Sosa, Blum, Everett file for free agency

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Baltimore's Sammy Sosa filed for free agency Monday along
with World Series star Geoff Blum and Chicago White Sox teammate
Carl Everett.

Sosa was a bust in his first and likely only season with the
Orioles, who acquired him from the Chicago Cubs in February with one
year left on his $72 million, four-year contract. The 36-year-old
outfielder, fifth on the career list with 588 homers, was limited by
injuries to 380 at-bats and hit .221 with 14 homers and 45 RBIs.

Blum's 14th-inning homer sent the White Sox to a 7-5 victory over
the Houston Astros in Game 3 of the World Series last week and
helped Chicago to a sweep. The reserve infielder was acquired from
San Diego on July 31.

Everett was 4-for-9 in the Series after hitting .251 during the
regular season with 23 homers and 87 RBIs. He filed after the White
Sox declined his $5 million option for next year, choosing to give
him a $500,000 buyout. Chicago also exercised its $1.2 million
option on right-handed reliever Cliff Politte, who could have been
bought out for $100,000.

In addition, the White Sox said Frank Thomas exercised his $10
million option, giving the team five days to decide whether to keep
the best slugger in team history or buy out the oft-injured
designated hitter for $3.5 million.

Thomas, a two-time AL MVP, has spent his entire career with the
White Sox and has said repeatedly he wants to come back. Chicago is
expected to give him the buyout, and then negotiate another deal at
a lower price.

He missed much of the last two years with foot and ankle problems.
The 37-year-old Thomas played only two months this year, but he hit
12 homers in 105 at-bats.

Across town, the Chicago Cubs and Glendon Rusch agreed to a $6
million, two-year contract, replacing a $2 million option he had for
next season. He was 9-8 with a 4.52 ERA this year, making 19 starts
and throwing his first shutout in nearly three years.

Closer Braden Looper's $5.5 million option was declined by the New
York Mets, who will pay the reliever a $250,000 buyout. New York
also exercised right-hander Steve Trachsel's $2.5 million option and
declined a $4 million option on first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who
gets a $450,000 buyout.

"Even though we declined Braden's option, we still plan on having
conversations with his agent," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said.

Looper went 4-7 with a 3.94 ERA and 28 saves in 36 chances and had
arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Oct. 3, the day after
the season ended. Trachsel missed most of the season following back
surgery in March and went 1-4 with a 4.14 ERA. Mientkiewicz,
acquired from Boston last winter after the Mets failed to sign free-
agent Carlos Delgado, hit .240 with 11 homers and 29 RBIs.

The Los Angeles Angels declined their $1,525,000 option on 36-year-
old left-hander Jason Christiansen and will pay a $125,000 buyout.
Christiansen was 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 12 games with the Angels,
who obtained him from San Francisco on Aug. 30. He went 6-1 with a
5.36 ERA in 56 games with the Giants.

Boston reliever Mike Myers also filed for free agency. The left-
hander was 3-1 last season with a 3.13 ERA in 65 appearances
spanning 37 1-3 innings.

A total of 137 players have filed for free agency, and approximately
60 more are eligible to file by the Nov. 10 deadline. Free agents
can talk money with all teams starting the following day.

credit: ap.com

Let the penny pinching begin!!  I think if there is any player that
deserves the big bucks on the Sox this year, it's Neal Cotts.  He has
been awesome and a great deal for making just the league minimum.
With all the extra revenue the Sox will have next season, there is no
reason to not keep this team together and keep the younger players
like Cotts happy by paying them a little more money even if they
don't have to.  This is what players look at when they want to play
for a team.  A lot of players I think would love to play for Ozzie
but they don't want to deal with backloaded contracts and being paid
their salary over 30 years without any interest.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, White Sox Nation
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> http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?ID=141556
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> Win.   Or Die Trying.
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> "Celebrate what you want to see more of."
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> "Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set
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> For Ozzie:
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When you think about it, the city only had a day to prepare for and
set this up.  Maybe if the rally was on Monday like the city wanted,
then things might have been done better.  They probably didn't expect
that many people to turn out given the Bulls celebration rally's
which brought about 300,000 fans.  At least a million more people
attended this Sox rally which is something neither the city nor the
White Sox expected.  In any case, hopefully they will do it better
next year!

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Steven Rosen
<rosenbanjo@y...> wrote:
>
> >>>I know of someone who was at the rally only 30 feet from the
stage and couldn't hear anything so the sound was pretty awful if
that is true. <<<<
>
> i was there, and it was one of the worst organized and realized
public events in the history of the city. you couldn't hear anything
from anywhere but right in front, but we couldn't get anywhere near
the front to hear. there were thousands of people crushing and
pushing in the tiny space to try and see or hear anything at all, or
even see, as the stage was built so low to the ground that you could
only see the top of "southpaw" s head from a quarter block away, and
could hear nothing.  people were crushing down barricades after the
parade because there was nowhere for people to go, a limited amount
of space and tens of thousands of people who wanted to be there.
people with little children were almost run over. there were no
police at all in the crowd, only hundreds of them in front of the
stage. rotten teenagers were climbing lightpoles and stealing sox
banners, unchallenged because there were no police.  we tried to get
close, got within a few hundred feet, were being crushed and
>  still couldn't see or hear.
> It was a terrible location, and apparently planned more as a celeb
and pol party than a fan friendly event, because few fans got
anywhere near.  The location could not support that many people, and
even thinking about that, they should have set up better speakers.
the one small "big" screen was only visible to people who were
already close.  I heard and saw nothing at the rally until i watched
the news on TV later that day.
>
> I'm glad I went and got to clap and yell at our awesome team, and
it was great to see them in the parade, but i feared for my life at
times, and moreso for the life of my 4'10" girlfriend.
>
> I've hesitated to say anything about it, to not sully the fine
reason for the day, but it could have and should have been done safer
and better , for the fans and the team, so all could show and feel
the appreciation.
>

I actually only use the files sections.  ;-)

-Mark-

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Mark Phillips
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> Yes if you are a know-it-all Sox fan and like to boo and give up
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>  On 10/31/05, Fondy Mark <mjv54935@y...> wrote:
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> > --- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Steven Rosen
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> > > what is WSI?
> > >
> > >
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> > > On 10/30/05, Fondy Mark <mjv54935@y...> wrote: This is a phony.
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--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Mark Phillips
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>  He really hadn't spent
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before so
> maybe that had something to do with it. He was just exhausted!


I'll bet they were all
"exhausted."


ON13

DON'T LISTEN TO i-POD
During Game 2, Scott Podsednik called his game-winning
homer in the dugout, but teammate Paul Konerko said,
"You've got to understand something. Pod's called it
100 times this year. He's bound to be right once in
awhile."

JUST BUSH-ED:
While facing 11 batters in the fifth inning of Game 3
of the World Series, Houston's Roy Oswalt threw a
career-high 46 pitches. "It took him so long to get
the last out,'' says Mike Downey of the Chicago
Tribune, "I think Barbara Bush caught a half-hour
nap."

BAGWELL'S JENKS-ED
Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell, after striking out
on a Bobby Jenks fastball clocked at 100 mph: "If I
see that pitch 250 times, I'm still not going to hit
it.''

TOAST OF THE TOWN:
"I love this job,'' says White Sox manager Ozzie
Guillen, on the rumour he would retire if his team won
the World Series. "There's nothing better than eating
and drinking for free in Chicago.''

http://ottsun.canoe.ca/Sports/2005/10/30/1284595-sun.html

Win.   Or Die Trying.

"Celebrate what you want to see more of."
-Thomas J. Peters
"Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on
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----- Original Message -----

From: Mark Phillips

To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 4:26 PM

Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] sorry, forgot the picture

Ozzie was born on January 20th by the way which is also MLK Day anyway isn't it? 

On 10/30/05, indys <indys@... > wrote:

I just wanted to say something.  Even though I live in St Louis, my company is going to be opening a business in Chicago in hopefully a year.  I am going to have October 26 as a holiday, and when I can find out Ozzie's birthday it is going to be a holiday too.  I am president of the corporation, so I decide what will happpen.  Any other suggestions, and what the name of the branch in Chicago should be called.  GO SOX.  I cried all the way through the parade and celebration, just couldn't stop crying.  WOW

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From: Steven Rosen

To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 2:17 AM

Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] sorry, forgot the picture

here is a link to the aforementioned sox picture that you'll enjoy.

 

http://www.rosenbanjo.com/cubby.html

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From: Penny Knowlton [mailto:whitesox14pk@...]


Ok I personally think Everett is done here in Chicago and Blum I am not
too sure of either.  The others I believe will be back.  Frank will
finish his career with the White Sox.  And how can we get rid of
Politte?  Marte needs to go not Cliff.

Penny

Don't count of Frank being here.  Don't think for a minute that because
they won that he's going to play for peanuts and there's no way to
justify giving him 8 to 10 million.

JK

I have the pennant call, but not the WS call.  I'm finishing up a CWS
WS screensaver and need that call to put the icing on the cake.  :-)

-Mark-

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <markp8867@g...>
wrote:
>
> I have it on tape but I haven't moved it to the computer yet.  My
copy
> isn't as good as I'd like though because the AM1000 reception sucked
> that night.  I also have his call when the Sox won the pennant too.
>
> --- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, "Fondy Mark"
> <mjv54935@y...> wrote:
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> > Does anyone have the audio of Rooney's call at the end of Game 4?
> >
> > -Mark-
> >
>

White Sox Interactive.  www.whitesoxinteractive.com

-Mark-

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Steven Rosen
<rosenbanjo@y...> wrote:
>
> what is WSI?
>
>
>
> On 10/30/05, Fondy Mark <mjv54935@y...> wrote: This is a phony.
This photo was doctored by WSI and there are several
> variations of it there.
>

Hello, all.  I'm a Die-hard Cubs fan (Masochist!) that wishes to
congratulate each and every one of you for your teams' fantastic
accomplishment!  Please trust me when I say that the vast majority of
Cubs fans were really pulling for the White Sox in earnest!  It's
about time this City got a baseball championship!  Maybe now my
beloved Cubs can watch videos of the White Sox in the off season to
learn what fundamental baseball looks like!  I also hope that Ozzie
would be willing to tutor Dusty Faker on how to manage a team!  You
guys certainly earned the bragging rights.  If you go to a Cubs/Sox
game next year, you will know who I am.  I'll be the heavy-set guy
sitting in the seat wearing a Cubs jersey with a paper bag over his
head!  Although very jealous and a head that's hanging low, I wish the
White Sox the very best for the 2006 season!  Who knows?  Maybe it's
the Cubs' turn!  A cross town classic?!  Nah.....you'd only sweep
us....and THAT would KILL me!  LOL!

This is the list of Sox FA:

Geoff Blum, 3B
Carl Everett, OF
Paul Konerko, 1B
Cliff Politte, RHP
Frank Thomas, dh

The Sox have an option on Politte and we all know Frank's story.

-Mark-