kNOW wHERE i cAN gET pICTURES oF tHE lOCKER rOOM cELEBRATIONS.....oR aNY cELEBRATION pICTURES........ f*** yEA......gO pALE hOSE!!!!! Go to www.chicagosports.com They have many pictures....right hand side

QUOTE(bighurt2719 @ Oct 17, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) well, we could be cynical about it and write off the rocket's start against us as a loss, but I think we can beat even him. Assuming the 'Stros win the NLCS, I think we could sweep them. It's the Cards who I am much more scared of than Houston. What makes you think we can hit Oswalt, Clemens and Petite? Honestly, I am just curious....I have not looked at the #s hence asking I am sure a lot of our hitters (Everett, Dye, Kong, AJ etc) have faced Petite and Clemens (in the AL). And some of our hitters (Pods) must have faced Oswalt (in the NL) I am not sure how to get that data from MLB....

So how do we hit Petitie, Oswalt and Clemens???? Anyone have #s of our hitters against these studs? We will need our pitchers to pitch shut outs too. Good thing is Astros hitting is light.....but still we have to figure out a way to score some runs Anyone know who hits these guys well???

JOE FOCKING CREDE

FOCK YOU BASTAGE

Hats off to the man....and this is coming from someone who wanted to TRADE FOR VINNY FOCKING CASTILLA I WAS WRONG AND I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOCK THEM CREDE......LET'S KEEP GOING IN THE WORLD SERIES BABY

Should we just bench Count tomorrow and start the game with our Bullpen and play them all game just to show the Angels how much they suck? JUST KIDDING

HELL FOCKING YEAH What is amazing is how we have dominated from the 1st inning in LA .... a place we have not traditionally played well. And what is also amazing is that the Angel fans have been dead in both games seeing their team get their asses handed to them Let's please get after Byrd from the 1st inning and finish them off.....then sit back and watch the NLCS go to 7 games baby

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 03:14 AM) OLIVO =p.... the real question is how is Buehrle, Garland, and Freddy G all men among boys? Because all of these Angel hitters are boys Tomorrow let Count pitch a CG and we set record that has never been done in MLB EVAH LETS GO SOX

I am actually expecting it I told my wife that Paulie would hit the 3 R HR....and he did And I immediately said then that those 3 runs would be enough for Freddie.... We are in unchartered territory but it is OH SO FOCKING SWEET What is even better......we will dominate for the next focking decade now.....fans start showing up, payroll starts going up, our minor league will continue to keep getting stacked, FAs will start to come here for less $$$ just to play for Ozzie.....the rest of the ALCentral has no focking chance now

Miguel-I-can-throw-but-I-cannot-hit-Olivo who???????????????