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QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 06:17 PM) No worries. KJU can't get past Kansas with his missiles anyway. Well, I'm sure the nuclear fallout would affect everybody. The water would be contaminated, etc. I'd think if Chicago got a direct hit, Kansas would be affected almost immediately. One thing about nukes. There won't be any protests once they hit land. We'll all be too busy looking for underground vaults to live in to worry about protesting. Also like I said, there will be no more sports to talk about. It's amazing how it's probably all rhetoric, but we actually have 2 leaders discussing total destruction. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 06:29 PM) Kim is the weaker party, he is the one who has to threaten. The US is the strongest country on the planet, there is no need to threaten. Everyone already knows we can wipe NK off the planet, what is the point in repeating it? After the first warning/threat, its meaningless. Watch how it becomes weaker each time: Dont do this or Ill do X I swear if you do it again, Ill do X. I really really mean it if you do it again, Ill do X. One threat is enough, if you make a threat you have to be willing to act on it or it completely loses its value. Makes sense. I am hoping you guys who aren't too worried about all this are correct. Like I said, there are no 'do-overs' once the nukes are launched. Too late.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 07:30 PM) Melky was the only thing fun about this team for 2.5 years. He loved playing baseball visibly so much. I'd love that back, but I hate getting a guy one year too late. Paul Konerko, I just wanted him to retire as a sox. But I didn't enjoy that last year at all. I happen to think Avi (and Abreu for the most part) have been pretty fun this past year. I think they show they love the game as well. Avi especially looks like a guy having a blast. He hustles. I disagree with your first sentence big time. The only thing fun about this team was Melky the past 2.5 years?? Sale was fun too; and Q was pretty fun for the most part. Maybe you meant the entire 2.5 year period; Avi of course was only good this season and Sale wasn't here this season and Q was only here half this season.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) The Sox will only be signing guys that provide depth, value (to potentially trade later) or fit into their long term plans. Someone like Melky is good enough to get a better offer from another team, there is no reason for the Sox to sign him unless it's an absolute steal of a deal. So we've learned Melky's advanced stats reek (his traditional stats are very good this year, I'll give that to him; like I said I despised him before he showed that toughness after getting smashed in the face and staying in the game) and he's still "good enough to get a better offer from another team." I'm not defending Melky for sure; I'm not a Melkster fan cept for the abovementioned studly incident) but lets say somebody signs him at the age of 32 for four years, 48 million? Why would a team be that dumb? In Sox message board fans eyes, they would FREAK if the Sox signed some 32 year old for four years, 48 million. Most don't even want to sign Avi to a 5-year, 80 million dollar deal and he's much younger. So why would you, BigRuss, say Melky can get a team to sign him to a "better offer?" Why are other teams so dumb and Sox fans so smart? I'm sure Sox fans have Melky worth Mark Teahen type numbers. Maybe 3 years 15 million max; more like two years 10 million. Even that price would probably piss people off here. So why do you intimate Melky can get a good offer somewhere else? Why would that team be that dumb to sign a 32 year old to a 4, 5 year deal at about 10, 12 mill a year?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 07:25 AM) If NK hits a country with a weapon, well cross that bridge when we get there. But for all we know that could be the precipice for deescalation because at that point Kim will know an actual response has to happen. It really shouldnt be about what some people think. This isnt High School, we dont have to prove that we can beat someone up. Words are meaningless. I know but Kim said the same thing, that he'd destroy the USA. USA is just responding with the same rhetoric. Hopefully it won't happen. Once nuclear war begins like I said we won't be worrying about the Sox No. 1 draft pick. There will be no more sports once nuclear fallout hits, etc. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 12:27 PM) Greg, the words you think were nice to fight back with was a threat of genocide. A threat to kill 25 million people. The President of the United States went to the United Nations for the first time and threatened to wipe out an entire country. Think about that next time before you praise someone for 'talking tough' Kim did the same thing and there's no outrage? Look up his exact words about terror or whatever he said. I mean Kim is the one firing up missiles. If one is nuclear and there's an accident and it hits Japan, we're all f***ed. Like I said the time to really worry I guess is when Trump tells all Americans to get out of S. Korea and Japan. this isn't good, folks, none of it.Like I said before, Trump and Kim are both crazy enough to be the ones who start the end of the world as we know it. We've never had a loose cannon like Trump in there before. This is scary.

So Melky in his age 32 season hitting .284, 17, 79 and has good advanced stats. Never been one of my favorites until this season when he stayed in the game despite getting hit in the face with a ball. I won't blast him because except for the BA he has Avi-like numbers but in this message board world, Melky is certainly beloved by Sox fans while a younger guy like Davidson who is trying to figure it out is not so loved. Although the poster who started the thread did praise him for his perseverance and putting up some decent numbers in his first season. So I'm assuming we all want Melky back even at 33? Cause that's a guy we like, right? I guess if he were to get too much money he'd be hated on the board and we'd want no part of him, but I'm assuming everybody is thinking 2 years about 5-6 million a year which is OK in Sox fanland.

QUOTE (Quin @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:33 AM) Because the entire NK propaganda machine is based around making it look like America wants to obliterate NK for trying to have it's own power. So now Trump is doing exactly that. They don't have to edit s*** together, just roll the tape. I can see your point. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:35 AM) NK already has almost complete control of the media, they can just make things up they dont need real news. In my opinion one of the biggest problems is that people tend to just write off NK/Kim as completely crazy and underestimate that their may be an actual end game for them. I think that their is an end game, NK knows that unification of Korea isnt on the table so they promote that in order to obscure what their real goal is, and that is to legitimize NK as a real power. NK knows the truth, their survival is tied to China. If something were to happen in China (revolution, etc) NK is done for. So I believe that they are attempting to create their own alliances with countries that are openly antagonistic to the US. While this may be a small list, NK knows that if they can supply nuclear weapons to their "allies" that it will create a military stalemate. Thus NK is trying to show countries like Iran that if they work with NK and get nukes, they will be able to stand up to the US. So every time NK sends a missile and Trump makes an idle threat, it supports their end game which is to create an alliance of nuclear states opposed to the US etc. NK is getting everything it wants right now from Trump, they are getting him to threaten to wipe them off the planet, they are getting him to suggest he will renege on the Iran deal. My guess is that NK leaders saw Trump is prone to bluffing his way through life and figured that they would test him. They called his bluff about the missile laucnhes and now the US has for the short term lost. If the US attacks NK, we lose. If the US does nothing, we lose. I do not know how any American can be happy with how this situation has turned out. Olympics are about to be in SK, Kim is going to be the talk of the town. This all makes sense. Not a bad post IMO. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:52 AM) Trump has a lot to lose in life. He is not going to do anything that will change the world order. As long as Trump does nothing, tomorrow he and his family wake up as rich people with great lives. There is no incentive for him to risk that. Calling Trump insane and crazy is lazy, the same way as it is to call Kim that. I may disagree with a lot of what Trump does, I may think he is not the smartest guy in many rooms, but whatever he is doing, he has an angle. And his angle is to make people think that he is maybe "crazy enough" to do it. But at the end of the day, I think Trump knows war is extremely unpopular. Death is extremely unpopular. And in a digital age, the pictures of a nuclear holocaust are going to be unbelievably unpopular. Why do you think the countries that are immediately threatened by NK arent asking for intervention? And if the US did nuke NK, what the hell are we going to do about cleaning up the Korean peninsula? Not one country wants the US to do this, we are going to be pariahs with a lot of blood on our hands. Look at what Trump said about Iraq, etc, things like "We should have taken the oil". What is to be gained here for the US? The answer is nothing. I hope you are right cause he has me thinking he's an old guy who is willing to drop nukes. Remember, all it will take is an accident. Kim's bombs have been flying over land right en route to falling in the sea. If he hits Japan or Guam, Trump IMO will start thermonuclear war. Hope you are right that he won't. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:54 AM) Maybe it's just me, but I think it's bad when the president of the United States threatens genocide. Some people would argue that it's nice to see us fight back words against Kim's words. Kim has threatened to bomb us. That's not good either.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 04:21 AM) Giolito with another strong performance. Definitely. I hope Rodon is healthy next year cause Lopez, Gio and Rodon isn't half bad. If nobody else is ready, actually sign two "good" starters, not hacks like Shields and we might have a good rotation. Of course the bullpen as many have said still would assure last place even with a great rotation. Lotta rebuilding still to do.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:00 AM) I picture Kim really happy. All he wants is attention and to be noticed. He is getting everything he wants right now and in the process making the US look weak. He knows that the US cant nuke NK, its not an option. So the entire point is to show the rest of the world that they can call the US bluff as long as they have nuclear weapons. He has done more to promote nuclear proliferation in the 6 months than any other country had done in the previous 50. All the US has to do is make threats it can enforce. But Trump has to take it beyond what we can actually do, and in the process it has made the US look extremely weak. That is why you only threaten what you can deliver on. The only possible end game is for the US is to walk back all the threats and start the game over. I disagree with the premise. The US doesn't look weak here IMO. In fact it looks insane and crazy. I picture Trump as telling the truth. When I heard it I thought he meant it. Also there was a murmur in the hall when he said it. We can disagree here but I think Trump means it. Yes he's crazy enough to be the president who ends the world. Sure he is. You know I know not a lot are religious on here but I'm starting to wonder if the end times are near. Earthquakes, repeat hurricanes basically decimating a few countries so far, and two nutjobs: Trump and Kim Jong-Un to hit the nuclear war buttons. We have never had a nutty dangerous president like Trump to be matched against the crazies of other countries. As much as I despise Hillary and am neutral on Obama, they of course would not have us this close to nuke war. I disagree that people know the US can't nuke NK as you say. I think Trump would do it. Yes he's that irresponsible or whatever word you want to use. If one of Kim's bombs actually falls on land in Japan or Hawaii I believe Trump would blow NK off the map. The only thing that puzzles me is he hasn't ordered all US troops to get out of S. Korea in advance of possible bombings of the North which would force Kim to blow up South Korea and kill so many of our troops. QUOTE (Quin @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 05:04 AM) It also makes North Korean propaganda much, much easier. Why? They have threatened us. Now the USA is threatening back while mocking Kim calling him Rocket Man. I disagree with your premise.

QUOTE (Quin @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 04:30 AM) Greg, the President of the USA resorted to name calling and used an emoji and hashtag to threaten to murder over 25 million in a nuclear holocaust. Well when you put it that way, it's not good. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 20, 2017 -> 04:34 AM) Rocket man is a terrible reference. It makes me think of Elton John and in that song the Rocket Man is not a bad guy at all. It actually makes Kim seem like a sympathetic figure who is doing this because its his job. It just struck me as funny calling him Rocket Man. I can picture Kim fuming.

Trump told the U.N. he might "totally destroy" North Korea and called Kim Un Jung "Rocket Man." Even if you hate Trump you have to love the Rocket Man reference. I wonder if Jung heard about it. s***, if you are an advisor and tell Jung about it, he might have you killed just for the hell of it. I hope you all are right and Jung doesn't want thermonuclear war. I don't feel like missing the 2018 Sox season living underground somewhere in a bunker. You gotta admit, as repulsive as Trump is, this tough talk is refreshing. Kim Jong Un is totally in the wrong with what he's been up to. GO SOX! GO USA!

Those were some miserable at bats in the ninth. Embarrassingly bad. Oh how I hope this team wins next season. What a waste of six months otherwise. Losing is really annoying and dull at the same time. Horrible game tonite cept for Gio and Moncada. And glad Avi was 1 for 3 to keep the average going.

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Sep 19, 2017 -> 05:26 AM) The problem is is that the purpose of protests is to disrupt. It is why one protests injustice. It is supposed to be uncomfortable for the majority, and it is perfectly legal based on the constitution. The issue isn't the protesting itself; it is the fact that the police don't allow it. Where the hell is the ACLU? The problem is that most people want to maintain the status quo and don't actually want to help other people. Modern American society denigrates the qualities that make us decent human beings(compassion for others and community) and rewards the behavior of sociopaths and narcissists. Look no further than the man who is running the country. Society rewards the power hungry, ruthless, and cruel, and always has. Until we as humans evolve our thinking about these things, we will continue down a path of species self destruction. I can accept this post.

Last night the coppers really got aggressive. I watched the tape of Reb Z getting arrested. They kettled in a group of protestors once the windows started getting smashed and a lot of innocents got maced and arrested. So did some of the professional protestors. I'm telling you, these St. Louis cops were not like Ferguson. They kept their patience but later at night the past few nights they made some arrests aggressively. One of the cops called Reb Z "superstar." They really were looking to get him it seemed. They finally nabbed him. I tell you, if you are innocent protestor and windows start getting smashed and you stick around, you are pretty dumb. Those people arrested are not gonna get off lightly. St. Louis cops came to play once the windows started getting smashed each night.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2017 -> 08:36 PM) 2.) Whenever somebody goes after the flag, it is usually an unwinnable situation because you are offending our great men and women of the military past and present. He can say all he wants about treatment of minorities but not standing at attention for the anthem?? You are attacking the soldiers who lost limbs serving our country and gave their lives. Usually these athletes that take a stand cannot survive such behavior because they are personally slapping our military personnel in the face. Watch the Military when the flag is present. Have you been to a military funeral? If the anthem is played ... wow, such respect. Your words. Wow. I endorse my post. Well written IMO. Heartfelt.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 18, 2017 -> 06:00 AM) Sad if you believe that to be true. I dont think people are inherently evil, I think that its often times easier to do bad things than good, but I like to think there are more "good" people than bad. So you think there could be a society without cops and the courts, etc? No way. There's a percentage of people that would run amok and gain power and cause all sorts of mayhem. I love good people but without authority? A few power hungry people (I won't say the H word) would take over before long. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 18, 2017 -> 12:39 PM) Yep, I think he has that flipped. A small percentage of people commit crimes, a small percentage of cops are bad. But thats what makes good tv and thats what Greg pays attention to. I'm just saying we need cops. Do any of you disagree? I mean think of the workplace. Usually (at bad jobs) there's a couple aggressive power hungry warriors that move to the top and make life hell on everybody.

The vandals are gonna face felony charges. Hope it was worth ruining one's life over to toss a garbage can lid through a window. Can you imagine if that's your first offense and your temper in this protest effectively ended any hope you had of making a good living? You are convicted of a felony? STUPID decisions protestors. This navy seal Gov. means business. (And if some cop threw a brick through a window, he can face a felony too). http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/g...885318db8a.html

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 18, 2017 -> 04:04 AM) They actually have video of cops breaking windows. So shame on them I guess. Actually not true. Cops addressed this with videos at the scene of alleged cop window breaking. Yes there are bad cops. But without cops society is over. Man is inherently evil and man would run amok without cops. Sad but true. Now are there bad cops? Hell yes. I'm still steaming about the condescending prick who pulled me over that night in Kansas when he was dying to catch a drunk but I haven't had a drink in years. LOL to him. There are bad cops. But these protestors piss me off when they disrupt society as they have been doing. We just have to put pressure on our judicial system to convict crooked cops when the evidence says they committed a crime such as murder. From the "experts" on TV it seems it would have been tough to convict this past cop. Hence the judge did not convict.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 18, 2017 -> 04:02 AM) Go watch the video I posted 4 posts up. You telling me that you don't want that? why do you want a pitcher? Good fastball but isn't he in high school?

QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 09:00 PM) ....look at what they have done the last 2 week's. Don't judge it by one game. True dat. I was just saying today we reverted back to that rotten team we've grown to 'love.' QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 09:08 PM) What a perfect game for the Sox!! This could be exactly what they need to completely derail the end of the season and guarantee a top 3 pick. WOHOOOO Really? We already have a good draft pick. Give me victories or give me angst.

What a horrible game for the Sox. Horrific pitching; no hitting. I'm afraid this is what we will see more often than not for at least 2 more seasons.

Beautiful. No hitters are sickening against your team. Nice hit TA.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) The organized protest was over at 10pm. Well, I watched live footage of the streets of St. Louis later than that. If it was an unlawful protest most of those people were lucky, cause the cops said just two were arrested Saturday. Kudos to the organized protest people; shame on the window breakers/looters.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 05:33 PM) "protest peacefully!" "no not like that" "or that" "just don't do anything that would ever disrupt or inconvenience anyone" Peaceful protests don't inconvenience anyone, cept the people that get caught up in the traffic who didn't know 50,000 people would be showing up for a peaceful protest at a park or somewhere. How can anybody justify the illegal tactics of protestors. March on a highway? You are preventing people from getting to the hospital. March in a private neighborhood and bust windows? Are you gonna go back the next day and fix the windows? It's easy. Obey the law and protest all you want. Follow the principles of Dr. King. As far as in sports ... you can protest all you want. But remember you work for somebody else, an owner who might be upset. I know if I issued a personal protest at any job I've had, they'd find a way to get rid of me. Here is Bono's statement quoting Dr. King after cancelling his show: "Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability...We are coming to ask America to be true to the huge promissory note that it signed years ago. And we are coming to engage in dramatic nonviolent action, to call attention to the gulf between promise and fulfillment; to make the invisible visible."

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 01:45 PM) Well that's the thing. When peaceful protests don't change the illegal behavior, people shift tactics. Well people shouldn't shift tactics to tactics that could end up putting them behind bars. All violence does is harm innocent people. Peaceful protests can get a message across. Dr. King was against violence and he remains the greatest of all time. What good are violent protests? If you end up in jail and get convicted of a crime in a protest, good luck finding a job someday. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 03:44 PM) Haven't you also complained a bunch about the peaceful protest by NFL players during the national anthem? I'm against the protests as far as "team." I think it's the wrong setting for one guy on a team to take a stand like that in a team sport. I think it is ill advised of the player who protests but I'm not against doing it because it's not illegal or unsafe. I doubt it would cause a riot or anything like that. I think I said it was pretty selfish of a QB to protest when he knows he's just turned all the attention on himself in a team sport. I could be wrong on my take. Perhaps Colin's teammates a.) didn't mind at all. b.) didn't care that he was putting all the attention on himself. b.) were glad he had all the media attention so they could take a break from interviews. Remember how there was a theory (incorrect obviously) that Ozzie liked to make outlandish statements to take the heat off his players. Keep the media busy with his antics and let the players play.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 17, 2017 -> 04:59 PM) These accusations are a slap to my face and to others who go out there and support injustices. To say that we do it for money and don't really care about these causes? Screw you. My complaint is with protestors who do illegal things. If you stop traffic on a highway (what about the people who need to get to the hospital and get stuck on the highway) or march into malls and libraries and break windows that protestor deserves to have jail on their record. I'm assuming a lot of these protests are not legal and the cops are doing people a favor the nights the cops aren't rounding up people and arresting them. I am no expert on the paying of protestors. If it doesn't happen, great. I do have strong opinions on protestors breaking the law. Legal protest is awesome. I hate seeing mobs hit the streets and shut down highways and cause property destruction and looting.