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QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 11:30 AM) If LaRoche could hit 20 HRs and hit .260/.320 against RHP that would be such a needed pick me up. I might be the only person, but I am expecting a bounce back season from LaRoche.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) That season changed my perspective. The fan support was no existent that year, I went to a game vs. the Tigers and the Tigers fans were the only ones who seemed to realize there was baseball game going on. 100% totally agree. Both 2008 and 2012 did that for me.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 10:58 AM) I don't buy this logic. KC has 500,000 people and the Sox have what? 20-30% of 2.8 million people? People act like the Sox are the Bears or Bulls because they have Chicago across their chest. They have a minority share of the smallest market that has two teams. Kansas City has been in the World Series in back to back years and they just started to outspend the Sox the last couple years. KC Metro area has 2.4 million people. The Chicago metro area is around 8 million. If you want to say the metro area is around 1/3 Sox fans, that means their fan bases are very nearly identical.

90 wins means EVERYTHING went right for this team.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) A whole $4 million more in revenue in 2015. Despite back to back playoff runs. A team from Kansas City outspends a team from Chicago, that's lunacy. Those numbers only include their first playoff run. Their second one will be reflected in the numbers that come out in a month or so.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 10:24 AM) A lot of scouts aren't as in love with Lazarito as the media had been. They think a lot less of him than they did Moncada, that is for sure.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 09:56 AM) LOL! Oh, for goodness sakes, SS2K5. You complain as much as anyone else around here. There are topics you cling to and complain about for whatever reason, such as your thoughts about the imaginary "fickle fan base". You've complained a storm up about that over the course of time! Because imaginary numbers and anger is more valid than actual numbers. This is my point exactly.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 09:53 AM) No, the way to fix it is to spend money on better players. Which is exactly what they did last off season to get to this point.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 08:40 AM) The Daily Currant is a satirical website.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 09:33 AM) The White Sox are never going to say they have a bunch of money to work with. The thing is, there is no reason to freak out over this season yet. Wait at least until the season starts. There has been a ton of speculation over the years about the Cubs popularity vs. the White Sox. Harry Caray, WGN, being owned by the Tribune,....those are all nice theories, but the fact isthe White Sox were doing better than the Cubs until 1984 happened. In 1982. 1983, and 1984, despite Haary being their announcer and the Cubs being on WGN, the White Sox outdrew the Cubs. Then th Cuns won a division and it created the monster they are now. During that year, they traded for their lead off hitter and 3rd place hitter the last week of spring training. They also acquired their ace during the season. I am not for waiting until the season starts to improve the team. From what Hahn repeatedly said at Soxfest, neither is he. He did mention opening day as a deadline. Why don't you see what the team looks like then before determining what they are doing not worthy of fans support? I blasted JR one time for payroll. That was 2009 when they held season ticket holder 2008 playoff money, increased ticket prices, and reduced opening day payroll. I found that to be BS. When you have a full season, those unused WS tickets add up. Now, I believe they have altered how they hold the money. The payroll is fine, and is just about a lock to be higher by opening day. Some fans just live to complain, even if it has no basis in reality.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 08:51 AM) I agree with all you say. But I wonder how much the "Cubs" will affect the final decisions made on the roster. The White Sox need to find a way to gather attention in a market that will be all over the Cubs this year. They need to stay in the race for a playoff spot. So maybe the final decisions on guys like Desmond or Fowler may not be as much on value as perception and a chance to stay in contention. The Cubs have a major advantage that the Sox don't have. In 2014, they brought in fully 33% more revenue than the Sox did, or 75 million more dollars. That is exactly why they get to spend, while the White Sox have to watch their payroll much more closely. They can afford to have an Edwin Jackson happen.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 07:37 AM) An average amount with 35% of it all wrapped up in Danks, Cabrera, and LaRoche. Yikes. To channel my inner-Hawk: don't tell me how much you spend. Tell me who you spend it on! The White Sox got 2 of those 3 contracts by spending for market level contracts in the free agent market, so obviously the way to fix that is to spend on more big free agent contracts at market level.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 09:22 AM) again, i am not going to key on anything else except the bold. we, the fans really do not know what the term max is when it is coming from the sox FO. it can carry many meanings. So how can you call what the Sox spend a "token" amount if you self-admittedly don't know what they have to spend?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 08:31 AM) Whether they lost money two years out of the last 15 shouldn't doom the franchise. Btw, Apple hasn't given up selling cell phones after having a bad quarter. They figure out the problem and solve it. That's the beauty of the free enterprise system. And the problem usually involves cost cutting.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 08:14 AM) Not in the MLB it's not. You're getting outspent by the Kansas City Royals. KC also outearned the White Sox based on the 2014, and for sure will again on the 2015 season.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 11:41 PM) $120 million is a lot of f***ing money. Especially when you are in the bottom third of baseball for total revenue.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 07:32 PM) Are you really curious, or are you more interested in trying to embarrass the poster? Nothing I have seen through the public numbers suggests that $120 million is "a token" of what the White Sox have to spend. If there is something else out there, I'd like to know it.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 06:09 PM) Give the person a break. He tried to change the subject by posting some legit questions but you chose to regurgitate the payroll issue. Time to drop the childish antics. The source post included this quote. When you you a phrase like that, it infers that they have a lot more money free to spend. I would like to know how much that amount is, and how they know it. With a statement like that, it is a fair question. I didn't bring it up, he did. But I am curious to what extent he knows the finances of the White Sox to call $120 million, a "token amount".

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) you want honesty, i will tell you. no matter what i write or say, you will go off and rant. as you have in the past and when you are caught in the wrong, you will convenient delete the who post to a point that is less embarrassing. it is nice to be a Admin to have that power to cover your butt. so why should i bother to reply to you ????? to get berated and oh, i forgot those so called lies i accuse you to show.... but never did, oh yeah the other admin jump in to stop me from continuing to embarrass you. this was all done, but you needed to egg it on. really petty...... maybe even childish. all this from an ADMIN. So, just for the record, you could have actually posted what payroll number you seem to think the Sox can have, and instead you personally attacked me. Just remember that next time you ask someone else a question.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 01:34 PM) tsk tsk tsk.... get over it. That is exactly what I expected to be honest.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) Dallas didn't actually try. They don't do a lot of trying in the 3rd, it appears. Scored 4 on the Caps in the second to go up 4-0. Won 4-3 That is what happens when you don't play good team defense.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) Justice Wainwright ‏@JusticeBlaine 15h15 hours ago Antonin #Scalia requested cremation in his will, but millions of women will meet tomorrow to discuss if that's really best for his body. Be offended if you'd like, but I think that's a quality tweet . Too bad that same logic isn't applied for mandatory health care...

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 14, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) Probably more than what they are spending now, given how presently constituted the current payroll of $123M is still rendering the team at below average in four spots in the lineup (Garcia, LaRoche, Cabrera, & Saladino). But it's obviously a matter of spending the money wisely, with less spending on the likes of the LaRoche's, Cabrera's, and Keppinger's of the world, if that can be avoided. You are missing the obvious contradiction in terms in this post that not signing guys to bad contracts involves not just spending money to spend money. The Sox are obviously interested in guys, but they aren't going to bid stupid amounts of money to do it. That is exactly how you avoid having the bad contracts you are referencing. But if reference to the original poster who ignored the question, I would love to know exactly how much money the Sox have to spend, because he seems to know.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 01:45 PM) i really like your post, and ref the bold, it can be done by not going to the games. that seems to be the only way to get his attention. this way, the sox owners will have to go and invest more, instead of the token amount they spend 120 mil. How much do they have to spend?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 13, 2016 -> 11:57 AM) I get that. There's no scenario in actual life where you "have to pick one" though. I guess that's why I was confused. I can't resist a good counterfactual.