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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) I dont know, I think many of them have stepped up. Schmaltz and Motte are going to be very good IMO. And realistically speaking this group will get a chance to prove itself. Typically guys can get buried by Q if they don't play the style right. With as many kids as we have on this roster, this isn't really an option this year.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 10:57 AM) I don't think this is totally accurate. Trump benefited from a lot of split votes. There is a large contingent of Trump supporters than I would not like in the party, that's true. But I don't think it's what the party "is," just like I don't think Clinton is what the democratic party "is." There are a lot of people who are holding their noses to vote for Trump so that they don't cede the White House to Clinton.

FutureSox ‏@FutureSox 3h3 hours ago Carson Fulmer at 20th among @BaseballAmerica Top 20 Southern League prospects:

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JJ Cooper ‏@jjcoop36 23m23 minutes ago 1. Brian Snitker has been named Braves' manager (dropping the interim tag). It's an awesome story of perseverance being rewarded. 2. Snitker is a Brave. He's been a Brave forever at this point (he was in the org before Bob Horner was drafted). And he kept grinding.

Fox News ‏@FoxNews 4h4 hours ago "The issue...is not are you for @realDonaldTrump. The issue is are you prepared to have @HillaryClinton as president?" –@newtgingrich

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) Anybody watch Superstore? I watched the first three episodes last year when they came out and I thought it was funny, went back and watched the rest of the episodes and I think it is one of the funniest shows right now I watched the first season on demand and never got hooked.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) I don't want Bradley with 4 years of control. I want players with 6 controlled years. I know what people want, but at the same time, I think it is obvious the Sox want one established position player in the deal.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 10:07 PM) http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-sid...-sputnik-508635 Why is Russia trying so hard to get Trump elected? This is an outrage. Is anyone else watching The Contenders series on PBS? The last one featured Gary Hart. I guess in 1988 he actually traveled to the Soviet Union and did a bunch of negotiations with Gorbachev. He didn't get to use this as an election piece after his campaign fell apart, but it blew me away.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) Rooting for the Indians to win it all. Hopefully the Cubs won't make it, but I definitely don't want the media to make a Jays-Cubs series Canada's Team vs America's Team. You know that would happen. The Indians haven't bothered me since the 90's. I wouldn't mind seeing them or Toronto win. I think I have a slight rooting edge to the Tribe in this game. Texas was the last team I am actually a "fan" of that was in this.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 11, 2016 -> 09:19 AM) I feel like we have been hearing that for a while now, yet very few guys have actually stepped up. Or when they do the Hawks are forced to trade them for cap reasons. Welcome to cap-hell. For three cups in six years, I can handle it.

Re: The Red Sox, I can see them trading one of their OF, I can't see them trading both Benetiendi AND JBJ, unless they think Moncada (and obviously isn't in the deal) is ready to play out there today. If they trade both, they create a hole out there. They already have a large hole to fill in Ortiz. I think the White Sox would be able to get one of Ben and JBJ for a deal to make sense for both sides. Personally I could see the White Sox settling around JBJ, Moncada, and a couple of pitchers. Koepech is obviously a guy who will get their attention, plus a guy like Groome can be dealt after the World Series as well. If not you could sub a guy like Devers for one of the pitchers.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 07:32 PM) The party of Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner is lecturing us about sexual morality? I am upset that the party that talked about sexuality being none of anybody else's business is now using sexuality to win an election, just as much as I am upset that the party of morality has none.

Yankees, not in the playoffs. Boston, first round loss. Rangers, first round loss. Dodgers, one game away from a first round loss. If the White Sox really want to sell, everything is coming up Millhouse so far.

The off season is off to a good start for the White Sox.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 06:31 PM) Good lord Boston has been a huge disappointment this post season. If the White Sox really are going to sell this off season, the dream is to see first round exits by the Dodgers, Red Sox, and Rangers, to add to the Yankees already missing the playoffs

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:52 PM) Weird how a HR isn't a ball in play . Any ball hit between the foul poles should be considered in play. HR hitters shouldn't be penalized for what's considered the best struck ball you can hit. Might not be the hardest hit but distance counts in this game whether or not it's hit like a rocket. In this vein, it is worth pointing out that Todd Frazier also put up the highest HR rate of his career. Last year was his previous best of 17.7 AB/HR, this past season he improved it to 14.8 AB/HR, which also contributes to a lower BABIP.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) I think her responses are deliberate. She doesn't care that he's taking the losses legally. It sounds horrible to the average joe that a billionaire isn't paying income taxes. Legal or not, it's not "fair," and people will eat that up. If Trump wasn't such a moron he could easily respond to that whole issue by pointing out that every major donor for Hillary has a company that "legally" dodges BILLIONS in taxes every year. Pence sort of addressed this when he asked Kaine if he took any credits or deductions on his taxes. But it was in passing and not very direct. Realistically this is where Trump has blown the entire campaign. Instead of actually making the election about policy, and Clinton's history on those policies, it has become a personal referendum on Trump.

Interesting to see them splitting Keith/Seabrook to start the season.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) The Sox do hold the cards here. I don't think they're taking anything less than an overpay, and they shouldn't. This post should just be copy and pasted the entire winter.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Are we sure that it isn't the case that Renteria really wanted to keep Cooper around? I'd have to think if Cooper went on the open market, almost any team with even mild dissatisfaction with their pitching coaches would be eager to snatch him up. Seeing as RR was afraid to make his feelings on succeeding Ventura known, I doubt he would have taken on Cooper if he didn't want him.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Oct 9, 2016 -> 02:00 PM) It's fools gold, hasn't attempted a single deep pass, work short to mid you can complete a lot of passes, just won't lead to many points. I was at this game, and in person you could really see where Hoyer just can't make certain throws. He is quite literally the definition of a game manager. If the Bears had the defense to carry them, he could work... but they don't.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) http://nypost.com/2016/10/08/derrick-rose-...icks-chemistry/

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 12:29 AM) I mean, a low BABIP is indicative of bad luck, but I'll take your anecdotal evidence into consideration. Pop ups are a fraction of an inch from being hits.

For my two cents unless you think a guy like Rich Dotson or Bobby Thigpen is ready for the big time, I don't see the Sox getting rid of Don Cooper. The minor league system is set up around this system of instruction, and it seems to feed all of the way up through the minors to Chicago. If you fire Cooper, it very well could mean starting over in terms of pitching development style.