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QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 03:44 PM) If the Russians are as good as SBowman thinks they are, the Hawks will be as fast, high-flying and exciting as ever. Could add a different element, even. Can't wait to see Teuvo in a big role for the full slate. If they're able to develop Dman depth over the first half of the season, they'll be in great shape again when it counts. Can't wait. Shades of the 90's Red Wings . Everything old is new again. Bowman deja vu. Head Coach Scotty Bowman compiled a line for Detroit nicknamed The Russian Five, also known as the "Red Army," after finding out that many Soviet teams frequently put their forwards and defensemen together on five-man units. The group included Fedorov (centre), Igor Larionov (right wing), Vyacheslav Kozlov (left wing), and Slava Fetisov and Vladimir Konstantinov on (defense). That's from Wiki . Those Red Wing teams were damn good.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 09:11 PM) Six runs and Sox lose. That's never a good sign. I consider that a good sign. Remember we recently went 20+ straight games at home scoring less than 5 runs. Keep scoring 5 runs a game and we'll be in good shape unless in Strange Sox fashion once we start hitting the pitching lets us down but both were great during the 7 game streak albeit against crap competition. However with all the trades others in the WC card race made we are hopelessly outgunned. If the hitting and improved defense continues along with the pitching being steady the Sox should finish the season a few games above .500 but miss the playoffs.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) His speeds ranged from 62-85... actually wasn't that bad. Dave LaRoche was his dad . Pitched with the Sox, Twins ,Angels among others if I'm remembering right.

See Carlos it isn't that difficult.

That made this game worth it to watch

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 07:21 PM) How the heck else should we have acted last week? When the Sox are winning they look like pennant winners. Then they lose a game and can't ever stop it at one. Now we've dropped two in a row and nobody would be surprised to see it four after this weekend. Weird ass team that nobody can ever figure out. Carry on my wayward son .

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 06:48 PM) Please do! Would like to hear it firsthand from someone that was actually there. I was only 7 at the time but as I said earlier, I remember seeing footage on the news for quite sometime after that game. Every news station was going on about it. Ouch. This game has not gone well. Seems like every time I check the score the fricken Yanks are scoring again. There's a good article about it on WSI that's always there.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 06:40 PM) No long relievers on this poorly constructed roster Funny thing is every time they bring Carroll up he does a commendable job and he gets sent right back down and then the starters wet thbed and they bring him back up again and again.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 06:20 PM) My apologies for any disagreements we may have had in the past. I was brought up to respect the elderly. Seriously man, that is fricken cool! Every now and then I will watch footage of that night for old times sake. People went nuts!!! I'll have to tell you about it some time kid

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:03 PM) That's pretty damn good, I think I would struggle. Do you remember disco demolition night as a kid? I was at that game . I was in just around 18/19 then.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:23 AM) Room on the uniform for his number for the rest of the year? Yes please. Rip Mr. Pierce . Classy guy all the way .

Oh and by the way , Let Us Rock !

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 06:41 AM) What's a normal age to start following a team as a die-hard? I'm 25 but my first season following the White Sox all the way through was the 2004 team. I guess I was a late bloomer. If you're born into it, it's from birth. If you mean follow the team religiously so you have informed opinions I'd say early teens. And if you teenagers out there don't get some of the historical references since you're diehards and have the advantage of having the internet when us old guys didn't you can catch up on history in a hurry.

And the winners are . Stand Pat ! With an the geniuses on this site I'm amazed they don't take a shot at predicting . This thread is half comments on others predictions which means like 10 people had the balls enough to make a prediction. Bunch of p*****s

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:24 PM) The poster said we had no top 100 position player who could contribute next year, but we clearly have one who can. And Eric Johnson was a top 100 until last year but now he's rebounded to possibly be even better than he was when he was a top 100 guy.

The most invisible team in baseball just stayed invisible. That's why I predicted they'd stand pat in that thread. Disappointed ? Not really there's always August to see how this team competes against the good competition with what we have and make a Rios type pickup then , though I don;t expect that either now that we're saddled with LaRoche for another year or we screw up the roster by having 2 DH's spots. An OF would have been nice to rotate off days and use multiple guys at DH.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) Hey man, it couldn't hurt. Adam Lind wasn't moved either was he ?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) Hey man, it couldn't hurt. I'd take him . RF , power bat decent fielder signed long term .It's just that steroid thing that would freak everyone out, but we already have Melky so why not ?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:30 PM) Have not seen or heard his name mentioned anywhere. Kind of odd for this time of year with him being a power bat and all. Maybe I should call the Brewers pretend I'm Hahn and see if they're interested

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:34 PM) Doug Padilla retweeted Bill Shaikin ‏@BillShaikin 2m2 minutes ago Hearing #WhiteSox talked Samardzija with #Dodgers some time ago but talks never got very far. I broke my toe to stay home for the deadline for this ?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) I'd bet my LIFE that this substance NEVER entered my body. Hey Braun for LaRoche . Milwaukee gets a lot of salary relief and we get over $15M off the payroll to help with the cost of Braun.Braun signed 2016 through 2020 , 5/$105M, Mutual option for 2021.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:10 PM) Do the Jays have anything left in the farm? Maybe they would trade Pompei? Not the bat fans might be expecting but a bat that can help with future teams. Houston and the Dodgers definitely have the ammo. Even after the haul Houston gave up to Milwaukee. Speaking of Milwaukee, I wonder if they got any offers for Ryan Braun ?

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 11:28 AM) So you aked what team had a single hole in their offense. I think the jays don't have any holes now Devon Travis is hurting at 2nd base . For how long I don't know. Now Colabello might be available. 132OPS+ .850 ish OPS Cheap cheap cheap.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) I'm kind of advocating for trading Samardzija AND adding a bat. I think the addition of an impact bat benefits our club more than the substitution of EJ for Samardzija hurts us. Even with EJ, that pitching staff is good enough to compete. If they worked a good 3 team deal basically swapping Samardzija for a bat, they would basically be giving up the compensatory pick for a two month rental. I think they would be willing to do that. This is where we can agree although with Eric Johnson I'd like an extra reliever also. If Bucket of suck was correct the Sox had offers in place with Toronto and the Giants for Shark but both those teams have already got starters Price/Leake ) though Toronto needs another one but is our main competition for the WC . Padres , Brewers ,Seattle, Marlins, Reds are sellers we might deal with . Yankees , Dodgers, Cubs, Orioles, Mets , Cards, Dbacks maybe Pirates buyers.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) You can be wary of .250 power hitting K guys all you want, that's fine. Why does it matter if they come from the NL? After Dunn and LaRoche can you blame me ? NL hitters know NL pitchers best. I just prefer after the last 2 .250 power hitting high K , high BB ,lumbering oxes we got from the NL not turn into a 3rd one like Bruce. I know it's not the most logical thing. Bruce is a younger guy and all but still its the type of player I want to avoid now.