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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 08:50 AM) Wow, could be a steal, could be a mistake. We have no idea. If he is as good as we think he is, it will be an amazing deal. Even if he's like a 1 WAR player it's worth it honestly. That's peanuts.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 11:46 AM) What's the point of carrying both Leury and Yolmer? Aren't they redundant? Is it just because both are out of options? Leury can play CF. That's probably why.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 11:36 AM) You think they'll carry 5 guys on the bench (including the backup catcher)? Seems unlikely to me. How do you get 5 bench guys? Davidson as DH and Narvaez as C. Bench: Leury, Sanchez, Soto and Asche.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) Asche seems likely to be the DH at this point. I'm not sure Davidson is a sure thing for this roster personally. Davidson is a lock as he's out of options. Bench will likely be Sanchez, Garcia, Soto, and 1 of Liriano/Asche. Davidson on the roster as primary DH.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 11:22 AM) Maybe someone like Gonzalez. But probably a free agent signing or a trade for someone optionable. Gonzalez for Devers seems fair.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 09:47 AM) Compare and contrast to Mark Trumbo who got a 3 year salary on the open market almost exactly what Abreu got. Trumbo even plays some OF which adds to his value. Abreu is already at or above market value. Mark Trumbo is bad though. He has a sub .300 .OBP. He's not really a similar player to Abreu. He's much more similar to Frazier but Frazier is a solid defender at least.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 09:13 AM) All that really says is Alford believed his player. No it doesn't. It says that Alford indirectly through Athletes in Action, tried to squash the whole thing and make the victim recant her statement. They tried to make the girl pray about it and even meet with Pierce to talk about it. It's disgusting. He didn't just "believe his player". He went to extreme lengths to try and discredit the victim so that Pierce could continue playing basketball at Iowa.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 08:08 AM) I don't know how being "well versed" in say basketball, makes him a better baseball announcer. I like Jason, but there is no question Hawk knows a bit more baseball than he does. Jason is fine, and will only get better, but you mentioned modern baseball broadcast. What is so appealing about every broadcast from every team or network sounding the same? One thing I really like about Hawk's broadcast is it's uniqueness. The broadcast school, cookie cutter telecast is taking over. It's nice to have something different, and how it's set up now, you get some of both. Believe me, I am pro education, but there are things you really don't need a college degree. PBP for baseball games is one of them. I like analytics and modern baseball analysis coming from my team's booth in 2017. You may not. That's fine too.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 07:51 AM) How is Benetti good at his job? I don't consider the same corny jokes over and over again and Sox math to make him "good". He's a professional broadcaster that is well versed in multiple sports and went to school for his craft. He is inherently more qualified than the current version of Hawk. Now if Hawk were the analyst, that'd be different. I grew up with Hawk like everyone else did. He takes over broadcasts though and minimizes Steve Stone. The Hawk schtick has run its course as far as the broadcast is concerned. The home games sound like a modern baseball broadcast. The road games are two guys doing separate games because of their dislike for working with the other on most nights.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 02:32 PM) So Alford can't be believed but the lawyer for the victim is a neutral source? And, unfortunately, many innocent people agree to plea deals. Alford was lied to. He believed his player. You can't fault him for that. The only thing that killed Alford in Iowa wasn't that the kid did this, he basically did it again. If he didn't have the second problem, he still may be coaching the Hawkeyes. Dan Bernstein, the guy who talks about female sport's reporters chest sizes as the moral police is a bit rich. How about this source? There are others as well: http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/...-rooted-reality

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Mar 18, 2017 -> 12:45 AM) Most baseball fans in Chicago who dislike or even hate Hawk are Cubs fans, and that is the way it has always been. I hope the Sox find another play-by-play announcer who is as talented as Hawk, someone whose love of the sport and enthusiasm for the team and the players is apparent in what he says and how he says it. Meanwhile Bennetti was announcing a basketball game yesterday. Nice kid, but kind of creepy and way too candy@ss for most Southsiders. We need another alpha male to take Hawk's place when he decides to retire and a color commentator that makes fans laugh and enjoy watching the broadcast. Bennetti and Stone try to come off like baseball's version of the Smother's Brothers. It just doesn't work. They have an announcer that's more talented than Hawk already. His name is Jason Benetti. Is creepy and candy ass referring to his cerebral palsy?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 18, 2017 -> 01:01 AM) How can anybody who professes to be a Sox fan criticize Hawk Harrelson?? He is an icon and I want him in the booth. HOWEVER I can see why he isn't up for the rebuild. Only doing road games is ridiculous. All the Sox do on the road is lose, lose, lose. And Hawk's schtick is being a homer. Doing road games only was Hawk's choice though.....

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 07:08 AM) Can one of the Anti-Hawk and Pro-Benetti people please explain why they dislike Hawk and like Benetti? Sure. One guy is good at his job and the other is Ken Harrelson

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) Knowing Alford semi-personally, he was a very trusting guy. Still to this day I fully believe that the kid fed him a line of BS, and he bought it, and stuck up for him. He would have also done it for the last guy on the roster. I personally saw him do it for other kids. He really buys into the father figure thing. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/04/03/ber...-lying-at-ucla/

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 12:39 PM) If Gar/Pax uses this injury as the reason the Bulls missed the playoffs, everyone should cancel their season tickets. They will. And the fans will still pack the place. It's really two fan bases though. The people who have shown up at games since 1998 that treat each game as a separate entity, and the actual fans that call the radio and post on message boards in anger about the direction of the team. Their business model is fantastic.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 12:10 PM) Eh, maybe slightly more. But Q's value should be nearly identical to Sale. The Yankees probably wouldn't do that but I think a package like the one I proposed is fair for a player of Q's caliber. Q is very good. His value will never be as high as Sale's though. If Hahn is holding out for Austin Meadows or Gleyber Torres, then Q will never be in New York or Pittsburgh.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) Rutherford headlined deals are insane in my opinion Look at what we got for Sale and Eaton and to think we'd cave on Quintana is nuts With all eyes on him he shut down the stacked USA lineup at the WBC and looked in midseason form I don't believe that's caving. By the time the deadline gets here, Rutherford will be seen as a legit headliner.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 10:06 AM) Torres, Rutherford, Andujar, and Tate. I think that's fair. That's considerably more than the Sox got for Sale in my opinion.

Do we want Jo Adell in this scenario? SS Brady McConnell?

https://theathletic.com/36841/2017/03/16/sh...st-the-process/ That's excellent about the Bulls. They are just so behind the times in every area. Pretty scathing look at the ineptitude of Bulls front office.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 09:22 AM) Pirates = no Meadows, no deal Yankees = No Torres, no deal Astros = No Martes + Tucker, no deal Torres and Meadows aren't being moved. The fact that it's March 16th and this still needs to be stated is insane to me.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 11:15 AM) But dat ass. Oh yeah. She's a smokeshow for sure. She's nowhere near as good as Cara, Camila, or Laurel though.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 09:51 AM) This feels too light for me. Rutherford is nice and all but I think he's too much of a wildcard at this point in time to be the main prospect in a deal. I think if something like that is too light, Quintana is never being traded.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) They were all like, "Yeah, that makes sense." Bahahaha It's ironic how this season has an Ashley who is so nasty and an Ashley that is so hot. Ashley that lost shouldn't really be with the champions though. She won her only season of The Challenge because she was on a team with Zach and Frank.

Bananas is the best man. He just continually does these things and it always works. I couldn't believe they let him do that last night.