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QUOTE (Dunt @ Sep 28, 2016 -> 10:19 PM) If you want an idea how the White Sox FO really feels about the fanbase, read that follow up Nightengale piece. f*** this organization. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2...-hale/91226072/ Apparently, Nightengale had a certain SoxTalk poster ghostwrite the second half of that article. Or his account was hacked. The irony is that even college football programs like LSU and maybe Oklahoma are in the process of firing guys who make MANY multiples of Ventura's $1.5 million salary before the halfway mark in the season. The last five seasons would make a perfect case study/textbook for any business school's "EXACTLY WHAT NOT TO DO IF YOU'RE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS." I suppose if the business side of things is completely irrelevant and you're satisfied with your profit margins and content that thousands were conned/tricked into buying partial season ticket plans in late April/early May only to end up eating most of those tickets...then you should go ahead and throw yourselves a "Mission Accomplished" party. Good job, JR!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 28, 2016 -> 04:41 PM) My version is that JR has created a system where there is no accountability at any level and as a consequence everyone tried to keep things just as they are so that their jobs never are put under pressure. No one in the org is willing to challenge their current formula as fundamentally flawed because they would be the disloyal one if they did so. So everyone just insists they did a good job and there's no problem. If Hahn changes managers then someone did something wrong by hiring and extending him - can't admit that. The one place where this started breaking out was having two players come out and say that this team didn't care about winning, in various ways. They've brought in Haber, Hostetler and Paddy. Basically the only evidence of ANY attempt at changing. That said, keeping KW, Hahn and Buddy Bell in charge of this whole debacle almost begs belief. My first reaction was more along the lines of Thad Bosley, that it was just a "graceful" exit, but the vitriol being expressed at different websites where this story is being carried is worse than I've ever seen it...it feels like the mid to late 80's as a White Sox fan again, when the team was tottering on the abyss of moving to another city. Hahn has said there was going to be a careful analysis of ALL THE REASONS FOR THE MEDIOCRE PLAY, and since none of them are apparently the major league coaching staff, that means we essentially have to trust a front office that can't even see its nose in front of its face to fix the talent mix in the face of the worst free agency class in recent history. Unbelievable. My only joy this off-season again will come from rooting AGAINST the Cubs and rooting for the Rangers/Banister to win the World Series finally...and moments like the Dee Gordon homer off Colon, that any baseball fan can appreciate regardless of their allegiance.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2016 -> 09:23 PM) This is an example of the bias against Trump. This is in a news story on CNN.com not an opinion piece. ... The sentence says: "With no apparent consideration for the political recklessness of his crude comments, Trump once again went after Machado's physical appearance, bringing her up on his own." The writer said the comments were "crude" and says they were politically "reckless." Says who? This is how you can tell the writer of the story favors Hillary over Trump. And don't get me started with the TV folks like Chris Matthews. He basically issued a love letter to Hillary making sure he had the first crack at who won the debate. He screamed that it was a shutout with HIllary hitting five home runs to Trump's none. Cmon Chris. Any Trump supporter could point to five zinger lines Trump had that would look good as soundbites as well as Hillary's. If Hillary won, it was by a very very small margin. The bias amazes me. Name one occasion when a female candidate commented on the attractiveness of male candidates, or heck, her opinion on Brit Hume's appearance? Nobody would crucify them for "hiding behind being female"? If you're alienating 14.5% of voters by attacking a female and Hispanic, and your weakest numbers are coming from women and minorities, how is that not a reckless strategy if you're attempting to make inroads with that group? Even if EVERY male in the US agreed, it would still be a losing line of attack because more and more females are voting than ever before. Female and non-white voters are 62.2% of the electorate...why would he want to continue focusing on this topic?

Therein lies the problem....if a slightly above average veteran like Reddick is way out of their price range (supply and demand imbalance) or comfort zone...that leaves only two choices, high risk players who are subsidized like Sandoval or the likes of Puig, change of scenery types that are rolls of the dice at best. If they pay anything close to the going rate in free agency, their budget will blow up quickly before they come remotely close to a team projected at 85-89 wins.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 27, 2016 -> 10:50 PM) LOL it's just as I predicted. Everybody says Hillary won. All the "legit" cable outlets, newspapers, etc. There's absoultely no proof of her winning. You can spin it any way you want and the media is spinning it as "well prepared Hillary" shuts up mean ol Trump who kept interrupting her of all things! LOL. You ever watch a political TV show? Except for Meghan McCain's show, all they do is scream over each other. And Trump is seen as evil for doing this and Hillary the great shrugged it off and WON!! She is the clear cut winner. No matter there is no proof she won. She in fact was so boring it's hard to comprehend. But she's already been deemed a modern American hero for her epic debate performance vs. the INTERRUPTOR! Give me a fricking break please. And the pundits say how could Trump not attack Hillary on Emails, Benghazi, her husband's infidelities. And if he'd have done that it woulda been WE DO NOT WANT A PRESIDENT that rude! How dare he mention those things! Round Two ... more of the same, then Round Three the heavy knockout punch. The media will beat Trump into submission with the KO after debate three. And in reality ... the debates will all be boring ties. VOTE JESSE VENTURA! 84-86 million Americans were tuning in for fireworks. At any rate, I don't believe anyone in the universe described her as a modern American hero. If anything, she might be the last Baby Boomer to run for the presidency, although theoretically a sixty-year old born in 1960 could run in 2020. Just think the next leader has to be closer to 40 than 70. And, if you care nothing about the details of governing, evidence of preparation or policy knowledge, then I suppose it could be be considered a tie.

That and the fact that Morneau is just as likely to put up a 700 OPS as an 800 at this point in his career. You really need to be at 775-825 to be a plus for your team at the DH position...unless he could play 1B 4-5 times per week at a higher level defensively than Abreu, you're only going to get a 10-15% improvement on Avisail Garcia's potential production. That's a certain recipe for another .500ish team. If the primary goal is to save money/increase profitability, sure, makes sense I guess.

Somehow, Avila has an OPS 5 points higher than Morneau. Not sure if that argues more for Avila's OBP/viability as a starting catcher next year or that Morneau has been a bit overrated and isn't the automatic re-sign that some have been projecting (obviously his cost will increase, too).

Trump at least is actively making attempts to speak to the African-American community, but not sure he's really listening. What has he proposed that 50%+ of African Americans would support? When you constantly assail foreigners, women, Chinese, the Latin-American community, are blacks thinking "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" (whites often look at minorities as competing with each other rather than relatively unified in the struggle for a better life/standard of living, especially black vs. Hispanic)...? That Trump has empathy and really cares about fixing a problem dating back to Jamestown and Plymouth Rock? And if Alicia Machado is fat (maybe he missed her Maxim shoots a decade later) and Miss Housekeeping, why did he marry two foreigners from Eastern Europe (Ivana/Melania) if he believes immigration is so terrible? At some point, he might realize 99% of Americans originally came from other parts of the world. He even kept that "un-American" name for his favorite, Ivanka.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 27, 2016 -> 02:43 AM) Why is someone who dislikes Hillary watching he MSNBC post game? Gleaning evidence of media bias...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 26, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) The only player of this stature I can think of is Roberto Clemente, but he was much older. Thurmon Munson could also fit into that description Yes, Clemente was 37-38 and had just gotten exactly his 3000th hit against Jon Matlack nearing the end of the 1972 season. But he nearly dominated the 1971 World Series against the Orioles.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bas...g_their_careers Read this link last night... Had no idea that Jeremi Gonzalez (hit by lightning) and Andujar Cedeno had passed...guess I was travelling then. Gonzalez actually gave up Pods' first post-season bomb in that 15-2 playoff game against Boston in 2005. The one that really got me was the Edmead story, that might be the most gruesome baseball death in history, albeit on the minor league (Carolina League) level. Ptac would be aghast.

It's even more chilling when you consider the history of Cubans with desperate boat escapes from the island and the fact that he had to jump in and save his mom from drowning when he was 15....definitely went through more than most others experience in a lifetime the past ten years or so.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1763254...oating-accident

Definitely the most famous MLB player to die in the prime of his career in decades (Thurman Munson and Clemente)...complete shocker, especially considering fighting to come back even better after the TJ surgery. That organization is probably going to end up in another rebuild and dumping Stanton now. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/comm...e104071446.html From the picture, it's difficult to say if they crashed into the jetty or the boat just ended up resting against it due to the waves/tide. Seems like there were enough lights in the area to mark it.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/articl...hen-9283191.php Here we go again...suspect immigrated from Turkey, permanent legal resident and had already been arrested once fir assault.

So Maddux, Fergie Jenkins, Lee Smith, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Sandberg, etc., aren't on the team? Huh?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 24, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) Lots of people agree with Greg. I'll turn on the TV and be amazed when I hear my own viewpoints. I always think, "And those Sox talk people think I'm a troll!" I Am Not A Troll. I Am a Human Being!" from one of my favorite movies. Well, about 40% of America thinks Trump is getting screwed by the media and the other 60% can't comprehend how he can get away with having no policies, no nuanced viewpoints on foreign policy or the ability to consistently maintain any position whatsoever (see Matt Lauer interview). Trump lies...well, that's just Trump being Trump. Hillary, on the other hand, is a criminal/nearing impeachment/"lock her up."

That might be his best pitching job of the season so far to only give up one run...but it has been a rough September for Sale and Q. Not coincidentally, struggling with divisional opponents again. And late stop sign at 3b helped as well. Will be lucky to go 5-6 innings tonight with that pitch count.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeb-b...ng-502144?rx=us Trump either lied to the Republican Party or deliberately perjured himself in debate confrontation with Bush.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-hunt-gunm...-080753761.html Five dead...and from that video, you can't be 100% sure he's Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Greek, etc. The fact that it was mostly females who died, wouldn't rule out some sort of anti-feminist motivation, at least yet.

LaRussa might have his HoF card removed managing the Sox to a losing record, combined with his borderline Clevengerish social comments, PEDs denialism and terrible tenure as a front office exec in AZ.

I'm about ready to start cheering for Trump so as NOT to have to hear complaints from Greg, Drunk Bomber and Rabbit for the next 4-8 years. Then, whenever there's a problem anywhere in the US and world, we can say "told you so" just like so many Americans the last eight years have conveniently blamed Obama and never given him credit for anything. Trump can then be the reason why the American Dream is dead, Millennials suck and those US factory jobs are only returning for the highest skilled/educated/trained, not the 75-85% who are still underqualified and haven't been able to upgrade their skills. Plus Hillary will probably push the estate tax threshold down to $1.125 million from its current $5.45 million...one thing you can guarantee Trump will never do.

https://mobile.twitter.com/CharlieDaniels/s...src=twsrc%5Etfw Greg, are you getting your talking points from Charlie Daniels these days?

Had two strikes on Orlando when the lead was 4-2 and a strike away from the win...Hosmer with another GW RBI on a three run homer. Combined with the O's coming back from the dead last night, and Giles blowing a huge lead, the AL race has gotten incredibly interesting all of a sudden.

Uh-oh...