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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 05:12 PM) You can't lie about a part of your life and who you are. That's the definition of being credible. This is complete bull on this particular topic and at some point that will be a much more accepted standard.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 05:02 PM) Credibility? There is no way in which that should possibly impact a person's actual credibility. Not in the least.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:57 PM) She never admitted to being Mr. Krol. She lied to everyone about being a woman with a certain past. That's a clear set of lies. Why does she have to?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:51 PM) Because the lies were found out. Again, are you saying reporters shouldn't report the truth if it will be damaging to the subject? Is "I'm now a woman and no longer Mr. Krol" a lie? As far as I can tell...that was not a lie. Yes the degree statements were lies. Is it a lie to not be up front with that personal detail and personal choice? Do the other lies mean that the person has lost all privacy?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) Absolutely. Why wouldn't it? It's the truth. And let's not pretend like this person was hurt about it. He/she was dead before this was published. DId you actually not read the article where the person was clearly becoming more and more emotionally unstable as the grantland writer pushed forward?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) How did "outing" her hurt her anyway? Wasn't this article written after she had died? It was a relevant part of the story as the writer was trying to verify her credentials. "Oh no, a reporter is going to reveal that I'm transgendered. Oh look, a plastic bag." No one else got that possibility as they were reading it, that having this part of her life revealed publicly against her wishes could push the person to that?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) Totally disagree. If you're hiding your past and lying about it, telling people why is pretty critical. And if the answer is that a person is transgendered that should still be the case?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) He/she was a liar. A conman. That's the reveal of the story. That he/she was transgendered just made it more crazy. It's an irrelevant detail that just "makes it more crazy" and yet winds up receiving the featured crescendo as though it's the biggest, most important reveal. You could write this story as the person being a con artist without the personal part.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:02 PM) Oh geez. A person being transgendered is not the big reveal in an honest story and it doesn't make them a liar.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:02 PM) Here's a question: Let's say the Sox sign Tanaka (I don't think they will, but just pretend for a second) Let's say John Danks, Bronson Arroyo, Matt Garza are the Free Agents on the market who only cost money and no draft pick, whereas Ubaldo & Ervin Santana cost money and a draft pick. How do you rank those guys? I say this because let's say the Sox need to move Danks' contract to fit Tanaka into their budget. If the Sox win the Tanaka derby and everyone else loses, how good does Danks' contract and years plus no draft pick look compared to the rest of the SP FA market? Maybe the Sox can't get anything much for Danks, but I bet that he looks like a good option compared to the rest, and a Danks dump could be similar to the Rios dump, where we get a serviceable piece but really the move happens to clear up salary for the signing of an international player. Second Swisher deal with Viciedo coming in was more of the same. If you can't sign Tanaka without being forced to dump Danks then that makes it seem really silly to sign Tanaka. Because what happens if you simply can't move Danks? And then of course there's the really solid likelihood that you dump him for nothing and then he drops another 3+ WAR season next year like he did most healthy years of his career.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 03:56 PM) The fact is Tanaka is regarded as a great pitcher by people who get paid a lot of money determining these things. Acquiring him helps the White Sox win, and the bonus is it may sting the Cubs a lot. And since a lot have jumped off their bandwagon, and they could be leaving WGN, it is no guarantee all their games will be seen by everyone after this year by just paying for basic cable. It is an opportunity to pounce on the people looking for a winner to cheer for. If you are a White Sox fan, you should care. Although in the end, I think it is one reason the Cubs might throw crazy money at him. Enough where even if he thought the White Sox situation was better, it would be next to impossible to say no. I care about whether or not he would contribute to the White Sox at a level commensurate with the money spent on him. This is it. You might get me more interested if Detroit was in on him because that team is directly competing with us a whole lot more. It's just as possible that the White Sox could "steal" attention from the Cubs as it is that having the Cubs continue to be bad hurts the Chicago baseball scene as a whole and the White Sox suffer as a consequence. In fact, that's what the ticket sales over the last decade actually are consistent with - when both teams were doing well, ticket sales went up, but when one team has a good season and the other doesn't, neither one sees a ticket sale spike.

A good number of people, me included, are quite repulsed about what it appears this Grantland writer did here.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 03:41 PM) I thought letting Thome go was a good move... I loved the Chris Young trade! Waiting to hear from the people that said Gordo should be hitting 3rd...or would be our #3 hitter very soon! I thought Beckham was going to do for our lineup what Mauer did for Minnesotas.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 03:24 PM) ???? Those disinterested fans are free agents, whats more likely to draw them in as a Sox fan: Sox sign big name FA pitcher Cubs sign big name FA pitcher Once again the Mcondalds-BK comparison. There are 100 hungry people if McDondalds has a new exciting deal and BK does not, who do you think gets more of the undecided hungry people? Which one of them is not poisoning people at the time? Put a winning team on the field and stop caring about the opposite one. Note that you're not quoting a single number here. You're stating platitudes based on how you think people will respond with no obvious evidence that it has happened at any time recently. When both teams were better...both teams drew a lot better.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 03:05 PM) Thats like saying why would McDonalds care if there is a BK across the street. There is a limited market of baseball fans in Chicago. Any acquisition that can tip fair weather fans from being "Cub" fans to "Sox" fans is a huge deal. With the decline of the Cubs, the Sox could easily make huge headway in the city. More fans= more money. Its not like the Sox are selling out, they need better attendance. The problem with this is that it really doesn't square with history. In 2006, there were 6.1 million tickets sold between the 2 teams. In 2013, there were 4.4 million tickets sold. Yeah the economy has changed slightly, but that tells me "There is a much larger market of baseball fans in Chicago that could be motivated if either team was good, and no one should waste their time worrying about the other team as much as getting the now disinterested people back into the seats".

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:54 PM) The star is dimming on Theo. This, if it worked out, would be a huge blow to them and quite a large feather in the White Sox cap. It also would probably cost the Cubs some money in their upcomindpg broadcast negotiations. Wow. Who cares?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 02:09 PM) If there was ever a time to over pay it would be for a young potential international superstar while denying your in city rival. Why? we play them what, 3 games a year?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) Trading him in July might be in play too but Beckham would first have to break out. If he were to "Break out" I think that makes trading him this July very unlikely, they'd want to keep playing him for now. If he had 1.5 good years, then maybe next summer that could be thought about if the team was still terrible around him. If he struggles this year and just repeats his last year, I could see him being moved somewhere that has a 2b who gets hurt during the year and needs a cheap replacement they're not required to hold onto.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 11:57 AM) Let's say bacon does have a career year (which i doubt myself), do you try and lock him up to a multi-year deal? At this point I'm not sure. Probably not, honestly.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) If I'm the White Sox- 1. Tell Tanaka there's a whole (very nice) town of only Japanese people 5 minutes from The Cell 2. Pay 100 Japanese $25K each to move into this town 3. Pay 100 non-Japanese $25K each to move out of this town 4. Build a mansion right in the center of the town 5. Sign Tanaka 6. Move Tanaka into that mansion PROBLEM SOLVED. This makes a ton of sense as it spends $50 million to deal with the fact that Tanaka is deathly afraid of having white people around him.

QUOTE (MAX @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 11:45 PM) I would have let gordon walk, and I'm an optimist. No one would trade for that guy at that price. Its holding on to a losing hand at this point. I wish we would have used that money toward something else. I don't often say that. If he doesn't improve on this year's season, he's a 1 year stop-gap that Marcus Semien or Carlos Sanchez starts taking at-bats from in September.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 01:47 AM) That bullpen sucks. (Yes, I know, someone like Danish will emerge as a stud out there...and we've got three veterans in front of them for the moment, along with Paulino possibly as well). Tyler Danish is absolutely NOT going to sniff the big league bullpen this season. Hopefully not next season either.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 09:32 PM) I've basically tuned the Bulls out. I can't watch a game and actively root against them even though we all know the smart basketball move is to tank, so I just ignore them and watch the scoreboard afterwards hoping we lost. Sucks At this point I've been furious at this sport for 3+ seasons and the last 3 have been hell. I am getting too used to tuning this league out.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) From July 23rd until the end of the season, Podsednik was 9 for 23 in steals, good for a 39.1% stolen base percentage. It's cherry picking, but it's still bad. Right before that he'd stolen like 22 in a row. He had the technique down and was tearing it up out there but that injury torched him.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 17, 2014 -> 08:45 PM) I think a lot of it is what have you done for me lately too. People see the years Marcus Semien and Micah Jonhson had last year and fall in love with them. I am not ready to bring Semien up to the bigs and I think Micah Johnson will probably take a step back this year. Rightfully so, there's no love Courtney Hawkins anymore and he has the best potential in our system and I don't even think it's that close. I had him at #4 or #5 on my list but most posters had him at #7, #8, #9ish. Regardless of potential....I will always give credit to guys performing well at higher levels.