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Billy Botch as closer?

Please keep in mind that the NRA are citizens that collectively lobby for what they believe in through their national organization. I respect that as well as Churches, environmental groups, PTAs, etc.

So many of those transactions are routine. It is only when s*** hits the fan that they look obvious.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 06:55 AM) http://www.southsidesox.com/2016/6/17/1196...-of-fame-plaque Jose Quintana's future HOF plaque. This is one of the five funniest things I've seen all year, at least White Sox-related. Great job!!! That is so not funny I always tend to reflect on this when I think about a pitcher's won-lose record. I believe it was last season that Buehrle was given 6+ runs over 9 innings. He always seemed to get great run support. I can't believe it is always the players. I believe some is the pitcher. But this is probably one of those the pitcher can only help and probably not hurt situation.

I can respect that.

There will be a steady trickle of stuff. The ISIS stuff seems like crap, just a poser trying to be a part of something bigger.

Aren't catchers about the slowest to develop? If he stays behind the plate we might not see him until the next decade.

I'm finally getting a chance to read all the coverage. Awesome stuff.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 09:20 AM) It turns out tee times are very hard to come by on father's Day morning, go figure. The courses I use for my golf team all have Father's Day specials. They packages rounds with food and stuff. Trying to maximize the tickets coming through.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 01:13 PM) After seeing this fan base for decades, the narrative changes almost annually. So yes, I have seen tons of excuses. It is kind of amazing that the team isn't in Florida. And the Cubs would become the biggest draw in baseball.

Flashing not going perfect between headwall and roof. Stopped to help my neighbor / plumber install a new water heater. That is not fitting. A 2016 water heater doesn't easily fit into a 1996 closet. Current challenge is fitting the expansion tank. update Not bad. The new water heater is installed. The next thing will be to see if American Home Shield honors what they told me on the phone. My home warranty should cover most of the cost. I elected to not use their plumber, choosing my neighbor (Licensed, Insured) instead. I'm sending in the invoice for reimbursement.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 17, 2016 -> 02:23 PM) Supposed to be whoever started the game before if they won. Which is silly, but whatever. Not like we are superstitious or anything

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 12:22 PM) First sentence was sarcastic based off his post

Sandy Alomar Jr.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 12:02 PM) Yeah, I am sure every player that comes to this team doesn't want to look at scouting reports. They are paid to play baseball, the GM and managers should make it a mandatory thing. If you don't want to scout your opponent you won't have success and won't have a good career. Bad career=no money. I'm not certain if you meant that sarcastically. I think most of the players want to and they all will.

Ironically the night before the wedding we played cards and ordered a pizza. (again)

We have to be prepared if Canada invades us again.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 10:14 AM) They have less than half. If you actually look at it like that, the White Sox have a smaller fan base than most of the AL Central. And not all fans are created equally. My hunch has been for a long time that both teams are about equal in the number of knowledgeable baseball fans. The Cubs kick our ass in the casual fan who enjoys going to a game now and then and may watch a little on TV.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jun 17, 2016 -> 04:13 PM) I used to play pickup with a guy who was around 6'9", and he ran with his arms tucked to his sides and his hands up near his armpits. We called him T-Rex. This guys fingers would point down. I can still see it.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 12:12 AM) I desperately want the Sox to rebuild from the ground up, but there's really no point to it as the Sox can't scout and develop young talent anyway. This franchise is a wreck. Perhaps they are. Keep all the draft picks from this year and the next five drafts and hope enough develop to compete. Dump all the valuable players today and add even more 20 year olds. Then maybe, in 2022 they will be in position to win. I read some but not all of the draft coverage at Futuresox and it seems as if the Sox did as well as anybody in the draft. Baseball drafts more players than a third world army and a few turn up in the show in five years. The draft just seems like the biggest gamble in terms of building a team. I've spent a lifetime of watching can't miss draft picks miss and miss. And not just in the Sox system.

. . . last year's version of a couple guys . . .

We would also have to consider all the factors in being a rookie, then see how many apply by switching leagues. Mostly new stadiums and cities to visit. Different groupies, different bars

I really wish we could have a daily poll on the subject. What is Robin's current approval rating. Perhaps by the hour during games.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 06:01 AM) When you run a baseball team like a small market team in a major market like Chicago, expect some backlash from the fans when the team sucks for decades at a time. They have half of a large market. Name a better ownership group in Chicago in the past 100 years? And that may be more a comment on the quality of ownership groups in Chicago sports than a comment on the quality of the current Sox owners but you understand my point.

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Jun 18, 2016 -> 08:19 AM) We're doing Sox game then Connie's afterwards. I'm having my dad and her dad so uh, no thanks to the strippers. When my best man gets into town we're doing kind of a second smaller bachelor party with just a few of us from high school who haven't hung out in a long time. We're going to do a barcade crawl in the city. I thought Connie was a stripper We basically did the same thing. Having two parties worked out really well. THe night before shouldn't be too crazy. A buddy had his future brother in law so hung over he almost couldn't walk down the aisle. That is not how you want to remember your wedding day. Congrats on the wedding. We should start a "wedding thread" and cover it live like our game threads lol