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Bulls are playing like s***. Any possible way we could get MJ and Pip to suit up so they don't ruin this night?

Tejada isn't a juicer.

QUOTE(AnthraxFan93 @ Dec 9, 2005 -> 10:36 AM) They waited this long to do it.. Kind of like hitting your dog a week after he pees on the the carpet. Correct. This is just stupid.

33 minute train ride. 8 minute walk. The usual as always.

There's only one way to settle this: JEFF BLAKE FOR STARTING QB!

QUOTE(JDsDirtySox @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 07:16 PM) I personally love Miguel Tejada. How about Jon Garland, Juan Uribe, and Ryan Sweeney for Miguel Tejada and Eric Bedard (or Daniel Cabrera) Too much. Uribe, Sweeney, Harris, Liotta for Tejada and cash.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 07:12 PM) I hate how players can basically get themselves traded if they want to. You're getting pay, and extremely well, so shut the f*** up. EDIT: And Miguel isn't happy with the Orioles, he can go home and get his f***in' shinebox. Hypothetically speaking, if Kenny traded for him, you're going to be saying the same thing? I doubt it.

Everyday Eddie!

QUOTE(VAfan @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:10 PM) Really? He was the only member of the Group 4 guys who made no contribution in the postseason. Harris scored the only run in the WS clinching game. Blum hit the game-winning HR in the 3rd WS game. Widger walked to drive in the other run in that inning. Ozuna stole second and scored after AJ stole first in game 2 against the Angels. Timo was out in his only plate appearance. He's a great clubhouse guy, one of the few guys who could actually translate Ozzie to Iguchi. He's pretty decent defensively. Ozzie loves the guy. He won't be gone unless he flips off Ozzie. QUOTE(knightni @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) A kidney and a lung and you have yourself a bet sir! I'll take that bet.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 12:40 PM) i would rather have Javy catch. He is MUCH BETTER at handling a pitching staff. I think you can credit some of the success of the Braves pitching staff to him being the catcher. Actually, I heard Javy isn't that great at calling games at all which is why the Braves let him go and which is why Maddux didn't want him as his catcher.

QUOTE(VAfan @ Dec 8, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) This is a great move on several fronts. 1. Goodbye Marte. Can't we all recite horror stories of Marte coming into games? How about Ozzie summoning him for the 3rd game against Boston. Nixon singles, followed by walks to Mueller and Olerud to load the bases in a 1-rum game. Or the game when he hit the two lefties he faced? Etc., etc., etc. The guy has tremendous "stuff" but he wasn't going to harness it for us any more, and I was tired of watching Ozzie use him in situations when anyone else from our pen would have been a better choice. 2. Goodbye Timo. Another Ozzie favorite who got way more than his share of ABs last year. Yes he won one game against the Angels with a pinch hit in the 9th, but otherwise he never should have seen the field. 3. Insurance for the inevitable Anderson slumps. Anderson's first 34 ABs don't give me great confidence that he can be a full-time CF this year. We needed a backup plan other than Jerry Owens and Chris Young (and I suppose Joe Borchard). Mackowiak should allow Ozzie to rest Anderson against tough right handers, especially early in the season. 4. Insurance for Crede's back. Mackowiak will likely help rest Crede at least once a week. By sitting him against some right handers, this might also help keep Crede out of his horrific slumps. 5. A legit lefty pinch hitter. If Mack isn't in the starting lineup, he offers a very good lefty pinch hitting option for Anderson, Uribe, or even Tadahito. In interleague games, he'll have other pinch hitting opptys. 6. Lefty backup for Tadahito. Mackowiak will also get some time at 2B against right handers, as Ozuna doesn't hit righties well at all. With Timo gone, the guy on the bubble is Willie Harris. He'll almost certainly be gone because he didn't prove he can play SS. It's too bad, as Harris is much better defensively at 2B than Tadahito or Mackowiak or even Ozuna. And he has more speed than anyone on the team, even Pods. The bench is now Widger, Mackowiak, and Ozuna, with slots for 1 or 2 more guys, depending on whether we carry 12 pitchers. Personally, until we got Mackowiak, I was wondering if Jose Valentin would be ready to slip into a utility role for the infield. And I still wonder if he wouldn't be a better backup for Uribe/Iguchi than Ozuna is. Probably not, because Ozuna has value as a righty backup to Pods in LF. And certainly Jose would want a lot more money than Ozuna makes. So I'm satisfied with Mack. I'd bet my kidney that Timo is here next year.

For all the s*** Willie gets, remember that he looked alot better after being called up from AAA, remember that he sucks up everything at 2B, and remember that he's speed off the bench. And I hear that people didn't like Willie because I guess he pulled some stunt in 2004, but from everything I've seen this past year, he was always talking to guys on the team like Buehrle and it looked like he got along with them just fine.

Hate it for reasons stated in the other thread.

QUOTE(White Sox Josh @ Dec 7, 2005 -> 07:14 PM) why did they draft Benson? They had a good RB in Thomas Jones. They wanted to run the football a lot more. To be a team that runs the ball like the Steelers do you need 2 good running backs. They planned on using Thomas Jones as a backup and quietly letting him go when his contract was up or trade him, but Benson f'd up his plan.

I'd do this in a heartbeat and it's not even a question. Willis is a charasmatic young LHP with great stuff. Plus he's had 2 bad 2nd halves and his last one was a good one. I guess it's not possible to be a pitcher that has turned the corner unless you come from the White Sox. McCarthy is a question mark. Willis may be one in the 2nd half, but he's even still way less of a question mark.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 10:42 PM) Child porn for a middle school teacher is a little bit more then a mistake. I agree.

From NSBB

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 09:21 PM) If Abreu were 25, then the trade would be far more intriguing as he'd be entering his prime and would likely not make a ton of money yet but age/cost prevent that. Plus, how bad would the Cubs look if Prior becomes the next ROger Clemens after they traded him? Would not be good ofr them You can't go into trades thinking what if the guy we trade turns out good. You have to think what if the guy who we get turns out good or not.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 08:09 PM) The Cubs would be getting fleeced, imo. I don't think so. It would be pretty even. The problem with the Cubs is that they can't depend on their other starters so they have to keep whoever they have and hope they don't get hurt.

F'd up stuff. That's not too far from my house either. It's about a 10 minute drive down the same road.

What school do you go to Cerb?

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 08:12 AM) When called at his home to discuss Walker leaving his agency, Rosenhaus replied : "No Comment" When asked if he satisfied his wife last night, Rosenhaus quickly replied: "No Comment"

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) I would agree...but Abreu is not exactly "Cheap" either...and despite his first half last year, I'm not sure he's ever really put up the numbers to justify his contract...yeah he had a high OPS some years, but on average since 2001 it seems he comes out to around .900, and he's only hit 30 home runs 2 times in his career. Look at the SB's as well. He's a complete player. Prior for Abreu straight up would be fair.

QUOTE(Felix @ Dec 4, 2005 -> 11:23 AM) This is a non-issue to me, not sure why I would be concerned. Agreed.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:14 PM) I don't see this as being not-thought-through. I think that for this to succeed, players and teams need to be pushed towards it. Otherwise, it would never happen. I have no doubt that MLB knew full well that some baseball execs would have objections. As I stated earlier, I think this is a great thing. If you want the phrase "World Champions" to mean something, then you have to try to head that direction. This is obviously only a small step, but it's going the right way. I don't know about that. Other countries are hyped up about this. I heard the Cubans wish they would field a team as well. Every other country is hyped up about this. In fact, everyone is hyped up on this minus American fans. Again, IMO, it's no different than playing Winter League or ST except it means more to the players. If you don't believe that, then there's something wrong with you.