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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) I'd probably do Votto for Beckham. If Alonso is any good that's a deal that actually makes sense for the Reds by filling their SS hole. I think everyone would do that deal, but I think it would START with Beckham. I'm talking Beckham + someone. Basically, Votto isn't going anywhere, at least not to the SouthSide.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 07:50 AM) if you guys like Mad Men/Breaking Bad, I highly recommend Rubicon. The 4-5 episodes are a slow build, but the payoff has been pretty fantastic. Last nights episode (number 11 I believe) was season one Breaking Bad good. For reals? I love Breaking Bad, couldn't get into Mad Med, but when I watched the Rubicon pilot a few months ago, it was too boring and confusing.

Jocketty isn't stupid enough to trade a young stud player who is the MVP for an injury prone DH/OF and a #2 or #3 starter. Any deal for Votto would start with Beckham.

The last 90 second montage of the carnival scenes confused me.....

Wow I did terrible. I guess I didn't watch very much TV when I was younger, or at least didn't watch enough. Only got like 11 right, then again I was born in 1990, so most of these shows were on when I was like 5 or 6, so I couldn't remember titles, but remembered most of the show's content. Can't believe I missed Rocko's Modern Life. Just couldn't remember the title.

In Mitchell's 1st AB, he smashed a double off the LFC wall (opposite field). EDIT: His 2nd AB he was called out on strikes. His 3rd AB he laced a single into CF. 2/3 with a 2B, and 2 runs scored so far.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2009/index...peswin_scowin_1

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 11, 2010 -> 05:45 PM) You seemed confused in your post, and so he quoted that post that has the article outlining how arbitration works to clear up any confusions you may have had. The "Wow, that sucks" part referred to us not being able to offer anything less than $18M to Manny, not to us making an offer to Konerko. Maybe that's what confused some people.

What did I do wrong?

QUOTE (joeynach @ Oct 11, 2010 -> 01:08 AM) Through Arbitration a player can make no less than 20% of what he made the previous year. So that 18M figure is like the minimum you could pay him through Arbitration if he accepted the offer since he made something like 22M last year. Wow. That rule sucks. So that means Konerko is going to get no less than $10M/year from us if we offer him arb....? I'd offer that, and if he wants too much more than that, then say no, and we get a pick if he signs elsewhere, yes?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 10, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) The Sox want no business of paying $18 million to Manny next year, there is less than 1% chance of them offering him arbitration. IMO, will be hard for Manny to even get $18 million in a multiyear contract this offseason. I didn't know there was a figure attached to his arbitration. I just thought arbitration means they offer him the chance to pick the salary he wants, and then the Sox pick what they want to pay him, and then the arbiter picks which deal is more fair, or picks a figure in between. I didn't realize it was like an option where we already know his cost.

Only if we offer him arbitration, which I am not sure if they would.

QUOTE (joeynach @ Oct 7, 2010 -> 01:14 PM) What about just letting Viciedo or some other low level play 1st base in 2011 and then sign Puljos when hes a free agent for 2012. lol. And then use the other $65M to assemble the rest of the team?

I'd love to have Russell Martin.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Oct 6, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) Even though he missed this year to injury, it would be cool bringing the semi-local (Streator, IL) kid to his favorite team. I just added him to the trade because I love his sweet mustache....

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 11:50 PM) I've never seen such an obsession with an at best 4th/5th OF. Do you even realize how awful Parra is? No matter what you say, I have always said I won't back down from it.

John and Jordan Danks for Gerardo Parra, Mark Reynolds, and Clay Zavada. Seriously though, I am sticking with my prediction that we get Gerardo Parra some way, some how.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) Hahn does the financial deals....KW does the player transactions. So you are saying Hahn is the one to blame for that horrendous Mark Teahen contract extension?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 01:59 AM) 1) Andruw Jones wins CPOTY 2) Hudson finishes with the 3rd best ERA of our starters 3) White Sox will pick up a big slugger in July. 1) Well, Andruw is certainly in the discussion. 2) Hudson actually had the BEST ERA of all our starters after dominating w/ Arizona. 3) Would have been true if Lance Berkman wasn't a dooooucher.

Sounds like $110M payroll right there.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 3, 2010 -> 09:36 PM) I am going to guess 88 wins.

I am going to guess 88 wins.

Wow, what a weird, terrible, f***ed up story. Such a pretty girl that Sarah is.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 30, 2010 -> 10:10 PM) He'd be stupid to give them till Christmas, because most teams have virtually finalized their rosters by then and aren't going to be looking to give out a big contract to a middle 30s 1Bman. Ok, whatever, I just picked a random significant day of the year. Replace X-mas with Thanksgiving if you want, the point is still the same.

If I was Konerko I would just say "Give me a reason to think this team will be good next year. I'll make my decision my X-mas, so let me see what team you have by then and then I'll decide where I am going".