default Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said: How about we start with a baseball team that is watchable is that asking too much? Define "watchable", BRAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 15 hours ago, whitesoxbrad said: I wouldn't give this organization 1 penny of my money and I hope none of you will either, let this garbage for an organization move and someone else will come in who knows baseball and take advantage of what this great city offers, the White Sox and the bulls are just garbage, we do not deserve this bullshit. Yet here you are posting about the team and giving them free space in your head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 13 hours ago, Bigsoxhurt35 said: My issue isn’t with social media. It’s with how long this process takes. The process for superstars has always taken that long. We just never had the microrumors to make it seem this long until recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcq Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Flash Tizzle said: Why would telling people you will sign with the Yankees, in addition to following their television network, make that team want to fork over more money? It looks like their offer is already good enough! “Well he should be accepting our offer soon, but lets give him another 20 million anyway...” I’d be more willing to believe the White Sox are the front runners with New York and all of this inside information/Social media following about the Yankees is an attempt for us to match the offer. But even that I feel is unlikely, just slightly more realistic. He has not said he is signing with the Yankees. It was known that the Yanks are his preferred team. He unfollowed their network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 18 minutes ago, default said: Define "watchable", BRAD. They won 62 games and looked horrible at it, hitting, pitching, defense. That's what I would define as " watchable", DEFAULT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillian Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) I just received an email from Bleacher Report, which might cheer up a few of you. It doesn't tell us anything that we don't already know, but at least they give some credence to the possibility, which is more than some of the recent sources: "The New York Yankees have featured in many Machado rumors, and the Bronx may be where he ends up. Consider the Chicago White Sox, however. The ChiSox don't boast the glamor and championship-strewn history of the Yankees. But they're an up-and-coming club loaded with young talent that might be a few pieces away from contending in the winnable AL Central. They also employ Yonder Alonso, who happens to be Machado's brother-in-law. Machado was recently "wooed" by the White Sox as well as the Yankees and Phillies, per ESPN.com's Coley Harvey. They have the second-least committed payroll for 2019, per Spotrac, meaning they can back up the Brink's truck if they want to. Assuming Machado is amenable to the South Side, Chicago is a dark-horse suitor to bet on." Edited January 1, 2019 by Lillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, whitesoxbrad said: They won 62 games and looked horrible at it, hitting, pitching, defense. That's what I would define as " watchable", DEFAULT. Do you even read what you're writing? An evaluation of the 2018 White Sox team is not a definition of the subjective term, "watchable". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Has Yonder always had the tag line “family over everything” on his Instagram page. I feel like he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vote4Pedro Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, fathom said: Has Yonder always had the tag line “family over everything” on his Instagram page. I feel like he has. I noticed it was on there when we first traded for him. Nothing new there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I really hope he's wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatScott82 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 32 minutes ago, aeichhor said: I really hope he's wrong I find it extremely odd that this Clark guy is so certain that Machado is signing with the Yankees. According to Morosi on the MLB Network, Machado hasn’t event talked financial numbers and offers with the Phillies, Yankees or White Sox yet. http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20181228&content_id=297610378&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb (watch the end of the video on top of page) Seems more and more that Clark is grasping at straws and hoping Machado does sign with his favorite childhood team. As of now, Clark looks foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockin Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Just now, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: If the Yankees are his favorite team, why does he blog for the Orioles? Being a blogger seems pretty autonomous, and I can't imagine there is enough money in it that someone offered him a job to switch allegiances. Think he means Machado's childhood team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 That's the same info that White Sox Dave had last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Sockin said: Think he means Machado's childhood team. Again, same question. Why would he choose to blog for the Orioles now instead of the Yankees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SoxBlanco Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, GreatScott82 said: I find it extremely odd that this Clark guy is so certain that Machado is signing with the Yankees. According to Morosi on the MLB Network, Machado hasn’t event talked financial numbers and offers with the Phillies, Yankees or White Sox yet. http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20181228&content_id=297610378&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb (watch the end of the video on top of page) Seems more and more that Clark is grasping at straws and hoping Machado does sign with his favorite childhood team. As of now, Clark looks foolish. Good find. Has this been discussed here yet? Looks like the video is from December 27, but it would be really interesting if Machado is waiting until after the new year to discuss financial terms with the three teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatScott82 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 minute ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Again, same question. Why would he choose to blog for the Orioles now instead of the Yankees? I think Clark simply wants to be ‘the guy’ who claimed to break the news. He is claiming to have used his connections to the Orioles roster (Manny’s former team), as an intel to get leaked info. Manny already told his friends that he simply “prefers the Yankees” as MLB.com previous reported, but that doesn’t mean that will be the team he ends up with. It’s all about long term fit, $$$, and long term chance at winning. Morosi brings up wonderful points that favor the white Sox at the end of the video I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, aeichhor said: I wonder, historically, how many examples he can give of players taking less money for this reason - especially in baseball. Basketball sure, where they've gone into superteam mode and the salary cap was rapidly going up - we saw Lebron and Durant do that, but I can remember few cases of it happening obviously in baseball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: I know, I'm just simply pushing back on the idea that Clark WANTS Machado to go to the Yankees because he is a Yankees fan. I haven't seen any reason to believe he's a Yankees fan, so I am not sure why that would be his motivation. Choosing the most likely team and wanting everyone to believe he is an insider who breaks news is a motive I would believe, but I haven't seen the Yankees-fan connection yet. No one said Clark was a Yankees fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thad Bosley Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, aeichhor said: I hope this guy is right, actually. Because I still believe the Sox will have the highest offer on the table for both players (or else it was a complete waste of time to try and compete with the other major market teams in the mix), AND with coming to the Sox comes very lucrative endorsement opportunities and high possibility of success, given all of the top prospects. The Sox can easily compete with the other teams on those two attributes. So just throw in the “highest $”, and well, you still have to be hopeful about the team’s prospects on signing one or both. But they probably have zero chance if they don’t have the highest offer on the table, so it’ll ultimately come down to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, thxfrthmmrs said: No one said Clark was a Yankees fan. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba P5 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 One thing Clark and others might be forgetting is that NY State income tax is 8.82% for an individual in Machado’s income bracket, plus there is a NY City income tax of 3.867%. Illinois State income tax is 4.95% and there is no Chicago City income tax. Thus, Machado would pay about $2.7M more per year in income tax playing in NY vs Chicago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 43 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: I wonder, historically, how many examples he can give of players taking less money for this reason - especially in baseball. Basketball sure, where they've gone into superteam mode and the salary cap was rapidly going up - we saw Lebron and Durant do that, but I can remember few cases of it happening obviously in baseball. How would any of us know? We're only privy to information filtered through people that are paid to filter information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 59 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: That's the same info that White Sox Dave had last week. But all three teams wear pinstripes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, Quin said: But all three teams wear pinstripes Fuck, back to the drawing board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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