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QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 09:12 PM) Not disappointed...if they keep playing well the next two weeks, I'm sure they'll add another bat if needed. I agree. QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 09:12 PM) I like it. You can't give up on the team by trading Samardzija, but you can't trust this team so much that you'll pay big for a rental. If they traded Shark weeks ago, they could have gotten 3 top notch prospects probably. But let's say Sox traded him yesterday or today for a couple prospects. That basically would have been a white flag trade. Maybe it would have been great for the team's future, but if Erik Johnson sucked, the Sox would basically be white flagging the work they did last offseason in putting together what they think is a playoff team. Even though I love Danks, if I were the Sox, I'd bring up E. Johnson and insert him into the rotation for Danks right now. I'd also bring up Davidson and take the risk and insert him at third. What if he's the power bat we need? If Johnson is great that'll be the added boost the team needs. I have no idea what you then do with Danks.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) How about if cops stop trying to milk the citizenry with minor traffic infractions and just concentrate on legit bad people? A lot of police departments have quotas for cops to reach, a certain number of traffic tickets have to be handed out to get that cash flow. Cops are out there looking FOR ANY REASON to stop people and look for any reason to give you a ticket instead of a actually doing what they're supossed to do, serve and protect, they're more into shaking you down than anything else. Source; A former CA police officer who was married to a cousin of mine. I agree. I've been stopped several times late at night after working for basically no reason. "Rolling" a stop sign when there's basically no traffic. They are looking for drunk drivers. Somehow they believe me and have never tested me even though I sometimes get nervous talking to cops. But the stops are unnecessary.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 05:11 PM) 1. Linda Tripp? Really I'm sure she has great insights into them. 2. I will absolutely f***ing not read the Daily Mail, they are a complete and utter fraud, they literally steal other people's work and pass it off as their own and anyone on Earth who links to them should be embarrassed. Actually this time the Post rewrote the Mail story, in effect borrowing from them. Vice versa. This Hillary thing is getting scary. The country can't see her blind ambition to be coronated. And our country's voters have proven how dumb they can be. In Kansas they reelected Brownback despite him being in the news every day for his policies that have ruined a once great state. Yet during the s***storm they reelect Brownback in a landslide. Crazy country we live in. Please look into Hillary more before giving her her crown that she feels she's entitled to.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 08:51 PM) Thank God. No offense to Cespedes. Great player I agree. This is what you don't want. Getting down to the last hour and freaking out and overpaying for a bat. If you were going to make a trade you had to do it several days before today. I mean, cmon, I'd hate to have our GM overpay for a rental. That'd be crazy with Texas, Toronto and Baltimore on paper way better than the Sox. Sox just have to keep playing good ball and see if last season's acquisitions plus Rodon and Saladino were enough.

Great initial post to this thread. I do agree they probably should have made a trade. But I also agree I'd hate to see any of the Sox "name" prospects gone for a rental. It's kind of buzzkill to not make any changes at all when Baltimore and Toronto and Texas added guys. I will say this ... it's up to the team right now to remove that buzzkill. The team just won 7 of 8 on the road. If it could win the Yankee series at home and continue to hit a bit, there still could be some excitement in the Cell. Saladino is a recent addition and the new Sanchez is almost like an entirely new player. Ditto Melky. Even Rodon appears a new guy the last 3 starts.

Royals should be scared to death of the Blue Jays. This should continue to take pressure off this hot White Sox team cause now the Blue Jays are so much better on paper than anybody. Sox can't be worried about WC now with Toronto adding all these all stars.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Yeah, forget about it. The Sox aren't making a move. Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 3s4 seconds ago With way #Royals, up 11 1/2 games on #WhiteSox, improved (Cueto/Zobrist), Sox almost certainly playing for wild-card only. Interesting they didn't trade Shark. They obviously think Saladino/Sanchez have settled things down defensively and are willing to see if the improved team is for real. If they can keep doing what they've been doing the last week they will contend. Can't blame them for letting this season play out. Hopefully in the offseason they can get rid of LaRoche and acquire a starter to make up for the loss of Shark.

Thanks for the amazing audio. Listen to the crowd in the clips from 1977. The crowds were so much louder in Old Comiskey.

OK folks, read this latest bash of Hillary from Linda Tripp ... "four years of Bill; four years of Hill." It says she'd do anything to win. Hmmm http://nypost.com/2015/07/28/linda-tripp-b...ads-on-hillary/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-31...-President.html Please read the Daily Mail story. It portrays Hillary as an unethical person who like I've said before wants her "coronation" as president because she is entitled to it. How can our counry elect this person?? Is our country that misguided??

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 07:27 PM) Trainwreck was good but geez Apatow, trim your comedies down a bit. Over two hours is too long and it dragged a bit. Exactly. It was a little too long, 15-20 minutes too long. I was getting antsy about the time Marv Albert and company appeared in a needless scene. I also thought the scene at the end was a little too long. I agree with you completely. It was getting to the point the movie being a tad bit too long was starting to ruin it for me. I definitely think the length of the movie would make me give it a B-plus or B instead of an A-minus. -- I'm thinking Vacation will not be that funny. Hope I'm wrong.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 04:19 AM) He was so bad at 3B they moved him to 1B where he is probabky worse than Dunn. Can't acquire him then unless he's DH rest of the year.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:48 AM) A couple things in his defense, before I mention I hope he is in prison for a long time. There have been many studies how wrong people get chains of events in their mind. It seemed this all happened in less than a second. He truly may have felt threatened for that second. He could not identify the person. The guy could have been a criminal with warrants. But again, I'm guessing a middle aged white guy who forgot his license would be alive today. On the b.s. side, the cop was fishing for something bigger than no front license plate. Good post again IMO by Tex. I was appalled when he shot the driver. I mean shoot the f***ing tires of the car! The police officer had time to disable the car or do something besides kill the guy. I mean seriously. The officer could have run to the front and back tires and blown the s*** out of them with his gun in a matter of seconds, then begin a pursuit. But noooo ... he has to kill the guy. There are alternatives to blowing away people for SMALL crimes, especially when unarmed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 09:04 PM) Someone pointed out to me over twitter a few months ago that no one can remember the last time the phrase "Politically correct" was used in any way other than by a white person complaining about how they got in trouble for saying something ridiculous/racist/specifically hurtful to some group. Thing is, a guy like Hulk Hogan should pull a Trump and fight back. Rodman and George Foreman and some others were supporting him. I'd hold a news conference if I were Hulk and bring my African American friends and fight back! I'd say, "I said that s*** seven years ago and didn't f***ing mean it. Grow up, America. My buddies here will attest I am NOT a racist. I was drunk and said some stupid s***; my bad. At the same time, f*** You all. I am Hulk Hogan!" I mean they never fight back after making a mistake. Trump fought back as did Limbaugh. I think it's awesome they fight back. Trump won't win but he does tell people to go f*** themselves and that's cool. Think of how he handled his statements about Mexican immigrants to USA. First of all he claims he was misquoted and doesn't think all Mexican people are bad. Then he gets irritated and basically tells his critics to go f*** themselves. That's impressive. Most people would cower and bow out of the race at that point. He rips Macy's for dumping him instead of begging Macy's forgiveness! That is AWESOME stuff. I'm not totally sold on Trump's personality. He's admitted to being a "con artist" type in over-valuing his properties and lying to people, etc. He's probably a ruthless jerk to work for, etc. But at this time I think a lot of people like the fact he kicks ass rather than letting the media storm turn him into a cowering baby like Hulk Hogan. Fight back, Hulk. p.s. I doubt I'd vote for Trump but I like what I've heard so far.

QUOTE (juddling @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:53 AM) Hillary Clinton had a department store on Fifth Avenue closed down so she could get a $600 haircut, or as she calls it, relating to the middle class I saw a beautiful red car parked downtown tonight and a big Hillary bumper sticker on it. I really wanted the person to approach their car so I could calmly ask them why in the hell they'd put a Hillary bumper sticker on their car. It just said "Hillary" so obviously Hillary's camp is going for the "first female president" vote.

Cespedes gets traded a lot. Is he a good guy or team chemistry liability?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 04:02 AM) Pedro Alvarez is going to be available if the Pirates get an Adam Lind type for 1B...that position's been something of a black hole for Pittsburgh the last couple of seasons. Ｂｕｔ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｈｅ　ｈｉｔ　ｌｅｆｔｉｅｓ？ Is he a lousy fielder at third? We need that defense we've been getting from Saladino. Can Alvarez play D? If not, pass.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 04:01 AM) http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/probabili...sp?ymd=20150730 Post season odds right now at 8.7%, but still behind the Tigers (obviously the BP predictor doesn't take into account Price/Soria no longer being on the roster) It's amazing those odds are so low with a rotation of Sale/Shark/Q and Rodon and a closer like Robertson and improved defense now. I'm assuming the oddsmakers are not assuming we're now going to lose six in a row to drop to that comfortable (for the players) eight under .500 again. Damn, I'm really hoping Sox can compete and not go streaky in the opposite direction again after today's rare loss. Please White Sox, come to compete and play to your ability in August!

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:07 AM) I would not trade Beckham for Sandoval. LOL: Five years, 95 million total. Club option in 2020 for another 17 million. He's hitting .262 with eight homers and 34 RBI. Yet another example of a guy fans/teams celebrated signing and now are desperate to get rid of and drop the salary. My favorite sport of baseball is run by idiots. 17 million a year for that guy. Amazing.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:55 AM) Can't find the tweet, but I vaguely remember one of the beat writers saying we had done it sometime in the 50s Damn, for this team that would have been a nice one to have. That's 60 years ago!

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:03 AM) It's a lot better than it was. And they had a lead on us even with that meh pitching. And they added Tulo. Toronto clearly is a Wildcard favorite right now. Sox will have to continue to play amazing baseball to outlast Baltimore and Toronto. I'm not a believer in Minnie. Houston could be a team that completely goes in the tank in Aug/September though.

Can somebody ask one of the Sox beat writers on Twitter this question or give me the answer? If Sox would have won tonight, they would have swept two straight four-game series. My question is: Would that have been the first time in Sox history the team has won two straight four-game series on the road? Or won two four-game series anywhere consecutively? It's not mathematically easy to win a four-game series. I'm thinking had they won tonight it may have been a first in franchise history. There aren't a lot of four-game series to begin with and I somehow doubt Sox have won two straight four-game series on the road since probably the 50s or 60s or even before that.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:29 AM) 14.5 million wasted. Nobody knew he was going to get hurt. You give a pitcher a lot of money you will get burned. Look at Detroit. They paid Price 19.75 mill this season and was DYING to get rid of him. Blame baseball owners and GMS; why blame Danks. He f***ing got hurt. If the Sox sign Shark you'll be just as mad at him when he gets hurt with his 18-20 mill dollar contract. QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:36 AM) Sox will still be under .500 even taking 2 of 3. Sox need to win and do it in bunches Yes but it's a process. Just keep winning series and go on another 7 of 8 run at some point and Sox figure to be OK, unless some of the better teams play to their potential and pull away (o's, blue jays, rangers).

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:24 AM) I dont mind giving the Tigers one of our pitchers not named Montas from the minors for Cespedes. That's a healthy infusion of power. Thing is, Tigers sent us Avi and he's not special. Now if they trade us Cespedes that means they think he's lousy as well.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:19 AM) I work out with people who went to high school with him. He pops up as a recommended friend on Facebook. He's on the walls of multiple restaurants in town. I want him to be good, but I'm really concerned he's not. Nice post. I approve. Root for Johnny Danks, people! He's an easy guy to root for. Who gives a flip about his contract? Not me. You shouldn't either. Price of beer ain't going down even if we lose Danks' salary.

LaRoche is a mess. His stroke is late and lousy. He reminds me of AJP at the plate when AJ is struggling. I wish we could cut bait on him. Even Micah as DH would be better if we can't acquire a slugger. If we could swap Alvarez for him I'd be so happy. No way Pirates would do that, though.