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Shutout Sweep, last time was 1964 where we accomplished this

QUOTE (shipps @ May 24, 2009 -> 09:32 AM) I hope you were part of the five percent like myself. *didn't participate* that s*** is ridiculous, but it looks pretty cool as long as you aren't part of it even parts of the upper deck were joining in, i tried taking some video of it but then Dye hit his jack and everyone stood up, ruining my video!

theu had the wave go around three times past me tonight, unreal

how early will gates be open?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2009 -> 11:47 PM) Will someone please point out the quote that says "I, Jake Peavy, rejected the trade to the Chicago White Sox because they play in the AL and I will not play in the AL because I have a small pair of testicles" or something of the ilk? He turned the trade down mainly because the final year of his deal wasn't guaranteed, it's as simple as that. and possibly because of the opt-out clause

i'll be at this game, assuming it doesn't get rained out i'll be in LF

Do you guys or some of you guys, think maybe Williams/JR going after peavy was a desperation move?

jesus, nice minor league stats today kroeger 3-4, torres 7 ip 1 er 6k beckham 4-5, hr

QUOTE (zenryan @ May 22, 2009 -> 02:37 AM) I would love to see Ozzie just go off on Peavy and call him every name in the book. Maybe that will give this team a chip on its shoulder and play better. i dont want a guy on my team that can up-and-leave whenever he wants, if we're giving up serious talent for him

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 21, 2009 -> 10:52 PM) Do you know that was what the package was? Dude on the score, brian farook or whoever he is said the rumors floating around per SI or Rosenthal or.. something/someone What Peavy's agent said it would take for him to waive his NTC: ALL SUITORS: Guarantee to pay all 4.5 years of his contract including the full 22 million for 2013 ALL SUITORS: Full No-Trade protection for the entirety of the contract WHITE SOX ONLY (Due to NL/AL Switch probably) Opt-out clause for any year of the contract after 2009

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ May 21, 2009 -> 10:38 PM) Thats a silly statement. Yea this season looks very bleak, but i garuntee you the Sox will be in contention to win the division next year. Reinsdorf is 70 years old and wants another World Series title soon (hence giving KW the okay for such a deal). KW isn't going to sit on his hands. . . he knows this team is crap right now and will do whatever it takes to change that. Unsubstantiated opinion. You have no idea what he'll do with this team, in fact it's possible he wasn't going into the peavy discussions with full intentions of dealing for him anyways. I'm not saying he wasn't trying to get lucky, perhaps thinking there was a small chance that Peavy didn't want full no-trade, or the option money (get real, kenny), but maybe he figured it was worth a shot? Where was this "All-or-nothing" attitude when Sabathia was on the market?

QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 21, 2009 -> 05:39 PM) Very disheartening news but I can't say I'm at all surprised. At least it shows though that KW isn't afraid to make a major move from here on out. it definitely doesn't show that for certain there were people in this thread, as well as numerous beatwriters saying that Peavy would want the option picked up if he had to leave san diego, a place where it's common knowledge across all media outlets that he does NOT want to leave knowing this, how is it that somehow the white sox front office didn't know that would be a deal breaker? this could have all been a ploy that would make peavy look like the bad guy, and "we gave it our best shot" when in fact we didn't i'm not saying we should pick up his 22m option for 2013, i'm saying this shouldn't have even been a discussion between the two teams because OBVIOUSLY peavy wants that option picked up if he leaves sunny so.cal

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 21, 2009 -> 04:56 PM) Heyman reports deal is dead. Peavy will talk to media in 30 min. Sox wouldnt pick up the option. big f***ing surprise

you'd have to think other teams have been digging for Peavy with deal scenarios all offseason and up until this point the fact that *this* deal is the one getting reported could mean a lot

Someone close to Peavy dismissing the trade, per the score Bleh

Aren't Peavy and Liney good friends? Thought I heard that somewhere

I just envisioned Gene Honda saying Jaaaaake PEAVY It's gonna happen

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 20, 2009 -> 11:59 PM) Two days ago we are talking about blowing up the team. Now, we are talking blockbuster move. Something tells me its bogus, though. Why would the Padres do this move now? They can wait and jack up the asking price. I don't buy what that dude was selling. I don't buy it yet either, because the source is one person who is just some random guy on a message board like we are But I won't discount it for that reason alone As to your question about why don't they wait, they've been waiting since last year, and they want his contract gone probably as soon as possible

According to my somewhat simple calculations based on kalapse's payroll spreadsheet, unless new contracts are offered in the 2009 offseason, the following players (or just their contracts) will no longer be on the books for 2010: Jim Thome Jermaine Dye Octavio Dotel Matt Thornton Mike MacDougal (He was released, but we're still paying his salary for this year right? 2.65m) Wilson Betemit Jose Contreras That's around 40-43 million, please correct any mistakes if I made any That's a f***ing ton of money right there

The Padres might be a bit on the desperate side in a trade like this, I don't see them fleecing anyone

Jake Peavy turns a, what.. at best 81-81 team into maybe an 84-78 team? I guess being that he has 3-4 more years on his contract, it would make us better down the road but for this year? I'd still s*** my pants if it happened, but I have a feeling this is just BS by some guy who knew he could stir the pot after one of his previous predictions (Garland/Cabrera)

f*** you Alexei Ramirez, you're a reason why this team is f***ing garbage this year

what channel is this on

Bench this failure.

Fields is f***ing hilarious to watch as a baseball player