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QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) b/c we are fans and simple followers that accept everything that is spewed out. we as fans are feed up. we want to see a better team on the field. Cubs fans going to games allowed them to sign Lester during a rebuild. Their going to games has literally allowed them to put a better team on the field.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 11:01 AM) The team has won 90 games only 6 times in the 35 years JR's been in charge. In those years it takes everybody by surprise and its all over before they realize what happened. Then its back to mediocrity. Yet a team that has done that 5 times over the same time period is the biggest fan base in Chicago baseball.

QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 11:05 AM) true and fans are tired of loosing and being expected to be quite and fork over money to a team that is loosing. if the owners don't want to loose money then put a better product. yet they expect the fans to sacrificed their hard earn money to see a s***ting team. let the owners loose money for 4 ot 5 seasons, then everyone will see a change. But will still put plenty of effort into following it and complaining about it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) Eh, it goes back to the same excuses, pick one... pick any of the dozens that get used on a regular basis. If the team is winning, then it didn't win enough. If it isn't the neighborhood, it is the seat color, or the direct the stadium faces.... and on and on... EDIT: But don't worry, the same people will be here complaining about it.

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QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 10:49 AM) In my opinion its certainly the most important aspect especially with the Sox...but to claim that it's "all" (as in 100%) that matters in the overall health of a franchise is being myopic. Mark Eh, it goes back to the same excuses, pick one... pick any of the dozens that get used on a regular basis. If the team is winning, then it didn't win enough. If it isn't the neighborhood, it is the seat color, or the direct the stadium faces.... and on and on...

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 2h2 hours ago SMU hit with postseason ban and Larry Brown suspended for 30 percent (about 9-10 games), sources told ESPN. Story: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball...cent-team-games … In addition to the previously reported penalties, Larry Brown was hit with a show-cause for failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) The cap is already supposed to be affected next year after the 1.2 billion dollar deal with the MLBAM and the digital deal. But you know as well as I do, the posters here are a lot smarter than most NHL front offices. I know the Blackhawks are one of the best teams in the NHL at manipulating the salary cap. Until proven otherwise, I am going to trust that this is best for the long term.

Thanks for that.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 09:24 AM) Of course. No one wants to lose Seabrook, but when they figure out a way to keep him, it's a bad contract the Hawks will regret. Can't win. Bowman is going to have his misses, but their plan has been all along to establish the strongest core possible, and surround it with other pieces. This move keeps that plan intact. And just for arguments sake, if you go back 8 years, the NHL salary cap has gone from $50.3 million in 2007-08, to $71.4 million in 2015-16, good for about a 40% INCREASE. Another $20 million in increase would put it at $90 millionish. Another 40% increase would put it right at $100 million in 8 years. Also FWIW, the NHL's TV contract is up after the 2020-2021 season, which is only five years away.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Thank you for teaching me about the NHL salary cap, appreciate it. And if it was for 5 seasons, the average cap hit would have had to of been much higher. But you already knew that... The average salary would jump to $8.4 million over the first five years. No idea how the signing bonus would factor in, but that is a much bigger cap hit.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 11:39 PM) Why is the Sox' ballpark location a detriment to their franchise, while the Cubs' location is not? Did you really ask this question? WOW! Everyone knows you are an unabashed apologist for Sox ownership and management, but to somehow even remotely try and level set the Wrigleyville experience surrounding a Cubs game with the experience Sox fans get in good, 'ol Bridgeport, well, like I said - WOW! Now I've heard it all! Keep in mind, though, that so-called "experience" only matters in the down years, when your team isn't winning. You can't win all the time, and so when you don't, it's nice to have something else to draw you out to the park, be it the in-park experience or near outside one. The Cubs have both in spades; meanwhile, our Sox are very negligible in at least the outside one. If we don't win, forget it! Nothing else to coax the casual fan out to our park. But we don't have to win all of the time, and to suggest we do would be silly. No team can achieve that. But we definitely have to win more than we do and be more successful than we've had in either the near or distant past if we can ever hope for better results at the gate. That couldn't be more than clear than it is today. For all intents and purposes, as a large market team, we are at rock bottom when it comes to all of this. But I thought winning was all that mattered?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 09:06 PM) You're just proving why he could very well be undervalued. You think of the elite pitchers in baseball, those other 9 immediately would come to mind. Q would not. Except guys that get paid a lot more then us have access to these sorts of metrics, and a lot more. Even if fans don't know this stuff, a lot of baseball execs do.

Out of curiosity, is there anyone out there who does defense number splits? What I would like to see is if, and by how much, Sox defensive metrics changed over the course of the season. Specifically as a couple of changes were made (benching Gillaspie, Sanchez replaces Johnson, improvements by Eaton and Alexei as the season went on) how much, or how little, the team defense improved. I know the season long ratings have us really low, but I wonder how much of that is from burying themselves with an awful start.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 11:34 PM) Here's what I think the Sox WILL DO, not what I want them to do. 1. Keep Ventura another year. As I said in my post above, this would be a very big mistake. He really hasn't brought anything to the table. No one can make even a shred of a case that he's helped the team win more games than it would without him. He doesn't manage pitching well, is a bad in-game tactician, and the team is HORRIBLE at fundamental baseball. It's this last part that should get him fired. But it won't. 2. Keep Adam LaRoche and hope he rebounds. With Trayce Thompson, the Sox may have the right-handed platoon for LaRoche, but otherwise, I think the Sox aren't going to eat his $12.5M contract, and no one would take him off our hands on the trade market. 3. Keep Avisail Garcia in RF. Like they did with Viciedo, the Sox will reason that this was Garcia's first full season, and will hope that he still has upside. This is really a futile exercise, but because he's still so cheap, the Sox will talk themselves into it. 4. Pick up Alexei's $10M option. This is a tricky one. They might try to get him to sign a cheaper deal, but to do so they have to cut him loose, at which point he can sell his services to anyone. I expect he'll think he can get the $10M (or more) from somewhere else, and/or more years at the same time. Knowing this, the Sox will cave and keep him. 5. Keep John Danks. Again, no takers on the trade market for Danks' last season. Sox will see him as a bridge to Fullmer, and will keep hoping he gets slightly better. 6. Plan for 2B to be the same contest it was this year -- Sanchez v. Micah Johnson. Sanchez had only one good month, and the rest has ranged from crap to awful crap. But he plays good defense, and like Garcia, the Sox will hope for his hitting to improve. Johnson's fielding still won't be good enough to displace Sanchez. 7. Keep Flowers at C. The differential between Flowers and Soto for certain pitchers will persuade the Sox to keep Flowers rather than look for a free agent replacement. Sox might also bring Soto back. 8. Tender the Shark, and let him go. The Sox will likely fill this rotation spot from within, with Eric Johnson in the lead. But I expect we'll also sign a cheap starter to have competition for this spot. 9. Keep Quintana. Sox will realize if they trade Q, it will just create a hole in the pitching staff. 10. Sox will do something at 3B, and this will be their "big splash." In short, I think the Sox will not be hugely active this offseason. Instead, they will hope for rebound years from LaRoche, Cabrera, Ramirez, and improvement years from Garcia and Sanchez or Johnson, plus perhaps more from Abreu. And they will hope that the pitching will have a better result with a little more offense. In 2017, LaRoche, Ramirez, and Danks will be gone, which will free up money for the Sox to make another free agent foray. The pitching will be led by Sale, Rodon, Quintana, and Fullmer, and a solid bullpen. If the Sox have somehow fixed 3B this offseason, their focus will be on RF, DH, 2B, and C, with Anderson coming up to play SS. If they don't jettison Ventura, it won't really matter. This is the most realistic thing I have seen.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) RT @AdamSchefter: More trades from Chicago: Bears have traded LB Jon Bostic to the Patriots, per @fieldyates. #tank2015

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 06:37 PM) Trading an ace better bring back a hefty package. I really feel like it is how we get our cornerstone 3B.

Tim Wharnsby ‏@TimWharnsby 1h1 hour ago Seabrook $6.875M AVV 1st 3 yrs $9M (SB 4.5M) 19-20 $7.5M (SB 3.5M) 20-21 $5M (SB 4M) 21-22 $6M (SB 2M) 22-23 $5M (SB 4M) 23-24 $4.5M (SB 2M)

To me it has been obvious for a while that the Sox are prepping fans for a trade like this so that instead of being blindsided, they feel like it was their idea when it finally happens.

Chris Emma ‏@CEmma670 4m4 minutes ago The Bears cut their losses in the Jared Allen linebacker experiment, ate the $11.5 million paid, for a sixth-round pick. Any asset can help.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) Rowand watches one thing in that movie. Everything outside that one thing, does not exist Rebel Wilson, or possibly Skylar Astin.

Ian Rapoport Verified account ‏@RapSheet 3m3 minutes ago The #Bears paid Jared Allen $11.5M in the form of a roster bonus. Now he’s headed to Carolina. Field Yates Verified account ‏@FieldYates 9m9 minutes ago Jared Allen has 0 guaranteed money beyond 2015 and is due just $823,529 more this year. A low risk move for pass rush needy Carolina. Jason La Canfora Verified account ‏@JasonLaCanfora 10m10 minutes ago Can confirm @JayGlazer report Jared Allen has been dealt to Panthers. Bears in essence gave him $11M to leave for possible late-round pick..

#tank2015

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) With Martinez not signing yet, does anyone think that he may have a hand-shaken agreement with a team to wait until next summer to sign so a team can sign him and a bunch of others without the bigger market teams able to make signings? Obviously he'd have to be promised a lot to put off signing that long but I also feel like he should have signed by now so who knows. I can't see him waiting until next summer. That is 10 more months to go unpaid and not play professional baseball.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 02:51 PM) Per some dude from the Score: Gotta support that brother somehow.