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I probably would include Erik Johnson

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 10:06 AM) Thompson had another good game. Hitting .282 now with a reasonable strikeout rate still. Probably the only bright spot for me for this whole year in minors.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) I am surprised it wasnt done at Midwest Ortho where all the other Bulls players have usually gone too. My guess is it will be a smashing success then.

I think Hahn in many situations would be a good GM. I think he is smart and is able to identify pro talent reasonably well. I do not think he was the correct GM to oversee the demolition of the team after 2013, because he could not convince his bosses that trying to patch over that roster was necessary. But maybe nobody could have done that. Maybe nobody could have had the buy-in to fire Buddy Bell.

The confederate flag was the flag chosen for a group trying to start a white supremacist country. That was explicit. While the US has never acted perfectly, it was never founded specifically to be a white supremacist state the way that the confederacy was. So no, "you may as well not remove the American flag", you may was well deal with the issue that you cannot remove white supremacy from the confederacy. It's not about southern culture, lest you say they are also inseparable.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 10:15 AM) Why do people like Dave Martinez so much? What has he ever done except stand next to Joe Maddon during games ? Seriously, this guy has been interviewed countless times and never landed a job. I remember when the pitchforks were out for Greg Walker, and the guy here who convinced a few posters that Walker had a "lift and pull" philosophy, wanted the Sox to hire Rudy Jaramillo's "assistant". If he knew what he was talking about, Rudy Jaramillo was the hitting coach with a "lift and pull" philosophy. Just because a guy coaches under Maddon, doesn't mean he's just like Maddon. And really, the Rays sucked last year and finished under .500. Maddon flees, they are devastated by injury, and are in first place. Maybe his genius is overstated. "Blah, you can't care about this issue because some other people cared about another issue at one point and there are different people in this world who do things so we may as well just not do anything ever because choices may lead to different results!"

I loved Jose.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 12:20 AM) I hate this but I am jealous of the Cubs right now and all their hitting prospects. they are starting to do thing right over there while we still suck Was thinking the same last night. I remember laughing at the "they can just trade hitting for pitching"...oh man, i'd give up whatever for a young hitter who doesn't suck the life out of me as I watch them play.

Well, at least lowry did well.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 6, 2011 -> 04:00 PM) well, we certainly know the rangers are going to kick our ass now. QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 6, 2011 -> 04:05 PM) I'm so pissed right now. What a farce this is. What a slap in the face to those who spent money on that atrocious year last year.

I mean, did Savard really DESERVE to be fired. Not talking about Ventura level incompetence there.

I'm sure for most people in the country they see they are playing the white sox and say "oh yeah, forgot they exist"

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Brian Campbell, Cristobal Huet, and the RFA offer sheet blunder. Exactly, he showed nothing that he would be able to manage the cap. He absolutely deserves credit for his drafting, but the Hawks firing him to replace with Bowman was the single-most competent thing any chicago sports franchise has ever done.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) I swear this Sox team just repeated the same roller coaster of anger that the Bears just put me through. In both cases I realize I should have been able to see that the talent and coach werent really as good as I initially thought. Agreed. There just aren't shortcuts in sports anymore, everyone is too smart. OTOH, it is truly remarkable that both times sox have made a signing that seemed so obvious and should work out, they went on to become the worst players in the MLB. That's amazing.

I'd take Schwarber at this point.

I was nervous and excited this year because it from the major league club on down this was the first year where we could see whether Hahn's new tenure, and our "re-focus" on drafting and scouting was paying off. Well our farm is having a truly brutal year, our major league club a worse one, and every franchise in our division is getting better. This is the time for a Bears level re-gutting, and it is so frustrating that we are going to continue to trim around the margins.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 08:08 AM) This is an awesome idea. We just need to get everyone that may potentially kill someone with a gun at some point in the future to register for a list so we make sure nobody ever sells them a gun. Or maybe we should just leave it up to the gun sellers to ask the question "Are you going to kill someone with this gun if I sell it to you?" Why hasn't anyone thought of this before? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Yeah, or maybe we could be allowed to track and study gun sales to look into if there are any patterns for gun purchases coming from particular stores. But no, this is such an important issue that we are not allowed to even study it, and the very serious people like you can just sit on the sidelines saying "welp, nothing we can do, criminals gon criminal."

No.

Dark times. So hard reading about baseballs offensive renessaince knowing this team is stuck in Stone Age.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) When they played Bogut they were having problems dictating pace and pushing the ball. They were down 2-1 when they were starting Bogut. I think he'd have some issues guarding Shaq, and I'm not exactly sure what multiple bodies would do against him. It wouldn't be the first time he saw a double team and guys like Draymond Green wouldn't effect him. Then again, I'm probably just a nostalgia whore. Uh, yeah, Bogut was not helping this series but he was a tremendous defensive asset the majority of the time. What happens when Draymond Green is draining 3s from the corner and forcing Rodman to defend the 3 pt and takes him away from rebounding? Multiple bodies is the depth of the warriors and their ability to hack the hell out of shaq and put him on the line. Shaq's defense would be nowhere near as dominant when it isn't being used against a team whose only offense is a 5/11 guard running right into him. Interestingly, that team went up against a team with a dominant front court and dispatched them in 5 games. It's fun to look at 3 games where they struggled, where the greatest player in the game basically slowed it down to a crawl and went ISO and assume think that's the epitome of the Warriors team and how they will look vs everyone, but they adjusted and then won in 6 games.

They are normal people then they just snap I guess. Wellp, nothing can be done. Moving on.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) The other funny thing about Maddon is the Rays were well below .500 last year. This year they have been devastated by injury as much as any team, and lost him, yet there they are, in first place. If all you are proving is that managers don't matter that much, than why does it matter that he stays? What do you have invested in Robin Ventura's career?

I too am not a fan of the GM that has retooled this team numerous times in the modern cap era to help achieve 3 stanley cup victories.

and by big check I mean the biggest check I can get.

If I'm honest with myself, and I'm Richards, and I'm facing 2-3 more years of being paid as a millionaire before likely not getting more income again, I may go for a final big check.