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I think Rubio has VP written all over him in this cycle and he'd be a fantastic pair with either Jeb or Kasich.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 06:18 AM) Couldn't stomach watching the entire debate last night but watched some clips this morning and Kasich's answers on Medicaid and gay marriage show that he isn't afraid to challenge the hardcore right-wing of the party. He's far and away my first choice from either party right now, but I believe that if he gains much momentum at all, the Koch machine will take him down well before he can get near the nomination. He stood out to me in the main show, just as Trump stood out for being a complete idiot. The one thing I will give Trump credit for is his involvement in this and early popularity shows you just how fed up America is with the same ole same old. They want real changes and they are just sick and tired with the entire environment. Kasich's track record is not only impressive but his charisma on stage is noticeable and the answers he gave on medicaid and gay marriage had me doing a mental clap in my head. Even my wife, who likes Hillary, was like, hold on, who is this guy, I like what he's saying. I still like Jeb a lot and he clearly took the, don't be the aggressor, let Trump light himself on fire and then once you get the spotlight, start to push the momentum. He did nothing to stand out, but I don't think that was his strategy and he really didn't have to. Walker might have taken the same approach. Will be interesting to see Carly as she moves up based upon her performance. No way she isn't on the main stage in the next debate. PS: I liked Christie's response on retirement. As a whole, this was the most entertaining debate I've ever watched in my entire life. It was also a debate which brought real questions to the table and they were at times, extremely difficult questions for candidates to answer. I wish more debates would roll this way as it was far more informative (other then I hope we don't have that many people in the next debate). Honestly, I was glued to my seat.

Fernando was incredible. It also amazed me just how long he was pitching for and even his brief comeback with the Cardinals (after pitching in the Mexican leagues). What a legend. Guy loved the game of baseball. Living out in SoCal like I do, it would be incredible for the Sox to have had a guy like Fernando who to this day is revered throughout LA.

Is that stat flawed from the perspective of who he catches? He clearly gets all of Sale's starts, which helps his odds and I think he probably starts less of Danks games, which again would help those odds.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) Thank you everyone with the nice words. This is an important point. He was all over the Braves organization. When Rob (southsidehitman) interviewed Rick Hahn on a conference call earlier this year, Rick Hahn said there was going to be a movement to try emulate the Braves player development team of the '90's. Then when Hostetler gets promoted he can't say enough about that organization. We seem to be trying to pull together a dominant rotation like the 90's Braves. Now where is our Chipper Jones?

Jeremy Stoltz ‏@BearReport 4m4 minutes ago #Bears John Fox says Michael Ola has a knee strain. Will be out about a week.

By the way, for everyone who complained that he was an inside hire, he sure spent a lot of time talking about his influences from outside of the organization. Specifically how he was influenced by some key people within the Braves organization, including current Royal's GM Dayton Moore.

Interesting article from Dan Wetzel regarding Brady and Goodell. Basically calls Goodell a liar. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/roger-goodell...409591-nfl.html

This quote really stood out to me and I say amen. Excited to have Nick on board. He says all kinds of things that get me fired up. That said, its results driven so Nick...help make this farm system great (and in turn, help make the major league team great)!!!

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 09:09 AM) Interesting to think about but unless Robin simply resigns for whatever reason he's not going any place. JR and the front office still like him a lot. However if that possibility should occur I'm for anybody who has previous major league managing experience and who has absolutely zero ties to the organization. No more former players, no more former coaches, no more guys 'learning' how to be a major league manager with on the job training. Sox haven't hired a manger with former experience managing at the big league level since Jeff Torborg in 1989. Mark I think Robin will resign at the end of the season (barring a turn around). I also think Kenny moves on to another role (by his own accord) and Hahn gets the reigns to make his decisions and I wouldn't put it past the chairman to look at Dombrowski as a possible fit as president, I just don't know that Dave would be interested in the Sox job.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 06:16 AM) Let's hear some names. I'll start with some obvious ones that'll get tossed around: 1. Ozzie Guillen- His .524 winning percentage with the Sox is a lot better than Ventura's. Left on bad terms though. 2. Dave Martinez- The next great manager according to everyone but the 30 GMs running teams. Worrisome that he hasn't been hired yet, particularly by the Rays. 3. Joe McEwing- Perennial managerial and been with the Sox awhile now. Good 3rd base coach outside whatever the f*** 2 nights ago was. 4. Sandy Alomar Jr- The coveted catcher to manager move. Being groomed as a manager by the Indians. Obvious Sox ties. 5. Joey Cora- Key part of the Guillen "glory days" but without the shenanigans. Vanderbilt educated. That list is awful, but sadly, it is probably realistic. If I was limited to that list, the only guy I would consider is Alomar Jr. I wouldn't touch anyone else on the list (Martinez as a bench coach, but nothing more). I would hire Gardy or Bud Black, although would be extremely open to Sandy. I wouldn't touch Ozzie / Martinez / McEwing. Cora is somewhat interesting and I like him, but I still think I stay away from him vs. Sandy (just a different ora about him) and of course Gardy / Bud Black.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 05:14 PM) I'm a big proponent of this move. Slide Long out to RT. Bushrod/Slauson/Montgomery/Mathis/Long is pretty darn solid. Should allow us to control the ground game. The right side, in particular, would be nasty. That said, I don't see the Bears actually signing him. I say do everything possible to keep Jay upright. A, it helps us really see what we get with him (I'm hoping we finally run a balanced attack to his strength's, which hopefully minimizes turnovers) and B, if Jay still can't do it, having a strong line only puts whomever you draft / bring in to be in the best possible position to succeed.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) Why your positivity doesnt annoy me like others only God knows. Well for one, baseball is a game, so while I enjoy the winning, I just focus on other things or try to look at the upside when we are losing. If you can't have fun with a game, why do it. Millions of other things to do with our time. This baseball season has probably been the most frustrating I've ever been involved in as a fan, but that winning streak was fun. It brought all kinds of life back to the southside and you forget what can happen when some young talent gets infused and helps your club (vs. hurts it). I've said I don't buy into Saladino as a long-term starter, but it was a fresh change for the Sox to bring in some new blood and see it inject some life into the club (Sanchez included). Hopefully Tim Anderson can do something similar in time (as can Micah). Then lets hope Hahn and company can find some other young pieces from other teams that can come over and fill holes as well. Use these next couple of months to develop from within and get a better gauge at 2016 and lets hope someone makes a desperate pitch for Shark during the waiver period!!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) happily. Gracias. Now lets hope the Sox can go on a run like the Angels did prior to the deadline (19 of 21). I want the Sox to be relevant. That winning streak was fun and reminded me again how fun it is when your club is good.

Dick / Caufield - Can you guys please put each other on ignore. Both of you are clearly big Sox fans, but see things differently. That or before you respond to each other's posts...you need to bust out some "woooo saaaaaa's".

Unconfirmed, but it appears Ola might have torn his ACL. Tough loss as he is a very versatile backup on the oline. Nothing confirmed but he was carted off the field and was helped off by two teammates. Dickerson is who is indicating a potentially torn ACL.

Locking this one. Jinx thread.

@Edwerderespn: Source: #Bears WR Kevin White pushing to get on field, but team being cautious. No timeframe for return, his running to increase

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) To put some numbers on this I went to FG and sorted for right fielders. Out of qualified RF there are a couple guys who have an RC+ below 100 (so below average RF) who are putting up positive WAR numbers due to defense. Gregory Polanco has played basically the full season or close to it, has been worth 1 fWAR, has most of his value from defense and being a strong baserunner. He's put up a .678 OPS so far on the year. TT could be a better defender than him, but the 11/16 stolen bases this year at Charlotte suggests to me he won't be as valuable of a baserunner, at least to start, and that's without me taking any deserved shots at the coaching staff for the quality of baserunning in this org. If TT is a better defender than Polanco, over a full season, I think that's the OPS range we need to talk about for him to be a decent enough player in right field where we stick him at the bottom of the order and let him catch the ball. Guessing somewhere around .650 OPS might be the ~0 fWAR crossover, give or take a decent amount on each side since this is an educated guess game for now. Interestingly, those rough offensive numbers don't change all that much if he spends a fair amount of time in CF. The bright side for the Sox is, TT is replacing Avi, and his negative WAR

By the way, if we are going to talk about Dombrowski, I have to throw out another name, former Dodgers GM (and current special advisor), Ned Coletti. He developed their fantastic farm system and was a very good GM with the Dodgers. Prior to that, he was instrumental in the Dusty Baker led Giants.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 03:36 PM) The best GM in baseball should have at least one World Series ring. I know that's a lofty goal and all, but it's true. He won in Florida (and in reality, they won a 2nd thanks to him). I would argue he is one of the most decorated GM's in the game.

I am excited for this thing. Should be, if anything, entertaining. I can expect two things. 1, Bush will be polite and on point the whole time. 2, Trump will get flustered. I think if anyone goes swinging at Trump, it will be Walker who is losing momentum and needing the big swing.

I am inherently biased towards Trayce (have long been one of his biggest fans on this site) but I wonder if in this day and age he actually has a lot more upside then we give him credit. If you put him in RF, with his defensive skills and the new aged statistical measures, are we going to see a guy whose bat is mediocre but his glove is so strong, that we are talking about a pretty valuable overall rf'er (and a major long-term upgrade over Avi)? I'm probably overstating things but if Trayce's metrics grade out as good as his defensive tools suggest (and w/Avi's current struggles) this would probably be as good of an era as any to come up (and we might even see him be the type of guy whose bat, which initially will be below average, slowly grades into solid).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) The White Sox wouldn't just name a new scouting director if Dombrowski was coming. I think he is going to the Angels. If he's leaving Detroit because of a meddling owner, I can't imagine he'd go to Anaheim to work with Moreno and Scioscia. Yes, he'd have resources and a well respected manager, but that mgr has a lot of clout and the owner is a freaking jackass (and as meddling as they come).

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 02:43 PM) No, that is where the personal responsibility part comes in. Why is it society's duty to pay for your child? That is where a huge disconnect is here. Society shouldn't have to pay either way for your 'decision'. Keep it or not, you pay for it. Remove tax funding and most of the arguments go away. I think the problem is that I do feel an obligation to the child. To the parent, no, but every child should have its chance. Reality is it is near impossible for it to work out, but just because your parents are dead beats doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to get proper food, clothing, etc. You shouldn't be punished as a child for your parents situation and their should be programs to help do whatever they can to push your odds in life from lottery type odds to something more favorable.