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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?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 30, 2017 -> 09:58 PM) 700,000,000,000 are going to lose their health care. https://pjmedia.com/video/maxine-waters-say...eir-healthcare/ I wish Bernie had won. We'd have free healthcare for all. At this point, because of the cruelness of government and govtment officials' refusal to even attempt to serve the people fairly, I'll take the freebies. This healthcare mess is not good.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 09:11 PM) Not that you actually follow baseball, but why don't you just stop coming on here? Whats the point? What are you accomplishing? I accomplish as much as you do. Just because I don't blindly accept the so-called rebuild. For instance I just read the prospects article, which was a fine article. From reading it, seems to me Moncada is a disaster at 2B defensively, and Collins is abysmal hitter and Fulmer is a total joke at this point. Just cause I bring up the bad doesn't mean I'm a bad poster. I don't trust the White Sox organization. At all. SELL JERRY, SELL. QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 11:29 PM) Weirdest/longest running troll in internet history What is your main beef? I speak my heart and if it's not all roses, sorry. You shouldn't be allowed to call me weird and/or troll BTW.

If it's any consolation, I've heard LaRoche, who lives in Ks., is doing great work with veterans. he has a big fundraiser for them and routinely hosts events on his property raising money for veterans and funding hunting trips for them, etc. I don't think LaRoche is an evil person by a long shot. Who cares if he wanted his kid to hang out in the clubhouse? I don't automatically take the team's side on issues like that. The kid is probably being raised to be a good kid. This is from a guy who despised LaRoche's hitting as a member of the Sox.

Engel should play every inning of every game the rest of the season (OK a day off once in a while). See if he can do it. He looks like a real-deal centerfielder defensively and is aggressive at the plate. I have no idea about future plate discipline. Looks like he's done an OK job of drawing walks in his minor league career.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 07:59 PM) Can you imagine if we elected a man who bragged on tape about grabbing women by the p****? man that would be pretty awful! Pee tape is real and the entire country will watch it Black Mirror-style when it is released! You sound like Alex Jones' counter ego. At any rate Trump is making it sooo easy for the national media. Today he goes on Twitter and posts some garbage about the female Morning Joe host mentioning bleeding again? How inappropriate and disgusting. Trump sets it up on a tee for the media every morning after tweeting that type of crap and BOOM they whack that drive 280 yards down the middle. I still say Trump barely lasts a year. I'd say he'll be gone before the halfway mark of his presidency. He is a dope. Actually nobody praises me for my assessment of him which is the best I've seen:He's a selfish one-percenter out for personal gratification 20 hours a day. I assume he sleeps four.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 08:51 PM) The Steel dossier is a real document that exists and was circulated around various campaigns and media outlets prior to the election. The thing with the pee tape is that nobody really seems to think it's implausible that Trump would actually do that because he's spent decades bragging about his hedonism. It's the most absurd part of the dossier, but all of the financial and Russian mob tie allegations would be a much bigger deal if true. It's a raw intelligence/opposition research document though, so it definitely shouldn't be taken as all 100% verified and true information. The fact some prime time media outlets discussed the possibility of this with no facts or no basis in fact shows how far we've fallen as a society. Can you picture a grade schooler: "Daddy what are they talking about on TV about the President? What did he do?"

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 07:38 PM) No reason to watch tonight with Avi/Davidson/Anderson out. Not a fan of benching Davidson and Anderson when you face a crappy pitcher when you could have rested them last night instead I know. I was just thinking how sad it is that it's still June and I can't look forward to any baseball games again the rest of the year. It's actually been this way the entire season for me. It's very bizarre to be fan of a team out of it on June 1. Nothing to look forward to, baseball wise. If we win a game it doesn't matter. If we lose it doesn't matter. Very sad that I have no desire to watch the Sox tonight or any night the rest of the year. I guess this could be the start of me losing interest in baseball completely which would please this board immensely. I mean we're looking at 5 more years of this. I find it impossible to believe the Sox can be this bad for 3-5 more years and not lose all young baseball fans. Why would a kid in grade school or high school follow this horses*** team? Sox marketing must not be worried but I can't imagine this team being relevant for a long time to come.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 04:08 PM) He is getting paid $14M this year........if you claim him, you're responsible for the pro-rated portion, or a little over $7M. I'd much rather Jerry eat money in trades for better prospects than claiming Montero. 14 million? He's thrown out zero runners all year. What a bizarre business is baseball. How did a player this bad get a contract paying him 14 million bucks? It's all ridiculous, folks. It's just money. I hope Jerry throws it away. Sign the guy. I'm very very pissed that myfavorite team is done before July again. This organization blows. Spend spend spend, Jerry. sign him. Thank goodness we won one title in 05 cause we're not winning another until Jerry and his posse sell and we start over. MARK CUBAN save us please.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 06:41 PM) I posted it somewhere in this forum somewhere but I am thinking hard about it and if I did not have an entrenched family I would leave in a heartbeat. Taxes are the lightening rod of a myriad of issues among the city, county and state...one worse than the other. I never thought Chicago would fail as a city. Winters are cruel of course, but aside from that, Chicago had everything.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 08:28 PM) One of the things from the Steele Dossier that was published back in January was that Russia has Kompromat of Donald Trump having a couple of Russian prostitutes peeing on a bed in a Russian hotel because the Obamas once slept in it. My post was just a throwaway joke based on caulfield's "Pee coming again?" line. I believe that pee tape is real simply because of course it would be in the world we now inhabit and it'd be hilarious, but there's not been any more evidence beyond that original dossier.* *There have been a whole lot of "no comment"s from intelligence community people under oath regarding "salacious materials the Russians may possess" and Trump has offered up unprompted denials of it a few times so you never know! That was disgusting fake news. I listened to some documentary on how the info got started and planted, etc. We are living in a very very bad world right now folks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 26, 2017 -> 05:05 PM) Dan Hayes‏Verified account @CSNHayes 3m3 minutes ago RE: Avisail Garcia, Ozzie Guillen offered him some tough love in Venezuela this winter. Talked about it Sat. Will have more later. #WhiteSox Nice. There's a lot to love about Ozzie. He's a competitor. Too bad he couldn't shut up. He should still be our skipper but he enjoyed talking too much and buried himself out of baseball managerial positions forever.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 04:56 PM) It's really not very expensive. I've told you this every single time you post something like this. You never respond though. Can you get a good seat on the lower level for under 40 bucks?

QUOTE (ron883 @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 03:46 AM) I still can't believe they haven't moved him behind the plate Defensively he's a disaster at ss. I'd send him down, teach him to take pitches and see if he can become a catcher. I'd take .260, 19 homers, 79 ribbies which appear to be his ceilings, at the catcher position.