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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) How many worse than VDN? Hello Floyd?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) I agree...provided nothing is done come the trade deadline. It's going to take a major turnaround right now to get this team back into contention. I'm actually starting to believe that there will a fire sale. If it's done right and they collect some good young players for the future, I'm okay with that. I'm certainly not okay with what this team is looking like right now. I've said it since January... This team will be melted down quicker than any team in recent history with the Sox if they don't turn it around. JR and the board are not going to sit on a money losing lemon for too long. If it gets to be June and we are still this bad, it will be the Kids Can Play II, which out to thrill everyone and sell out the stadium from the sounds of the talk on here.

QUOTE (soxfan72 @ May 1, 2011 -> 11:56 AM) Same ol' same ol' once again..... Will Greg Walker ever be fired or do I have to put up with this crap the rest of my life? Slumps on the White Sox include 90% of the line up. They go on longer and deeper than any other team. They happen over and over, year after year. This team is an embarassment. When will people start being held accountable for the crap that is the White Sox the last X number of years? I done with this team for the year. They SUCK hard. They SUCK long. They SUCK all too often. And another thing, they can't catch a damn baseball either. And don't get me started on K. Williams, luckiest SOB ever and he jacked with the line up of a WS Championship team. That's it for now. SoxFan72 Bye!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) Yeah, but how many other teams endured the coaching debacle the Bulls endured over the last 2 years? Maybe the White Sox, but otherwise... There are plenty of bad coaches in the NBA.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 1, 2011 -> 01:11 PM) WHY DIDN'T WE HIRE THIS GUY IN 2008? /RANT. Pretty much any NBA team can say that though. He has been talked about forever, and no one would hire him.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 1, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) I honestly almost have to laugh, the Sox finally draft someone incredibly talented and makes it to the majors, and then they find out that he can't handle slumps. Ugh. Meet Paul Konerko for the first 10 years of his career. (minus the draft part.)

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ May 1, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) Because the teams are hilarious underachievers. I'd happily go to games during a rebuilding effort, since it would be an honest rebuild. I'm not going to pay to watch some sham "contenders" forever and ever. But you would pay to see a AAA team?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2011 -> 10:52 AM) If that is what he thinks, he really must be old, because Einhorn hasn't had any sort of an active role in the team since something like the 80's, maybe early 90's. Just to clear things up... Our manager is Ozzie Guillen, our General Manager is Kenny Williams, our Assistant General Manager is Rick Hahn, and the President of the White Sox is Jerry Reinsdorf. Yes I know it seems strange, but both of those guys who used to be players, now work for the team.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 1, 2011 -> 10:51 AM) Everybody knows Eddie Einhorn runs the show.. lol. I have no idea what he's talking about. If that is what he thinks, he really must be old, because Einhorn hasn't had any sort of an active role in the team since something like the 80's, maybe early 90's.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 1, 2011 -> 10:30 AM) What do you have against goldfish? Dunn was a horrible acquisition. Way too much money. Eddie got himself into a terrible negotiating position. If he had to give up that much money, he should have just walked away. Even if Dunn hits like he did last year or two, given his age, you know his productivity would decline during this four year contract span. Then, we gave up a #1 draft choice to boot.. Dunn is the first aging slugger to lose it overnight. Eddie got outsmarted by Dunn's agent. Eddie? What the heck are you talking about?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 1, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) I don't mind pessimism...it's sheer ignorance that pisses me off. ^

Paul Konerko

Darwin Barney is Cubspeak for Chris Getz.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 1, 2011 -> 04:18 AM) A hell of a lot longer than 1 month. 10 years of history, versus one bad month which included a surgery he was back from in 6 days. I think the choice is clear. Fire Walker.

Damn

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 10:37 PM) Just out of curiosity, how many game threads have been closed before the game actually ends? 1

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 10:15 PM) Bobby Cox would leave the National League and take over the worst team in baseball? You'd have to be someone like Larry Brown (NBA) or Bobby Valentine or Showalter, someone with an ego and hubris bigger than even Ozzie's to think that you could right the ship by your mere presence. Davey Johnson also comes to mind. But there's no way in hell it would be Bobby Cox. Torre? 5% chance at best. It is funny you mention Bobby Cox and Joe Torre. Were they great managers before they took over Atlanta and New York? Look at Torre's pre-Yankees numbers especially.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 09:08 PM) Not just that, but pointless negativity. More like flatout trolling.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 05:51 PM) The shot at the ump is going to get anyone suspended whether its tweeted or spoken. It probably would have been a fine and and a warning had it just been a twitter violation, but Ozzie gets suspended almost annually. If he said that about the umpire after the game he probably would have been gone 2 games anyway. Oney couldn't believe the suspension. He said MLB is full of itself. That's ironic. I can't believe I am going to agree with Oney, but he is right. Maybe Ozzie should have just done crack so that he wouldn't get suspended at all...

But why?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) As long as it's to a warmer climate, my wife and I are ok with that. We're eager to move south. I've been looking in Florida for 3 months now. How about a lot warmer?

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 06:07 PM) No, it wont. Thankfully that's all the insight necessary for your post, because this 20 year number was obviously an arbitrary figure of how YOU feel. Yes, we all realize you don't want to grow old and watch the Sox struggle; I've picked up that vibe for years. But admit that rather than provide a doomsday scenario of what may happen if they decide to take another direction with this team. Listen, there's no set way of winning a championship, but what they're doing right now isn't working. It may be time to try another approach rather than wait for a .700+ winning streak to set us right and give everyone false hope. Deal with it with some dignity, please. I picked 20 years on purpose. The late 80s into the early 90's were horrible years where the teams sucked and no one went to the games. Sox fans are already infamous for being bandwagon fans, and if all of the players got traded off, it isn't a big leap of faith to expect crowds to drop back into Cleveland Indians range because there is a history of it on the southside. Heck people are already swearing off going to games. Can you imagine that minus all of the star players, and a couple of ninety loss seasons later? I have history on my side. YOU have your feelings.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 03:51 PM) Colon's more productive than either one this year. And if he is going to be hitting 95, he will be their second best starter this year.

The meltdown scenario will set this franchise back 20 years.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 30, 2011 -> 04:00 PM) I'm closing this thread because it is stupid. There are enough threads like this already and this one is just jumping the shark. Is it possible to jump the shark from the first post?