Corkinator

Agreed, but how often do you here that argument? "Frank can hit but he's only half a player blah, blah, blah." Maybe I've been hitting the Cub's boards too much. It has been known to turn one's brains to s***.

Hey Minn, did you put the voodoo on the Twinkies before they left? Maybe snuck a parasite on the plane?

I'll be following the game here on the net down in Florida. You good people bring it home tonight!

To the naysayers that say Frank isn't HOF material because he has DH'd for so long: Paulie was a DH for 10 years. Can we finally put this to rest? Your thoughts...

Oh, I agree with you on Santo. I despised him in the 60s with that f*g jumping after wins, but as I grew older I came to respect him. I still have no shortage of Cubs past and present to hate. I voted for Corky. I may vote again, this time for Chip.

So many current and former Cubs to hate, so few radio buttons to check....sigh.

I'm afraid to find out what Borchard is made of! Of course, the Chicago media prints that Frank isn't hanging with the team or that KW is mad at him again. Nothing about his condition. Typical.

It's good to be back after a long layoff (lost custody of my computer in an ugly divorce) and find a Beatles thread! Beats the hell out of reading about some idiot from Whitesox.com getting outed. Anyway, the favs from an old time beatles fan: 1. You never give me your money 2. Dear Prudence 3. And Your Bird Can Sing 4. A Day in the Life 5. Hey Jude 6. I Am the Walrus 7. Here Comes the Sun 8. Strawberry Fields forever 9. In My Life 10. Oh Darlin 11. Old Brown Shoe 12. I Feel Fine 13. I Saw Her Standing There 14. Sgt Pepper's LHCB 15. Revolution 16. Don't Let Me Down 17. Dr Robert 18. All You Need is Love 19. Sexy Sadie 20. Fool on the Hill A bit slanted towards Lennon, I'll admit, but what the heck.

Maggs won't address both needs. If we dump salary we get a brick in return. If we pick up a player that can help, we get a big salary with it. No one will pick up Magg's and give us a quality, inexpensive player in return. :fthecubs

The D-Rays think they will have him signed. In the race for Carl Everett, too. Imagine th indignity of losing two FAs to the Rays. In a flash, the Devil Rays might have the closer they need. Even though rookie Lance Carter saved 26 games last season, and has what the Rays believe is a bright future as a closer, Tampa Bay is making a hard pitch to sign Avon Park native Tom "Flash" Gordon. And the feeling, at least among Rays manager Lou Piniella and GM Chuck LaMar, is Gordon could be in the fold by the time you carve your turkey this week. Gordon has had one monster season as a closer. That was in 1998 when he converted 46-of-47 save opportunities for the Red Sox. He saved 27 games in 2001 for the Cubs, but started to have health issues after that. Last season, though, Gordon rebounded with an impressive year: 7- 6, 12 saves, 3.16 ERA in 66 games with the White Sox. Several teams, including the suddenly cash-happy Phillies and the open-wallet Yankees, are interested in Gordon, but the Rays can offer something no other team can: a chance to be the closer. And, for Gordon, that might be worth more than the extra money the Phillies and Yankees are offering. If he went to Philadelphia or the Yankees, he would have to settle for being the setup man. Something else might give the Rays the edge. The Phils and Yanks are offering Gordon one-year deals, but the Rays are willing to give Gordon the two-year deal he wants. "I had a nice meeting with him (last week) and he seemed very interested," Piniella said. "Hopefully, it can work out."

We missed you in September on Whitesox.com. there were some dark, dark days.