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QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:36 AM) Maybe to answer your question its because the people on the baseball side of the operation simply aren't very good at what they are supposed to be doing. The results on the field speak for themselves don't they? Three losing seasons in a row and six out of nine. No playoffs since 2008 only Seattle, Miami and San Diego have gone longer. A lot of those folks would have been fired long time ago in other organizations but not with the White Sox. Remember it's loyalty first, second and third over accountability. Mark It sure seems like teams in the Central know the formula to getting our hitters out (though the Twins may have so little talent it doesn't matter). I'd like somebody to do a study on this. The media could ask unnamed sources if everybody in the Central has a good book on the Sox weaknesses.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:21 AM) By no means did they quit after it. More just lost some of the confidence they had late in games. Albers for sure has lost his swagger. Hope you are right. It sure seems cut and dried. I mean Robin was almost perfect all season to that point, looking like Casey Stengel, then for some f***ing reason he decides to use Carroll. And Hahn should be FIRED if he recommended we call up Carroll. An eighth grader can tell you Carroll has no business pitching in a big league game now or again in the future. QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:22 AM) Six guys in the starting lineup tonight now hitting .250 or less and Lawrie is at .251. You thought it couldn't happen again offensively from last year? Better think again. Hitters come to Chicago and die. Mark Good post. QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:23 AM) You may be correct. If you are that says a lot about them mentally doesn't it? And that indicates a much bigger issue to me. Mark I hope they haven't quit. Hopefully Fathom is right and it's just a confidence issue. QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:24 AM) Not getting Desmond or Fowler was such a blunder. Truer words have never been spoken. They had the typical offseason love affair with a player -- this year it was Rollins. QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:27 AM) I hate that particular game as much as anyone. However as the season drags on, you see just how mediocre so many of the players on the roster are. They legitimately need a SS, catcher, two starters and another reliever (and that's with me hoping Jackson improves). The free agent hitters all flopping, like you said, has helped lead to another sad offense. Thing is it looked for a while, five weeks or so, that because of our great great starting pitching and couple of relievers (Albers, David mainly) the improved defense cause by the acquisition of Jackson would really make our team a WS contender. Jackson and Eaton were saving runs galore and Rollins was as good as Lexi at least and Lawrie was doing damn well til that one game he cost us with some bad error. I do think the fact we are catching Avila/Navarro says a ton right there ... hard to win a division with those two bums manning the catcher position. This team was so likeable before that Rangers disaster game. And the team wasn't exactly tearing the cover off the ball then. It was very very likeable. Now it is unwatchable cause of the horrific hitting with men on base.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:10 AM) Offense has so many holes right now. There is nothing on the bench that can help, as do you really want to see Sands vs Kluber? I wonder if the "new blood" on the team would admit the squad quit after the Robin/Caroll implosion in Texas. It shouldn't take 2-3 weeks to get over one loss.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:06 AM) 21,550 tonight. Outdrawn by the Twins, somehow. Like somebody said before, 20000 actually isn't a bad crowd for a week night. If we do that and 30000 on weekends, that's not too bad IMO.

How could a fan buy a Sox Avila jersey? My gosh, pick some guy from the past like Frank Thomas. Who would be an Avila fan? If he's got a Sox jersey on the market they must have all players including Carroll.

That fan who got the foul ball was funny. Looked like he was saying "it's mine. I don't care."

Wasn't Melky hitting about .330 10 days ago? He must be in a pretty deep slump. He's actually pretty key to our lineup.

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ May 25, 2016 -> 02:38 AM) I can't be too mad at this team. They just suck all over and there is nothing they can do about it. They got off to a pretty darn good start but was a mirage. It happens. Thankfully they didn't drag us into the summer with any blind hope. Good point. Confusing how the team could start that well. Maybe it's as simple as we won 3 of 4 in Oakland and carried the momentum of the good start all the way til the disaster game in Texas. Sox blow chunks. No offense. Can't win at home again. I'd feel much better if we didn't have this experiment happening at manager. We could have hired Francona at one point and didn't. And yes I realize I was back on the Robin bandwagon after our bad start. But this team can't hit and is severely flawed again. Like you said it was a mirage and yep, it happens. Hate to be a bad fan, as bad fans talk like this, but the Sox suck. Whether they can get it back together once they hit the road, where mysteriously they play better, we shall see.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 24, 2016 -> 03:17 PM) I am a social butterfly around people I know but at work or many other situations I find myself in extremely uncomfortable situations where I have to connect with people I dont know. You are pretty normal then. I'd try to relax and focus on the people you are introduced to. Don't talk about yourself until after you've learned about them.

The problem with your wedding dilemma is smalltalk sucks and is almost painful to do with strangers. Gawd damn I hate meaningless smalltalk. Tell us how the wedding goes. My guess is it may be totally awful for you at the reception. My suggestion to shipps and others is attack the situation head on and focus totally on the people you have been introduced to. Ask them a question or two, even three. Generally people like talking about themselves. But yes, significant others/spouses do many times have a difficult time at high school reunions of their spouse and weddings where they know nobody. Can be very boring. Helps if you drink and/or have a designated driver so u can get a bit buzzed up, too.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ May 24, 2016 -> 08:47 PM) "This is what our system produces. Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't gonna be any good cuz you'll wind up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. Maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like the public. The public sucks." -Carlin Trump is like the political version of a mathematic proof of this statement. I love George Carlin and all he stood for. Great great comic genius. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 24, 2016 -> 09:06 PM) Obama was pretty young and you seem to think he's been terrible so I said I like him as a person. And as a Sox fan. Obama's personality is pretty awesome. He just didn't do anything. He couldn't garner any support of Congress on anything. But I've never said he wasn't a great guy. I voted for him the second time, lol, yes I did. Romney sickened me much in the same way Hillary does.

Honolulu. What's an acceptable but normally priced hotel on Waikiki Beach area. Or an Air B and B suggestion. Is there much traffic traveling from Waikiki Beach area to Pearl Harbor and to and from the airport and to Hawaii's campus? Any favorite hotels not too expensive? Any must places to eat?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 24, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) Nothing says youth and new blood like a 75 year old career politician. Troll game is slacking greg. I like Bernie the best of these 3. I was lamenting no young candidate to choose from and lead America. It is disgraceful those are our three choices. It's why America is not great anymore. Our political system is garbage. It's corrupt on all levels, state and national and we're about to elect one of the biggest scam artists of all. I want youth. We get three octos. Hillary will be 77 when she's in her final year. Meanwhile a 50 year old can't get a job in the real world cause he's making too much jack and companies are saving every penny to give their CEO. Weird world.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:24 PM) Southwest is the best domestic airline hands down. This is fact. They seem to do a nice job of getting you where you need to go if you miss a connection, etc. QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 24, 2016 -> 08:22 PM) Southwest may eventually start to expand their international repertoire. When I travel overseas, I almost always use a foreign carrier, AA and United are horrible. I haven't had more experience with NWA or Delta though. What's the best airline to take from KC to Honolulu?

Who cares? Wins don't matter in the day and age of advanced stats.

It's OKC's year and everybody knows it. Golden State is beat. They don't have that little extra this year. See what happens when you win all those regular-season games? Means NOTHING. OKC to cover easily in Game Four. Then it's over in five or six. Poor Cleveland is gonna think this is the year to break the hex. But it's Durant's year. NBA wants him to win and stay in OKC which he will do. They are gonna win more as the West weakens. Spurs are done, too old; Golden State is good but one man can only do so much.

Seriously folks, Hillary gives a boring 20 minute speech and makes this kind of money? You explain to me why this person should be President? http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/23/rush-lim...e-the-election/ This one is especially appalling. Do people think haters are making this stuff up? I've never heard of such easy money in my life. Even Michael Jordan probably can't get that kind of appearance money. http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/11/exclusiv...ry-100-million/ I'm not trying to be a dick, just understand your passion for such an evil person at least in Greg's opinion.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 24, 2016 -> 03:42 AM) I'm just curious if there's anyone here who would go to Las Vegas/Macau/Atlantic City with the tonight's current odds for making the playoffs and place a $10,000 bet on the White Sox and Ventura? As to him being fired THIS season, it's going to take losing the lead (and by 3-5 games) to perhaps two of CLE/KC/DET and the season being on the brink/precipice...and Hahn, Cooper and the front office all believing more in Renteria to get the job done, not unlike what happened with Ned Yost in Milwaukee. Nope. I would bet big on KC winning 3 of 4 this weekend; to get the payoff bet KC to win all 4 and you'll make a hefty profit. Would not bet the Sox to win the playoffs. I wish we had Cleveland's manager the last few years. I wonder if he could get this team in the playoffs. Sale, Q and Rodon (most of the time), as well as Frazier, Abreu and Eaton provide some decent options for a manager to work with. I bet Francona would bemoan our situation and catcher and immediately start Saladino 80 percent of games at ss. This is Oklahoma City's year in basketball. Still not too late to bet the house; there will be some good profits to be made vs. G. State and Cleveland.

On paper, not a bad deal. Give the two Reds a chance to get the Sox into the playoffs. I'd either do that or just let Johnson keep starting games until he finally has a good outing. He can't be this bad, can he?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:54 AM) My thoughts on the double header: Glad the team got a split. Zach Duke...not good. Eric Johnson...four A player at best, not good. His ship has sailed, he gets ZERO more chances in my book. Try some other stiff. Sox offense against a pitcher who came in with an ERA OF ALMOST SEVEN...brutal, absolutely impotent. Flat out bad. Hope Sale can keep winning tomorrow. Mark Too bad, but Johnson is one of those "change of scenery" candidates. He could get his act together once we give up on him and dump him. Maybe he'll always struggle, but sometimes a change of scenery does wonders. I'd actually let him finish the season as No. 4 starter. This team isn't contending if Rodon doesn't suddenly turn into Sale/Q. Our hitting blows and our pitching is good, but again, Rodon needs to become the Rodon he'll be two years from now -- dominant, not just good.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:50 AM) Games in May count just as much in the standings as games in September. Yes but there's absolutely no "pressure" on Cleveland. It's this early. The Sox are not playing like a very good baseball team. Again, Cleveland has a great manager. They're not feeling any pressure, certainly not against the Sox in May.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ May 24, 2016 -> 04:42 AM) Hey Sox split hte DH, which is what they really needed to do. Pressure is on CLE to beat both Sale and Quintana, they're the ones playing catch up not the Sox. Catch up? Trust me, it's too early to be scoreboard watching, way too early. That's absurd any pressure in on Cleveland. They have a great manager who knows how to handle early season games.

No bats in Game Two. We look like a .500 team (that could mean an 8 over .500 team when all is said and done since we are 8 over). Team just doesn't have the offense this year. s*** happens I guess. Our home struggles are disappointing of late.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 23, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) Nice try. Hits a few hot buttons. You may be able to incite a person or two. I think you're stretching just a little bit here. Troll level 4 on a 10 point scale. Not your best effort Greg. Maybe it seems forced and not your true belief. I had to put it out there before I could effectively argue my point: I want youth in the White House. new blood.

Hillary is going to be president at the age of 69-73 the first term; 73-77 the second term. Trump turns 70 on June 14. We know Bernie is very old. My question is why the hell as a country haven't we picked one of the young candidates to lead this country? To get behind fresh young ideas? Visionary ideas like a 40 year old Kennedy?? Hillary fricking Clinton and Trump if they were in many families would be considered the old grandma and grandpa that nobody listens to, just the ramblings of old folk. In this day and age of electronics and even the Millenial generation coming of age we can do no better than octogenarians. I mean in the working world (you know it's true) if they applied for a real job anywhere they'd be laughed off company property. Their resumes at their age would be tossed in the trash bin. Only way they'd have a job is if they owned the company. I mean they are OLD. Nobody over 50 can get considered for a job nowadays much less 70. Why couldn't we embrace a Rubio or Cruz or one of the young Democrats out there emerge? The Democrats decided it was Hillary's time? Why? She's gonna be our president at the age of 77 for goshsakes. This is a young country; young ideas have to take over and save us before we kill the environment completely and kill the economy completely, before China takes us over or North Korea drops some nukes or before air travel is rendered IMPOSSIBLE because of terrorism (see last week's incident). But we turn to octogenarians when no octogenarian would EVER get his/her resume looked at twice by a company president for a real job. Explain people. What is with America?? I mean we treat our old veterans like s*** (month long waits to get to the hospital exposed!), we treat our old people like s*** (atrocities at old folks homes) and we're about to elect an octo. It should be interesting to see if age is mentioned during her second term at all. Hope she has thick skin cause people are gonna be roasting her for her age. I hope business owners realize how silly they are denying 52 year olds jobs when our president is gonna be close to 80 during Hillary's second term.