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QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:10 PM) There's been a change of heart. Philip Anastasia: NJSIAA spokesman said Jason Groome can return May 1 or his team's 12th game, whichever comes first. So he'll likely miss two starts don't get me wrong, but if it is a violation of the rules, what is the penalty and are they the officials circumventing it??

QUOTE (aryzner @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:55 PM) I'll be the gif guy. Hope you don't mind. holly crap, what a freaking great play, hands down.

if you see this, just go and enjoy the game, esp visually. these players, the nhl players are the best in there city, and what they do is wonders. also take a look at a team that starts behind the goal and how they come out and attack. look at the dman stand up the opposing player with shear strength. all these little tings are what make hockey so special esp in person. enjoy, have a dog and beer for me.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:19 PM) On the south side sox podcast I think they touched on him strictly working out of the stretch. Anyone quitting in him already is silly. So yes, LDF, you're silly. where did i post that i was quitting on him. all i said i did not believe the hype on him..... and for the record, i stated the same thing with rodon. i even mention with rodon, he will really need to convince me he is the real deal. this hype for fulmer was ridiculous, expecting him to come up in the second week of may as some posted, or even by the asg. qutting on hims to totally different than not believing in any one players hype.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 10:16 PM) Just got a free ticket/pre game meal from a work vendor for Tuesday's game, never been to a pro-hockey game in person so definitely pumped to see the atmosphere. oh man, where is seating???

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:15 PM) Just like "rhetorical", you don't understand "cherry picking". You are saying that we are taking parts of your argument and removing context, and nobody is doing that. All you are doing is talking in circles and when you are given examples, proof, counter arguments all you do is change your argument and then accuse everyone else of changing their arguments. What I responded to above this quote was not out of context, it was not cherry picking, it was a response to a silly idea that any team is salary dumping In the second week of April. ok i think you are an intelligent person, so this should not be too hard to grasp. team that will do a salary dump, is there any rumors out there, maybe one but that is a trade to get out of a sp pitcher contract. i am still thinking that there will be 2 team looking for a salary dump from the nl. it is a guess, did i ever say it was a fact with rpts. i said i am looking at this possibility. my main point is and will be, the owners being too cheap to really fix this team. and as i have said many times, i will wait to see how this teams looks like in may/june. so where have i change my opinion. i am not accusing every posters, i am accusing 2 admin poster who have or seem to argue with me, in or on any topic. why, to get the click rates up, i will play along but it is the 2 main culprits that keeps doing this. is it b/c you have the get out of jail card with your admin status??? relying on those powers to prove a point. yeah, real classy. so where is this idea that this forum, any posters can express their pov, as long as no derogatory remarks are being mention, then again, maybe some of those derogatory remarks are compliments. who knows, i know i don't. i am done here. see ya. unless i am ban.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) Ya Rick Hahn is saving his money for Bryce Harper lol yeah if that was only true.

and as much i am having fun here. i will leave in 5 mins, gotsss to go, any last comments.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:59 PM) But this makes absolutely zero sense, I just can't comprehend how you can't grasp that. You're core complaint seems to be about ownership not spending to make this team better. We've established that's nor really true, but even if it was, the team has shown over the 1st two weeks to be a competitive team is currently 1st in the division. Why SHOULD they have spent more money in the off-season when it looks like the 25 man is working just fine? You can't possibly justify just throwing out the record. You also can't because if the team was 2-7, your argument would be much more valid. The team at that point would clearly need more help and should have been addressed in the off-season. and yet you posted about the sox getting or trying to get one of the top 3-4 fa's. also it was well documented that the sox tried to trade laroche be the trading deadline last season. so getting a player, who may be a better option than what the sox have avail is the thought process, b/c the owners will not spend that money. if the sox really wanted one of the key Fa's, then outbid all the teams. and ref to the bold, i have and did addressed it many times. and i still stand by what i have been saying then as, as i am doing now.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:58 PM) A salary dump, 2 weeks into the season. Alrighty there are 2 teams in the nl that were trying to trade high salary players on their payroll. again cherry picking to start a rant. nice try

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:56 PM) You would give up on Frazier after 30 ABs, since sample sizes mean nothing to you. oops i didn't take his comment as a neg against the sox. i was wrong if he did.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:55 PM) Sands/Shuck and then Avi (maybe). And after Dunn, Laroche and 2 weeks of Frazier, if people think trading young players for yet another NL slugger w/ severe splits who rakes in his home hitters' park is the answer, I don't know what to say. i am still waiting for 2 nl team to try a salary dump. but who knows.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:48 PM) Sounds like someone is making assumptions... you do it allllll the time.... man up.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:46 PM) So basically you don't even believe your own point, and are just arguing to argue. All you do is b**** and moan about ownership, form incoherent sentence structure trying to make a point no one agrees with, all the while the team is 7-2 and has 13 million dollars to possibly invest in this team at a later date, which has been confirmed in print and radio by big bad ownership. You don't even know what side to argue anymore. not really and why am i the only one to be called out on this, when others were saying to get rid of avi. ref #1, sentence structure, well, i have apologize some many time for my lack of english skills. and i went to some many english classes to improve. this is my bad on this. God didn't see fit to allow me to improve. ref #2. i b**** and moan about the owners not doing or spending what is needed to field the team at the same time b**** and moan about fans not coming out. this yr record, notwithstanding, shouldn't even be in this discussion. b/c i believe in this team and have stated so. what i do not believe in is going into the season with 1 major hole at DH, get another fa to platoon and be that 25th person, someone like looney or murph to name but 2. ref #3, when i am defending myself against 2, it is hard to keep tabs, but it is also a cheap way to pick and choose certain points and take them out of contents to make a point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:43 PM) You just said in your previous post that they needed a DH before Spring Training. well, when the sox were trying to trade him, even go so far to eat maybe 3/4 of his last yr salary, i would thnk that the writing is on the wall, they really had no faith in him. you tell me. nah for get that, you will still argue that the owners spent enuf money as your common theme

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:42 PM) Well let's see what they do at the trade deadline, and in the offseason with LaRoche already off the books and Danks coming off. and i agree, i said in the beginning, lets see where things are at the end of may, beginning of june.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) They had a DH before Spring Training started. He quit. and like i didn't know that, the point is, to get an additional player who can platoon, someone who in all likely hood be better then what they had.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) I wouldn't call the Sox cheap at all. Theve had a high payroll considering the teams they trotted out there. They're not like the Rays. and for my opinion, it was to keep faith in the fans,. to show they are spending money, so they can get the fans to buy into this and buy tickets. it is not like i am asking the sox to spend over 150 mil.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) http://www.royalsreview.com/2016/3/14/1121...ion-with-royals ok, i never said that it wasn't true, and the debate was after that, the sox still had the chance to improve . now look at how long it took for the sox to sign a jacks. furthermore, the sox still had a chance, when they didn't sign any of the big 3-4, to still sign someone who can or may platoon with the dh. signing or not signing is really not the debate. quit changing the goalline. the debate is, the owners didn't want to pony up to get a dh, before st started. if you know craps, the key word is betting on the come. anything else is pure attempt to position the discussion in one favor.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:29 PM) Rich, and compelling it should be, that what you and the other person always do. i am just following my faithful leaders.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 09:18 PM) They made an attempt to sign Cespedes, Gordon and Upton. How in the f*** is that going the cheapest route. You are just completely wrong on this and no matter how many times you repeat it it's not going to make it true. Remember, it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. this is a hoot, words of wisdom from you. get real. they made an attempt, but didn't sign any of those fa. so what were the salary at that time??? and as anyone really don't know, how close they were to signing them, esp at the salary the players received. making assumption without any credible proof.... really nice to cherry pick a discussion.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 07:45 PM) I think Senzel is being overrated and overhyped by publications is he overrated and overhyped or is the fav's are not producing as expected??

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:56 PM) Jason Groome's high school career is over. He has been suspended for the season for an improper transfer and will not pitch again for his high school team. I do not think this will hurt his draft stock well i agree in general. but he is still a hs'er and he is loosing development time. this is a tough one for me, if he falls, will the sox spring for a hs'er sp or still go the college route. with the idea of their ideas of bpa for the org.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:37 PM) Bulls far and away the worst front office in Chicago. No contest. Last night was the epitome of who the Bulls are. After watching that, we can now understand what goes through free agents minds as they sit across from those two clowns and arrogant (and uninvolved) reinsdorf. QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:46 PM) Sooooo Gar... I really hope that press conference was a joke. He needs to be f***ing fired right f***ing now! nice. i like it.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) The fact that you aren't even willing to list a FA and compare them statistically to Laroche is all anyone needs to see, you're arguing just to argue and have no ground to stand on here. nor will the other person do the same to disprove what i was saying. btw, my point was, the bulls had a chance to fix this up, before st and didn't. who cares of the cost being over 129 mil. there were uncertainties, going into st, will avi rebound or can rebound, esp with his new stance. can laroche rebound from last yr abysmal hitting??? the sox never fully fix those holes. and my point is and will always be, b/c the owners are too cheap. they will go the cheapest route. this was not the yr to do this, this team is too good. now, those who were posting against me, was trying to divert the subject. those holes were before the st started.