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Awesome relay from May to Anderson. Saved a run.

Players are not gonna take a lotta pitches today

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 12:41 PM) I think Anderson should bat leadoff every single game and regardless of how he's doing, he should stay there the entire season. The Cubs did a similar thing with Rizzo when he came up with them, they batted him third everyday regardless of his performance. I want him to feel free to develop his power stroke and I worry at leadoff he'll feel pressure to just make any contact.

Melky hits a home run in our last exhibition as a show of support for my choice.

Hmm. Lot of athletic fast guys with questionable Ob skills getting selected. You all are in luck!

My vote goes to melky I think.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Apr 1, 2017 -> 02:23 AM) Never forget, Renteria, who was used by the cubs for that purpose and then unceremoniously discarded, is not going to let it happen again, at least not if he has any say about it. The Sox will try to win every game they can, and they very well might improve the roster through trades and promotions from the farm system during the season. Not sure if they will be a .500 team but I wouldn't bet against that, at least not yet. Let's wait for a few months to see how things develop. I don't want to tell a manager to try and lose. That's horrible for player development to tell the guys not to try too hard.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 31, 2017 -> 04:42 PM) Tyler Saladino is the leadoff hitter. He has a career .294 OBP (albeit very small career) and had a .315 .OBP last year. I don't mind him leading off because I obviously don't care what happens this year but it's funny to me that he's the leadoff hitter and people actually think this team is like 74-78 win caliber. That's not just fans either. Fans are optimistic in nature I think. Some media guys that cover the team feel this way. I don't see it. They compare the team against themselves (previous year) and not against their actual competition.

It is really disheartening that he he got through to me. Like, Sessions, okay, he had a bad reputation, you can see how that gets through. But usually a Price would have felt pressure to just back away himself ala Daschle.

QUOTE (G&T @ Mar 31, 2017 -> 01:47 PM) 100% agree. If he had anything he would have immunity by now. Also, not that the National Enquirer stuff can ever be confirmed, but it seems like Trump is trying to throw him under the bus. Wouldn't do that if he had any valuable intel. My honest impression of the Trump stuff : None of them have any idea if any of what they did was illegal or who did what, because that campaign was chaos, and if they knew or spoke about collusion they probably didn't think it was wrong to do. And it's because they don't know what was wrong they are just trying to hide all of it.

I think it's more likely flynn has nothing, but is fishing for immunity on illegal lobbying with a foreign power. To the extent that he has much it may be obstructing an investigation.

yesterday looked like it would be a solid day weather-wise, today it looks terrible. Hopefully sunshine sneaks through

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 31, 2017 -> 10:53 AM) I don't find that to be a very valid assumption. I imagine a good portion of eligible voters who didn't vote would almost always vote for one party or the other. Just because they are lazy or indifferent doesn't mean that they don't strongly lean one way or another. If there was a study out there that showed how these non-voters leaned politically, that be interesting to see and to estimate how a 100% turnout election would look. I imagine there's not much money backing these polls but is there anything on preferences for very unlikely voters? That would be interesting to see.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 31, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) Would be at least interesting if they actually still had to stand and talk. That's the house, and that still is the case. Senate's purely procedural is mayyybe fine for policy but for nominations clearly has outgrown it's use once regional preference became outdated.

With Q i kinda feel like a small town fan that wants him to leave to achieve greater stardom. I know how great he is and it really bugs me how he is covered. So long as its to a playoff team, I want him gone so he can get the coverage he deserve.s

I think zero chance he's considering resigning. I don't doubt he's tired and confused though. I don't think he has been in a position where he does not have deflection points for media. When a celebrity, he had reporters covering celebrity news and he would suck up the oxygen and delight in making attention for himself where it wasn't there. In the campaign it was political reporters and he would suck up all of the oxygen and delight in the attention for himself. But there's no grabbing headlines or attention when you are prez. You are the main event. You are what everyone is there to cover. So his only trick was saying "look at me look at me!" but they are already looking. It's not the same, and he can only do bigger and bigger stunts to get his own narrative.

Good riddance to the filibuster.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 07:38 PM) Everyone seems to think that the Sox would benefit from him being in the upcoming J2 class but I'm not sure it matters. If he's in the class, the Sox could offer him $8.3 million (after trading for $3.5 million in space). Some small market teams could theoretically pay him $10 million though. I'm not sure it matters but those are the facts. If he's cleared prior to June 15th, it's all about $$. It's not like the big boys are involved though. San Diego, St. Louis, and Houston will be big players in this scenario. The White Sox really can't outbid those teams though if they want the guy? I know the Padres have spent $80 million internationally this year. Would they really pump that up to $120-$130 million to sign Robert? If Reinsdorf can't win a bidding war with those teams, we are probably doomed anyway. My hope with next J2 class is Badlers note that most teams in that class that aren't penalized already have lots of commitments. The white Sox apparently don't. Even with Sox smaller pool that makes them more likely.

So I get that it's pronounced Ro-Bear but is the first name Loo-ees, Lewis, or Louie

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 04:26 PM) I will officially be extremely disappointed now if we dont sign him. There has been too much talk about us being the favorites that I already have him penciled in to my 2019 lineup. Agree. In this rebuild mode, signing a choice latam prospect or targeted draft pick is our world series. And I am not just happy to be there!

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 04:09 PM) Badler Article, Says Sox Have Workout Scheduled Next Week Choice quotin's

If Q wins the cy young people might start to think he's a solid #2 starter.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 01:37 PM) whats plan B if we dont get this guy? Default Soxtalk plan b is always PANIC

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 01:21 PM) https://theringer.com/cleveland-cavaliers-k...de-c39d8a560866 This talks about league sources saying Butler is "as good as gone" this offseason. I'll believe it when I see it. Same stuff was said about Melo a few years ago. Can't wait to see how many negative PER players we could get for Butler from our crack front office.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 01:06 PM) Damn. That is better than 80 speed. Holy crap. Even if you assume hand timing that puts him in the "fast as hell" territory.