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QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 31, 2015 -> 04:12 PM) What are your thoughts on Bill Maher, a guy you praised in another argument in filibuster, calling your boy Ben Carson an idiot? I'm aware that Bill Maher also got shat on by other posters here, I just recall Greg really buttering him up as some highly respectable person so I just wanted to hear Greg's thoughts on it. Why is he an idiot? I've actually had mixed feelings on Maher thru the years. I love religion; he despises it. But I praised Maher for his take on something recently. I can't remember what it is now. Carson is Donald Trump off the steroids. Why not give Carson a chance? I wonder what Maher thinks of Hilly? There's no reason to support Hillary. Just be honest, Bill, and say it's her turn, she deserves it, coronate her, etc. She has nothing to offer this country as President.

I would clean house again. Keep Robertson and that's it. Get rid of all those hacks in the pen. Keep Nate Jones if you must.

Royals are going to try to sign him. You would think the Royals would be able to come close to those other teams. Alex Gordon would be dumb to take 25 million from the Cubs if the Royals are giving him 20 over 4 years. How much money can you spend?? At some point you have to give the Konerko discount when you are old, like Gordon. If KC wraps up this WS title, Gordon will have Brett/Len Dawson status in this town. That means about 35 years of being an icon and making money off your name once you retire. If he leaves KC he's a fool. ... Now if KC blows this Series it's a different story. Fans will be pissed at the whole team and he should take every red cent the Cubs offer.

QUOTE (bear_brian @ Oct 31, 2015 -> 05:43 PM) LaRoche's hand was really sore all of last year, and he will bounce back this year. He's not going to bounce back. He's buzzkill just as Dunn was. Horrible acquistion in LaRoche. At least Dunn smashed a few bombs.

This may sound insensitive, but until Alex Rios plays on a world championship team I might be willing to say I don't think he's capable of that. That throw tonight was laughable. He has been reasonably OK at the plate in the postseason and definitely has not stood out like some total weak link or anything. But like I said ... can Alex Rios play on a WS title team or is his destiny to not have a title cause of his perceived lack of focus/energy?? We shall see.

Ventura is an interesting case. I don't know who to compare him to on the Sox or in Sox history. He's been very inconsistent in this his second season. just didn't have it tonight. Mentally he should have been on top of the world. Staked to a 2-0 lead, no pressure on him. He got lit up by the veteran Grandy and Murphy. Boom. KC goes with the Princeton graduate tomorrow, the smart gritty hurler whose stuff isn't near as good as Ventura. Mets have to be considered favorites.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) So Ken m is one of the best trolls in the history of the internet? Never heard of him until I googled his name. Impressive stuff. Apparently Ken m has been doing it since only 2011. Greg's been trolling for a decade now. He is the most successful troll I have ever personally witnessed on a forum It's called passion. I'm passionate about many topics. Forgive me for caring.

How could anybody work for that management team? Mattingly should have waited for a better job. He'd have gotten one. I guess there are worst things than getting fired one year into a four-year deal.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 31, 2015 -> 02:39 AM) Sounds like cub fans. It's so funny because when they win, they brag about what great fans they are. These fans are brutal. Any loss regular season or postseason and they consider the offending players total bums. It's classic inning by inning game by game. They despise Ventura right now and love Cueto. A few days ago they wanted to run Cueto out of town. They were praising Rios the other day; now they want his head on a platter. Basically KC thought it was over at 2-0 forgetting home field means a lot this time of year. This series is going 7 obviously.

LOL on cue the Royals fans are burying their own on Twitter. Rios is a total bum now and Ventura got buried as well. Yost is getting buried as well for not pinch hitting Morales for Rios, lol. All the Royals fans are true second guessers on Twitter. As long as they are winning they are "the best fans in baseball." Idiot fans.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) lmao... wow It's funny how during the debate Rubio said we have 11 qualified people on this stage to run the country. I'll have some of that ganja you're smoking, senator. I think Hillary will be so bad she revolutionizes the position of President and we in the future change the duties of president to do-nothing figurehead. Can you imagine her in a crisis? Bill Clinton? Yes. Hillary? Please America, don't reward someone for being an alleged liar and alleged mean, rude person. ... Give me Ben Carson for four years, then vote him out for Michelle Obama. At least she is allegedly very kind.

If the Royals win it the Cueto trade was a runaway success for KC no matter how good those other players get. Like somebody said, flags fly forever and Cueto did just what Moore wanted him to do. Win two huge games (so far) in the postseason.

Olt is a young 27. Are we all OK with letting him start next year and see what we've got? Remember, Gillaspie was a starter for the Sox for a year and change ... Is it Olt time considering those 2 mammoth blasts he hit last September?

Just two seasons ago he had good stats. But last year he must have been hurt with only 182 plate appearances, unless he was benched. If we could dump LaRoche (impossible to do with that contract) I'd be all for paying Morneau the kind of money the Sox paid Keppinger for a year or 2. Give it a shot.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 04:18 AM) Donaldson would have hit .213 with the white sox It does seem that every position player the Sox acquire/bring up does turn to crap the past couple years. I guess the exception was Trayce. .295 in 135 plate appearances with five homers and 16 ribbies. That projects to about 20 homers and 70 RBI for a rookie, not bad. I'd definitely get rid of Avi and gamble on Trayce. If he hits that well he's as good as Avi offensively and so much better defensively. Again, with the Sox luck he'll go 1-for-April and be swimming uphill all year.

He's hardly played at all the last two years and his worst year of his three-year stretch of "good" productivity was the year before that. That's two bad seasons and one iffy one the last three years. If he's going to make that kind of money then I don't know what to say. 15 mill a year I guess is the new average salary for average position players who have enough time accrued.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) Mostly because people want theater anymore. No one wants intelligent discussion, and respectful debate. By and large the general public consumes news somewhere between a meme and tweet of length. So glad to see the media getting bashed today for its disgraceful attempt to coronate Hillary last night. How can the national political media get away with being like this?? Why didn't they just wear Vote For Hillary buttons on their shirts? What is going on? Hopefully that moderator's career is ruined by his disgraceful performance. Hopefully the Democratic media questioners' tactics backfired and their careers are shot. The political reporters are so biased it's unbelievable. I wish they'd just start each question, "As a Hillary supporter, I'd like to ask you this" and go on with their question from there. It's funny cause the other media can't really rip last night's moderators cause they approve of the mission: To systematically end the campaigns of all those inferior Republican candidates. Sickening job, media. Appalling.

Too bad there's not a scientific way to figure out most loved poster; most hated poster; etc. I would say the 10 year posters are true Sox fans. If the Sox didn't mean a lot to us/them we would move on.

Losers of the debate tonight? The media. Why are the hosts so rude and so blatant in their attempt to get the candidates to blast each other? s***, they should have just said: "Mr Trump, what do you hate the most about Mr. Carson?" Or "Mr. Carson, what do you hate the most about Jeb Bush and the Bush family in general? They were so obvious in their disdain for the Republicans and wanting the Republicans to self destruct. In contrast, they treat Hillary at the debates as if she indeed is the most respected person in American history. I DO NOT GET IT. The Democratic candidates aren't paying these media members; why the hell are they so one sided? It's not like Hillary Clinton gives a f*** about the media and yet they worship her and try to make tonight's debate a ridiculous catfight/dogfight between the evil, unqualified Republicans!

Mets have to win four of five to win the Series. Thinking of it that way ... good luck Mets. The only good thing about the Royals is how they shut up their own arrogant fans on Twitter. So they blast Yost for bunting and Escobar after two feeble bunt attempts rips a single. They ripped on Cain for taking such a hard swing when they just need situational hitting (what kind of bs criticism is that after what he's done the last 2 years?) and he does well. They rip Hosmer for not fielding a grounder last night and he gets the winning sac fly. They rip the s*** out of Cueto for his lousy game in Toronto and he goes 9 innings. It's really funny how their lousy fans on Twitter get it shoved right back up their ass by the players. And of course they rip Yost over and over and last time I looked KC was doing OK the last 2 years. it's very funny. These fans think they are so great ... they are like any fans. When things are looking rosy they are all happy. At the FIRST sign of adversity, KC fans freak! You wait, if the Mets win Game Three it'll be back to armageddon for the fans. They so badly want to find a goat and bury that goat (if they lose). I do have a question for caufield and/or anybody else. Yost said that Cain bunted on his own in Game One when he fouled off two bunts, then whiffed. My question is ... if a batter bunts on his own with a runner on first, does the batter have to flip a signal to the runner? I'd think it'd be helpful if the runner knew a sacrifice was on, but if the hitter is doing it on his own?? How does the runner find out? BTW Yost said he's called for the bunt four times all year. He said his players bunt on their own a lot though.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 11:10 PM) I'll take a poke at shortstop. I think it's pretty fair to say Alexei was awful with the bat this year. His D is damn good even if it's declining, still damn good. I'm totally impressed with Saladino's makeup on the defensive end of the game. He just GETS IT. He's fluid and fun to watch, a true baseball player. The question is his bat, and after Alexei's year, I feel like it would be hard for him to hit much worse. So for me, it's a no-brainer when you figure in the $9M in savings. You asked about starting pitching. I'm not crazy about having 4 lefties, that's the only reason we probably shouldn't go after Buehrle. Too many lefties. We've got Sale now, Rodon, Q, Danks and Johnson. We need to acquire a veteran righty and get rid of Danks. I love Johnny but he's not an effective starter anymore. He is capable of getting guys out so he should be a useful bullpen piece. I don't care how much money he's making. Put him in the old Thornton role. Sox definitely have to acquire a veteran righty from somewhere. As far as bullpen, we need some consistency. Our bullpen overall blows. Robertson is a good enough closer but he is going to fail a bunch. I have no problems though with him closing as long as you accept the fact he's good, not great by any means. After him, we basically have zero reliable relievers. I'd love to get rid of Duke, Petricka, Putnam, Jennings, Albers, Webb and keep Montas and Nate even though I'm not a Nate fan. I'd like to see Danks become a reliever. That probably will never happen. Our bullpen is like our team. It overall sucks and is a big reason we finished 9 under .500. It's totally unreliable. So in conclusion I'd love to start three righties and two lefties in a perfect world. I'd love to have a MUCH BETTER bullpen.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 12:31 AM) Did you seriously just go on a rant about people wanting a Clinton or a Bush, and then ask where the Kennedys are at? Yeah but I meant the best and brightest like when John F Kennedy first came on the scene followed by Bobberoo. John Kennedy at the time was a breath of fresh air which politics needs now. Compare the charisma and leadership of a John Kennedy to the grumpy Hilly.

Great Game One for KC. Gordon homers off Familia to tie it in improbable fashion. Then a bunch of pitchers (Young was a true hero) keep KC in the game until they finally plate the winning run. Hosmer with the redemption. KC will take it.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 09:41 PM) YOU are the only one here fixated on that. Where are the best and brightest? The John Kennedys, the Hubert Humphreys, the Bobby Kennedys? Where have they gone? QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 09:43 PM) now it is who doesn't piss off the most people. No, LDF. Right now it's whoever is a Democrat and whoever the public sees as entitled to take the participation trophy. Hillary has pissed off a ton of people. Why doesn't the Washington Post or NY Times tackle the Hillary personality issue? They won't go there cause they want her to win.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 10:31 PM) but does that take away from him??? he is still brilliant. even revolutionize some surgery and he went to nite school to get his education. i really recommend his movie that HBO did on him. but look at it this way, he is not sitting on his accomplishment to sell himself. Our country is bizarre. We're fixated on electing and re-electing members of the Clinton and Bush families. In a country of all these people, the masses flock to these families. You guys mock me sometimes, but I'm telling you, Michelle Obama should be gearing up to run in 8 years after Hillary is done. As well as Chelsea. Michelle probably would win in a landslide. Chelsea probably would win if Michelle doesn't run. There have to be some more Bush family members that can run as well. I'm very disappointed in our country. The Presidency shouldn't be so easy to win just cause of your name. Where are the best and brightest? It's all the same familes or rich people who get a kick out of running. I like Carson right now, but he's basically a bored rich guy running. Of course Trump's just doing it to further his brand and feed his ego. All the politician types are too boring or weird to even make a splash.