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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2016 -> 10:23 PM) If they really are that bad, who made them that way? I thought I made it clear I blame parents. My "participation trophy" rambles are directed at parents. I also despise parents who storm in to see teachers to complain about Johnny's grades. Now if you want to know what Johnny can do to avoid getting a C- or D in the future, fine, but don't blame the teacher if Johnny sucks at Math or can't write a sentence please. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 27, 2016 -> 01:21 AM) Don't you listen to right wing talk radio like Limbaugh? Not exactly a reliable source of accurate information. And Meghan McCain. I'd watch the cable TV shows but they anger me with what I perceive as bias. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 27, 2016 -> 04:07 AM) I never said I was anything special. I get tired of the loudest voices coming from those who expect to have things handed to them. I don't think studying for interviews is a unique or novel idea. I feel like it's a requirement. I am shocked at how many people don't do that. My point also remains that these kids just keep staying in college longer with no real purpose and act like the people graduating the last 15 years didn't also have student loan debt. It's very confusing. Kids that go to college 6 1/2 to 7 years for a degree in English or History or other liberal arts should be criticized fully. Get it done in 4 to 4.5 especially if daddy is paying.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 26, 2016 -> 11:32 PM) https://internationalschoolsreviewdiscuss.w...teven-e-hudson/ Thought Greg would enjoy this one, although it's on "entitled" students from all around the world, moreso than Americans. The problem is everywhere, not just the US. I think it's fair to say the default belief from most American parents is that they would like to pay for at least half...and maybe they believe that summer jobs and part-time work (weekends, mostly) will meet that gap, along with student loans to supplement. I'm kind of in the middle of this. Pretty spoiled only child, my two best friends went to Northwestern and I went to Iowa because 1) I was studying English/History/Political Science and 2) I thought I was doing my parents a favor saving them money and didn't feel justified spending the money it took for a school like NU or ND. After my father died and I realized that it wouldn't have been unreasonable financially, I still felt it was the right decision, because I never had any student debts and have been a teacher/non-profit worker for most of my life now, so why burden myself or family with debt that's harder to pay off at a lower salary? I do think that when you don't have to work (except for summertime in university) at all in fast food or retail, you miss out on an important (and humbling experience). Being allowed to travel, to play sports year-round, I just assumed it was that way for all kids...but I was actually very privileged to have all those opportunities in life and appreciate them more now than I did back then. And having the financial ability to help, it seems cruel not to do so...at least 50%. Don't have to worry about it now, though, as son is only 15 months old. (For now, the biggest debate is how long to stay in China and improve his Chinese/math/science skills vs. the allure of free and high-level education back in the US in Iowa). Thanks, great article. I can only imagine what grade school teachers go through if they are "hard graders."

That storm that passed through Lawrence to the west of Kauffman was mighty bad and scary. Still got a lot of lightning going on. NCAA track meet is here and they are f***ed considering it's supposed to keep storming 4-5 days. These pop up storms are nasty.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 26, 2016 -> 11:59 PM) They are the defending champs. If I were them, with the goodwill of a world series, I'd be potentially buying. No one is running away with this division. Good god...sell off cause of some injuries. I agree. Really all they need is a Shields/Cueto type of No. 1 guy they can trade for at the break. The bullpen thing they have going is still good as long as they get the good Soria, not the bad one. That potentially will keep them mediocre. Soria can screw up their whole bullpen thing.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 26, 2016 -> 11:04 PM) I went to a pretty wealthy high school(shut up Brian) and almost none of the people I knew had their college paid for by their parents and this was a decade ago. That shocks me. Mom and dad just sent you packing to a good college and said, "Deal with the costs?" For me, growing up in Chicago, later suburbia, any of my friends whose parents had a lot of cold, hard, cash definitely paid for their kids' college. In my case I had summer jobs and stuff and paid for all my incidentals, but yes I was spoiled by daddy in that regard. Free room, board, tuition, books and even made sure I had some money in the bank.Like chisox said I think he felt it was his responsibility to get me through and yes hoped I could pass it down. Now being a successful businessman and kind of a mean guy, not a patsy, he monitored what was going on with my grades, etc. And he made it clear no five year plan for me. Four years baby. I think as long as he felt he wasn't taken advantage of, five, six year plan, he'd dish out the costs of college.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 26, 2016 -> 10:41 PM) greg with yet another silly troll post... Parents paying for college? Some sure but it's getting too expensive even for them! I hear stuff on the radio (haven't watched much TV the last year or so except sports) in the car and it intrigues me. Heard the item about all those kids living at home and it strikes me as very interesting. So I post bout it. It's life, not trolling.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 26, 2016 -> 10:40 PM) Greg - Who is getting taken advantage of. All of these parents who are allowing it to happen, have control, and they are allowing it to happen. This isn't them doing it against their will. Maybe some of them are upset, but lets face the realities of today's environment. Be realistic. Everyone always wants to blame everyone else or feel better about what they've done vs. recognizing that things can be different and that is okay (and not a negative against new generations). What young people today can accomplish can be pretty incredible given technological advances, etc. How many 20 year old were bagillionaires back in the 50's or 70's or even 80's? Think of the Zuckerberg's and whomever else who are self made trillionaires at such incredibly young ages. The ability to invent and come up with revolutionary technology or processes (Airbnb / Uber), etc, is incredible. Oh and a degree isn't a differentiator in today's day and age, it is a necessity and a bare minimum. People need to figure that out first and foremost, it is the equivalent of what a high school degree was when you graduated. So for you, having a college degree differentiated you....it doesn't differentiate the typical college grad today. I am near certain that overall employment rates for college grades are probably far lower now than they were back when there were fewer college grads, etc. Bottom line, I actually think it is worse for the people who just want to spend time belitting everyone else (which is just an indirect way of telling everyone how amazing they are) should do a 180 and take an ego check. You think a lot of these people don't want to live on their own and be independent. It is there own ego check given the state of the economy and the difference in value of a college education today vs. a generation or two generations ago (along with the fact that the inflation adjusted costs differ greatly as well). Great post. I shouldn't have assumed they are all lazy bums who don't want to be independent. I think Steve's post got me headed more in that direction. QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 26, 2016 -> 10:51 PM) Well Greg...I think it is my responsibility to save up and get them through college. And didn't your dad think it was important to as well (certainly seems like it). So yes, when I had kids, I thought it was part of my responsibility to do everything I could to best prepare them for life and in my opinion exiting school with a giant pile of debt is something I'd like to be able to prevent my kids from having (and I'd like them to pass it on to future generations of "Chisoxfn's"). I can recognize the difficulties in life and try to best position them so that they can have a head start. I certainly don't want to raise my kids, not share my perspectives with them, and just go spend all the money on myself and say f*** it, you deal with this s***? And I'd think it would be pretty rotten, if you took a similar treatment with your own kids (given that your dad did all that for you). Wouldn't you like to pass it forward. Isn't part of the goal of any parent to try and put the next generation in a better spot than where you are (who wants worse for their kids). Now their are absolutely different ways of going about it. Please note, nowhere did I say shower them with fancy cars, buy them fancy apartments, etc., but the facts are the facts, and I'd like to give them head starts that I think would put them in a far better position to be financially independent (life isn't easy so if I can do things to increase probabilities of long-term success for my kids, I'll do all I can...send them to good schools, have them partake in activities, etc, actually be there for them and teach them lessons and talk to them and listen to them). I have no idea what I'll get myself into and no idea what my kids will ultimately turn into, but I'll do what I do out of love for them and my wanting them to be in a position to where they succeed in life. Note: Again, this isn't talking about buying them fancy things or ignoring their responsibility. I'm a huge believer in independence and them learning their own lessons and working and going through all those aspects because it makes them stronger. And yes, I actually do think their are extremely valid arguments to be made for why education should extend to a higher level now (I don't know how to pay for it, but given that college is the new norm and given the skillsets we expect out of our economy, I do think there are real reasons to say after high school you go to a trade school or you go to college and at least to some extend their are ways to make it more inclusive / part of our education program or better incentivized). This of course is all presuming I can afford it and doing what I can (I'm not going to travel the world and give my kids the short end of the stick...but if all I can do was put food on the table than well, that is all I can do). Oh and of course I'd be pushing state tuition, etc. Yes sir. Great post.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 26, 2016 -> 10:36 PM) Why do you think this is true? Because it's not. I know a lot of a.) rich kids. Parents are paying and buying them cars and luxury apartments. Basically rich kid syndrome. B.) I know some dads and moms who considered it part of their duty as parents to pay for their kids' education. If they were gonna bring 'em into the world, they'd save up and get them through college. A lot also are prepared to pay for their daughter's wedding, too, per the old tradition of doing that.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:09 PM) The people that tend to scream at how hard they work tend to be those incredibly out of touch with the efforts of those around them. Not surprised you are drawn to that. I didn't think Steve was bragging; he was uh, responding to a thread on a message board. I don't think he's out of touch either. He hired the 6 prepared Millenials, not the ones who came in unprepared and overwhelmed. QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:20 PM) And I do realize that my situation was unique. I paid off my college loans within 2 years, mostly because I worked my ass off every summer, every break and 2 nights a week in a factory to cover school costs NOT covered by my small scholarship. I was able to live at home, albeit paying rent, for about 9 months before I got a real job, and mover out a month after that. i realize not everyone could find and work a job like I did to pay for school. Doesn't mean they can't work at McDonalds or Kohls. Hmmm .. Hard work, sweat, working one's "ass off during summers" seems to still pay off. Alpha Dog worked hard and paid rent to mom and pops. Good for you, Dog. QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) Alpha - cost of education is significantly higher now than it was even a decade ago. When I was in law school (and tuition was a lot less than it is now), I worked at law firms in Champaign during the school year (and in the summer), had a scholarship that covered half my tuition, lived in crappy houses with a bunch of other dudes paying minimal rent, and still exited school with an amount of debt that I will call a "crapload." I was fortunate enough to not have any undergrad debt, but my law school debt is basically a second mortgage, and it's a second mortgage because of the astronomic cost of education - an issue that my parent's generation didn't have to deal with... Fair post. Good post. Kids are facing higher costs, but a lot of mamas and daddys are paying for college. They have to. They've raised their toddlers in such a safe, entitled (hey look at my kids, world, they won this trophy!) environment they have to make sure they go to college. Make sure they stay on the right course of being perfect little boys and girls. I thank my dad for paying for my college. I am privileged and fortunate in that regard. Think of all he saved me, the worry and stress and hardship trying to pay my own way. In that regard I am a spoiled brat, too. But he would have stopped dishing me money once I got my degree. He wasn't going to get taken advantage of, which I think is what is happening in many cases. It's pretty easy to go back home to live while waiting for some employer to see your resume online and decide you are so special the company has to have you, instead of busting your ass like Steve and Alpha to get your first job and 'work' your way up the ladder.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:27 PM) So you're telling me you don't agree that the Sox underachieved in 2011 despite spending a ton of money and that Ozzie didn't already have the Miami job lined up before the 2011 season was over? I can't take the bait for my sanity and the board's. Check the old threads. I worship Ozzie. Then and now.

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:04 PM) There is no excuse for not taking 3 of 4 this series against a team missing Moose and Gordon. Are u serious. KC will smoke us 3 minimum; we got to try to avoid sweep. Weather is horrendous as we speak. Damn this state can be scary: wind, tornadoes, hail, total rain during rush hour.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:11 PM) I moved out at 19. I'm kinda tired of hearing about the crippling debt of college. The big issue here is that all these kids are staying past 4 years. All four of my cousins are in their 5th to 7th year of college, and they aren't becoming f***ing doctors or lawyers. Two of them are doing political science and the other psychology. The student loans are paid off rather easily by making the minimum payment - I paid mine off last year. The rates are low. These same idiots complaining about their student loans are the ones who just had to get a shiny new car, too, and then they struggle. Shocker. Also, I don't think finding a job today is any easier or harder than it was in 2006 when I went out after it. This isn't 2009 and 2010. I worked an unpaid internship (with the Blackhawks) that opened doors to get interviews, in my eyes. Then I applied for like 200 suburban entry level marketing jobs and studied my ass off and prepared like no other for said interviews so I could get a job. I took the time to know about the company, what they wanted, prepare custom presentations given on a laptop, just to blow them away. And I still got rejected for a bunch because it WAS F*CKING COMPETITIVE THEN, TOO. I wound up taking an entry level job as a marketing coordinator at a f***ing stenography company. Your first job out of college is never going to be your dream job. These kids these days (and trust me, I interview plenty of them) show up for interviews and have no idea what the hell they're even doing there. It's a sense of entitlement that f***s them, and those clowns don't deserve the jobs they're going after. Then they complain about not being able to get a job, live with their parents forever, age themselves out of the jobs they should have gotten years ago, and then cry that Bernie Sanders isn't going to be president. Lazy little b****es. All of them. I have 6 millennials working in my department from tons interviewed. These were the few that actually did what I did and prepared, and they got the jobs. I really appreciate this post. Makes me think times haven't changed that much. Those who go after it with great zeal and energy and belief, ones who don't even consider relying on mommy and daddy for help, well they make it. You could go out and give speeches I'm sure. You are an achiever; not a blind dreamer in winning the lottery or hoping somebody will see your resume online and give you a call because you are a special kid. Just wanted to say congratulations on your life so far. I like your attitude.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:26 PM) I work harder than everyone else so everyone else should be PUNISHED! Everyone else probably had it EASY to get where they were, unlike me. The person that wrote that on here did work harder than everybody else. And he hired six millenials who were prepared for their interviews and also WORKED HARD. Maybe the participation trophies aren't so smart after all. Why write a post like this? If you work hard you SHOULD be rewarded more than those freeloading.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ May 26, 2016 -> 03:39 PM) However, I have no issue with kids who want to move home and save money. One of my good buddies at work lived with his parents that first year, and he saved a boat load of money because of it. Yeah but my thread was about the parents. Not many on here are thinking maybe ol mom and pop want a break from the $$$ it takes to raise kids and Johnny and Julie are letting them down moving in. QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ May 26, 2016 -> 06:15 PM) Most of the twenty-somethings I know who live with their parents get defensive when someone brings this up. They WANT to have a job where they can afford their own car, their own place, and so on, they're trying to, but they can't. They're all either in college (because they're working while taking classes) or college graduates and they're trying not to be bitter about it, but they're tired of older generations s***ting on them all the time, too. Honestly though can you blame them? Their whole lives they were told "work hard in school so you can go to college and you'll find a job" cuz that's how it was for Boomers and Gen X. But it's not. Why listen to them anyway? Hmmmm. This is an interesting post. They are wasting some time whining? My point is my dad made it clear me moving back home was not moving back home. I think I even kept a lot of my stuff in the car. I basically was there for a month while putting all my efforts into using my degree and finding my first job. With the expectation, "you are not moving back in here" I got my butt in gear and found a job and moved out within a month. I never really moved back in. Once you get that first job and apartment then you can reassess what's going on and try to improve. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:11 PM) I moved out at 19. I'm kinda tired of hearing about the crippling debt of college. The big issue here is that all these kids are staying past 4 years. All four of my cousins are in their 5th to 7th year of college, and they aren't becoming f***ing doctors or lawyers. Two of them are doing political science and the other psychology. The student loans are paid off rather easily by making the minimum payment - I paid mine off last year. The rates are low. These same idiots complaining about their student loans are the ones who just had to get a shiny new car, too, and then they struggle. Shocker. Also, I don't think finding a job today is any easier or harder than it was in 2006 when I went out after it. This isn't 2009 and 2010. I worked an unpaid internship (with the Blackhawks) that opened doors to get interviews, in my eyes. Then I applied for like 200 suburban entry level marketing jobs and studied my ass off and prepared like no other for said interviews so I could get a job. I took the time to know about the company, what they wanted, prepare custom presentations given on a laptop, just to blow them away. And I still got rejected for a bunch because it WAS F*CKING COMPETITIVE THEN, TOO. I wound up taking an entry level job as a marketing coordinator at a f***ing stenography company. Your first job out of college is never going to be your dream job. These kids these days (and trust me, I interview plenty of them) show up for interviews and have no idea what the hell they're even doing there. It's a sense of entitlement that f***s them, and those clowns don't deserve the jobs they're going after. Then they complain about not being able to get a job, live with their parents forever, age themselves out of the jobs they should have gotten years ago, and then cry that Bernie Sanders isn't going to be president. Lazy little b****es. All of them. I have 6 millennials working in my department from tons interviewed. These were the few that actually did what I did and prepared, and they got the jobs. This is an interesting post. This one mentions the sense of entitlement I was talking about with the participation trophies. Some parents get what they deserve though. If you raise Johnny and Julie to be "special" and get everything they want at all times, don't push them to be winners you might wind up with kids that want to live with you until they are 40. I did notice a lot of the posters were saying, "I know guys and girls who lived at home in their 20s and they liked it. They saved money. It was good for them." Again ... what about the parents? I could see some parents supporting their kids their entire lives as long as they stay single.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 26, 2016 -> 07:28 AM) Ozzie didn't get fired because of what he said. He got fired because of what he did. Which is underachieve in 2011 and walk out on the club before the season was even over. I won't comment on what you said because my opinions are well known on the matter and my love of Ozzie got me suspended before because of my behavior in threads about Ozzie. Let's just say I disagree.

One of my good friends has a son who just finished college. He has no job offers yet and wants to take his time looking. Graduation is over and he's already moved back home. Coincidentally, today I heard on the radio that kids moving back home is VERY common and getting more common. Something like 50 percent of kids between the ages of 24 and 32 are living with their parents and the survey says they actually like it. So my couple of questions to you is ... • Why are parents allowing this? Is this what parents sign up for? • Is this a byproduct of the pussification of raising kids? Participation trophies? Always making sure your kids were feeling "special" every day of their lives growing up? Is this the curse of that? I mean I would think at some point parents would rather their kids live on their own and the $$$ mill stops churning. Adult kids eat a lot of food and how long should the parents have to pay? Is little Johnny or Julie looking for the perfect job cause of how they were raised again, to feel special every moment of their lives? Sometimes it takes a less than perfect job to get experience and to motivate one to keep applying to land something even better. Life is kind of a process. • Do any parents you know actually enjoy this? Are they glad adult Johnny and Julie have moved back home so they can continue telling them they are great and don't let anybody else tell them otherwise? After hearing that on the radio I wondered if any of you have adult kids living at home or any of your buddies do? What is your take on this new aspect of America. When I graduated college it was understood I was to get a job very very soon and indeed I moved out within a month of graduating. My dad never SAID it, but the implication was clear: Son I paid for your college tuition books and room and board and what did you do with that cash? Did you parlay it into a degree that can get you working ... NOW?? He didn't want to kick me out but I think he would have. It only seems natural: You Live with parents; graduate; get taken off all your parents insurance policies; get a job/move out. Please comment on this issue. Is it right for adult kids to move back in???? Is it no big deal? Should kids just blame the economy while looking for the perfect first job and continuing to eat Daddy's Doritos? I actually say NO ... GET A JOB; START YOUR ADULT LIVES.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 25, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) Relevant to previous conversation, but long distance relationships take their toll. Smart phones help immensely, but I just got in I've such relationship and the critical things we've hit on include... 1) Making sure we talk almost every day on the phone 2) Have a date for it to end, so once I'm done with school. 3) Plan out the visits. We just scheduled a visit every month for the next year last night. 4) Intent. She and I agreed you don't get in these relationships without the endgame being marriage. Her sister got mad and said we're moving too fast, but we've been good friends for quite some time it helps. Quin, you are a very intense guy it seems. Way too organized. Why are you mapping this out so every detail is covered? It's either meant to be or it isn't. I wish you the best but from what I have learned if she meets some guy she is fiercely attracted to, you may be out of luck during the long distance relationship. If she doesn't meet anybody, you are still in. Now if you are incredibly good looking and built, which you may very well be, and you are hotter to women than 95 percent of anybody they come into contact with, you are safe.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ May 25, 2016 -> 11:25 PM) She is staying over for the whole weekend, this upcoming weekend. She wanted to buy us tickets for the Cubs/Phillies game Saturday, but decided against it once I told her I had a party to go to afterwards (She's apparently coming to that now as well). Damn. The way u made her sound she was not that appealing. You must like her. I really would not want to take a woman to a Cubs game. I'd insist on the Sox part of it. If she doesn't know any players in baseball cept Cubs like you said, she's not THAT big of a fan. I'd rather take her to a library than a Cubs game. So are you into this girl or not?

I totally worship Ozzie but he's done because of P.C. He'll never get a GM/owner to hire him. Too risky cause of the bulls*** political correctness era we are in.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 25, 2016 -> 10:11 PM) The Tigers must have had 5 or 6 disastrous defeats alone in the first 6 weeks and it didn't seem to affect them, even when their own hometown newspaper was calling for the team to be dismantled and Ausmus canned. Ugh. QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 25, 2016 -> 10:46 PM) This is the problem with hiring someone with no prior managerial experience. You just don't know if he can properly handle situations like the Carroll game and the aftermath of it so the season doesn't spiral out of control. I wonder how good managers vs. bad managers deal with those losses in which the team chokes away a game that's in the bag. My guess is baseball's rule of clubhouse etiquette is to ignore it, act like you won the game. I'm thinking if I were a manager I would address the choke job in some form or fashion, whether by humor or by challenging the guys. I think we sent Carroll down right away so it's not like the manager would be embarrassing the main culprit in such a discussion. ... Again, I'd bet the book says "when your highly paid, mega millionaire baseball players inexplicably blow a game that everybody thought was in the bag, show no emotion. Act the same as if you had won the game. This is the best way to combat a huge choke job; pretend it never happened." Throw away that volume of "the book." Address it in some way when it happens before you go 4-11.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 25, 2016 -> 10:24 PM) Yes, we've heard this before. Tony LaRussa, Jim Leyland in Colorado, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre all "looked" like bad managers before when they had crappy talent. Ozzie said this over and over and over again. Joe Girardi in Florida, etc. I still would argue that sabremetrics doesn't have a clue yet how to measure the intangible/s of what separate a good manager from a great one, anymore than it can measure clubhouse chemistry/cliques. Say what you want about the Twins from 2001-2010, the Tigers from 2011-2014 or the Royals really the last three seasons, they all share/d that trust/conviction/belief that they're the best team and will end up winning in the end...or simply apply constant pressure on other teams and make their opponents beat themselves, in the case of the Twins and Royals. Sox were looking like they had "it" at 23-10. Team was rolling and rattling off win after win and winning series after series. It seems like the Sox do more "weird" stuff than most franchises. Like play 23-10 ball and start to look somewhat special then turn to complete crap. Yes it happens, but what's with the 23-10? True at that point we hadn't started playing division teams cept for the Twins. Wait til Detroit starts beating us like a drum to go with Cleveland and KC. Will interest ever be lower in a first place team than after KC kicks our ass 3 of 4 or all 4 this weekend?

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 25, 2016 -> 09:51 PM) I want Ozzie back. Robin is the perfect corpseball manager. Too laid back to take charge of a team. Robin blew it. At 23-10 he was playing with the house's money. He didn't go for the jugular right then and make this team believe it was an elite team. He knows better than to give away games in which you have a five-run lead for gosh sakes. And once it happened he needed to do something. Thing is ... he's old school where you do the exact same things every day, never show any emotion, never point out to the team to step it up after pissing away a game like that. Hahn/Coop/Kenny share in the blame, calling up a guy like Carroll.

He turns 23 on June 23. He had experience playing in college. Why isn't he "ready?" I'd bring him up on June 23.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 25, 2016 -> 09:29 PM) "We had our big guys going. It didn't go well for us" -Robin I can't stand this guy and stupid glasses. He isn't a manager, please get a real one ASAP QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ May 25, 2016 -> 09:48 PM) We had 2 relievers in the DL which created the Scott Carroll debacle though Maybe some year this team won't have one game you just KNOW has ended the season. It must be against baseball's clubhouse rulebook for a player to show emotion anymore. Cause we never have any leadership when we go through these funks. Konerko never did anything; just as the LaRoche haters aren't doing anything.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 25, 2016 -> 10:27 PM) Sox have played 48 games this season; have scored three runs or less in 24 of them (50%) Same s*** as last year and the year before...nothing has really changed. Mark Our hitting coach must be fired ... now.