JorgeFabregas

Considering the surgery doesn't seem to be a smashing success so far, I don't blame him for holding off. We don't really know who was telling him what (could be that he was following his own doctor's advice).

3. A .663 OPS last season

There wasn't exactly a long line of teams lining up for Crede's services. He signed where he could. No reason to begrudge him that.

The White Sox don't have a whole lot of top pitching prospects. I'm not too worried about whoever they gave up.

Living large now, dogg. The outfield is going to be interesting.

Why should having kids be practical?

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Dec 11, 2009 -> 02:31 PM) Interesting that one of Putz's incentive clauses is "games finished". Looks like the writing in is on the wall for Jenks. Not really that interesting unless you think the White Sox are eager to pay incentive money.

Yep. And Dan McNeil took his weekly column to the Trib as well. The Sun Times sports editor became the Trib online sports editor recently.

It could open the door for a midseason trade, though.

I think some of you are misinterpreting Merkin's article. He seems to be speculating because the White Sox haven't offered arbitration yet and have a young arm coming in. He never cites any unnamed brass suggesting that a non-tender is likely. It's also possible that someone DID leak iffy info to Merkin in an attempt to get DJ to sign a contract and avoid arbitration. They also have Dotel departing and may want to keep Hudson stretched out in AAA.

Is VDN really being paid millions (plural) per year?

QUOTE (qwerty @ Dec 7, 2009 -> 04:05 PM) There is none. That's what I figured. I also figured this guy was just here to stir up s***. QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 7, 2009 -> 04:31 PM) How can a mixed man be racist anyway? That is just silly. Well, I could see how someone who is mixed with any combination of races could be racist against a completely different people-group or may have some amount of self-hatred/racism. It's not impossible.

So what evidence is there that Woods is racist?

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Dec 6, 2009 -> 01:36 PM) I'm getting sick of listening to Ian Eagle's lovefest for the Colts. It might be worse than Dan Dierdorf. Is Ian Eagle his given name? That name bugs me, man.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Dec 6, 2009 -> 04:28 PM) http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=4719509 He basically used that as an example saying anything he does is national news, and if Pete Carrol does anything its not talked about. He didn't actually mean Carrol was sleeping with a grad student. What he said was more or less nonsensical blathering in that case.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 4, 2009 -> 05:00 PM) It's free, but your internet provider has to support it. One of the more f-ed up things on the web http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/06/cab...-video-charges/ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/02/espn-stands-fir/ ESPN knows they can make more money by making the major ISPs pay a lump sum than charging for individual subscriber fees. They're trying to treat it like it's cable television. If you have the wrong ISP, ESPN won't even let you pay to subscribe. For people who don't use it but do have a major ISP, it's almost a tax imposed by a private company.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 3, 2009 -> 02:23 PM) Holy s***! Is that really Viciedo? He looks great. And when I say that I mean he looks like he's dropped some weight. I'm thinking at least 20 pounds. From the thread title and the url, I gather that the video is from when he played in Cuba before he defected.

I believe that Nomah is available.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 05:36 PM) Good thing we are getting away from sluggers and moving to stronger defense and quicker on the base-paths Jones is probably a plus defensive corner outfielder.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 03:23 PM) Wouldn't that destroy a large chunk of revenue of the USPS? Yes. I worked as a casual carrier (contractor) for 3 months and I suspect that direct mail subsidizes the cost of regular letters and that the USPS would have a hard time providing mail service to the whole country without it. There's a reason that mailing letters is cheap and reliable compared to the rest of the world. Now, whether all that waste is worth it is a question worth asking. I would imagine that the USPS, which (IIRC) used to be revenue-neutral pre-email and during better economic times, would run a much larger deficit if there were no junk mail and it was still expected to provide daily mail service and to have an office in most every town.

Petraeus agrees that there are no Al Qaeda in Afghanistan as of May: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84N7Vl9wPjY He says there are affiliate groups, however. McChrystal says there are no major AL Qaeda signs in Afghanistan: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/11/m...a_n_283634.html A US official says that Al Qaeda is based on Pakistan, where there are 300 agents: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/11/...in5613564.shtml The Sec. of State says ousting Al Qaeda is our only goal in Afghanistan: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/n...sting-al-qaeda/ Pat Benatar sings Love Is a Battlefield:

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 08:36 AM) That country, unlike Iraq, is still a haven for the terrorist network that was not only responsible for 9/11, but also for other acts, and will be in the future as well. Isn't the estimate of Al Qaeda members in Afghanistan somewhere between 30 and 100?

Has there been any scuttlebutt recently about Damon juicing? Seems strange that he had the best year of his career at 35.

That's an oldie. I bet if the search function worked you could find that posted here before featuring a few different teams.

He seems stocky and somewhat strangely proportioned.