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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 04:46 PM) NOOOOoooooo NOOOOOOOooooo OH NOOOOOOO Santos and Sale are certainly two of the luckier things that we've gotten this year. One will be our ace of the future and the other the closer.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 05:47 PM) 4 year deal? Yikes. I would offer 2 years/21M, but someone like the Red Sox will offer him 3 years/38M, and I bet he would take that. Year 3 is a team option though and the fourth is a "Hey look, you're the best first basemen in White Sox history, so stay if you want" year. For the record, I consider Paulie the best 1B because of his defense, though Frank the far and away better hitter (and DH). Also, only way Paulie wins the MVP is if Hamilton slumps down to like .340 and Paulie magically finishes with a .330 average.

I would have called up Lucy to be a pinch runner at the least for Castro and AJ

At this point, I'm offering Paulie this: Year 1: $12M Year 2: $10M Year 3: $9M/Team Option Year 4: $8M/Player Option He's just so good when healthy and if Dayan takes over at 1B next year, Paulie will be able to DH and stay even healthier.

Excited about Infante.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 31, 2010 -> 01:48 AM) I'm now thoroughly convinced that greg is really Oney.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:52 PM) Peavy, Quentin's plantar fasciitis, Threets' elbow, Mitchell, Phegley, Thompson and Beckham's hand. And he prevents Chris Sale from going down like Strasburg EVER...it's kind of scary, many, including Don Cooper, predicted when he was drafted that his elbow wouldn't last very long. Hopefully Chris will put on some weight over time and build up some more arm strength, just not bulkiness. It's scary to think of Sale throwing even harder, then you'd have another Randy Johnson...either Sale or Aroldis Chapman. Sale already was hitting 99...if he got some muscle...wow.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:59 PM) Let's see Manny drop 2 HR and Jackson strike out 15+! :headbang :headbang I want 4 HR and 27 K's

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 11:53 PM) You guys hate Ozzie so much you want him to look bad when he speaks? You bag on the person who makes him look good? Wow. Can't believe anybody would hate a WS winning manager that much and a guy who played ss for our team forever. How about the fact that it's not the Ozzie we know they are portraying. His speech is part of what makes him him.

By the way, speaking of the concourse, it's gotta be one of the best concourse's in baseball.

Manny's presence

I love the Northerly Island idea, but also the Cell since it's the only home ballpark I've ever known. What they should (if Jerry were Mark Cuban times 2) is build a Comiskey Park replica on Northerly Island with a water feature like AT&T and play 1/3 of their home games there. But, that's an insane thought.

Hawk was confused as to which Ramirez was rounding third.

Any chance Jeremy Reed is added, even though he's not on the 40 man? That'd be a nice story.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 09:06 PM) 4.5 games is no joke. However, Manny is no joke. The gaping hole in our lineup just got replaced by a .900 OPS. He's going to feast in the Cell, and I hope he likes Chicago and returns next year, too. Manny's Cell numbers. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ CHW-ComiskeyPk 59 59 261 213 50 72 11 0 15 50 4 0 41 36 .338 .448 .601 1.049 128 11 4 0 3 5 2 .345 111

I like Gilmore, but if thats what it takes so be it.

Manny fueled run starts tomorrow.

We all know Thornton and Putz are coming back. I'd say Viciedo and De Aza as well, but the ones I can't figure out or Dolsi for another BP arm, Flowers to be the 3rd catcher, and Morel and Danks for defense. I'd assume no on D2, but Morel, with the way he's been hitting, I don't know.

A Manny fueled 25-5 run would be awesome starting now

Come on team UZR.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 29, 2010 -> 04:15 PM) Not a chance in hell he should be allowed to bat. It better be Quentin or Castro. Castro all the way.

Suddenly, Frodo has made me sad.

Kong bomb first pitch.

Damnit...a Kong first pitch HR would be nice next inning.