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QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) Real GMing in the MLB isn't like managing a team on your PlayStation where you can trade everyone in a day and get a rebuild done in a half hour. In real life, trades take time to develop and the fact that we traded 2 of our top 3 assets/best players this off-season, added nothing substantial in FA, and you STILL think the rebuild is fake. I was of the opinion we could have dumped Frazier, Robertson, Melky maybe, last season after the 23-10 start was deemed a mirage. But nothing happened and nothing happened offseason with them either. Hahn was quoted as saying they knew we weren't winning anything at an early date last year. QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) Who should we have spent money on to make this team a no-doubt contender? I'm forgetting the name of that catcher we were all talking about a month or so ago the Sox could have gotten. There were some bats available in free agency. s*** the Royals added Soler for nothing. QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 02:45 PM) (and yes, they need to get on with moving more players as only 3 have been moved and they can't abort it midstream like they did last time). So you agree with me partly. I'm not that dumb, folks.

How does Barry Hinson's team look for 2017-18? What's the opinion of Hinson in Saluki-land? I love watching his postgames on youtube. He has a way with words.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 02:12 PM) Porter is apparently recruiting hard for Mizzou, specifically Kevin Knox. Crazy how it turned around over night. With Knox and Porter and some of the decent players Mizzou has now, I'd expect MU to make the tournament next year. No reason Cuonzo can't get that team in the tourney. I haven't checked MU's noncon schedule. Porter and Knox are 2/5s of a starting lineup. Pretty impressive start for Cuonzo, if MU gets Knox.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 05:57 AM) Your approach is not sustainable and is the reason we have floundered for years. There is no magic trinkets that will put this team over the top. The fact that you look at the roster and think that we are only a few pieces from contending is laughable. Did you not read my post with specific reasons we could have contended?? Nobody's responding to my plan, which would have had the Sox with a fighting chance to win. QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 05:59 AM) It's always vague bulls***, no specifics. It's just easier that way. No specifics? I went through the entire roster with my contending team. You guys are being unfair IMO.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 05:51 AM) Your approach to team building is that of someone playing checkers when the game is chess. My approach involves free agent spending. I think I can expect my team to do that when they charge huge dollars for parking, food and drink. Fans gotta spend; why not the owners??

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 05:39 AM) You're a gifted blusterer, I wasn't speaking specifically of your disbelief in the rebuild but more your mindset in general. You don't seem to seek out knowledge at all, you dont seem to know the specifics of any subject yet you spout (spew?) your opinions confidently regardless. Why are you so proud of your own ignorance? I'm honestly asking. You know absolutely zero about Luis Alexander Basabe and couldn't express a cogent thought regarding the handling of Carlos Rodon yet you speak so passionately about this team and its future, you know absolutely nothing yet you have such strong and extreme, emphasis on extreme, conviction, how? Did you read my previous post?

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 05:25 AM) You try to justify a decade of losing because you're losing sight of how the game has evolved. You literally know nothing about baseball ten years ago and yet the game has moved so far past you, everyone, even the skeptics, knows that whatever opinion they have, it's closer to reality than whatever nonsense you post. You're not a troll. Trolls craft bad posts to push posters buttons. You just don't know better. OK I know nothing about baseball. You tell me that the team I'm about to describe isn't a contender AFTER our trades. 1B-Abreu (star). 2B - Saladino (Moncada in May, star). SS - Anderson (budding star). 3B - Frazier (good defense; great power just like Abreu). When Moncada comes up, Saladino super infield sub. OF - Melky (serviceable); RF - Avi (still has a chance of excelling). CF - May (awful, maybe a free agent aquisition for outfield if our organization would fricking pay pay pay). DH - Coulda acquired one in offseason for $$. Catcher-Coulda signed a free agent to go with Narvaez for $$ Bullpen - Robertson closer (good). Setup guys - Hit or miss, coulda acquired one for $$ to add to the setup crew. Starters: Q, Rodon, Shields, Gonzalez, Holland. (Once one of the guys we got from the Nats is ready to fill in, not half bad). So how dumb am I? I contend our team could have been a contender this season even with the trades. Without the trades, even more a contender with Sale and Eaton. But it would have required spending a little bit of fricking cash for an outfielder, a DH and a catcher. Excuse me for thinking a big city team might wanna spend some cash in free agency.

Harry would actually read your name if you gave the guard a note with your name on it, acting like he knew you. he did not do that when broadcasting Cub games, just the Sox years. Hey ... Billy Jones and his buddies are here from Naperville; Kendrick Thomas and his friend Tim Miller are here from McCutty's bar. Pretty cool he'd say you were at the game on the air.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 04:06 AM) I'm confident you're not tolling, so I'm just curious why, in general you're so proud of being uninformed. You don't seem to know much about any of the topics in which you comment, why is this such a point of pride for you? If you somehow dont feel this is true, just know that it is and you reinforce it constantly. It's incredible that a grown ass man could be so ignorant yet confident in his conviction. I assume you mean my disbelief in the rebuild. We traded Sale and Eaton. And we got Tilson for Duke. That's it so far. And so many Sox fans have bought into the idea of a rebuild. Why am I uninformed? My take that we have enough veterans and enough talent still on the roster (assuming Moncada and at least one of the starters we got via trade are called up in May) that we could have just as easily PAID FOR a catcher and DH in free agency and maybe acquired one more reliable reliever to actually contend this season. Now I'm told it's good our team loses 100 or more games this season so we can get a damn draft pick. How much u wanna bet we take another starting pitcher in the draft and not some stud everyday player. You wait, our organization will fall in love with some arm somewhere. There are 1-2 posters who are also skeptical. I forget the one guy's name. And El Rockin still hasn't made his position. He seems to think every team we field has a chance to win. So what is your problem with my position on all this? That I want to know how people are going to act in game threads and watching games? Yes I wanna know what kind of losses everybody wants?? DO you want our starters to implode from the get-go in games or to lead and blow games late?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 10:38 PM) Please stay away, your non-stop trolling is beyond tiresome... I'm a Sox fan. Pardon me if I am confused how to handle the upcoming season and wondering how members of this board are approaching games. Whether they are rooting for implosions late in games so we lose exciting games? Or ? QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 10:40 PM) No, they don't. Why? I am curious about behavior in game threads. People on this board have made it clear they want losses. They are not saying what that really means in terms of actively rooting for L's or bad baseball or both?? Or just one? QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) But please, greg. I'll say it again. Stay away. Why would a lifelong White Sox fan want to stay away? QUOTE (ypres @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 11:29 PM) Greg is such a good troll. You mean, "Greg is such a good fan." QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 11:32 PM) And before Greg comes in with his bulls***, no one is happy they are going to be bad. It's about using just a tad of intellect, understanding the path they were on was NOT working and they finally seem to have a plan with a long term objective in mind. At least now they are trying to lose, and it's for a purpose. Well, I'm glad you are not happy they are going to be bad at least. QUOTE (Donaldo @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 12:57 AM) Sometimes you've got to go through hell before you get to heaven. My health keeps me from attending games, but I will be watching them on TV (as I always do). I hope so, but our team has already been bad during the Robin era and the end of the Ozzie era. Adding even worse seasons kind of bothers me. QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 01:05 AM) But yeah, greg is a contrarian and we're all aware his opinions never make any sense. I want to win. I want the Sox to be great. That's all. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 2, 2017 -> 01:13 AM) NO ONE LIKES TO LOSE GREG. WE WANT TO GET ON WITH THE REBUILD SO WE CAN WIN SOONER. s***TY HALF ASS HAS-BEEN ROYALS VETERANS WILL NEVER PRODUCE WINNING. YOUR WAY LOSES EVERY YEAR. I guess. Go Sox!

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 08:56 PM) Javier Baez played for the Cubs mid rebuild. Still waiting on you to bail. There will be a lot of boos in the Cell this year. There are a lot more fans like me than those who love Sabes and rebuilds. Fans like me will be staying away in droves once the team opens 1-10 and loses at an unprecedented rate. What is proper fan decorum this year? Cheer when the other team scores? And just observe our guys for potential trades? Or cheer for the Sox all the way til the late innings and then root for the other team to rally and win? Somebody needs to explain proper fan decorum this year considering losses are good.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 09:50 PM) I'm going to call you out for being happy in 3 years though. Your stance is absurd. If 2 years of losing and player procurement leads to a successful run from 2020-2026, how is that not worth it? You need to take a step back. Don't worry about the day to day. Track prospects. Pay attention to other aspects of the org. But yeah, if you just want to watch each game as a separate entity with no eye toward the future, you probably shouldn't follow the team this year. You can't call me out IF I stay a fan during the horrific rebuild. Now if I do leave and come back, then I deserve to be called out. My fear is prolonged 20 years of last place starting now. There are no guarantees in this "rebuild."

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 09:43 PM) And as young guys come up, the game will get exciting again. As usual, greg doesn't understand, but ask a Cub or Astro fan if their patience was worth it. I believe you will be rewarded for your loyalty. I think you guys have been fooled. Again, if Moncada is coming up in May, what's that all about? Are we rebuilding or not? So a team with him on it is going to suck for 3-4 years? That makes little sense if he's truly a star.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 08:16 PM) You are going to hate the next two seasons I am interested in seeing how I react. I've paid close attention to every season for a long time. But losing game after game is probably going to be the end of my fandom unless I somehow consider all the losing comical. Since I'm not a draft guy, I don't trust our front office to draft the right guys so I don't care about the draft at all. I do have mlb.com again cause I forgot to cancel the automatic recharging. I do know I hate losing and I am expecting 110 or more losses.

Sox just dropped a fly ball. Yeah they are ready for the season. How in the world can fans fill the Cell for Opening Day if they know anything about this team?

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 09:07 PM) If we lost that many games, our system had better be loaded. And regarding Abreu, if he wins "a couple of games", i'm fine with it. Moncada coming up in May will likely benefit from having Jose around. Moncada won't be up this season. That would be ridiculous if you are trying to lose 110 games. If he's ready for the bigs, then there's no reason we should be doing a rebuild, we should be tinkering and try to win if he's gonna be on the big league team from May on.

I picked 55 to 59 wins. The offense projects to be so bad I'd suggest our road record will be horrific. The starting pitching is not good so we'll lose our share of games very early. And our bullpen reeks so we'll blow 1/3 to 2/3 of the games we lead late. I think it's gonna be one of the worst teams the Sox have ever had. We'll know very early there is no hope of .500. Those of you who want to lose every game should demand we trade Abreu soon. He might win a few games by himself. He's our one good hitter. Trade him and that will take care of any aspect of the team being good.

If you want to lose every game possible, it's May. I guarantee you he'd have been Robin's leadoff hitter. It actually should be Saladino IMO.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 02:44 AM) Good thing the front office knows better. That being said, you tend to think the opposite of everyone here, so it's hard to tell if you're being sarcastic. If this team wins more than 70 games, management is doing this incorrectly. No way they win more than 70.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 01:16 AM) Chisox are all in this season. I think we certainly can contend I can never tell if you are kidding. Sox lose 7-1.

If Russia influenced the election, I'd think Trump would be gonzo soon. That's the potential scandal Trump haters need to continue pursuing. Right now, that's the one that could get him kicked out of the White House. I was reading some story that was saying Russia influenced the election and still is influencing our politics. WTF is that about?? Is Russia that powerful anymore?? Is Russia running the USA or not? If Russia is in control, what's stopping some sort of collusion with them invading and taking over us all? This is scary s*** Russia's own citizens, mostly millenials, are marching in the streets as we speak protesting all the corruption over there. Anyhow, like I said, if Russia influenced the election and Trump colluded with them, bye bye Donald and that's the issue that should be pursued day after day.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 07:50 PM) Greg, you don't seem to be understanding what people, including myself, mean when we say we want Trump to fail. -Trump's agenda will cause bad things to happen -We do not want bad things to happen -Ergo, we want Trump to fail at implementing his agenda Trump succeeding and the US succeeding are not necessarily the same thing. That's it. We don't want "the US" to fail. We want Trump and his plans, which we think will be harmful to the US, to fail. If Trump succeeds, people will needlessly suffer, and we don't want that. I'll have to save this post. It explains it better IMO. However, playing devil's advocate. You would like Trump's policies/agenda to fail and the USA magically to on its own thrive. Cool. Interesting but some might say the logic is moderately flawed. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 07:50 PM) greg, your selective reading is a special talent. I will give you that People on this board who hate me also can be accused of selective reading of my posts as well. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 08:36 PM) I'll be the first to admit that I know very little about politics. Heck, I'm not 100% sure who I've even voted for President over the years. Given that, why don't you all take my political opinions more seriously? I tend to know who I didn't vote for more than who I did. If that's a flaw, so be it. I know I've written in names before. I'm not sure if at the time I thought McCain was good or not.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 09:43 PM) Jesus Christ you're shallow as f***. It must be hard work being so perfect. How can you blast him? He said he wants to be friends at the minimum. It's no law saying he has to be attracted to her. If he is turned off by that one part of her, he's not refusing to be friends. He doesn't appear shallow to me. It may be wrong, but a lot of people, men and women, know within a minute of a blind date whether there is even a chance they'll be with that person. People get rejected all the time over physical reasons.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 06:37 PM) I disagree. They are hoping for the best, they just believe that if Trump's agenda is "successful" it will mean terrible things for America. That is still hoping for the best. I would say most Americans want whats best for America, I think that a small amount dont care about America at all and only want what's best for them. Unfortunately I believe that Trump does not really care about America. That being said "I hope that Trump will change who he is/what he stands for and do what is best for America." (Edit) If you love Biden/Bernie you should hate what Trump is doing more than anything. He is basically destroying what they stand for. Have you read Kyyie's posts? He said flat out he wants him to fail. Cut and dried. If he's hoping for the best, I'd like to read more proof of that. For some reason nobody argues or disagrees with anybody except me. As far as your last line, I don't think Trump has done that much in 80 days for me to completely deem him satan. Do I like him? Of course not. If I liked him I'd have fricking voted for him. Doesn't anybody read my positions on things? My stance is he won and by gosh I want success! And results. And if he commits an impeachable offense by all means kick his ass out the door. I'm not brainwashed by Donald. If I were I'd have voted for him! Doesn't anybody get it?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 06:21 PM) Why do people respond to false premises? Biden doesnt agree with Greg. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...m=.fca79cb8bfdb After attacking Trump, Biden then said "we should have hope". I cant name 1 time that Greg has attacked Trump, called him a scoundrel, told Trump to grow up, etc. So no Biden doesnt agree with you Greg. He just merely said that (and Im using my own words here): "Trump is a terrible President, he is a disaster, but even when you are looking at a disaster, you have to hope for the best." I still like his quote. I can't argue with it. Trump most definitely is a chump. But I want the best, like Biden. Some people on this board are not hoping for the best at all. I love Biden by the way. I'm certain I would have voted for him. I guess I must re-label myself. I am a Republican, but like I told everybody I voted for Obama at least once, maybe both times; I would have voted for Biden or Bernie Baby; I love Jimmy Carter. I guess any sane person would have to reclassify me. I didn't vote Trump or Romney. I probably did vote Mr. McCain.