Mr. Showtime

Well, if the WSox get Nixon, then Manny stays in left, and Magglio would play right.

Here are the up to date standings: Standings

3 points for winning the game. 4 points for picking the correct final score. I've been increasing each category by one point each week. I'm thinking of what I wanna do with the big game.

Pats-Colts Eagles-Panthers Make sure you pick the final score of the game as well.

Vlad wants to be in the NL. For some reason he doesn't wanna play in a big market either.

Listen Peter Angelos has a ton of money to spend, he'll spend whatever it takes to get Ponson back. He can hear the turnstiles cranking now at Camden.

I don't care for Rowand myself. I think between Harris and Rowand, Willie brings more to the table. Neither player is an ideal starter.

Yeah, we've already tried that crap. I'd like to see Jose at 2nd, Uribe at SS, and Harris in CF. That way their's speed and knowing Ozzie a s***load of bunts.

I just took a quick glance at the scores and yours stood out right away, I'll change it.

Panthers-Rams Titans-Pats Chiefs-Colts Eagles-Packers Game is worth 2 pts. Guess the correct score and get 3.

The Sox did have viagra ads in the park last season.

This will appear in tomorow's Trib: The White Sox beat the deadline and offered arbitration to left-hander Scott Schoeneweis late Saturday night. Schoeneweis, who earned $1.45 million last year, was used in relief after being acquired from Anaheim in July. But with the loss of free agent Bartolo Colon to the Angels, Schoeneweis is expected to take the No. 4 spot in the Sox's rotation behind Esteban Loaiza, Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland. The Sox need starting and bullpen help but are trying to get rid of the contracts of Paul Konerko, Frank Thomas, Magglio Ordonez and Billy Koch to help in that pursuit. No team has been willing to pick up the contracts of Thomas or Koch. Thomas and Koch are considered overpriced and prickly, a seemingly lethal combination after the success of the last two World Series champions, Anaheim and Florida, which proved the importance of clubhouse chemistry. Konerko is a difficult sell. One factor is his salary of $8 million in 2004 and $8.75 million in '05. Another is his 65-RBI season with a glut of first basemen on the market, including Wooten, Rafael Palmeiro and ex-Cubs Randall Simon and Eric Karros. The Dodgers were interested in Konerko but could move catcher Paul LoDuca to first if they sign Lopez. Anaheim is another option after the Angels lost free agent Scott Spiezio and non-tendered Wooten. But the Angels might sign Karros, the former Dodger who's still very popular in Southern California. The Sox still desperately need a closer and may consider Florida's Ugueth Urbina if his price tag drops and they can dump Koch. Urbina, a former Expo, is a favorite of Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who once coached in Montreal. Urbina went 3-0 with a 1.41 ERA in 33 games for the Marlins after being acquired from Texas, but he was inconsistent in the postseason and is reluctant to take a major cut from his $4.5 million salary in 2002. With 26 teams non-tendering 58 players, the free-agent pool increased to 167 players, setting up a mad scramble for jobs. Many free agents who were non-tendered figure to wind up with the teams that cut them loose. Teams are getting around the 20-percent limit on salary decreases by agreeing to re-sign players before non-tendering them. Most GMs expect players' demands to drop considerably by January.

As I said in the picks thread, I'm having trouble logging in to my FTP. I contacted my host to see what the hell is going on. The folks who posted their picks on this site, those picks are up. Spiff is able to log in so he put those up for me. The people who e-mailed their picks in, will have to wait a day or so till I get an answer. If I don't I'll just use my geocities account as a temporary solution.

heh, actually for some reason I the owner of the picks site domain can't access the FTP, thus I can't post the picks. Really pisses me off.

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Nope. ESPNnews the other day said it was close going off of a report from a NY paper. Hasn't happened yet.

Don't know what to think. Looks like a huge piece of ice .

Early reports are that Magglio is asking for 15 million per year. Watch and see what Vlad gets on the open market if he gets less than that, than the price for Magglio will come down.

Nobody really knows what the f*** is going on. So don't get to excited or pissed until something happens.

Depends on who you believe. Williams told a reporter here in town that Nomar would be staying. Williams claims he hasn't talked to LA in almost a week. One reporter in town thinks Williams might move Nomar to the Angels, that would really stick it to Evans. Pretty much it's like the weather, everyone is guessing. Might as well put all the possible options on a wheel and spin it.

It's simple really. Texas and Boston have until 5PM today to work out a deal. If they do, then Alex goes to Boston and Manny goes to Texas. White Sox get Nomar, Magglio goes to Boston. If Nomar stays here is another question, but one source says he stays, others say he is dealt. Basically, everything rides on Hicks and Henry working this thing out. If they don't, then everything goes down the crapper.

The Baseball Union is a hell of a lot stonger than the NFL. Secondly, the contracts are not guarenteed in the NFL like MLB. In the NFL, the owner can ask a player to restructure his deal, the player agrees, then later that season he's cut and loses out on money.

The arbtraitior would have to decide if Selig has the right to step in and approve the deal. If he rules that Selig can, then the way the RedSox had it worked out goes down. If he says no, than the deal is dead.

I think this could end up a real mess if Selig steps in, I'd love it though.

That sounds sneaky by Selig, I like it.