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What about that Russian News Station where the news anchor strips with each story that passes (and no it's not a dude).

The thing that's going to hold Diaz back as a major league pitcher is that he only has 2 real good pitches. I'm no Grilli fan, but he'll be 2 years back from major arm surgery, and I've heard his fastball will get up to 96 MPH. He's good insurance to have in case Hernandez gets injured, but he shouldn't be in the pen. He needs innings down at Charlotte.

I think June will be the most likely return date, with Everett holding down at DH for a couple of months, until Frank is completely healthy.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 02:17 AM) Yes, because the expos had a ton of talent around him.. much like Furcal has :rolly OC is going to put up Monster numbers this year.. well for a SS. Face it people any FA with upside is not coming here.. Need I say that last season was a down year for Furcal as well. And the Expos did have Tony Batista, Brad Wilkerson, Jose Vidro and Juan Rivera in their lineup just to name a few. And he hit only .249 against righties with a .645 OPS.

Remembering past Lent incidents, didn't Be Good give up SoxTalk for a month?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:53 AM) I agree. I just don't understand why a simple, it wasn't working, we are heading in different directions. Instead we have this pr battle that is stupid. And Maggs should take most of the blame for that I think. KW didn't rip him at SoxFest when he very well could have, and I think that suprised a lot of people (considering the things KW has done in the past media wise). This isn't your normal free agent leaving scenario either, there were a lot of circumstances to play out.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:50 AM) I take that bet in a heartbeat.. Unless DYE, can turn back time and be in 2000 form, he aint going to hit s***. .275/20/75.. if he stays in the lineup Jermaine Dye last season hitting in Oakland (a big pitchers park) .265, 23 HR's 80 RBI's. He doesn't need to turn back the clock (although that would be nice), all he needs to do is to stay healthy, cut down on the K's and he'll produce. He's not going to decrease in power numbers moving to the Cell.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:45 AM) I am not going to find fault in a player wanting to get the best contract he can. I also will not find fault in a team not being able to afford that contract and moving in other directions. What is asinine is instead of accepting that simple truth, we get this PR b.s. battle between the team and the ex-player. He got a better offer and moved on. The Sox found cheaper puzzle pieces and moved on. I'm wondering why the same fans that are ripping Maggs for wanting the best contract he could get, aren't ripping Hermanson for turning down the last offer his team offered and signing with the Sox? Isn't he a greedy SOB like Maggs? It's all relative. A guy out of work, thinks someone making $50,000 is greedy for quiting and going to a company offering $60,000. That guy thinks the CEO who is making $3,000,000 and complaining is being greedy. Personally, I think every player is grossly overpaid based on their contribution to society. I'd rather have cheaper puzzle pieces that fill more holes, than 1 expensive puzzle piece with a major risk long - term. I know what you're trying to say Tex, if a player leaves a team for a big offer, there's bound to be backlash from supporters, it's inevitable. I'm just saying for Detroit it's a bad deal, not for Maggs though.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:43 AM) Yep, as you said... we would not have been able to sign Dye.. I say to you.. THANK FA_KING GOD.. Who wants to place a bet that Maggs will play more games then Dye will this year? Who wants to bet that Dye will have more HR's and RBI's than Maggs this season, for less than half the price? And, we wouldn't have signed other FA's if we did resign Maggs like I pointed out earlier.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:28 AM) Furcal = overrated.. nothing like the great Uribe :rolly So Furcal with a .279/.344/.414 with 29 SB's and is 4 years younger is overrated but Cabrera who signed a $32 million 4 year deal with .264/.306/.383 and 4 SB's isn't? Explain how that works to me.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:26 AM) You mean to tell me that he didn't like being treated like an endanger servant? What you mean the Great KW.. actually did this? NOOOOO Never .. Mags, came out with the truth again, you people don't like it.. its that simple. The people that are ripping on mags reminds of some other fans on the other side of town that turned on their "superstar". Lets not become like them, time to blame the real problem in this mess.. KW. So would you have been in favor of resigning Ordonez for the deal Detroit's offering?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:21 AM) Once again another All-Star caliber player leaves the Sox on less than nice terms. Wow, what a surprise. The Sox have been competitive exactly once going after a top 5 free agent. The team's PR group has to have a better response than "we cannot afford him" so they help the fans to turn on the player. Last time I looked the Sox were not a charity. Maggs played hard the entire time he was here. He was our only consistent All-Star and easily one of our top three players. The team tried to defer payments for 20 years according to the last offer. Based on his deal with the Tigers, which came after Maggs worked out for them, that 5/70 offer was well below his market value. But even with that didn't Maggs say he would take 5/70 if the money wasn't defered until 2025? People point to Vlade, but look at Beltre, he signed for more and has done less in his career. The US has the longest approval process of any country before a drug or treatment is authorized. People have been going over seas for new and innovative procedures for a long time. There are Doctors in other coutries. Shocking as it is. There are actual hospitals and everything. They don't use leeches and treat illness by having a barber practice bloodletting. Beltre actually only signed a 5 year $62 million deal. He plays third base, a position where it's much harder to find good players, is 4 years younger than Maggs, so he's yet to hit his prime, and put up uber offensive numbers in a real pitchers park in Dodgers Stadium. To me, it doesn't matter what Maggs has done over the past few seasons. He'll be 37 by the time this deal ends, if it is a 7 year deal, and he'll be making about $15 to $18 million in the last few years of that deal. What about Carlos Delgado, with that horribly backloaded contract? Remember if Maggs had indeed signed that 5 year 70M deal, we wouldn't have Dye, we probably wouldn't have Hernandez or Pierzynski either. I think the free agent additions have made this lineup a whole lot deeper, and the team is better off than having Maggs back. Also looking back on this off-season, I wouldn't call Ordonez a top 5 Free Agent. Doesn't it say something, that he was the last major league big name to sign a deal? I just don't agree with the contract, because of the numbers he's likely to put up, and when I look at other deals like Vlad's, it's makes him look vastly underpaid or Ordonez vastly overpaid, whichever way you want to put your spin on it.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 02:25 PM) Is that one of those pogs? The Ultimate Pog. Steve Allen for $500. Sorry I don't know why I brought that up.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 01:07 AM) I'm still trying to find where he is doing all his crying in this article. He just states he's happy in Detroit, and that KW didn't think he could play, there are very few quotes in this article. We will all see for ourselves who was right and who was wrong. For those writing off Magglio because he is going to a more pitcher friendly park, remember Robin Ventura who went from a hitter's paradise to a hitter's graveyard in Shea Stadium, and had his finest offensive season. Ventura is probably just an exception to the norm I'd say. If you looked at the players who have changed teams over the past few seasons, players who have moved from a hitters park to a pitchers park would have their stats decrease about 75% of the time at least.

QUOTE(Beastly @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 11:00 PM) All you guys aren't thinking of what he did when he was here. So he signed with another team? We got Dye to replace him, who is a gamble yet, a lot more versatile. I will cheer when he comes back to Chicago. Question for you Beastly. I know you're a Maggs fan, but do you think he's worth a 7 year deal for about $105 million considering Comerica Park isn't one of his favorite parks to hit in?

Vladimir Guerrero signed a deal for less than what Maggs is going to get; Vlad's 1st season, .337, 39 HR's, 126 RBI's.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 04:54 PM) I hope the greedy SOB hides his injury from the tiggers, puting up Borchard-like numbers, but appearing in enough games to guarantee his 7 year contract.... Good luck dealing with that s*** Dtroit. I'd say there's a better chance than none of that happening.

Some of the funnier ones: Pedro as an alien being interviewed by MIB. Ortiz as Shrek with Millar as Donkey. Damon turning into Jesus. Jaret Wright stuck to some sort of machine with Mazzone the scientist. Furcal with a beer bottle falling out of his pocket, missing a ground-ball appearing tipsy.

Time to produce Freddie, in your last drive for the Eagles.

Oh boy. TD to Greg Lewis.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 01:48 PM) McNabb McSucks Must be that time of year again.

INTERCEPTION!!!! To Teddy Bruschi

QUOTE(Chisoxmatt @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) So which is it? You cant have a three and out if they get a first down. You know what I mean, it's still too early for me to think rationally, but I'll take credit and go with the former.

Rosey Sighting. The Eagles can just not get the running game going.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) I predict freddy mitchell will still be asleep. Maybe Rodney Harrison is yapping at him to wake up before he kills him.