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Wife usually says no.

Come on dude you were sharing Facebook messages like it was 100 percent accurate

WSD said he only gives you one word responses and wouldn't give you any inside info if he had it. I'd be careful running around saying you're getting info from him. He tends to not like that.

Why let this child back on the board if you're just going to heckle him? Get him the fuck outta here. The block feature is useless when people keep quoting him. This is fucking absurd.

Punctuation is your friend. Well maybe not yours specifically, but you should get to know him.

Hopefully. Been walking around the office at half mast all day. It's time to let 'er fly.

So Nightengale says the Sox have officially offered a contract and another writer (Morsi or Stark?) says the Yanks and Phillies are focusing on the bullpen this week. Can I put two and two together and proceed to get an erection?

I just want to give a shout out to the mods who keep things loose with these thread title changes.

"Take the money, and if it sinks the franchise, you'll go to the yankees anyway"

I have a feeling this will be the final Machado thread

looks like my kids will be playing video games today

He’s saying good things for the Sox so he’s obviously extremely reputable.

yea when he's done signing he can steal some credit cards. Doug Gottlieb is the biggest ass clown in sports talk. A POS racist and a thief.

Can somebody photoshop Anderson with catching gear on, maybe holding his mask with a backwards helmet? Banner update

Let's see if the posters who bought Clark's tweet is jumping on this one. Knowing Soxtalk, any source of Sox failure is legit and Hahn should be fired, any sources with positive updates aren't credible.

69 obviously

Internally the club is feeling very good about where things stand with Bryce. The Cubs are not a factor right now don't believe the media garbage.

He seems legit, he's followed by Morosi, Heyman and Nightengale. Hopefully his source is good. I do not see why he would need to make something up. I think the most telling sign is he didn't try to "break the news" on Twitter. He just mentioned it in a podcast.

Goddamn has been a roller coaster. One minute I’m down about it and the next I’m high. I picked a hell of a time to stop sniffing glue.

It would be cool if there was a separate thread that only an mod/admin could post in, solely with tweets from credible types or posts from the buckets, Rocks, and raBBits of the world. Make the real emotion swinging rumors easy to find. Leave this open for the thoughts of the horde. Don’t want to put too much on the mods’ plates (I’d do it if properly deputized). Just FWIW.

These guys have talking numbers for a while now. A formal offer is probably something that is binding and can actually be accepted.

If anyone really believes Dan Clark over WSD and Rabbit then I don't know why they're even Sox fans

People keep saying this, but most of the people excited here are the same ones who were freaking out when any negative tweet came out.

"Sources" are negative about our chances: Don't believe ANYTHING you hear this time of year "Sources" are positive about our chances: DICKS OUT BOYS IT'S HAPPENING!!!!!!

Mine's Mike Trout.

I think more positive news will be coming out soon regarding the Sox chances on Machado. I'd still think Machado is more likely than Harper.

Having never been to New York I can confirm that this is what everyone from New York is like.

For some reason I envision that’s what everyone from New York looks & sounds like.

He was the first to have Q trade being imminent this summer. I know McGuffey and he's a good dude so I am biased but I think we're seeing him just kind of struggle to toe the line as reporter/producer and fan of the team. Given the state of the White Sox fan base right now, him toeing that line got elevated to the extent of it bringing plenty of attention his way. He seemed to be supporting both sides of the argument yesterday and it wasn't evidently clear what was from a "source" or what was his opinion. As far as Levine's tweets, he's a pawn of sorts. That's not to say that he doesn't have sources because he most certainly does but unless he's reporting something is imminent, I would ignore him. Levine has to give to get the source to give back. Levine gives - "White Sox not going to sign anyone to a record breaking deal. - Ignore or consider for the implication of why the Sox would want that out. Levine gets back - "White Sox to sign Jeurys Familia" - Take seriously Levine kept saying the Sox would not offer Cespedes or Gordon more than three years over and over and over again. Sox offered them both four years. Now Levine is saying the White Sox won't offer 10 years. I just don't buy that from what I know. Why would the Sox offer 10 years if other teams are falling years short? The Sox have what they're willing to spend their limit. It just doesn't seem they're being pushed to give their best offer yet. Wildcard is still Phillies for me. Even if Harper/Machado don't want to go there, it seems they're the only team offering the same ballpark of offers the Sox are willing to put forth.

Don’t engage. This place is much better when there is no back and forth with him.

Yet you were wrong 100% of the time and poses as having legit source.

I'm gonna try to summarize today's rumors, both for my sanity and for those who are catching up: -A respected Dodgers reporter said that he heard from a friend of Machado that he is considering signing with the White Sox -Bucket re-appeared and said that the Sox feel really good about their chances with Harper and that the Cubs aren't a threat -Nightengale reported that the Sox have offered Machado a contract and are still in contact with Harper -WhiteSoxDave reported that the Sox chances with Machado are "good", "great", and "fantastic" between 2 blog posts and predicted that he signs with us within the next 5 days Did I miss anything significant?

If both come here because of Nicky then he will be a White Sox legend and should have his number retired.

Every time the Phillies spend, I feel better about life.

On whitesoxdave's blog: https://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/white-sox-make-formal-offer-to-manny-machado-per-bob-nightengale

Probably wrapping up a contract with Harper as we speak.

Cool, we know how to twitter

Machado is definitely a bit of a douche, but he also plays with passion. He cares about winning. The hard slides into 2B and the jawing at other players shows he cares. That is the type of stuff that was lauded and respected 20-30 years ago. Now in today's pattycake world he's considered a dirty player (the ankle step was a dirty play and he obviously should not have done that). But that type of stuff used to be commonplace. Generally speaking, baseball has become a pretty soft game, and he is one of the few old school type players left. Like AJ was for the White Sox - he's a dbag, but he could be OUR dbag. But he just so happens to be one of the best all around players in the game. I am not really worried about him being a clubhouse problem at all. This team could certainly play with a bit more fire.

And what's his Q score?

So you know who turned out to be kind of a creep? Ben Franklin.

You can listen to it here without a login: https://player.fm/series/dodger-talk-2284357

If we somehow land both these guys I might have to get a personalized jersey with HARPCHADO on the back...

Can't do it. Resourceful members can figure out where I'm coming from.

And this steers me from "Sox were using Levine to strategically plant rumors" to "Levine is getting miffed people are talking about the Sox and not his beloveds." It would be a "discount" in the same way LeBron took a discount to go to Miami. He took something like $5 or $10 mil less over the course of the entire contract, and the media jerked him off incessantly for his dedication to winning over money. Also very similar to the media narrative that Heyward took so much less money to go to the Cubs. His deal was less back-loaded and usual, but his salaries the first 3 years were in line with what other teams were offering. His plan was to tear things up in Wrigley and hit the market again in 3 years after an opt-out. Reasonable people knew the Cubs weren't really getting a discount, and the only way they would get him for the entire contract is if he was horrible or injured. Luckily for the Cubs, he has been horrible so he didn't opt out and they will keep him at the "discounted rate." So, Harper might "settle" for like $320 million from the Cubs, but he isn't going to go there for nothing just to play with his friend who is a strong possibility to leave in 3 years.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/519-dodger-talk-28250979/episode/dodger-talk-12-30368198/

yes, the guy said it should be in the coming week I believe. Anyone with an iHeart log in can listen to the podcast, as it was after the 10 min mark where he talks about Manny.

This will be my lone optimistic post for the year, but Vassegh would have far less incentive to plant a story than Clark would have (Clark might not know he was being used if he's wrong).

But does he eat "Victory" Italian beefs on the daily?

I would guarantee that's where it came from. Basically this is like the Dan Clark report minus the finality.