After hearing about Cliff Lee duping the entire world, forgoing destinations like Texas and New York and returning back to Philadelphia, I can’t help but find the similarities between this free agent signing and Lebron James.  I’m not trying to say that Lee pulled something like “The Decision.”  I am trying to say that what Lee did was find some running mates to help get him to the top.  Most people seem to think that this is the route traveled by spineless men.  Some of the most popular condemnations I have heard of LeBron center around the idea that he couldn’t get it done on his own.  That he was afraid of taking on the challenge by himself.  This is absurd.  Any smart person, be it a professional athlete or a successful business leader, knows that to reach the highest levels of success, they must surround themselves with the best team.

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• Gordon Beckham is ecstatic that Paul Konerko will be retuning to the South Side next season.  Apparently it was Konerko who helped the White Sox second baseman through his toughest times in 2010,  “He helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel. He helped me get perspective on the game.”

• About a week and a half ago I posted a link to Sox Machine’s survey on all of Kenny Williams’ trades in his 10-years as the Chicago White Sox GM.  Readers were asked to vote from 1 to 10 on his 50+ trades, with 1 being awful and 10 being a miracle.  Well, the results are in…

• With all of the offensive pieces in place for the 2011 season, the White Sox are now addressing their only glaring weakness, the bullpen.  However, after shelling out the big bucks for Adam Dunn, Paul Konerko and A.J. Pierzynski, they will most likely have to make a trade to add a reputable arm.

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• Even though the San Francisco Giants re-signed 1B/OF Aubrey Huff, they will consider breaking camp with prospect Brandon Belt, who simply refuses to stop raking.

• A topic that Clint and I discussed on The Baseball Show on Saturday, how will the signing of Carl Crawford affect the Boston Red Sox outfield? Who will be the odd man out come the 2011 season: Jacoby Ellsbury, J.D. Drew, Mike Cameron or Ryan Kalish?

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This morning on The Baseball Show, Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and I discussed the following:

– Carl Crawford to the Red Sox. Ramifications of having too many starting outfielders?
– Jay Bruce‘s contract extension
– Mark Reynolds to the Orioles–is this the beginning of the end?
– Carlos Pena to the Cubs
– Possible landing spots for Derrek Lee
– I talk about my work on Prep Baseball Report
– As always, much more!

After testing positive for cocaine, Lil’ Ron Washington was sent to his room.

When I was at the store the other day, I decided to pick up a copy of the latest issue of “Baseball Beckett,” which I must say has become rather bulky since my last purchase.  Anyway, as I was flipping through some of the opening tidbits and articles, I came across one such piece that was far too good not to pass along.

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