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Any momentum to get the bill killed of late? I did read Trump said he wouldn't be that bummed if it doesn't pass. How can the politicians do this to the people. We need to stall this out for 3 years and wait for Bernie to take over (if he stays healthy it's Bernie time in 2020 baby) and get the socialism thing going (in some areas like healthcare).

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 04:53 PM) I'm going to be fine with whatever they get for Frazier, especially because I doubt they'll eat any salary. I won't be complaining about the return in the Frazier trade. I am convinced he's worth one very very low level prospect if that. Nobody wanted Adam Dunn; nobody in their right mind would want Frazier though he is a decent fielder.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 01:17 PM) You give it a 2 - Makes me all the more confident in my 8. They got the best prospect in baseball for Sale. They signed the best player from Cuba. 2? This is a bit, right? I like the Robert signing. That's not really rebuilding however. I consider it more free agency. You see a guy. You sign a guy. That to me is great. However it was alarming to read the ESPN.com Magazine article on the Cuban players and so so many are busts. I don't consider a signing of a Cuban player as part of any rebuild. This losing and tanking for draft picks and trades are the crucial rebuild mechanisms. We've signed Cuban players before and didn't call it part of any rebuild. So far this rebuild has given us a horrible season this season and a GM who for some reason didn't complete his blockbuster trades of Q and Robertson last winter. He has two trades to make this season as this so called rebuild continues. Let's see who he gets for Q and Robertson. I am glad four of us gave the rebuild a 2 thus far. I guess I could start patting Hahn on the back if Moncada comes up and looks like the superstar he supposedly is. I also was high high high on Anderson at one time, but everybody has limits. I finally got sick of low on base percentage and inability to take a walk. He did have a few walks in June and now has nine which is lending some hope. He did have a good on base percentage his last year of AA so maybe ...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 02:47 PM) I know there is some hard core hindsight going on here, but there was literally not a single person who wanted the Sox to keep Tyler Flowers. None. He definitely was a Soxtalk whipping boy. People despised him. Glad for him that he's doing well. He'd go into horrendous 1 for 40ish type slumps (Avi is halfway through a doozy now) but he was a likeable player cause of the occasional bombs he'd hit. With the advance of the framing stat for the advanced statniks, he'd be very popular now if he was still with the Sox. Pitch framing had not yet become a big deal until his final year with the Sox. Now he'd be proclaimed acceptable to good by the stat people if he was just starting his Sox career.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 02:53 PM) I don't think anyone thought he was a "start on a WS contender". But he is a nice player that couldn't easy man 2B and bat 8th on a playoff team. He is not elite by any means, but he plays great D and has flexibility. Winning teams need guys like that. I don't think many people thought he was more than that. I thought he was a definite starter. I thought he showed good power for a second baseman and had a clue at the plate and could actually hit .300 in the big leagues with excellent production. This year convinced me I was wrong. He was pathetic before he got hurt.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 03:48 PM) I still think Quintana has been screwed by the unannounced raising of the strike zone (low strikes getting called less frequently) that has caused him to experiment with other areas (high and inside). He seems to have corrected this by including the changeup more low? Not to sound like a stodgy traditonalist (I'm all in favor of a clock on pitchers and rules against stepping out of the batters box and rules to speed up the game) but the old old strike zone worked -- the one in the rule book. Knees to letters. Its f***ing ridiculous the umps have held baseball hostage the only way they can, with a boycott of the real strike zone. They have refused to call a fastball above the belt a strike for years now. Too bad they can't fire umps who won't call a strike a strike, but their union is too powerful. The current umps have ruined baseball with their version of the strike zone and unwillingness to keep the game moving.

Is Tilson any good or another bust? Does he project to be Eaton-ish? That would be good enough.

How anybody could give the rebuild a 10 is beyond me. Until the guys we got in the Sale deal prove they are good major leaguers I'll stick with a grade of 2. Ditto the guys in the Eaton deal.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 05:02 AM) You are absolutely correct, Comrade Greg. Ozzieink Guillenski vould have led them to many, many rings large enough in size to kill a man. It's ridiculous to trade a guy as dominant as Sale. Sale and Q are quite a potent 1-2 and Robin could do nothing with that combo. Ridiculous.

Awesome. Suck it Yankees. Suck it.

QUOTE (Insp @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 03:35 AM) According to you nobody is ever any good unless they are on the other team. Jose is good even if he chokes here.

I love Melky for his toughness but he also blows. Two outs.

Bases loaded. This pitcher blows. They should trade for Robertson tonight. David woulda mowed us down 1-2-3.

Good thing he took that pitch. Ball four. two on one out. Until I see otherwise I predict DP to end game. One hopper somewhere, easy DP.

This Hanson guy isn't very good IMO.

Boy that 3-0 pitch looked like a letter high strike. Ball four. One on one out. DP coming?

Sickening at bat. one out.

I had a love affair for Saladino but I'm over him. I do feel sorry for him having a bad back, don't wish that on anybody. But I've given up on him being a good major leaguer. I thought he could hit .315 in his sleep over 500 at bats. I was wrong.

Anderson needs to get on base here, not try to jack a HR. The question is ... can he get on base here?

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 01:52 AM) Gonna miss Q when he's gone. When he is right, he is an awfully fun pitcher to watch. Sale and Q would be quite a 1-2 punch for a contending team. Oops. Robin couldn't do s*** with them, LOL.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 03:13 AM) Davidson missed a couple fastballs down Broadway. Has Avi been batting fourth all season? I know that's not why he's slumping but I don't like him at 4 in the order.

Davidson battled but all in all that was a s***ty at bat. Oh well. Had a couple fastball cookies he fouled back.

QUOTE (Insp @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 03:04 AM) Why are so many of our batters swing on pitches so clearly outside the strike zone? Cause our hitters have frustrated us for years.

That was the pitch he needed to whack. Fail coming up.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 28, 2017 -> 01:46 AM) I think we should keep Frazier Might as well dump him and play Davidson at third every day, El Rockin. If Boston is dumb enough to want Dunn, I mean Frazier, shouldn't we let him walk? He's not good.