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AVi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 07:39 AM) He'd look good in the Charlotte rotation. Because that's where he'd be. At least the A's saw value in him and the Orioles saw goose eggs.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 08:34 PM) Fwiw, Chris Bassitt has a shutout going against the Orioles tonight. 6.2 ip, 4 h, 2 bb, 6 k....2.66 era on the season Also Marcus Semien hit a 3R HR after Sogaard was IBB in front of him but its cool we get a comp pick. Edit: Phegley .794 OPS in limited duty not sure how his defense has been .

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 05:24 AM) Leaving the White Sox for a higher salary is equivalent to betraying Jesus? C'mon, Dombrowski's doing the same exact thing, basically. When he signs for $8-10 million per season with Boston, LAA, Toronto or Seattle, should he be burned in effigy or hung from lampposts in Detroit? An educated man like yourself should know the term Judas is more commonly meant to portray a betrayer. Don't take things so literally.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 04:58 AM) Time to close this thread . . . I thought of this thread after Sale got roughed up again but I didn't want to be the one to pour salt in yet another open wound.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 10:09 PM) lol, what? You "aim for something a little bit more"? What does that even mean? What exactly are you doing to "aim for something a little bit more"? So if I think I understand the logic here, you need to have a big result to feel like you get something positive out of a season, you haven't gotten anything positive out of 50 of the last 55 years, and yet you are back for another year? And not only that, but you feel the need to dwell on those results over and over again? Yeah, I don't know where I would get the bitter idea from. Seriously, you need a new hobby if you are coming back again for something that had disappointed you 50 out of the last 55 years. I don't even know what you guys are arguing about. If someone came up to me and said "hey you're favorite team is playing. Do you want them to win or lose ?" 100% of the responses would be WIN !!! Do I know the Sox have been a woeful franchise throughout their history ? Yes ! Am I disappointed year after year by them ? Yes ! Am I bitter about it ? No because that's not exactly the biggest tragedy ever . It's a sports team after all. Entertainment. Could I be depressingly negative about the whole situation ? Yes easily but I choose not to be negative or upset because it is all beyond my control and many others do it for me. I would think what I just wrote pretty much sums up most Sox fans. What we argue about here is minutiae .

QUOTE (captain54 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 10:50 PM) That was four years ago and I think most fans' memory is probably a little short in that respect. Remember, Robin was the Anti-Ozzie, and there was gonna be a newer, happier franchise once Ozzie was gone.. Well, it hasn't exactly turned out that way… Yes, Robin has 1 year left on his contract, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that Reinsdorf is a smart enough business man, though loyal, to ease Robin out replacing him with Ozzie next year, if it meant a possible uptick in ST sales for 2016... True.. Ozzie doesn't know when to shut up, but neither did DaCoach and the DaCoach is still one popular guy in Chicago..why? because Chicago fans are big and boisterous themselves with their opinions.. I'm not saying Ozzie is the best choice to replace Robin.. But he certainly would be a great choice to maybe generate some interest in this franchise that continues toward irrelevancy in this town.. I wish everyone would just not bring Guillen's name up at all. That was my nice way of putting it when I really wanted to say STFU about him. Would you hire Judas ? Would you hire your best friend who slept with your wife ? Would you hire a guy who tried to extort money from you ?? That's what Guillen is ,was, and shall ever be.

Well thats a bit hopeful

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 06:13 PM) Considering the season Sale has had, not quite sure there is any argument to keep Flowers around There never was any.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 01:32 PM) Personally though my favorite plan is still "40 pushups every time you hit the ball to the right side". It really can't hurt. Actually it probably can hurt. One reason Avi can't turn on the ball is because he has a huge upper body and is terrible at short arm hitting ( pulling your hands in, bending your arms to get the barrel on the ball to drive it while still keeping it fair.) That's why I suggested he open his stance because the way it is now he's too big too pull it. He's what the old time baseball coaches feared about weight lifting , getting too muscle bound . He need to lose upper body weight and become more flexible . Adding the pushups would only prevent him from pulling the ball even more.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 08:46 AM) Hey look, it is retroactive complaining day! Everyone get out your "look into the past" goggles and find a move that worked out for another team and blast the sox for not making the same move! Yay! Ha that would be easy even this year you can point to all the moves the Sox made that haven't worked or look at DH alone. I don't even have to do any research to come up with cheaper better DH's than LaRoche, .... Kendry Morales and Chris Colabello

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 02:09 AM) There's only one problem with this...start drafting high schoolers in the first round and Sale/Abreu/Quintana/Eaton will all be long gone before they make it to the big leagues. Rare is the hs player like an A-Rod or Harper who doesn't need at least 2-3 years in the minors, if not 4-5. Or 6 like Trayce Thompson. This from a recent article from SSS: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________ This may or may not surprise you, but Thompson is the first position player to make it from White Sox draft pick out of high school to the White Sox 25-man roster since ... Ryan Sweeney, who, like Thompson, was a second-round pick (in 2003). If you're wondering about the last high school draft pick to stick with the Sox, it's Joe Crede (fifth round, 1996). Over the last decade, you don't even need one complete hand to count the number of high-school success stories -- even if you count players who eventually made it to the big leagues for other teams, which I think is fair since value is value. The only other position player to reach the majors was Chris Carter (15th round, 2005), who was sent to Arizona for Carlos Quentin before the 2008 season. The pitching side has a few more success stories: Dan Cortes (seventh round, 2005). Traded to Kansas City for Mike MacDougal. Hector Santiago (30th round, 2006). Actually pitched for the Sox. David Holmberg (second round, 2009). Traded to Arizona for Edwin Jackson. That's it, partially because the Sox avoided prep players on somewhat of an alternate-year cycle, and the years besides 2009 haven't panned out. Nevin Griffith led the charge in 2007, and 2012 rests entirely on Courtney Hawkins and Jordan Guerrero after the other prep players have stagnated in the lower levels, if they even made it out of rookie ball. The good news? The 2013 and 2014 drafts generated the Sox' most interesting prep prospects in years. The former brought Tyler Danish, Thaddius Lowry and Trey Michalczewski, while the 2014 draft yielded Spencer Adams. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________- So it seems that the Sox recent success with Trey ,Danish, Lowry and Adams from HS led to his promotion even though none has officially panned out .

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 06:59 AM) Last night was tough. I was so impressed by Carlos and Abreu fighting back like that. I've been in the wait-and-see mode with Avi, not wanting to fully give up on that talent. But this team's offense has turned on without him, and it's defense has turned on without him. We have to scrape for everyhting, and you just can't have that big of a liability in RF. I say platoon of Schuck/Trayce. Let's see how good we can do with a defensive heavy lineup. This is right. Send Avi down. He has no bench value either if he can't defend or hit.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) Who the hell would call a curveball to mahtook? That was a brutal call. After I saw him swing about an hour late on the FB I couldn't believe it either.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) He is blocking the plate I'm pretty sure you're allowed to block the plate when the ball beats the runner like that. What's the catcher supposed to do ,get out of his way to tag him and allow the runner to try some slick slide maneuver ?

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:21 PM) If the power struggle is true, Hahn must be laughing his ass off to KW, who wanted to buy. How could he if the response to that would be "the players I wanted would've won us the game"

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 08:13 PM) That's the dumbest send I have ever seen If I still yelled at the TV I'd be yelling at that one. What the hell is wrong with 1st and 3rd and no outs ? Maybe it was lets try to get LaRoche an RBI night.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) Well, to be accurate, LaRoche is a $12M player this year, and $13M next year, so not $15M. And that is exactly what they did when they signed him. LaRoche's splits have always been such that she shouldn't play against LHP. It really isn't that difficult. Due to the way the team was constructed, there weren't really any better options on the roster this season. However, like I said, that may be changing if Thompson is called up and/or Valencia is acquired. The Sox are paying LaRoche the same amount whether he plays everyday or not. Giving the team a better chance of competing by letting him ride pine against LHP is better for the organization than just running him out there. I am confident (hopeful is probably the better word) that they'll make the right decision if they have a truly better option on the roster. Thompson in RF and Avi at DH would be one of those. Valencia in RF (may not be any better than Avi in the OF, so they're interchangeable in this scenario) and Avi at DH is another. They haven''t made the decision to sit LaRoche against lefties and they knew the splits when they acquired him. 5 months of playing him against lefties. What makes you hopeful they will do it now ?

Stupid A holes Their season is kaput . Why block the Sox ? #^&^&%%$*

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 1, 2015 -> 05:19 AM) you know, i never thought of that idea. very interesting point of view. the other point of what you are saying of the russian line, it take a intuitive set of dman. now that i am coming down from my excitement. i am analyzing the whole thing, the hawks lost 2 forwards who scored over 20 goals per. a rhetorical question is how will they replace that production. The Russians the Red Wings had were really good especially Federov . The Hawks Russians have a lot to prove and quickly.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) I don't understand. He gives them so much more than Albers, Webb or Jennings. Yes you do understand c'mon now , you know baseball ,he just pitched , he's useless for probably 3 or 4 days. Just call him Yo Yo Carroll up and down up and down.

He's worth about a Melky contract. He'll get double or more because innings eater, no injuries so far, and above average pitcher but nothing special . But all those things are worth a lot for those willing to pay or with deeper pockets. Sox are neither.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) A couple days ago someone suggested having him open up his stance. Sounds like a great idea to me. I still advocate 40 pushups every time he hits a ball to the right side. Worked for Willy Mays Hayes. Probably was me. I made a few suggestions.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) Win the series as my birthday present! Shows you what they think of you