http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/the-white-sox/ ...from a ranting rambler Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/the-white-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Two Fat Guys Talking About Baseball » The Off-Season is Rollin’ Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:39:56 +0000 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/?p=53#comment-451 [...] As for Thome, this is great for the Phillies. The common assumption was that the Phillies would be unable to move Thome’s contract until he had proven he was healthy, which wouldn’t happen until spring training, at which point no teams would have money left for him. So for the Phillies to get it over with so early is great for them, for Thome, and for Ryan Howard. And if Thome can regain form, it will be great for the White Sox, too. If nothing else, it got one of their creepy white guys off the team. [...] [...] As for Thome, this is great for the Phillies. The common assumption was that the Phillies would be unable to move Thome’s contract until he had proven he was healthy, which wouldn’t happen until spring training, at which point no teams would have money left for him. So for the Phillies to get it over with so early is great for them, for Thome, and for Ryan Howard. And if Thome can regain form, it will be great for the White Sox, too. If nothing else, it got one of their creepy white guys off the team. [...]

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