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Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 2h Cuban pitcher Jorge Despaigne is now a free agent: http://bit.ly/1soiN6N

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 09:16 AM) he got punished, then punished again. I thought 6-8 games was fair for what happened. and then we have the 49ers DT McDonald beating his pregnant gf or wife and playing a week later. If there was tape of him beating her, would he still have played? or would he be insta banned from the NFL? Fire all of them as far as I am concerned.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 09:11 AM) Yeah, I agree. You can only make awesome trades when other GMs are willing to give you the shot. I think a lot of people don't realize what a great offseason this past one was in terms of getting big-time controllable talent, and it should NOT be our baseline going forward. An average offseason will not be as good as last year's. Going off of what Hahn said, and seeing how it contradicts with the grandiose plans that people keep forming, then adding to that how expensive upgrades look to be this winter... I just don't see anything like last off-season coming together.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 09:12 AM) I agree that Rice has gotten extreme punishment over something we already knew. I dont agree that it is piling on for the NFL, i believe they deserve this for trying to sweep this under the rug and repeatedly being caught in lies. He got fired from him job. I don't see that as extreme at all.

No. Not at all. Not even for a second. Honestly the idea of being able to hide and sweep domestic abuse under the rug should have died decades ago.

Very nice work by Bassitt last night. There is a decent chance that there could be a job for him to steal next year.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Sep 11, 2014 -> 01:36 AM) This offseason should be entertaining for us hopefully. I am going to predict a lot of upset fans after this winter.

For my two cents, seeing Avi Garcia succeed is more important to the long term future of the White Sox, versus having a slot or two of a higher pick.

He just looks lost. He has no confidence at all by his body language.

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) Yeah, I don't know what to make of his power outage. That double he hit in the first inning would have been gone a few months ago. I have no doubt the guy is tired. He is playing, by far, his longest ever season as a professional. Unless he is playing with something that could be made worse by playing, he needs to fight through it for conditioning purposes.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 07:06 PM) And add you to the mix. After getting mocked for suggesting this probably wasn't the first time, I don't feel bad about it at all.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 07:00 PM) She was probably being really annoying. You know what else is telling? Even after she was knocked out, he didn't have any sort of "oh s***" moment, he was just dragging her out, looking annoyed. Didn't have the looks of someone who hit her for the first time. I know when I knock someone out at a bar, I try to look like I do it all of the time.

Arizona Fall League ‏@MLBazFallLeague 52m Glendale roster changes: Add IF Nick Basto (#WhiteSox); delete IF Rangel Ravelo (#WhiteSox).

ABC News ‏@ABC 10m Ravens ignored tip that Ray Rice's lawyer had key video, sources tell @ABC: http://abcn.ws/1qFAXR5

I'll bet money an underling gets blamed and fired to save Roger's ass.

New York Post ‏@nypost 1h A former high ranking franchise exec claims the Mets fired her for being pregnant and single http://nyp.st/1um8JMu

Chicago White Sox ‏@whitesox 5m Paulie on his hand: "I haven't done anything aggressive yet. I'll pick up a bat in two days and take some swings. If that feels good, we..." ...will move on from there. I'd like to get out there this weekend but if that doesn't work, I plan to get out there for the road trip."

The Associated Press ‏@AP 5m BREAKING: AP Source: Law enforcement official sent copy of Ray Rice tape to NFL executive in April

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 03:54 PM) I saw it on his Facebook. This is an exchange from two days ago, so I am guessing it is an old picture from when he signed or something. Robert Burnett III Wow sorry I missed u... What's next for u??? September 7 at 6:29pm · Like Tim Anderson Robert Burnett III going back to Arizona to do training until next seaso September 7 at 6:30pm · Like

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) There's no way Tim Anderson was called up, right? He posted a picture of himself in a Sox jersey and people are commenting/posting to him "congrats on making it all the way" and stuff On where? I'm not seeing it on twitter.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 03:34 PM) For the record, that's been about the only way it's ever been in consideration. Yeah, there is zero chance the Sox pick up all of a deal like that, unless a star player is thrown in to go with it. I think even more likely is that John Danks goes someone in a deal like this, and then the need to send cash gets lessened greatly.

Has anyone said that there is a real distinct chance that McCown's year that year was a fluke and wouldn't have been duplicated even if he was with the Bears again?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 10, 2014 -> 11:04 AM) "What a great shot that is; that's baseball." Great comment. It really is what baseball should be about.

It is going to sound counter intuitive, but I think the biggest gains to be made are on the offensive side. With the game having moved back to pitching, it is getting harder and harder to find offense, and not pitching. I think the moneyball line of thinking should be moving away from pitching and to hitting.

IF we want to look for blame, I am going to start with the guy who threw the punch.