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QUOTE (SnB @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 12:14 PM) Which Michigan breweries do I need to visit? Founders and Bell's are my musts - any other ones? You could a trip through all of the tourist towns and have a blast. Most have at least one.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 11:18 AM) Butler would be a decent replacement for Kobe and with Russell thats not a bad start to rebuilding. Also true.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 11:14 AM) He could choose to just take a Bulls 1 year offer. If he accepts any other teams deal, then we match and he's with us at least 3 years. Reality is he probably works something out with the Bulls for a 4 or 5 year deal with an opt out in 2 years but I don't know if the Bulls are going to play hard ball and see if he really waits and signs for super cheap. If he did sign super cheap this year, might change things as Bulls could find a way to get cap space and be major players and then hope to sign someone else and then you can just pay massive tax and use the bird rights on Jimmy Buckets after you win the title. PS: If Butler and Rose don't get along, Rose is gone. Find a way but Jimmy is the Alpha on this squad. All that said I hope they can both make amends and would think with Rose's personality they probably could. How? In all seriousness what NBA team is looking at Derrick Rose and wanting a part of that? Unless we get back an equal, or worse, contract, it ain't happening.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 10:58 AM) That could make sense. Why LA though? LA is LA. Half of the NBA wants to be there.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 11:01 AM) We don't know what's going on there with Kenny and Hahn. That's part of the problem. I know one thing for a fact- Kenny has to go. It's time. I think in the big picture it is really obvious what the organizational structure is. Rick is 100% on board with what Kenny and Jerry want done here, or he wouldn't have taken our GM job in the first place, and he wouldn't have turned down all of the other organizations who wanted to interview him. I don't get what the trend is here to try to separate Kenny and Rick, but if they weren't on the same page, at least one of them would not be here.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 28, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) I don't know why, but this article makes me feel like Danks is headed to the pen soon. http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/133...s-danks-skipped Realistically, there is plenty of room for the Sox to make some bullpen trades in the next couple of weeks. In fact I would be shocked if deals don't happen there, even if the team rebounds. They need the roster spots, and have depth. TBH, a deal to the Cubs for some of their second or third tier prospects makes a whole of sense.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 10:34 AM) Seems strange it completely contradicts one of the best NBA insiders reports though. Only if you don't apply larger context to it. He wants out of Chicago, but he is willing to resign here for a year or two so he can get to LA under the HUGE jump in cap space coming down the pipeline. Taken together it makes sense. Now I will say I don't know that I believe it, but it doesn't contradict.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) yea a good point, but i see those teams keeping the really good players and give up on the others. Just by sheer numbers, they won't be able to protect them all. That is exactly how we picked jose Quintana off of the Yankees.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 29, 2015 -> 10:01 AM) Ah the LA daily news. Ripe with reports of Chicago basketball. Sad to say, but outside of Chicago is a better place to get good info on Chicago sports. Most sports reporters here want to protect their relationship with ownership too much to publish something that will upset the franchise.

Sun-Times Sports ‏@suntimes_sports 15m15 minutes ago #Bulls guard Jimmy Butler wants out of Chicago, according to latest report: http://chicago.suntimes.com/basketball/7/7...t-season-report … pic.twitter.com/DeEBoIaAs8

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 8m8 minutes ago Could Rodney Stuckey be a fit off the bench for #Bulls? (@vgoodwill) - http://bit.ly/1RLPuo0

Now what will be interesting here is teams like Houston, the Cubs, Dodgers, etc are going to start seeing some roster crunches as all of this volume of signings starts to move through there systems. Where the White Sox excel is by identifying guys who fall through the cracks, and then grabbing them for pennies on the dollar.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 28, 2015 -> 02:43 PM) WHERE IS PUTNAM!!??! Waiting to give up the game winner...

The quickest fix would be for the good players on this team to start playing like good players again.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 27, 2015 -> 11:04 AM) Why Guerra? He is the last man on the roster right now. He is the obvious move.

Guerra and Carroll moving out are givens.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 04:54 PM) Danks isn't going anywhere.... Not unless we take back another bad contract.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) So Lucic to the Kings for a 1st. Boston had to keep half of his cap hit.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 4m4 minutes ago Robin Ventura: "Where I’m at and the people I work with, if they didn’t have faith in me I’d already be gone." #WhiteSox

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 04:01 PM) Worth noting that this is entirely dominated by 1 game and he's had a whole bunch of 0-hit games surrounding it. Taking the if we got rid of those few bad John Danks nights apprroach?

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 22m22 minutes ago Just traded texts with Kris Versteeg. Say he hasn't nixed any trade, says he hasn't spoken to anyone. Says reports out there are false

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 12m12 minutes ago Carlos Rodon threw 20-plus changeups in 1st time vs. Detroit. Don Cooper likes development: "A LHP w/o a changeups is a crime." #WhiteSox

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 03:36 PM) Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 1h1 hour ago Since he returned to the lineup on May 5, #WhiteSox leadoff man Adam Eaton is hitting .277/.352/.424 in 214 plate appearances. Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 5h5 hours ago 3 of Adam Eaton's 18 multi-hit games have come in the last 3 days. Batting avg. up 15 points since Tues.

Chris Kuc ‏@ChrisKuc 6h6 hours ago #Blackhawks are working on a deal with restricted free agent Marcus Kruger. Sides are currently discussing terms.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 26, 2015 -> 03:37 PM) That was the rumor Of what the Sox asked for, not what they were offered.