Princess Dye

I like Rios. I think the years his bat completely became a noodle scare off some teams as far as the total $ he is owed. And there are trade-kicking thingies too

The lineup almost doesnt have a hitter. A hitter.

Reopen the camp!!

If there's going to be a documentary, this title absolutely makes sense to me. It makes sense to title it something based on his quirkiness. I am not a Hawk hater, but he just basically did not do all that much. It's all his how, not his what. good god i'm going into a hawkism just describing him If anyone wants to make a documentary about me,please do. I am really good at yelling when the Sox do poorly and jumping up and down when they are good n' s***

I dont have to like things i dont like obviously. but the logic thread is absolutely dead-on. That is unless we are planning on exploding with win-now moves ASAP. There has to be some repercussion from a totally lost farm system. At some point here we have to inject young talent that has already had some minor league success and sustained it a bit To do this, however, it would have to be a prospect boon of insane proportions.

Figuring out how to deal with increased media attention/fan hordes for Phegley. A la Nomo-mania or the beatles

Ashamed to be DVRing with such good vibes all around. I'm like a Heat fan or some junk

There's an argument for keeping Rios. (1) we all know the return isnt exactly going to be some stellar prospect (2) he has potential to deliver all-star RF seasons, and will continue having that potential (3) the Sox have to try to win most years, and will try next year. They need to win to keep up attendance. They will likely try to win in 1 year's time, at which point Rios can still be here doing things for you to that end. Someone has to play RF and he's doing that well(well, offense and arm being the main consideration there). If he were going to deliver pure gold in a prospect haul it'd be a different story. Basically people here freak out that he will return to being awful, and cant wait to get rid of him. It's very possible to get rid of him and have that be a very bad baseball move, you know. Based on what he makes, teams wont be lining up with their best stuff (unless we want to pay). Further - just because some years his bat is a noodle, and others it's all-star level........it doesnt make him someone to dump. It still makes him, rare, in a sense. In a good way. There are teams that want that, but the money will be what stops a great deal from happening for us.

one comment i saw on Facebook: "why dont we encourage our young people to pursue their education?" sometimes i want fierce winds to take my computer and let it fly far far away

Anyone who's against this..i guess...does not have a problem with the total talent level we have in the minors. Odd, because I thought that was a giant problem for everyone. If instantly everyone wants older, ready-to-go guys...then I guess we'll never be happy here.

The most overblown thing is the reaction when certain pitchers dominate the Sox over several starts. So we finally got to Guthrie. Funny how now I don't care at all.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 12:04 PM) Boers and Bernstein Odd that Hawk would hate the founders of the very game he loves

This little nugget was interesting. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/20847095-41...hell-on-me.html What are our guesses? Alexei? Hawk will back Sox players on the air til kingdom come, but with Alexei he nearly breaks that self-programming once a week or so (regarding lazy throws to first)

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 09:20 AM) There are a lot of reasons. PK is one of them. Viciedo, Flowers, Ramirez, Keppinger, and yes Dunn. At least Dunn is going to hit 40 homers. It just does not fit when you have black holes in most other spots as well. Dunn is fine as a DH if this is a good team. This is not a good team around him. Dunn needs guys on base. You want a real team in front of him as well as behind him in the lineup. Sure at his price he should be a conveyor of success. But I dont necessarily take the most frustrating player to watch and immediately equate him with team failure. The fact that he's the most frustrating player to experience is just our emotional response - nothing more.

pain pain pain

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 29, 2013 -> 04:02 PM) We better peg someone Baseball's storied yesterday, a rich tapestry of insanity

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 29, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) How he stays batting in the middle third is mind blowing. On this team, honestly, his power and 2012 success has enough worth to still justify that. The pickings are quite slim on this here offense.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 28, 2013 -> 03:09 PM) You think it's impossible to win a World Series next year with a rotation of Sale, Peavy, Danks, Quintana, & Santiago? You honestly think there are no set of moves that Hahn could make to improve the offense enough to win a World Series? It's fair to assume that it would be a serious, serious uphill climb of giant proportions to become WS-winner quality by start of next year. And it is smart GMing to see when your serious uphill climbs are happening, and when they arent And acting in response to those realities. Sure I'm open to deals..that make sense. Not just any. Because I also value being 'good.' I just dont value it above really outstanding on-the-moment asset attainment (were it available to me presently in offers from around the league)

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ May 28, 2013 -> 01:59 PM) Do we dare trust this organization with others' prospects unless they are pitchers? This seems like backwards logic. It's one thing to blame the Sox development of players, but what you're suggesting here means the Sox even curse players that were being developed already in other organizations This is getting to like a black-magic type accusation. Cant it just be that some guys happen to suck at an incredibly difficult game (and lately our many of our top draft picks have simply tended towards suckage)

niiiiiiiiiiiiintendo stuff!

QUOTE (Jake @ May 21, 2013 -> 09:43 PM) fwiw, there is no Spanish word that sounds like stallion that means stallion If Hawk called Rios 'stallion,' there's a chance he reads baseball prospectus after all.... .... http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=20639

Studying game threads.... .........who says studying makes you smarter, after all

We need David Staral, stat

See 5th paragraph from the bottom (though overall this is a very interesting article as a whole) http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal...f-NBA-role.aspx This article treats it as common knowledge that the Reinsdorfs will not hold onto the Sox eventually, and just concentrate on the Bulls. It has been said before that Michael Reinsdorf is more a basketball guy overall. Is this something we can infer the article is just.....guessing at? Or is this something everyone senses, in unofficial terms?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:42 PM) Sox stole one today. With a 2-1 final, did we steal one? Is that based on Getz bobbling the ball? Both teams struggled apparently to break through in the first 9...