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I think the Sox blew it not getting involved with Billy Butler. He's cheap in today's standards and a genius like Beane was willing to go three years. He'd have been potentially dandy in the hitter-friendly Cell. I'm not saying Billy is a god, but it's the Sox type of signing. Taking a chance on a guy who had a bad year. He's only 28. He could have possibly gone on a nice six-year run on the South Side. He finally elevates a bit and we might have had a good DH. Also would have been nice to have him in 19 games a year vs. KC. Now I could be wrong if Billy gets fat and continues to not elevate, but I think if the Sox are gonna continue to be a small market team like they have been payroll wise, this signing made a lot of sense. Go after the 8-10 million buck a year guys. I'd say this is a fail by Hahn. Cause he's not going to get any of the mega contract type guys. p.s. I'm in favor of acquiring Torii Hunter now. Yes he's old, but same reasoning as Butler. Figure you can get him 6-10 million a year for two years or one year and an option year.

Thank gawd. My gosh that guy was awful. One less stiff on the roster. Keep cutting dead weight guys, Mr. Hahn.

Well, where there's smoke there's fire. Looks like the Sox are going to move Lexi. My questions ... Semien is a lousy fielder at short, right? So he can't play there. Leury and Sanchez can't play, right? It's kind of scary having nobody to replace Lexi that can hit a lick and can field a lick.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 08:05 PM) Why was a certain former White Sox closer and his projected $3.8 million 1st year arb contract considered expensive, but Zach Duke 3 years $15 million, not much of a gamble? Cause the guy on some other team is usually (always) more sexy than the guy on your current team. It's one of those baseball realities. Let's just hope Zach can pitch. Let's look at it this way. Is he potentially any better than Thornton?

Torii Hunter wouldn't be the worst addition in the world.

Sox can't dump Alexei until there's somebody who can play short and not be a black hole at the plate. It's that simple. Sox will be a horrific baseball team if he's replaced right now. Sox have nobody "ready" who can hit or field like him. Sox claim they want to contend. He will NOT be traded. No brainer, just like we weren't getting Victor. 100 percent Lexi stays.

I think the riots are going to be shockingly violent. A lot of people feel like they have nothing going on in their lives and I wouldn't want to be driving in the wrong place at the wrong time. Maybe just Ferguson; I think it's 50/50 it could go nationwide, probably depending on the weather believe it or not. If it's this fricking cold, they'll have to do their violence awfully quick. I am serious though. This is going to be very very bad.

Serious question. I know a lot of people without health insurance. They can't afford it or are unemployed. Let's say you have no health insurance and have the start of a heart attack and call 911. Take me through what happens to you in terms of getting treated then charged for services. Thank u p.s. read another good op/ed story today that said Obama flat out made his plan incomprehensible to get it passed and lied about certain things in Obamacare knowing full well they were lies to the public.

How is Dumb and Dumber? Good?

Our insurance at work went up another 20 percent today for next year. And we have a s***ty company, United. Our country is f***ed, folks. Healthcare is a big time joke.

Read a good op/ed column tonight saying the mean spirited asshole Republicans who desperately want to impeach Obama ought to go try and do it. It said it will show the Republicans for what they are, incapable of trying to lead, just to make life hell on Obama. It challenged the Repubs saying, "You know you want to do it; just do it. Impeach him at your own risk cause the public will see you for what you are." I think it was NY Times columnist but I forget.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:13 PM) He is on a perfectly acceptable contract. He plays good defense and can hit a little bit. That's about about the going rate at this point for a player with Andrus' skill set. Also, small thing, but it's only 8 years. His contract is acceptable at 15 mill a year yet Soxtalk freaks out whenever we discuss acquiring guys who make a decent buck like that. Are the Sox different from all other teams? I say acquire Buehrle now and make Danks a reliever. And acquire some other guys as well.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 01:12 AM) here is a question I been meaning to ask. why do we need a closer. the sox have another yr of grooming in Jake Petricka - Zach Putnam. In answer to your question ... cause those two guys are not good enough. You can try both of them again next year; hopefully they are the answer but I would doubt it.

I want a whole new bullpen next season. Miller sounds great. I will say this. Please please Mr. Hahn, before you make any offseason moves (and I hope you make TONS) please get your scouts together (without Buddy Bell) and discuss these guys (like Miller) and how you project them to play next season and seasons to come. Surely these scouts have opinions on CURRENT players as well as draft prospects. I mean I do blame the Sox for acquiring/signing stiffs like Keppinger and that starting pitcher whose name escapes me for last season (the guy who was a KC Royal) and Teahen and all the hacks who have sucked. If Andrew Miller projects to remain good, then sign him. If not, pass. Same with the other free agents. Don't just sign guys without PROJECTING.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:12 PM) "Do you think you can compete with the Tigers this year? "The question should be, 'do I think the Tigers can compete with us!'" The Sox are in a slump where they can't compete with anybody in the division in head to head games. Did finish ahead of Minnie though. And with Gardenhire gone, that team should be buried for a while.

Who is this guy? Is he available? I want him on the Sox NOW. What power!! He'll be a fan favorite with the glove and the bat. Is he a legit signee? Does Hahn know of him?

So Andrus is another grossly overpaid guy? What's going to happen when every team except the truly low budget teams have 6-7 Andruses on the roster?

Rios is no good but it would be funny to have him playing for the Sox at MLB minimum at least.

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 11, 2014 -> 08:35 PM) I don't hate Hillary, but she's toward the bottom of the list of Dems that may or may not be contemplating a presidential run. What she is though is tough, experienced, and probably the most thoroughly vetted candidate to ever run. I don't expect any big surprises or mistakes. I do wonder if Dem voters, particularly the sort that vote in primaries, may be tired of her by then. The left has been growing more and more worried about her whole not-really-being-all-that-much-of-a-leftist thing. They were worried about that with Obama too, though, and he still won - of course, I don't think people knew that much about where he fit into the spectrum when he was getting elected. I thought it was interesting in that quote I posted that the guy said people are tired of her speaking down to them and her sense of entitlement. It said that hasn't worked in the past. I feel like those are legitimate points to make about Hillary. She doesn't deserve the presidency just because it's her turn. Give her some lifetime achievement award; not the presidency.

Congrats to Abreu; quite a season. Congrats to Sox front office for signing him as well.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Nov 11, 2014 -> 07:50 AM) Fill in the blanks: Rich Hanh is to _____________ as Kenny Williams is to _________________. Your selections can be factual, comical, senseless, or down right out in left field. I'll go first with an obvious one: Rick Hanh is to patience as Kenny Williams is to rapid trading like a speed freak turned GM. Rick Hahn is to (be judged at a still to be determined date) as Kenny Williams is to (continue to gaze lovingly at his WS championship ring) I'm being extremely nice to Kenny here since he brought us fans a title, even though we've stunk in several other of the seasons.

You are probably right. It figures to be a national lovefest again but that story got me wondering a bit

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Nov 10, 2014 -> 03:34 PM) Not to burst your hope bubble or anything, but the same people that elected Obama the second time (and would elect him a third time if they could), WILL elect Hillary. And not for nothing, but maybe that's because the only other party that stands a chance in our glorious two party system hasn't or can't offer anyone better. In either case, when the primary dust clears, I'm betting this election comes down to choosing between another Clinton or another Bush. Awesome.

GEORGE WILL had a nice column today indicating it may not be all smooth sailing for Hillary in her quest to land what many believe is "entitlted" to be hers ... the Presidency. This gives me hope maybe she could lose. Will writes these two paragraphs. ... Please give me your comments. Yuval Levin, whose sharp thinking was honed at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, is editor of the National Affairs quarterly and author of two books on science and public policy and, most recently, of The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left. He is one of conservatism’s most sophisticated and measured explicators, so his biting assessment of Clinton is especially notable. He writes: She is smart, tough and savvy and has a capacity to learn from failure and adjust. But . . . people are bored of her and feel like she has been talking at them forever. . . . She is a dull, grating, inauthentic, over-eager, insipid elitist with ideological blinders yet no particular vision and is likely to be reduced to running on a dubious promise of experience and competence while faking idealism and hope — a very common type of presidential contender in both parties, but one that almost always loses. Greg says: Hmmmmm. This type of candidate almost always loses! Things could get interesting. My guess is if Hilly thinks there is ANY chance of her losing she won't run. Now if she gets what she is entitled to have, the presidency, she'll go ahead and be coronated. That's my take. Yours?

It seems like we're destined to get one of their outfielders or more.