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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 07:28 PM) I think things are pretty damn good right now and getting better. Hillary wants to continue the Obama presidency. Would you vote for 4 more years of Obama? I sure as s*** hope you would. If that's the case, vote Hillary. If not, burn your vote and vote for a guy who can't name one foreign leader or write in someone not running. Your call. I can't believe so many intelligent people want Hillary Clinton. Would I vote for 4 more years of Obama?? Are you kidding me? Our country is in the worst shape imaginable. Social issues, overseas issues with Russia, China and Korea. The economy? My gosh it is AWFUL. And health care??? Give me a break. He is the Robin Ventura of the USA. he has to go and he's going. That said, I love his personality and the fact he's a big Sox fan and fan of all things Chicago.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 07:07 PM) Anecdotally, I don't know a single person from Kansas who approves of Brownback. He won reelection less than a year ago cause of the R by his name.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 06:56 PM) Kneeing during the anthem is harming the military...how? It makes a mockery of their solemnity during the playing of the anthem. They are standing at attention, respecting the flag and the anthem and others are protesting. It belittles those who consider the anthem sacred.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 04:50 PM) My best friend and mentor at work is voting for Trump, even though he hates him, has consistently called himself a libertarian, etc but he hates Hillary at a Greg-level. I just don't understand how he isn't going to vote for Johnson, but man party lines are so strong. I honestly don't know who I'm voting for yet, it won't be Trump or Stein, that much I know. Party lines are strong but this will be the second election in a row I don't vote my party, Republican. Greg haters still won't give me props for voting my conscience over party. I despise Hillary of course, but can't vote for Trump. And like I told u I voted for Obama cause, well, how could any sane person vote for Romney. I guess eight years of this means maybe I am not a Republican anymore. I don't know what I am, cause I certainly didn't vote for the Republican idiot running the state of Kansas, Brownback. I don't know anything about Johnson. I guess I could learn.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 02:59 PM) You seriously don't live in the same world as the rest of us. It's absolutely incredible. Well, there are organized protests that get messages out. Some people on here who are blasting me seem to be up for spontaneous protests. If you want yourself or your kid to get arrested and never hold a job again, go ahead and encourage that. Why is kneeling during the anthem an effective protest? Like I said, you are harming a group, the military, that has nothing to do with this. The anthem is their solemn song. If you doubt that, look at them during the anthem. What's wrong with a legal protest. Again, if you do otherwise you may never work again with a big fat blotch on your police record. No employer is gonna give a good job to somebody with a record.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 5, 2016 -> 06:06 AM) And the loser might get interested in Quintana (though you'd hope the Dodgers would as well) There's no way in hell the Sox are trading Sale or Q. The Sox have always valued starting pitching and trading those two would assure the Sox a 45 to 50-win season. We'd lose literally every series we play in. Reinsdorf is not getting any younger. A lot of his friends have already moved on to the next life. He knows he's aging and doesn't want 50 win seasons, folks. He wants rings!!! I wish they'd just release Shields, by the way, before they are tempted to give him a shot in spring training, etc. The Sox are going to do what they always do, try to piece together a contender. They have to avoid signing worthless players while keeping their good ones. Why in the hell do they insist on signing mediocrity like Melky, Lawrie, Rollins and horrific catchers?. If you are gonna sign guys, make sure they are good players. Uh, can't scouts scout anymore??? Shields? Give me a break. Everybody should be fired over that move. Ditto Rollins. He was done.

Are Illinois fans mad Kansas got a commitment from Markese Jacobs? He's supposed to be the next Sherron Collins.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 01:07 PM) Pray tell... what is the correct way to protest in greg's world? The idea of protest is to get attention to your cause so that change can happen. Well, I'm OK with organized rallies to protest. Get the permit, tell the police you are doing it kinda protest. Why go after the national anthem when the military is so solemn about the anthem?

I wish we could start over here and all praise Robin. He's one, class act.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 4, 2016 -> 01:48 AM) Greg, you are gonna love the NBA season It's not the right way to protest. So the message is pretty much going to be a majority of NBA players hate the USA. Beautiful.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 11:54 PM) Reports out that HRC put a 10M bounty on journalist Assange. If this is the bombshell it won't hurt Hillary at all. a.) nobody will believe it. b.) nobody likes Assange and will figure he made it up. Hillary in a landslide.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 08:19 PM) My brother pointed something out to me. When Robin played, I really wasn't nearly the fan a lot of others were. We called him the Boy Wonder, and on occasion the Boy Blunder. I liked him, but I really didn't appreciate him as a player all that much. The weird part is many of those who just loved him as a player, hated him as a manager. I didn't love him as a player (although looking back, he was better than pretty good) and had no problem with his managing. I was a big fan of Robin the player. He was pretty damn good.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 05:45 AM) He led the team to the worst winning pct in franchise history. The criticism is well deserved. There were plenty of mistakes he made he never learned from. I'm not about to go back through every game thread to find poor in game decisions he made but they were common. Navarro dogged it plenty of times. Lengthy DL stints by certain players. He was a big part of the reason those two situations became issues that ended up being covered by the national media. Too passive to take charge and put guys in their place. It's why all the players will always say he's a good guy. He wouldn't tell them anything they don't want to hear. This was a Robin appreciation thread. We couldn't make it through two pages without criticism? Hey our front office blows chunks. Robin had to go to war every day with a bunch of bums (in baseball sense). Like we pointed out he had to be let go, but there are plenty of good things to say about Robin. As far as the good guy thing, he followed Ozzie, who basically had no supporters at the end except greg.

I wonder if Missouri's major sports will ever be good again following last year's campus eruptions and it continuing into this school year.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 04:13 AM) I have no idea his motivations, but he seems to also be insanely narcissistic. His hatred for Hillary makes no real sense, since Trump is also against everything he believes in. I don't think there's any rational logic or explanation to his decision making. So either that means he's just a whack job, or it means someone's controlling him. And with Putin already having hacked the DNC, literally anything is possible. Good post, Reddy.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 3, 2016 -> 04:14 AM) When you say she's running on her husband's legacy, that's sexism. She has created a massively impressive legacy on her own. I don't care if you can't see it. It's normal that people who are sexist don't realize they're sexist. But systemic misogyny colors your opinion of Hillary. Cmon. It's easy to play the sexism card here on people. Did you watch Sat. Night Live's hilarious opening skit Saturday? The fake debate? On Kate McKinnon's closing argument she said, "I get it people. You hate me. But if you elect me I'll hide in the basement four years. You won't hear from me. If I lose, you'll still see me because I will run for President until I DIE or I get elected." Look, a lot of us 'hate' her. And it has zero to do with her sex. She's a very unlikeable person, some say crooked. We despise her just as we despise Trump and he's a male. Now Jesse Ventura or Bernie? We like!

Here it comes. An announcement Tuesday supposedly means Hillary is done as a candidate. What do you Hillary backers and apologists think of this story? Are you worried or think it's hogwash? Please be honest. Any tinges of nervousness bout this? http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/10/02/wed...l-finish-396507

Here's one: James Shields cannot be on this team. Please get rid of him.

Robin is a class act. I still think he can manage, but unfortunately he failed in Chicago and that's that. It's very unfortunate and sad because it's not all his fault. Things snowballed on him and some devastating patterns set in that are out of control. Had he returned, with the Sox's current talent, he'd have been unable to correct his squad's inability to compete in the Central, lousy play on the road, inability to avoid long stretches of bad play (losing streaks) and inability to bunt. Again, it's too bad. It's not all his fault. He has nothing to be ashamed about. Renteria may be just as bad or worse, who knows. But Robin had to go only because this crap would have repeated itself next year as well. Thank u Robin for trying. You never embarrassed the club like my guy, Ozzie. You are one great great White Sox. I'm not saying this to just suck up to him when he's gone. You all have to agree with me that Robin is CLASS. Please please post something nice about Robin Ventura in this thread. White Sox fans are known as being classy (except for those kooks who ran on the field that one year and tackled the KC first base coach). Surely you respect Mr. Ventura.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 2, 2016 -> 01:33 AM) Does anyone planning to vote for Trump really believe he can change his habits? Does Trump actually have any supporters? He's going to lose in a landslide. The sad thing is some Americans think Hillary is just as bad as Trump and I am one of them. She is no better. Our country couldn't come up with better candidates??

Where the hell did that writer get the story Robin was returning? Did Robin tell the Sox he didn't want to return? Or did that first reporter just screw up the story?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2016 -> 02:07 PM) I love that I can hear the stadium from my back porch every friday night. what stadium?

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Oct 1, 2016 -> 03:58 PM) Dump Shields however possible (which means just paying him to go away) Retain M. Gonzalez Trade Q and Robertson to Boston for Travis Shaw, Eduardo Rodriguez, Rafael Devers, Luis Alexander Basabe, Michael Kopech, and Blake Swihart I think a trade like this works out great in our favor. There's no question in my mind that we need to trade at least 1 of Sale or Q to rebuild an organization that obviously doesn't have enough talent. A trade like this would add 3 very young and talented prospects into the system to develop while also adding Shaw and Rodriguez to the majors roster as young pieces to build on. Swihart being the wildcard to take a shot on as I'm sure Boston wants him gone. This also adds some payroll flexibility by forcing Boston to take on Robertson's contract as well. I'm sure there will be some outcry because I'm not getting 1 of Boston's big name prospects but I don't think we can sacrifice quantity for 1 big name like Bennitendi or Moncada that will hurt the overall package we can get back. Free Agent Signings Nick Hundley Michael Saunders Jeremy Hellickson -Hundley is another shot at adding a vet to stabilize the C position for now, could be 1 of several names on the FA list if you don't like Hundley -Saunders is talented and relatively young still. Can play good OF D and adds pop as well. He won't be cheap but also won't break the bank. -Hellickson is a solid vet who can be a stable presence to the rotation. Will come back down to earth a little back in the AL but he should be above average and consistent. Again, shouldn't break the bank either. C- Hundley/Narvaez 1B- Shaw/Abreu 2B- Sally/Lawrie SS- Anderson 3B- Frazier LF- Saunders CF- Eaton RF- Melky/Tilson/Swihart DH- Abreu/Melky Eaton Melky Abreu Frazier Shaw Saunders Anderson Hundley Sally/Lawrie Tilson/Swihart battle it out for last roster spot on offense. Most likely Tilson because of D. SP- Sale SP- Rodon SP- Hellickson SP- Rodriguez SP- Gonzalez Middle Relief- Putnam Petricka Purke/whoever steps up as the 2nd lefty Kahnle/Ynoa Late Inning relief- Jennings Jones Fulmer Burdi Just put Fulmer in the pen and let him throw gas. He's not built to be a starter and his mechanics and stuff aren't built for it either. Fulmer/Jones/Burdi could make a dominant force in the pen to shorten games ala the Royals. Go ahead and tear it apart.... Your team for next season would be the worst in baseball. Horrible horrible bullpen and terrible middle relief. And a sub par rotation. We would be the worst team in the AL for sure.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2016 -> 02:42 PM) Yeah, EVERYTHING OWNERSHIP DOES IS WRONG, EVEN WHEN IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT! Ownership got a lot of praise from the folks on soxtalk when the Sox won it in 05 and even for good seasons. I have been against the type of players we've been acquiring like Melky, Lawrie, Avila, Navarro, LaRoche, all those mediocre to lousy bullpen arms and the like. But this Robin thing makes no sense and fans have to be mad if they are fans. JR is either incredibly loyal to nice guy Robin or he's stubborn and wants to prove the Sox brass knew what they were doing when they recruited him to manage when he was doing nothing but enjoying retirement. It wouldn't even be mean to not extend Robin. His contract is running out. If Robin eventually gets us to the playoffs a lot of us will be happy to eat our words. But right now your post is misguided. We have the right to complain about the demise of the Sox with no apparent plan. I think deep down even Hawk would tell you Robin doesn't have what it takes to manage.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 1, 2016 -> 12:02 AM) 8 weeks out? Welcome to the era of the injury for anybody taller than 6-5. Players play year-round. It's bound to break those bones in the feet at some point. Those knees get awfully brittle as well from all the over-use. Look people. Kids should play several sports, but instead they specialize and that means year-round pounding on the knees and feet. Oh for the days when kids played football in the fall, then basketball, then baseball. Now it's AAU, baby.