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I like Robin when I see him on tape like this and hear him speak. Maybe somebody should provide a link after every game to his postgame comments. When you hear him talk about and explain s***, he comes across as a likeable, intelligent manager. What I'm trying to say is I'd be less apt to rip him and think him a clown if I actually watched and heard his postgame explanations like most of you do living in Chicago.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-p...ign-is-sinking/ Greg, read and enjoy. Thank u caulfield for posting. I do appreciate it! Now my statement: Many of you think Greg is a clown or even worse, a moron, but you have to admit that article touched on some of the reasons I don't like Ms. Clinton. In other words, I am not the only one thinking these things. Folks, is it so hard for us, as a nation, to put the Clintons behind us? They have money; they'll be fine. Let's just have a Bernie Sanders/Cruz fight for the oval office and call it a day.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 04:34 AM) Reading the tea leaves of Merkin and Harrelson's recent comments, betting money would be on "no." Still, it seems, as you stated, very tone deaf to the prevailing mood in the fanbase at the moment. Despondent is not quite the right word, but frustrated is closer. As you also stated, they're not dumb. So forcing a move right now, just to fit it into the PR storyline of Sox Fest...that's almost always going to work out short-term smart but long-term stupid. After everything that went down with the Big 3, unless there's any compelling evidence to the contrary...we're going to have to take the word of KW and Hahn that the right deals were not out there at the moment, and that the team considered all the possibilities and felt waiting until mid-season was the right move, with all the attendant risks of getting buried in April and May and having another lost/development season. Nobody will like that answer...we heard it basically when nothing happened one way or the other last trade deadline. Excellent post, one of your best ever IMO.

Just read your interview. What a nice guy and hard working ballplayer. Two things I picked up: One was how contracts were negotiated back then. Fricking Jerome Holtzman of all people had to tell Walt to stand up for himself and get paid a bit more. And Ed Short threatens Walt with at bats and sure enough Walt didn't get the at bats after that. Also ... would the Sox have won the 67 pennant had Walt not been benched? Sure seems like they might have. Also ... that was good stuff about the Bahnsen 1-hitter. Why did the Sox think Walt Williams would go against the unwritten book and bunt with two outs in the ninth of a no hitter? So weird. And then the Cleveland fans trash his car for busting up a no hitter???? What a mean period of time that must have been.

No. And I need to make up my mind whether to buy mlb.com this year. I don't think our offseason acquisitions make us a contender. I have zero confidence in Robin's ability to get the team to overachieve. Sox desperately need one more stud hitter to go with Abreu. Abreu almost single handedly gives me a reason to get the mlb package though to go with Sale and Q.

QUOTE (CB2.0 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) The reality is that Fox needs Trump more than Trump needs Fox - he's done fine in polling even with the obvious attempts to prop up Rubio/Cruz and bash him. I think it's Fox making the bad move here - nobody goes to games to watch the umpires. That's what I was thinking. I know you can't abandon one of your star reporters, but they could really lay it to Trump had they agreed to not use Kelly as a moderator but decided to call it "The Meghan Kelly/Fox debate" or something like that. I mean who the heck is going to watch now? We will not get these type of stories, but I'd love to read stories about how worthless this debate is w/out Trump. I mean they've had a batch of debates already; who would watch this bore-fest w/out crazy Donald Trump??

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 02:28 AM) I'd bet money Trump shows up Thursday despite saying he won't since Megyn Kelly is moderating. I don't think he will. I believe he scheduled something else for charity in Iowa that night. If he was smart he'd do that event at the exact same time as the debate. Very hilarious it's a standoff between Trump and Fox. I mean Fox is giving up incredible ratings for its reporter. Very noble, very, but Fox has to know people do not care about Kelly compared to Trump. They should just cancel the debate. Why give the TV time to people nobody cares to listen to without Trump on the same stage. Very compelling story, though. I disagree. I do not think Trump will debate.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) greg, nobody likes Chelsea, so you don't have to worry about that. She has ZERO political skills, at least shown so far. Somehow the Clintons have got people willing to go to jail for them, but I don't see that kind of loyalty extending to the spawn of evil. Besides, if they extend the Federal probes into dealing of the Foundation, she could be in for some trouble herself. Alpha, it doesn't seem to matter chelsea has no politico skills yet. Donald Trump is running remember?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 08:49 PM) greg, I know you just LOVE Hillary so much, thought you might enjoy this. http://nypost.com/2016/01/24/hillarys-team...erver-to-email/ Thank you for the great article! I missed that one. I have a question for the Hillary supporters ... why do you want this kind of behavior rewarded? She's a proven liar (this is not opinion but fact). If you have to have a Democrat in office, then for gosh sakes vote for Sanders. Let the Clinton's quietly go away finally. You may call Greg a moron, but Chelsea is also out there and if Hillary wins you just know Chelsea will be waiting in the wings in 8 years to run herself. No more.

Agree

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 11:27 PM) Still doesn't make Cruz likeable. And therein lies the problem. How can you lead if nobody likes you or can get along with you? Obama hasn't worked well with GOP and vice-versa, but Cruz? Trump is pragmatic enough to shift with the political winds when it's advantageous. Cruz would just dig his heels in. Abraham Lincoln he's not. Interesting topic on likeability. As much as I'm now concerned about Trump, when he speaks he is kind of likeable IMO. Cruz ... oh my gosh, he's the definition of unlikeable. Ditto Hillary. Now Sanders .... he's sort of likeable IMO. I'd say we should have Sanders vs. Trump with somebody running as a third party. Can you say Jesse Ventura?

Glad Sox didn't get Cespedes. Avi is the least of our worries IMO. Shortstop is a bigger problem and catcher, 2B and 3B have to produce. I've been fooled about upgrades before. I want proof on the field and in the batters box.

For those who want to be educated more. Disgusting. Makes me so mad at people. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/flint...risis.html?_r=0

Folks, I know many despise me and/or think I'm an alarmist/nutjob, but this must be discussed and processed by all. The United States of America, the greatest country ever, knowingly has poisoned and (likely ruined lives) of hordes of people in Flint, Michigan, by knowingly drawing its water (since April of 2014) from a disgustingly polluted body of water. To save a few bucks, the government went from the beautiful water of the Great Lakes to some disgusting body of water and as a result babies have been poisoned, anybody dumb enough to drink the yellow water all these months has been poisoned. Heads must roll; people MUST be fired fast and furious and punished to the full extent of the law. Folks, this could be your town, city or municipality. Good clean water knowingly denied citizens of the USA to save a few bucks. We hear story after story in modern America that inflames and disgusts, but this truly I believe is the worst of all. Government officialls killing the people of Flint Michigan slowly and softly with disgusting water. I AM FURIOUS over this. The question is, are you? This is the human condition, the human spirit, the USA at stake here! The governor first must be fired, then fast and furious, fire everybody and prosecute.

So nobody has really answered the question. How will this infield defense rank in our own division in terms of first through fifth? Personally isn't it a big question mark? Abreu is not known for his defense; isn't Lawrie basically below average? Saladino is a total question mark and Frazier is average at best?? I'm not flaming, just asking. To me it seems the infield defense is a huge question mark.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) Politics are boring time-waste, to be honest. As an idealist-optimist, hate having to go de-rigeur 'cynical' mode. btw GOP all-against-all Civil War predates 2008. The party borderline personality disorder, if not disassociated identity, haha Today performance is 3/4 of success. need certain special kind of candidate on Pres. level. need effortless liar. Democrats learned it the hard way with all the Hubert H. Humphreys, George McGoverns, Walter Mondales of the world getting steamrolled. Incidentally, contrary to the popular belief, Trump's a little too *honest*, too, you can tell how much of a bloody amateur he is. No filter; no professionals keeping him in check, it's part of the appeal, but hella risky. Honesty kills. Paul Ryan was honest in 2012: Medicare, Medicaid, SS needed reforming. There is a video clip taken backstage of Paul Ryan running into Bill Clinton. The "senior statesman" Clinton appeared to be patting Ryan on the back for his honesty & bold proposals. Setting partisanship aside. Almost as if passing the baton to the next generation... Uh, except for one problem: while Clinton was complimenting the younger Paul Ryan, you KNOW what Slick Willy was gleefully thinking in that moment: "Ryan, you dumb-f*ck, congratulations - you just lost Romney the election, hahaha!" Democrats eventually decided to grow up. Bill Clinton may be a textbook sociopath & a sex predator (when even freakin Christopher Hitchens can pick up the signs, whoa!), but there is no denying he's a brilliant politician/orator. The 2008 version of Obama, likewise = rockstar. that whole "post-racial, Centrist uniter" mask? Downright inspired! Who's the GOP chosen one? Marco Rubio? Wilts under pressure. Sounds phony even when he's telling the truth. Love-hate relationship with small Evian water-bottles. Too hawkish. Questionable personal finances. The wrong 'kind' of Hispanic. Scott Walker? Rick Perry? Jeb? All out of their depth intellectually. Puts to rest the cliche of governors automatically having a built-in advantage. (Yes, Reagan was a Gov., but at the time California by itself was something like the 5th largest, dynamic GDP in the world. Plus dealing with Hollywood international glamour, various major aerospace testing grounds & naval bases; partaking in massive Cold War era nuke drills? In a sense it's as if Reagan already had quasi Presidential experience even b4 taking office. Either way, he acted the part, literally.) It goes beyond individual candidates, tho. To my young generation, what's the ethos? What's the choice? -New Democrats: "free sh*t & lots of sex, yay!" -Repubs: "eat your vegetables & get off my lawn. Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann!!!" Now which one do you think the Millenials will instinctively/subconsciously gravitate to, huh? lmao! Personal responsibility, hard-work, sacrifice, patience blablabla - no thanks!........ weed, video games and/or sosh-media, riding the Chad-C*ck-Carousel, selfies, safe-spaces ------> now that's living ("Tinnnderrrr!") #digress . Caulfield, forget the flawed early polling: Bernie Sanders will get crushed by Donnie Honeybadger's throbbing mixed-metaphor in November. Even demographics won't help. Just as, say, that weird little cult-leader Ron Paul would have been eaten alive in the 2012 General Election (even by someone like Jim Webb or Martin O'Malley.) ---- Mail-bride status: 'ambilagus' -Turn-ons: shiny things, Krokodyl -Turn-offs: ugly people; judgmental looks; Americans beer-belly; Cialis. ---- . I read this but can't figure your conclusion. Who is the candidate the fun seeking millenials prefer? Are the young ones even going to bother to vote?

Not surprising. Sox have been abysmal the last several years. And with this particularly bad fundamental baseball and boring offenses the past few seasons, no doubt people are losing interest. Sox had so many terrible performances the last couple seasons at the Cell. If you happened to see one of those stinkers, you probably have no intention of returning until the team starts contending again. I've said it before, but it has to be a tough sell for season tickets with the commisioner deciding that the Sox should play a majority of games against Minnesota, Cleveland, Detroit and KC. Ugh. Can you say, "been there; done that?" Just saying it's not surprising our attendance sucks.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 07:46 AM) Greg, I'm asking you nicely, please stop with all the nicknames and the "Bernie baby!" Seriously. No problem. I'll stop at this exact moment.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 04:46 AM) Catcher is a black hole? You still can't comprehend how little catchers hit can you. Our two catchers will remind nobody of Johnny Bench, that is for sure.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 12:44 AM) When I saw him at spring training he was fine. Polite, signed balls, generally seemed to enjoy talking to the fans. I just think he's a grumpy old man who probably feels he doesn't have to suffer any fools given his standing with the ORG. As I keep saying, the ORG has gone pretty stale and guys are way too comfie in their seats. Including Cooper IMO. Good post. I think you hit it on the head. He doesn't suffer fools, well, or people he perceives to be a fool. That's OK. It's kind of funny to hear him be the grumpy ol man on the radio.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 04:32 AM) It would be hysterical if the Sox signed him to a 3 year contract. There's no way in hell, I repeat, Cespedes is going to take a 3 year deal in an offseason when all the "stars" are getting five minimum. No fricking way. We do need him, though. Only way ss and catcher can remain black holes in the lineup is if we add another monster bat (on paper). Plus Melky and LaRoche need to bounce back and Eaton needs to hit better from Day One and not wait 2 months, but that's another topic.

If we get Cespedes we have to deal Avi or Melky. I'm not a big fan of the Melk-ster. Trade him. Have outfield of Cespedes, Eaton and Avi and get a middle reliever for Melky?? We probably could use Cespedes' presence in the lineup.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 01:13 AM) Cooper's public persona is awful however. He's really not doing the club any favors dissing the fans. You never, ever, win as a franchise insulting the fans it doesn't matter if you're correct or justified you just cannot critique your fans it's not good practice. He's obviously one of those guys who just despise fans' second guessing. There's really nothing wrong with that EXCEPT he gets paid a lot of money to deal with fan criticism (the little there is). He needs to just shut up and coach. But I can see why he'd hate second guessing. Is he a total jerk in real life? Can anybody shed light on that or does he just hate media and opinionated fans?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 01:30 AM) More likely to hear from Chelsea Clinton in the future, but it seems her charisma and personality are closer to the mother than the father in this case...which isn't a great thing for winning elections. Excellent post. I TRULY believe if Hilly wins, Chelsea will succeed her 8 years later. Hilly winning DEFINITELY paves the way for Chelsea. Please stop this Hillary silliness, America. QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 01:57 AM) LOL, take a deep breath, Senor Greg, and please grow a spine. Trump's in like Flynn. Since June. (The only thing stopping him is his virtually non-existent ground-game; Donald honestly didn't expect to be in this position this late, hence why he's thrown nickels around like manhole covers, as old-timers liked to say. It takes years to built up the required infrastructure, recruit army of volunteers & cultivate relationships with various local power-brokers.... Whereas the Soros GOTV Machine is absolutely legendary; poor Mittens!) Irregardlessly, there is no reason for you to change your entire worldview & personal feelings on a dime - just because of some irrelevant dafuq-bloggery of Lenny Pitts, or the 'Washed-Up White Witch of Weiseltier', et al. Have some self-respect. Seriously. It's all house-money, anyway: GOP as a viable political movement, was pronounced dead circa 2006-2008. Obama's Veep in '08 could have been Bin Laden; McCain had no chance from mid-Sep. onward IIRC. Outlook beyond grim. Made all the worse by the fact that while the New Democrats play in ruthless big-leagues; rally their warring factions, rainbow coalition around the Consensus candidate... Republicans find themselves torn apart by the whopping 5-way (five, Carl!) intra-party Civil War: -Neo-Cons VERSUS -Ron Paul Libertarians VERSUS -Christian-Evangelicals VERSUS -Moderate-Establishment VERSUS -(secular) Tea-Party Constitutionalists so it's a small miracle GOP even survived, haha ------> And yet with some luck, not only could the next POTUS come from your party, Greg, Congressional-supermajority is not out of the question, either. Obama/Clinton Horror-Show is a gift that keeps on giving. If RBG pancreas can hold on for a little while longer, 3-4 Supreme Court picks might be at play. Some serious stakes right there. PS. all the fashionable "Trump = only 3-to-5% of popular support" duh, derr, derrpity McDerp, that's been thrown around lately? Bwaa-ahahaha. --- np: Love your post. Remember I voted for Obama the second time so I don't know if I am a Republican still as you tagged me. Nice post, though, but Pitts' column seriously got me thinking there are comparisons between Trump and Hitler and that does scare me a bit. No question I despise Hilly, though. But I don't think I should support Donnie anymore. His legions of supporters seem a bit too dumb and too mean for the morals of the US of A. GO BERNIE BABY!

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 03:03 AM) I'm still hopeful that pretty much nobody actually votes for her when the time comes. Kind of like in Goldfinger when everybody at Ft. Knox wakes up. Her being president would be the most insanely idiotic thing our country has ever done (well that's Hawk Hyperbole). But yea it would be pretty messed up IMO as a functioning adult. I see Bernie is doing well with young, women voters who also despise Hillary. As one said, "I want a woman president, but want the right woman president." Older white women are just DYING to get Hillary elected and don't care about the issues. They want the women in there. Case closed.