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Boo-hoo. He got a mean text. Not only is he a scumbag, he’s a whiny little puss.

Eh, doesn’t change anything at all for me. When you sign a deal like that, it’s about more than money, it’s about settling somewhere with your family. That sell off, which everyone saw coming, was basically a bait and switch for the players involved, who went from being able to choose their destiny to having it chosen for them inside of 12 months. To not only do that to a guy but also send him to the only team that won’t let him settle his family how he wants it’s pretty low. I’d think sending some mfs his direction was warranted, tbh. Doesn’t mean Loria shouldn’t have made the trade, just means you reap what you sow. If you decide to f*** someone for the sake of the business, expect to be treated like you just fucked someone for the sake of the business, that’s all.

Supreme crosstown pettiness at work sitting Luis vs. the Brewers to lose that series and then having him return to crush baseballs vs. the Cubs.

Agreed. Who gives a s%*#? Move on, nothing to see here.

Imagine being so rich and insulated by yes men that you're still aghast that someone sent you a text message with curse words ten years ago.

Our billionaires are not especially high quality individuals in this country.

Is a grown man really admitting he received texts that hurt his feelings? Seriously I am astonished anyone would care about this. Even funnier to me is that he runs to Bud Selig and reports the texts lol.

Wolkow first professional HR! 2-3 2bb 1K

It’s almost as if you shouldn’t spend a bajillion dollars on a bullpen

Jeff Loria is a b****. I ❤️ Mark Buehrle.

It is a gross mistaken over-reaction. Pitties are sweethearts.

This is so wrong in so many ways but I’m not gonna argue with you about it. Have a good one

Filthy language in a private conversation? Oh the humanity!

Yes? It wasn't exactly a secret that Mark's dogs were/are important to him - he didn't live in Miami-Dade county because of a ban on them - so to be traded one year into a deal is a dick move. Especially because that's a big chunk of the dog's life. In the end, that meant Buehrle's family had to live away from him since they, you know, wanted to keep their family dogs.

There is no way anyone is going to buy Jeffrey Lorias book right? Like the guy almost certainly self published.

I don't even like pitbulls. That said, there's no way anyone actually cares about any of this.

That HR was especially nice, because it picked up Ramos who ran himself into a FC out as the free runner in extras. Great showing from Quero overall. Excellent work with Mena, came through with 2 productive outs in key situational spots, and of course those pretty homers. Barons win 7-5, completing an org sweep of the full season slate as the Knights and Sox also turn in Ws. DSL won too, and the ACL team is leading late, so maybe we'll see a rare full org sweep.

It’s still fun beating the Cubs.

He has been solid for a while, but especially great since Quero arrived. 18.2IP, 6ER, 20K, 6BB with his new battery mate. 2.89ERA, 1.13WHIP. Shame he gets the ND tonight.

Kanny wins in a blowout, 16-3. Hard to pick a standout in a lineup that gets 16 hits and 8 walks to just 6K, but Sprinkle was s a force today. 3-3 with a HR, 2BB, and 3 RBI. The trio of Harris/Park/Gonzo all got 2 hits apiece. Park walked twice, and Harris/Gonzo once each. McDaniel gets the W with an odd line of 5IP, 3ER, 10H, 3BB, 3K, limiting the damage to one inning despite plenty of baserunners. WS also nabs a blowout win, 14-4. Burke 2-6 with a 2B. Chappy 2-4 with a 3B and BB. Baldwin (3-4, HR, BB) and Willits (2-4, BB) continue to settle in nicely after their promotions. Schweitzer went 4IP on 6H, 2BB, 3K. 3 runs, 2 earned.

Luis Reyes' scoreless inning streak comes to an end at 17, but he was still decent today: 4IP, 2ER, 3H, 3BB, 4K.

Are they in other countries?

From someone who works with and fosters many animals including pits, you really don’t know what you are talking about. The people are the problem, not the animals. Again, I have wasted way too many sentences with you, so have a good one

Pedro needs to go, but he doesn't have control of the roster. Hes playing the guys he has been given. Rick Hahn or whoever you believe is running the show has the power to focus on development the rest of the year, yet they still are rostering these guys. Grandal and Elvis should have been DFA two weeks ago. If Elvis is playing good right now, then let him go to maybe sign on somewhere to help with a playoff push. He is useless here.

There is a lot of missing context here. All we know is MB sent Loria some explicit text messages after being traded to Toronto. What if they told MB they were going to trade him and he said "OK, can you please not trade me somewhere where my dogs are banned?" and they said "No problem." and then did it anyways. We don't know all the details, other than the end result.

Why are you making up a scenario here, this is ridiculous. We know what these owners have and have not done. Both of them suck, the end

After fucking over the expos so they would let him move the team

$4/56M was "more than you're worth" to JR. $14M/year. 11 bWAR in 4 years with MIA and TOR, 2.75 bWAR average per year. Roughly $8M per WAR at that time, so Buehrle was worth about $22M/year. JR is a moron.

What? Lmao Loria sucks just as bad

This doesn't change anyway I see Mark Buehrle. Still a Sox legend.

I mean, sure it's a business, but Loria fucked him over on a personal level.

Hope they sweep, for the second week of playoff spoilers of hated teams.

f*** the Cubs and some of their fans who happen to suck and be assholes! Nice pitching and Robert bomb to win a game the Cubs needed to have.

SOX WIN, SOX WIN, HOLY COW, SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A most enjoyable game . always nice to beat the Cubs . Sox played well.

Oh my god Quero walkoff bomb I love him

Sleeps with one eye open.

Nobody on this team plays harder when it doesn't matter, than Elvis Andrus.

Peak rebuild is a Crosstown game with 2 pages of replies in the 7th inning.

He's just sick apparently.

No Sox wins and no beer make Soxtalk something, something…

So is the lack of brainpower a genetic thing in your family or is it just you?

Most likely ... just small sample noise.

I am sure Bud Selig after he told him was like " Bro, you just swindled millions of tax player dollars and you are hurt about a player being pissed that you traded him after one year of the deal, Get The f*** Out of Here"

A dog does what you train it to do. They aren’t all bloodthirsty maniacs and many are very good family pets

You aren’t really offering analogies as much as you are trolling threads but whatever. If it makes you feel better to sarcastically repeat things like “we should move the team” for weeks then have fun

Yeah awful business. Dude got the new stadium and built all that hype for the team, backloading those contracts only to sell a year later.

Who really cares about what Loria thinks.

It is also good to remind that Burger was under team control through 2028 season.

There's something fascinating to me about how Burger is "only" 27 and has gotten "only" 340 major league at bats this year, so we can conclude there's a good chance of him turning into right handed Rafael Devers despite already being older and never showing sustained production at that level... But rookies like Sosa are declared incapable of hitting MLB pitching after <50ABs, and younger players who also had interrupted or mishandled development time like Eloy/AV are just physically and mentally incapable of improvement apparently? Look, I also really like Jake Burger as a person, and I think he has potential as a player, but his likeability (and perhaps his ability to be used as a foil to the pet villians around here) has been making folks a bit silly all season. I'm almost petty enough to go dig up comments from June, when Burger put up absolutely abysmal numbers over 20+ starts, but somehow any lineup with him in the lower half (or heaven forbid, not starting) was basically a crime against humanity because he was "the best hitter on the team" despite literally looking like a backup catcher at the plate. And I do mean literally. Jake Burger in June: 89AB, .146/.200/.393; 13H (6HR), 38K, 4BB Seby Zavala, last 30G: 72AB, .158/.226/.382; 12H (5HR), 32K, 6BB It was a long stretch as bad as pretty much any Sox has had, at a time when it theoretically still mattered for the season, and he just seemed to get a pass for it that known SoxTalk busts and DFA candidates AV, Eloy, Moncada, every rookie, etc. would never be granted. Hell, LRJ was hitting .300 with a 1.000+ OPS over that same stretch (while playing excellent defense at a premium position), and for him every strikeout on a slider away had folks complaining that he was "lazy" and "didn't care" and "would never learn" a better approach. But Jake Burger? Endless fount of potential! When anyone else chases a breaking pitch, it's basically a moral failing. When Burger swings at 25 pitches straight across multiple games...it's cool! He's "only" 27 after all, unlike AV/Luis/Eloy who are "already" 25/26, so his approach can only improve from here! Every hot streak is a sign of things to come...and every cold streak is ignored. The reality is, like a ton of guys, he IS streaky. He was 4-23 in his first six games with MIA (with one HR). He's gone 10-24 in the six games since (with 0 HR, but 4 2B). Maybe he'll be a career .300 hitter now (apparently at the expense of his HR output?)...or maybe he's having a hot week of batted ball luck that will be sandwiched between stretches of a few 0-fers with some XBHs sprinkled in...like he did any number of times here. If he levels out more at some point, it probably won't look like his terrible June numbers...but it's obviously also not going to be at the level of this week in Miami. Even if you ignore how low his lowest percentile outcomes are, and that he doesn't have a glove or high BB% to fall back on as a Gallo-style floor raiser, and that his Marlins numbers have an underlying .382 BABIP, and just assume he's going to become a reliable .270BA/35HR guy going forward...It's still not malpractice to trade him to address another need? The White Sox can like Jake Burger, and think he's a good player, and even think he's the best 3B option they have...and it can still be the right move to trade him! The Marlins are stocked with young arms, and confident they can pop out enough league average or above SP to stay competitive...but they had basically no corner power in their system. The Sox feel like at least one of Moncada/Ramos/Popeye/Sosa/Montgomery/Gonzo can give you league average or above 3B production...but they had no LHSP close to the majors. The Marlins are betting that the upside of Jake Burger over whatever bats fall in their FA price range outweighs the delta between Eder and their next best option (they have two other high minors LHSP in their top 20). The Sox are betting that the upside of Jake Eder over...well, they had nothing close...outweighs the difference between Burger and their next best option for 3B. And decent LHSP is not a exactly a skillset that falls off trees, hence why Keuchel still gets chances, Rich Hill is the oldest active MLB player, and Snell is well positioned to benefit from an offseason bidding war. RH bats on the other hand...well, doesn't SoxTalk pound the table about how dumb it is to draft high for bat-first DH types in the first place, because there are options in FA? Unless you're working with a bottom 10 payroll like the Marlins...and get capped out at Segura. A swap of two players with this much team control happens because both teams are looking beyond this season. Literally nothing that happens this year, short of career-ending circumstances or I guess Burger WSMVP, is determinative for either side. If Burger gets a big hit tomorrow, you can actually just be happy for him instead of making it about whatever Sox player/prospect/FO member you hate most that day or acting like Burger taking 3 walks in 12 games has fundamentally revolutionized what he's capable of for the next 5 years. And if the 2025 Marlins really do get a magical 4WAR 3B version of Burger to pair with 2.5WAR LHP Dax Fulton, but the 2025 White Sox have 3.5WAR LHP Jake Eder to pair with 3WAR 3B Bryan Ramos, then both sides still "win" despite giving up a better player than they kept for the respective position.