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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 01:31 PM) Yea, Hilary is certainly getting the kid gloves, all of the candidates have had to go before congress and answer questions just like her. I like Ben Carsons assumptions that the pyramids were just large granaries built by Joseph. I totally want the president of the United States to be completely ignorant of the world. That was the Republicans' doing, her having to go to Congress. It helped her cause it showed the big bad Republicans couldn't get our Hillary. It turned into a HUGE victory for Hilly. It was portrayed in the media as the jealous Republicans trying to bring our Democratic favorite down and it didn't work you bad Republicans!! Vote Hillary!! It was awesome for Hillary and I'd be surprised if a smart person like you would deny that. QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 05:56 PM) I guess if Carson is the nominee we'll see how much of the "black" vote he'll receive since that's the only reason blacks voted for Obama before. Race is a slippery slope and I don't want to go there, but I really feel like he gets none of the black vote because he's seen as a rich surgeon and as Jason Whitlock writes many of the African American community do not want people of color to cooperate and make it through what they perceive is a White system. So Carson's success in the business world goes against him. Obama was merely seen as a political figure, not a business succes story. Read Jason Whitlock on race.

15 million is nothing nowadays for one year so I doubt the Sox threaten Boras with the bullpen. As much as I despise Shark, at least he contributed a few good outings whereas LaRoche was pretty bad the entire year. In other words, I'd laugh if he returns but not be TOO mad. Shark is merely bad, not Dunn bad or LaRoche bad or Keppinger bad or Beckham bad or Rios bad (when he was here).

One thing I forgot is Lexi could be 42 by now. The age thing.

It seems like every day some media type is trying to get "the big one" on Carson. They keep bringing up things he's said and appear to be trying to get him to lose favor with voters drastically. How come Obama was basically off limits from this kind of stuff. It was all kind, gentle coverage of Obama during his eight years. Hillary's getting the kid gloves, too. In this world of cliches and 20-second max soundbites, the main story on Hillary is ... "Big Bad Republicans Continue to Attack Hillary Who Did Nothing Wrong with Her Emails and Did Nothing Wrong Regarding Benghazi" Meanwhile, they are trying to make Carson look like a Loonie-Tune (despite him being an incredible surgeon and brilliant man). The overwhelming vibe given from media's coverage of Ben Carson is that he's a man with weird thoughts and ideas; Meanwhile they are trying to make Trump also look like a Loonie-Tune and a sexist and an all around bad guy; and finally they scoff at the rest of the Republican candidates as merely being unworthy of high office. What's with the media going after Carson?? Do they not like his voice or something? His voice is kinda weird sounding. Considering his resume I do not think Carson is some scary-thinking bizarre cat, which the media is kinda wanting us to believe! They certainly aren't giving us the picture of Carson as a brilliant surgeon; no way is that the media's portrayal of Ben.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 10:51 PM) Hmm it's almost as if knife attacks tend to be much less deadly than mass gun attacks! Not to be a contrarian asshole, but if the students were carrying guns, once the perpetrator whipped out the knife, boom, shoot him in the leg and incident is over. It's dangerous out there and I am all for the bad guys taking a bullet in the butt or the leg when they are wielding knives and guns.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 11:45 PM) Why would any team reject a $10 Mill option, only to make a 15M QO? I know it's hard to believe it now, but Sox life will go on without Alexei. The org. will find a way to endure. True, but we don't know what the plan is. Like I said earlier, an infield of Olt, Saladino, Sanchez (or Micah), Abreu is very very weak offensively. We don't have a shortstop and nobody's really stated a possible acquisition at short. So it'll probably be Saladino/Beckham, LOL at that.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 11:46 PM) I'd say 90% of Soxtalk did not see this coming. Sure as hell surprised me. I have read few, if any, offseason plans involving a restructured Alexi contract. Why do a lot of people think he's gonna get a restructured deal with the Sox? He's a decent shortstop. He's actually above average and has a little pop in his bat. He's gonna get 12-15 million a year with somebody, believe it or not.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 12:52 PM) http://news.yahoo.com/u-republicans-ask-ir...-001835332.html Greg will love this new "investigation." Where there's smoke ... There's an awful lot of smoke around Hillary. Oh I forgot, her popularity rises when we look into her. She's untouchable of course. BTW if you want some awesome political impressions/humor do a youtube search of Dana Carvey. He has some good stuff on Bill Clinton returning to the White House. It's pretty damn funny. There's Carvey on Fallon's Tonight Show recently and another clip of Carvey at a Comedy Shop with Jon Lovitz. I forget which one did the Bill back in the White House getting sex from Hillary and others. Very funny. I'm serious. Youtube it for laughs. And don't say "My god, Greg thinks Dana Carvey is funny; what a troll. What an idiot." You watch it and tell me you didn't laugh out loud as I did. Comic genius.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 06:43 AM) 1. I don't know why I'm going down this road 2. I don't even know why I'm in PHT to begin with, but.... You want a power bullpen and your first move is moving Danks to the pen? Just to face one lefty batter or two in a row.

Can you imagine having an infield of Olt or Beckham at 3B, Saladino at SS, Sanchez or Micah at second and Abreu at first? With all due respect to Abreu, that's by far the worst infield in baseball 2016 and one of the worst in Sox history.

Five people stabbed on a California campus. Horrifying. Not to be insensitive, but it was about time. Enough time had passed since the last atrocity. Tell your loved ones to be alert at all times. You never know when some nut is going to attack.

All of the Sox current options are worse than Alexei. Should be interesting.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 05:44 AM) i know it is a women on women comment. but look at the men running and in the past, like they were what, great beauties???? this is really shallow of them, i really don't care it the candidate, whomever it is, looks like the elephant man, if this person can run the country, lead this nation toward a better 4 yrs, who the f*** cares on what they look like. I agree it's crazy. I mean how dare those ladies on the View rip Florina's face like that. It's ridiculous. Like I said Whoopi and Joy are no beauty queens. They better apologize Friday. Nah they won't. BTW I love Dana Carvey's political humor

How insulting to Bud Black. He takes the job then hears he's been given a one year offer? My gawd. That's obscene.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 05:36 AM) Royals players decided to talk about how they didn't have a ROY, Cy Young or MVP but they're still awesome and beat them all. God they're assholes Quin, That was Gomes. He took control of the pep rally. I think he was drinkin. It was pretty funny more than anything.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 01:16 AM) I'm good with this pen as is. Only thing I'd do is add a power arm if possible. Sox need a power bullpen. Move Danks to the pen as the loogy. Robertson is an OK closer. Let Nate try to be the Sox version of Herrera until he fails, which I believe he will. Sox need gas in the bullpen. There's no reason to trot guys out there like Duke and Petricka and Webb who we know simply can't cut it.

What is going on in the great city of Chicago? It's a fricking war zone. http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151102/au...y-officials-say

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 12:05 AM) My biggest reason is the Clinton Foundation has become a personal wealth vehicle (along with a plethora of well compensated speeches)...it's nothing close to pure charity, and, although you can certainly find fault with, for example, Gates' Foundation and mission of spreading MS gospel, it's still 50-75% closer to the mark. She's a rich, elitist, mean grandmother type. Replace mean with b----y person if you must. Can't believe she wants to be president at the age of 77 (second term). Crazy to me.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 11:40 PM) Actually demented is more about mental state of mind/bearing than physical appearance. Questioning her stability...and poise, not her worthiness to be selected for America's Next Top Model. The funny thing to me is that any woman who's even halfway or moderately attractive like Sarah Palin or Ann Coulter suddenly finds herelf a superstar in the GOP ranks. No, they made it clear they were referring to her face. The Halloween mask comment as well. Whoopi made it clear they meant she is hideous looking.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 11:58 PM) 21st in wRC+ amongst catchers with 300+ plate appearances. Dude is a bad hitter for the position too. But people on this board are hard to please. I was getting fried on this board for saying Salvy Perez was an outstanding catcher for the Royals.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 03:09 AM) I really am starting to wonder how many adults there are when 50% of the GOP is currently supporting candidates with basically no platform except "sticking it to the man" and not being politically correct but saying whatever first comes into one's mind without any filter or forethought. Of course, in this case, it's even more ironic because the man isn't "liberal Democrats" or hedge fund managers but the majority of the middle class who will suffer as a result from misguided policies. Do we really want someone like Trump or Carson or even Fiorina with the nuclear codes? Yes but who would you be comfortable with the nuclear codes? One person is always capable of using poor judgment. Trump's main goal in life is to be rich and enjoy life. He's not going to want a nuclear war and die a horrible death via nuclear war. I mean do you want Hilly with the codes? Any American is capable of going off the deep end. I'm still waiting for Hillary supporters to tell me why they support her? It's her name and the fact she's the first woman president. Cauflield that was a non-caulfield argument about Trump n Florina being in charge of the codes. Yes I'd rather have them be in charge than Hillary.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 11:52 AM) Like i said, you are fine with just keeping it at "ripping someone for their looks is rude" and that's it. Because it is rude I'm pretty slow at times with a low IQ but I don't understand the point you are trying to make. This is about Whoopi and Joy Behar blasting Florina's looks (demented?) when they are not exactly perfect 10s.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) Well, the majority of the fan base likes Steverson for whatever reason, sooooo..... Yeah, it's all cliche in baseball. Nobody knows much about Steverson since he's not a former big league player thus they like him. In reality had our hitting coach been Walker they'd have run him out of town after last year.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 05:37 AM) Ugh, Greg. You should have just left it at "making fun of her looks is rude" instead of basically saying "see she is ugly too, we should all acknowledge that she is also ugly" I actually have no opinion on her looks or Hilly's looks. I've not studied their facial features much. I personally think Florina is a failed CEO and seems like a person HR departments would love (corportate tool type). And everybody on here knows I despise Hillary.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 03:30 AM) So, am I the only one who thinks the players wearing goggles in the post game celebration is dumb looking? I imagine getting champagne in your eyes isn't a great feeling, but it seems like the lockerroom celebration is over orchestrated - not unlike the cutting down of the nets in the NCAA tourney. Is there any spontaneity allowed in sports anymore? I agree. The champagne celebration should not be done until winning the ALCS and NLCS and again after the WS. Why celebrate just making the playoff wild card game? Dumb. Also the goggles have to go and they should have raincoats available and helmets for all media members. They have a job to do not to have their clothes ruined several times per year.