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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)

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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...

QUOTE (fathom @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:26 PM) We all hate him so far this year, but Kepp got the rally started in the 9th. I don't hate him. What player hasn't had slumps? They're a part of the game. Baseball can be a frustrating game, but there are things one can do to lessen the frustrations. Foremost is acceptance that slumps are built into the reality of baseball.

This season ADA is not at the top of the list of culprits. If there are better leadoff hitters, fine. But before defining roles you first want a bunch of better-than-OK hitters. He is one of those. We have...3?

Not the right time for this, but if one is convinced this is not a world series contention year......it is a huge win that we apparently stumbled upon a young player who would be IBBed in that situation (Gillaspie) Granted, in part for righty/righty matchup, but that is still a win for this organization that you took an oddball prospect and traded him for a legit everyday lineup contributor.

So....if Flowers just ...is this Would we be passably content at C with 290 OBP/410 SLG with good defense

Historically CG is a contact guy, so you would think based on Hahn's apparent focus on that (Kepp)......that he's a part of the plans. How big? We'll see. One would think there'd be a little coming back to earth at some point here. But maybe not huge since he has the minor league track record to support this.

Sox legend with swing-at-everything inflated OBP and little defensive value Sometimes circumstances make legends out of guys that on their own were only solid/OK

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ May 1, 2013 -> 10:05 PM) Maybe Reed and Pierzysnki didn't get along? Is there evidence that any human gets along with AJ?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 09:37 PM) f*** Robin & this team full of cowards. What an embarrassing joke of an effort. "Those who live in the past are cowards and losers" my friend

"Robin will overcome this because Robin is a man of a very strong character" Honestly, I have never been a Hawk hater--but it is seriously getting to the point where I can't enjoy team success.

Whoa, Deron Williams said that the Nets used Cowley's "gutless" comment about them as bulletin board material. Cowley. Still having an impact (somehow)

I like watching football, and like the Bears. But I'm so totally sick of the grip the Bears have on this town. Just the way in which it happens is so ridiculous. 2010 NFC Championship being the moment I felt most ill.

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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) Gillaspie must have a different hitting coach than anyone else on this team. His approach is miles better. Hitting coaches don't matter. There was a recent narrative coming out of ATL about how Greg Walker massively has helped Justin Upton. And I believe that just as much as I believed the people here that demonized GW when he was here as a Sox.

cronebender‏@cronebender1mSox Announcer fWAR: Hawk: 7.2Wimpy: 8.9DJ: 12.2Stone: 16.8Farmio: 0.3 (11 seasons

"improving with RISP" is so vague. Over the course of the year, it's telling me at least what happened. But at this point...I mean, does it mean we're becoming less HR reliant? that we're legitimately better as hitters? Or that we just had our luck happen to happen with some guys on base? I just only care that we're getting better offensively. If they want to do that via (1) longterm addition of Gillaspie against righties (2) ending Dunn's 2013 'experiments' (3) making a trade --- then I'm interested. And if Paulie is fully back to being Paulie, I'm very interested. Otherwise, I only want to hear early that we're improving...not that we're 'improving in the clutch.' That tells me nothing that I can take to the next at-bat.

It bears noting that Gillaspie has been doing great things sans protection in the lineup. Give him some and maybe he surprises you. I know we're built for win-now, but I'd love for this year to result in the development of these 25-ish year old guys that we have (Conor, Flowers, Hector) Could Conor bat second against some righties? I think it's not crazy seeing as how Kepp is noticeably lesser against them.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 11, 2013 -> 04:37 PM) Keppinger's an alright 2B. Gordon's actually pretty damn good. Defensive runs saved by all AL 2B with at least 2000 innings, since 2009 Just one slice of the pie, but noteworthy