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Peggy Kusinski 18 mins · Thanks to ‪#‎Bulls‬ season ticket holder for clearing up the cat fight at Game 5 loss to Wizards. Apparently a female fan was overserved & launching vulgarities towards Carlos Boozer on the bench. First time she threw a cup at the bench, the ice hit DRose & spilled onto court. Fans started telling her to put a lid on it - she started directing her vulgarities to Carlos' GF who WALKED AWAY. A friend of the GF defended her & THAT was who the fan started clawing at. For the many kids in the area behind the Bulls bench, it was despicable behavior by the supposed Bulls fan shouting vulgar insults at Carlos Boozer. Kudos to his GF for taking the high road & walking away, but many sitting in the area thought the woman should've been ejected after the first cup of ice was thrown at the Bulls bench. There you have it. http://guyism.com/sports/catfight-behind-b...girlfriend.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) I was just focusing on the lower levels of the system, where I'll admit we don't seem to have a whole lot right now. But the problem with saying it's a need is that who knows what the big league team will look like in 2018, when guys like that would arrive. We could have traded for or signed a big name catcher to a long-term extension before then and it wouldn't matter. At the lower levels, I have no idea what we have to be honest.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) There are some. NSS will tell you the guy at BHam right now has some promise, Sammy Ayala is in extended spring training and he's barely 18. They could of course use more, but most teams could. We may still have something in Josh Phegley or Adrian Nieto. It is way to early to know if we do or don't for both of them.

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 1h #WhiteSox lead MLB with .219 BA after an 0-2 count. League average is .160

MLB Stat of the Day ‏@MLBStatoftheDay 41m Jose Abreu now has 71 total bases for the season. Highest ever for a rookie in months of March/April.

ChiTribSports ‏@ChiTribSports 19m Emery, Bears taking calls on possible first-round trade http://trib.in/1mic39M

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 1, 2014 -> 12:35 PM) Why the hell are they returning it? If it is for cancer research, who cares where it came from. Keep the money, just don't honor him for it. It could have been a condition of the donation.

If I told Soxtalk in the pre-season that on May 1, Viciedo and Ramirez would be 1/2 in the batting average leaders, and that FLowers would have been on that list had he had enough PA's, how hard would you have laughed?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) I really don't believe it was a token offer. I honestly believe the Sox had the 2nd best contract out to Tanaka in the form of a 6/$120 deal with an opt out after 4 years, but the Yankees offered an additional year. Nothing the Sox could do in that situation. The biggest number I saw was 6/100, and even that was shrouded in mystery. Have you got a link? I have been curious what our offer was ever since he signed.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) I just want to throw in here too, there are a few pitching prospects that still have most of their seasons to potentially bloom. That may also effect the calculus this coming offseason. Beck has had a slow start, but that may not last. Bassitt will be back from injury shortly. Reclamation projects like Hanson haven't had a good look yet. I also think that factors in. Why sign a mid rotation guy long term, when we may well be generating them in the next year or two for a small fraction of the cost.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:31 AM) exactly ...... but with signing them we have a vacuum state and its now. I have said this, its too early to do anything of worth. let the season play out and see. we are excited b/c of Jose being a world beater. No one is making moves on May 1. They really aren't even going to make moves on June 1, or maybe not even July 1. Any expectations of externals moves being made is just silly. Any improvement is coming from the system, or possibly someone else's castoffs.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:25 AM) I didn't mean that, it seems to me that there were several prospect who I would've love to see on the sox, but b/c of the kickback, we didn't make a offer. that was any offer for about 2 or 3 yrs. I got you now. Yes, our Latin American operations were destroyed because of this. I don't think we had any real boots on the ground down there until the last few years. I wonder if part of it was not knowing if they could trust people down there, wondering if they were part of Wilder's scheme. Really the last two years is when we have started putting money out down there again.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) They're still paying for him. $76 million to be exact.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:16 AM) Everyone knows or should at least know that JR is not afraid to spend money or trade for the right player, if his management say so .... that is my point. For specific guy, absolutely. Some take that as if he is willing to spend money on Tanaka, he has to have a spare $100 million in his pocket to spend now, having no idea if that is true or not. The Tanaka stuff could mean a lot of things. Honestly I think in that case they viewed Tanaka as a money generator that pretty much any other player wouldn't be. He would single handedly open a revenue stream back to Japan, and in this country, which no other player on the market really could have. I think they also viewed the guy as a game changer, much in the line of Abreu's batting ability, and didn't see that in the other pitchers on the market.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:13 AM) I believe you knowingly just posted a falsehood. The soxtalk illuminati are now discussing the proper punishment I vote we make him an admin.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:12 AM) you know I been wanting to ask this a long time ago .....when the sox guy got caught in the kickback scheme, would you agree that maybe the sox made a agreement not to sign player for several yrs? No, I wouldn't. I think it goes back to Jerry honoring his gentleman's agreement with MLB to not go over recommended slot for each pick, and it getting harder and harder to find players who were willing to sign for those numbers. I think it also goes to Kenny cutting the draft dollars so that he could put more into the big club.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2014 -> 08:17 AM) No. Next year it gets a whole lot tougher for them. The contracts are just piling up and they're starting to lose people because of it. They're a step back this year still and people might have had a shot at them if there was a competitive team in the division. They're in a lucky place where their competitors are all weak. That won't last forever. Plus their core is really starting to age in terms of age, and in terms of baseball played. Eventually, that is going to catch up to them.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 1, 2014 -> 09:08 AM) Personally, I don't see any reason why this team should lose any more games this year. And because I think they'll win out, I don't think they'll be buyers at the deadline because why would they need anything if they just won like 60 games in a row? In fact, they'll likely need to sell off excess talent. I can't argue with this logic.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2014 -> 08:58 AM) You never know how it will turn out, but the April schedule was pretty tough. The Sox did have to use 9 starters, and lost their best starter for a couple of starts. They went through a stretch where their bullpen couldn't have been worse. They weathered a 1-25 from Abreu. There is reason for some optimism. They also have three of the most unlikely guys ever hitting around .350. I think it all comes out in the wash.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) We have no idea what we are looking at because it's May 1st. There is a ton of season left to play, and frankly, both the offense and pitching/defense should get back to where it should be. I view this team as a .500 team. A month from now we could be calling Jose Abreu, Jose Shelton. But I do agree that this should be about a .500 team. I said it before the season started, and I will say it again. I might be willing to push the total to 85, just because the chemistry seems to be way ahead of where I thought it would be, but that is about it.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 1, 2014 -> 08:58 AM) it a sad commentary of how unlucky our draft has been in the higher rounds. Not as much lucky as way underspend in favor of spending on the major league roster.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 09:35 PM) I don't think SS2k5 believes that to be false ^

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 1, 2014 -> 08:55 AM) Who are these castoffs with potential? They didn't sign any high priced free agents from other teams from 1997 when they signed Albert Belle until 2010 when they signed Adam Dunn. It was the first time they gave a free agent from another team more than $20 million during that stretch. The Sox spent a lot of money on pitching. They didn't sign expensive guys, they traded for them. Wells, Colon, Garcia, Peavy, Vazquez, Jackson, Contreras....these were high priced guys they brought in. And Wells, Vazquez, and Jackson were also quickly shipped out.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 10:13 PM) Its a great point, Buehrle. We do have the SoxNet twitter feed but it isn't marketed very well but that is really the twitter feed of Soxtalk. It exists, but only gets sporadic usage, mostly by me, and not consistently, nor with any plan of attack.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 07:54 PM) I guess I don't understand the meaning of budget.