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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) He quit because he had already negotiated the job offer with the Marlins. That is why they gave up compensation for him, so we couldn't call it tampering, which it really was. The article states he met with the Sox about extension. Sox said no and gave blessing to get another job. They were doing handstands as they got compensation for KW's enemy.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) Bad for Q. Good for the Sox. Losses are good. 17 left. What college pitcher we taking with our first pick? Any chance we can move some of these college guys to the bullpen?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) Robertson joins the party. Why the hell not. Why does Robertson get a pass this season? He has been rather ordinary at best. I advocated trading him at the break and people laughed at me.

Jose Q with a great great performance. He knows how to pitch!!! Congratulations on another fine season, Mr. Q.

The Sox never compete. They merely show up. Big difference.

Saladino with the weak stuff back to the mound. DP. Failure.

They had a meeting during the season and two sides decided to part? Proof enough for you? So he signed with Marlins. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/25245790/

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) I had a big ticket package this year...that's not true. I need to plan a trip to Chicago next September for that long homestand. If we are out of the race, would any Soxtalkers give me freebies? That would be cool. Free tickets; free parking. Sit anywhere you want in empty stadium. Nice.

For some reason this game has felt like a loss all the way through. Now it is a loss. When it was 2-1 I had to remind myself Sox were winning. This Sox team blows. Prospects of next year just as dismal.

I won't blame Avi for that. I mean kind of a fluke there. He had it. I never question Avi's effort just his hitting.

Robertson getting ignited. Why didn't Sox pick up Valencia? He coulda started next year at 3B.

Those crowd shots are crazy. Maybe 1,500 people there? They didn't sell much food/drink today.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:28 PM) Why aren't other teams knocking on Ozzie's door? Can't hire a guy who has said the things he's said. And like somebody pointed out, his kids can't be controlled. The result?? No job.

What a bad crowd. This should be a night game. They'd have drawn 18000 instead of 5000 IMO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) Unless you have a link with some quotes, I call BS. Prove it. Didn't mean to offend/anger. I just recall the Sox and their fans being mighty happy that Ozzie got that deal worked out with Florida.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) And that's a full decade if not for Hahn's kid guessing right on the coin flip...because the Twins would have clobbered the Sox in the MetroDoom in 2008. True. Sox had no chance in the Dome.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) Avi strikes out again on a high fastball. What else is new? Whoever Tweeted that to Avi ... that's pretty funny cause you know he thought of that offensive tweet when he got owned on that last high fastball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:16 PM) Of course it wasn't a coincidence. The candidate would absolutely want that, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with NBC playing for ratings either. The premier episode of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert got by far the best ratings of the show's first week because it was the first show and it featured Jeb Bush. How unfair was that? CBS totally helped Jeb get a bigger audience than any other candidate. Could they be more in the Republican's pockets? It's sickening how all the media is so totally in the Republicans pockets. Either that, or Jeb's campaign thought that was a good venue to go on because it would get a big audience and that's the kind of thing both campaigns and TV organizations want. Steven Colbert's show? Yawn. We're talking the Tonight Show. Americana. Not some awful wannabee TV host. Stephen Colbert? He lost me the minute it was exposed he's purposely mispronouncing his last name to seem elitist. Jeb is gonna be the candidate though, you are rite about that.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) Why would being on Jimmy Fallon a bunch of times get Donald Trump the nomination? Exposure.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) Trump did a skit with Fallon as well like less than a week ago. Trump is a sideshow clown. He can't beat Hillary. Celebrities will love it if he's the candidate vs. Hillary. Fallon will probably put Trump on a zillion times to make sure he gets the nomination. The timing of Hillary's appearance could not have been a coincidence.

Congrats to the Democrats. With a lot of help from Hollywood (Jimmy Fallon), Hillary got the most exposure of anybody on Wednesday night. If I were Bernie I'd be pissed! He should be the nominee. Why didn't Jimmy put both in his skit? Hollywood doesn't even try to hide its bias. Hillary on Fallon the night of the Republican debates?? Priceless. Hillary couldn't have written this up ANY better. Appearances like that are better than 5 debates or countless commercials. Save your money, Hillary. Just keep booking these TV shows.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) Politics has moved from speeches, to clips, to blurbs, to tweets, and now to meme's. At some point we started decided candidates by who had the best quotes instead of things like policy and the like. Trump is a quote machine, for those who like to decide by simple things, he is ideal. People get what they deserve. How do you explain Hillary then? She's gonna win in a landslide and is the dullest of the dull. QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:10 PM) By the way, of all the candidates, I feel bad for Bush. He has to deal with trump and it just isn't a pretty situation for him when they go back and forth. Bush makes a good statement, Trump just blutters and jumps over...Bush tries to be the gentlemen but looks bad either way and to a reasonable person, you realize Trump is the ass, but somehow I just imagine everyone will go, yeah Donald...stick it to Bush for making a true statement about how you tried to BUY / bribe your way into Casino gambling. Sucks cause the debate should be more about the policies and it just doesn't happen with Trump in their. That said, as the night went on and questions got more pointed, you could see Trump take a back seat. But seriously...do people think for a second about his sound bites...on day 1 as president I am going to evict 11M people. How the f*** are you going to do that? Are we going to have whack an illegal day and just take a national holiday with everyone beating anyone they thinks is an illegal till they all flee the country? Lets apply some realism to the scenario, which I will give Kasich and Bush credit for (more then anyone else), who understand, you can't just do the things that some of these people are saying..it is f***ing impossible (let alone in most cases stupid). Do people not have BS meters or do they just ignore reality. By the way, I also think what Bush says about 4% growth is absurd, but s***, at least what he's talking about is to try and create positive energy and vibe and something that is ultimately good for our country (no one could argue that if we had 4% growth that was sustained over a few year run that it would be a great thing). Maybe I'm just an optimist but I like the people who talk about making this country great and being great. I don't want to hear what a s***hole this place is and blah blah blah and how we suck at everything (see the Donald). And his solution is, he's smarter and his friends are smarter and he's a billionaire, so yeah, I'll make it great again. I'll build walls and magically evict all illegal's and I'll solve the foreign issues by getting along with these people better (HOW Mr Trump...How?). I don't think having a scotch and cigar with Russia's president is going to solve much of anything. Great great post. But I disagreed with a lot of your other posts. This one was great. QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:21 PM) And Greg...how do you like Donald just lying to the entire audience (and not some little white lie or minor mistake, but a big f*** you kind of lie). Guy is a f***wad. He could care less about anyone but himself. Trump is by definition a megalomaniac. But in honor of fair and balance, I will give Trump credit for saying he would waive the right to have social security and I do agree with him that the breaks around hedge funds are a joke (Bush and a few others also agree). What about Carlie? Apparently she lied about the videos of PP. The thought of what she stated sickened me. QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 05:36 PM) I just can't believe how little talk there is about how Fiorina out and out lied about what is in those videos. I saw George Stephanopoulos interview her this morning and he told her that those images are not in any of those videos. She just said anyone who claims that hasn't seen the videos and that George needed to go check his facts. But there are plenty of reliable people who have sat through all of those "unedited" videos and have seen no graphic full-formed fetuses wiggling around, etc. I want the truth. Why is there never any outrage about stuff like this. Some poor fetus kept alive for its brain? This is one of the most sickening images of the year. Truthfully, we can be such disgusting people sometimes. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 07:36 PM) Is there anything Fiorina did well as CEO of HP which would merit her consideration? Still believe that the only candidates capable of performing the job itself are Kasich, Rubio (but domestic policies...separating with the Tea Party won't happen so easily) and MAYBE Bush are the only ones from that long list. Possibly Christie as well. Bush obviously is gonna be the Republican candidate. Carlie was a disaster with HP. Can't win because of that. Donald's political career will flame out. I still say his 20 minutes of fame (politics wise) is going to definitely run out. He'll need a way to save face and ultimately will drop out. BTW I couldn't watch the Hlllary skit on Jimmy Fallon. What a chickenbleep move by Fallon.So the republicans have this serious debate and Hillary gets the most out of the night with a dumb skit on the Tonight Show. Sad, sad world. Hillary is the choice of Hollywood and the media thus she WINS and WINS big. Sad. My only hope is Bill is a co-president.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) Everyone has given you a direct answer. He quit on the white sox. You are right, this is big boy sports. When your team is having a bad season and you are a week away from leaving them after some tremendously bad PR from your loose lipped sons, you pull up your big boy pants and suck it up for another week. Ozzie could kill Jimmy Carter and you would find an excuse for him. As I recall, Management was all for Ozzie negotiating something with Florida in order to get rid of him. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Going to a 49ers game in the opposing team's jersey is risky. There is nothing risky attending a White Sox game. It's a game. Yes. I meant risking your hard earned money. Good chance of a zombie like performance if you go see a Sox game. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) I agree. There is no doubt there was tampering. If KW didn't want Ozzie gone (supposedly he did fire him earlier but JR blocked it) there would have been charges, and I don't see how the Marlins don't get penalized. Ozzie was under contract to the White Sox for another season. Thing is, KW did want Ozzie gone and Florida took care of the problem.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 12:08 PM) He literally just blocked me on Twitter last night because I told him that he needs to learn how to hit a high fastball. Haha. He should block you. He doesn't know you. Anything the least bit negative I'd block people too if I were famous.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 17, 2015 -> 06:23 AM) Literally the only man on the entire planet, including Dick Allen, I'd rather not see manage the club other than RV is Ozzie. Ozzie, I loved you bro, my dad really f***ing loved you -- but f*** you for quitting on the team. Never again dude. Please tell me in a DIRECT answer. Don't be a politician. What the hell did Ozzie quit?? It was the last week of September and his team sucked and had long ago quit on him. Robin's quit on him this year as well. Please folks answer my question. This is big boy sports. What the hell did Ozzie quit on? A week of more bad baseball? Robin quits every time he puts a position player in to pitch by this type reasoning.