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Limbaugh said today the media has to cover every event Trump is at because of the things he says and the riots, etc. He said Hillary's camp is worried because they don't want the media to cover her speeches and appearances. He said she is so boring even Hillary's camp realizes the less people see of her the more apt she is to win. She will try to avoid public appearances because she is so dull. The convention will be sickening cause it will be all about her being the first woman president. History and all that. You guys can deny it, but it truly is a coronation more than an elective process. Superdelegates won't let Bernie make it a race, all the way through the convention coronation coverage then the formality of an election.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ May 31, 2016 -> 12:22 AM) Hillary is gonna do everything she can to avoid debates. The only way she probably does it is if she gets to hand pick the moderators and the terms. Will there even be one debate? Two? I'd say one maximum. She won't want the Trump insults. p.s. Notice in all my anti Hillary ramblings, we never see anybody on here write anything where they are proud of their candidate Hillary, fired up about her candidacy and ultimate presidency.Hillary supporters are strangely quiet, it's as if they are supporting the coronation, but nothing about the specific candidate. Think about it ... all my links and ramblings about my dislike for Hillary. Never anything in response that shows love for Hillary. Just a rebuff of my comments or links. Must be sad if you can't get fired up about your candidate.

QUOTE (GhostofDickeyKerr @ May 31, 2016 -> 02:14 AM) There's no particular reason for Chicago to have two teams. Clearly the city only cares about one of them. Sell the team. Move the team to Naperville for gawd sakes. Build a fricking palace (like the one they had in Arlington; same principle; Arlington is not Dallas). The suburbs will go CRAZY for White Sox baseball. Very true you are offending a lot of loyal baby boomer south siders who don't wanna come out to suburbia. That's sad, but how many people you talking about there? 10,000 max true South Siders who go to games? The true blue collar Sox fans from the south side probably can't afford tickets/parking/food anyway. New owner. New palace in suburbia privately funded. Just.Do.It. Naperville is the spot. The only people against it would be 50 to 70 year old white guys who live on the south side and eat their beef sandwiches and drink their Schlitz/Old Style. True, they won't be caught dead driving to Naperville, but there's not a ton of them anyway. The money is in suburbia anyway. Make us the elite team. New rich owner! New awesome stadium! The Chicago White Sox play in Naperville!!! Can you dig it?

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 31, 2016 -> 03:05 AM) Using that rationale Ventura throws no one under the bus, supported his players and takes responsibilty. I think he is a leader You think that because you are the best fan in Sox history. I used to be like you, but I can't take it anymore. QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 31, 2016 -> 03:12 AM) Runners on 1st and 2nd. No outs and close game-pitchers duel. Cabrera sac blunts and now two in scoring position. One out and your RBI man up. He couldn't deliver. Tgevplay was good. Now if it had worked we would saying how much of a genius Ventura was. Don't bunt and Cabrera grounded into a DP we would have heard how bad Ventura was because he didn't bunt. Bank on it Maybe, but it made more sense not to bunt cause of the fact the team can't hit in the clutch and everybody knows it. Giving up one out just to move the runners is kind of insane. QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 31, 2016 -> 03:17 AM) 1968 team started 0-10. They had traded Tommie Agee to the Mets for Tommy Davis. That was a bad trade and they moved Pete Ward to the OF. Disastrous results. All that after almost winning it all in1967 Gary Peters forever! Is Pete Ward living? What does he do for a living? Amazing how those guys that played in that era had to get careers after baseball cause they didn't make enough $$$. I am assuming they get a nice pension now though.

The bunt decision is infuriating. Even if we get one or two runs, think we could have held that? Possibly not considering how bad the pen has been. Thing is Robin had a perfect chance to let Melky hit there. He could have told the second guessers the way we've been pitching lately it would behoove to go for the big inning there. I'm ready to copy Earl Weaver and Sparky Anderson's stance. f*** the bunt. Never bunt. If you have that philosophy then you don't have to worry about "should I have this guy bunt or not?" You just ALWAYS swing away and there's nothing to even think about. With our team and its inability to hit and hit with men on base, it was absurd to bunt. Melky might have thrashed a single. Melky also might have hit into a DP. Who cares? The bunt has become a four-letter word even in the Ozzie era cause we screw it up so many times for one, and for two, we can't hit in the clutch so why bunt runners over?? Wake up Robin. I'm sure players hate the bunt. Robin should think back to his 20 years as a player. There's a reason you hated you or your teammates being called on to bunt, Robin. It f***s up the inning.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 30, 2016 -> 11:42 PM) Greg, they were up 7-1, 5-1, and 4-2 in the Royals series. The bullpen holds and it's a sweep. It's absolutely hyperbole. Have you seen the NL? Reason we will end up getting a top three pick. 1.) No bats. We've played enough games. It's a pathetic hitting team. Pathetic. Nothing can change that. We can't hit home runs (cept for Frazier (Abreu has 3 in his last 30 games; six all year) which is horrible since we play in the Cell. 2.) No 4 and 5 starters. Taxes the bullpen which blows anyway. 3.) No bullpen. 4.) Defense reverting to crap.

As a playoff-only Hawks fan, and a hockey bandwagon guy, tell me ... will Hawks return to the top next year? Any keys to tweaking the roster to claim another Cup? I remember the last day of the season some drunk was on Grobstien's show trashing Crawford. Les told the guy to wake up. CC is still the best.

Can't believe I was wrong. I thought it was OKC's turn this year. When Durant single handedly cut it to four with 1:30 left I thought they had 'em right where they wanted 'em. I will say this: You never know what the future may hold. I would think IF Durant stays in OKC (which he probably will) and he and Westy stay healthy, they probably could have a regular season like GS had this year and run through the playoffs to claim the title. SAT is done, over the hill. Golden State I guess will stick around for a while but an injury to Curry and it's over. Most of the other West teams are on the decline. Portland is not good enough. Clips are not good enough. Houston blows. If OKC can stay healthy, they got to be favorites next year, right? The only way OKC might not run away with it next year is if Durant is fed up with trying to claim a ring with OKC after the Game Six choke job and leaves. It was right there for them and they couldn't win Game Six at home. I guess there's a chance Durant could leave; I'd say 90 percent odds he stays, mainly because they'll probably be favored to win it next year. It's a certainty they will win at least one title, maybe more in the next 3 years if Westy/Durant remain. Why go somewhere else? The nuclueus is right there in tornado land. If I were them I'd trade Ibaka and go with Adams/Kanter. Either acquire a guy "like" Iguodala who can play defense or another reliable three-point bombsman. OKC's future is weird to project. It's not like they haven't been there before. If this doesn't devastate them mentally they could be next year's unbeatable team. If this does devastate them, they might be a team like this year's Bulls. Pathetic unachiever. p.s. At least if you bet the house on OKC you would have won. They covered, didn't they?

QUOTE (Footlongcomiskeydog @ May 30, 2016 -> 10:07 PM) The whole team is right around the C- or D grade. April is long gone and the shortcomings of this team have been exposed big time. They will most likely finish the year around 75 wins. C's may get degrees but they don't lead to Division championships. I'd say 90 or more losses. Total tank job. We have four months left for gosh sakes. Think of how many losses are coming??

QUOTE (TitoMB @ May 30, 2016 -> 09:28 PM) Are we in the worst era of White Sox history? Impossible for me to say, but it sure feels like it. I don't even remember the last time we made the playoffs. The Cell is going to be a morgue this summer. Empty. You'd have to be a moron to support this offense and bullpen. If you like to go to games and stretch out and avoid crowds, go for it. Only exception. Cub series maybe. Half Cub fans at those games probably.

I just read a story that said Millenials will take less money to be able to work in jeans and less stressful situations. I will applaud Millenials big time if it removes collared shirts and ties from the office. Does anybody really wear a tie anymore? Ties are disgusting.

At least the 1-2 Trump/Hillary debates (she won't agree to more than 1-2 I bet; probably one) would be interesting. I like her recent stance on the email thing (I know I said I won't listen or watch her, but the Meghan McCain show played a few soundbites and I didn't turn off). When she gets asked about the email thing, now, her only line is: She laughs out loud then says, "That will not affect my candidacy or my presidency." Pretty good strategy by her. I'm surprised she doesnt preface the comment with: "LOL. That ol' thing? You are talking about emails? Emails? You are talking about emails? That ol' issue? That will not affect my candidacy or presidency." And walk away. Meanwhile, Trump is gonna harp on the emails and keep saying, "Crooked Hillary." It's gonna be wild. He will call her that. No doubt. Whether it comes off as very rude will be the media's job to decipher (you know the answer). GIVE ME BERNIE OR GIVE ME DEATH! New American rally cry or should be!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2016 -> 09:25 PM) It won't be him. Let him stay in minors and continue to be awful at his job. Good. I would puke having to listen to his bleep every day.

Seven losses in a row. Please don't think this is hyperbole. I think before all is said and done we might vie for a top three draft pick this year. Clearly we are one of the worst hitting teams in Sox history. Bad hitting teams with lousy bullpens tend to drop a lot of games. And we have 4 months of baseball to go! Think about it. We're not going to win many blowouts and with no bullpen we are going to drop a TON of the close games we are in. I think we lose well over 90 games. Anybody on board with this thinking?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 30, 2016 -> 09:20 PM) It's a good question, but can it hurt? Robin has done nothing in his tenure to deserve benefit of the doubt. You don't want Buddy Bell do you?

QUOTE (Knuckles @ May 30, 2016 -> 07:35 PM) This pen is not May bad, but is also not April good. So somewhere right in between. The bullpen blows. I thought Nate had figured something out. I thought Robertson truly was elite. He's OK on most occasions but obviously not a big-game pitcher (see the Royals choke job). The pen is sub-par again. I'd give it a C- to D.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ May 30, 2016 -> 08:06 PM) Has it been confirmed that Ventura made this call or did Cabrera decide to do it on his own? Not to ruffle anybody's feathers, I just haven't heard who actually "made" this decision. Either way, it was garbage. But if it was Robin, just further evidence that he should be on his way out...taking the bat out of Cabrera's hands in that situation with a slumping Frazier on deck and a guy just called up in the hole. Like Morrissey wrote, it looks like he's trying to be fired. Put likeable Robin out of his misery, JR. He's a failure. No harm in that. Not everybody can manage.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ May 30, 2016 -> 07:57 PM) Absolutely, man. I was being sarcastic. But, I did hear via media A LOT about his veteran leadership, etc. Hence, the sarcasm. However, it really upsets me that at the very end of free agency, guys like Desmond and Fowler were available. Two guys that REALLY could have helped with this team right now with their bats, etc.. Instead, we end up with Jackson and Rollins. Again, dumpster diving and expecting results. It gets tiring. Very very tiring. Like the Trib writer wrote, we're not hearing about Lawrie's mouthpiece anymore. Rollins is just collecting a paycheck and settling in with this pathetic team.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ May 30, 2016 -> 07:36 PM) I've always been one who never understood the apathy of fans in buying tickets to games. However, I must say I'm in that club now. I was planning to not only hit the series with the Angels in Anaheim this summer, but also planning a trip back to Chicago for another series. If I spent a couple of thousand dollars though only to see Robin blow games, I would be so pissed. I can't allow it to happen. I'll spend my summer in Vegas and use the money on strippers instead. I know my loss of ticket revenue for 3 games (I know the Anaheim games don't count) won't make a difference to the organization, but maybe if enough fans stay away long enough, Reinsdorf will finally understand that a managerial move needswe to be made. This organization's fans deserve better than it is getting. I loved Robin as a player and was very supportive of him when hired as manager. However, the plug should have pulled after 2 years of ineffective leadership and there's no way he would have lasted through 3 years with any other team. The fact he continues to lead us into nowhere land for a 4th year is unacceptable. Bring back Ozzie and I'll be back to help create Hell in the Cell for other AL teams. Until than, I'll be sitting at the rail of various titty bars giving my dollars to single moms and college students. Yeah, it's not "safe" to go to games right now. I'm not the type who can take it when my team blows leads and loses in a way that will embarrass me. I could have gone to any one of the three Sox-Royals games for free. No way in hell I was going to put myself through that with friends mocking me as we imploded game after game last weekend. The only "good" thing is Royals fans are so f***ed up they think they have this magical team so they were mainly giving themselves and their own players blowjobs over the comeback wins. They mocked the Sox a little but mainly praised their beloved Royals for all the cliches - never giving up, believing, having another WS caliber team. They need to consider who they beat, the pathetic White Sox. We pretty much gave them all 3 games more than them winning it. Royals are lucky we are their b****es. We really have helped their 2 titles in a row and have sparked them this year for sure. The Sox cure a lot of what ails the Royals when we play them. p.s. Those were two great stories linked. Especially the one ripping the new players and saying the spirit was gone.

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ May 30, 2016 -> 07:38 PM) I am so glad we got Rollins. His leadership is so valuable. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/180984112/ia...r-all-star-vote I know you were sarcastic, but I don't think there are any leaders in baseball anymore. Paulie never said anything when the Sox were in the midst of buffoon-like play. Rollins and all the anti-LaRoche guys haven't done squat to get the team back on the track. It's all bulls***. That said ... some starting pitchers in baseball do appear to be fierce bulldogs like Sale and Verlander. I think except for some pitchers who refuse to come out of games, it's all crap. Rollins is a joke. Lawrie? Frazier? None of these guys want to step on any toes, which is fine, but no longer call guys "leaders." Ballplayers just take care of themselves.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ May 30, 2016 -> 05:17 AM) I didn't get very far into this post. I stopped at Nate Jones being a one-pitch pitcher. Nate Jones has an elite slider, when it's on. Elite. Nate Jones is wild. Nothing about him is "elite" as he proved today. he needs a remake of his delivery.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ May 30, 2016 -> 02:19 AM) B**ch and gripe and moan and point fingers. Maybe we can blame the bar boy too,,? El Rockin you are the best fan of all time. I already told you that. Me personally ... I was thinking about this. The Sox and Royals are sort of "rivals." If baseball had "rivals" I'd say Sox and KC are rivals more than Sox-Detroit; Sox-Minnie, Sox-Cleveland. As a fan, that was f***ing embarrassing. If I owned a team I'd feel pretty ashamed at three monumental meltdowns in a row against a team we should "get up for." As proud as I was when we won the WS, that was flat out embarrassing to get owned in the latter innings 3 games in a row by KC. I don't know how you stay so positive El Rockin, but yes Robin's head should roll right now. He should be fired. I say that even if somehow we make the WS. Right now at this point in time, the Sox performance after a start like they had should result in Robin's dismissal. f***ing embarrassment.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ May 30, 2016 -> 02:49 AM) Lamont, Bevington, Manuel, Ventura...who's the next scapegoat? I worshiped Ozzie and still do. But noooo ... the mouth that roared got him booted from town. He was a LEADER just too loud.

QUOTE (harkness @ May 29, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) If you honestly think about it... Nate Jones - good fast ball but no control, a one pitch pitcher with no control... not going to work well. Dan Jennings - avg stuff no control. Matt Albers - looked great early but never had over powering stuff or a lot of pitches to choose from. Zach Duke - had to re-invent himself to get a 2nd chance at the majors... not overwhelming stuff and never has gotten people out consistently. Zach Putnam - has been good lately but never been consistently good over the years. Robertson - is decent at times but wilts quickly when things are going against him. Good control and curveball but a very underwhelming fast ball for a closer with 2 pitches. There are some various no names that I left out here. But if you look at that bullpen, objectively - it's certainly not great, its average at best - with a capability to be horrifically bad wit the lack of control and stuff. I actually was loving our bullpen at 23-10. Coop needs to become Ned Yost and demand 7 innings from our starters. Just like every year in the Robin era, if our starter has to get yanked to start the seventh we're doomed. Nate - never liked him cause of his weird delivery/motion. You've all disagreed with me. Jennings - Just another guy. Gas can if he faces too many batters in a row. Albers - Pathetic. Needs to lose 20 pounds and we'll talk. Duke - Dogs***. One batter or two and pray the law of averages has him record an out? Putnam - Doesn't thrill me. David - Had been pretty damn good til that sickening outing. You really would think he was throwing the game. He was so bad. His biggest blunder was not knowing the defense and letting that grounder be an EASY DP. He goes for it and knocks the ball down. If he was throwing the game, that was the way to do it, interfere with an EASY DP. Know your defensive positioning, David. My gawd.

It's amazing. The papers wanted an extension for Robin just 3 weeks ago. Now it's guillotine time. Fricking amazing. He needs to go. But I'll tell you what ... I'd rather have him than Buddy Bell. Cause I'm telling you, if Bell becomes interim, he will get an extension cause he'll enjoy being back in the dugout.