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Pal, even i think you're overly argumentative. Think about that for a second.

Every time someone laughing reacts to a serious post of mine.

Pro tip: Give laugh emojis to rile up the sensitive posters, then go back later and delete so they don’t get the rep points.

Looks like Stoney got a taste of his own medicine.

Crap, I can’t laugh at all your posts now

They haven’t even spent $30 million

Rage quit? I just dont enjoy posting places where people collectively gang up and get personal against people, then get proven wrong and mods delete threads all the while allowing the activity that deserved to be called out. I still read, just not much interest in posting. Im not a fan of special treatment by and for moderators on forums, but it's their board so obviously they're free to do as they please. Thanks for your concern, maybe you can tell me how little I know about basketball some more.

I think the character thing in the HOF description is being misused at this point. I think it is intended to block cheaters on the field and abusive players, not people who are general jagoffs. I suspect there are lots of those in the HOF already. Using the HOF as a judgement of someone's entire life isn't realistic. And could very well change after enshrinement.

Why does every thread on this forum have RagahRagah arguing with someone

I generally dislike change so the fire emoji disturbs me to my core...plus I have no idea when it is appropriately used. Please no more options. ....and are there any actual Trade Whispers-Starting Pitchers?

He meant it’s horrible for his Padres

There is: someone trolling and playing to the crowd for cool points because he simply cannot refute a single point being presented to him. More people need to try being an adult sometime. Fishing for reactions and attention instead of actually focusing on the discussion is for perpetual children.

There is nothing funnier than someone talking about something not bothering them while simultaneously repeatedly complaining about it.

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I don't know why this forum has anonymous likes/laughs/etc. Most forums I go to tell the users WHO liked/laughed at the post. That would be a good forum upgrade IMO. A lot of times I'm arguing/debating someone and they bring up a good point so I "like" their post and they might not know that I liked their post.

I'm going out on a big time limb here, but I THINK people would stop laughing at your posts if you: 1. Stopped the constant complaining about people laughing at your posts. Obviously this will result in more people doing it... 2. Stopped acting like such a condescending douche in most of your posts. *Eagerly waiting for a response about how I inaccurately used "constant" and "most" in my response*

If you had hopes for White Sox, you were delusional

Fuck Stone, that grump doesn’t know shit. At this point Cruz has to sign with us by default as we’re the last contender with an opening at DH if the Twins are truly out. And the fact that @Y2Jimmy0 has confirmed we already made an offer and so has Not Cishek only reinforces that confidence. ALL THE FUCK IN!

...and yet they currently have a lower payroll than last year if it would have been a full season. Stop defending a billionaire.

Guess his mandate from the FO is to crush all fan dreams and be a gratuitous dick about it in the process

Adam Eaton

There was a thread I made that had a bunch of basketball talk in it. He bumped it up because me and others told him he was wrong about some things (valuing Colin Sexton above Wendell Carter Jr, among other things). He ended up being right, so he bumped it to prove us wrong. I ended up deleting the thread because I didn't want him gloating towards me. (I made it, so I was able to delete it). He thought Tony deleted the thread, so he made a post trashing Tony and then said he was leaving. He hasn't been back since. I feel slightly bad because I liked the guy, but it's his fault for overreacting, lol. Here's his going away post http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?/topic/110142-2020-nba-regular-season-thread/&do=findComment&comment=4038930

Speaking of arguing, I feel like i haven't seen Ray Ray on here in a while.

Add him to your Hall of Fame list and magically improve the quality of your life.

And these people are morons.

For the folks that are upset by the anonymity afforded by this board's emoji system, I've got bad news for you about this thing called "the internet".

You definitely have a point. However, a lot of time the people responding with the reactions are trolls (see this very thread). Trolls deserve to be exposed.

All that money to solidify your place as the 4th best team in your division

How else am I supposed to seek validation? Everyday I wake up, look myself in the mirror, and tell myself I'm going win poster of the day. I plan out my posts to receive maximum engagement. I'm embarrassed when a post gets no reactions. When someone gives me a Loves emjoi that dopamine rush is like heroin. Constantly chasing that high. Don't even get me started when the fire emoji got introduced. Fuck I love reactions.

Guys, you should really spend none of your life worrying about Soxtalk emoji reactions.

Half of those points have to be laughing reactions to your Abreu taeks.

I liked your post. 🙃

1. Let them continue making asses of themselves. That's fine. I will not stop pointing out how much it makes them look like one. 2. Simply stating that someone is entirely ignoring an argument they choose to respond to is not condescending. The vitriol coming back is worse. *ironic thing said in asterisks after criticizing one for being "condescending"*

Some information regarding Wainwright in this tweet/chat. Sounds like a resolution could be coming this week. https://mobile.twitter.com/StlCrdsfn11/status/1354059630188654601

I know someone already did this, but here are the primary DHs for all the AL contenders: NYY: Giancarlo Stanton TOR: Teoscar Hernandez* TB: Austin Meadows* HOU: Yordan Alvarez OAK: Kris Davis LAA: Shohei Ohtani CLE: Franmil Reyes BOS: J.D. Martinez Unless Cruz resigns with the Twins or wants to play for a team with zero chance of competing, he’s signing with the Sox.

I know this is weird for White Sox fans, since our beat reporters don't break news and our rumors come from sandwiches, but he's like a local version of Passan/Schefter/Woj. I've been reading his reports/tweets for years and he's practically never wrong

This is the worst decision of the offseason.

Yep just stopping after Hendriks is frustrating. If you told me they would spend 30 million this offseason, I wouldn’t have suggested the path they took.

Hahn talked Gordon Beckham out of retirement to DH.

Amen to this.

This thread is so far up its own a$$ it's long since disappeared. But I have to say that every time I'm reading a super-earnest, overwrought post screaming at others to stop using laugh emojis, then I hear the little "blip" and see a laugh emoji appear next to the post, I actually laugh out loud. As the kids say, this is what I'm "here for"

Checks the profile picture, looks at the posts, the reactions check out.

So basically Realmuto is getting an extra 4.85m per year to not botch force plays at home plate.

Gave you love then switched to fire cause that's how badass this post is

All you keep doing is lazily mischaracterizing or dismissing my arguments without actually analyzing them. It's so easy to say "You're just negative" instead of actually listening to the reasons being given and counter them. There is no "bias." You're just lazily deflecting everything I'm saying. I gave several bullet points on why skepticism is justified this year and those bullet points are all 100% legitimate. If you can't actually individually address my points then why are you even responding? You completely ignored what I said about Dallas and Lynn. You don't even know what my argument IS and yet are trying to say it is unfounded. That's so ridiculous. *EDIT* Notice another laugh emoji without a response. Shit is rich.

Rick Hahn: “Actually Jerry, I’m fairly sure the 2020 payroll over 162 games is about $6-7M more than the current payroll as it sits today... The Hendriks & Colome salaries are basically a wash. Yes, we added a starter at about $9.3M (a steal) and a RF at $7M, totaling just over $16.3M. But between McCann, Rodon, Gio Gonzalez, Mazara, & Edwin Encarnacion — that’s over $31M off the books... So please stop being a pain in my a**. We have a few holes to fill to step on the throats of the AL Central, most of the AL, & contend for a World Series... And LaRussa agrees. Thanks. See you on the Zoom Press Conferences...”

I like how guys do what they can to protect their sources and are sometimes told to delete tweets, etc. and then you have Stone replying to random ass people on Twitter telling them what the Sox are/aren't gonna do next

Welcome to Soxtalk! ( ps. awesome username. )

You saying I gave no reason proves my point. You aren't paying attention. What I have said that is positive has 0 to do with the point. Simply saying I am negative is lazy. It is possible there is good reason for it. You're looking for an attitude that suits yours rather than substance. (I was happy about the acquisition of Hendriks, but anyway)