southsider2k5

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) that is one thing that many can not see, what is or what will this site be if we are all followers. no one to have a different opinion that the mods / admin has?? this is not a negative rant against the admin / mods, but many are afraid to cross them and their opinions. a healthy discussion is great, with a difference of opinions. esp if no cussing is used to express their opinions. it makes for great reading. This is just ridiculous. You play this card all of the time, but the fact that you are still here, and not banned or even suspended for should tell you everything you need to know. There is no conspiracy against you or anyone else. If there was, you wouldn't still be posting here.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 10:12 AM) Rational = evaluating actual results and facts, such as the Sox' record of performance. Irrational = casting baseless aspersions about an entire fan base. Irrational = making references to an organization's level of resources when you have no facts to support such references. Irrational in the sense that you seem to think that one thing is all that matters. The rest of it is just reinforcing your already decided opinion, even though they can just as easily be said about you.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 09:18 AM) Unfortunately for you and Dick Allen, what the two of you constitute as "moaning, complaining and whining" is only those instances where someone posts a point of view different than that of yours, and in particular, if it's even remotely critical of Sox management (oh god forbid!). I'm sure if someone got on here and savagely ripped the fan base like you do all the time, you wouldn't count that as moaning, complaining or whining whatsoever. Although now that I mention it, we don't see fan base bashing messages too often around here, mostly just from you. Wonder why that is!! That is actually not true. It is when it gets irrational, repetitive, and obsessive. Literally all you post is about Sox management being horrible. Honestly Dick Allen and I have had major differences over the the years, and nothing about his posting has even approached what you give. He can at least give rationale and linear thoughts, and be involved in more than one discussion.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 10:07 PM) LMAO! No one complains, whines, or moans more on this site than you. Not one person. The crown is all yours.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 09:25 PM) Lol - I wish I had a greater population of contracts such as the one Belle signed from which to cite. That contract from 20 years ago marked the last time our "big market team" acted like a big market team in the market. And since that contract signing, our Sox have managed to make a meager THREE appearances in the postseason in the 19 years since. I know such stats are inconvenient for you and make you mad when they are brought up, SS2K5, but they remain the facts. Sox management doesn't compete the way a big market team ought, and the record sadly continues to reflect their lack of effort in that regard. Oh wait, this post again. Where did I put my shocked face at?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 01:48 PM) Avi in center for ST I guess.................................or maybe LaRoche when Adam Eaton DH's. No. Hell no. And I believe you could get your ass kicked for saying something like that.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 12:42 PM) You mean like the money we spent on LaRoche and Cabrera right now that could have been spent on one of the premium OFs in free agent this offseason? Which is exactly why this team shouldn't go throwing money around, just because.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 12:20 PM) Lol - I didn't say we were cheap. Those are your words, not mine. I'm just pointing out the fallacy of suggestions the Sox are operating under "limited resources" at the moment. They are not, not by a long shot. Picking out one contract from 20 years ago with no actual look at what revenues or anything else was is the only fallacy in this thread. It is quite literally making more stuff up to get mad about.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 05:06 PM) Really really want Goodwin, plus he's good friends with Tilmon. Tilmon the kid from LaLumiere? I got to see them earlier this year. They were incredible.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 11:56 AM) Correct, that was their payroll in 1996 - which was fifth highest in baseball at that time. But with the same crappy attendance in '96 as in '15, they went out and signed the largest contract in the history of the game at the time. So what revenue stream existed then that apparently is not present today, that limits the team now to a middle-of-the-pack payroll of $125M? lol. Payroll is triple now, what it was then. But now we are cheap? What? This is a real stretch, even for you.

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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 10:38 AM) I can tell you Albert Belle's deal when adjusted for inflation would be 5 years / $83M in today's money. Their payroll was $45.7 million versus somewhere around $125 million today.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 10:03 PM) For the "Boo hoo, the Sox just lack the resources to compete for premium free agent talent" crowd, it's worthy to note that the Sox drew fewer people in the season (1996) prior to signing Belle than the Sox drew last year. Yet the Sox magically had the resources then to go ahead and offer that then-largest contract in baseball history. And the last I looked, that contract never came close to crippling the organization financially. So this nonsense that this team with all of the extra TV money it has now that it didn't have back when they signed Belle is somehow now "out of cash" and operating with "limited resources" is just that - nonsense. Just for clarities sake, what was the White Sox payroll in 1996?

QUOTE (ChicagoHeel @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 12:51 AM) @mibeltrodriguez Developing: The #WhiteSox are back on SS Ian Desmond #MLB #Sox Wtf!? I expect him to now be a National before I get back to work on Monday.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 01:23 PM) Bears are placing the Franchise Tag on Jeffery per Adam Schefter. No surprise there. Hopefully they can get a deal done just for cap room's sake.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) @CST_soxvan Chris Sale's first Cactus Lge start won't be till March 19, Don Cooper said. Showed last spring doesn't need 6 spring starts. What the deuce? He had a 5.32 ERA in April last year. Are they that worried about his arm? He also broke his foot and got pushed back a lot.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 01:23 PM) Transportation Czar? +1

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 12:25 PM) Chris Christie to endorse Donald Trump. Well that makes one more guy I can put on my "never voting for" list.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 10:16 AM) What we know of the Drew family is that his brother left Valpo to take over the biggest scandal in the history of American sports. And at one of the worst basketball schools even outside that scandal. But it's somehow inconceivable for Bryce to leave a for a top 25ish, B1G program. He's a low level coach. Major programs aren't exactly knocking on the doors of the Horizon League. No, that is what YOU know of the Drew family.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 10:12 AM) He would potentially inherit a soph class that has 4 4 stars (two being top 50 guys) and a 5th in Finke. Not to mention two seniors that average over 15 PPG. The program still needs help, but bottom floor is hyperbole. What Groce took over was bottom floor. With what he has done at Valpo, he had plenty of teams try to talk him out of the Crusaders job. Over the years Miss St, DePaul, Tulsa, and even Northwestern have been rumored publicly, and I know others have called him in private. He walked away from all of it, even though it would have been multiples of money over what he was making. He loves Valpo, and it would take a good program to get him to leave. That I know first hand from his family.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 09:43 AM) He makes 250k there and would make 2 million plus here. He'd be in Champaign in an hour if you offered him. Knowing what I know of the Drew family, I kind of doubt it. He could have had a $2 million a year job years ago.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 09:55 AM) Rollins - 10% Saladino - 8% Anderson - 1% Sanchez - 1% Beckham - 80% Trick question, the answer is always Lyle Mouton.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 09:34 AM) It is 1/$8M with a "mutual option" for the second year and a $5M buyout. Most don't see a scenario where both Fowler and the Cubs want that mutual option, so it's effectively a 1/$13 deal. Typically a mutual option with money only gets paid if the player accepts and the team doesn't. If a player opts out, they don't get paid. Maybe this one is different, but I have never seen it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 08:56 AM) If he loved the Cubs as much as he says he does, then he would have just accepted the QO. Eh. You might love a job, but that doesn't mean you leave millions and millions of dollars on the table. He thought he was getting a huge contract and failed. If all things were equal, he was going to the Cubs. When the huge money wasn't there, it made the Cubs offer have more weight.