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QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:17 PM) Tomato Head isn't a bad alternative if ur looking for some good pizza in the area..... however, it pails in comparison to Lou Malnati's on Lincoln. Oh and by the way Kelly's is the best bar in the Lincoln Park realm. Best pizza by far in the city is the art of pizza on ashland, their deep dish kills everyone.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:14 PM) Salt N' Peppers is awesome as well..... Also for great Mexican Food - dont go to Alendes' it's all about Taco Burrito House on Fullerton and Clybourn Love salt n pepper, went there all the time when i worked at Grand Central across the street. I think its all about taco burrito express on halsted, best ever.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) A couple of my fraternity brothers live on Burling and Wrightwood, small world. Im about 5 houses north of Burwood tap, also a great bar.

I've always said that if I had a wish, I would make myself the best baseball player ever, then only play for the sox for the minimum.

QUOTE(MurcieOne @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:10 PM) Im a DePaulian as well, Im moving into an apartment on Bissell in the not to distant future. Goodbar Thursdays.... check that place out. about 100 feet from my apt, im on burling and wrightwood.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 03:08 PM) do yourself a favor and look up his stats before you type. The guy is hitting around .330 That would be a downgrade defensively though, the knock on him is that he is actually a better outfielder than an IF

Im going to stop posting on this so the under wins on the 250 set earlier. Please Kw, do whatever it takes to get Chavez, thanks IM out

QUOTE(whitesoxfan1022 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:57 PM) timo is the s*** he is overpaid at 1 million dollars, and thats pretty bad.

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:55 PM) Both are absolute studs nonetheless, and are gigantic upgrades over anyone in our lineup. So stop your complaining on who you want. Can we just take their offense all together???

QUOTE(supernuke @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:55 PM) How do you know that May is a slump. Maybe he was playing over his head in April and the May numbers are the real Vinny Castila at 37. see my post about 3 pages back with his numbers for the last 5 years....

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:50 PM) I doubt that the Nationals make any signficant move while there are a few bidders willing to offer over $300 million for a team that was bought at less than $200 million. As for all the why would the Rangers trade Blalock, its because they need pitching and most of the trades that are being suggested include B-Mac. The Rangers have a ton of hitting prospects, and Tex who can play 3b as well, so if they get an offer with a lot of pitching they may be willing to trade 1 of their hitters. I think the most likely candidates to become available are Hinske or Hillenbrand, as Toronto is starting a rookie 3b, and will have Koskie coming back from injury. When he does they will have an odd man out. SB I dont know about anyone else, but I would actually rather have Texiera than Blalock

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:21 PM) 3 bucks for a hot dog, fries and a small drink. Actually 3.10 now. I was literally sad when it went up 10 cents. Anyways, you can't beat that. I couldn't eat lunch if it wasn't for those prices... Tastes great too. Great dogs. If you ever get a chance, up the street is a place i used to live right by called Hoagie Hut, the food there is just awesome, great spicy fries and the burgers are good too. Their best sandwich is the grilled chicken with cheese and bacon, marvelous.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:43 PM) Maybe because the chances are he will be better than he was in May. If after a bad slump, his #s are so much better than Chavez and Cruddy, that just proves my point. He is worth looking into at the deadline for a stop gap solution. Oh, now he has a slump and will rebound, but not a player whose career numbers suggest that they will. Come on man, are you serious with this argument. Castilla is playing so far above his head this season its ridiculous. I already showed his numbers for the last couple of years, thats his trend, that how he will probably produce. Bringing in a stop gap 37 year old is not the solution nor will it help after this season either. Then you are stuck with NO 3B next year.

QUOTE(soxfan420 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:12 PM) call me crazy but i really wouldnt mind seeing pods iguchi thomas arow(brake up some double plays) konerko AJ Dye uribe/harris crede/uribe i would also like to see a lot more harris at SS. I also think uribe/widger should play at 3b depending on whos hot., Harris at CF shifting arow to right once in a while would be nice too(unless dye picks it up) BTW if harris proves to be a liabilty at SS we could always play uribe still. he is fast and walks a bunch and i think he might be learning to steal more with some new coaches. ohhh and he hits lefty. and if he can play SS making ozuna(maybe AAA) expendable if harris can play SS timo as no place. walker should get more mop up innings(just to see he cant be much worse than viz) while he is still up here and if he is no better o well. i think it maybe time for a call up baj/adkins(maybe he is not a sp, but solid last year in the pen.) and maybe put viz/shinjo on the d/l with minor league stint Harris at SS :headshake Widger at 3B :puke Walker pitching at all

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:38 PM) But recent stats are a solid indicator too. So when will you be willing to admit his #s are legit for 2005? Afgter 4 months? why dont we wait for his stats to keep falling so you can continue this argument. You lost me at what has Eric Chavez ever won......

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:34 PM) 2005 stats? They are outside Coors you know? :rolly And Cell is Coors lite you know? i didnt know that season was over yet???? What part of season stats dont you understand, it takes 162 games to complete a season.

Castilla stats outside of Colorado AVG OBP SLG OPS 2000 .221 .254 .308 .562 2001 .260 .308 .467 .775 2002 .232 .268 .348 .616 2003 .277 .310 .461 .771 last year in Col 2004 .271 .332 .535 .867

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) Seriously, have you followed any of Castillas career? he hits at Coors, thats about it. Somehow, even though having a superior BA, Castilla only has 6 more hits than Chavez, 2 more RBIs, same amount of HR, and two more runs scored. And dont even mention the 3 stolen bases that vinny has, Chavez is on a team that does not steal bases whatsoever. I think Pods has more stolen bases now than the entire A's team had last year. Im still trying to figure out how Chavez has 29 more at bats than Castilla, yet he has only played 2 more games. I dont even understand the comparison between Castilla and Chavez, if it was the early 90's I would understand, but as it is, Chavez is not only better offensively and defensively, but he has a larger upside.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) So you conveniently did not see this years #s? :rolly I was not sure that this year was over yet, that must've been a long nap....If you would like to debate who is the better player Chavez or Castilla, you better come up with a better argument than look at their BA this year.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:16 PM) And despite that he blows away Chavez and Cruddy's #s (see AVG and OBP). And that is all despite playing on a team with very little O around him. Blows away???? And who has more O around him, Chavez or Castilla?

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:13 PM) I am confident the Nats will be out of it come trade deadline time. I am not saying do it now....wait until trade deadline....maybe by then Crede will get better too....who knows I'd rather stick with the guy thats 10 years younger. Outside of his year at Col last year, his last several seasons look sorta like Crede's. Seems like a moot aquisition to me.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:12 PM) I'm in the area during the afternoon for fairly obvious reasons... yeah, I get off at the EL stop on fullerton every day right there, gotta love those demon dogs

if this was 1995 I would say get Castilla, but for now, I would rather have Crede.

QUOTE(sox-r-us @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:08 PM) Castilla in 2005: 49 G, 173 AB, 21 R, 50 H, 3 SB, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 0.289 AVG, 0.363 OBP, 0.451 SLG% Chavez in 2005: 51 G, 202 AB, 19 R, 44 H, 0 SB, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 0.218 AVG, 0.276 OBP, 0.317 SLG% Cruddy in 2005: 50 G, 163 AB, 20 R, 37 H, 0 SB, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 0.227 AVG, 0.286 OBP, 0.368 SLG% Are you seriously now going to argue that Vinny Castilla is better than Eric Chavez???

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:02 PM) Oh, so now we shouldn't trade for Chavez because he isn't a "winner". We need a real winner like Vinny Castilla on this team to take us to the promised land... EDIT: And, I should say, I don't know if I'm quite for or against this trade. I'd have to look at it real closely and for a real long time. My argument for it is that would adding Chavez to this year's lineup make us better, of course. Next year...Would Chavez and Gload (for example) be better than Konerko and Crede, offensively and defensively, yes.