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QUOTE(greg775 @ Dec 30, 2005 -> 05:22 PM) This may sound stupid as I know how well he pitched, but I don't think he's worth 11 or 12 mill a year. No way. Pretty much with what's happened with the market, Jose will easily get that kind of deal IF he became available in the FA market right now. A.J Burnett and Kevin Millwood may not be $11 or $12M pitchers, but they're going to get that amount of money, because teams are DESPERATE for good quality starting pitching. And that's why it's quite amazing we're in the situation we're in right now.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Dec 30, 2005 -> 01:44 PM) Yeah, I wasn't so sure at the time but richardson is the only one worthy of the contracts golden state has been handing out... It's just too bad for Mickael Pietrus that J-Rich is in front of him. If I'm Indiana or Denver, they should probably be trying to get him.

Chicken Wings last night. Tonight's menu is currently unknown.

QUOTE(JoshPR @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) How in the Heck do you play that? SOunds cool but what do you need? PM me with the details sounds challenging Pretty easy, basically you're the GM of a team, and everything gets uploaded onto a site, e.g players stats, game results, minor leaguers etc.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 09:05 PM) Not one iota. See Danny Haren.

In the same article, the Cubune was mooting Contreras being part of a deal for Miggy Tejada. Contreras and Uribe for Tejada, I don't know if either team would do that still. But I think both parties may still discuss it.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 09:32 PM) It could be him. I believe Baj and Bull will get their shots as well. I think Baj has definitely earnt a spot somewhere in there. It depends if the Sox want too carry 11 or 12 pitchers. Right now you have Jenks, Politte, Cotts and B-Mac as definites. Hermanson will be there if his back holds up. So we could be looking at 1, 2 or even 3 guys who could make the pen still depending on how the scenarios play out. Hopefully KW is out there trying to sign some guys to minor league contract's. I would have liked to sign Giovani Carrara to one of those, but Dave Littlefield beat us to the punch.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 09:30 PM) Not necessarily. Just like when KW offered Garland a 3yr/$24M contract, that was just the beginning of negotiations. Contreras will probably come down some on his demands. Whether he comes down enough for it to be acceptable is the question. I don't know if that's going to be the case, but hopefully it should. Jose is happy here, his family is settled in Chicago and he had the best season of his career. Even if we can't resign him, it might just be wise to hang onto him anyways. You get 1 more season out of him at his best, and then take the 2 draft picks because he'll definitely be a type A FA next off-season, assuming the Sox offer arbitration which they definitely should. And we've got guys like Lance Broadway and Tyler Lumsden who could possibly be ready if needed from our minors, so all this talk of getting a stud pitching prospect when we've got Brandon McCarthy and Neal Cotts in the bullpen is kinda moot right now.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 03:31 AM) I was dissapointed in SD. It's a nice city but overhyped and WAY overpriced. An 800 sq. ft. studio condo downtown starts at 400K. Why? Because of the 'view'? What view? The housing is too frickin flat for any kind of view and the limited view of the ocean is cluttered with mostly old left over military crap. Old Town I liked a lot. Coronado was not that impressive, although the view from the bridge is nice. La Jolla is nice. I could definitely imagine house prices would be very expensive down there. I was only there for 2 days, but I just remember it being a nice city, and the downtown area was really nice (better then the CBD down here), and ummmm the "scenery" was good. Although I will say this. When you are travelling from Yuma to San Diego and need to take a bathroom break, do yourself a favor, hold it in.

So predictions on who's going to make it and who's not for the AFC and NFC. I don't like our chances depending on a win from either Oakland or Philadelphia.

I guess this means he's probably trade bait, unless KW decides to hang onto him;

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 09:09 PM) I don't see any reason we can't give one of the kids in the minors a shot at that last bullpen spot. If no one steps up, then KW can go out and get a solid pen guy in for the second half. or sooner. Munoz is probably going to be that guy, if the Sox decide to let him loose in the bullpen again. Don't forget in the brief time he was pitching in September in 2004, he had some pretty good numbers.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 03:42 PM) Dayn Perry is a f***tard. Now what was that book he wrote?

I saw this story this morning at work and I was like, WHOA. Totally did not see this one coming at all. But I think it's a pretty fair deal in terms of the current marketplace for starting pitching. Maybe we could have a team option for a 4th season on there, but I'm not complaining. Let's just hope we keep seeing more of the Jon Garland from 2005 instead of the Jon Garland before that. And on fathom's take on the Vazquez trade and not liking, I'm sort of heading down that path now. Don't get me wrong I love having 5 damn good starters around for this rotation (I'm assuming Coop is gonna fix Vaz) but you're investing about $10M a season in him when you could have B-Mac doing that for a lot cheaper, and still have Chris Young and Luis Vizcaino, and possibly focus on a Miguel Tejada trade. But we shouldn't complain about the job KW has done. He's certainly enhanced himself in the trade market, but more importantly, he's doing a FANTASTIC job at getting guys whether they're unrestricted FA's, eligible for arbitration etc. locked to up long - term deal's and help keep this nucleus intact. And props to Jerry Reinsdorf as well. He's definitely kept up his end of the bargain in terms of payroll to allow KW to make the moves that he has.

QUOTE(That funky motion @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 08:56 AM) A buddy of mine just hopped the fence in the back,and snagged a pair! Get him to snag one for me!!!!

QUOTE(wilmot825 @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 09:31 AM) Gathright is speedy and a solid #2 hitter Ozzie is looking for For all of you playing at home, that's the Joey Gathright with the .306 OBP after the ASB, with a .310 OBP in total against righties. Am I almost right in saying, Willie Harris could actually be a little more useful then Gathright in CF unless Gathright can suddenly turn into Scott Podsednik in terms of getting on base?

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 05:28 PM) I bought a 13 dollar pair of socks today. Does that make me strange? I have a theory. Don't buy many socks because at XMas you're always good for a couple of pairs from some aunt you never see. And this year was no exception to that. Would I call you strange? Maybe. $13 for a pair of socks though? Ok I'll say fruity.

I'm THIS close to changing my allegience to the Phoenix Coyotes right now. Can anyone give me a reason besides Tuomo Ruutu not to?

Wow can I actually say with confidence that I expect Orlando to have a better record than the Bulls now? But with the way the Knicks played today, if Eddy Curry keeps getting injured, you guys have got the #1 pick, unless Larry Brown can actually get things figured out.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 11:25 PM) I've been giving Phoenix some serious thought lately. Loved it when I visited a few years ago. Been getting kind of tired of things around here. Think I'll give it a while to see if it's just a phase. Any area in particular of Phoenix there Critic? I was up in Glendale for 3 weeks back in early July, and I just loved it there myself. It's really taking off though in terms of houses being built etc.

Bradford under Rick Peterson. Excellent signing by Omar Minaya.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 04:35 PM) Stupid if it's two. Angelos needs to fire the GM. No, Angelos just needs to fire himself.

Certainly makes a lot of sense for the Rockies and when you see how much the likes of Grudzielanek is getting for the Royals, Willie's pretty undervalued in my mind.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 06:23 PM) You take all the fun out of it. Gees sorry YAS.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 05:50 AM) SD is the quietest mid size city I've ever been to, dead silent. But it's also one of the nicest. I'd live there in a SECOND, with Phoenix a close second.