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QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 01:22 PM) Love all the libs getting their panties in a bunch abou this...Butch lies under oath...nothing to see here...God help this country...I want him to win just to watch all you guys piss and moan for 4 years.. Congrats on open misogyny.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 12:55 PM) White Sox send: Jose Quintana David Robertson Rangers send: Jurickson Profar Joey Gallo Plus whatever makes it balance. I would not do that deal.

And for the next time anyone wants to say that its only Donald Trump who doesn't respect "sub-groups" and that it's totally not something their party would tolerate for decades, folks I give you Steve King (R-IA). This text is from the Washington Post but they won't let me insert a link, here's one with a video clip.

QUOTE (harkness @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 12:43 AM) welllll.... not so fast. I'm pretty sure there was a similar thread to this one last year right before that series with the Blue Jays.

QUOTE (harkness @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) Addison reed 81% career save David Robertson 81 % career save. That's before his blow last night... so Reed might be higher now. Robertson was a setup man prior to the 2014 season because the New York Yankees had something of a decent closer. If you don't remember that guy he'll be giving a speech 2 years from now. Robertson spent 5+ full seasons in that role and in that role he gets credit for a BS on a bad day but does not get credit for a save on a good day. His Save %age since becoming a full time closer is 86%.

And for the next time anyone wants to say that its only Donald Trump who doesn't respect "sub-groups" and that it's totally not something their party would tolerate for decades, folks I give you Steve King (R-IA). This text is from the Washington Post but they won't let me insert a link, here's one with a video clip.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jul 19, 2016 -> 12:38 AM) This is incredible. https://twitter.com/pzf/status/755251624931721216

QUOTE (Doc Edwards Shot @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) What is the criteria to be a "qualified" 3B? Link

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 05:54 PM) Why are we mad at JR for being a successful businessman?

I have discovered what it takes for me to share a video of Coldplay performing. They have to be joined on stage. By Michael J. Fox. For a rendition of Johnny B. Goode.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 03:30 PM) I don't think they are broke, but that they entered this year at virtually the same payroll and made the decision to split up $16 million among latos, austin, etc vs a star name. Whatever acquisitions that add on money it is going to be a real decision vs. 2015 where they had a reduced 2014 payroll and could actually set market for robertson/duke/melky. That's the differnece from when they were "in" on Gordon and Cespedes (really just trying to get a depressed rate for them in an already depressed market) and when they went into 2015 with money to spend. 2016-17 offseason will not be 2014-15 They notably entered this season at the same payroll because $12 million of their payroll retired. They had boosted their payroll on paper by about that amount prior to that happening.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) Danks is coming off the books next year. They are always thought to be broke, but do add payroll from time to time. They were in on Gordon and Cespedes, and Tanaka a few years ago. There is money someplace. As far as Andrew Miller, he could have been had for $9 million or so a year. In the Sox sign Duke thread, there were people who stated they would rather have Duke than Miller. They have seemed reluctant to go bold. The half assed stuff has continued to burn them and they go back to it. Maybe something will change there. They should have some money to spend next year, but it's also worth remembering that the FA market is extremely bare next offseason and there will be a lot of teams with money to spend. That link talks about Josh Reddick and Jose Bautista as looking at $100 million commitments in this market because who else is there to sign? This is going to be a tough year to go bold in the FA market if you're trying to make your team better and you have multiple needs to fill. 2018 is going to shape up as a potential year where going bold could succeed, because even though the big spending Yankees will be taking dumptrucks of money to Harper, there will be so many players on the market that if you have a strong roster behind them you might find some value filling those positions. Of course, the White Sox will also be in a tough spot that year since they'll also be trying to keep or replace several players who will be looking for the best payday they can get and so they'll also be spending money just to tread water. If there was some way they could come up with a few position players before 2018 to cover some of those needs, that's a setup where they could really make a splash and move forward.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Jul 18, 2016 -> 02:21 PM) Reinsdorf being all about the money, why doesn't a rebuild make sense? Keeping a decent product on field obviously isn't drawing any fans in the seats, especially with the northsiders being good. Cut payroll, fan attendance stays roughly the same, give it a shot ..... Better from a monetary perspective for JR & Co. The obvious conclusion is that "all about the money" does not accurately describe JR and company's decision making. Clearly they do care about funds at some level based on the type of signings they do make, but that they have continued to try to force themselves into competition when their organization is far from ready does imply that there's a mandate to win ballgames right now that is at least of equal importance.

The question is not whether you're looking at any major purchases in 12-18 months, it's whether you're thinking of any in 18-36 months. If you want to close the account and aren't looking at any major purchases right now, then there's little harm in doing so as your score will recover reasonably quickly. If you're looking at something 24 months from now and you wait to close the account until 18 months from now, then it will have hit you right before that purchase.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 06:13 PM) Ventura is the worst at arguing with umpires. At least show a little passion in that part of the game please. Bah, they're down 8-1, limping to a sweep by a last place team. Sit your bottom on that bench and be quiet.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 06:00 PM) If anyone answers stand pat... Standing pat in 2016 is not as bad of a decision as standing pat in 2015 was as this entire roster will still be there and tradeable this offseason. No one of any consequence hits the free agent market this offseason, which was not the case last year.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 05:59 PM) Hopefully no one here honestly thought Anderson was Correa or Bogaerts. I don't get the feeling anyone thought he was that good here. Given enough time to develop I don't see why he couldn't become a solid SS, really good baserunner, and regularly hit .300+ with a >.800 OPS, which is in the range where those guys are now. Correa is going to outhomer him long term. But the kid was raw at every level and the Sox still were pretty aggressive in getting him to the big leagues. Slumps are to be expected. If the team wasn't desperate for talent you could easily make the case that he'd benefit by waiting until next year before he saw his first big league action.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 02:26 PM) I don't know why Turner is starting today instead of Sale since the decision on whether or not to acquire talent and make a run, or in the alternative, to sit back, try to trade veterans, shed salary and get prospects, hinges on how the Sox perform during the next 10 days or so. Losing to the Braves twice and the Angels (at least) twice, two of the worst teams in baseball, has already set a negative tone. The only thing that will make this season worse is losing 3 or 4 to the Cubs, and that 4 game home/away series is right around the corner. If we get swept by the Cubs will that finally earn Ventura a ticket out of town? As many others have pointed out, there was a bad game plan by our offense against a sinker ball pitcher yesterday. Then there was a failure to make any adjustments during the course of the game. That should not be surprising though since that seems to be the norm in major league baseball There's no reason to replace Robin Ventura before the end of the season. He has no contract then, if the White Sox fall off enough that you'd actually be compelled to make the move to do so, it'll be so late in the season that you wouldn't bother anyway as a new manager wouldn't drive a playoff run. It'd just be firing him so that he was fired rather than letting him coach out, the only reason to do it would be to express disrespect.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 08:40 AM) Agreed. They get a lot of flack but I think they've done a good job. Got more for Kimbrel than what they gave up (because they took on Upton), got draft picks for Kennedy and Justin Upton, could potentially get something for Melvin Upton and Matt Kemp. Plus they've traded some bullpen pieces. You need a clause in there. "They've done a good job since date x" or something like that. They did a terrible job trying to build a competitive team last year and now they're stuck with a couple more years of rebuilding because of how terrible that job was. So far they're making reasonable moves in trying to recover from their self-made debacle.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 15, 2016 -> 03:36 PM) My point is anybody who is not mentally challenged knows white privilege exists. Of course there are inherent advantages to being born white. The enemy here is the rich white bastard and his offspring who run the country because of their wealth. They are the people they need to admit their white privilege. They are the ones who never hire African Americans. They are the ones who deep down are probably happy when cops rough up African Americans so everything will always be the same. The Black Lives Matter protestors need to march in front of the homes of these 1 percenters. They are the ones who won't admit their privilege. But as usual they go after the little guy. Of course I understand there is white privilege. My answer to that is ... what do you want me to do about it? The protestors aren't going after the rich f***s, so why should I go tell them to admit privilege or educate them? Of course I acknowledge it, but I am not going to acknowledge anything to some angry rude classless mob telling me to admit it. Tell the rich white f***s about it; don't tell me or my friend, the guy who faced all odds with his mother dumping him on abusive grandparents who basically made him a maid and made him pay his own freight even as a young kid. Now he's a millionaire and not so eager to rekindle any kind of relationships with his family. What are the racial makeups of traffic stops like in your city? Have you ever checked? What is required in your city to charge an officer with a crime? Does an officer have to have intent to kill someone in order for charges to be filed? Do you vote for politicians who promise to get tough on crime in certain districts and have you ever thought about what that actually means?

QUOTE (harkness @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 01:03 AM) 3-9 is well below .500... Though I'm not even sure what you meant by that. If you take a .500 team and pick some selection of 12 games you'll eventually find something that the team has a below .500 record in just based on random chance. It could be afternoon games, sunday games, getaway games, day game after a night game, day after a rainout, day after a trip across the country, wahtever.

QUOTE (Special K @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 02:57 PM) At what point do we pull plug on this thing? We're a game over .500. Close to being in the same mediocre position we were in at the deadline last year. Still can't win in the division, and struggling offense as well. I say we unload at the deadline. If I had to guess, I'd say they would need to move substantially below .500 in the next 10 days in order to sell. If they went 1-9 in the first 10 out of the break that could very well do it. I sincerely doubt they would do so if they were any closer than that and frankly they'd still have plausible reason to think a winning streak that could push them back in would be coming otherwise.

According to ABC the President and Secretary of State have announced that the US Supports the democratically elected government in Turkey.

Reports now of police arresting members of the army, mosques exhorting people to go out into the streets overnight to resist the army, and of shots being fired at civilians.

Reports now of police arresting members of the army, mosques exhorting people to go out into the streets overnight to resist the army, and of shots being fired at civilians.