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The WaPo has had a look at the book and has a review up, with some interesting quotes. Here's their last paragraph:

QUOTE(CWSOX45 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:29 PM) Not always the case. I could see Garcia being dealt if the Sox paid for most of his salary. I highly doubt that Kenny will move anyone in our starting rotation...at least right now. During the off-season I really think Freddy is gone. CWSOX45 When has KW made a deal where he's had to pick up salary for another team's player? Ever?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) That sucks about vonage, i was seriously thinking about switching. My suggestion would be to wait a while, maybe a couple months, just to see how the legal/congressional problems go. Go to Google News on occasion and search for Vonage. Oh, and IIRC, they also may still not have 911 service through those systems, so you might want to be prepared for that.

QUOTE(JimH @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:49 PM) Guys do we have a lineup yet? Thanks. Ozuna, LF; Iguchi, 2B; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Dye, RF; AJ, C; Crede, 3B; Uribe, SS; Anderson, CF. Vazquez takes the mound.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:46 PM) Does anyone use vonage for local phone service? Really? Hmmm. I really would like something that is less incline to have issues. Yea, in fact, even the current auto quality reports are showing the same thing. This is from a CNN piece from about 13 days ago, Google-Cached (the link is seemingly dead) Also, you might want to be careful about moving your phone service to something like Vonage right now, Congress may very well be on its way to quashing those VOIP phone services at the behest of the telecom lobbies, and they're facing a couple of copyright infringement suits right now. Things don't look that great for Vonage as a company right now.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:44 PM) I know a conservative guy that shot a dog once. I think it's pretty safe to say all conservatives want to shoot puppies. LCR just wants to drown them, I think. "Just think somewhere in this state right now Jeb Bush is eating a live puppy." - Stewie Griffin (Link)

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:42 PM) As far as cars really go. I have had 3 jeeps in the past 10 years. I will not continue and get a 4th. I hate Chrysler products as they have all had so many problems. Now im torn between releasing my inner demo and picking up a rear wheel drive car (infiniti G35, Nissan Z, Mercedes CLK) or staying practical with an SUV. Back while selling Vacuum cleaners, I ran into a couple of Mercedes dealers, and the general impression I got from them was that they felt the quality of their vehicles had declined when the company began introducing new models.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 01:13 PM) HIPPEE!!! Well, I am working on a bag of Doritos.

Javier Vazquez is overdue for a few good games. Today would be a good time to start.

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 10:13 AM) Defensive qualities don't just drastically change from one year to the next if we're talking about a player who is in his late 20s/early 30s. To say that there is a difference between last year and this year is some total bulls*** if you ask me. He sucks just as hard as ever when it comes to reading fly balls, taking the proper angles, etc. Those are the things that you look at when you talk about OF defense, not some rare drops here and there (inflation of his error totals). This guy was stuck in the minors for TEN YEARS, and it wasn't plate discipline or baserunning skills that held him back. Edgar Renteria says hi.

QUOTE(minors @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 10:36 AM) Right on. Compare the number of bad things compared to the number of good thing that the soldiers have done. You sure do hear a lot of negative stories about soldiers but none about them rebuilding the towns, restoring order and making life better for the kids over there. If everything we did was so terrible why are the troops still there and not ran out of the country? Simple we are doing far more greater things than negative. So wait one second...wait just wait, I have to do this one. Wow. Now this one is impressive on Administration-levels. Why are the troops still in Iraq? Because things are going so great over there! If things were really bad, they'd get out! Wow.

QUOTE(minors @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 11:07 AM) No I do not. All she did was ruin her son's name she should let him rest in peace and having his name remembered for the great things he did in the war. Now when people hear is name they think of that wacko. Comparing John Walsh to her.... Come on now that has to be one of the worst comparisons I have ever heard. He is doing something good by showcasing the police and trying get thugs put away. Many people have gone through her loss but what she is doing is furthering her own cause nothing more. Speaking to deserters in Canada yeah she is really trying to help. My mom went through the same loss and she didn't going camping on LBJ's yard making a f***ing fool of herself and her brothers name. BTW she has had a mental illness well before this happened In other words, because you don't believe in the cause Cindy Sheehan has chosen, it's a terrible comparison, and she's only furthering her own cause.

Johnny Pujols?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 10:09 AM) Completely agree. But Figgins AND Santana? I wouldn't... not with the way that Santana has been pitching. The Devil Rays don't want older players like Garcia, either. I'm sure they'd want B-Mac, but I wouldn't trade him. If I were KW and I really, really wanted Crawford, I'd eventually offer Garland, Fields, Broadway, and either Pods or Anderson. If that was unacceptable, I'd break off negotiations. Picking up Jon Garland would single-handedly increase the Devil Rays' total salary expenditures by over 20%. They are simply not going to take ANY of our current starting pitchers not named McCarthy; they are all too expensive.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:57 AM) I'd deal Figgins for Crawford every day of the week. Crawford is absolutely superior. The question is whether or not you think Crawford is worth Santana and another player, it doesn't matter which player. So basically, you're asking whether or not Ervin Santana will blossom into a consistent #1 starter within a year or two. Figgins is a throw-in to create space, since the Halos would have like 6 outfielders with Crawford. QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 10:00 AM) No doubt about it. What would the White Sox have to give up to get him? Freddy Garcia, Scooty P, and Sweeney? I am not saying I would do that, but would that get the deal done? The Devil Rays don't want people with big salaries, like Garcia. McCarthy + someone else. Pods might fit there honestly, but it might still take a 3rd player if Pods were included.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:24 AM) The reign of terror begins. I'm already preparing the Guillotine...

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:42 AM) BINGO!!!! and what are they doing? How much money goes into the Democratic coffers from 'liberal media moguls'? A lot of that depends on how you count the contributions. For example, do you total up the literally hundreds of millions of dollars that Newscorp and Rev. Moon lose on publishing the Washington Times and NY Post as contributions?

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:41 AM) No such comments last year so maybe it wasn't as s***ty last year as has been suggested... Podsednik's D last year wasn't great, but it was tolerable. This year he has been significiantly worse than last year. Just for an example, he already has 6 errors this year in LF, when all of last year he had 3.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jun 20, 2006 -> 09:32 AM) Weaver could turn himself into a pretty darn good reliever. If the Angels are willing to pay pretty much everything and we don't have to give up anything much in terms of prospects, I'd be bite on this and work on using him out of the pen. Him and Riske could make this pen a lot better. The Angels aren't going to both pay his entire contract and trade him away without getting anything in terms of prospects in return. Not when he's only on a 1 year deal and they can just hold on, maybe win a few more games, and possibly get a draft pick in return for him next year.

Pardon Talk for Libby Begins

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 09:01 PM) The Sox won't let Pujols hit a home run. Freddie Garcia will be pitching game 3 of this series.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 08:07 PM) Cool, thanks. Thome has slowed considerably, although still having an excellent season. Thome will catch fire again before this season winds up. That's how Thome always goes.

Your first thread wasn't good enough for you?

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 04:07 PM) Weaver has been horrid this season, he's making so much money that Snow's salary doesn't even take a bite out of it. Cash is going to be included regardless of who the Angels acquire, atleast some. Quinnlan, Kotchman, Morales. They all aren't cutting it. Just a thought. And for the record, I didnt mean Texiera, even though he's not performing too well either this season. Cash is only going to be included if the Angels acquire something of value in return. J.T. Snow is not something of value. And while Kotchman, Morales, and McPherson aren't cutting it yet, they're all damn young, and may well be good someday, which is why they're getting playing time now.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 04:00 PM) I don't mean it to start a frenzy over Jones. I'm just genuinely stumped about their situation. They won their division 14 years in a row, and it's pretty clear now that they're not doing it again this year. They're in dead last. Should they rebuild? Make a run? With the talent they have in that system, I think their best bet would be to put together a bullpen for the start of the 2007 season. Their rotation is in a bit of a shambles right now because of injuries, but on paper next year it looks better than advertised, including at least 1 young guy IIRC, Smoltz, Hudson, Mike Hampton, Horacio Ramirez, and I believe they still own the rights to Jorge Sosa. Their lineup is stacked, with Jones, McCann, Francoeur, Laroche, Chipper, Renteria, and a few others I'm forgetting. But their bullpen is a disaster area. If someone shocks them for Smoltz, like the Dodgers offering a Billingsly, I bet they'd take it. But what they need to do is find a closer somewhere and a setup man somewhere in the offseason, and suddenly they'll be right back at the top of that division next year. QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jun 19, 2006 -> 04:03 PM) SS, I totally agree with what you're saying. However, who do they really have that they could get a lot for? I can't see any team/teams emptying out their farm for Greg Maddux, who's just about on his last legs. Wood and Prior? Not in a million years. Pierre? No way. Todd Walker? I think he could net you something decent. Guys like Howry and Erye are untradeable due to their bloated contracts. Now, if they're willing to part with Zambrano or Ramirez, they could definitely get a lot for either of those guys. The Cubs would be stupid if they did no ttry to move Greg Maddux at the trading deadline. Pierre as well, even if it's for a bag of balls. Ditto wood. At some point, it actually makes sense to just sell a guy to see what you can get. No one is going to "empty the farm" for Maddux, meaning you're not going to get the entire Angels infield for him. But if you can pick something up somewhere, why the heck not? Sometimes you grab a person in round 15 of the draft and he turns into Pujols.