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Pictures from the scene of the accident. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miam...e104075221.html

So sad. Prayers to all involved here.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 24, 2016 -> 11:57 AM) Except we just proved that the talent in '97 performed worse then he talent in '16 and still won more games. So what gives? Except you are the only one who believes that.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) I would like to have Ozzie back. If that doesn't happen, my next choice would be Wally Backman. He had a nice run in the Mets organization, but just left at the end of the season as he was tired of being overlooked for big league jobs. He would create a complete 180 change in this clubhouse though and get the most out of the roster. I seem to remember Backman leaving the Sox because he was pissed off because he didn't get a promotion.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 24, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) No it's not easy, but you have to build a team. It takes some time. Hahn and Williams are either incapable or unwilling. Every year it's the same thing out of Rick Hahn....do a bunch of half measures, semi-plug some holes, but really fill nothing. Hahn will do the obvious, but nothing imaginative. The team looks pretty good on paper IF everything goes right. Then we get the Rolodex of Hahn's excuses. How about making a trade...like the one that got Eaton here in the first place. Oh, that's right, Rick Hahn stopped making those trades, preferring the Melkys, Samardzijas and Fraziers. But putting Eaton in CF when he transformed himself in RF is just inane. The excuse is injuries, as if Putnam and Petricka and Jackson are difference-makers. The injuries that really hurt the org. were Davidson and Tilson. Davidson? Come on man.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 04:17 PM) Yeah! That is like Brady, Manning and Brees hanging it up at once. Yep. It is definitely a changing of the guard.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 04:15 PM) Aww man. Duncan and KG gone from NBA. I remember probably 3 games of the nba without those guys in it. The paxson three vs. the suns, the knicks knocking us out in 94, and some random game i was courtside when i was too young to know how old i was. They were nba life for so long. Add Kobe to that and there is about 60 years of NBA history walking out the door.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 04:00 PM) Does it demand response? Typically no response is a pretty clear response.

Star Tribune Sports (@StribSports): BREAKING: Kevin Garnett will not return to the #twolves this season. A retirement announcement expected shortly. https://t.co/ieXszzb3zQ

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) Meh. If you hire a young guy, and it works out there is at least a chance of that. Hiring some old guy who would rather be sipping drinks on a beach somewhere in a few years isn't what the Sox need. I'd rather they hire the right guy. Hell Ventura was young. So was Ozzie.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 12:48 PM) I'm actually surprised Joe McEwings name isn't in the mix somewhere in this discussion. He's coached under LaRussa and Bobby Valentine, and actually managed in the Sox system at one point, earning a couple of Manager of the Year awards down there. He has the requisite spark that some find attractive in a baseball manager (I am in that camp myself), so he certainly seems to have the credentials to at least be considered for the job. I think the Renteria hire, and the attempt to bring in Sandy Jr, kind of spoke to that. I think they like him, but they don't see him as the #1 man.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 12:44 PM) And yet, for all of Bevington's incompetence and stupidity, he still managed that club to a winning record over 3 years. And for all of Robin Ventura's skill and acumen as a major league player, since September 1, 2012, he manages this team to an average of 71 wins per season over 4+ years. Obviously, it turns out that you don't need a brain or wits or to know the difference between "warming" and "not warming" or "foul" or "fair" or arguing a call in favor of the White Sox to manage them to a winning record.... so what's Ventura's excuse, then? Um, talent? How is that not obvious.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 12:20 PM) At least Robin knows the difference between "foul" and "fair." Or "warming" and "not warming".

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) Bosh failed the physical because of signs of continuous clotting. Yikes. Career maybe over. Also having disagreements with team over those reports. Ugh, that is so sad for him.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 10:44 AM) I would. I realize I may be in the minority, but I am just not into old tired managers. Ron Washington is 65 years old. This would most likely be his final job. I just don't see it as a good long term decision. Give me someone with some fire. For a manager, there is no such thing as "long" term. 10 years for any manager is a minor miracle. Their shelf life is typically 3 to 5 years anymore.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 10:35 AM) You'd rather have AJ Pierzynski - with zero managerial experience - over a proven manager like Ron Washington? Considering how much hatred that teammates of AJ had for him, I am not quite sure what he is going to bring to a team.

I love seeing the Latin American signings starting to push into the rankings.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 07:27 AM) no Bevington was not a better manager than Ventura. I get that some people are irrationally angry about Ventura, but Terry Bevington? That is just embarrassing.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 08:54 PM) True, although the Skydome opened (April 1989) before ground was even broken on the new Comiskey (May 1989). What did exist, however, were the same stadium design options given to the Orioles for the new Comiskey's design. O's ownership chose the Camden option; Reinsdorf & Co. the new Comiskey option. Reinsdorf would say years later when asked about all of this "They (the Orioles) got what they wanted. We got what we wanted." Ok, Jerry. And how did that work out for you! So what you are saying is that the Sox should have recognized that Toronto had a very steep upper deck and changed their plans a month before they were set to break ground. That makes sense.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 06:56 PM) So hard to project even for them. The Browns should be firing their scouts that thought Wentz sucked. I am sure if he went to Cleveland, he would have sucked.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) Actually, Jerry Reinsdorf should have done that back in the late 80s. Toronto's upper deck is as bad as the new Comiskey Park's was. A 36 degree angle on that bad boy with a similarly misplaced entrance at the base of the deck. Again, terrible design by the architecture firm and even worse judgement rendered by Sox management for approving such an obviously flawed concept. The irony in all of this is all the empty suites year after year after year that they can't sell out, the very suites that inspired the bad design in the first place. It didn't exist when the designs were being done for the new ballpark.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 05:09 PM) From Clinton's letter: "Second, we need real consequences when firms on Wall Street break the law. This past week, we learned that one of the Wells Fargo executives that oversaw the division that ripped off its customers left the bank – not with a pink slip, but with a $125 million payout. It’s hard to imagine that top executives were unaware of a problem that involved thousands of the firm’s employees. After all, they imposed sales targets and compensation incentives in ways that led to this behavior. And it’s frustrating that a bank can simply pay a fine and keep doing business as usual – with massive compensation for the executives responsible. That compensation should be clawed back. I’ve put forward an agenda to enhance accountability on Wall Street. Executives should be held individually accountable when rampant illegal activity happens on their watch. Their compensation should take a hit if their companies pay major fines. And they must face appropriate legal consequences if they break the law." Wall street shill! https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/sta...argo-customers/ Edit: added URL. So should Obama be fired for the EPA screw up?

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 04:21 PM) If Hahn could land a RF slugger, Eaton should move back to CF. Melky currently has a .790 OPS, 37 doubles, is slugging .446, and has a WAR of 2.1. That's far from bad, and his presence in LF is totally justified by those numbers. The idea that the Sox need to upgrade their offensive output in LF right now is ridiculous. The argument that all LFs need to hit 25-35 HRs to justify their spots on a ML roster is silly. As for Anderson, the Sox aren't in a position to move him. He's the only halfway decent position player they've produced in the past decade-plus. And being a rookie, he's dirt-cheap. The Sox are on a limited budget and it would be dumb of them to replace Anderson with an expensive free agent who can hit 5-10 more HRs. Especially when Anderson has a big ceiling to improve into some solid power numbers for a SS.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 04:13 PM) The people rioting are doing more harm than good. They're providing the justification for cops to act like assholes. "See how out of control these people act? Who knows what can happen. That's why I shot, I was afraid of what they might do!" Like I said, the question is quickly becoming who deserves to die more; innocent cops or innocent civilians.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Sep 22, 2016 -> 04:10 PM) Runs are harder to come by. A home run guarantees you at least one run, whereas any other hit does not guarantee you a run. The White Sox are hitting drastically less home runs in 3 of the past 4 years. Yet the team that is leading all of MLB by far in HR is 11th in runs scored. The team that is 2nd in HR/G is 7th. It isn't as full of a correlation as you want it to be. You know what the leader in R/G is leading MLB in? OBP. The second place team in R/G is 3rd in OBP. The 3rd place team in R/G is 2nd in OBP. Now that is some correlation. The White Sox are 19th in OBP, and 23rd in R/G. This team needs to get more guys on. Period.