southsider2k5

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 12:56 PM) It is the non contractual obligation part of their job. I'm sure the clubbies got paid, and I am also sure the Mariners will make sure the Sox know they didn't do what they wanted them to do the next time they are in town. That is a pretty loose leap. It is like tipping in a restaurant. All you actually owe is what is on your bill. Sure, from the sounds of it this is what is always done, but at the same time if they said 60% goes back to management, would you think twice about it? That is all this is.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:52 AM) Doesn't this remove his QO and give him even greater incentive to enter the open market? Teams do try to discount a bit when one has this, and it may open a few more teams into his bidding. He was already going to WAY out perform his QO, so this really doesn't change that. the QO messes up the medicore free agents, not the top ones.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:59 AM) So all they should do is concentrate on their job and not anything else. Actually, paying clubbies, IS PART OF THEIR JOB. How idiotic they want to make sure the money is going where they intend it to be going. What complete morons and idiots. How come you don't live by this credo? Actually it isn't part of their job. They have zero contractual obligation to do so. It is tradition, sure, but not a part of their job.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:46 AM) Bob NightengaleVerified account ‏@BNightengale The #Cubs do not have contract extension with Aroldis Chapman once #Yankees deal becomes official. Yankees tried themselves, and rebuffed. As long as Chapman can keep from beating his wife for a few more months, doesn't need to sign an extension now.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) Don't worry, ss2k5 never actually sticks to the talking points when pressed. Always reverts to the exact same play book.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:35 AM) I attacked your ever-changing position that the email was racist, anti-Semitic, or stereotyping...because it wasn't. That's not undermining wording; it's striking to the core of the argument. You were dishonestly attempting to make a mountain out of a molehill in order to push #BothSides, for purely partisan reasons. At no point has anyone denied an anti-Bernie bias within the emails, or that they considered taking advantage of anti-atheist bias amongst Southern Baptists. Which is exactly why you are defending this crap.

It's all good, you are the problem!

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:25 AM) The fact that you couldn't support your position(s) shows that the bias on this issue was on your end. Actually the fact that it wasn't the position you attacked, but undermined the wording instead of what was actually done that shows the bias. The actions weren't the problem, it was me.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:27 AM) Come on now. That's partisan politics at its best! Exactly.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 10:02 AM) No, it didn't hit any of the arguments I was making which were that the email wasn't racist, anti-Semitic, or stereotyping. This is like someone getting slapped and you call it a rape. I point out that it's not rape and you then say it's a murder. I point out that it's not murder and then you say it's torture. I point out that it's not torture and you tell me that I support the slap. What? And now you're telling me that *I* was attempting changes? What? You're so anti-D that you've lost touch with reality. I think the issue is that that everyone here is so pro-Dem, that no matter what, you have to buy the party line and spout it off to protect the candidate.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:49 AM) Wins...he doesn't get wins. If he had won 18 to 20 games a few times in a row, there would be a different "ora" about him. Or if he was doing it on a team where you saw him dominate in the post-season, etc. Aura, but hey, you got the main idea of what I was going for.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) Your post not only evaded all the actual issues of the discussion, you lied about my position on it to insult me. That's a flail. It hit the actual issues. It ignored the changes attempted in an effort to sell this as being nothing because the Dems did it.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:44 AM) No, the ones where I pointed out how you kept changing your argument from one nonsensical thing to another. It's racist! There's no element of race involved. It's anti-semetic! The email portrayed Judaism as a positive thing to voters. It's stereotyping! No one is being stereotyped. I criticized the email, and you've magically spun that into support simply because I reject your absurd claims that you refuse to even attempt to support. And there you go. Thank you.

If the rumored return for Chapman is true, we should have no problem getting quality for Robertson.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 09:08 AM) Torres and Warren are in the deal. Other 2 are unknown right now. Rumors of Canidero (spelling?) and McKinney. Wow. That is pretty insane.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) This is a pretty weak flail Of course that is how you see it. Dems always fall in line. This is no different.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 25, 2016 -> 06:56 AM) Anyone hear the Heyman interview on Mulley & Hanley this morning? My Cubs buddy claims he said that Quintana gets you half of what Sale does. Can anyone verify that? If true, then definitely deal Sale and hold onto Q. Quintana just doesn't get the same respect around the league. Not even close. I don't know if it is because he doesn't have the same raw stuff or what, but he is never thought of as an elite pitcher, even when he numbers say otherwise.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 09:35 PM) This chain of tweets by Kaplan is pathetic and kinda disgusting in terms of morals https://mobile.twitter.com/thekapman/status...401387978280961 But not at all surprising.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 09:10 PM) Didn't Trea Turner get traded right after getting drafted a few years ago? He was exactly who prompted the rule change.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 08:27 PM) Collins pinch hit for. Hugwatch. He can't be traded until after the World Series, and cannot be a PTBNL in any trade made before that point in time.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 06:20 PM) They didn't do it at all. They considered it. You seem to have avoided all the main points of my post. The ones where you justified everything that was said and done? Yeah, mostly I rolled my eyes at your making excuses for the DNC and moved on.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 06:48 PM) So the DNC called their hispanic outreach the "Taco Bowl Engagement." lol, I am sure that isn't racist either because the DNC did it, and not Donald Trump.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 07:11 PM) So what is more embarrassing, having a guy who cuts up jerseys or a guy that fires 8 shots when he gets into an argument with his wife on the roster? While Chris Sale's move was stupid, it is no where near the level of a guy who beats his wife, does drugs, drives drunk, etc.

This reminds of the drug testing incident years ago, where the Sox were going to refuse to take drug tests in order to help force mandatory drug testing.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 24, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) Found it kind of curious the Sox brought up Sanchez for the 26th man . Thought a reliever ,who Robin probably doesn't use anyway, might have been brought up considering the dire straits the Sox pen was in. It kind of surprised me too, though they did bring up Ranaundo too to replace Sale.