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QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 05:01 PM) The next time KW takes responsibility will be the first time.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) Never the Sox brass fault ever just ask KW! lol. Yeah, I have never seen Kenny or Rick take responsibility for anything...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:53 PM) What KW did when he didnt have a team president giving interviews like this. Kenny had Jerry overruling him at times, so it isn't like he had some kind of full autonomy. He also gave plenty of timely interviews on the state of the team.

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 34m34 minutes ago Most ice time among skaters, 2015 playoffs 1. Duncan Keith 537:04 2. Victor Hedman 468:14 Keith a full 68:50 ahead of anyone else.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) i like what you wrote. 1. it was just bad timing on the topic, considering KW was the main reason it is like that. 2. i still find in unnerving that KW will not let Hahn do it all. unless something is amiss. Who is able to "do it all" as a GM?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) He would have never have taken the job if he were afraid of KW's influence. He worked with/for the guy for ten years before he got promoted. He was well aware of who his boss, or "overzealous parent" as you put, was going to be. Just out of curiosity where do you get this information that KW is constricting Hahn and do you hold the relationship between Hoyer-Epstein to those those same constraints? It's always underestimated how nice it is for Hahn that he works where he is from for the team he grew up rooting for. He also has a young kid growing up. I am sure he feels he owes it to JR who gave him the chance to become what he is. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) I'm always amused by the extreme takes on this. Hahn taking the GM job and KW moving to the Prez job was just one step in a transition process. Hahn has more and more room to do it his way, but KW is certainly still involved. And I'm sure KW has a hard time letting some of it go. It isn't all Hahn, or all KW - it never works that way in any business, nor should it, really. I am glad I am not the only one who sees some reality in this set up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:37 PM) So your answer to "is he that different in style" is no? I don't see the actual question I asked answered there. I am sure you are trying to set up something here, so i am just going to walk away again.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) true, but i am talking about job descriptions. this kind of statement usually comes from the GM which according to what i am lead to believe is Hahn. That's funny. I hear Theo Epstein talk to the media all of the time.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:43 PM) thanks ss2k5 for this. but i am a little confuse, i think many posters feels as KW is the reason the sox are in this state. so ..... why let him make this announcement???? Because the White Sox could care less what Soxtalk.com thinks, and rightfully so. Anyone who would run their franchise simply off of fan sentiment would be out of a job in a heartbeat.

Just tell them that Allah won't allow you to be treated that way,.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) That's pretty ****ing lucky for the white sox. Considering we just played a week without at least one of our top 2 hitters, I'll take it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) I know he's put up better numbers already in his career...but is love really that different in style from Mirotic? Love is stronger and about 5 years further down the growth curve.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 9m9 minutes ago Sloppy play 'embarrassing' but Ken Williams says White Sox can still win AL Central: http://sun-tim.es/1JkFbq4

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 03:05 PM) I know you should never refuse an all star when you have 2 fine players, but Kevin Love is not the fit it used to be Love would be a great fit with Derrick Rose. He can run the pick and roll, and he can bang inside if he needs to.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 44m44 minutes ago New York, USA adrian beltre suffered dislocated thumb. no fracture seen. beltre will get 2nd opinion, but out 2 weeks minimum #rangers

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Fair enough. Crazy how patient you have to be for foreign scouting. We won't see Marco Paddy's influence for another 3-4 years. The press release on his signing on with the Sox is from Nov 30, 2011. That means his first July 2 class with Chicago was in 2012. That means the old players from his first class are somewhere around their 19th birthday, give or take a year. That is about three years younger than Carlos Sanchez.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) Kevin Love is a HUGE fan of Fred Hoiberg, fwiw Don't you get our hopes up. I will drive out to Iowa and choke you myself.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:52 PM) Well, to be fair Tampa is still ghost towns... But if you look at the other side...there's now multiple teams that have "lost for a number of years and immediately started filling their ballpark once they turned that around based on the draft picks they stockpiled". Texas Rangers, Pirates, Royals. The Rays couldn't fill their park even when winning and the Cubs couldn't empty their park even while losing, so they're the 2 extremes it seems. As long as your fan base is better than the Rays... The Royals and Pirates took decades to build winning teams. The Rangers also went through 10 years of not winning anything. Even during that stretch the Rangers had one of the largest media markets to themselves, and also outdrew up during that time... that means they had the resources to do that build.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:35 PM) then answer me these questions 1. 2 totally different positions, 2 totally different ways of playing it, could someone be playing outside their natural position and still does well??? b/c on the flip, they could also perform bad. 2. what was his errors like the yr before when he was with the soxs??? It is not 2 totally different positions. This isn't the OF vs the IF or something like that. The only big difference between SS and 2B is the throw to 1B. The depth and range are all the same.

Tracey Myers ‏@TramyersCSN 23m23 minutes ago Q said Bickell and Kruger are fine, ready to go for Game 1. #Blackhawks

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:04 PM) who knows, no is a sooth sayer that can see the future. there is many intangibles that will be involve, but saying this season in error will equate to if he would have been a 2nd baseman is not logical. His fundamentals don't change just because he moves positions. No one would go from the worst SS in baseball, to even an average 2B. Does his ability to track the ball improve somehow at 2B?

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) If the team finishes 81-81, it'll be the perfect fan identity crisis experiment. Which is funny, because the center of even Soxtalks predictions were in the 84/85/86 wins area.

ESPN Chicago ‏@ESPNChiHawks 10m10 minutes ago Van Riemsdyk will travel with team and practice tomorrow. Quenneville said they haven't decided yet on fifth & sixth defensemen.

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 4h4 hours ago As of today, Ryan Howard still has approximately $51.7 million left on his contract through next year, including the 2017 buyout.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) that whole time it was great to be a sox fan. Funny perspective. During that stretch they were in the middle of a 10 year drought for making a playoff appearance.