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QUOTE (MindGame2004 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) Great question. The Jerry loyalty clause? McEwing came up from Charlotte, no? I don't have an answer. Why was Parent expendable other than not being able to speak Spanish? They couldn't find another role for him in the organization? Did he want one? All great questions. I liked the Steverson hire when they made it. Based on the results, either he's bad at his job or they don't listen to him. They're not blaming him for the lack of getting on base, so it if isn't his fault, whose is it? If the players are professional and not accountable for their production why do you pay a hitting coach? Again, great question. No idea why he's still here. Whoever becomes manager, you get Don Cooper. I don't have an answer for that either. I know that Jeff Samardzija wasn't great but also wasn't as bad until he started throwing under Cooper. It doesn't really matter who they hire as manager. If he can't bring in his own guys and has to keep Cooper, it matters little. The point is Jerry loves his kids. We know this. The organization needs a serious cleansing from top to bottom. If we're going to live off of one championship that was ten years ago, cool. Bring in people who know what they're doing so we can win more. There are people all over the game that know the information, how to use it and can at least attempt to put the team in position to be good and stay good. We're seeing nothing but business as usual to this point. Look outside of your own circle and actually interview people for these jobs. What it shows you is he wasn't fired because he didn't play for the White Sox. It shows you he isn't coming back because it was convenient to let go of the guy who didn't have a contract for next year. If he had one and McEwing or Steverson didn't, one of those guys would have been launched. I think though, they anticipated a possibility of a needed scapegoat years ago, and had the bench coach's contract expire earlier than the others.

QUOTE (MindGame2004 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) I realize that, but it doesn't mean he was less expendable. Harold Baines got to "step down" and take some bulls*** ambassador role or something, right? Parent? Gone. Theo hiring Jed in the front office is one thing. The whole reason they're there in the first place was due to an ownership change. My saving thought with Alomar is he was more Cleveland than Chicago and played there when they were winning. That supersedes his White Sox tenure. Joe McEwing never played for the White Sox. Todd Steverson never played for the White Sox. Don Cooper never played for the White Sox. Why weren't they fired?

QUOTE (MindGame2004 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 09:19 AM) They have to ask themselves who their assets are. I would say Abreu, Sale, Quintana and Rodon. They have to decide are they closer to a World Series with these guys or will they get closer by trading any of them to get assets in return? Their farm system is weak, let's be honest. Tim Anderson is the prize and is K to BB rate in AA doesn't translate well to the Majors. He's another toolsy athlete they want to transform into a baseball player. We know how that story ends, Sox fans. The only guy I see them moving is Quintana, and that's only because Hahn said a few months ago they will need to trade a position of strength to help in areas of weakness. They have some good, young pitching with friendly contracts. They have no infielders who can hit. Quintana is the odd man out. They won't trade Sale, Abreu or Rodon. Quintana will get you a good return, but he won't reboot your system the way Sale would. Look at what the Cubs got for Garza and what the Phillies got for Hamels. Chris Sale would yield a bounty of young prospects that could get you going again. You need not an ace pitcher when you're losing 90 games a year. They've wasted all Sale has done by being incredibly poor around him. Garza netted the Cubs Justin Grimm, Carl Edwards and Mike Olt. Not exactly earthshattering or franchise changing. He also cost them Chris Archer.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 10:51 AM) That's bulls*** and you know it. Why is it BS? If you assume he will be a bust, trading him makes a ton of sense.

QUOTE (MindGame2004 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) Correct. That's why firing Mark Parent is nothing more than P.R. junk. He was expendable because he never played for the White Sox and doesn't really do anything, including speak Spanish. So hire Sandy Alomar Jr. because he played 265 games with the club. I actually think it is a good move, but the only reason it is happening is because he played for the club. Bottom line. Makes me wonder how Parent got hired in the first place, to be honest. He didn't get fired because he never played for the White Sox. I do agree, it was pretty much a PR move, and a move made because his was the contract that was up. It does seem strange, all the other contracts including Robin's went through next year. I wonder why Parent's did not? Maybe he as the bench coach was identified as the potential scapegoat a couple of years ago. As for Sandy or anyone else, it would seem with a staff that are all entering their final seasons under contract, you would be gambling on either a big season or a promise of getting the job if things didn't go well to take a job. I thought Ibanez, who has been mentioned as a possibility, could be added in Harold's place, but the more I think about it, the less likely it seems to me. This guy would probably also have to be a bench coach candidate. Why would you take an assistant hitting coach position with a lame duck staff if you are a guy who is interviewing for managerial jobs? He probably gets paid pretty well on Fox. Most teams hire guys they are familiar with, and a lot of times it means ex-players. Theo hired Hoyer to be the GM because he worked with him in Boston. The fact is, the Sox know Sandy pretty well, better than probably any team other than the Indians, and maybe the Braves because of John Hart.

If good players go bad when they are on the banner, but some s***ty players on there. Maybe they will become good. Flowers, Avi, maybe even Matt Davidson.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 07:45 AM) This board is going to be ten years of misery. The Cubs are going to win for a long time. They're way ahead of schedule. I think we have heard this before.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) I shot 220, 233 & 234 last night for a 687 series. Kicking myself for missing a few really easy spares. Could've easily had a 700 series had I converted one or two of them. It's my first 600 series of the year though, so I'm happy about that. My average jumped from 180 to 186. I'd like to get it up above 190 at least. Do you have 10 lb. balls?

Cubs are 7-0 vs. the Mets this year. I think the Angels manhandled the Sox during the 2005 regular season.

Hopefully Andrus is able to shake this off, and doesn't let it ruin his career or worse.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) Can someone explain Buehrle's ejection? I just got home. They said he went on the field which is a no no for guys not on the roster.

Blow a 2-0 series lead, the last with 3 consecutive errors. What a choke job. I guess they will be hitting a lot of fungos next spring.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) Speaking of wooing, is Ronnie Woo Woo still around? He lives in a retirement home on LaSalle and Division. I see him around every so often in full Cubs uniform. I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks. He wears a helmet to funerals.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 06:16 PM) It looked like Buehrle was sitting in the background pretty laid back. Might as well have a guy not on the roster ejected during the weirdest inning ever.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 06:00 PM) Lol is this game still in protest or has that gone away with this 4 run bottom half? If Toronto wins it is off, but it would never be upheld anyway.

I hope they don't throw Geddy out.

Throwing s*** on the field is so ridiculous.

Maybe the weirdest inning I have ever seen

That ball was killt

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 05:48 PM) That was my issue...the ump called time. Horrible that he did but defense never had a fair shot. They would have had no chance anyway.

I think he is arguing just for more time for his reliever

That ball was close to foul.

When I first saw it, I thought the bat was out of the box, but it was clearly in. Andrus had an inning like this against the White Sox.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) You would think Hoyer doesn't do anything at all if you listen to the media/Cub fans here. I wonder if you went to a Wrigleyville bar next playoff game and asked everyone in the bar who is Jed Hoyer, how many would actually know.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 03:45 PM) So you want Rick Hahn fired? Noted. Never said that. I just find it odd that there are so many things people would usually consider fire able offenses, and for some reason, the GM is getting a pass, he has nothing to do with it, although when it was thought the team was a contender, it was all him. It will be interesting to see if the Sox make a couple of trades, sign a player or 2, and have a young player actually develop, and they make the playoffs next season, if that will then be all of Rick Hahn's doing. I imagine it will. Although the Sox are set up in the same type of dynamic as the Cubs, although KW doesn't have Theo's title, all the good stuff that happens to the Cubs, no one ever mentions Hoyer. Theo gets praised for everything. I wonder why on the Sox, neither are ignored, but KW is responsible for the bad and RH for the good. It really makes no sense.