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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 24, 2017 -> 09:23 AM) It's like they're trying to go super-villain, but trying to appear competent at the same time. It is amazing someone so successful could be so stupid.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ May 24, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) Lester might get in because he played for the Red Sox and the Cubs. Otherwise, I'm not so sure. Yeah, I say that more about his longevity, and how rare it seems to be now. 10 years from now he may stand out a lot more than he does compared to 10 years ago peers.

HOF for pitchers is getting interesting. I was pretty surprised when I learned Halladay would have a tough time. For the prime years I grew up following baseball, it was Halladay tossing 220 plus innings with a low 3 ERA. 10 years of being really really good. So many other pitchers seem like they spurt and fall off. Could only say Kershaw is the one shoe-in at this point, Hernandez after that. Sale has a good chance, but needs to keep it up through age 31-32 at least, and who knows. I guess Lester could have a shot. Bumgarner if he gets back and pitches like this for 4-5 more years. 150 is the new 200

QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2017 -> 08:57 PM) Heard something interesting about Adell on BA podcast. A scout said best pitcher he faced in hs this year might have been able to pitch at the Juco level I truly hate myself for saying this but how good do you think the pitchers Trout faced were in smalltown Jersey? He's been in multiple showcases that were the reason for his helium initially. I think that stuff is overthought. I know C Hawkins and all but this draft seems kinda meh, and we don't have a surplus of power after AAA in our system. I'd be happy with Addell but I don't think we draft him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 23, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) And Law is getting more clicks because of it... There are better fan bases to troll for clicks

Not sure we'll pull this one off.

Yeah the Times Square incident was tragic, but it really was a sign of good foresight and design where they had been putting those up for years to protect the heavy pedestrian crowds.

I wish Ben Badler hadn't included that quote about him being the best hitter on the planet. Seems like all discussion needs to be disproving that or fighting people that aren't claiming he's best hitter ever.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 23, 2017 -> 01:02 PM) It's almost as if they wanted to keep him on ice a bit this year so they wouldn't win too many games. If he was what he was at the end of last season, sub him for Covey, and that's a pretty good rotation. Maybe they are buying a little time for Q to get traded, and keep some wear and tear off Rodon's arm, but even that may be crazy because I doubt Boras would be too keen on the Sox holding out his client for no reason. I would be thrilled if that were the case. I'm worried it's more "something is wrong but they don't know what" so we just keep seeing heavy rest and light load and hope it magically clears up.

Tilson should go to AAA anyway. At this point would rather see Leury continue in CF spelled by Willy.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archiv...eration/527229/ I can't take these stories. As part of any infrastructure or environmental package, the priority of lead removal and safety has to be a part of any future legislation at a national level. All the energy from people to get low income children to eat exactly what they want, how about we start by preventing them from being poisoned?

Absolutely breaks my heart.

I like TAs actual bat. Looks pretty cool.

Ha, totally forgot about this. Crap.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ May 22, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) Fair point but how many guys signed for 300k end up being nothing? Not exactly like your examples are representative of the average signing. All of the ones the white Sox sign.

QUOTE (New Era on South Side @ May 22, 2017 -> 04:46 PM) Can we just make the consensus to call him Robert or Ro-beart instead of Ro-bear until the White Sox confirm the name? Or are we going to be like that dumbass stoner Danny Parkins and say Ro-bear (like Voltaire)? White Sox confirmed Robert (T pronounced), and also you are on a message board son we can't hear you pronounce it

Damn over 50%.

I just want to reiterate the need we get more production out of INTL scouting. Washington signed Robles for 225k. Atlanta signed Albies for 350k. Signed Acuna for 100k. NWe are prepared to send out a 1st round pick for players we could have identified ourselves. These aren't the crazy bonuses of players or even million dollar signings like Torres and Juan Soto. Drives me nuts how almost all of our trade targets were largely bargain J2 signings.

It's funny reading pro-slavery primary sources and the very popular and essentailly marxist arguments they were making against capitalism as to justify why slavery was actually humane. My favorite part about that is it is a sign of the dominance politics to come. I guarantee they did not actually believe it, but they took an honest critique of 19th century capitalism to gain legitimacy in their argument and deflect from their barbarism.

Oh awesome. I've been looking forward to this, sounded like it would be interesting based on McGuffy's comments on the White Sox Talk podcast.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 22, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) If I am a rebuilding team, I am not trading any of my core prospects unless I am getting a young established star in return. So I'm not trading Burdi for Robles, I also don't think it will come to that I would rank BUrdi as a "nice to have", but not a core prospect. We should be able to get unrefined power arms for the bullpen in the next two years.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 22, 2017 -> 01:17 PM) Latin based languages can be so damn confusing. Anyone hear how the Latino sports writers have been pronouncing his name? Latino's would have a much better idea on the correct pronunciation. White Sox confirmed it's Robert as in Robert Kennedy but, Badler today said the announcers mostly said it as Robert too, it just got confused when people assumed it was Robert due to it being of norman origin/latin/french pronunciation likely in Cuba.

Robles is better in ranking now than anything Giles returned so it would represent a strategy to utilize a ceiling lockdown reliever for a potential 5 tool CFer. I would make that deal. I like Burdi though, I think he'll be great. But Robles if he was awesome would be >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Burdi

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2017 -> 12:41 PM) While I don't really like the guy at all, I would LOVE to see Jackson speak in person. He is a guy who is legendary for being a gifted speaker. I almost throw him in the same sort of category as Bill Clinton. I can't stand the guy, I think he is a spineless con-artist who I have zero respect for. But when he came to my hometown in 2007, I had to go see him speak. Watching him work a room was really impressive. Almost more impressive was watching him work the people in person after the speech. Despite my personal point of view on Clinton, I can't imagine missing out on seeing a President speak. I actually remember going to see Bill Clinton because you or Tex talked about how special it is to see a President/former in person. At the time I hated Clinton, came to appreciate the difficulties he faced after Obama lost the dem congress and was like "ohh, makes more sense now".

I would see any former president up until Wilson, aside from the "back from the dead" novelty. I would not see Trump. He has no respect for the audience, and this isn't a monarchy so I just couldn't.