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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 07:26 AM) Caulfield is trading Baez and Soler straight up for Sale, they will be fine Where did I say that? Jesus. I said Schwarber, Baez and Soler. Just to pacify you, it was amended to Russell, Schwarber and Baez/Soler. As soon as we ask for Russell instead, that will be the end of the discussion. And yet quite a few want to trade for 3-4 completely unproven minor leaguers from the Red Sox system that they've never even seen play...and Moncada isn't even one of them.

Why is it that we have so many players that are either uncoachable or have been ruined by Parent? KW used to perform due diligence on a player and his background before adding him to the roster. Doesn't matter, how many times has Bernstein been right so early or actually broken a Sox story first?

Unless the White Sox are that disappointed in him...which should make us question their talent judgment even more. Well, nothing should be surprising. We'll probably trade him for Schwarber.

It's almost to the point where you dare not start Cueto on the road in the post-season. If he pitches Saturday and the Royals somehow win, he wouldn't go Wed on three day's rest. That would put him in Game 3 in NY....which is a difficult place for KC to be in if they were down 0-2 and had Cueto on the mound after what happened in Pitt and Tor. Plus the cold weather. Every KC fan will pray for a Game 6 clincher...so that Volquez and Cueto can start in KC. Although if Ventura looks great for once this postseason tmrw, they could start him on regular rest in Game 2. But then you'd have Cueto starting on the road with way too much time off in between starts. Things have suddenly gotten quite scary for KC. Cueto will go back to the NL....anything over $22-22.5 million per year after this latest travesty would shock me, since eliminating the AL option will wipe out half his potential bidders and artificially limit demand, at least somewhat.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-051931204.html Cubs end their season on a classy note...of course, it wouldn't have gotten a mention had the White Sox done the exact same thing

Abruptly, Game 6 on Friday at Kauffman Stadium looms about as large for the Royals as the Blue Jays, even with Kansas City holding a 3-2 lead in the series. Think not? Then ponder the chants of Toronto fans as they left: “We want Cueto,” they yelled, referring, of course, to volatile Royals starter Johnny Cueto, the presumptive Game 7 starter should that game prove necessary. There’s no way to know if it will come to that distressing proposition for the Royals, who by now must be as wearied by as worried about their supposed rent-an-ace. His unreliable performances now have been attributed to everything from Sal Perez’s glove placement to the mound height at Rogers Centre to the possibility signs were being stolen via hotel rooms in center field. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy They brought in Herrera pretty quickly. The problem was all that at-bats that inning were SUPER close to being outs but the strike zone tightened. Volquez was throwing 98 MPH at the beginning of the game. And had pitched great coming into that 6th inning. I think this is too much post-game nitpicking. But it's amazing that Royals' fans have already increased their expectations to the point where just getting to the World Series again is a disappointment. White Sox fans have become conditioned to expect not to even get to .500 and be satisfied enough not to complain too much.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:14 PM) Yes but I'm surprised you guys really don't care about the fact this is a small town and at 1 a.m. on a side street nobody is out on the roads and there's no danger of me going slowly thru the stop sign. Also the fact it was the last day of the month and that's kinda fishy needing to raise money for the city. The old rumor that more tickets are issued at the end of the month. I bet in big cities you pull over a guy at 1 a.m. for rolling a stop sign ... I bet a lot of people smart off to the cops and get maced. I could picture some New Yawkers and Chicago South Siders smarting off to cops for actually ticketing them for such a ridiculous violation. Just my take. The teens, 20 and 30 somethings in the northern part of the city, maybe the NW Suburbs, I'm willing to make a large bet that they're the ones more frequently mouthing off to the cops. South Siders aren't stupid enough after seeing everything in Chicago from the 60's through the early to mid 90's to needlessly engage in a confrontation. You take your chances on the mood of the officer. One time I was stopped for speeding in Oklahoma City (with an Iowa plate) because I was on my way to my grandfather's funeral...and the police officer noticed I had very short "buzzcut" hair and asked if I was in the military. To which I didn't respond directly, I simply said I was unfamiliar with the streets/speed zones and on the way to a funeral. I didn't say "No, sir!" Maybe I allowed him to believe (his own preconceived notion or perception) that I was or had been in the military, but I didn't lie, either. I guess in my mind I thought if I was honest/truthful about never having served, I would get popped for a ticket, so I tried to change the subject. 50/50, every one of these situations can always go either way. For all you know, a pedestrian or motorcyclist or a family friend of the cop could have been involved in an accident that involved a motorist not stopping 100% at a stop sign. Maybe someone almost came to a , didn't, and then it caused another driver to hesitate going through and then that car got hit from behind. You just have no way of knowing. Maybe it's his pet peeve or personal crusade, like DUI arrests/checkpoints.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:22 PM) July 31, the Mets were 53-50. They added Cespedes and took off. Toronto was 53-51. They added Price & Tulo. Texas was 50-52. They added Hamels. The Sox were 49-52. They did not add, but it's not inconceivable that Sale would remain dominant, Q would run into some luck and get some wins, and Shark would have a strong second half. If LaRoche, Melky and a few others play to their lifetime averages (which means getting hot for a few months), the Sox aren't as far out of it as they ended up. Going forward, you have to hope Rodon continues to improve, and maybe Fulmer shows up and is as good as 2015 Rodon. That would put the Sox staff on par with the Mets. If they can add a few dynamic bats, who knows, maybe the Sox make a run next year. Baseball, like football and hockey, seems to be about getting hot toward the end of the season and making a playoff run. Other than David Wright (who wasn't a huge factor this season) and Cespedes, you don't have a lot of All-Star talent on that offense. It's a bit similar to the Giants' strategy the past 5-7 years. You have to have ENOUGH offense, though, like the 2005 White Sox. Not even Top Half of the AL, but certainly not bottom quartile. It's worth noting they (the White Sox) could have added the likes of Cespedes, Uribe, Kelly Johnson and Murphy had they actually had the will to compete in the second half, but it would have required trading valuable minor league pieces. It's not like Granderson, Duda, D'Arnaud, Lagares, Flores/Tejada, Cuddyer, etc., are world beaters, but they're solid and most of those guys are at least decent defenders, with the exception of Murphy. Cespedes with his arm is average or a bit above... Looking through their roster, at Plawecki, Eric Campbell, Lagares...they were pretty brutal offensively, but that's a minority of the roster. Most importantly, the Mets had both depth and the ability to make trades to supplement their holes. The White Sox had only two 100+ OPS+ guys among their regulars in Eaton and Abreu. 157 Cespedes 132 Duda and Conforto (platoon guy) 129 Granderson 128 Wright and D'Arnaud 113 BAMiel Murphy 102 Juan Uribe 99 Kelly Johnson 95 Flores/Cuddyer 94 Tejada That's EIGHT over 100 and FOUR more within the margin of error of being positive offensive contributors. Even Nieuwenhuis was at 90, so 13 competent offensive threats during the course of the year.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 09:44 PM) http://www.theonion.com/article/steve-bart...ubs-curse-51655 Idiotic. There was just an article the other day in the Trib or Sun-Times where the writer basically apologized to Bartman for piling on with the rest of the crowd....and then mentioned how through the lawyer they wouldn't confirm or deny he'd been back to any Cubs' games at Wrigley since then, only that he has followed some of the stories from afar about the various curses and found some of the articles funny or amusing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 09:33 PM) I think Daniel Murphy might have as many RBIs as the Cubs in this series. The Bryant homer pushed the Cubs up by two over Murphy (I think) in that category.

Marc Carig@MarcCarig Lol Mets wiki page already has pennant for 15

Chicago Cubs@Cubs #Loyalty https://t.co/Xu24UY0kRQ

2. One thing is for sure....the Cubs and, if the Royals blow a 3-1 series lead and choke away two more at home...you're going to have two highly-motivated teams coming into 2016 with something to prove to all their opponents. michaelgbaron Michael Baron@michaelgbaron This was just a dominant performance by the #Mets in the NLCS. Totally owned the #Cubs . Remarkable work. So emotional right now.

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Jesse Rogers@ESPNChiCubs 3 outs from 108. Unless a miracle here. Poor guy.

Now, for the next five months....we can debate how the fact that Maddon didn't lead the Cubs to the World Series somehow proves he wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever in the White Sox clubhouse. Murphy and Mets' pitching talent >>> Maddon ETC.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) So, can anyone think of new excuses from the cub fans and media that have not been mentioned yet? Schwarber- accidentally wore his jockey's backwards Bryant- wore his girlfriends panties, by mistake of course Soler- tried to reverse the curse by purposely wearing Bartman's headphones Hammel- wore a pre-game bra on his head because it worked in some movie he'd seen Lester- the chemicals in the hair treatments from his hair club for men membership f***ed with his brain Rizzo- its because Frank is his brother LA Stella- kept hearing Elaine Benes' voice saying " Stella " over and over Have I missed any? No mention of either Maddon or metaphysical magic/spells/incantations. Duda was 3-for-24 in the #Postseason . He has 3 hits tonight, all of which are XBH. #Mets

The World Series doesn't start until next Tuesday, right? No matter what happens with Games 6 and possible 7 in KC...so that's basically a full week of rest for the Mets. And time for everyone to freeze to death playing early November games in NYC.

Cubs just tied the Mets' number of runs scored with their own number of hits in the series. Michael Baron@michaelgbaron sure RT @s_kuchi: @michaelgbaron can we refer to Daniel Murphy as BAMiel Murphy from now on?

Mets WFAN@MetsWFAN Bryant 2-run homer. Now 8-3 Mets in 8th. #MinorInconvenience

How empty is Wrigley now?

At this point I would not be surprised to see Murphy leave Chicago in a flying DeLorean. Mets' runs in the series=21 Cubs' hits=19 Talk about sheer and utter domination. 2008 and 2009 were only 3 game series. Daniel Murphy has six runs and six RBI in the NLCS. The #Cubs have six runs and six RBI in the NLCS. #postseason

Murphy has managed to completely steal the spotlight and hog it all for himself...along with that young Mets' pitching staff. Maddon, Bryant, Arrieta, Schwarber, Lester pretty much have ceased to exist at this point.

Surprised we haven't seen Austin Jackson's name mentioned more with the White Sox. Decent bounceback candidate....guess it depends on one's confidence in Garcia/Thompson and Melky in LF/LaRoche at DH. Would definitely improve the defense overall a ton if we could figure out a way to get Garcia off one of the corners. Of course, Thompson COULD do that, but I would bet on Austin Jackson playing CF with Eaton in RF or LF over Thompson making it as a regular player. Fowler, Pearce and Parra are some other options. We'll see.

Why did we trade Addison Reed again, haha...? At least he's doing something productive for White Sox fans to partially make up for the end of 2012 and Matt Davidson.