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There really are some anonymous shitbags on this website. Just a completely derailed thread full of utter nonsense.

You could have just stopped there.

Good Lord, how the f*** did this thread get derailed about a player that has never been linked to the Sox in any rumor mill as far as I know.....and for whom it would make little sense for the Sox to acquire since they'd have to give up a ton of their existing young talent to get him?

At no point do I ever want Matt Shaw on my team because I will always actively root against him.

Do you have any idea how many free agents remain unsigned?

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I’m not trading our best trade asset for an infielder when you consider what we have in the pipeline/draft.

Honestly, rest of the playoffs are gravy. I will be disappointed when/if they lose, but they LOST 10 IN A ROW LAST SEASON. I'm all about making the most of your window, but they just won a playoff game against the Packers.

I don't want to have a political debate with you, as like some here I find the polarization nauseating, BUT I do care about rights and the law and procedure. From the DOJ itself: DOJ Bylaws (https://www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force): Deadly force may not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle. The officer very clearly was able to move out of the path of the vehicle in the video, therefore he violated the policy and the DOJ law as it relates to discharging a weapon. It's important to know your rights, and the expectations of law enforcement. Fleeing a crime, that was a misdemeanor at best, does not allow for law enforcement to shoot you. It is black and white.

Thank god. Is it permanent?

He attended a rally, not a funeral.

If you think Matt Shaw attended that funeral for anything other than outside of baseball business interests you are a rube.

Welp, it's over. None of us should ever have morals or standards again. This is absolutely a copout.

I love a run this long about a potential trade exactly zero industry sources are speculating about. It’s not a rumor. It’s baseball fanfic. It tells how long the wait until pitchers and catchers report is going to be.

Leaving your teammates in the middle of a playoff run is typically frowned upon

Yeah, no idea why we’d waste trade resources on another infielder.

Caleb sucks am I right?

I do not want Matt Shaw on this team. I don’t think he could stomach being on the south side anyway… for reasons. Plus, he puts himself before the team.

I need this good, better, best

Getz made similar "happy to have him" comments last offseason and obviously did end up holding on to Robert despite the trade chatter at that time. Folks here said he was being disingenuous and would "obviously" take whatever he could get before ST ended, and here we are a full season + $20 million option later. Is he available? Obviously...for some yet to be met price. But nothing about this saga so far contradicts the idea that they are fine with keeping him if the alternative is giving him away. If they were desperate to move him for any return, he'd be gone for an A-ball pitcher and a lottery ticket IFA already. If they just wanted him gone entirely, they don't pick up the option. I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that they are actually content to keep Robert if they can't get a return they like, because they have repeatedly demonstrated that to be the case.

Nothing because he'd be low risk. This would be a good add who has had a few decent seasons.

Plenty of veggies in the helmet nachos. It's basically a health food

This is a great place to end this.

If he lost a family member, he would not have had to get approval from his employer is the point I was trying to make. There is a very big distinction here. And as someone else has pointed out, this wasn’t a lifelong friend and a normal “funeral”. No matter your political beliefs and whether the situation was fair or not, this was certainly going to be a distraction and risk conflict in the clubhouse. And let me be very clear here. I am supportive of differing political views. What I am intolerant to is hate in any form and Charlie Kirk routinely made dumb, hateful comments that created further division in this country. You seem to be arguing for a greater tolerance for political & religious freedoms, but then are surprised by the baggage that comes with being BFFs with a political pundit who was very black & white with his views. If there was a similar extremist on the left side that someone pulled the same move with I’d feel exactly the same.

What is this infatuation with Shaw that I clearly don't see? He had 3rd percentile exit velo, 16th percentile bat speed. He doesn't hit the ball hard at all. Sure he's fast and good on defense, but you can't stick at 3B hitting the ball that softly. His entire Baseball Savant page is blue (ironic) except his whiff% and sprint speed.

Ew.

It was a great game to be at. Not as good as the podsednik HR in the world series. But close.

How am I supposed to even have a reference for this team? It is so foreign to anything I’ve ever seen. they are routinely the worst thing I’ve ever seen. They are so routinely the best thing I’ve ever seen. I don’t deserve what they do

Never doubted it.

Can’t wait for Sox guy to call the score and ask for Williams to be benched again

Yeah, now that the Sox have the *checks notes* 4th lowest payroll in baseball after the Murakami signing, they must really be all-in!

Good for Jason. He deserves it. Hopefully when we get to a new ownership in a few years, the club will stop going out of its way to alienate good employees.

Packers fans blaming Jordan Love, that's more insane than my post history in this thread

Williams showing emotion, holding back the tears in the post game interview. I can’t believe they pulled this one out.

The Odunze throw and the DJ Moore touchdown were just unbelievable. And Loveland, I am a believer. That kid is a Matchup nightmare

For as much as we hated Dennis Allen in the first half, he made gourmet chicken salad out of chicken s%*# in the second half.

It’s crazy how the switch gets turned on in the 4th quarter. If they are close, fucking hold on because they are gonna come for the win

Where'd that Sox Guy poster go? 🤭

Easy win

The Angels sure love a former Sox infielder

Wow. He was on PEDs? And that bad?

They need to stop being so damn greedy and just put it all on MLB.TV with no blackout restrictions and be done with it. Stop making it so damn difficult to watch baseball games.

I don't think the Bears will ACTUALLY move, though I think Indiana is going to back up the brinks truck to try to make it happen, and extract some pretty ugly gains out of Illinois ot make it happen. Indiana doesn't care about things like it's people, infrastructure, or education, but they do care about big business. They would love nothing more than to steal the Bears, and if they can at least hurt Illinois in the process, that's a win to them.

I have no idea who Bew Cowles was.

I love this trade for the cums. It was a big load to give up but they had to make a splash.

JR driving him away and replacing him with someone who is highly unqualified doesn't impact the play on the field, but it sure typifies how he has run this organization over the last two decades. At least when the decade is out, our team should be under new ownership. When Pope Leo throws out the first pitch at the new ballpark, I don't expect Schriffen to be there unless he bought a ticket to the game.

Eh, Schriffen is better. I heard he has a big offer on the table to do play-by-play for Slamball again.

I'm coming around to the thought that the White Sox aren't repeatedly marketing Robert and failing, but they made the decision that he's the best option as their CF, and if another team wants to change their plans, it's going to cost them.

Doesn't sound like much to me.