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QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 03:39 AM) Nice! If the Sox end up keeping that comp pick, that's a nice Chuck of change they can throw at their first two picks. As of right now, the '16 draft is supposed to have more depth so the extra money would be nice to have. We'll see how that plays out as the college and high school season's progress through spring. Now that I think about it, doesn't the college season begin next week? for me, i was going to state this later. but oh well, this is a nice post. i have been looking at the draft, the first 2 rounds i think, there is a whole group of prospects i can't wait to follow when college ball starts. as hard press i am to using the FA's to help this team, i really hope in the back of my mind they don't sign anyone with a comp pick attached. in fact i wish the sox would be able to trade some of their surplus in 2 or 3 tier pitching to get more comp picks. this 1 round and comp has a lot of promising pitchers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 10:21 PM) Actually it's not even close to what you just described or what England does. really, i thought it was. i was in england for a month + back in the 90's, i was brief on the medical care and how it works.... i guess i just didn't understand it back then. sorry.

now if this is all done, the one question i wanted to asked since yesterday is this. let say the sox trade for an OF'er, 1. would all be happy here??? my answer is yes..... i can live as i said yesterday with Avi as a platoon with laroche at the dh. at SS, some poster made a comment last week of maybe anderson will be ready at mid season. i can see saladino at SS, for a 1/2 season or more. but if anderson hit and continues to hit in ST, should the sox keep him up????

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) Of course I did. I looked back through October and didn't find any we removed. But hey, we delete all of your guerrilla posts for sure no offense, but i don't know what that means. but in ref to the deletions. 1 was when i accuse said person of embellishing and creating what i was saying and asking him to produce the post. 2nd was the whole serious of post of where i defended another admin and later you jump in followed by another admin, then that whole series of posts disappeared, followed by the proclamation that from now on PM msg will be use by the admin to discuss situatins. lastly my olive branch in the remodeling thread, said admin was asking on the idea of bidding on an home thru auction. i gave him advice on how and what to look out for. all civil. that is gone... look in the thread. but of course i am making this up, right???? btw, if an admin does do all these things, would you really admit to it??? nah, it is the posters fault.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) LaVine is better. It's just that Gordon was pulling off crazy, theatrical stuff. LaVine just looks so smooth that it hurts him - until they show slow motion and you realize how absolutely insane his dunks are. and therein is the problem. the dunks now are more theatrical (great word) to make a special visual for the dunks. i really thought gordon dunks were better b/c of that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) Not finding any of your posts deleted by us. But ok then wait you said that you went and looked??? and that is it???? right~~~~` and now everything is all civil.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:27 PM) When was your post deleted, I want to look in archives and see why it was deleted which one??? the balta defense or the remodeling one.

the Obamacare can really be discussed in a totally separate topic. but in essence.... health care for everyone... equal health care and benefits. for all. this is the same kind of health care that england has for decades. the elderly, the single parents, the poor... same quality of health benefits for everyone.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:15 PM) Recurring jab? Any time you are questioned by any member of the mod/admin team in the context of a discussion in a thread, you get super defensive and put your tinfoil hat on and accuse mods and admins of using their powers in some sort of way to influence any discussion. This is patently false, The only time we influence anything or ban anyone it is because of people being uncivil with each other or breaking established forum rules. And yes, we do make some rules in regards to how you are supposed to act on this forum. But you act like we have threatened to ban you multiple times before, and force you to conform to how we think. This is bulls***, we ask you to explain your point and then you want to claim conspiracy instead of answering a question. you know, with ref to your post and nothing else, i will let you have this word, b/c if i try to defend myself, i will continue to spin this around for no reason. facts, 2 posts were deleted by admin's = it is my fault... ummm i avoid posting a reply to any and all admins, - you posted a very civil response excellent job. i extended a olive branch and the admin deleted my post and the whole post till last yr. i avoid reply to said admin.... it was not worth the response or aggravation which i would put to look as the guilty party.... said admin used another post to egg me on for lack of a response. and here we are, you again taking the lead in defense, why????

i have been waiting since yesterday to post, this question, observation on the sox, ss and anderson. i wanted a couple of mild post between my previous post from last nite til now. but i guess i will still wait until this settles down.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:04 PM) That's pretty much what I hear from all Hillary supporters. I just support her, dammit. Truthfully I think most who support Hillary either are doing so because they would never ever vote Republican and the other democrat candidate is kind of off the wall bizarre. Good luck to Hillary supporters as she will be continuing her fight to stay out of jail. Her email situation/FBI may be in the news for a long time until it culminates in formal charges? nice point, i think that some may have to vote for her b/c the rep party people, right now is too bizarre.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 09:01 PM) I agree with your stance. The White Sox have spent money on players, who for all intents and purposes looked good. But, I don't think they overpaid at the time. There are beginning to be a number of outlandish contracts and I guess if some team wants to blow their budget on one guy that's their problem. I am glad we haven't operated like that. Sox seem to have done pretty well and I am betting that soon we will see another FA signing or two by the Sox at reasonable terms. Amazing the number of posters that seem to think this team has unlimited resources both financially and within the farm system to throw out there for one player and ovrpay for that one guy too and within the realm of your post, i will agree to seeing another player added.... hopefully a OF'er.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:52 PM) When did we use our God like powers to delete your dissenting opinion, oh plebe? Are you going to accuse us again of using our powers to create narratives that everyone has to follow? ahah twice that i can remember. on the one rant some admin took on me, when i posted a comment in defense of balta. you jump in right away after ss2k5 jumpt in. i had to tell you i was aiming on the defense of balta..... that was when the so called PM was going to be used more vigorously. 2nd. since the whole trouble of opinions was over and you posted a nice response. there was a question in the house remodeling and bidding on a house to purchase. i gave my experience and thoughts and what i thought was useful help, without bias or anything. i was extending the olive branch. several days later, that whole post ..... and conversation was deleted...... only an admin can do that. just like davers use to do. so yes, admin has powers esp in banning and making rules. narration on a msg board is good, esp when no ulterior agenda are added. not once in the last 2 or more weeks was i instigating anything... and yesterday topic was a debate.... you know a point and counter point. if i choose not to response to someone, why does a recurring jab is needed ..... esp from a ADMIN who should be above this.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:52 PM) I think there are some things that are overlooked when talking a team's money and their payroll. It costs money for the following.... staff at the ballparks throughout the minors + USCF, scouts salary and travel expenses, costs of signing players in the June draft, costs of signing INTL free agents, FO staff, transportation expenses (plane/truck) for the Sox and all their ML affiliates, equipment throughout the team's system, and probably other stuff I haven't thought of. I don't claim to know how much money the Sox generate or how much they actually have to spend but I do know there are more expenses than just the 25 man payroll. and you are correct. those, intangibles are accounted for, and added and subtracted .... this was shown on the forbe break down. that was on another hard discussion that was really debated on .... i think last yr. either way, that was a great topic to have... alot of useful stuff was brought up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:39 PM) Tell you what, you go have a family member who is sick and uninsurable for years and then you'll completely redefine what a "ridiculous disaster" is. you have a point. this is not exactly in the uninsurable, but i busted my tooth around xmas in order to get a root canal and tooth, my bill was 9,000 dollars. insurance really screwed me on that. that was my out of pocket, and i have blue cross and blue shield.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 07:36 PM) That is exactly what I expected to be honest. you want honesty, i will tell you. no matter what i write or say, you will go off and rant. as you have in the past and when you are caught in the wrong, you will convenient delete the who post to a point that is less embarrassing. it is nice to be a Admin to have that power to cover your butt. so why should i bother to reply to you ????? to get berated and oh, i forgot those so called lies i accuse you to show.... but never did, oh yeah the other admin jump in to stop me from continuing to embarrass you. this was all done, but you needed to egg it on. really petty...... maybe even childish. all this from an ADMIN.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 08:28 PM) You are missing the obvious contradiction in terms in this post that not signing guys to bad contracts involves not just spending money to spend money. The Sox are obviously interested in guys, but they aren't going to bid stupid amounts of money to do it. That is exactly how you avoid having the bad contracts you are referencing. But if reference to the original poster who ignored the question, I would love to know exactly how much money the Sox have to spend, because he seems to know. tsk tsk tsk.... get over it.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 07:04 PM) Probably more than what they are spending now, given how presently constituted the current payroll of $123M is still rendering the team at below average in four spots in the lineup (Garcia, LaRoche, Cabrera, & Saladino). But it's obviously a matter of spending the money wisely, with less spending on the likes of the LaRoche's, Cabrera's, and Keppinger's of the world, if that can be avoided. ref the bold, that is a great statement, i wish i could've thought of something like that. very well done.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 07:20 PM) Uh...'85? '87? '88? i will say this, up until i saw gordon dunks, no one did it better than MJ and Dr. J. now i am saying what i saw was b/c of MJ. it has evolve b/c MJ started it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) I support Hillary. There are some posters here who I will take out the time to write a post on my thoughts because it will be a part of an interesting discussion. If one of them ask I may write one. i too am for Hillary, mostly b/c the rep candidates are not worth listening to. but i think Hillary will need to roll out 1 hell of a VP candidate, someone who will help in the running, to take away the personal bias some has against Hillary. one question, for lack of a better word, does Hillary have the bias against her, b/c of her politics or is it b/c she is a woment??? who in anyone opinions will be a great person to run with Hillary????

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 03:46 AM) Lavine was awesome, Gordon had 2 of the best dunks I've ever seen though. Good god. b/c of this post, i went and look it up on youtube. wow, gordon dunks were the best i have ever seen. you are correct in that statement. it was funny watching the judges expression on a couple of those dunks.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 10:21 PM) I do think they'll add but how impact the bat ends up being is unknown. They still have valued targets out there and they are working on it. and then i would definitely be 1 really happy camper. now all i have to do is wait.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 10:48 PM) With all do respect, I think I'm done here. It's obvious you have a huge beef with the FO and to the point where nothing they do or say is the right thing. I really don't know what else to say, man. Lighten up, its just Baseball. i am and it is kool, it was a healthy debate.... nothing wrong with that, no cussing, no anger. it was a nice debate on a difference of opinions. btw, with ref to bold, i do, all those missed opportunity when they, the fo never finished the rebuild and go out and get that last missing piece. instead using reclamation players to bridge the gap. this org should have had many WS rings, instead of one.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 10:17 PM) No it wasn't. Latos had offers potentially in excess of 3x the amount he signed for. Sox appealed to him for the opportunity and their reputation with pitching and injuries. it was a shear luck of the draw.... that the player decided to accept the sox offer instead of any of the others, which had more on the table. going into this discussion with latos, is anyone going to debate that the FO had it in mind that latos would accept their offer???? c'mon be serious, they knew that their offer would be good enuf???

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 10:09 PM) The thoracic outlet sydrome is the most common reason. The rib compresses on the neurovascular bu dle and they lose their sensation in their fingers. This can happen with a normal rib or sometimes people have an accessory or extra rib. We usually can help them without the surgery but sometimes it's necessary. many thanks, i guess i am going to medical wiki to see what the underline is ..... either way, something for me to read and to learn about. again thanks.