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If that makes me a meathead, so be it. I will also pass on a lot of other criminals out there. Those aren't the people I want leading my organization publicly.

I will pass on the molester in any round.

Remember this guy didn't get spring training or throwing during the winter.

Yeah you don't lose a pick until 5%.

No better place to start than with this...

My point exactly, the Cubs were ran like an ATM, and were never in danger of leaving. The Sox were run as cheaply as possible and almost moved 3 different times in 50 years through multiple ownership groups. Why? Because one is a major market team, and the other is not. One has the huge fan base to support it, the other does not.

It also amazed me that while great players take a large step back with LeBron, great players took a large step back after leaving MJ. I will swear to my grave that Scottie Pippen wouldn't have been a fraction of the player he was without Michael. Who can you say that about with LeBron. He takes 25/10 guys like Bosh and Love, and they fall off.

And how many times have the Cubs almost moved?

Undefeated since the team meeting.

Did Stone just call Yolmer, Hector?

Not me. I was thrilled to sell high.

At least in his case he wasn't meant to be starting.

The White Sox were almost moved out of Chicago multiple times in the 70's because they were drawing so badly.

Yeah this. The "they have to win" thing is ridiculous. The Cub didn't win anything for over a century. It is an excuse to dismiss reality.

Bingo. It is disingenuous to ignore history and suggest otherwise.

You can also pick and choose your "facts" based on your bitterness with ownership, but that doesn't make it right. Don't let the actual revenue numbers get in the way of a nonsensical rant.

Yes, didn't play until his Junior year of HS. Even went to a JuCo after that, and barely played at all. He got less ABs in 3 years of JuCo, than Gordon Beckham got his last year at Georgia,

Soxtalk as a GM: This guy is doing awesome! Call him up! Two weeks later: This guy sucks, cut him! Two years later: Why did they cut that guy, he is awesome!

I remember seeing Camilo Quintero get mentioned as a possibility during spring training, but haven't heard anything since... any word?