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Way to go, Jose. Glad that he's still fighting to the end. Resilience is the hallmark of strong character.

Honestly, it's to the point where the only way things MIGHT change would be if members of Congress lost their own children in one of these situations. Scarily, I think some would be even end more resolute, and obviously the Giffords and Sandy Hook situations didn't bring about any changes. You hear those statistics bandied about, something like only three members of the House and Senate had children fighting in the first two Gulf Wars...it brings one back to the conclusion if more mothers were in leadership positions, logic follows that there would be both fewer wars and fewer guns/less violence since that would suddenly become more of a priority.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 05:19 PM) Alpha dog wants our prisons to be even more crowded that's rich Better yet, private, for-profit prisons with even higher recidivism rates. Yet the number of African-American, Indian-American and Hispanic-American (the three groups most likely to be incarcerated based on general US pop vs. prison population proportionately) mass shooters remains incredibly low, compared to Asians and whites.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) Registration always does because it has always led to confiscation. Even here in the few places it exists, you get anti groups trying to make that list public. In California they are using that list to go round up guns from people they believe may or may not be able to have them anymore. (Not that I think it is a bad thing they are taking guns from people who shouldn't have them, but there is an open door). The GUN isn't the problem. It is a tool. Yes, that sounds like a bumper sticker but it is true. Most of these mass shooters are pretty f***ed in the head. Maybe they need some help? Put away somewhere? But that would probably be violating their rights somehow, as we can't do anything to them until they crack. How about enforcing existing gun laws? You know they have this nice little form you have to fill out to get a gun that goes to the feds. It is supposed to be a felony to lie on the form. Background checks stopped like 200,000 people last year from getting a gun for lying on that form. There weren't 200,000 prosecutions for that, not even 2000. Your average street thug probably has an arrest sheet longer then their arm. Why the hell are they back on the street? So you have f***ed up mental health in this country, screwed up prison system and judicial system that lets far too many violet criminals back on the steet or lets them go altogether and a lack of enforcement on current laws that all conspire to have this mess we have today. But then when you do have a gun group that tries to do good, like use a federal grant to give out free gun locks to poor people who don't have them, you have anti gun groups opposing that, because "guns, bad'. You have the NRA's Eddie Eagle program tp teach kids what to do and not to do when they find a gun, but god forbid the eeeevil NRA teach kids about safety, because 'guns, bad!'. Short answer is there is no solution short of banning guns, which won't happen and would only make things worse. Everything else just screws with people who legally own their guns and are not a threat to anyone, unless threatened. Let's see what details emerge after a few weeks, since everything we get now is bulls*** tainted by the views of whoever is reporting it. Then lets see what previously proposed thing would have stopped him. That last shooter, he passed a background check. But his mental health things weren't on his record because someone somewhere decided that it was none of our business that he may have been crazy. So banning guns would be worse because....people would just substitute knives and bombs? I'm almost to the point of agreeing with Greg again, that if the media didn't report for days and days about the shooters and their psychological issues, some of the motivation consequently be would be removed. One of the first social media quotes to come out was about the shooter's feelings of insignificance. "This is the only time I'll be in the news." According to the Oregonian newspaper, the shooter reportedly "asked people to state their religion" before opening fire. Of course, going back at least to John Hinckley almost 35 years ago...you have that same driving force (desire for fame) present in many of these shootings.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 04:47 PM) http://pjmedia.com/tatlehttp://www.soxtalk...-joining-jihad/ So what's your suggested remedy? Internment camps like for Japanese-Americans during World War 2? What about all those who become outstanding citizens and join the US armed forces or make outstanding contributions in other ways? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013...t-together.html

Wills had a way of seeming more like one of the fans (exasperated, for example) than just an arrogant/stubborn corporate lackey who you just knew with 98% predictability how combative he would be based upon the results of the game. In some ways, I think he's kind of given into the negativity a bit more this season, but, to use a Gregism, he never came across as the kind of guy you would enjoy a round or two of Miller Lites with...he never was able to find that middle ground where he was both standing with/sympathizing with the fans AND organization at the same time.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 04:18 AM) i really don't know what the problem is or the answer. i will go back to what i stated earlier. not my rant on the owner and not getting enuf players nor the profit and lost. the one problem that i keep coming back to is this. many thought that the sox did enuf changes to be in better shape, including me. the owners and FO thought the same and to be honest most was in a giddy mood b/c it. dang, even at the trade deadline, the sox rolled out a series of wins. now this is a rhetorical question, what happen to cause most of the team to fail, to go into a prolong slump?? could anything have been done from management side to change the momentum?? We'll never know if they only make cosmetic changes to the scouting department and especially the coaching staff.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 11:29 PM) Hawk convinced me a year ago Micah was gonna be a superstar. Now he's just a blah prospect. What happened? I was hoping he was the next Ray Durham. He never had that type of pop and overall offensive ability.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 11:59 PM) Found this at another location and wanted to share it. This will be the 7th year in a row the White Sox have missed the postseason. Out of the 122 professional franchises in the 4 major North American sports, here are the only teams that now have longer postseason droughts than the White Sox: 1.) Buffalo Bills, 15 years 2.) Seattle Mariners, 14 years 3.) Oakland Raiders, 12 years 4.) Cleveland Browns, 12 years 5.) Miami Marlins, 12 years 6.) Minnesota Timberwolves, 11 years 7.) St. Louis Rams, 10 years 8.) Edmonton Oilers, 9 years 9.) Sacramento Kings, 9 years 10.) San Diego Padres, 9 years 11.) Houston Astros*, 9 years (still alive this year.) Solid company. And as yet another poster pointed out a lot of the teams on this list play in smaller markets than Chicago. The 3rd largest market in the U.S. This franchise is in as bad of a shape as the late 60's / mid 70's. Obviously that's not good. Mark So essentially the bottom 9%, which is exactly where our attendance sits as well. No Sox fan will give them a break when posed with the defense..."but they spend in the 12-18 range on payroll" argument when so many of those resources have been incorrectly allocated. Followed up by the "well, a majority of fans were in favor when the moves were made OR they seemed logical at the time" because results and progress are the only thing that matter. You could buy until this season that the plan was on track...but we're much closer to the bottom of the division/AL than we were when the season began. One would also note the managerial and/or GM changes from the other three MLB teams on the list. Besides the Raiders, those are all small or mid-market teams.

From throwing way too many cutters... Hahn set the MLB record for worst trade deadline performance. Not dealing Shark. Keeping Robertson pointlessly when that money should have been invested into a starting position player. Not getting anything for Albers, Putnam, Petricka, Duke, etc.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) Blown away by how good Lindor and Sano look And that's with Buxton and Berrios waiting in the wings...say what you want about Ryan not making the huge trade or pulling the trigger big name free agents (98% on the Pohlads), but he definitely knows how to run a farm system and develop players.

Flowers just won himself a 2016 contract tonight.

The only real drama left is the Angels and Astros. Anaheim has managed to implode late tonight (7 total unearned runs) against a pretty bad A's team. Correa really deserves it, and it's def hard not to pull for the underdogs. The Angels are about as boring as the White Sox once you get past Trout.

Royals desperately need to win in order to keep home field advantage shot alive against Jays.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) Avi should spend all next year in the minors completely renovating his swing That would be quite ironic if Avi Garcia, Beckham and Viciedo all spent the entire season unnoticed at Charlotte and led the Knights to a championship. They're certainly not going to make much of an impact at the big league level.

At least in the mlb audio "animated stadium graphic" the bleachers are jam-packed with fans.

I'm pretty sure CoCo Crisp or David DeJesus picked up five years too late will be the replacement for Avi...thus blocking Thompson, one of our few interesting prospects, as well.

The comments are even funnier than the story. What are the odds he doesn't have a Confederate flag somewhere around his house on a hat, t-shirt or beer coozie?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) Why couldn't we get this out of LaRoche? Or Cabrera?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) Plays like that save games. He has to replace Melky next year in left. Just get rid of Melkster or Garcia. Good luck with that. Who would want an aging, defensively slightly below average corner outfielder who can't hit for power and has ped's questions attached to his career? Maybe KC, to replace Gordon...assuming that Zobrist departs. That said, you don't want to go into your last bench chance to compete for a World Series depending on the likes of Rios and Cabrera as your two corners, especially with the defensive downgrade that would bring into play vis a vis Gordon.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) Outside of Anderson a few times, this year had a significant lack of Sox players showing up on the BA Hot Sheet. To me, there is a gigantic gap between Anderson, Fulmer and Adams and the rest of the prospects. I still think Montas does something (probably for another AL Central team) before it's all said and done.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 06:31 PM) And who is to say what those resource limits are? Until an independent economist gets to take a look at Sox finances we'll never know what they could or could not do. Circumstantial evidence over a number of years (to go along with the revenue being generated by MLB) points to the possibility of the Sox being able to spend more and do both if they chose to. It was like when Veeck owned the team the second time, conventional thinking was he had no money. That was far from the truth, you look at the names on the Sox Board of Directors under Veeck and you found some of the richest people in America like the guy who owned Pizer Chemicals. It was a matter if pride with Veeck that he refused to go back and ask them for more money and promised them a profit every season. The reality was the Sox could have spent like the Yankees if they wanted to...they chose not to do so. I get the sense that at times that same philosophy was in place with the Sox and may still be. Just don't know for sure. But I go back to my original point. Given the tax payer funded stadium, given the lease advantages from the state, given the improvements made to the ballpark (and not by JR's money) the White Sox have the first, second, third obligation to field a good competitive club on a consistent basis BEFORE having the right (or the gall) to call out their fan base in any way shape or form. And that goes for their supporters wherever they may be. The ownership group has done some very good things...they've also done some really stupid things which have put them in the position they are in. The fans didn't sign Adam LaRoche, the fans didn't trade for Nick Swisher, the fans didn't sign Adam Dunn just to name a few examples or give a big contract to a stiff like Jeff Keppinger. That was ownership / front office. Period. Just my opinion. Mark Forbes wrote on September 14th last year, "Four Reasons to Avoid the Alibaba IPO." They're seemingly better at analysis than Rick Hahn's track record. Plus, it would be a heckuva lot more entertaining to see them run the team at least. They could be more productively and allocatively efficient for just $12 million than misspending it on KW, Hahn, Bell and Ventura.

We still suck.

As long as he outhits Brian Anderson, might as well give him Avi's job. Heck, Avi can't even outhit Viciedo.

Supply Side economics has even been debunked by Stockman... The irony is Rubio will be punished for having the most realistic/serious approach albeit also flawed...at least entertaining as his pledge to get rid of the capital gains tax will bring Occupy Wall Street out of hiding.