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The interesting thing about this case is that the thief had previously been holding a gun to the homeowner. I wonder how much that changes things legally, and more importantly to any potential grand jury or jury.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 59s59 seconds ago White Sox's Ken Williams: "The only thing in my future is a 9:05 p.m. game against the Angels." http://fw.to/4eLknmB

About the DA who would be behind a potential Kane case. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-patr...0819-story.html

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 04:01 PM) Thanks. Of course it was in the Robin era. Before Robin I bet it was the 60s. How much?

Darren Rovell ‏@darrenrovell 15m15 minutes ago CORRECTION: Luxury tax on a Dodgers $300M payroll would be record $45 million. 22 retweets 17 favorites

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 32m32 minutes ago Shrewd move by #SFGiants: Acquire OF Marlon Byrd for RHP Stephen Johnson

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) I'd be willing to bet you it's at least 45 years that the Sox have been swept two four game series in a season. I'm in. How much?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 02:35 PM) Robin should buy some books and learn how to teach fundamentals in spring training, then. Kenny sounds like the worst executive a team can have. Please leave, Kenny. Go to Hollywood and be a model or something. Your value of yourself is inflated. You mean the kind who quits on a team because he doesn't get his way?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 03:25 PM) Give Friedman $300 million a year to play with and he becomes a hero worshipper. Because he wasn't doing anything in Tampa with a fraction of that amount or anything???

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) I wouldn't be that surprised to see Melky claimed. Dude is far and away cheaper than any other FA options. His contract isn't that bad in today's game. But the Sox wouldn't and shouldn't let him go. The only reason he woudln't get claimed is if people think it is a waste of time because the White Sox wouldn't trade him anyway.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) Wow..Can this possibly finally be the end of the KW era?? I'll believe it when I see it. But I'm intrigued that many of our insiders think KW will go after the season. I really don't understand the logic of them coming out and saying "RV isn't going anywhere" If this is the case, I truly hope he decides to step down on his own. "Them" didn't say it. It was a reporter that said it. The White Sox have said nothing officially on any situation

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:23 AM) He is on a 1 year deal with an automatic rollover at some date. So he is always under contract for the current season and next. As for AA, it's pretty amazing how his stock has risen. He was praised last year for their offseason which didn't work out, and he started catching heat. This All Star break, they actually had a worse record than they did last All Star break, but he makes a couple moves that so far have worked really well, and he's back on the top of the mountain. So pretty much no matter what, Jerry will have to sign off on letting him talk to anyone else. Does that line up the potential for compensation when he is gone ala Theo?

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore 12m12 minutes ago "I think Robin Ventura stays put no matter what happens." @BNightengale to @SpiegelAndGoff on #WhiteSox future

So out of curiosity, does anyone know Kenny's contract situation?

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) Also more interesting since Barnum days is the extra budget this provides. Signing top picks slightly below slot leaves more room to sign more picks in rounds 10 and later that may be legit prospects. Houston has routinely used this pick to add the equivilant of a middle first round pick by signing their top pick underslot.

Could be partially related. Peter Gammons ‏@pgammo 1m1 minute ago Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos could be the next GM domino to fall http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/toronto...s-ale@FoxSports … The Executive of the year--Alex

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 09:34 AM) so, if he signs a 1 yr deal for 2016 and rebuilds his value, the question is would he still be given a comp pick for 2017..... as long as he is the property of the sox, i would imagine so. Yes he would, assuming the White SOx are willing to offer the QO.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 07:35 AM) The #1 problem has been the inability to develop a single player who can hit the ball well. That leads having to scour the free agent/waiver/trade market for veteran bats, which has proven to not be an ideal recipe for success. Who do you blame for that then? That's the million dollar question. Jerry's refusal to spend in the draft had an effect, but the problem lies deeper than that IMO. The absolute biggest criticism you can make of the Kenny Williams era was his diversion of resources from the minor leaguers, to the major leaguers. I don't think it was Jerry's choice to short the majors as much as it was Kenny's in order to add as many pieces to the major league team. I also really think that has clearly changed with the Sox taking BPA for years now, and even starting to spend in Latin America again.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) http://streamable.com/oq6h?t=1.2 Yeah, if we are taking on a Red Sox with a bloated contract to play 3rd, I'd much rather take a chance on the fat guy. Does that tell you something? Again, the only way I consider Hanley is if Boston pays up like Anaheim did to get rid of Josh Hamilton.

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 09:10 AM) I have seen many people discuss the value of a first round comp pick(myself included) for Smardzija. While perusing box scores and stats I realized Keenyan Walker and Keon Barnum where both sandwich/comp picks. Ouch! Also made me realize we had spent some higher picks on position players, they just haven't worked out as well as we hoped. Not slamming either player. I did have an additional question/hypothetical, if Smardzija accepted the one year qualifying offer and then left after rebuilding his value would we still be entitled to a comp pick? The era has changed. Walker was chosen 47th overall. Barnum was 48th. Today those are middle second round picks. With the changes to the CBA, this pick will be somewhere around the high 20's or low 30's at worst.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 19, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) His entire career he played short, which is 3rd but harder. 3rd is just shortstop for lazy people. By your definition he's a perfect fit. Near as we can tell, he's never played outfield in his life until starting this year in Fenway. This is the player we are talking about. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7323887/...ove-source-says http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/ba...ing-to-infield/

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 08:10 AM) ? Their attendance last year was 32,000/game, this year it's ~35,000, their playoff years it was >40,000. For the White Sox, spending money to get into the playoffs would be a fine and successful plan and one I'd support. There is one small problem with the spending of money the White Sox did this year in execution of that plan. They were also missing 5000ish seats for half the season.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) In 2008 they still drew >30k a game. That's pretty unfair. Down for the second consecutive year, and how much from the peak?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 19, 2015 -> 08:29 PM) I'd happily take the worst farm system for 4 straight division titles. We had two division titles in four years, including a world series title. It didn't keep people showing up then, and it sure isn't helping now.

A very nice Sale read. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2550988...-des-art-bot-18