I consider myself a typical Chicago baseball fan - dedicated, passionate, and way too knowledgable not to have an opinion.  I grew up in the northern suburbs, but, despite having friends and family who were Cubs fans, I was sheparded into being a White Sox fan by Hawk Harrelson, Tom Pacorick, Carlton Fisk and a young Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura.

When Kenny Williams took over as GM of the organization, the city of Chciago saw a first.  We saw a GM who was also a fan.  Do I agree with all of his moves?  Not at all.  However, in every transaction he's made, it's been apparent that he's making moves to improve the team and his vision is the short term.  He believes what the rest of us Sox fans believe - we are close.  One or two good moves at the absolute most is what we need to move into the post season this year (just check out the letter he wrote before the 2005 season started).

In order to appreciate where we are, we must first look to see how we got there.  Does a World Series team simply appear?  They had to be assembled.  This page is about (one of) the games within the game - signings and trades.  They cannot be fully analyzed for several years after, and, sometimes, for several trades after that.  This analysis will appear on every trade over two years old.  To be complete I need to get information from you guys, my fellow Sox geeks, to find out the details of these trades. Look for any questions about specific transactions written in red and, please email me.

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