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QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:33 PM) I think the problem is that they have too much urgency. They are pretty delusional about the team and are grasping at straws right now. Completely agree.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:21 PM) Yes, but if it were short-term wouldn't they just call up Carroll or something? That was my first thought, but we also had the Montas call-up last year in June, and some other examples I can't think of. I think it's a chance to give their prospects some excitement and keep them focused on their goals.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:14 PM) This cracked me up. But the Sox sign a free agent to a $1 million contract to be a middle of the order left handed bat. This is very wishful thinking. But he has to be better than the spring training people's champ left handed bat, Travis Ishikawa. I love Ishikawa with the People's Champ title

QUOTE (Special K @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) At least they're trying... I like it. Whatever gets Garcia and Rollins out of the DH role is fine by me. Fat lady should not start singing just yet... They have to try now based off of a flawed strategy that put them in this place. This is a self made crisis.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) I don't find it sad at all. I like it when my team tries to win. No one in the minor leagues would come up and be an effective LH bat to DH. If he doesn't work out, you cut him and you can still go and try Danny Hayes or whoever you want. I'll say it again - its f***ing chump change. This isn't trying to win. Find me all of these contenders with their middle of the order threat being a mid season free agent signing of a 35 year old injured 1st baseman.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) They wouldn't put him on the 40 to do that though would they? If you didn't, wouldn't he be open to waivers when we send him back down?

Guessing Tyler gets a night in the big leagues.

I'm personally shocked that us shuffling around a bunch of vet min players and mid-season league free agents hasn't turned us into a contender.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) Neutering him on his own "home turf" is great. Whatever 20-something intern tweeted that needs an instant promotion. We've also got Trollbama entering Campaign Obama form, his strongest form, and Biden's on deck too. The knives are coming out, and it's going to be a bloody mess. Yep. Luckily Trump handles insults well.

The steady hand of sox management.

Honestly her mocking him with humor is a good strategy.

Well part of it is just you and me talking about it But, some of it is probably internet/meme related, the other is it apparently is just that good and for a wide audience. Book of mormon was hilarious, but how many would want to see it with your mom?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainmen...0608-story.html News is much better than previously thought, and I continue to be confused what the hell that pre-sale link was from broadwayinchicago. 40 seats per night will be lottery'd for $10.

Saw the Ponys last night at empty bottle for their 25th anniversary book launch. They reunited for the show. Was a great show. I'm super tired though, too late for a school night.

stupid woman trio should definitely be what they appear as in the credits lol

I would be shocked if we weren't no hit tonight. Thank God we got all these mentally tough veterans to bring us through the tough times.

Well, I hope Hostetler picks some good players for the next GM

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) It isn't for you. It is for me. Also there is zero chance of me every voting for Hillary Clinton. None. I'm fine with you not voting for Clinton if you at least acknowledge that the "crazy" you administer to the Democrats in their nomination for president is not the other side of the coin to the Republicans nominating Trump.

Well I'm anxious to hear the incredible platforms we'll be seeing from the Green Party and Libertarian parties. Seems crazy they are so unpopular with such great platforms.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) No, two policies. Don't forget his Muslim ban. Oh but he didn't actually mean that. And the wall may be a metaphorical wall. So perhaps he has no policies.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 03:29 PM) A few weeks ago a guy on NPR (it's the Dem threat, you should expect it) had a nice point. To paraphrase...he is a Republican and thinks that Hillary Clinton is wrong on everything...but he'll be voting for Hillary Clinton because at least if she's wrong, she's wrong within normal parameters. She's not going to suddenly lash out and nuke something. The direct quote was "They've got this button — this briefcase. He's going to find it." Josh Barro wrote this up. http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trum...andidate-2016-5 It's annoying that I have to be forced to concede the flloor to people in this thread who hate Hillary Clinton and democrats under the assumption that they are terrible, but the reality is that even if they are terrible, they are terrible in a way that will not lead to possible nuclear war or degradation of the institutions of the country. Hillary Clinton on her own is a very strong candidate with policies you can point to as helpful to this country. Donald Trump is an idiot with a single policy, to build a wall between the US and Mexico, and then a bunch of other crap that he can't remember day to day, and a foreign policy that consists of saying a bunch of things about how he built hotel deals in places. All the while he has threatened the freedom of the press, Americans of Mexican descent as being mentally unfit to hold public office and inherently unpatriotic, Muslim Americans, and a horrendous life of hatred of women. All that so bad that serious issues like the fact that he begged for business from Gaddaffi, a leader who had performed terrorist acts against the United States: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...gaddafis-money/ This is not about a candidate with a difference in policy. If you back Trump I have to wonder if you care about not only the United States, but the greater world out there. If you have ever known anyone of color, a woman, anyone. In a world of cynical politics, this is the most cynical candidate I've ever seen. And he emerged straight from the Repulbican ID. So yeah, Hillary Clinton routinely finds herself in conflicts of interest she doesn't turn down or avoid. But her worst scandal probably is on par with non-scandals from Trump, like when he rescinded the contracts to the early buyers of the Trump Tower in Chicago when he realized they were worth more, after they took the initial risk in the build of the building. But please, do more research. We haven't yet seen enough.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 02:23 PM) Noted non-racist Pat Buchanan was also pushing this line. In a damage control conference call a few days ago, Trump directed his surrogates to double-down on his remarks and accuse the media of being the real racists for questioning Trump. This whole thing is just a completely unforced error, too. That Trump U was a big scam was going to be in the media, but the judge wasn't (and hasn't been) saying anything about Trump. Trump is so pathetically thin-skinned that he just had to lash out, and since then he's been unable to simply shut up about it. It's only the first full week of June and we've already hit "historic political gaff" levels. I guess we'll see exactly how much anything really mattes anymore if Trump can weather this storm plus Trump U plus guaranteed multiple future episodes. The judge postponed until after the hearing per Trumps lawyers request. If they felt litigating this in the public eye was a worthwhile fight for them, why ask to postpone?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 02:36 PM) Who cares that our party's candidate is really s***ty too, at least it's not a white male. American politics 2016. Great comment.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 02:21 PM) They are both having a great start to 2016. The rest of their track record is Jordan Danksian. You do not move around your team to see if a Jordan Danks can develop at the major league level. They will play every day and when need arises later this year, fine. But I see nothing in their career track record that assures me they'll be better than Avi. Trayce Thompson also had a less than impressive total career. Coats last year was good too. They are both cheap, and if they work out are cheap over the next 6 years. I'd also like to bet that neither morneau, coats or hayes provide the impact bat we need.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 02:02 PM) We're in a win-now mode. Hayes/Coats are for when this season is a wrap, but we are still a veteran group trying to make a playoff push. May/June nothwithstanding If you never develop a Hayes/Coats, you will always be searching for a washed up free agent unsigned in May to be your missing piece to get you over the top.