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QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 12:08 PM) I'm surprised they just released Olt like that. I was assuming that he'd be in AAA for depth purposes. It doesn't say much for your station in baseball when a team thinks Matt Davidson is more worth keeping than you are.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 12:02 PM) Amazing how far Mike Olt has fallen. Just last year he was better than Kris Bryant, right Theo?

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 3h3 hours ago Max Stassi Undergoes Wrist Surgery http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/03/max-...st-surgery.html …

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 2h2 hours ago My list of 10 most underrated #MLB players, led by Arenado, Machado, Quintana, J.D. Martinez, Crawford: http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10-most...martinez-031416 … @FOXSports

MLB ‏@MLB 1h1 hour ago .@BlueJays slugger Edwin Encarnacion has been shut down for a week due to an oblique issue: http://atmlb.com/1SPKG5C

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 60m60 minutes ago Source: Dillon Gee has notified the Royals that he will opt out of his deal if not added to 40-man roster during 48-hour window. Gee's opt-out date is today (3/15), with the 48-hour window opening at midnight. Royals reportedly impressed with him so far.

Here is the link to the whole MLB list. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/03/out-...tions-2016.html This is the White Sox list. Jacob Turner, Dan Jennings, Jerry Sands, Zach Phillips

Zach Zaidman ‏@ZachZaidman 42m42 minutes ago TE Zach Miller says QB Jay Cutler was one of the biggest reasons he wanted to come back to the #Bears.

Today and tomorrow's pitchers. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/709766181511696384

MLB Daily Dish ‏@mlbdailydish 6m6 minutes ago Ruben Tejada placed on waivers, is almost free. http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2016/3/15/1123..._source=twitter …

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:40 AM) Received a counter offer early this morning and sent back a counter to their counter. Sellers just went through a bitter divorce so the sellers' agent has to bounce back and forth between them and that is slowing things down a bit. Hope to have an answer within an hour or so. Staying where you are at now? I know at one point you guys were looking at other areas. Best of luck!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:24 AM) "tell it like it is" is thinly veiled code for saying bunch of bigoted things Not really. I think Bernie Sanders, "tells it like it is". I wouldn't call him a bigot.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) I think some coaches/front offices realize that more than others are better at trying to manage it. That's why I like Joe Maddon, he knows baseball, but I think he realizes how important the non-baseball stuff is and is good at keeping players happy. Phil Jackson was a great basketball mind, but his two best skills were keeping MJ from killing everybody and letting Dennis Rodman be crazy while still dominating on the court. I could agree with that sentiment.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:12 AM) So that was a subtle shot calling out his teammates??? I assumed he was part of the "we". That is how I read it, except not really subtle at all.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:58 AM) Like who? Who were the Bulls going to sign that is good enough to cover the loss of Rose for basically 3 years? You are operating right now with the hindsight of what happened, GarPax have their faults but being able to predict they were going to lose Rose for that long and have a capable replacement waiting in the ready is just a ridiculous notion Rose turning into Wil E Coyote is by far the biggest problem this franchise has had. They thought they had a legitimate MVP candidate going foward, and instead safes kept falling on his head. I don't care what team you are, you aren't surviving that. There is no preparing for that. Does anyone think Golden State is where they are without Steph for basically 3 years? We all saw what happened in Cleveland without LeBron when he left.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:06 AM) I don't deny that, but two responses. 1. Performance affects chemistry much more than the reverse. 2. You can't predict chemistry. There's no grading scale. Nobody has any idea what each acquisition is going to do to the formula. Bringing in an obvious a-hole like AJ Pierzynski has wreaked wildly different consequences for different teams. This is why I ultimately don't think twice when I see how happy the Sox are this March. It's better than the alternative, like the Mets telling Yoenis Cespedes to stop riding horses to work, but in the end I think the team is gonna play how it's gonna play. That is my point. If someone can figure out how the stuff between the ear works, they can make up more ground than any statistical study can.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:51 AM) He changed his position because his last run was barely a blip on the radar since he trended towards the middle, he decided to capture the crazier, uneducated part of the right and its clearly paid off. He probably doesnt mean have the s*** he says during his campaign, but its been effective in capturing quite a following. I 100% believe that. There is zero way he changed pretty much everything he believes in over the course of the last few years.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) Right, but my point, which I didn't express very well, is that both winning and losing teams have players who drink beer during games, and that the team's ultimate performance is what affects how we look back on its chemistry. Chemistry absolutely affects performance. All you have to do is work in a place that has horrible management to realize that. Working in a place where everyone hates each other also will drag down performance.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:46 AM) A fun example I thought of: Mark Buehrle drank beer during Game 3 of the 2005 World Series. John Lackey, Josh Beckett, and Jon Lester drank beer and ate fried chicken during Red Sox games in September 2011. What is the difference between these two incidents and how they were covered? Besides the literal presence of fried chicken, it's the team's performance at the time. Transplant those Red Sox pitchers to the 2005 White Sox, and it's evidence of how much pressure Ozzie took off the players or something. The difference? The local media selling the story. The Boston media is brutal and cut throat, they will literally do anything for a story. The Chicago media protects the sources it has with the team so that it keeps a good relationship with manage.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:35 AM) I really think they would like to keep Turner around as the 6th starter, long reliever but out of that bolded group I just don't know who you leave out. If they dump Turner and go with those 7 guys they are left without a true long man which is something they probably need with Danks and a questionable health Latos making up the 4th and 5th spot in the rotation. Yes. I agree a lot with the original post, but Turner could very well put a wrench in the works. I really expected a reliever to get traded, though it wouldn't surprise me to see a late spring training deal get done with a reliever going to a team with a 25 man roster crunch looking to get something for a player out of options that the White Sox could use.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) His tax and health care plans are the same basic thing the other Republicans offer. He has adapted many conservative positions since his miraculous conversion to being a Republican. Heck he could have changed his taxing positions since I last knew. He changes positions more often than Hillary does, so it is entirely possible.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) I asked my friend about the 1st interview. He said all it was is that they want to get to know you and go over your resume. I have another friend that went through the internship program and did get hired full time out of of it. The might break the interview process up into stages. That is pretty normal. Absolutely take the interviews though. It really is great practice.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:29 AM) I agree. He's certainly more moderate than most on just about everything outside immigration ( I'd say your take on his gun control stance is outdated too). I don't find that to be a bad thing and I'm glad he's taking the gop down on it. By definition, that means he is not conservative.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:20 AM) 100% agree. A majority of the people you run into in your day to day life are not very rational. I'm being really nice with my word choice here. As usual, George Carlin said it best. The bolded is one of my all time favorite quotes. “Goddam there's a lot of stupid bastards walking around. Carry a little pad and pencil with you. You'll wind up with thirty or forty names by the end of the day. Look at it this way: Think of how stupid the average person is and then realize that half of them are stupider than that. And it doesn't take you very long to spot one of them does it? Take you about eight seconds. You'll be listening to some guy...you say..."this guy is f***ing stupid!"”

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 09:18 AM) Yes. Just funny were talking to him like a person. He didn't think Trump was a conservative, which is probably correct. Shapiro has used that to attack Trump at every angle. Probably his most vocal critic, which is saying something. Glad he's gone, but I'm sure he'll find another platform. Trump isn't a conservative. That is 100% true. Go through the policy positions he holds. He approves of some abortions. He is not free trade. He supports higher taxes on many. He supports many gun restrictions including the assault weapons ban, and longer waiting periods. That is off of the top of my head.