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Boras is now saying the White Sox gave Magglio the name of the doctor in Vienna who performed his surgery, and that they gave it to him before Boras became his agent. Looks like the White Sox spin on losing their best player for nothing is starting to unravel.

Levine reiterated the potential Vazquez 3 way, said his sources told him Boras gave the White Sox MRIs on Magg's knee. Wills mentioned the Sox may be interested in Willie Alvarez as a long reliever spot starter swing man.

I can assure you Boston would never trade for Carl Everett.

Maybe $ comes the Sox way. Vazquez with the Yankees picking up a lot of the tab, at $4-5 million a year, is a huge steal. It would possibly leave money to pick up a good middle infielder and a RF replacement for Maggs.

It doesn't. Simmons has been outplaying Dunleavy. The only explaination is it is the Clippers.

If Zook is such a great recruiter, and a great coach who really was a victim of Spurrier's laziness his last few years, why did Florida FIRE him?

High rise fires is a huge story in Chicago, especially after last year's tragic fire in the County Building., where a friend of mine was killed. While I would rather watch the game, you can't fault ABC for covering this story.

It actually has been talked about supposedly. They said the Warriors are in the process of doing background checks on Curry.

I've seen him coach a few games. Trev Alberts and Mark May were all over him last couple years, especially during the Outback Bowl last season when Iowa walked all over them. 7-4 is pretty optimistic for the Illini the next 2 or 3 years. If Zook thought Spurrier left the cubbard bare in Florida, just wait until he sees the high school team Ron Turner left him. Zook is an assitant coach, maybe a great assistant coach. He is just not head coaching material.

You'll be saying the same thing about Zook in a couple years.

Zook may be a good recruiter, but he is in way over his head as a head coach. He won't win much at Illinois, but then again, who would? As an Iowa grad, I am happy he's there.

Sweetney would be nice to have, but Wilcox is better than Curry, and Simmons is having a breakout season. Either trade would help the Bulls, getting rid of the dog named Curry would be a step in the right direction, but they won't be serious contenders until they acquire one of the top 10 players in the league.

espn insider has a rumor the Bulls trade Curry to Golden State, Dunleavy goes to the Clippers to play for his dad, and the Bulls get Chris Wilcox and Bobby Simmons. They said Golden State was doing background checks on Curry at the present time. I have no idea why the Clippers would do this, both Wilcox and Simmons are better than Dunleavy, but they ARE the Clippers. Paxson, I'm sure would make this trade in a heartbeat.

we've watched KW work for 4 off seasons. Although it is way too early, it early indications indicate this offseason's philosophy is no better than the other years when he has failed. I've been a huge supporter of ownership, but if they really think they can win, and hold payroll at about the same level, they are a lot more crazy as those people who thought the Sox could make up 3 games on Cleveland in 1997.

White Sox doctors examined Magglio several times. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with him, and if Boras is being straight and Maggs just had another small meniscus tear, then they misdiagnosed him at least 3 times. Texsox is absolutely right. Magglio is just doing what all these other players people are salivating over did. Its backfired, and cost him money. There were no secret surgeries. The White Sox knew of the surgery in Vienna. They didn't release it to the public until some reporter broke the story. BTW, it was already determined he was out for the season before said surgery.

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Try priceline and bid $48 for North Michigan Ave. Last year, it worked and you got the Hyatt. People have been getting the Hyatt for the week before Soxfest this year at the same price. Hopefully, the Soxfest weekend will work at this price as well. It did last year.

Hawk actually brought in Haller. Haller did the paperwork part of the job IIRC. Hawk was overwhelmed by that.

Baseball's biggest nightmare would be if it was proven Bonds, Sosa, and McGwire were all on the juice. Its pretty obvious they were. Whatever happened to Canseco's book? I'm sure there's a publisher who would be willing to print it. I wonder if MLB persuaded Canseco not to come out with it. They need strict penalties for failing a steriod test. I was told you have to be an idiot anyway to fail one of those test. The steriod issue will hover over MLB like a black cloud until it is dealt with seriously by the players association.

Bradley was arrested again last week. This guy is a time bomb, although I know for a fact KW wanted him real bad when he was in Montreal. I think its too big of chance to take. He's going to go off again, maybe even Ron Artest-style or worse.

RJ at $16 million + 40% luxury tax + $4 million paying for Vazquez= $26.4 million. That's a pretty high price to pay for a 41 year old pitcher. If the Yankees are backing off, I don't blame them.

Gammons prediction falls apart within hours...... who would have thunk it? I still think the Yanks are posturing to get the price down. We'll see if it works.

Espn insider said the deal is as reported with the Yankees picking up $4 million a year of Vazquez's salary. The Big Stein is going to be writing about $300 million in checks next year if you include salaries, revenue sharing and penalties for being over the thresehold.

He definitely would. He had a great year, although Torre had to work him into the ground. Vazquez and Gordon for a little less than the package KW put together for the Big Unit would make my day.

I deleted my post. I didn't see Vazquez on the original deal.