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Thank you very much and I think I speak for the rest of Soxtalk in hoping that they caught it early enough to give you hope. I pray that you and your family are given the strength to endure.

Don't think this comes close. The Cubs were obviously targeting up the middle position players. High level international young prospects with athletic ability and baseball abilities. I don't know the Sox system very well but doubtful we have 4 of those types of positions players. The Sox haven't exactly been a breeding ground for signing younger international CF's and SS's.

I don't have much of an opinion about Bauer's antics . I would think his agent might tell him he's costing himself money by screwing with Heyman. Or perhaps he doesn't care about costing himself a few million here and there. I'm pretty sure the video of why he only wanted 1 year contracts is no longer available but below is some quotes from it : https://www.redlegnation.com/2020/04/08/reds-pitcher-trevor-bauer-on-why-hes-only-signing-1-year-deals/ “I want to be able to be happy playing the game that I love. So I want to end up in situations that make me happy and make me fulfilled. That can be situations like the Reds have, where there’s just a really great group of people that just make me fulfilled as a person,” said Bauer. “That can be situations like jumping into a team that’s going to go on a playoff run and hopefully win a World Series. That can be a team that would let me pitch every 4th day or treats me with respect in a way that no other team has. Or whatever the case is – there’s certain things that are more important to me than money. And I want to be able to control where I play and when and the situations I’m in so that as I change too, and things become more important to me, or less important to me as I evolve that I can tailor fit my situation to reflect that.” Winning certainly seems important to Bauer, as it is for nearly every high-level athlete. “I want to be on a contender every year because I love competing at the highest level and the highest level is the World Series,” he said. “So I want to have a chance to go to the World Series every single year. And the way baseball is currently structured, there’s not many teams that go into spring training trying to win the World Series that year.” I don't think anyone can say for sure what Bauer is thinking. Surely he realizes his free agency is the chance of a lifetime to have mega bucks but makes his earlier stance about the 1 year deals seem naive at best or idiotic at worse. He knew before he made those comments that he would be a FA one day and a great year pre- Free Agency would set him up for a great multi- year contract. I would suppose that once he is signed he can say all the right things about about winning and feeling wanted and appreciated like most free agents do to let us all know it just wasn't ALL about the money. He may think he is a different kind of dude but in the end he most likely ends up being like all Free Agents. and takes one of the highest offers combining a high amount of money with a high amount of years , with opportunities to opt out. If Bauer is truly the cat he thinks he is, then there is a small chance he chooses to be the maverick and stick to his nonsense about 1 year deals, how important winning is to him, pitching every 4th day or being treated with respect in a way that no other team has. The story will continue to unfold but most of us can guess the outcome or can we ???

Now that's how you do it.

Thank u and same to you.

Although it's been said many times, many ways, Merry Christmas to you.

So you're basically Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire yelling for La Stellaaaaaa.

No he's just not in love with Madrigal so pokes fun at his appearance every so often. Fathoms a good guy as you probably know.

Is everyone happy now ? 6 players mentioned. https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/tony-la-russa-on-white-sox-depth

The answer is probably yes . But it should be noted that Colas' status hasn't been cleared up and MLB hasn't declared him a Free Agent so far. So as of now he is unsignable. It's pretty hard to gauge how the industry feels . Cespedes is the better known quantity with his appearance in the WBC and has loud tools but hasn't got much field action lately. Colas played in the minors in Japan so at least he's been on the field and got that Cuban Ohtani label put on him because he can pitch a little bit but didn't do it in Japan.

Oh good I can still comment on you self righteousness without expecting self righteous comments back. Thank you. Talk about a troll.. pot calling the kettle black. And yes I can easily admit that I don't know everything about baseball economics or most things for that matter because I am not as arrogant and egotistical as you. I am not defending LaRussa as much as I am questioning you. This ceaseless, sanctimonious charade to parade your righteous indignation is pathetic.

LOL ,no, I was commenting on Fathom taking shots at Madrigals height good-naturedly.

Or if the Sox make it to the World Series maybe 99% of the time they will be talking about baseball.

Are you making another point through hyberbole again or do you actually mean what you say? I am so dimwitted I get confused easily when people are trying to change society positively through constantly berating a guy on a sports message board when you've already been doing it for months. I hope your crusade has spurned others in this tiny community to seek to right this grave injustice through the use of music videos like you. Is it just me or does" retired at 50 living prudently" sound like " I am living alone in my mother's basement", to anyone else ?

You don't think the youngsters have a lot to learn ?

Ok I'll say it. Imagine the fan building in the DR had the Sox kept F. Tatis, Jr. Oh well more work to do for that in the DR.

YoCes is only an inch taller if indeed Madrigal is 5'8". I was taller than both in probably 7th grade.

No tweet from the Cespedes Family Barbecue yet ?

Awesome get. It's hard to believe Colas would delay his signing for another year but would have to know how many teams have anything close to $500k+ left. If the Sox make another trade I'm expecting one or more our Adolfo, Rutherford, Gonzalez trio along with Sheets, Collins and Mercedes to be moved.

Magglio Ordonez had some great years with the Sox. He got injured, got mad at Kenny Williams for thinking he was damaged goods . Detroit signed him for 2005 and beyond. Obviously the Sox won the World Series and his replacement in RF was a key cog so the Sox made the right move not resigning him. His 8 year career with the Sox included 4 AS games, finished 5th in ROY, 2 Silver Slugger Awards and got MVP votes in 3 of his years. After a partial 2005 with the Tigers , in 2006 he became an All -Star again and got more MVP votes. In 2007 at age 33 he had the best year of his career became an All-Star for the 6th and final time and finished 2nd in MVP voting. He was astounding that year. Anyone who isn't aware of it should look at his stats from 2007. He had 54 doubles. batted .363 ,.434 OBP 1.029 OPS ,169 wRC+ and 8.0 fWAR. His best fWAR year with the Sox was 5.5 in 1999 when he actually played a good RF but after that because of his knee he got dinged pretty bad for his defense. In 2007 8.0 fWAR year he played solid defense but it was the last time he wasn't a negative value. I should also point out that Maggs was named in Jose Canseco's book as a steroid user. But there were some fun times at the old ballpark listening to O Wee O Magglio !

I must not be most people. Sure it can happen but not because of TLR. There would have to be a boatload of injuries so technically ,yes, that could happen any year. Do you believe so little in the talent of the players that TLR can cause a 30 game shift from last year ? It must be nice casting stones from your ivory tower while no one can cast stones at the mistakes you have made in your life as an unknown non public figure. You are way over the top.

I'm not angry. The Sox being owned by a guy who won't pay top dollar for pitching talent for extended years is probably the right fiscal decision. The problem is we're supposed to be winning a World Series in the next 5 years or so. I just want one so the rebuild was worth it. He can't operate the same old way if winning the championship is truly a priority. This is nothing new for Reinsdorf or any other White Sox owner in their history so being angry is idiotic. There's nothing to forgive. He's the chairman and can do as he pleases. The fact that Sox are still in Chicago is nice and we can bemoan our fate as Sox fans all we want ( and I often do ), but I do it because I want more. It doesn't anger me that I don't get what I want. That's life. I put in no work to achieve my wants as a fan so I can't feel like I've been stiffed.

How come there is only one scenario that makes the trade justifiable ? There are variables to performance for both Lynn and Dunning.

Tarp sliding !

I think by the reactions of the board it seems pretty equal for and against the trade which tells me it did what trades are supposed to do. Equal value for equal value. There's no such thing as a perfect trade. Some will like it and some won't. They needed a guy who showed he can be a Top 10 type pitcher in the AL and that's what they got for a year because that's seemed to be the only way to get that kind of pitcher and not give up a lot of prospects and not add a lot to the payroll. I don't hope you are wrong. I hope Lynn lives up to his billing and Dunning fulfills his potential. But most of all I hope Lynn can get us deep into the playoffs while we watch Kopech and others accumulate the innings they need to fulfill their potential under the guidance of Katz.