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Um... Here's a summary of the last 4 hours... Interesting! Wow! HOLY s***!! AWESOME!!! Huh? wtf???? Lame.... Gurrrrrrrr.... wtf! Eeeek. I'm now excited and scared.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 04:48 PM) I'll make Juan Uribe look like Frank Thomas with my discipline. Not only do I swing at low and away sliders, I also chase 53 foot curveballs, I'm way ahead of changeups, way behind fastballs, and will roll over every sinker thrown to me. I do hit underhand pitches very well. Hello, Vladimir

QUOTE (oldsox @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) Then in 2011 he hit .159 for Sox. Best year ever!!!

Tank and Beckham will both have breakout years in 2014. Book it. With Dayan, this was just his second season. We saw a sophomore slump mixed with injuries and exploited weaknesses. He did start making adjustments near the end of play as his health returned. Beckham was looking like an entirely different player until injuries also derailed him. This organization will not give up on these two this year. They're both going no where in 2014. Look for them to break loose.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 01:51 PM) I need to be enlightened. I don't remember. Balfour while on the rays against us in 08 was constantly barking at our hitters from the mound. I wouldn't call him a tool - rather, a complete ass.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 01:27 PM) If he's significantly cheaper it makes sense. Retract poop, if this is the case.

Curtis Granderson... For me to poop on.

Wonder if Detroit will still trot out Fister even when facing elimination. Die tigers, die...

I like Kershaw on short rest, he's a beast and is the definitive workhorse. Also...

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 5, 2013 -> 11:19 PM) They better do their "due diligence" if they're legitimately interested in Tanaka. Homie is supposed to have a crazy slider, splitter, and is getting a lot of ground ball outs. I'd love to roll the dice on him in place of Santiago or Q, using them as trade bait for a 3B. You catch my drift thou. The next two years will be really interesting. Hanh has payroll and roster flexibility. Game on. Things aren't really as bad as people think, IMO.

Poop

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 5, 2013 -> 09:45 PM) Bingo. It's not that simple boys and girls. This year is an extremely different offseason, for two major reasons. One... Our payroll going into the offseason is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than in years past. I'm not that sure of the exact numbers but... Peavy +12M Konerko +12M Rios +12M Crain +3M Next year we've got, what... +15M from Dunn? Point being... We've got a lot of cash to play with this year or the next. We're also getting +25M from the TV deal. In the next two years, we're looking at least +80M I don't remember anytime in the past where we had this much payroll flexibility going into an offseason. If we trade Danks and or Alexi - that's even more money to rebuild or retool - whatever you chose or would like to call it. Either way, the coin is a coin... No matter which side you're hoping it to land on. Two... We've got a new GM at the helm who we really don't have a pulse on yet. Last offseason we weren't coming off a near 100 loss season... It was quite the opposite, remember? Who knows what this much flexibility in Hanh's hands will amount to. I can tell you this thou - it is a part of the plan... A plan that has been forming for the past few months. If it was me... I'm looking to let konerko go even if he doesn't retire... Sign Abreu or Morlaes... Sign Tanaka... Sign Salty or McCann... Trade Alexi for farm talent or a bench piece... Trade Quintana for a third baseman like Lowrie... I'd also give DeAza another year to pull his base running and defensive act together... He's a nice bat at the top and is on the cheap. You go into 2014 with what could be a formidable threat. CF - DeAza 3B - Lowrie 1B - Abreu RF - Garcia C - McCann LF - Tank DH - Dunn 2B - Beckham SS - Semien Sale Tanaka Danks Santiago Johnson Figure out the bullpen order with Reizno in there and put together a bench... Give it a shot in 2014 while still building towards 2015. Blast away. (edit - bats are better than bars.)

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 12:06 PM) Would love new ownership. Realistically, what are we looking at 2018-2020? Was glad to hear the son has no baseball interest - need new blood all around. Hell, Reinsdorf can adopt me. I'll change my last name and gladly take the White Sox helm. Seriously thou... how in the hell could his son not want to run the Sox. Blasphemy.

LOSE 15 in a row WHITE SOX! BAD JUJU! BAAAAD JUJU!!!

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 21, 2013 -> 06:28 PM) We can only hope he turns into something worthwhile and not an enigma. He'll be fine. Sophomore slump. Turn around in 2014. Breakout in '15. Book it.

Yea... Dayan sure sucks alright.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2013 -> 05:51 PM) (Cough). Here's a chance to reply for your 5000th. Not reply to... but illicit! We're both quite the Sox nerds... but really... 90k? How?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2013 -> 05:27 PM) What are we getting if we trade Danks? I'm not trading him if it requires picking up a substantial amount of money. If we trade one of the lefties, that leaves us set with Sale, 2 lefties, Rienzo, and (Erik) Johnson. That's a promising rotation but it definitely is young, inexperienced. Adding in someone like (the other) Johnson to be a bullpen guy or 6th starter would be a necessary step to give some security with that rotation. I'm not speculating on a Danks return. Just throwing Josh Johnson's name out there. BTW: How the heck did you amass 90k posts since 05. Do you post as much as you breath or something?

What do you guys think about trading Danks and taking a flyer on Josh Johnson for a 1 year to see if we could turn him around?

We are winning too often. Stop it please, white sox.

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Aug 14, 2013 -> 01:52 PM) Yeah just like the 2009 draft. We take Jared Mitchell at 21, Angels take Mike Trout at 23. A lot of Soxtalk actually wanted the SOX to take Trout instead of Mitchell with that pick. Also... There's a big difference between the 3rd pick and 21st pick. These also a big difference between the third pick and the first pick.

Sale Beckham A. Garcia Tank Semien I think Garcia will improve this offseason. Tank will get over this sophomore slump and break out to the next level. Semien is my wild card, we'll see what he continues to do and hope it translates.

Yea, no joke. Dude reminds me of a Pujos/Big Hurt morph

It's going to be an interesting offseason indeed:

Bring it. I love me the Cubans and it would make keeping Alexi while removing him from the two hole acceptable and yes this is a run on sentence, how I love them so, even more than ice cream on a hot summer day when all one really wants is ice water with a side of tang.