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Some guys on this site want Jerry to have a payroll of about 10 million. Heck no to this trade. The commissioner should veto such a deal. Danks has actually become good again.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) Pick the life you want. I prefer doing what I want to money, so that is what I do. No point in making a lot if you cant enjoy it while your young. Thing is, you have to have money to live and not be on the streets. I have a fear of being kicked out on the streets so I work 60-80 hours a week most of the year. I've been told employers love people like me. i'm a little surprised my cousin would give up the pile of money he's making. Obviously the boss loves him if they gave him a 6 month hiatus to think about what he's about to do. Seems silly to give up a couple hundred thou a year. At some point you enter the real world. Wife, kids, house, etc.

Not sure if this belongs here, but to make long story short. My cousin is a 20-something lawyer in chicago who makes good money. He got put on some big cases as far as doing some of the 'grunt' work -- flying out to various cities on the company dime to talk to experts, etc. Staying at nice hotels, living the good life on the road. Sounds perfect -- travel, money, being thought highly of at the law firm and a rising up and comer. However he has to work tons of hours (he's not married or dating anybody anymore) so he decided he hated the profession and quit. The boss talked him into taking a six month leave of absence instead of quitting. The leave of absence will run out soon and he's thinking of returning to school to be some other occupation. My questions to you: -- Do you think this is a generational thing? Kids that are raised to just be praised and receive participation trophies have some unreal expectation of the workplace? I mean it's called 'work' for a reason. Or do you think he has the right to quit and start over, to go from making mega dollars to nothing? Obviously his mom and dad are freaking out. They thought they had a rich son on their hands, now he's preparing to go to school again and be poor. Geez. If you were him would you simply suck it up and use your law degree and rake in all that money the rest of your life? Or would you return to school to be a much lower paid profession? Is this a troubled kid to give up all that money? Give up putting his law degree to good use?? Finally, is the law profession in Chicago horrible? Are 20 somethings not interested in the rat race of chicago law?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 07:10 PM) I'll never forget seeing him drive out of the parking lot at Spring Training in 2007 when he waved at our group with a Coors Light as he drove by. This couldn't have been more than 10-15 minutes after the game. If that's true, that's just horrible of Ozzie. I mean you can't wait til you get to the hotel to drink some beer? It's even worse than texting and driving, though not by much. Very very dangerous to drink/text and drive. I thought all teams got rid of alcohol in the clubhouse. Is your story true? As far as Ozzie, I won't go into all the reasons I love him again, but BRING HIM BACK. He's a winner! As far as Ozzie again, tell the truth would you rather have Ozzie as your manager right now or Robin?? And why? I'd take Ozzie for reasons you probably don't want to hear again.

Regarding Davidson ... I thought he was a horrible defensive player, too.

Sox need righthanded starting pitching. Best way to get that is through free agency. Also desperately need a catcher, but are any out there? Also could use a great hitting third baseman.

It dawned on me today that Gordon Beckham is a Sox lifer or until he leaves on his own accord, which he probably won't. He's one of those guys they'll never pull the trigger on in a deal and admit a huge draft mistake.

The return just can't be much for Conor Gillaspie. Keep him and see if he gets even better.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) Hooray for AAA filler. Big league filler. He's the latest body to throw out there and give him a shot.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 04:02 AM) Harry Chappas Nice. As I recall he made good contact, but had no pop cause he was so short/small.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 03:15 AM) I don't think we could have wished for better results from Abreu. .292/.342/.630 at the break with 29 homers. Amazing. His natural talent is amazing. You could build a lineup around that guy. Cmon, Hahn. We have a few good hitters in the lineup and some who don't belong in the big leagues. Let's fix it ASAP.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 10:10 PM) After todays debacle is it too early to say "LET'S TRADE SANCHEZ." "HE IS WAY OVERHYPED!" His minor league stats this year are pretty good, 42 RBIs. Man, he looked shorter than 5-11 during today's game though. Remember that shortstop the Sox had years ago who was 5-foot-6? I forget his name.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 03:43 AM) Who's gonna play SS? It will be very ugly at ss if Sox trade him. They'd basically be pulling a Cubs move and be tanking for the draft.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 04:10 PM) You'd have to have a very specific personality type to even begin to convince yourself that you're enjoying yourself in prison But if you can get drugs in prison and be a kingpin and be a thug, how bad can it be for some of the guys used to a life of crime? You get a good 3 meals a day and a place to live w/out rent the rest of your life. Hopefully the prisoners will make life difficult on the creep if he did indeed purposely let his baby die in the hot car.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 10:17 PM) nice selective memory. barely flinched? he got punched and stumbled or ran away. big man that AJP is, letting Scott Podsednik fight his battle with Barrett. I hope when you hate on AJP you are hating on a player who gave you a WS title. Without him, the White Sox do not win it all for the only time in your lifetime. Unless baseball changes its economic system dramatically, the Sox won't be winning any more in your lifetime. Maybe one if everything falls perfectly into place one magical year to come.

Why is it so difficult to get rid of a first-round draft pick? My guess is the Sox brass will be afraid to pull the trigger and trade Beckham for scraps. It's tough to admit a first-round pick is mediocre at best, I guess. Trade him and bring up Semien and we lose nothing in the switcheroo.

Good win for the team that is still trying to decide if it wants to be .500 or ultimately slide into the depths of last place. Thank God for Abreu. Holy cow how bad would this team be without him? He's the top slugger in baseball right now by far.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 03:55 PM) actually AJ would walk out, get punched in the face and then run off the field waving to the fans and act as if he just won some fight. I'd take AJP in a fight over our pathetic relief corps anyday. AJ is one of my favorite Sox of all time by far.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 09:54 PM) I’ve never been there but from what I’ve heard about it, I’ll take my worst day as a free man over the best day as an inmate. Good to hear. When I watch those "jail" shows on TV, sometimes it doesn't seem too bad in there.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 09:22 AM) This is the reason my gut tells me the Big 3 aren't going anywhere. Bosh isn't taking that Rockets offer because he knows LeBron is staying in Miami. Wade opted out of his contract because he also knew LeBron was re signing, they're supposed to be real tight, as if it's believable that Wade would leave millions on the table without knowing what's LeBron's next move. For the life of me, I just can't figure out why no one in LeBron's camp has squashed the LeBron to Cleveland rumors. If he does stay in Miami, there will be a lot of broken hearts again and none of it is LeBron's fault but his PR people did nothing to temper expectations. LeBron will look like an asshole again, even though the media was at fault. Great post. Going to Cleveland doesn't make much sense IMO. Remember the bad blood with that owner before. I don't know why they haven't squashed the rumors either. That's why I was thinking he was going back.

caulfield congrats I'll be in South Korea next summer for 2 weeks.

What do u folks think of my late night man, The Grobber? I love his show.

The poor Thunder. They sit around and do nothing every offseason. If Houston gets Bosh, look out. What is the Thunder's problem. I guess they'll just blame Brooks instead of the front office when they suck in the postseason again next year. They need a big guy who can score!

QUOTE (Melissa1334 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 03:56 AM) For me, it's the whole too many lefties thing. Some people will say it doesn't matter as long as they're good. With Rodon coming I don't really like the idea of 4 lefties Ugh. I didn't know Rodon was a lefty. I guess you folks are right. We need to dump one of the lefties.

I'm still trying to figure out how Sale didn't make it originally. He's one of the top 2-3 pitchers in all of baseball. Weird.