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QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 04:21 PM) "He equated name recognition with talent and paid the price. " yep, I think Preller set the world record for hero-worship. And a tale of the perils of hero worship. A lot of posters hereon were pining for Upton and Kemp. To be fair, the popular trade for Kemp involved Danks

I will never fly spirit.

really not liking the going out to pitch the 8th up 5-0.

It seems to me that a pivot needs to happen in philosophy where player defense needs to take a higher priority than offense. Our entire organization appears to have recognize we have a strength in pitching scouting and development, and atrocious position player development in every aspect. We put many resources in groundball pitchers with a bad defensive infield. We have claimed to put a lot of emphasis to find power in a power-lean league. We did not find it. Our offense cannot get much worse, rather than try and find offense, I say lets go for maximizing this pitching.

My wife, who finds baseball to me the single most boring sport in the world, doesn't mind listening to Farmer and DJ because once an inning they make us crack up. So all of your opinions are invalid.

I really like the dishwasher style that hangs the utensil drawers in the front of the lower and upper drawers. Solves the problem of everyone loading all the utensils in the front pocket.

I remember when I was laughing at the cubs for Schwarber and then he ended up in the big leagues as a top 20 prospect around the same time as Rodon.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 12:59 PM) Let's at least hire a guy away from a dream job at MLB Network to come work for one of the least popular franchises in baseball? Realistic suggestion. More please. I'm sure the MLB network ratings are killing it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 12:56 PM) So let's try it this way. The White Sox are well known to favor guys who have come through their franchise for various positions. Any ideas on who might be a good candidate to take any of those roles out of people who have been in the Sox organization at some point? I would like to know how Willie Harris does on TV.

I change my mind. Only Farmer for both radio and tv, also in stadium announcements.

Swirsky-Stone, DJ-Farmer I still think Farmer and DJ are great.

Yeah we are not clearing 6-8 million.

Interestingly rich people DO loan out their prized cars to others for vacations for a sum.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 09:42 AM) I kind of meant "historically speaking" more than just this year — trading good prospects for Swisher to play out of position in CF and then underperform, trading good prospects for Edwin Jackson (big contract relative to his stats in Arizona), giving up draft picks for older FAs who disappoint, bringing in an expensive closer when they're an organization known for developing cheaper, effective alternatives (Robertson vs. the Jenks/Santos/Reed/Jones template), etc. None of those things worked out well, but none of them were out-and-out disasters like what happened to the Padres. Imagine all of those happening in a single season, though! Worst of all, trading Trea Turner, only to not have a pick until the 3rd round, so basically they've emptied the top of their farm and did not replenish with top talent for 2 straight years.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 04:52 PM) http://grantland.com/features/aj-preller-m...al-league-west/ Ouch... I'm not a Padres fan and that was a tough article to read. I know our moves haven't worked out either but at least we don't have some of those contracts and didn't give up anyone of great talent like San Diego has. Brutal. Just read this too. I thought our scenarios was the same, but I have no idea how hopeless I would be if we traded away a top 6 farm system and finished in last. What a tough spot.

Haven't sox been super cautious with EJ last few weeks?

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) I had forgotten that he was sent down. Scratch that theory. But it was a damn good post

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 03:19 PM) someone reassure me they are not showcasing him for a trade in some crazy attempt to win this year. If they don't think he can be a starter, now would exactly be the time to trade him.

Why did you post that here?

One thing that the soccer loan addresses that makes no sense in MLB (except maybe for a brandon belt situation), is there is a need in soccer to give younger players a shot playing as a starter in a top league rather than being on the bench. That isn't really a helpful scenario in MLB.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) It is standard, but I think a loan system in the MLB would carry a lot more impact and raise a lot more problems than the loan system in the Soccer leagues. I would be furious if Sale blew out his arm and all the sox got were some prospects for their troubles. Yeah, I just think the "is there no value to watching games" is pedantic. Zach Lowe is clearly making that reference in regard to finding superstar talent. His whole column addresses "is this worth it?" by evaluating both teams.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/621404106226311168 Frankie Montas, perhaps the second-biggest arm in baseball behind Aroldis Chapman, is expected to join White Sox for a doubleheader Friday. – Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) — 7/15/2015 2:40 PM

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 02:09 PM) Deadspin responded to this article http://deadspin.com/what-is-the-value-of-a...game-1717963147 Do you agree with that? Seems like mandatory deadspin contrarianism, in that they believe in something only in that it allows them to take the opposite stance of an espn article.

What's next, gay marriage?

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 12:36 PM) Who said we should? Keep smoking the Hopium....You guys are killing me with the snapback bulls***. Its not like flipping a lightswitch... How is this any different than now? Do you seriously think Russia and China would keep their end of the sanctions forever, with no plan here? There is an actual an actual international agreement here of ways to proceed. Yes, China and Russia could decide not to snap back, and go against that agreement. But they could do so today, and if they did, Iran would be much closer to nuclear capabilities than they would be in 2 years of Iran has cheated, as we would have already removed much of their technology.