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QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 11:55 AM) What if they offered the Bears a 1 and a 2 or 3? They wont, but if they did... With the NFL trade talk is the most meaningless thing to ever do. There is like 1 trade a year. No one is giving up picks and no one has cap space to take on anything. If someone wants to go Herschel Walker trade for Jeffrey, of course you do that. But nobody will, and everyone knows it. But there are moves that can be made. Who knows, maybe the Patriots would be interested in Bushrod because their O Line is just in shambles? Of course, they can go to Cleveland and get Mack or Thomas if they want.

i saw on twitter that the entire officiating crew from Miami/Duke was suspended. They need to just centralize the replay call to the Conference ref office like the NFL lets new york make the replay calls. That was an absolute travesty

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 11:43 AM) Yeah, why would the Bears trade Jeffrey? They should be looking to lock him up long term. Because ESPN says the Falcons need a tall sure handed #1 wide receiver. Because they dont have one.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) You guys are living in a fantasy world thinking they will give the position to Saladino or attempt to cut Ramirez's salary. We heard over and over again a list of reasons/excuses for his poor 2015 season. Put up or shut up time. And you can forget about Ian Desmond, too. Hey man, we are all just looking forward to you posting KC articles in Sox threads all winter. Thanks for letting us know what is gonna happen, now we can all go home and go to bed

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 10:23 AM) It's vinyl Paradise theater double album was "The Best of Times" That same show was the Loopfest lineup this year. I don't think the Def Leppard set list has changed in 15 years. Didnt they come out with a new album in the past year? Im sure that would change the set list a bit

Chris Bosio, 1993 oh wait i thought we were just naming random players and years

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) What year is it? Nostalgia shows can be a blast, Mr Too cool for school When i was in college I saw Digital Underground 3 times and Run DMC twice in Carbondale, and they were so much fun

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) Is Forte done this year, or is it just a temporary sprain? unknown

I would be at that show for Def Leppard more than Styx or Tesla

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 08:57 AM) Collins didn't watch him in August and September, 2012... wtf does this have to do with anything

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 08:17 AM) I get showing an episode on Morgan and what brought him to where he is at currently, but that just felt boring to me. Maybe because of the episode it came right on the heels on, but meh. It just didnt deserve an hour and a half, it could have been edited down and I would have been ok with it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 10:43 AM) Your plan has about as much of a chance of happening as you becoming a Disney Princess. Disneyworld has vacation packages that allow that to anyone.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 07:56 AM) Honestly, one could be filthy rich by betting on whichever team he thinks will lose. One would think you could buy a house

I think the moral of the story is Greg is never right when picking who is going to win. It is impressive how wrong, lol.

Secondary lost this game

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) You are probably right. I'm just trying to figure out how the Sox are the only team that get hometown discounts. Paulie and Mark Buehlre before the Sox made it clear (foolishly) they didn't want Mark any more. If ever a hometown discount made sense it would be Alex Gordon and the Royals. He's one of those guys who are the face of a franchise like Minoso/Banks/Ripken/Tulo (oh wait Tulo got shipped out). As far as Gordon, two comments. 1.) If he does leave for the highest offer, good for him. He better keep producing cause in KC he'd be a George Brett/Len Dawson figure forever. He'd be shown so much love the next 40 years of his life it'd make his head spin (provided KC wraps up the series). The Royals obviously will not be able to match 25-30 million a year. I bet they'd go as high as 18 million. So I guess you are right. He'd be leaving about 28 million dollars total on the table over four years to sign with KC at 18 versus somebody else for 25. 2.) He's just not that good, folks, not in terms of PROJECTING the future. He'll hit you .260 and get the good on base percentage, but ... he's aging and whoever signs him will definitely regret it if they go 5 years on Gordon. 3.) This is worrying me. Sox are not going to be able to compete for "good" ballplayers in the future because they just make too much money. It's going to be very tough for the Sox to compete considering good young players all are going to be going for 25-30 mill a year for 5 years once they hit free agency. As usual, don't let facts get in the way of a post

Laveon Bell is probably done for the year. Knees aren't supposed to bend that way And I am done with Mariani. Bad decisions and hands, hasn't really shown that he does anything special

The Jim Bob Cooter offense!

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) Who is saying the Sox pulled a bait and switch? I think you've competed misinterpreted my post. I was agreeing with you that this NL players can't hit in the AL argument is stupid and unfounded. Like I said in my previous post, the larger issue is assuming all players can handle DHing. Sure, just because Dunn & LaRoche agreed to DH and probably thought they could handle the role, doesn't mean it was going to work out for us. Our front office has to be smarter about giving big contracts to guys with no track record of DHing if that's going to be their primary role. Right now, we're 0 for 2 in those situations. I understand you were agreeing with me, I just think "forced" is an incorrect way of describing it, that's all. DHs usually are players that are deficient in the field but can hit for power and drive in runs. Dunn fit that description to a T, Laroche is still good in the field but his godawful start really didn't make anyone want to play him anywhere, much less the field. We all want Edgar Martinez hitting DH, but unfortunately the Sox keep getting guys closer to Ray Martinez

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 01:02 AM) Thanks for remembering my post. For those who think I'm a troll and never make pertinent comments, see my previous Rios comment. You also recognized I was correct about Rios' ineptitude, his continued ineptitude. Good post. I thought the same about the reverse of Buckner when the ball went under his glove the same way it did with Buckner. Rios is hitting .289 in the playoffs and hit .368/.368/.529 against the blue Jays. He isn't hitting well in the World Series but his play has been anything but inept.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 08:25 AM) De Aza was a pretty solid hitter for us, all things considered. Pierre & Kotsay pretty much met expectations offensively, which should have been fairly low. All this goes back to Dunn & LaRoche, who are far less similar hitters than the the majority of this board realizes. The one constant, however, is both were forced to DH without having a track record at the position. Not suggesting that is the only reason for their struggles (age/health certainly played a role), but DHing is not for everyone and we shouldn't automatically assume every power bat can handle the transition. Come on, forced? Both of these guys signed their contracts knowing what their job description was, it isn't like the Sox pulled a bait and switch on them

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 08:14 AM) To be fair, his season literally started after the draft. No Spring Training. Not even a minor league stint. Right, because he still was recovering from his broken leg three years prior. It's not stupid of GMs to think that his broken leg has ruined his career at that point

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 07:51 AM) Not an incredible amount. It just goes to show how the main fiascos such as Dunn, LaRoche and Shark have started to color perceptions...along with a line of NL players who have struggled recently in the transition, such as Sandoval and Ramirez in Boston this year. I remember a thread this July or August where it was hard to identify more than just a handful of success stories among all 30 teams in the last 2-3 seasons. If you want to count DeAza as a success in this area (based more on original expectations), that's another that could be cited. I just browsed the last 6 years, Pierre/Dunn/Laroche/Kotsay/De Aza And we are making proclamations based on this bunch and their sample size In regards to the OP, I don't fault the Sox front office for not making a run at Morales. He certainly did not look like he had anything left after his short stints with the twins and Mariners. Good for the Royals for getting what they got out of him, but I didn't see many people wringing their hands from Laroche over Morales.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 07:32 AM) It's also based on Eaton being the only starting position player or pitcher to come over from the NL in about the last five or six years and not seriously regress. Quentin, although he was injured a lot and didn't have much of a track record at the MLB level, going back seven years. So pretty much any non AZ Dback. How many NL position players have come to the sox in the last 5-6 years, Caulfield?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 31, 2015 -> 08:31 PM) Cespedes has cost himself some of the millions he gained from his strong second half performance in NY. Like with Cueto, there are going to be some hard questions from AL teams about overpaying. You overreact to everything