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QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) I doubt it. I don't know anyone who would ever PAY for ESPN Insider. I'm slowly but surely starting to hate ESPN. Mike and Mike and "The Herd" are unbearable.... When you and 15 other people pay for it...it's pretty much free.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Oct 7, 2009 -> 10:24 PM) I strongly disagree with this part. Jenks will be easy to move. The hard part is getting good talent back in the deal. The Sox will have to target MLB role players, probably ones already making pretty good chunks of money, or else they'll have to go after either prospects who aren't all that great or reclamation projects. But make no mistake: Bobby Jenks at around $7M on a one-year commitment is A s*** TON better than Jose Valverde at $8-10 per year for several years or 2-3 years to constantly injured Mike Gonzalez. In all honesty...I was hoping the Brewers would have interest in Jenks this off-season. But that obviously is moot with Hoffman re-signing.

From ESPN Insider- The Chicago Daily Herald's Scot Gregor writes that the Chicago White Sox will target better athletes and hitters with better on-base skills this winter, suggesting that Los Angeles Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu might be the perfect fit. The Sox have given indications that right fielder Jermaine Dye will not be back, and Abreu certainly knows how to work counts and get on base. But he may be a better fit as the designated hitter replacement for Jim Thome, also a free agent, due to Abreu's decline in defensive value as he's aged the past four seasons. The market for Abreu, who signed a one-year deal with the Angels last winter, may be strong, as he's not likely to require a mulit-year guaranteed contract in order to sign. Also information on Jenks... A sign of the end of Jenks? The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the White Sox have a decision to make on closer Bobby Jenks. He's under club control for two more years as an arbitration eligible, but the club needs to fix their offense and trading Jenks could potentially add a useful piece and give some flexibility in payroll that would allow them to focus on the lineup. With today's news that the club has picked up the option on left-hander Matt Thornton, Jenks' days in Chicago may be numbered, as Thornton is thought to be the natural successor. Jenks' trade value may not be sky high based on his arbitration status, and yet a guy like Trevor Hoffman landed $8 million for one year with an option yesterday, which doesn't seem to say closers around the league are going to struggle this offseason. We asked our own Jayson Stark about the potential return on Jenks. Jenks a tough sell "Bobby Jenks is going to be as hard to trade as anybody on the White Sox roster. You have a half-dozen closers on the free-agent market. You have a guy who is already making $5.6 million and still arbitration-eligible. His velocity is down. His conditioning is suspect. His numbers have declined. He might be a better non-tender candidate than a trade candidate." - Jayson Stark

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Oct 6, 2009 -> 03:20 PM) Ya, I'm definitely for bringing Johnson in.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 6, 2009 -> 01:04 AM) Exactly. So why do the Rockies want to trade a guy of this caliber? Especially one that's cheap and under team control for a while? They'd trade Atkins long before even considering trading Stewart. Your idea is not bad from our standpoint. It just makes no sense at all for the Rockies. I certainly agree with this...and trading prospects for a guy in Stewart has just graduated from being a prospect just doesn't happen.

Didn't take long for you guys to shoot this one down...but put me down for one who really likes Stewart at 3rd. He's a promising 24 year old left handed bat who can ball on the hot corner. I hope he makes some plays in this upcoming series. I just feel Colorado could make sense for KW as having two big league 3B on their MLB roster and having facilitated a recent trade with them. (Contreras)

Complete speculation on my part here...but Colorado really intrigues me as potential trade partners for KW this off-season. I believe moving Beckham over to 2B has to be on the minds of WSox brass. Ian Stewart is unreal with his glove and Atkins trade value may make him an absolute steal at this point. This idea may give us something extra to watch for in the Colorado/Philly series at least.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) BAC might be done if he was arrested - its not just used for vehicular issues (though that is the most common). But the articles say there was no arrest. Sorta weird, if there was no arrest, and no driving, if they did that. New to me. Yeah. When I await blood results from an OWI Arrest...it takes a lot longer than 48 hours to get those results back from the state crime lab, too.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 01:35 PM) Didn't know they did a BAC for a domestic call?...which the rumor of DUI would make more sense. My guess is that it wasn't a BAC...but a PBT (Preliminary Breath Test).

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 01:22 PM) The pro athlete marriage? How about most marriages involving people in their mid-twenties?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 12:31 PM) No. That was just me gently pawing at his face trying to entice him to come to the Sox. He's lucky he didn't go to jail. I'm unfamiliar with how domestic abuse laws work in the state of Michigan...but as a Police Officer in the state of Wisconsin, our domestic abuse laws are extremely cut and dry. If you determine one to be a predominant aggressor, an arrest is MANDATORY. And yeah.... .08 is pretty much the norm throughout the country regarding legal intoxification. .26 would put him more than three times the legal limit. Nice to see Miggy taking the biggest series of his career while in Detroit up to this point seriously.

KW claiming Rios off of waivers should be a sign of things to come. KW didn't put together potentially the greatest rotation in all of baseball and disregard his defense. While Prince has come A LONG way on defense (I live in the Madison and watch the Brewers almost nightly) he's still below average at best defensively. Add in the fact that Boras represents Fielder as stated numerous times in this thread...I can't say enough how far off base this idea proposed by Rogers is.

Fielder is a Boars Client

Nice touch on JD...it is almost certain these will be his closing months with the club. Thanks, Knight!

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 05:37 PM) Kenny Williams set the tone by trading Nick Swisher and Javy Vazquez for zero contributors to the 2009 big league team. You're probably right...but I'm still glad they weren't on the team this year.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 30, 2009 -> 04:35 PM) I don't think Pods will be back next year. Just a gut feeling. I hope you're right

I'm very happy that things are working out for Uribe in San Francisco. I believe we wouldn't have won a WS in '05 if it weren't for him (if you disagree...no big deal). If you want to find out why the organization and fans kept wanting themselves to believe Uribe could make it happen for us long after we probably should have realized he couldn't...go watch the last inning of our clinching Game 4 of the '05 World Series. (I don't think we can have enough reminders in this thread of that) I will always remember Uribe's contributions to our club that year and will be forever grateful. With that being said, I'm glad we let him go and moved forward in another direction. I believe the results speak for themselves offensively anyways.

Pods fly ball in Left in the 8th should have been caught. The ball hit at the lower base of the wall...he makes Manny look good in Left.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 06:28 PM) Who does Danks face tomorrow? I forget who it was, but someone said it'd be tough for Thome to reach #600 next year. The guy just needs to hit 7 more this year to make it an even 30 next year. That seems quite attainable to me. Hopefully that will encourage Jim to come back to the South Side next year and play at a discounted price. Looking forward, we could very well need his left handed power bat next year.

Yeah...Pods must feel like a complete moron right about now

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 11:18 PM) I would've rather seen Nix than Dye in that situation. +1

Hawk initially thought it was enough...but then quickly corrected himself and yelled NOOOO when Nix tagged

tough debut tonight for Rios against Felix with a big zone ump at safeco

and you can cancel the post-game show for Felix

QUOTE (AWhiteSoxinNJ @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 09:20 PM) Doug Davis claimed off waivers....don't know what team....here we go again My guess... Brewers