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QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:29 PM) Just curious...when did it sound like Hahn was not commited to Avi? Haven't heard this language from him yet. http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/is-avis...n-noncommittal/

That might be the shortest review I have ever seen. That might not even have been 10 seconds.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:24 PM) I don't think the return would be high enough to justify trading him. I don't think the Sox have interest in extending him at what his asking price probably will be. Hahn was pretty clear in his non-commitment to Avi. That is Rick Hahn speak for

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:19 PM) DL or trade? Interesting thought. Abu has ended this season by not only bringing his average back up, but by hitting for more xbhs and walking more, seemingly. Itd have to be quite a good package to get avi in a trade of imagine. The other team would have to be awfully sold on him. Trade. Probably this winter. I think he would have been gone already if Hahn had his way.

Shields gonna Shields.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:14 PM) Jesus avi. What a damn year.... This offense becomes quite interesting when you add Eloy in at LF. I would make a small wager that Avi Garcia is not on the White Sox roster when Eloy Jimenez makes his major league debut with the White Sox.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:59 PM) A coward like answer. Make outrageeous claims, get shown some things that may be facts, ignore, take your ball and go home. I am waiting for you to address the points you said you addressed. Why would Ditka say working from home was his idea? Why would Forbes, not exactly a liberal publication report ESPN's numbers are down from cord cutting, although there revenue is fine? Is Fox News groupthink? Personal attacks again? Geesh.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 02:10 PM) Wow...the Tigers don't even care anymore The Tigers look like where we were in August after all of the trades. They are just lost and trying to figure out who fits where and how.

I don't know what is going on this game, but I am the only one noticing the camera work is awful? They have been on the wrong angle for a good portion of the game.

Damn Avi, that was an excuse me swing that went about 375 into the seats.

Moncada can just fly. He has no business being at 3B on that hit, and yet there he is.

4 hits now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:50 PM) I know. But remember how badly TA was doing? I was projecting stats and he projected to be a decent catcher. I'm glad he's doing fine now and looks like a Lindor superstar candidate frankly now. He's on a roll which is great. Might hit .270 by season's end. He reminded me of a shorter Sandy Alomar. Anderson at the time of the discussion was sucking horribly. Now he's doing fine. As I said, I refuse to treat the idea of moving Tim Anderson to catcher as anything other than a joke.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:47 PM) You are right Nunez was actually 18, but Franklin Reyes was 17 in AZL last year. I meant other as in, In addition to the players you listed, Micker Adolfo was the only OTHER one I could think of.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:29 PM) Eh, I loved them both... Me too. But I guess I am not looking that deeply into them either.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 01:30 PM) And if they want him to catch, he would likely be in the minors for a few years. Outfield would be the logical move. I'm not advocating for a move just disagreeing with the catcher move. I can't believe people are actually treating greg's idea here with anything other than a LMAO. Anderson isn't going anywhere.

Detroit's defense has been UGLY this inning.

14th time Abreu has been HBP, make em pay Avi!

3 hits for Yoan

Nice clutch hitting for Anderson.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 11:48 AM) Right, but so were Reyes and Nunez. And he performed better than both. I just want an idea of what they think they have here. The only other player I can think of they moved here at 17 is Micker. It seems to me they must see something if he is in that kind of company.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 11:21 AM) I mean, we didn't either. Who is Ryan Lewis? Do you mean Zach Lewis? The one who's mother complained on our Facebook page that we didn't talk about him enough in the article? lol, perfect. It couldn't have been more perfect than me getting his name wrong.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 09:40 AM) It's funny because when I watched her interview on CBS Sunday Morning, the first one she did, I actually thought for the first time that she was an actual human, displaying legitimate emotions. She made jokes. She admitted to being depressed. She said she drank and did yoga to get over the loss. She did a fair amount of her schtick, blaming Bernie, Comey, dumb voters, etc., but she kinda, sorta accepted responsibility for her own mistakes. She didn't go after Trump hard enough for the Access Hollywood tape, he flustered her at the deps and sometimes that got to her, and she didn't handle the e-mail server issue better at the start. But in all of the other interviews i've read or heard, she's really stuck on this blame campaign. "I would have won if not for a, b and c." And you're right, she's still fracturing the Dem party from the Bernie side of the Dem party, she's still alienating/offending a lot of non-Trump supporting conservatives/independents. She's fixated on Comey. I know this is a book tour and has nothing to do with any campaign, but I would think the Dem party would want to tell her and Bill to go off into the sunset and leave public life. I fully believe that everything since the election has been about selling this book and squeezing every penny out of this that they can. I know it rings hollow when you have the somewhere near the worst President in American history in the White House, but Clinton has been anything but Presidential since the election. At the end of the day you can respect the voters and walk off graciously like a Jimmy Carter or George Bush did, and maintain some level of self-respect, or you can even throw yourself into the issues that made you run for President in the first place, like Al Gore did, and again maintain some self-respect. But we are pushing up on a year now of this pity me campaign. She should be embarrassed, but apparently neither her nor Trump know what the term means.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) I think another potential advantage over some teams is Iguchi. I'm sure Otani has asked other players who played in the states how they were treated by the organizations. From all accounts Iguchi enjoyed his time here. Other teams have had Japanese players as well but I'm sure they have a good reputation. I can't help but think that with every potential advantage that the Sox might use to sell this team, there are multiple other teams who could offer better. If he wanted to go to a team that liked Japanese players, but can't offer money, why not LA? They worshiped Hideo Nomo. They have also signed a lot more Japanese players and have a bigger Japanese population base than Chicago does.

Who says we cant compete next year? Me.