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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) Still amazed that some folks havent figured out this is a rebuild. Especially because just about everyone wanted a rebuild.

Damn.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 10:55 AM) They had a 6 month retention period. It's pretty easy to delete things after 6 months when that's what your archive policy explicitly calls for. Once it was deleted from the archive tapes, the only place the emails might still reside would be on an individual computer, and there's no retention/backup requirements there. I have lost about 3 months worth of work emails the exact same way. They were old enough that they were outside of the server retention period, and then my hard drive crashed, losing any of the local copies I might have had. Whether or not the 6 month retention policy was good policy is a separate question, but it isn't a question of malice or cover up. Lehrner's hard drive crashed before there were any congressional inquiries. The closest thing is a letter that was sent 10 days prior to the crash, but was not very specific. There's contemporaneous documentation of her reporting the crash and the IRS's attempts at recovery of the lost data on the drive back in 2011. The federal government has a six month retention policy? Are you kidding me? They require the financial industry to save almost all records for 3-7 years. The IRS itself requires 7 years of tax retention. What a f***ing joke.

I don't know terminology for soccer, but in basketball we call that "letting them play". Physical first half.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 10:27 AM) Lol how does that analogy apply to our managerial situation at all? Because Craig Grebeck.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 06:00 PM) If you mean erasing computer files is easier, I agree. When his secretary demonstrated how she would have had to sit for 18 minutes it was laughable. But, things happen. maybe for you... but for a federal agency, it isn't nearly the same.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 08:56 AM) Oh and how does a 23 year old have a barbed wire tat? He's a decade late on when that was cool at least. No Ragrets

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 36m Eric Surkamp a good bet to join White Sox today.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 17m If there are two guys to redefine new CBA era/rising cap, it's Kane and Toews. Each has one year left on existing deal. Fascinating dynamic. It's believed Kane-Toews initial ask of CHI on extension is around $12M/yr each. They'll end up lower but still could be $10M+ AAV players. Many agents believe cap could be as high as $75M for 2015-16, continue to escalate rapidly. Double digit AAV for superstars may be new norm.

So the stage is now set for the Bulls to fully strike out this summer. Awesome.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) Ok so what players on the Charlotte roster have passports that allow them to "work" in Canadia? Does soxtalk have an insider with the department of labor or The department of consular affairs? We need to get ahold of the assistant to the traveling secretary.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 04:54 PM) Something tells me they just want Danish to take a break and pitch later in the season with his innings limit That actually makes a lot of sense.

So has anyone starting stalking out ORD yet? Next flight from CLT arrives in about 15 minutes.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:23 AM) Where is the option for 8 year extension worth $23 million per year? That is pretty low to be honest.

Chris Sale has given up like one hit in his first innings' of work all year long... just sayin.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 12:41 AM) ADA will not be on the Sox next year. He's about to get expensive, and will be non-tendered. And he really, really sucks. I won't say sucks, but it wouldn't shock me if he got the baseball equivalent of a code red from his teammates. Having a teammate like that will just drive you crazy.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:13 AM) Robin Ventura will never be fired. There will be a mutual parting of the ways--probably in few years. He's Point A to Point B Guy. Exactly. Put away the torches.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) I agree. His career ended in Baltimore last night. Somehow I doubt that. Someone will take a chance at him for minimum wage this year.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:07 AM) Do we know yet if this was a DFA or a trade? No announcement has officially been made yet. Even the Downs being gone part is still speculation.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 08:57 AM) Matt Lindstrom and Nate Jones are the top 2 relievers for the Sox? C'mon man. If those are your top 2 relievers, your bullpen sucks to begin with. But keep on trollin'. Duh? But it is the difference between a middle of the road bullpen, and a crappy one. Again, you still can't point out more than a couple times that teams have lost their two top guys and actually done something, which speaks loudest of all, because now you are back to name calling. If you had any substance, you would have gone to it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:00 AM) The problem is that Semien, Erik Johnson and Webb have all fallen on their faces so far. Davidson's sporting a 650ish OPS at Charlotte. Garcia's injured. That leaves Abreu, Eaton and Conor Gillaspie as the lone positives (and Noesi, maybe). Obviously, Abreu's a huge piece, and Rodon should be as well, so they're still stuck in a bit of a quandary, because by trading/dumping Ramirez, Beckham, Viciedo/DeAza and Dunn, you're talking about replacing 4 starters already, and Flowers/Nieto would be 5. Nobody's going to cry over losing most of those guys, but there's just no way they'll replace Alexei adequately with what we already have in our system...maybe one of Sanchez/Semien is adequate or a replacement level player, but I'm not even counting on that at the moment. But do you honestly think they can afford to wait around on Tim Anderson, Courtney Hawkins and Montas? Why would Hahn hint at putting Rodon in the rotation as soon as next year if they're targeting 2017 and 2018? Welcome to the rebuild and "prospects". Seriously did anyone expect everyone to succeed? If it were that easy, the Royals would have won something decades ago. They have been doing this for 30 years now.

Matt Spiegel ‏@MattSpiegel670 3m @DanHayesCSN You basically broke it. We just had the chance to ask and confirm it. Good on ya. Surkamp now? Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 2m @MattSpiegel670 no I know. That's probably the best guess because of 40-man status and way he has thrown. But not clear.

Seth Lakso @SethLakso · 8h As I left the park tonight, Eric Surkamp was still Thursday’s scheduled starter for the #cltknights. EJ to go on Friday.

Another other relievers who have been waived or DFA'd lately that might be targets?

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 08:16 AM) I think that in the end were going to find out Rodon was just giving his arm a little ciesta before starting the pro career. This is a big jump and a lot of money for a 21 year old, so who cares if he want to bask in the moment for a few. With his workload and s*** defense behind him at NC, can ya really blame him? Nothing to worry about, Rodon doesn't have the leverage some may think he has. He got that when NC St got knocked out of the playoffs early.