Harry Chappas

Clement's stuff is far from elite. Milwood is old and has had injury issues. He went from a guy that could hit 94 to being more crafty.

These are both classic examples of the media trying to speak for a fanbase they know nothing about.

"They will be sold online, no ticket rep association with this plan.....Continue to check Whitesox.com for details." There appears to be a disassociation with this plan and White Sox ticketing.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 01:46 PM) I agree with you. I wonder why they didn't want Graffanino? I do like their new 1-2 of Castillo and Stewart if they stay healthy. They still need a power-hitting DH though. I just hope it's not a healthy Frank Thomas. Tony G. has trouble getting down on grounders.

Look at her like she is complete fool, (like most people look at me normally) and just say as much as a wise ass as you can, "Relax" and walk away. If the person confronts you so be it. The simplist and easist way to belittle someone in as few a words and as clean a language as possible is the way to go.

With the workload the top four pitched last year, my thoughts are that they think some guys will hit the DL. Also Garland could be traded if he is not locked up long term. I think the 6 starters will all be needed next year. Especially with the stupid world thing.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 11:59 AM) The Yankees needed starting pitching. There, it's explained. And they will next year as well as this year. NY and Boston trade their youth and therefore overpay veterans. Look at Matt Clement and he was an NL pitcher. Jon Garland is a horse. Mike Hampton is what 5'10" if he is lucky. Bown got his huge contract at 36, Garland will be 27. Think about that for a second. The guy has never missed a start and will be 27 after next season. Guiys that are 30-32 are getting huge money. 12 win a year pitchers make huge money. Most guys improve when reach their prime which Garland hasn't. Especially if they are not injury prone. carrie woods gets $10M a year at 30 and he has never won more than 13 games. Teams will overpay for the hope of good pitching. s*** Lieber and Carpenter got nice contracts and they had to sit out a year.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Dec 2, 2005 -> 11:18 AM) Ok, what I'm trying to figure out about that one is how exactly Thome could have put up exactly the same numbers "Total" and "As a Left Handed Batter", including 96 home runs as a left handed batter...but also put up a "0" in "Runs scored as a left handed batter." Overall AB R H Total 1279 234 333 As LHB 1279 0 333 He ran righthanded.

How many starts has he missed in his career? How old is he? How did he fair in the playoffs? How old is he? He is young and has improved every year. Christ not everyone can come out and be Kerry Wood from day one. By the end of this season he will be the ace of this staff at 27. This topic has been beaten to death here.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) Sorry, I don't think Steroids = cheating unless Lasik = cheating too. Lasik = Legal way of correcting vision which is also correctable via glasses and contacts Steroids = Illegal substance used to grow muscle which naturally can not be achieved Big difference???? Also if someone gave you steroids or any illegal substance without your knowledge, wouldn't you sue the s*** out of them???? Why doesn't Palmeiro sue Tejada, or Bonds, Giambi and Sheffield sue Balco.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 10:47 AM) And then who leadsoff? If I was them, I would go heavy after Pierre and if not him throw the 10M/yr after Damon and hope for the best. They have a hole in right (and possibly left if Murton is no great shakes, and center if the are relying on Patterson) bigger than short. Cedano, Walker and Perez are more solid than all three outfield positions. Having three hitters (Furcal, Ramirez, Lee) is great but the outfield could be a disaster. I think they are going after Furcal to go after not because he is a great need. Same thing with the Angels and Konerko. The Dodgers are in the bidding to keep their name out there in the public not because they are serious about acquiring him.

They will go after Luis Castillo and Juan Peierre and then try and sign Lugo or Florida's Alex Gonzalez. It will take a good six months for their fans to learn it is a different Gonzalez than the one that cost them the playoffs, if they even remember the guys name. Why they don't go after Preston Wilson is beyond me he and Cedano make more sense then Furcal. I really think Hendry works like fantasy baseball, get the biggest names to keep your team in the spotlight.

Thome is flyball hitter and therefore should bat behind Konerko thus reducing the DP opportunities.

When does he get the 'C' on the jersey??????

How has age not come up in this thing? Boras does not put a gun to anyone's head, owners pay the money he wants. Brian Anderson is worth more to everyone except the Yankees. Juan Pierre is not that good. Gammons is an idiot on all things except the Red Sox and music you have never heard of.

My only worry is how this stupid baseball championship may work. It could take away a few guys that would be worth seeing. Went three years ago, it is awesome, still pondering it.

The thing about Rooney was if I can be outside and listen on the radio it was a treat. Now I may not listen if they are playing bad or if the game is not going good. I would listen to Rooney because he is good. I'll compare it to if they get someone of Santo's quality, unless it is a big game I may not tune in because the broadcast is bad. The same thing with the pre and post if they are good which they were last year I will listen if you have some idiot doing the games, I will not tune in. Rooney made the game interesting and different to listen to, the SCORE continues to screw up which they always will. That station is a trainwreck with the amount of commercials and completly horrendous personalities. Doung Buffone should talk about nothing but football. Mike Murphy is the same way speak of teh cub or nothing. They try to go as cheap as possible yet Mike North keeps going on. Boers and Bernstein are way to full of themselves.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 13, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) Agree with both Sosa, even though like every sign points to steroid use, has never been proven to be a user. Some team will take a shot on him, and maybe he'll get a decent sized contract because of his name...but coming off the season he came off of, I doubt that. Palmeiro has no chance. Not only is the steroids controversy clouding his reputation as an MLBer, but the fact of the matter is he's a washed up old veteran. He might get a ST invite, but I doubt anything more than that. If the brown paper bag of money left in the Dominican hotel is not enough evidence what is? How this was never questioned is beyond me.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Nov 11, 2005 -> 03:39 AM) I don't believe Rowand as ever part of the RJ package. I thought the original request was Garland and Rowand in the summer of 2004.

QUOTE(easyw @ Nov 11, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) There was one guy at Adams and Wacker selling stuff last night. His swag carried the MLB symbol of quality that appears to be so important, but he wanted $10 a shirt and the design was ugly. I'll check out the Food-4-Less in Bolingbrook today... Thanks! Where the Buffalo Roam on Michigan between Monroe and Madsion has a ton of t-shirts 25% off. Actually just about everythign is 25% off. The offical stuff from earlier in the playoffs is $9.99. I got the division Champs (What they got in Detroit) for $9.99. It is the authentic stuff. They have tons of stuff.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 11, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) A real estate group. I always thought the group that ran the team ran the parking, thus parking could be purchased through the team. I would venture to guess that as the parking revenue goes up, so does the cut the White Sox get.

Who has higher trade value Anderson or Rowand???? Who is cheaper???? Who has the higher ceiling????? Teams on budgets may give up more for Anderson than Rowand. I am not exactly sure you will be guaranteed a greater return on Rowand. The Yankees will because they can waste money but a team like Florida will want the cheaper option with the higher ceiling which I think is Anderson. There is risk on the Florida side on this. A risk the Yankees would not take. Now the Phillies are in the middle of the two as far as money goes.

QUOTE(Steff @ Nov 11, 2005 -> 08:48 AM) They don't get 100% of that revenue as the Sox don't run the parking. They don't even own the lots. Who owns the lots?

I can't get enough WS emblazzened stuff. Christ I spent $10 for the Division Champs shirt yesterday and an ALCS promo shirt. I feel like a girl with the shopping I am doing.

This guy is on the money with everything he writes. He actually understands sports and fans. He is one of very few.