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QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) Not trying to start a fight, just defend myself and Ozzie. So the Sox fire Parent with a weekend to go of meaningless games. I guess Hahn quit on the team by removing somebody before all games were played. Uh ... this is meaningless just like Ozzie leaving with a week to go meant NOTHING. Both teams sucked beyond belief and it mattered not. I don't know why Robin would want to stay BTW. This team is going to suck again next year. Why does he want to manage bad hitting and defensive players. STRETCH, GET ON BACK THERE!

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) So even if they add new players that you like, you won't watch because of who the manager is? I don't believe you. QFT.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:50 PM) Does Comcast still have the "standard channels" and the HD ones? So if you pressed 2, it would take you to CBS but the standard def? The new system actually has an HD preference feature where when enabled, if you select an SD channel, it automatically takes you to the HD channel instead (if it has one). So if you hit 2 for Chicago CBS, it takes to automatically to CBS Chicago HD's channel.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:49 PM) For sure. They also cost more on the free agent market than the White Sox have ever spent before . ] By a factor of 2.5 or 3 times their historical biggest contract.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:48 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/appreciating-jose-quintana/ Awesome stuff about Q here. Most interesting part: It lists guys who pitched like him from ages 23-26, followed by what they did for the next five years. The takeaway is that if he stays healthy, he should continue to be really good. If you're in favor of trading him to because of the team needs on offense, that's understandable. But if part of the calculus is that we'd be "selling high," this article disputes your math. We'd be "selling high" because "we need position players", not because want to maximize value or anything like that..

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) I'll throw in a name: Julio Vinas --Current AA Birmingham Barons manager (3 years) --Was up with the MLB club in September last year for a bit --Vibe around him in the org has always been positive --He is US-born, but of Latin descent - I believe he speaks Spanish, though I don't see any documentation of that anywhere --Former White Sox prospect from long ago I'd be he's on the short list. That would make a ton of sense. Part of me is also wondering if this is an attempt to slide a replacement manager in to the team in the case they do want to fire Robin next year. Who we hire may well answer that quesiton.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:31 PM) Makes the trade look even worse right now. I expected Dano to make the team based on Bowman talking about him. This is an incredibly premature judgement when we haven't even played a single second of real hockey yet.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) Sox were interested this last off season before the Cardinals got him. He's one player in free agency that fits the White Sox and still is young enough to build around the core of Abreu and Eaton. We are not in the same situation as then either.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Right after his surgery Tyler Flowers needs to be released, pitch framing be damned. (But he won't of course...he probably be returning yet again next year in year two of the "plan...") Mark They have been trying to replacing him for two years now. Hence the Brian McCann chase. But that shouldn't stop another ownership shot.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 12:14 PM) https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/649995423793446912 QUIT SOUNDING LIKE OZZIE IS COMING BACK!

And you guys thought their wouldn't be changes. A new scoreboard AND a new bench coach? It is practically Christmas.

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore 6m6 minutes ago #WhiteSox catcher Tyler Flowers will have right knee surgery on Oct. 9, reports @MLBBruceLevine: http://cbsloc.al/1VrsVMy

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 10:41 AM) McGwire did it too He only had 99 RBI his second year.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) Yeah. I was so angry too that they made me return my box when I moved, but this thing is awesome. I love how the back button shows you an option of the last 5 places you've been, including recorded/on demand shows. And it was such a pain in the ass to move from a show, to checking out on demand before. They really cleaned that up nicely.

Yeah, Jimmy is everything you want in your star player. I love the kids story, and his heart.

One thing just came to mind... I could really see the team making a QO to Samardjiza, who then walks. Then a trade of Quintana for their cornerstone 3B or C, plus a lot more pieces. Then the coup de grace... The re-signing of Mark Buehrle.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 10:10 AM) Same here. I'm more concerned with the 3B, C, SS and RF positions. RV coming back is absolutely unsurprising. Unless someone falls into their laps that they had targeted in the past, I don't see the Sox going after another starting OF. From the way Robin has used Thompson, I think they envision him as their next OF if one of the others fails. I also don't see them making a move for a long term SS. Every indication is that they bring back Alexei. The probably will just exercise his option. Past that, I think they would go with Saladino over there until Anderson is ready. 3B and C will be the big off season targets for sure.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 09:05 AM) Comcast's new DVR is quite awesome. X1? I got it a couple of months ago, and have no idea how I survived as long as I did with the old one. It is so much easier to use, plus it is nice having remote access to DVR shows, for the most part.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 2, 2015 -> 09:34 AM) I would imagine most of the posters here with young kids probably hit the fundamentals deck every time they take them to a game. My kids usually ask to go up there when we go. They love the running race.

This is about the last surprising thing ever.

Only Sox fans can read good news and take out of it that the missed complaining about something they didn't know about.

Great, we know Avi isn't a Hall of Famer. Seriously?

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 10:30 PM) OMG - amen, bro! Finally, someone's got it right. For goodness sakes, White Sox fans - don't be greedy!! You got a World Series championship a decade ago - that should last you awhile! I know it's been the only one the fan base has enjoyed in nearly 100 years, but hey, who's counting, right! And no need to be insisting on trying to be competitive enough to maybe, just maybe, get to the WS again. That's just you playing the "suffering" card again, White Sox fan. Don't try it - we are so onto you! And those hard-to-come-by playoff appearances - what are you complaining about that for? We were just there in '08, for goodness sakes! Seems just like yesterday. Oh, I know - only 4 of the 29 other teams in baseball have suffered longer playoff droughts than our Sox, but please, stop. You're complaining. You're a whiner. There's nothing wrong with this situation, you hear? Everything you are exposed to is really a-ok. Really, it is. QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 10:52 PM) I mean really the friggin' nerve of some people. Actually COMPLAINING about five , count em' FIVE World Series appearances in 115 years! Can you believe them!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL) I mean they won three of them right? All is well in the world!!! Look at the bright side, they are still ahead of the Marlins in World Series titles!!!!!!!!!!!!! If only those dead beat, lazy fans would come out and pack the park, regardless of 30 degree sleet in April, despite the fact kids are in school to June, despite the fact the franchise is at its lowest point since the late 60's / mid 70's in terms of dung on the field...IF ONLY THOSE FANS WOULD COME OUT, we could take all that money and maybe, maybe...just maybe...make the postseason in consecutive seasons. To funny! Mark And knowing all this, still complaining about it... again. Yeah for another thread complaining about ownership.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) if you want to take that out of this whole conversation, then so be it. i can dispute that which is what you derived from this. there is always going to be exceptions to the rule. anyway we are not talking about toews and kane we are discussion seabs and his contract. 2 different subjects. it does not over lap. this time i am done. it was a nice discussion. peace. Toews and Kane were exactly where Seabrook is this year, and that is one year away from free agency when they signed 8 year deals.

Mike Rosenberg @RosenbergMerc 3h3 hours ago NFL just finished a calendar month without any player arrests reported. That hadn't happened in more than 6 years.