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I have a feeling Beckham really wants #6, I just hope I won't have to buy a new jersey now. Also, I can't wait to buy an Andruw Jones jersey. It will go along with my Andruw Jones Nederlands 2006 WBC jersey.

Fuk No.

QUOTE (BFirebird @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 10:37 PM) Did anyone catch Freddy's antics on Saturday night in the hotel bar? It wasn't that late, probably before 10. I went to dinner with my dad to Miller's Pub, pretty decent place and we came back to the Palmer House probably around 8:30 and we see Freddy on the Street level of the hotel, signing autographs and taking pics with girls, laughing having a good time and obviously had a few drinks. He makes his way to the bar in the lobby and people are buying him drinks left and right. I didn't really see how many he had...but it was a few. Then he gets the attention of the crowd and starts shouting..."f*** the Cubs" "f*** the Cubs"...security comes to stop him...he tells everyone to quiet down, then does it again and eventually leaves. It was pretty hilarious. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=...8975&ref=nf

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) I got big expectations for all of them... Peavy and Buehrle I expect to be All-Stars and Top 10 Cy Young voting. Peavy is because, well, he's Peavy and he can perform like that. The only reason I've got those expectations for Mark are because of his new conditioning with Herm this offseason. Quentin, I expect around .290, 30 HR, 100 RBI at least. Rios and Teahen I expect to at least hit .280, 20-25 HR, and around 80 RBI. Alexei, just a return to his '08 form. Beckham to be an All-Star. Danks and Floyd to have around 15 wins each and ERAs around 3.50-3.70 Ozzie, I expect at least 10 ejections that involve awesomeness. Pierre around .300 with 40 SB. The Bullpen to have a group ERA around high 3's, low 4's. Paulie and AJ I'd be fine with them just replicating their '09 seasons give or take. Your talking 100+ wins right there.

definitely Peavy. But I also have high hopes for Andruw Jones because I am a big fan of him.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 12:19 PM) Interesting read, but I really could not figure out what he was trying to say about Alexei Ramirez. I think he's saying that you shouldn't split the difference on his two seasons, you should project high or project low, but then his last sentence in that paragraph confuses me: "Place your bets on 2008; a .113 ISO in 2009 is too poor to be a fluke." Huh? I believe is is saying to place your bets on 2008 being the fluke year, as his ISO is 2009 was too poor to be a fluke. Basically saying he will have another bad year and 2008 was just a lucky season.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 12:25 PM) No rush. He's still only 20. It may not seem like it because his name has been around for a couple of years now, but he's a baby. For some perspective, we look at Beckham like he's advanced beyond hs years, but he's 3 years older than Viciedo. Maybe.

There are 2 reasons why i don't think this is just a "fluff piece" 1) It's from Jon Heyman, not a Sox beat writer or someone who has stake or ties to the Sox. 2) Of all the types of fluff pieces, "In great shape" are the best because we can literally see if he has changed or not. All the "He said he feels healthy" or "Has changed his focus" or "Is more determined than ever" is pointless because we can't judge that. But the physically fit one at least we can see immediately. Remember Contreras? He was half the person in size.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) and stupid And got us $1.5M

QUOTE (T R U @ Jan 8, 2010 -> 03:49 AM) Would you kindly enlighten me about all of the advantages the PS3 has over the 360.. and dont use the exclusive baseball game reason, I don't give a s*** about The Show.. Besides graphics, power, media abilities (blu-ray, internet browers, ect)? The only I can find for the Xbox360 is that it has a better internet network (so I am told), but that should be expected considering users have to PAY for that. The "Ps3 has no games" argument does not work anymore since the PS3 has been out long enough to establish a library of it's own. Not saying it's better, just saying it is not a detractor.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 08:22 PM) To sign a young, much sought after all star gold glove lefty that could hit 40+ bombs and would be under the Sox control for the next couple of years... That's why I would probably do it. Okay maybe I wouldn't give up Huddy though. But the Danks brothers and maybe Retherford or someone like that? Yeah I'd do it. I just do not feel comfortable breaking up the 1-4 without adding something to that. 1-3 with a shaking 4-5 is not appealing. We finally have a great rotation, one of the best in the bigs, I don't want to mess with that so we can find our power stroke again. Otherwise we are basically the same team we were last year, relying on our power to get wins.

Why would be break up the strong 1-4 without a proper replacement?

QUOTE (striker @ Jan 2, 2010 -> 06:01 PM) I bet they feel out Flowers in spring training and if he does well he could split time with DH/Pierzynski. I would rather T-Flow in AAA starting, then in MLB playing once a week.

His wife is going to love his big hairy balls (SSS reference)

When the Hawks win the Stanley Cup, the day after they win, the Sox need to wear the hockey style jerseys that Kaner is wearing in Steve9347's sig. Speaking of that jersey, where the hell can i buy it? I would pay a fortune for one.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 29, 2009 -> 10:17 AM) The Cell Block Good name if we didn't play play on the South Side of Chicago. That name hits a little too close to home.

Absolutely not. We know what Quentin can do when he is healthy in the majors. We have no idea what Carter can do in the majors yet.

Andruw Jones!

Sometimes I feel it's justice that my family can survive perfectly on about $110K income a year, and yet these athletes can not make it on even $2M a year.

These are awesome.

QUOTE (chwhtsox @ Dec 23, 2009 -> 08:09 PM) its FB, I'm fb friends with morel, D1, D2, casey and brian urlacher...not one of them (except casey) would recognize me if I smacked them. I was assuming he meant that they searched for him and request him to be their friend, which is why i was surprised. If they merely accepted his request, then no big deal.

This is when I became a fan of the sox. I hated baseball (and was a cubs fan) up until 2000 when I realized how cool baseball was and said screw the Cubs. Joe Crede was my idol because he had my fav number (24), and his initial, JC, were the name with my nickname of Joe Cool.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 22, 2009 -> 05:07 AM) I am a Soxtalk admin, and an officer of the Facebook Soxtalk group. Plus, we have friends in common with the guys who did their interviews and members of the Chicago media.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 10:59 PM) He and D2 just Facebook friended me. They both look like the kind of guys that you just want to hang out with because they are cool dudes, not just because they're potential mlb players. They added you? Who the hell are you?!!?! lol.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 21, 2009 -> 08:00 PM) He was actually pretty good last year. He's just old. Yeah, and the year before that too.