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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 08:27 PM) I like you greg as a matter of fact I think we may have been classmates. The previous poster is correct. A GPA of 3.9 is not what it was years ago. At Marist it is possible with enough AP classes to graduate with a 5.5 out of 4.0 I think at Rice the highest you could get is 4.8 out of 5.0 The southern catholic schools are all about be hit really hard times. Alum are all that are keeping Leo open. Thanks Harry. I still am planning on getting to a home football game one of these seasons. If you are in the area you should come by the same game. QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 08:40 PM) Just from what I hear being on the south side, Marist is the only catholic school that is totally safe. My uncle is an active alum at Leo and apparently it's not looking good there. Damn. Leo closing its doors would suck. Rice and McAuley at least have the sister school/brother school relationship going on with property so close by. I wonder if ultimately the two of them would bail each other out and merge campuses if it gets to that point. I guess they are at the mercy of the city. If everybody moves out or if the neighborhood dynamics totally change and there are no more kids, they are doomed. Of course everybody knows they recruit (at least the big time sports athletes, lol).

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 07:28 PM) Yolmer Sanchez may have made him less necessary for another year or two. What about Saladino and Leury? That is an interesting post. It normally would come from a fan of rebuilding. They love to keep these guys in the minors lest the cliche "rush them" comes into play. Rushing prospects concerns our rebuild fans even though in the NBA 19 year olds are starting year after year now. It's a "baseball thing" to make sure players stay in the minors 3, 4, 5 seasons before bringing them up. At the same, Sanchez, Saladino and Leury are all projected once a week players at best, El Rockin.

QUOTE (SoxFan2003 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 03:03 PM) Unless things have changed since the early 2000's, a 3.9 isn't as difficult at Rice as it seems. Honors classes when I was there were based on a 5.0 scale. So a 3.9 is basically a 'b' average. If you are like most on here you probably will be appalled and furious that I also went to Rice, since I am a despised person. I can't think of one poster who likes me, though fathom and caulfield seem to tolerate me. Brother Rice ... the only school in the world that would make poor Mt. Greenwood kids take swimming first hour after walking a mile to school on a 10 below zero day and freezing one's butt off. I joke. I think it's a fine school. p.s. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! Please toast me during your dinners, unless it's a Bud product. I am one of 5 percent of the population allergic to Bud or Bud Light. If I have one I immediately get a headache (google it). I am OK with all Miller products.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 12:19 PM) I swear you are like 10 months behind the world Wat you mean? the Trump twittering issue regarding Morning Joe was still in the news the last couple days. It hadn't reached its 15 minutes yet when I commented on it. QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 12:45 PM) greg moves at snail's pace compared to other's My blood pressure stats would suggest otherwise. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 03:22 PM) That's what happens when you live in Kansas. Kansas is just as mean and cut-throat as any other state. The Western part of the state should be its own rural State. Lawrence is a nice liberal town with a trendy downtown (not as nice as Madisons obviously) only 40 minutes from KC. KC is a poor man's Chicago. Much smaller but a good sports complex, good Plaza area, good suburbs and growing downtown on the Missouri side (crossroads district by Sprint Center) and growing district in KCK by the racetrack/casinos.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 04:20 PM) Further proof as to which party is actually willing to stand up to its leadership, and not just fall into line. Social media and the hate it spews politically has just added to the collapse of America. Democrats and Republicans have always been at odds, but now it is WAR. Thanks to twitter, everything is a W/L situation. The Republicans are out to win every battle; the Democrats are out to win every battle. The Republicans gave us Donnie "the disaster" Trump. Mr Tweetmeister. The Democrats gave us LOL unelectable Hillary as their nominee, when they could have begged Mr. Biden to run (I realize he was still mourning the death of a family member). If not Biden, Bernie. No matter what you all think, both parties are HORRIBLE and should be ashamed of themselves. I am appalled at this Chris Christie story of him going to the beach today when the beach has been shut down because of budget woes!! How one-percent elitist of him. Very sick and sad (unless it's a fake news photoshop).

QUOTE (The Mighty Mite @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 06:34 PM) Maybe I should have said the Sox are suppose to be a big market franchise, the main reason they're not is they are owned by JR and company. The franchise has been a joke since 2008 and new ownership is needed more than anything, I'm not a fan of the rebuild because I know the front office will in the long run screw it up. Agreed. The 05 regime deserves credit for the WS title. Put them in the team Hall of Fame. But please Jerry and the group, SELL. Please sell. Our ballpark is no good (I know the popular opinion on here is it's great, but take away the food and what do you have except a monstrocity with a horrid upper deck). Aside from the park, we have a horrific front office. I agree with you. The supposed rebuild is not going to work. SELL, JERRY. Sell it to somebody with money to burn. Thank you.

Trump's twittering is officially an embarrassment and/or illegal. He's bullying on there and mocking and threatening people. He needs a national nickname involving Twitter.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 04:23 AM) Wow, Fenwick is over $15k. I remember when I went there it was something like $5,500-6k...so it has basically tripled in 20 years. f***, I can't believe how old I am... Whoa. How can Fenwick be 4,000 more than Rice?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 05:30 AM) 1) Gonna eat crow. I can only find posts about you saying he looks like a ballplayer but others figured he sucked so you were surprised by how bad he was. 2) Ss2k5 and I have always stood up for his work ethic. Chitownsportsfan adores Avi. 1.) Exactly as I explained. I said others on soxtalk say he sucked and I'm taking their side. I never buried Avi. I just went with the flow. 2.) Everybody has been OK with his work ethic. Cmon Avi has been a total whipping boy on soxtalk. People have despised him, been OK to happy with/for him this year.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 02:45 PM) The suburban privates like Benet, fenwick and Loyola are doing well as are the affluent city schools like British, Latin lab. It's the south side schools that are treading water as the neighborhoods are changing drying up. Saw this with Queen of Peace and Mt Assisi. Rice Rita Carmel and Marist are doing fine as they sell sports well but the price just keeps going up at unrealistic rates. I was checking Websites. Bro Rice is 11,500 a year. Benet is 11,800. Obviously these schools try to stay in similar price ranges. I loved reading some of the material on costs. You get 300 bucks off any additional kids in the family. Whoopie. 300 bucks cheaper for a second kid and third kid. The one that really got me is if you score in the 98 to 100 percentile of Rice's entrance exam you get something like 3000 bucks off. However you have to maintain a 3.9 GPA or better to keep the discount. First of all 3000 isn't even that much when u are paying 11,500. Second of all, that's pretty wild making sure the kid gets a 3.9. So if a parent on the south side has 3 kids and 2 are in the high school at the same time and the other is a few years behind, you are talking about 90,000 dollars before the 2 get out of school. Then another 44,000 for the third child when it's time to go to Rice or McAuley. Then you gotta pay for college. I assume U of I is at least 10,000 a year in state. So if you have 3 kids in life you are looking at least 300,000 total to get all three through private h.s. and U of I. That's a bit of cash.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 05:07 AM) Liar-nik. Find a post of mine burying Avi. Find a post of anybody besides El Rockin praising Avi, expressing confidence in Avi, wanting Avi to be our right fielder this season for any reason besides tanking games. Who on this board actually appreciated Avi's potential before spring training 2017? Probably El Rockin. I seem to recall maybe one Avi fan, not sure if it was Mex or Tex or whom. Maybe one.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 01:00 AM) Hopefully when he shows he is better than AAA competition. He has been very average lately and last i saw his SO rate was over 30%. After his miserable showing in Boston last fall, hopefully our FO waits until he is playing well in AAA. This is his first year at this level and he is having his ups and downs like many young players. This is a wasted year so we certainly don't want to screw up our prized young player. Not a bad post. If he's a strikeout machine in the minors and doesn't walk, you better wait til he gets on a hot tear at the minimum before you bring him up. MLB pitchers, even as bad as they are in 2017, know how to strike out our free swinging strikeout candidates. If Moncada is a strikeout machine, wait til he gets on a hot streak at least or let him stay in the minors for a few more years. Our fans seem to love prospects than MLB players.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 03:09 AM) And to think, you wanted him cut. Not exactly. I never was an Avi hater. I was not an Avi lover. I pick my battles with Soxtalkers and I wasn't going to stand up for Avi as I did guys like Ozzie, Dye, Pods, Konerko, Dwyane Wise, Buehrle (whenever I would call him the best ever, the crabby Soxtalkers would bring up oldies like Billy Pierce, etc.), Bobby Jenks. I let Soxtalk blast Avi without resistance, with my blessing, and my stance on him was I would not be upset if we dumped him. I still don't care if we trade him. I feel like he's in a no win situation with Sox fans who don't believe in him still. Besides, my stance will not dictate whether I am allowed to enjoy winning when we get good again. I am against the rebuild. I am totally down on the front office. I hate Renteria and his bunting. BUT if and when we get good again and win the division and/or WS, I will have the right to cheer for the team. I may be a bad fan right now, but I remain a fan. My 100 plus dollars for mlb.com is going toward white sox games no other team's games.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 3, 2017 -> 04:11 AM) All comes down to JR wanting cost savings (to offset Robert bonus) or best possible prospects for Robertson, Frazier (lesser extent), Holland, Shields and Cabrera. Caulfield with all due respect Frazier, Holland, Shields and Cabrera are not going to bring anything. MAYBE an NL team that needs a pinch hitter would take Frazier, maybe. Think about it. You are a contender you make the trade and these guys show up. You really are going to immediately insert Frazier, Cabrera into the lineup and shields or Holland into the rotation? That could be immediate buzzkill and send a team reeling.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 09:19 PM) f*** So what do scouts even take away from this start? Let's pretend you are a contender. Yes Q would be a nice addition and would be a nice guy to start in the playoffs and/or WS. He's a good starter in a day and age where there are not many good starters. I'd say he's worth two good prospects still, but not great prospects. Robertson also should be worth two good but not great prospects. But I could be mistaken. Maybe GMs see "just another guy" in Q.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 09:16 PM) To be fair, Anderson leads the majors in errors and Melky has been one of the worst defensive outfielders in baseball since he's been here Congrats Avi. Glad to see him make it. I know nothing about him but he seems like a hard worker who cares about his baseball career. His average may plummet the rest of the season but at least he had one good half in his career to make an all star game. Avi baby!

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jul 2, 2017 -> 12:33 AM) I had really hoped that Holland could show enough to be traded for a decent future prospect at the deadline but alas he's pretty bad. Just can't see anyone desperate enough to give anything decent in return for him. Regarding Anderson...19 errors now (look out Alan bannister who at least could hit) and hitting .240's. It may not be a bad idea to send him down for a few weeks to take the load off his mind and let him work on the basics. The contract he signed seems to have really put pressure of him. Sox maybe should have waited a year or two. Holland and Pelphrey and Miguel are worthless on the trade market, Lip. You shoulda known that before. They are just bodies that should be in the independent league. They are as tradeable as Humber was. Melky is a lovable clown. Nobody would give up a set of resin bags for him. Ditto Frazier. We get something for Q and Robertson. That's it, folks. Sox have such a bad baseball team. It's hard to be this bad record wise in the day of parity. Anderson needs to be sent down the rest of the year. He can't hit and he can't field. And get him off ss. Put him in LF if you are unwilling to take my advice and make him a catcher.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 03:16 AM) All girls suburban Catholic schools have been hurting and closing, but usually if a boys school is they go co-ed. I havent heard that about Rice. Thanks for the information.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 04:56 AM) Anyone else notice that they are busting Avi in on his hands even more now than before ? He still swings at way too many balls and the ones inside he can't barrel up. The adjustments by pitchers are in full swing now.Avi needs to lay off and take some walks. Good post. Avi is definitely looking like the old Avi. He's been crap since that awful inning in right field where he had 2 errors.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 07:52 AM) Never at any point when Flowers was on the Sox was I clamoring for a long-term extension but it was obvious at the time they were making a mistake opting to sign Avila and/or Navarro over keeping him. Flowers was buried on this board. He was despised by people. I'm not saying he was great but I'm always amazed certain players are despised and some tolerated despite having equally s*** production. There were no Flowers supporters on this board.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 01:27 AM) SMFH How exactly would he have gotten a Republican congress to pass "free healthcare for all" greg? Lord. If we want it, we demand it pass. Maybe Bernie would have chosen an equally likeable Veep candidate and maybe it would have passed.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 06:07 AM) Lighten up Francis, it's just a fun little bet. It's not like anyone is rooting for an injury. My offer is I will buy a beef sandwich for 10 members of Soxtalk. Only caveat is we have to be in Portillos at the same time. No fries. No drink. Just the sandwich.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 06:09 AM) I thought we'd never have to talk about this terd salad again Why do you guys take the side of the front office so much? I don't care that Sale cut up the uniforms. Everything I've read said they were totally uncomfortable and he warned the Sox he didn't want to pitch in them. In this day and age of babying pitchers I cannot believe they were going to risk injury of Sale pitching in a fricking jersey he DIDNT WANT TO WEAR. My vote to Sale not our front office. And LaRoche. ... Who gives a f*** if his kid was in the clubhouse every day? Some teammates didn't seem to mind. Some did. My vote to LaRoche. Or to make it less of a big deal. Treat him like a grown man and have a team captain or somebody discuss it with LaRoche. Again he was a pathetic hitter as a Sox. But truthfully I heard he treats veterans Very Very well in his hometown in Ks. Does a lot for charity. You know a lot of people in America who are rich still do very little for charity. KUDOS SALE AND LAROCHE!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 01:47 AM) Dude, we get it, you don't like Anderson. You don't have to b**** about him every chance you get in game threads I don't think he's bagged on TA that much. He tells it like it is. Anderson has given him a lot of ammo this season. QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 1, 2017 -> 04:59 AM) The Melkman delivered! This team never gives up Great win. But I disagree on your last sentence. Team is 8 under .500 which is REALLY a bad record in this division. But great victory. If we actually had a rotation like most years we'd win the division. We have horrific starters and a better bullpen than the past several seasons; not a great bullpen but better. Too bad the Sox had to hire Robin for some reason.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 30, 2017 -> 08:20 PM) Not really. Public education is being killed by lack of funds, but thats not due to less people. There are more than enough students to attend, just not enough money being funneled in. Thats due to a ton of factors. This is a big reason why families leave the city to the immediate suburbs. Private schools in chicago are populated with both city and suburban kids. There are wait lists for those. I thought Brother Rice was hurting for students and well short of capacity. QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 30, 2017 -> 09:51 PM) Chicago is the greatest city in the world and anyone that would consider leaving is a dirty rotten traitor. I love your pride. Chicago pride used to be really strong. Just like yours is. My cousin is thinking of moving to Nashville. He said he's heard it is incredible place to live. I've only been there once, a while ago. Any opinion of Nashville?