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No we wouldn't, and I didn't like the idea of Juan signin much anyway. He's too injury prone, and I'd rather a guy who could get on base with a lil bit of speed like a Reggie Sanders. And Ponson's out there still waitin for the rite offa to come. I'm not too sure it's gonna come from Baltimore since they r most likely signin Vlad and Palmeiro. I always thought San Diego could be an option for him, especially now afta they traded Jarvis although they signed Boomer.

Looks like our 5th starter's goin to be Cotts, Wright, Diaz or Jon Rauch with Shoe as our 4th. And I'd rather go afta a backup 2nd baseman not a 3rd baseman. Well a whole utility guy who can all positions like Denny Hocking would be nice.

They'll be even bigga players in FA in the next offseason. Bobby Higginson's 15 million contract comes off da books, and they should use that money to go afta 2 quality starters since their ballpark is a pitcher's park.

I'll always remember that Simpsons episode where Bart and Homer are on the spaceship to the Sun and there's Tonya Harding with the hubcap. Homer - "AAAAGGGHHH, Tonya Harding!"

Saw the last minutes of that game. Unbelievably close call, man the fans were chuckin bottles on the court and givin it to Texas aftawards. But the problem was that the clock and the light were not synchornized, and that shouldn't be the case. Since the rule is the light, the basket was good. But it really shouldn't hav counted if it was workin properly.

Futuresox.com. It's a site on all the White Sox's prospects in the minors.

No way Detroit's got the support to hav 2 teams there. If they were gonna move the Expos sumwhere where's there is already another team it'd either be sumwhere in California or Texas. Personally I think they'll end up in Portland, Oregon.

It's got the same ring to it.

No it doesn't because u would be addin bout 10 mill in payroll with the additions of Gonzalez and Ponson. My thinkin is that KW would hav guaranteed the Sox would hav won the division by addin these 4 guys and just losin Maggs if JR bumps up a payroll a little. That ain't gonna happen unless there are guys out there who fit our situation, but I've got no idea what Ponson's gonna get for his contract. I've heard from 4 to 7 mill ova 3 years.

Soxnet won't be back up, but Futuresox is back up and runnin again.

Imagine tryin to drink those in 1 night.

Deals are in the works in Detroit, from Ken Rosenthal. A surprise team has emerged in the Pudge Rodriguez derby -- if you can still call it that. The Detroit Tigers. Sources have told Sporting News' Ken Rosenthal that as interest in the free-agent catcher has waned, the Tigers are sensing an opportunity to snatch up the former MVP. The move would be another solid step toward improving the moribund franchise, making them solid up the middle with the addition of Fernando Vina and, eventually, Carlos Guillen. Several teams were interested in Rodriguez, but his asking price scared most into finding cheaper alternatives.

Very interestin article which shows u that KW hands r tied, After turning down a one-year offer worth about $2.5 million from the White Sox last month, Roberto Alomar signed with Arizona on Tuesday for about a third as much. A colossal blunder, right? Far from it, contends Alomar's agent, Jaime Torres. "Robbie has saved enough in his career to live off the interest," Torres said. "He wanted to sign where he would be happy." Torres said the 12-time All-Star turned down five offers that were more lucrative than the one he signed with Arizona, which guaranteed him $1 million, $350,000 of which will be deferred without interest until 2009. "Robbie walked away from $7.5 million over two [years], $3 million over one, $2.5 million over one, $2 million over one and $1.5 million over one," Torres said. Torres wouldn't say which teams offered what, but St. Louis, Los Angeles, Colorado and Montreal were known to have had interest. Torres doesn't count the Sox among the final group. He said the proposal he discussed with Sox general manager Ken Williams—a one-year deal worth $2 million plus $1 million deferred without interest—was not a solid offer because it was contingent on Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf's approval. "Kenny said, 'If I can sell it to Jerry,'" Torres said. "When an offer is made with a condition, then it's not an offer." The Sox have a different perspective, contending Williams and Alomar verbally agreed to a one-year deal worth $3 million during a one-on-one discussion in August. When Williams called Torres to hammer out the agreement, Sox officials say the agent sought two years. Williams, while saying he regrets that he couldn't re-sign Alomar, was surprised to hear Torres' contention that a formal offer was never extended. "I'm disappointed that it didn't work out, but I'm even more disappointed that Robbie felt that at some point he was disrespected or not communicated with," Williams said. "This he said/she said thing is not worth my time. I'm not going down that road. I'm more interested in seeing Robbie in spring training and embracing him. I still care about him." While haggling over money with Torres in early December, Williams knew he had an alternative at second base in Willie Harris. And Harris won't cost the Sox much more than the $300,000 minimum. "There was plenty of time to work it out if [the Sox] had serious interest," Torres said. "They wanted to sign him to a deal without my involvement. "I respect Kenny and we'll work [together] again. But signing with Arizona might be the best thing for Robbie." Alomar has spent much of his off-season in the Phoenix area, working with fitness trainer Mark Versteegen and looking to buy a home. At 35, Alomar has decided to recommit himself to the game, Torres said. Perhaps that's a result of two consecutive subpar seasons. A lifetime .301 hitter, Alomar batted .266 in 2002 for the Mets and .258 last year, a decline that could hurt his chances of being elected to the Hall of Fame. "It's a commitment to training and getting the best he can get out of his body for the next 3-4 years," Torres said. "Robbie took a little longer [to do that] than he should have. He wants to finish his career the right way and get back to those numbers he produced in Cleveland." Because Alomar was convinced a fresh start in Arizona was the answer, he basically threw himself at Diamondbacks owner Jerry Colangelo. It wasn't the first time Alomar has taken less money. He gave up as much as $2 million per season to sign with Cleveland in 1999 so he could play with his brother, Sandy Jr. But the Indians' five-year deal still was worth $37 million, a far cry from Arizona's offer. "He told me, 'Jaime, I understand your job is to get me the best contract,'" Torres said. "He apologized to me. I said, 'No, my job is to get you where you're going to be happy and everything will fall into place.'"

I think most teams know that he's goin to rebound this year and put up sum really good numbers. Plus he's not a clubhouse cancer but at his salary u really hav to be a sure thing and then teams will want ya more. His 2003 year has scared off a lot of suitors, othawise it coulda been him and not Sexson or Derrick Lee that got dealt.

He won't sign for a minor league deal I'd think. Sum team will get desperate and offa him 2 or 3 mill for 1 year.

I remember tellin me u had a great fantasy team Yahtzee. Hopefully u can take all of us on next year mayb. I also picked up Kiprasoff and now I've got McLennan, Weekes, Boucher who's had 4 shutouts in a row, Kippa and Nabokov as my goalies.

Thanks for that piece of information YAS, I knew there was some reason he hasn't really been talkin to em. Baltimore's puttin up quite a power lineup with Viagra Boy, Vlad and Miggy all new additions now. I wonder if they'll trade for Jose as well.

Well I think this puts us in the drivers seat for Sidney Ponson now. Baltimore can not hav enough money to sign both Vlad and Ponson when they hav already signed Miggy and now Palmeiro. Also this will prob mean that KW will not want to trade Konerko now since the guy he wanted to replace him is about to get signed by another team. Baltimore still needs a lot of pitchin though bf they can think about makin da playoffs.

I am really suprised they aren't goin afta Vlad Guerrero more heavily. He won't cost ya any players or stud prosepcts like Maggs would, plus u'd prob get a lil bit betta production out of Vlad as well.

I think Green was pretty banged up last year, hence why Dodger fans booed him and he didn't put up Maggs like numbers. But if he plays 1B for em this year, the Konerko deal is off for sure.

Good question, we ain't the freakin Yankees alrite.

Who's Pete Rose?

Telstra blows down here as well. We hav a 3 gig a month cable plan at the moment, and when we'd use bout 2 gig, the meter doubled and it said it used 4 gig instead. Then my Dad calls the company and gets put on sum dude from India who can't speak English.

We hav. U get 2 good scorers in Jefferson and Wallace and I get Big Ben and Battier. Nice doin business with ya BEGOOD.

If the Bulls finish with a top 5 pick in da draft, who do u guys want Paxson to take. Okafor would be a monster defensively for em.