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Nice. The Twins stink at bunting, too apparently without Gardy.

Nate's delivery is not conducive to a long career. And it's not conducive to good control.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 30, 2016 -> 04:03 AM) Pinch hitting for Morneau? with Avi? Avi needs a change of scenery. Trade him to the NL.

Damn. Even Saladino can't hit with runners in scoring position.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 30, 2016 -> 02:56 AM) No Abreu at 1B. Abreu should be a DH if he's still here. I'm a big fan of Saladino. Maybe Moncado can play RF or 3B. Trade Frazier.

Pathetic.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2016 -> 02:53 AM) Looks like a superstar to me Good. He plays second; trade Lawrie. Saladino is the utility guy. Frazier, Anderson, Moncado and Abreu around the horn the next 5 years?

Is Moncada a guaranteed superstar? Our rotation takes a big hit with Sale gone. A big hit.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2016 -> 02:49 AM) Moncada removed from Portland's roster That must mean we got him. Bye Sale?

Another game we only have 1 run. That's three in a row. What a pathetic offensive team. Was Greg Walker really that bad in retrospect? We never blame our current hitting coach. I don't even know his name.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 10:28 PM) I am not going to throw the sexism card a lot because I don't want to preface it with "i'm not talking about you but these..." But if you listened to that speech and only pulled out that she's running as a woman, you are a sexist. Yeah but did you read that column I posted from cnbc? Specific blasting of her speech regarding her running only on Trump bad; Hillary good and the historic aspect of this. I watched it. I think she was yelling at me again like that one writer wrote.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 06:59 PM) A lot of Americans are big fans of a messianic billionaire who inherited his wealth from his father, cultivates a facade as a playboy, has unresolvable psychological problems, and is obsessed with law and order and torture as a means to resolve the dystopian society around him. Batman is really cool. Hmmm, another critic saying Hillary whiffed on her message. She's only running on being a woman and "Trump is dangerous." http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/29/hillary-cli...commentary.html

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 09:03 PM) HMMMMMMMM? I was told to "stop it" in regard to talking about Chelsea. Seems there is now hard evidence what I said could come to fruition. She has admitted to thinking about running.

Just watched CNN tape of Chelsea interview. Asked if she would enter politics she said, "I understand why people would ask that question. My name is Clinton. I'm Trying to figure out if I can make a difference for people. Right now I'm happy doing what I am doing." .... Hmmmmm.

OK, greg PROMISES he's done with her awful speech giving ability after this post. One time I got ROASTED ON here by a mod I believe for getting on Hillary for her voice. Somebody told me to knock it off. Check this author's bio. He is WELL RESPECTED and look what he wrote about Hillary!!! How annoying she is and how she yells at people! I love his line about how Bill was sleeping cause he's been yelled at by Hillary before. Read Mark Whittington's column ... please and react to me. It's the same stuff I'm saying, but I'm the radical bad guy troll (to some). Please read it!! And I'm done talking about her speeches, but those of you who say I'm the only one commenting on Hillary's voice and looks, etc., are wrong. BTW Trump gets ripped for his hair all the time and not a peep from the Democrats in anger at that superficiality. But we're all sexist for saying Hillary is yelling at us with her shrill voice. http://us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2016/07...-001041269.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...illarys-speech/

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 08:07 PM) Being able to give good speeches DOESN'T qualify you to be president, people just think it is. This was a knock against Obama in 2008 when people said he didn't include much policy detail in his speeches. Clinton does, but she doesn't thrill audiences like Obama, or her husband. Never will. It's not her. Yes and those who give horrific speeches usually LOSE. That's my point. Humphrey, Mitt, etc. People can't deny there's this double standard involving Hillary in which everything she does is coronated. Even her bad speeches are celebrated. Some people like me think she should actually be up on criminal charges not giving boring speeches.

Some go to no end to protect Hillary. Oh here's a good column. She gives horrible speeches, but that's OK cause it's what makes her a GREAT president. My gosh, anything she does is praised. Bad speech giver? That's OK, that's why she's so qualified to be president. Just coronate her for gosh sakes. http://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12308198/hill...nton-speech-dnc was bill sleeping? http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/28/bill-cli...n-speech-video/

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 12:09 PM) Greg, you nicely block trolls from this site thus fulfilling a vital roll. Your posts can unite liberals and conservatives, Cub fans and Sox fans. When you take an interest in a forum, reponses jump through the roof. You are not afraid to make the really incomprehensible, no basis in reality comment to keep the discussion moving. Four of you would make this unreadable, but you entertain. I just wish at some point you will drop the charade and post as yourself. I'm guessing you are really a very bright person because it would take someone really smart and clever to keep up this facade. I also believe you really are a liberal because you set up so many paper tigers which in the end make Obama, Hillary, and the rest of the Dems look good. I have tried to write this without any hint of sarcasm. It is my current assessment after reading so many of your posts. I don't like discussing the slavery issue so I'll comment on this and Hillary instead. Slavery makes me sad and the thought of it makes me sad. At this time I'd rather forget that we actually were cruel enough to have slaves in this country. Disgraceful. Anyhow Tex's post is crazy. Maybe there was a compliment in there somewhere; I'll take it. I don't know how I block trolls. I've said it before. I am fiercely loyal to former Sox who were good, like most members of the '05 team. I feel like most of my predictions have logic in them and many come true. It's no act. I don't like Hillary. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 01:57 PM) Newt is owned in that clip like you are owned in these threads. And does the same thing, ignores reality and keeps talking But Newt is right. Most people feel America is not safe. You conveniently didn't comment on that surgeon moving his family out of America to his homeland cause he felt our country was too dangerous. That's powerful. Hate to break it to the Hillary supporters, but I just read several reviews of her speech: cliche ridden and not good. CNN.com in fact said people left wanting several other of the speakers to be the candidate not Hillary.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 05:48 AM) In all reality we need to blow this team the f*** up. This offense is a complete joke and there is nothing on the horizon to make it much better anytime soon. Between now and this offseason, we need to trade Sale, Quintana, Gonzalez, Shields, Robertson, Duke, Frazier, Lawrie, & Melky. Recoup as many assets as possible. Stockpile draft picks the next two years and hope to be competitive in 2019, when there will be some actual free agents available to plug holes. To me, there is no other alternative. This team as currently constructed is broken and there is limited hope to fix it before Sale hits free agency. Do the smart thing for once and sell, sell, sell. This is like my post of a month ago. It's too late now. The ship has sale-d (get it?) Yes it has sailed. Dump everybody this offseason. Let's suffer through the rest of this season with our batch of .500 ballplayers.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 12:21 AM) It really is an incredible piece of footage. It also may just be our boy Greg. See, Newt argues there like some of us. You think I'm ignoring stats. Newt is going by feel there, with his position. Hey, there is a ton of crime in Chicago and Baltimore and some big cities. I don't know what the FBI stats are, but cmon, America safe? There was a whole story in USA Today recently by the surgeon moving his family to his native country cause ours is so dangerous. Newt is not owned in that clip.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 03:11 AM) I know it's easy to say from a couch with a glass of red wine but that at bat by Melky was painful. I've never had 102 mph thrown at me but why was he swinging at such garbage the whole time. None of those pitches were close. Saladino's last at bat, thought was great.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 04:01 AM) Listen it ain't over till it's over. We go 2-2 with the NLs best team and that's not bad There are a zillion teams ahead of us; our team is the definition of "mediocre-at-best." This team is stuck in quicksand, Elrockin. Just a matter of time before it sinks into oblivion. But I do admire your positivity. Best fan in history; I stand by it.

No bats in Wrigley on hot summer nights. Why even show up? Two runs in two games? Yuck.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 08:09 PM) Yeah, they are as well. Well, I have to believe you. You guys are thriving. Kansans/Missourians are not. QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 08:16 PM) Greg come on nobody is banning you for that post don't try and hide behind that martyrdom. You are basically trying to shield yourself from contrary opinions with that. I was pretty negative. You never know if it's deemed a personal attack. QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 28, 2016 -> 10:02 PM) Are you seriously blaming the President of the United States for how companies treat workers? I think that's been happening for quite a long time. And honestly, it really picked up after the Enron fiasco. More than ever, employees are replaceable commodities. This is why I went freelance. I was sick of it. But I certainly didn't blame the President when I was let fired in '96, or laid off in '02 or '09 or '12. It wasn't Clintons or Bush's or Obama's fault. Businesses look at bottom line, not value of work, well, some do, but overall, they don't. The ultimate destruction of the middle class as you call it started with "trickle down economics" which doesn't work. The reason people get rich is by NOT spending. And when they have it, they want more. I don't want you banned, I want you informed. Well I blame him for the stale economy. I think it all adds up. QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 01:08 AM) Kareem with the line of the convention. "Hello....I'm Michael Jordan......I'm sorry, I meant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I said that because I knew Donald Trump couldn't tell the difference." That's a wild line. I think you are right. That is the line of the convention.

Too bad Abreu couldn't find a hole. He actually hit it.