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We promised to help build up Albers' free agency bids. Actually, it would be nice to get him another win and let Carlos take that into the offseason...beating the Yankees in NYC with an almost 1:1 ball to strike ratio.

That was crazy 2-3 years ago when the Pirates' fans pretty much destroyed Cueto. Will there be a sequel?

So if I predict a 1-2-3 Robertson save tonight, that also must occur. Need to play the lotto for once.

What are the odds of calling out two players and having them both homer in the same inning? Must be punishment for not following the team as much with all the pressures of a new job and 7 month old.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) We are playing him because he is capable of doing what he did just now 20 times a year. By that theory alone, they should go with Viciedo over Garcia.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 05:41 PM) A lot of money comes off the books after next year. Get a few value signings/trades this offseason (lotto tickets and such), let some of the young guys play, and look to 2017 to compete when guys like Anderson and Fulmer are hopefully ready. Don't expect to be contenders, but if things go well and a few guys rebound or break-out we could have a year like 2008 while not sacrificing any pieces for 2017. Basically the brief and pithy version of Balta's plan. Of course, it will kill season tickets but there's no fixing that at this point anyway...sunk costs. So they will have to be patient. Just not sure how plausible that is.

Couldn't believe Trayce was hitting third when I saw the line-up. Never would have predicted that before this season. Why exactly are we playing Olt and Beckham?

If Rodon pitched for the Cubs, he'd be 3rd-6th. The pedestrian numbers the first half of the year caused a lot of writers to go to sleep on him and they're only just noticing his numbers again now since everyone ignores the White Sox (of course, you make the same arguments for ignoring the Twins and Indians as well).

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) The only two horses*** organizations in the AL Central are the Indians and the White Sox. The Royals have reemerged despite their stupid manager. And at least the lower budget Indians sprung for one of the respected and highly paid managers in the game. They've got young pitching, Kipnis, Brantley, Gomes, Santana and Lindor. I'd say they're a step or two ahead of us, but consistently upended by weak pens like the Tigers.

Like Herman Cain? Ross Perot? Meg Whitman? I also think basically being an anti-CEO like Nader or Warren requires just as much savvy because you have to win at a financial disadvantage and without a massive team of pr and marketing people behind you. If you want to extend CEO to general/admiral, our country has had a lot more success with leaders from that group. And, of course, Abraham Lincoln had many noted failures, was never anything close to a CEO like George Washington as leader of the Continental Army, and led a very solitary/lonely battle with issues of depression.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 11:12 PM) Yet Jimmy Carter mentions God a lot, bless the man! I don't need my President to mention God a ton but I do respect Jimmy's stance. Once these secondary candidates emerge I'll have to examine their positions. I'm still most interested in the 15 minutes of fame candidates: Bernie, Donnie Trump, the Surgeon and Carly. I'll get around to learning about the others. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/opinion/...ol-right-region Opinion piece on Carson.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) greg has found some great sources lately! newsmax, infowars, pamelagellar.com Any relation to Sarah Michelle? Surprised no Elizabeth Warren comments here. Oprah?

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 11:25 AM) It makes more sense if you focus on who is employing who -- Players, managers, coaches, training staff, are all employed by the Major League organization. The GM of the milb team is emplyoed by... the owner of the milb team. The affiliates are (mostly) independent businesses that are contracted by the MLB teams to provide a playing environment for their players. The milb team is a third party. The milb GM doesn't "work for" the MLB affiliate. Yes, except for rare circumstances when the MLB teams themselves owned the affiliates (pretty rare) and used those teams/front offices as training opportunities. Or the Az and Florida facilities that have short season teams. Basically, the main reason, though....was to control the quality of the clubhouse/facilities and especially the playing surface quality. Used to be the case more in the low/er minors, think A ball and below.

The Twins/Plouffe deal would make more sense without Berrios in their system. They will want more of a sure thing than Fulmer...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) So what? Hillary did the same thing in that clip. She wouldn't name fricking anybody after ripping the Republicans. She must go away. I don't think we've ever had a President as outwardly egotistical as Hillary. It's going to be a disaster. Besides Jimmy Carter and maybe Gerald Ford, name just one from history without one of the biggest egos. Maybe Bush, Sr. (Note the fact that none of them are thought to be close to the top tier). Read 1776 by David McCullough. Think Washington was modest? Think again. Bill, Barack and George W.? Huge again. Trump? Out of the stratosphere. Someone will probably use Abraham Lincoln as an example, but he was a once in a lifetime leader that wouldn't see the light of day in today's media climate with the focus on looks and pithy sound bites.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) The Republicans have all these joke candidates who are getting their 15 minutes. First Trump now Florina. Will they even have a nominee by the time this is over? Florina is beyond bad candidate; and Donnie is a caricature/clown. Nobody wants the surgeon. None of those next eight candidates are any good. WOW. Walker was a joke intellectually. Kasich, Rubio and Christie would all do pretty well imo. Finally, you (theoretically) should be happy with Cruz, Huckabee and Santorum as well, as God would be mentioned every day by them. The Clintons and Obamas hardly ever speak about religion, comparatively.

Robertson and Duke make little to no sense for a team far from competing. That said, they were logical at the time...although everyone must have been shocked at overpaying a potentially declining closer for more than three years at those dollar figures.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:29 PM) Actually, they are 12. Forgot the Red Sox were worse last year. Three way tie at 69-77 with AZ yet to finish. So basically somewhere 10-12.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) Where do the Sox sit in the draft at this point? Tied for 10th with AZ. 11th if Arizona loses to SF later.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:17 PM) Tigers just blew it. Bad. BAD! Quietly Perez has twenty homers in an overall disappointing season for him. $7 million over 5 years. Best bargain in baseball. Meanwhile, Cueto the latest example of NL stars looking suddenly human in the AL. Ironic that two main players who fizzled for them this year, Frasor and Alex Rios, both played for the Sox.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) We've got Sale for 2017, 2018, and 2019. No reason why his value will drop in a trade before the end of 2017 unless he gets hurt. I mean, it'll drop but it'll drop to "level someone might pay". But if we're mad at that...then be mad at this clusterf*** of a season. Because we had no patience we blew 2015 for nothing, blew a ton of free agent money, blew our minor league depth, and failed to give lots of development time to our system. Maybe we should take a lesson from that. We won't, of course, and then we'll be having this discussion next year. Even right now, unless they're sure that Saladino isn't the starter...Saladino shouldn't just be completely benched. We have so many guys like Saladino, Garcia, Micah, Avi, Flowers who we have no clue whether they can improve enough to be above average major leaguers. Thompson, same thing. If they really believe Olt's the long-term answer, god help us. Shark staying blocked Johnson for another month...now it's harder to get a full read on both Johnson and Montas.

Team has basically quit again.

Fwiw, McCain in the same situation defended Obama politely and courteously. One almost has to wonder if the N-word was invoked whether Trump would have corrected or just let it stand. Obviously being non-American and a Muslim is tolerated. He demands respect but doesn't have any for the very office he seeks to gain...and has still made zero improvement on his knowledge of foreign affairs. Scary.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 07:59 PM) He's hard to replace unless you find someone better. The Sox never replace with someone better. They look for a former favorite player from the 80s and 90s. Alex Fernandez sounds random enough. Bobby Thigpen, maybe?

Cooper might know what he's doing but it feels a bit like Bob Stoops and OU. Needs a new challenge/spark and change of scenery. Things have gotten stale and a sense of apathy is setting in.