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QUOTE (Tex @ May 25, 2016 -> 03:28 PM) But what Reagan was a master at was the role of cheerleader in chief which we badly needed at the time. After the Nixon - Ford - Carter years we needed someone to ride in on the white horse (literally) with a swagger and smile, and make America feel good about themselves. We went from holding our head down to a brash confidence. In my lifetime, (just a little too young to remember Kennedy) he was the gold standard. Clinton came close. After the old guy club, 12 years of grandfathers running the country, he comes into office to Fleetwood Mac and blowing his saxophone. Hell, that young vigor is partly why we've given him such a pass in regards to Monica and others. Again, a huge shift in attitude. I don't see a positive attitude change after this election. Probably after the next one. Eight years of Hillary is a long time. Can you imagine the next election? She is going to be insufferable as a speaker/leader by then, but at the same time she will be an icon. She'll be getting a lot of love internationally for being the first woman president of the USA. She won't be opposed by any Democrats in 2020 meaning she'll just glow during primary season. She'll wave to the crowds as she gives a few speeches or two indicating, "you liked my first four years? Wait til you see what we have in store the next four!" Then going against the Republicans ... nobody in their right mind will run against America's No. 1 citizen. By then the media will have adopted her as the greatest president of all time. It's going to be all Hillary all the time years 3 through 8.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 6, 2016 -> 08:01 AM) Date went alright tonight. This was my first time meeting here (another Tinder meet), and like I experienced in my 1st Tinder meet, she was about 30-40 lbs heavier than expected. She was actually a really nice girl and we got along fine, but I immediately went from feeling nervous that she would like me, to feeling like I had the upper hand. lol. But overall, I have mixed feelings. She ended up actually knowing far less about baseball than I was hoping. Didn't know a single Sox player, David Ortiz, or really anything outside of the Cubs. She was giving me Cubs updates as the game went on and mispronounced Zobrist's name. Not like being a huge baseball fan is a requirement of mine, but she talked up her baseball love so much that I was disappointed I guess. Also, she talked an awful lot about her job and how much money she makes. She is an ER nurse and makes pretty good money, way more than I do. Like....4x the amount that I do. I guess I was a bit intimidated by her talking about it all and how she is going to buy a $40,000 jeep here soon and how she goes to Vegas like 4 times a year, has trips to Cali and Nashville planned. I mean, she goes on vacation almost once a month. Plus she said questioned a couple of times why I would get the degree I got, considering jobs in Journalism pay so little. She said that's why she went in to medical, because of the money. (And her mom is a head nurse, I get the idea her family is loaded). So all that combined with the fact that she lives an hour south of me....Eh. I'm just not sure. I still got another girl here that I want to meet in the next week. She lives like 25 mins away and we have just as much, if not more in common. Only problem with her is that if I don't text her, we won't talk. When we talk, or conversations are full and she is interested. But every day it's on me to start the conversation. Kind of hard to figure out if she really wants to talk. Let me guess. No second date with this one. Sounds like she would never marry a guy going into Journalism if she asked you why you'd do a low paying career; she is already overweight; she goes to Vegas all the time (probably lot of one night stands at the clubs); she sounds way too opinionated. No second date right?

OKC is doing what everybody expected years ago. It wasn't Brooks' fault. It was not being ready for prime time the first time, then injuries. Now, a totally healthy Westbrook and Durant ... they've finally picked up a force in Adams and got rid of guys who thought they should be part of "star" mix in Harden and even Reggie and get rid of complete stiffs ruining things like Martin. This is what you get ... a team head and shoulders above everybody else. Cleveland ought to hope Toronto actually wins that series cause Cleveland has zero chance vs OKC. It'd be four or five game final. It's OKC's time.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:21 PM) My bad. I lost my objectivity and started to believe, ignoring the past years of middling KW-style average-ball. That said, there are some players I really like on this team. So in the midst of all the talk of rebuild, white flag, etc., etc.--who would you guys keep? Me too. I started to believe. I was even praising Robin nightly. It's tough to say who I'd keep because basebal is changing offensively so much there aren't many guys who can hit .290 with 20 home runs anymore much less .315 with 30 dingers and 110 RBI. I don't know what's productive anymore. I guess .275 is amazingly good with 15 home runs being the standard for home runs now. Keep Sale, Abreu, Eaton, Frazier, Q, Robertson, let everybody else walk. Hey that's the same as I said last season except for Frazier being added to the good player list. QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:41 PM) I want a guy to come in who has had previous managerial experience at the big league level and has won...not somebody learning on the job, a complete unknown or someone who literally had to be talked into taking the job. Even if such a guy isn't out there right now, that doesn't mean they won't be AND you can always try to negotiate with a team to get a manager even if he's under contract. Players have been traded for good managers in the past, one example is when Pittsburgh traded catcher Manny Sanguillen to Oakland for Chuck Tanner. Mark We had our chance. I wanted Francona.

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ May 25, 2016 -> 04:19 AM) I am not concerned with expectations. I am concerned with results and the eye test. Maybe we wouldn't run away but if we played like we had a clue these past 3 weeks we'd have a 6 game lead right now. Let's face facts. Since that Texas game the Sox have been one of the worst teams in MLB after being one of the best for a LONG time.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 24, 2016 -> 11:07 PM) Kennedy probably wasn't ready, but had a great team of advisors around him (the best and the brightest). This is what it takes. A young President who simply kicks ass with his staff selections. It can't be that difficult for a President to surround himself with such good people it helps break the gridlock. If I were President I'd say "f*** the world, f*** my party" and name whoever I thought was AWESOME Republican or Democrats. There are no true leaders anymore. Obama gets an F as a "leader" you all must agree. Bush gets an F; the older Bush gets an F; Reagan gets an A or B. Bill Clinton gets a B or C. Carter gets a B on the leadership scale. Hillary and Trump? LOL. They will be disasters on the leadership front. I actually think Trump will wind up getting impeached if he somehow wins (which he won't). Hillary probably won't get impeached but she will be one of the worst presidents ever and she won't get one thing fixed in our country. WHo the hell will the Republicans get to oppose her in five years? That will be the joke of all time. Nobody in their right mind will want to lose to the Queen. Will Hillary run unopposed? Maybe Romney will take one for the team and get crushed by Hillary in 2020.

I pity Cleveland. Unless Cavs fans are smarter than I give them credit for, they are going to think they have a chance to break the Cleveland jinx in the Finals vs. OKC. In reality, this OKC team is head and shoulders the NBA champ. Durant and Westbrook are FINALLY healthy and there's nothing the league teams can do about it. Everybody forgot about OKC cause they had a pedestrian regular season, but people forget how 2 and 3 years ago the Thunder were in the FInals and considered collosal chokers when in reality they weren't ready yet. Durant and Westbrook have to be laughing. They know it's their time cause they are healthy and there's nothing Cleveland will be able to do to stop the train. Suddenly Golden State looks like the Sox of the last couple weeks. Dynasty ova before it could begin.

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.