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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 10:54 AM) So the White Sox struggles the past 3 seasons are all on Robin. If they would have hired Dave Martinez, there probably would have been playoff appearances and capacity crowds? Said no one but Dick Allen.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 19, 2015 -> 08:14 AM) that is not the point. That is a great point actually. It is like having Albert Einstein in the room, but not asking him about your physics homework.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) Some Red Sox fan made this claim: "From what I understand, during this off season the Red Sox and the White Sox had a deal in place for Sale where Chicago basically were told to pick 6 prospects. This deal fell apart when the White Sox owner wanted to commit to winning now rather than later." Sounds like a load of BS. Any validity to this? The rumor was out there. It was pretty well laughed at around these parts.

Paul Sullivan ‏@PWSullivan 11m11 minutes ago Two Cubs pitchers from Dominican Summer League suspended 72 games for PED violations.

Steve Gilbert ‏@SteveGilbertMLB 2m2 minutes ago #Dbacks announce they've traded RHP Tim Crabbe to the White Sox for a PTBNL or cash considerations

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 03:29 PM) Nah...that was Wennington (or is Perdue also an announcer)? Bill had the sweetest base line jumper in league history, haha. I am thinking of PGL on Comcast. My bad.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 03:25 PM) How'd they get Rodman if it wasn't a FA addition? Traded from Spurs for a radio announcer to be trained later.from

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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) Has a manager ever had as big of a leash as f***ing Robin Ventura? Gardenhire got 4 straight 90 loss seasons before he got fired.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) I think you're overreacting a little. The Sox don't think of Carroll as anything more than just a guy. No team in baseball has good players from top to bottom. Again demonstrated by them releasing him from the 40 man roster over the winter.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) The more I hear this from people from all over, the more I realize how lucky I was to go to college in East Tennessee. It's perfect for all types of outdoor activities - hiking, camping, white water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, fly fishing, etc. I went hiking and camping a good bit, but probably not as much as I should have. I love going back. I have learned the same thing about having the dunes and Lake Michigan in my back yard. I do more of that stuff now as an adult then I did as a kid. It took me spending time in central Indiana to learn how lucky I was.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:26 PM) And that's the problem. The Sox waste roster spots for players who are "Serviceable" in limited roles. The talent evaluators actually believe Carroll is a major league player. No wonder the team and org is so untalented. Except they let him go last year, so they obviously think there is much better out there.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) Who in this org. evaluates Scott Carroll as a major league player? Oh, he's so good in the clubhouse. The clowning never ends. MLB is littered with Scott Carroll's on pretty much every roster. The problem with this team isn't the 25th guys, it is the first 5 roster players not playing like they should.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 01:10 PM) Bulls did everything in a salary cap era. Bulls teams had 3 HOF with in the post-season a roster that really only went 8 or 9 deep (and that is stretching it given the minutes the starters would log in the NBA in 90's). That is 33% of your roster being HOF'er with 1 the greatest rebounder over, 1 the greatest of all time, and the other a guy who was pretty much the best player in the league when Jordan was out (and the best defensive player in that era....along with Jordan who was incredible as well). The Jordan era cap is nothing like the cap today.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 01:56 PM) Honestly not really. We always took two big vacations a year growing up. One was to the beach (usually Jersey shore) and one was to a historical place, such as Boston, DC, Toronto, Montreal/Quebec City etc..So I've always been more interested in seeing new places and doing new things rather than stationary places. I'm not really a theme park person, so that's probably it. I'm cool with going to the Jersey boardwalk once or twice for a couple hours on a vacation and then I've had my fill. Never do a Gatlinburg trip then. The surrounding areas are amazing and beautiful, but the town itself is tourism hell.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) You're the one advocating, by admission, a sub-optimal move. The burden of proof isn't on me to tell you why it's a bad idea and give an alternative, but my alternative would start with not trading Sale. To the bolded, if you have a debacle, there's are all kinds of value in not turning it into a worse debacle. We are supposed to believe that a franchise which can't develop position players would be better by trading a cost controlled ace pitcher for a bunch of position player prospects? Yeah, I can't do that. That is just begging for disaster.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) You can work to learn information, it can be a specific goal. Is "working to learn how to recall things accurately" something that there is similar training for? I've never heard of such training, it's just being asserted that it's a skill that would be picked up. That you drop someone off in a court room and they get used to it. That's right, I am sure all they teach at the police academy is brutality techniques.

How much different is it to assume that the judges and lawyers know the law better then other people because that is what they are trained for?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) I disagree. Basketball is a far more individual sport then Hockey. Phil had 2 of the greatest players ever, including the greatest player in NBA history. 40% of his starting lineup were all time greats and during part of the run, a 3rd player, was the greatest rebounder in NBA history (as far as I'm concerned). Q has the best two way center in the game today, and the best D man in the game today. He also has two other guys who are probably Hall of Famers, and they are doing it during the salary cap era. That is without getting into just the regular old star players.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) I've never been there, and I don't have kids, so this could just be out of complete naivety, but the allure of Disney World/Disney Land I've never really gotten. I'm with you. Growing up we did things like the Mammoth Caves and baseball games. I think the Disney aura has caught on a lot more in the last 15-20 years though as the branding has become omni-present. It wasn't really like that when I was a kid.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) Luhnow is denying that he used the same passwords in Ground Control. If that turns out to be true, then the Cardinals tried really damn hard to get in He capitalized the P in password123 this time.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) i second, and third that point. what ozzie did was chicken shiite. the sox could have easily filed tampering charges and i would if i was owner. The only reason they didn't is they wanted him gone. The bridges were burned.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 01:45 AM) I loved/worshiped Ozzie and told you guys you'd miss him. My only complain on Ozzeroo late in his tenure was the Sunday lineup thing. Also the Sox were becoming the dysfunctional team we are now. We'd never sweep anybody and had a few 1-9 type road trips and were starting to lose games in awful ways. But I always respected his knowledge of the game and his style. The best thing woulda been for Ozzie to take a year off to re-generate (I realize that never happens) and then return for a second stint with the Sox after a year off. I had a big problem with his quitting on the team during the season, and still do. I do not want him back as a manager for sure.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 17, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) Hate to say this but the Sox blew it last offseason by being loyal. When Maddon was available, it was time to put Robin in the TV booth with Hawk and Stoney; three man booth. Or 3 man radio booth. Or give him some job til his contract runs out. Loyalty is great, but when a star manager becomes available and your manager is Robin, you have to bid bye bye to Robin. Can't blame Hahn for trying with all the trades, but now it's time to trade the guys he acquired. Should be do-able. Maddon wasn't really "available". He had a job, then the Cubs tampered and got him to come there.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 18, 2015 -> 12:42 AM) Jeremy Haber. He was formerly known as assistant to the General Manager and was promoted to Assistant GM. Buddy Bell is also an assistant GM (though a VP as well). Haber has been praised for handling the Todd Steverson hiring process and working hand in hand with Dan Fabian. Haber, Bell, and Steverson all coming from outside of the organization.