caulfield12

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 09:27 AM) Lol how does that analogy apply to our managerial situation at all? How does this poll apply? Seriously, Ventura's here as long as he wants to be. Especially if they trade Alexei Ramirez, Beckham, Viciedo, etc. That gives him through the 2016 season, at a bare minimum, because you're not realistically expecting to compete anymore in 2015 simply because the free agents out there don't really fill our needs (Sandoval, Headley) or they will be prohibitively expensive (Hanley Ramirez, Scherzer, Lester, Shields, etc.) and the hitting prospects we have at AA or AAA aren't expected to be All-Star caliber players. You essentially only have one significant trade chip in Alexei Ramirez. The rest of the changes are going to come from spending in free agency, and that's not the White Sox style. Unless they hit a home run on every single "minor" trade like Beckham, Viciedo, DeAza, Dunn, Putnam, Belisario, etc., it's too big of a hill to climb. They can't move John Danks. The reality of the situation is that Hahn has to get a bounty from a Ramirez trade and pray to god that Rodon's a stud instead of another Andruw Miller.

The Grand Budapest Hotel...loved Fiennes in this role of the good guy for once, as well as Lobby Boy (debut performance) Snowpiercer....Korean-directed dystopian futuristic film starring Chris Evans before he became super-popular for Captain America, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Allison Pill and John Hurt. Quite interesting premise...enjoying it so far.

The Grand Budapest Hotel...loved Fiennes in this role of the good guy for once, as well as Lobby Boy (debut performance) Snowpiercer....Korean-directed dystopian futuristic film starring Chris Evans before he became super-popular for Captain America, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Allison Pill and John Hurt. Quite interesting premise...enjoying it so far.

Let's say you have a fiance and you're unsure about her....wavering back and forth. You have two hypothetical choices. You either marry her today or you never see her again for the rest of your life. If you can't imagine your future without her, then the choice is clear. I think nearly everyone wants to see what this White Sox team looks like in 3 years with Hahn given a free reign to make decisions as he sees fit. On the other hand, I don't think more than a few would be overly upset if Robin Ventura wasn't around to manage that 2017 team. Granted, we've seen 1 more season of Ventura as manager than Hahn as GM, but we should be very familiar with him from all the time he was the most highly-paid Assistant GM in all of baseball.

It also prevents him from participating in any activity at the club level with Liverpool until mid-October, but he can be sold during the current transfer window. In addition to the bans, he has been fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($82,190).

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 08:29 AM) Well Uruguay is gone next round. That was going to be an interesting "local" match with Colombia...they could still pull it off, but the odds are stacked against them now, and Colombia's been playing well despite not having their best player.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 08:35 AM) Since at least one league (MLS) runs during the summer, I would think the 4 months starts today. That wouldn't make any sense. Surely, Liverpool's management wants to have the discipline imposed from outside so they don't have to do it themselves. Or he's not currently under contract to them?

We better trade Beckham soon before he ends up down in the 240's like Viciedo and with a sub 700 OPS.

Would ANYONE fire Hahn and keep Ventura instead (in one of those hypothetical situations where you have no choice but to lose one or the other)? I bet those in favor of that would be comprised of....well, who exactly would take that position?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 07:45 AM) What bar? It's a rebuild. The problem is that Semien, Erik Johnson and Webb have all fallen on their faces so far. Davidson's sporting a 650ish OPS at Charlotte. Garcia's injured. That leaves Abreu, Eaton and Conor Gillaspie as the lone positives (and Noesi, maybe). Obviously, Abreu's a huge piece, and Rodon should be as well, so they're still stuck in a bit of a quandary, because by trading/dumping Ramirez, Beckham, Viciedo/DeAza and Dunn, you're talking about replacing 4 starters already, and Flowers/Nieto would be 5. Nobody's going to cry over losing most of those guys, but there's just no way they'll replace Alexei adequately with what we already have in our system...maybe one of Sanchez/Semien is adequate or a replacement level player, but I'm not even counting on that at the moment. But do you honestly think they can afford to wait around on Tim Anderson, Courtney Hawkins and Montas? Why would Hahn hint at putting Rodon in the rotation as soon as next year if they're targeting 2017 and 2018?

Loved Ventura's interview..."It's not as sloppy as last year (defense and baserunning)." The bar has fallen pretty low. I get it, keep Sale and Abreu healthy, Eaton progresses, Quintana continues to battle, Conor continues to play well or Davidson pulls out of his tailspin...maybe Semien, Erik Johnson and Webb look better in the 2nd half, etc. At least Hahn's not going to play around and hold our roster spots hostage for the Keppingers and Downses forever. That's a good thing for the club to keep them on their toes and not becoming complacent.

https://twitter.com/ussoccer/status/4819274...8313088/photo/1 Here's your excuse to take off the workday from Coach Klinsmann...pretty good stuff, hope there's not a letdown with all the excitement for US Men's soccer...probably the most excitement since 20 years ago.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 11:11 PM) I recall a lot of people liked the signing. He sucked. Oh well. Enjoy retirement. He had an ERA barely over 2 for the last eight years combined. One thing Hahn has figured out now are the dangers of a veteran one year too late instead of one year too early...Keppinger, Downs, DeAza, etc. Konerko, well that's a whole different situation because of JR. They better do a bobblehead/White Sox Hall of Fame thing for him and make absolutely sure it's well-attended like the one for Omar Vizquel in Cleveland last weekend.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 10:22 PM) Should Webb be converted to being a starter? Maybe he'd get in rhythm. He can't be a reliever walking everybody in sight then throwing meat. Petricka is the more likely candidate. He has three pitches, more of a starter's repertoire. Webb has 1 1/2, and he's lacking life on his fastball, in the tune of 3-5 MPH. He's destined to become another version of Nick Masset at the rate he's going.

PERFECT ENDING. Goodbye, Daniel Webb. Hello, sell-off time. Hopefully they think about their futures on that flight to Toronto...and whether they really want to be members of the Chicago White Sox in 2015.

If the umpire saw that contact occur, shouldn't the runner automatically be out for interference? SIGH.

Time to send Webb down and help him rebuild his confidence and work on his control.

The misery continues. Will walk the next man to load the bases. Adam Eaton temporarily saved the game by cutting that ball off. Lough almost ended up getting thrown out when he stumbled through the stop sign.

Webb, not a name that brings to mind images of command and control. (Next time we have a closer emerge, I hope he comes from out of nowhere and isn't overhyped the preceding year so we can be pleasantly surprised. What happened to the Webb with the supposed 96-98 MPH fastball?) Flowers, 16/51 throwing out runners. Respectable.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 10:03 PM) We got the best DH ever tho Konerko/L.Garcia? Beckham 11/53 with RISP....635 OPS (pretty much his career norms) with RISP. Will be even lower after tonight, as he's left even more runners on base.

Of course, you have to walk Abreu here.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 09:59 PM) Eaton is a beast He has been on a tear to get his numbers back up to respectability. Blowasavio warming up. KIDDING. Not yet. Oops, edit, he is now throwing, Ronald and Webb. I honestly don't know which is scarier. Bad Beckham is now officially back. 0 for 6.

It's officially lunch time here in China. 12 p.m.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 08:53 PM) it is indeed 13 -- fourth highest total in the International League. The only guys he trails are career minor leaguers -- Dan Johnson (16), Ruben Gotay (14) and Mike Hessman (14). So maybe there is hope. A little. Ruben Gotay, really? Former Royals' journeyman infielder. That's crazier than Wilson Betemit's 8 homers in spring training.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 09:48 PM) Flowers got the hanger, but under it How long before they have to acquire a journeyman catcher and end the suffering for Flowers? They can't go to Phegley or Kevan Smith. Smith would be interesting, but overmatched. Great defense in this game...it will be a shame if it was all for nothing in the end.