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I know he's on Riccardi's list of untouchables (Batista, Lilly, Halliday and Wells), and it would probably take a top pitching prospect (Kris Honel?) to get him.

J.P Riccardi would love that deal, even though he's giving up a real good vetrean pitcher in Batista, he gets a young, cheap automatic replacement for Carlos Delgado, and they can keep Josh Phelps DH'ing.

Nilsson was a good outfielder for the Milwaulkee Brewers, usually hit bout 20 homers a season I think. Propokec was a 1 year wonder for the Dodgers, think he's with the Blue Jays now. Lloyd was a good lefty for the Yankees or Mets, been out of the league since he last stopped in Kansas City last season.

And Toronto want him in exchange for Miguel Batista, that would sure be an interesting deal to say the least.

I thought you already said that, oops, that was just say no to Carl. My bad.

I left my thoughts on the time of the draft, basically anytime in the evening over there is good for me since that'll be morning over here.

From the Daily Southtown, OAKLAND, Calif. — All of a sudden, Carl Everett returning to the White Sox and being their everyday designated hitter is sounding more plausible. The Sox announced Friday that Frank Thomas has a partial stress fracture of the navicular bone in his left foot and will likely be sidelined for eight weeks. While he won't have to undergo surgery, the 36-year-old slugger will need to have the injured foot immobilized. A source close to the situation said Sox general manager Ken Williams had been talking to Montreal about trading for Everett in recent weeks, and with the news of Thomas' condition, Williams has intensified his pursuit of Everett. Williams traded for Everett last June in a deal with Texas, and the veteran outfielder/DH hit .301 with 10 home runs and 41 RBI in 73 games with the Sox. Everett became a free agent in the offseason and signed with the Expos. Williams said on numerous occasions how much he respected the intensity Everett displayed on a day-to-day basis, calling him a "grinder." The 33-year-old Everett, who entered Friday's action hitting .258 with two homers and 13 RBI in just 16 games this season, is making $3 million this year. He has been hampered by injuries throughout much of the season, and the Expos have been looking to move him now that he seems to be healthy again. Everett was activated from the 15-day disabled list Wednesday after he missed 14 games with a sprained left ankle. Everett had a shoulder injury earlier in the season. Meanwhile, the best-case scenario for Thomas is a mid-September return. Team podiatrist Dr. Lowell Weil delivered the news to the organization hours before Friday night's game vs. Oakland. Weil said in a statement that the two-time American League Most Valuable Player underwent further diagnostic tests (an MRI and a bone scan) a few days ago. Those tests "revealed a partial stress fracture of the navicular bone in his left foot. ... Additional diagnostic tests will be taken in four weeks to gauge his progress," the statement said. The news about Thomas wasn't especially surprising. "Yeah, I told you guys the way he sounds, the way he looked, he was going to be out for a little while," Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "When you have problems with your feet and you're as big as Frank is, you know the problem is going to be huge. "Right now, we have to deal with it. We know what we have. There's no doubt we're going to miss him in the lineup. But we have to deal with it. ... We're going to miss one of the best hitters in the game the last few years, but we have to move on and forget about it." Thomas was hitting .271 with 18 home runs, 49 RBI and a team-best .434 on-base percentage. He also led the Sox in walks with 64. Thomas last played July 6 before being shut down because of foot pain. He was put on the 15-day disabled list on July 2, just as star outfielder Magglio Ordonez was rejoining the Sox lineup after a 36-game absence (knee injury). The question now is whether Williams will make a move to replace Thomas. "They might do something," shortstop Jose Valentin said. "Without him, we might need another hitter. That's a situation for the front office. If they think they have to make a move. "Now we have to focus on what we have here. The guys we have on the bench aren't going to be the same hitter that Frank is. We can't ask a guy like Ross Gload to step to the plate and hit 40 home runs and be a power hitter like Frank is. Those guys are looking for an opportunity, those may be the guys that help us win. That's the good thing about this team — not only one guy can carry this team." Guillen said he'll continue to emphasize "small ball," but talking about it and executing it are two different things. "When you have Frank and (Paul) Konerko in the same spot, you cannot play the way I would like to play," Guillen said. "But I would rather have Konerko hit home runs and Frank hit home runs than play little ball. We have a better chance, the way we're swinging, the pitching staff we're playing right now (Oakland), to use the hit-and-run and move guys over. We'll see."

I'd doubt the Royals would trade him to us, and they'd want some good prospects in return. I think he'll go to the Dodgers if traded, that's if they can't get Carlos Delgado.

Pretty much all of the time, except for when I'm turnin out of my driveway and street where there's no traffic, and when I drive home from shift work at midnight where there's hardly no traffic.

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What I don't get is after they signed Cardinal, they resigned Shane Battier to a long term deal too. You've got 4 players in Cardinal, Bonzi Wells, Shane Battier and James Posey who'll all be fighting for playing time under Hubie Brown now in the same position.

HOORAY!!!

Very low scoring game in Seattle tonight, with two good young pitchers in Pineiro and Westbrook on the mound.

Dye Gawn swinging. Still 4-2 A's at the top of the 8th now.

And the best thing no Steve Spurrier. "Tom Flam It"

Pornstache flies out to right.

Carlos singles, we might have something going here.

Welcome to my world.

Maggs did some nice yard work there. Can you believe that's only his 9th homer so far this season.

O-E-O MAGGILO!!!

Please don't rub it in.

I can't even get into the site, period.

Is CBS Sportsline working for anyone else?

Been a OPS machine this season, 2nd only to Bonds I think.

I don't know why the graphics for both games can't be the same though, probably because they've had more time to make Madden I guess.