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It's totally tanking as their way of rebuilding. The organization's only obvious "plan" is to have a few stars, trade them when they get close to making some real cash and acquire some kids who one year will all click at the same time while under cost control and grab us a trophy.

I'm not one of 'em. You should follow greg's posts closely cause tanking/rebuilding to me is un-sportsmanlike, against all tenets of sports and America, really. p.s. I'm starting to think the reason I think the Sox are on the right track though is cause they lead in almost every game this year. The Sox jump out to first inning leads a lot. Little concerned of the pitching in the Cub series.

Not trolling. Every one of those guys I mentioned except Robert and Vaughn can hit and those two need to hit. The lineup is not that bad. Last year with DeJong and Co. it was lousy.

Nor will the city of Chicago voters build 'em a new park. So will they be forced to move? Actually the Cell is a fine ballpark, though dull. And it's relatively new in terms of ballparks. Keep that one if no taxpayer is gonna pay.

The citizens aren't going to pay squat in taxes for the Sox or Bears. From what I read Chicago and Illinois taxes are so out of control. Nobody's gonna vote to help out billionaire owners. If they wanna stay in Chicago they need to pay up. They won't, so AH is gonna get both teams with sweetheart deals IMO.

With Meidroth, Elko, Quero to go with Vaughn and Robert who are underachieving? Beni's absence hurts a lot. But with Beni and those guys? Our offense is decent IMO.

I agree the Cubs have the better team. But our lineup I think is better than our pitching. With Meidroth, Elko and Quero to go with Vaughn and Robert that's not bad if Beni was healthy. Our lineup is not that bad. I like our pitching coach. He's gotten pretty good results out of a bunch of stiffs. I think we've just run into a much better team than the Cubs. If we win Sunday that's pretty good to take 1 of 3 in their ballpark IMO.

Very good point. Why can't Robert bust loose and hit .320, not .190?

Isn't it amazing how the Sox usually score early in games? Aside from that, today's game was sort of a bummer. Cubs pretty much boatraced the Sox. Would be nice to get game three and avoid a 3 game losing streak out of nowhere.

Elko and Meidroth ... two guys who should be staples of this club for many many years. The Sox are rising.

I'm the one who said yesterday get Elko in the lineup. Fireable offense if he doesn't start every day (cept for the occasional day off) the rest of the way. Boom.

If the Bears move out there I betcha the Sox follow suit. It will be a glorious district for baseball/football. Kind of a hassle getting out there. I never liked that drive from western suburbs to O'Hare or the horse track. Scary drive.

What do you mean? Batting average? Who cares about that outdated stat? He looks good in CF and strikes out a lot. Increase his contact lift and pull rate a bit and he'll be fine. He's got the K's part down now he just has to elevate more.

Man, our pitching suddenly imploded today. Cubs got some good wood on the meat our guys were delivering. Little surprised we got boatraced, however, no Elko. WTF. Give me more Elko.

JR seems like a guy who would get a recommendation from his GM to acquire a player and without discussion just writes "NO, DENIED" in big letters on the memo. But get rid of a salary of $20 mill no matter the player the memo comes back "YES" but tell me more about the players we are acquiring and their earnings."

Not many people quit high paying jobs. Don't understand the hate. We should forgive him for flaws considering he works for JR the worst owner in sports history maybe.

I guess I'd prefer a public apology or dressing down from the commissioner reprimanding the Sox at least the day they do trade Robert and any other of our future stars like Quero and Elko.

Lip are you as appalled as me with the teams that refuse to attempt to compete? Reinsdorf should invest his money in other areas if he refuses to compete in MLB. Sell the team and invest in other areas.

Not me. There's something to be said about his value now in entertaining the hard paying fans who go to games. What's wrong with paying him good money for the joy he can bring NOW? At Rate Field NOW??? We should be outraged we have to talk about money so much with Jerry's team. Pay the man and let the fans have some fun on summer nights 2025 instead of being zombies wondering why they paid to attend a Sox game. Pay and play baby! And be outraged at Jerry 24/7. The fans pay good money; management should pay some money as well to assure fans some FUN. Why is my position so outrageous to some? It's not our money to pay Robert. It's cheap Jerry's responsibility to pay a few guys so we can win.

There should be Luka-like outrage if what you say happens. You are saying basically the Sox don't deserve to have a team in MLB. Cause their goal is not entertaining the fans (Robert's catches and occasional bombs) and it certainly isn't winning/contending. This is not what sports are about. I enjoyed your post. It was informative for me, thank u. But this franchise? If its goal is to do the things you said in your post, shame on them and shame on baseball for allowing this to happen. And thanks for saving me my 100 bucks. I will not renew mlb.com just yet after reading that.

I meant Caulfield when will the "tankers" outwardly embrace having a star player to root for 10-15 years again like the old days (cough, Buehrle, cough) and Fisk and Baines and Durham and Robin and Ozzie, etc. I want continuity and not archaic tank stuff which does not work.

This guy is healthy (knock on wood) and looking like a star. Why in the hell would anybody want to trade him except one who is a fan of the archaic "tanking." (See Dallas Mavericks; no need to tank, still got the pick). Seriously when are some of u gonna mentally allow yourselves to want a Sox player for say, 10-15 years like Konerko and Abreu?

Look folks. I can be as negative as anybody. But I'm here to tell you. The painful weeks are over. The Sox with Meidroth, Quero and this no name pitching staff led by what must be an awesome pitching coach, is a decent team. This team conceivably could play .500 the rest of the way. What I'm telling you is if Vaughn and Robert would actually emerge, and Beni get healthy, our team can actually contend. Wake up Robert ... start mashing like a superstar. Vaughn, cmon. Lead us to more victories. This team is no longer a doormat, baby. Just think if Elko hits AND Robert and Vaughn awaken for good. ... Hate to break it to some of the tank lovers ... no reason to trade Robert. ... And by the way I heard one of the national talk show yappers say the NBA commish DESPISES tanking and says it's against all tenets of what sports are supposed to be. The tanking, baby, is over. KEEP ROBERT and keep winning. Trying to decide if and when I relent and return to mlb.com.

Is he a good politician? I'm not too high on politicians.

Who is dat? Dennis DeYoung? I love Styx first known as TW4 and would play Rice dances.