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Dude, you could have added the names so I didnt' have to click through. I really didn't want to click through.

Oh, and only because one poster has used Hillary being told that a debate in Flint, MI would feature questions about Flint, MI as a major example of corruption, here's another one that no one will care about. The NY Times today added Scarborough from MSNBC as another person who has been "Advising" dear leader for several months also. These were the people outraged about Donna Brazille on air.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 12:43 PM) It is the overusage of these types of labels that normalized them to the point where nothing that Trump was called had any effect on people It the party that cried wolf. The term "racist" today doesn't carry the weight that it used to. Sieg Heil.

Please tell me again how this is about economic anxiety.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Nov 21, 2016 -> 09:38 AM) There has been all this speculation as to what type of team the White Sox will have in 2017. I just wish that they would do whatever they're going to do as soon as possible. If they are going to trade Sale, Quintana, Abreu, Eaton, Frazier and Robertson. Or if they are going to sign some free agents, I wish they would just do it and get it over with. At least the fans will know which way this team is going. It's still early enough that even I'm going to reply that It's early, and I agree with you that they need to be aggressive in moving Sale. The market today is still feeling its way out - we've just had our first stupid money signing of the offseason and only the Astros and Mariners have been aggressive in trying to get better. I can make a case that the Astros are going to be more interested in Sale today than they would have been last week, and that's a good thing for the White Sox. Add in the lack of a CBA and you make things even more annoyingly complex. If we're in the days when the Winter Meetings are about to start and they're still standing pat, then this is a much more valid complaint.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 20, 2016 -> 09:43 PM) Trump should do what no President has done. Hire the best and brightest people for all the jobs in his administration irregardless of party. He's not even a Republican anyway so it'd be easy for him. But nooooo ... he'll be like all of them. Hire buddies and cronies and those who will kiss his butt so to speak. He's 70 years old. He's not going to live all that long in all likelihood. He has 10 good years of productive work left, God willing with his health. Why not make a difference? Nah, nobody really tries in that job. p.s. My blasts of Trump continue to have nothing to do with Hillary. I still despise her. And he decided to make a difference in the way he cares about. Find the people with the strongest record of hate towards every racial group he can.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 20, 2016 -> 05:13 PM) Apparently Wade will sit out tonight to rest. Seems a bit odd to me. B2B in the middle of a road trip? Sounds like a good idea to me.

asked whether he would unequivocally rule out registering Muslims: Follows with some hedging and hawing about how some of them are bad people.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 11:50 PM) I do want your guy's opinion on the Bears and what the deal is? Is it just a lack of talent combine with a bad Cutler? Is it coaching? I watched KC play Chicago in preseason and could tell it'd be a rough season for Chicago. I think your first sentence is quite accurate. The talent situation is probably actually better than it was 2 years ago, but it's still not good...and Cutler seems to have taken a step back so far this year - putting up the 2nd worst passer rating of his career so far.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 08:30 PM) Samardzija was pretty adamant he was going to be a free agent, Link

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 07:46 PM) If he was all about top dollar he wouldn't be so public about wanting an early extension. Pretty sure he was vocal about it in spring training last year too. Samardzija was hell bent on testing FA from the day we traded for him. Samardzija was more than happy to talk an extension as long as the White Sox were willing to put a 9 figure deal on the table. We had a ton of threads about that. Frazier is no different. He'd be thrilled if Cinci or Chicago would extend him 2-3 years before he hits FA because he's going to be 31 going to 32 when he hits FA. Get the contract signed and put $90 million in the bank and he'll be happy, I'm quite sure.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 05:44 PM) I agree. They aren't going to get "value" for Quintana and Eaton because of the years of control. They could always trade those guys later or the trajectory to winning changes if some prospects perform and those guys are still around on the next winning Sox team. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they move Sale, D-Rob, Melky, and Frazier. They could move Gonzalez in season. Guys like Jennings and Jones will have value in season. This isn't a one off-season thing. They are just looking at players with cost control instead of 1-2 year fixes. It makes perfect sense. This week people had several convincing points about Eaton - not only is a lot of his value from last year on defense tied up in his throwing (so there's a chance of a step back in that), but you also have an attitude worry with him potentially not being able to handle having several of his buddies traded. I think I was mostly in agreement with you, but I found those points very persuasive.

Ah Ray Olmedo. One of the most frustrating failures to hustle on a single play I can remember.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) Laughing because that's the only way to deal with this garbage right now. Preemptive impeachment seems reasonable at this point. As excited as the White Supremacists are? Their majority in Congress won't touch that.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 03:55 PM) Frazier could always come back next year after helping the team get younger and more flexible. He is going to get 1 chance to cash in on the FA market in his career. You want him back you're going to have to pay for him.

Foreign diplomats get sales pitch for new DC Trump Hotel as way to curry favor with the new President.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 03:23 PM) This was unprecedented in terms of both candidates being terrible. How can you blame me for writing in somebody? My vote also was worthless in many's minds. Had Bernie been the candidate I'd probably had voted for him. He'd have been the "best of two horrible choices." With Hillary and Trump there was no way in hell I could vote for either. Both are disasters and also IMO bad people. Trump a ruthless one percenter; Hillary a liar and selfish one percenter. Your own descriptions of what you consider their flaws to be is telling enough. Nothing about the whole "White Supremacist/antisemite" part, and you don't even count him as a liar.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 02:34 PM) I will admit, a 2018 rotation of Sale-Q-Rodon-Hansen-Fulmer(or Stephens/Adams) does look sexy as hell. I don't think "Tanking" getting a protected pick and going for it in 2018 is the worst idea in the world. You've got a potentially extremely weak 4-5, and you're still paying James Shields that year. Feel better now?

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 11:52 AM) They have to spend the money. Money is only tight because front office says so. They can spend it if they want to win. I agree, if they don't want to spend any money, trade everybody and field a AAA team. They have money to spend. The problem is that spending money does not make you a strong team if you don't have a strong organization around them. Baseball has been teaching teams that lesson for a decade now - the last team that made themselves into a world series winner based almost entirely on free agent acquisitions was the 09 Yankees. You can use the FA market to supplement players and fill a handful of holes, but if you're signing 3 guys you better have a strong enough roster to absorb 1 of them completely flopping and 1 of them underperforming. The Royals, the Indians, the Cubs, the Mets, the teams that are making the world series are teams that build a strong internal foundation then add 1-2 pieces to it. If the White Sox had ballooned their payroll to $150 million last year, signed Cespedes instead of Jackson, they're still not a playoff team. They're probably over .500. And that's with hindsight of knowing that Cespedes was still ok last year, while some of the other expensive OFs were flops. If the White Sox had ballooned their payroll by adding Heyward, well you know.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 18, 2016 -> 02:22 PM) The injuries shall come It will be interesting to see if they stay comparatively healthier than the Bulls. That would be a strong sign that you could pin issues on the training and medical staff.

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That one is a playground in Brooklyn named for Beastie Boys singer Adam Yauch.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) Ahh. I see, shows you how much I have seen him. Is 3rd his long-term projected landing place? Or is that just because he is on the Astros at the moment? He could definitely be a SS but Correa simply isn't moving. He was strong there in a short stint last year, seemed to adapt to the position well. Machado-like, for a comp in that sense. Maybe Bregman is a stronger SS and you decide Anderson's the one to move, that one I can't say I've seen enough to answer as I haven't seen Bregman play any SS, but Bregman to 3b is at least one obvious option.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 09:40 AM) Chris Sale has said he wants to stay too..................................... I'm more than certain Chris Sale would sign a 5 year $150 million extension right now if you offered him one.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 19, 2016 -> 10:53 AM) So fairly simple question...if we do receive a guy like Bregman or Swanson that is a ss, what do we do with Anderson? Can he play CF? Wouldn't you just move Bregman to 3b? He's already being effective there for the 'Stros.