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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 25, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Just because they aren't doing it the way YOU want it done is irrelevant. They have made a ton of moves the last few years, again, they just haven't worked out. They know there is a problem, and are trying to fix it. It just isn't the way that most people want to see. But they are trying. this is a pretty low bar to clear at any job let alone one as well compensated and prestigious as leading an entity worth half a billion dollars or more.

wait, that's a real quote?

yakety sax is playing in the background when I read this thread.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 05:46 PM) As well you should be. If things don't dramatically improve on the field and in the ratings I don't think the Sox will even be getting what franchises like the Mariners and Diamondbacks got. And they won't even be in the same ballpark (no pun intended) with what the Cubs will be getting. Mark The Mariners actually fired their big talking s***ty GM that loved toolsy players and are actually building a decent team now. Go figure. Here in Seattle people are pretty excited. Usually this time of year it's 90% Hawks talk but the Mariners in the hunt has it more like 60/40 Hawks on local sports radio.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 04:27 PM) Yeah man, that's why they did it. Obviously I was being sarcastic but I mean at a certain point as a fan you just say "come the f*** on man". As others have said this isn't even first or second most embarrassing thing that has happened this year. Thanks to Chris Sale and Adam Laroche this is only the 3rd most stupid thing. I can only express my frustrations via a message board.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2016 -> 04:21 PM) Not really. You'd think a new owner could do better than that. Chris Rongey ‏@ChrisRongey 6m6 minutes ago If reports are accurate (approx $88 mil for 13 yrs), when adjusted for inflation, the Guaranteed Rate deal is worth exactly same as US Cell. So they did this for what reason? To piss the fans off? Sounds about right.

This franchise is a f***ing joke. If I had a time machine I think I'd go back and make my father a Tigers fan or some s*** so I wouldn't have been raised on the White Sox.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 15, 2016 -> 12:56 PM) Unfortunately, if you're someone who wants a sale and one ASAP, I think this is on the knob. This stuff isn't happening over night or anything like it. That being said, there a few different people who would play a big role in a potential sale. Dennis Gilbert - Been in and around the White Sox org for a long time. Rick Hahn joined the organization essentially to replace Gilbert when Gilbert shifted out of baseball ops to a leadership role assisting ownership. He's prolific and successful in many different business and industries. Runs an insurance practice and provides leadership for multiple other baseball groups dealing with scouts, agents, etc. He is figured to be representing Reinsdorf and the Sox in finding and grouping the new ownership group. A master negotiator who Reinsdorf trusts. Andrew Berlin - Far and away looked at as the favorite to lead up the ownership group that buys the team. Billionaire owner of a packaging company. He is the owner of the South Bend Cubs and has some involvement in the Cubs new ownership as well. Born, raised and lives in Chicago. Is a Sox fan. Background in Law. This guy is flush with cash and is young as far as sports owners go (56 years old). Sox ownership - When it sells, they will sell it in its entirety. Reinsdorf and Co. agreed upon this years ago. You can find it on the internet if you google hard enough. Rocky Wirtz - Very little smoke on him but considering where the heresay is coming from, I think the Sox would want him to be involved so there would be a local ownership group to compete with the one that would be headed up by Berlin. At the least, Wirtz will be watching for the potential Sale. How would a decision to sell be handled does JR as the majority partner decide or is there a board process to get a sale approved?

Looking at this box score is seriously depressing. You got half the lineup with an OPS below 650 and the so called "stars" are actually just 1-3 WAR types. Only consistent player year to year on this roster is Eaton. That is sad. chris sale can go f*** himself too what an awful year he's had in every which way on and off the field.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 04:28 PM) Unless it's Cuban. (mark) I'd be shocked if the Cabal of owners would allow anyone to buy the team with the idea of moving it (and thus encroaching on their territory). That aside, the era of public stadiums is over. Are they gonna build a brand new stadium in a city that doesn't already have a team? Seems whoever wants to buy the team will be keeping it in Chicago.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 12:21 PM) If you are "going for it," you start by hiring a competent manager and let him pick his own staff. Mark I'm starting to think Hahn is a big p**** because the first thing he should have demanded when he was named GM is his own hand picked manager. I mean that is just new GM 101 you pick your own manager. Seattle did it this offseason.

Another fun August here on the South Side.

I swear to god if Avi f***ing head fakes us all and ends up with a decent slash line (say 265/320/430) so we still really don't know what we have in him... It would just like him and the Sox to put together a total fluke of a second half so they bring him back next year on the 25 man.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 2, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) Says the guy who could not get enough of Avi Garcia and Carlos Sanchez. they suck bro. wtf is your problem? Every single time I un ignore one of your posts you're trolling and I immediately regret it. here, let me spell it out for you: AVI GARCIA AND CARLOS SANCHEZ BOTH f***ING. god forbid I'd like to give younger players a shot rather than bringing in endless veteran retreads or never will be anythings like Micah f***ing Johnson and JB Shuck. Guess what? BOTH AVI AND SANCHEZ, WHO COULD HAVE GIVEN THE SOX YOUNG COST CONTROLLED 2-4 WAR PlAY, ARE BELOW REPLACEMENT! THE CORNERSTONE OF THE PEAVY TRADE IS NOTHING! YEA HIGH FIVE ME BRUH! AWESOME! f*** this entire org right now. it's pathetic. People here in Seattle are pissed off well at least they made more than one f***ing move.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Aug 2, 2016 -> 05:20 PM) I thought that this web site was for the purpose of serious baseball discussion, not childish emotional incontinence. But apparently I was wrong about that. new to the Internet?

The last time I was this disengaged I honestly can't remember. I was thinking maybe like when I was in college in the early aughts but that's about it. Hahn is either a moron for taking a GM job without full control or he's just a bad GM. Either way there's not much hope. I had hope when Hahn took over that things would be different but nothing has changed. IMO the org is still run almost exactly like how I'd expect KW to run it. Whether that's on Hahn or not remains to be seen but at the end of the day it really doesn't matter from our perspective as fans -- the club stinks, it doesn't really matter who is at fault.

Cya guys in February!

epic fail you losers.

QUOTE (Insp @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 08:05 PM) Sox must be ahead since hardly anyone's posting. or you know people got other s*** to do on a beautiful night in late July then waste time on another mediocre Sox team. I'm still stuck at my office otherwise I wouldn't be here.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 01:02 PM) Gallo, Mazara, Brinson, Profar and Ortiz would be good enough for me I think. me too.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 29, 2016 -> 12:54 PM) Has to include Mazara. Drop Profar. I would take a package centered around Mazara and whatever their three best prospects are. Sox can produce pitching but a stud like Mazara they'll never find on their own.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) Got a hanger, rolled over on it. He's getting a huge zone this inning indeed. Was a meatball.

nice camera work, wow.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) for being the original sports network...they have evolved to being the absolute worst. My hatred grows every week for these asshats... they suck. I'm actually glad that the B1G is going to be on Fox this year instead of ABC. Sick of f***ing OSU slappy Spielman calling the Game.

does ESPN do anything but not show the game?