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QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 12:51 PM) For sure. But it's hard to ignore the fact that the people who take public jobs get to vote. They never had to put their balls out there so to speak. So I feel like if one chooses the easy way out, one's opinion should be of gratitude and thanks to the people who sweat in the jungle every day and get things done for their salary. They shouldn't be self-righteous & condescending to the free-market men & women. The professors and hipsters love to rap on pollution, the environment, green energy, rag on oil etc. All that stuff is nice in utopialand but it's not realistic; everything is oil. While they ride their bicycle to work, they're forgetting that most of their bike components are made from oil, their clothes are made from oil, their toothbrush @ toothpaste oil, all the packaging from amazon prime is oil, everything in those boxes is oil, all the goods at their local amazon warehouse arrived in big greasy, oil-made-and-fueled trucks which drove on oil-made roads. Oil is the reason their clothes have color & why they can drink starbucks & finger their oil-based laptops. Oil is the only reason IKEA exists. Oil is the reason we all get cancers and need big pharma & high-paid doctors. I'm all for solutions but we aren't close as a society, so until then, shut up about your bicycle & public-dime job like you're making more of a difference. Are you referring to like college professors or teachers? I teach Special Ed Reading and I guarantee you wouldn't do my job so I'm hoping that your "taking the easy way out" comments aren't referring to someone like me.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 06:45 AM) My dad was trying to tell me LeBron easily ranks under Kareem, Wilt, Magic, Bird...Then he pulled out Russell, West and Baylor...Then Kobe and played the "I saw them play!" card. I also done a s*** ton of NBA history research. I still say only MJ and aKareem have concrete spots above him. Bird? He wouldn't even get a shot off against LeBron.

AZL Team: Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 2h2 hours ago Chicago White Sox Spring Training Complex Micker Adolfo with his first home run of the season out or CF. Scoreboard isn't working, but I know Sox have 1. Dodgers have more than 1⚫️⚪️ Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 2h2 hours ago Arizona, USA ...and I just saw Corey Zangari hit a 2 run home run. Ahhhh, today has all the feels of 2015 ? Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 2h2 hours ago Arizona, USA Tonight's starter, Edinxon Arias is listed at 6'2", 155. No, on the weight, but he is YOUNG. Turned 18 in December; only had 44IP in DSL Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 2h2 hours ago Chicago White Sox Spring Training Complex Good heavens. Arias signed May 2015, so he's young AND raw. 57H, 28BB, 4HB, 34Ks. He is exempt from criticism. #WhiteSox #AZL Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 2h2 hours ago Arizona, USA AB #2: Adolfo almost-checked one to deep RF (oppo); got lost in the light, but he was already on his way to 3rd. Amado Nuñez scored. Sox 2 Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 55m55 minutes ago Arizona, USA On his last AB, Amado Nuñez was on base and scored on Adolfo's triple; this time he took care of it himself #NoDoubterOverLCF #WhiteSox #AZL 0 retweets 0 likes Kim Contreras ‏@FireLeagueKim 14m14 minutes ago Arizona, USA The Nuñez-Adolfo-Reyes trio will be trouble to opposing teams; especially if they stay as a unit. Except I'd flip Reyes and Nunez Sounds like Sox international signings starting to bear some fruit. Great Falls Great Falls Voyagers ‏@gfvoyagers 3h3 hours ago Zangari powers one out to deep right center for a two run HR and a 4-2 @gfvoyagers lead in Missoula going bot 3. Great Falls Voyagers ‏@gfvoyagers 6m6 minutes ago Your @gfvoyagers make it two straight with a 9-3 series opening win in Missoula. And here's Ty;er Danish's line in his AAA Debut: Ĵ.P. ‏@Jaypers413 4h4 hours ago Charlotte's Tyler Danish's Triple-A debut - 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 2 K. @KnightsBaseball @whitesox

Lunchy ‏@BoxOfLunch Jun 15 KJ Woods 2015 .277/.364/.496 383ab KJ Woods not-2015 .201/.284/.277 383ab Roman Garcia ‏@RomanGarciaJr Jun 15 @clarkspencer any idea why the marlins released KJ Woods, he was an All-Star in the SAL league last year double d derek deets ‏@s_orb24 Jun 20 KJ Woods is off the Marlins top 30 prospect list. I still do not understand releasing him at all. What was the cost of keeping him?

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 11:09 AM) Ahh the annual trade Sale article. Boston doesn't need Sale, they have pitching. I'd look at a contender like Texas or Pittsburgh with mediocre pitching. You aren't getting stars back for Sale. Contending teams don't trade stars. Unless you don't agree they should trade Sale, which is fine. But don't realistically expect star return. Boston has pitching? Not much after David Price.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 11:42 AM) This is fine and dandy, but bunting in certain situations makes sense for a team like the White Sox that has trouble scoring runs consistently. I don't necessarily agree with their philosophy either, but I'd rather play for one run than not score any at all. It's not predetermined that they won't score one though. That's the problem. You can' just assume that the hitter would get out anyway so the bunt is fine. It doesn't work like that.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 11:35 AM) You anti-bunt guys are kind of contradicting yourselves. Plus what is the difference when a ground ball for an out is cheered that moves a runner over to scoring position? You must be waiting for he five run homer or something? LOL The difference is that when you bunt, you are giving away an out. When you try to hit a ball to the right side, a player may get a single or a double. That's why the argument is stupid. Runner on 1st and no outs. People say well at least the bunt moves the guy over. What if that guy hits a double instead of a bunt? Outs are baseball's currency. There is no clock. There are 27 outs and they are all valuable. Shouldn't be giving them away.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 11:03 AM) When you have an offense that's struggling, you shouldn't be giving up outs and playing for 1 run all the time. It's one thing to do it when you only need 1 run to win in extras or in the 9th, but the Sox have had their #3 hitter bunt before in the 7th inning. If you don't let your best hitter swing the bat, then what's the point? They sac bunted in the 1st inning the other day. It's absolutely f***ing unacceptable and incredibly dumb. It actually increases the likelihood that you will lose.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 11:01 AM) Who has the leg up in the Durant sweepstakes? OKC? I think he signs a 1 year deal to stay in OKC

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 10:35 AM) I must say, I really don't understand the logic around here. If you were going to trade Chris Sale, the time to do that was BEFORE you went and made 12 other moves in an attempt to compete with this core. The time was to build a new core once you realized you couldn't assemble a competitive enough team in time to coincide with Sale's peak years. The time is not AFTER you've gone and tried to build around THIS core. We've since signed multiple free agents, made multiple trades, etc. You've come this far. Now you've got no choice but to keep trying. They need to keep adding to the core now, not selling it off. I agree with this. They are in. Need to keep going now.

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QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 10:04 AM) For the sox they are trying to manufacture a run like the NL does. It the right decision most of the time. Problem is, when the sox get a man on 3rd with less than 2 outs and all they need is a ball in play to score a run its an automatic K for our hitters. Our pitchers need confidence of pitching ahead and our offense needs as many opportunities to score especially if it means they don't have to get a hit to score. The only time recently that I had a problem with the bunt was when Melky did it, but that was all on him and not RV. Most every other time it has been the right call. It's almost never the right decision. Giving away outs is stupid.

The NBA Draft is usually the start of the offseason and it takes place on Thursday. While I expect to hear Bulls rumors, they will most likely stay put and pick at #14. Some potential names for them: Jacob Poeltl C Utah: Really good defender, probably a longshot to be available DeYonte Davis PF Michigan State: Good defender, high upside, and very athletic. Furkan Korkmaz G Turkey: Excellent shooter, athletic, young. My favorite potential Bulls picks. DeJounte Murray PG Washington: Athletic defender with top 5 pick upside if he played more consistently. Plays very wild but has All Star potential Demetrius Jackson PG Notre Dame: Personal favorite of mine, size 6'1 is an issue and didn't shoot well as a Junior.

The amount of bunting is driving everyone insane and rightfully so. Every time I see a sacrifice bunt early in a game, I feel like Billy Beane throwing a chair in Moneyball. Does anyone think it's a Rick Renteria thing? Everyone blames Robin for this and as the manager it's his call. In past seasons though, the White Sox have not been giving away so many outs. IIRC, the Sox have been in the bottom 1/3 of the league in bunts under Ventura. Why this drastic change in philosophy?

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 11:52 PM) Alex Call ended up hitting a 2-run HR late. Call - 1/4, HR, 2 RBI, BB Fisher - 2/4, RBI, 2 BB, SB Zangari - 4/4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB Schnurbusch - 3/6, 3B, 3 RBI Roman - 2/3, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB Holy offense, Great Falls. Great Falls will rake with all those advanced college hitters

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 08:10 AM) STILL WAITING FOR AN ACTUAL DEFENSE OF RICK HAHN...which won't be forthcoming. Probably not enough but a few things: 1. Signs Pre-Arb or Arb players to great below market extensions: Quintana, Sale, Jones, Eaton 2. Acquired Adam Eaton and Jose Abreu 3. Peavy trade return was solid without eating $$ 4. Marco Paddy was hired and Nick Hostetler promoted under his watch 5. Great at talking to the media. He appears to be extremely transparent even though he basically says nothing. 6. The last 4 drafts have been pretty good overall. Obviously, most moves from last offseason on have been pretty bad and when weighing the bad vs the good, an argument can be made that he should be fired even though I wouldn't be on board with that.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 08:09 AM) We don't know exactly how much they rely upon it. With the Pirates, it's very obvious. Jonah Keri wrote a book detailing the sea change. So how can I advocate for his firing when I don't even know how much say he or Jeremy Haber have in the organization, versus, let's say, Buddy Bell or KW or Laumann. I also never said Fabian should get the GM job, lol...where did you make that inference from? Just because I said they MIGHT be spared so there is some continuity going forward doesn't mean he should be a GM, or is qualified. And I questioned Haber because he seemed to be Hahn's advocate/progeny within the organization. Hahn is supposedly mentoring him, or has taken him under his wing. The Pirates book was written by Travis Sawchick FYI. Keri wrote The Extra 2% about the Rays.

This Boston team has no pitching. Surprised that they are 39-30 actually.

Clayton Kershaw has 141 strikeouts and 7 walks. Seven Walks. Seven. Has accumulated 5.3 fWAR at this point. Dude isn't human.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 12:11 AM) They must have a lot of confidence in him to send him straight to A+. I figured he might go to Kannapolis but he doesn't belong at Great Falls or the AZL. Makes some sense. I think Burdi will join him soon as well.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 21, 2016 -> 07:38 AM) Because I knew Hahn would never do it...unless it didn't cost him a draft pick. And that Hahn's ego would never allow him to admit that trading for Shark was a disaster, but at least he had that draft pick that he could hang his hat on and push the analysis of the overall impact of the trade 2-3 years into the future. From my perspective, I though JR would look at it as $2 million saved from the draft pool so Desmond would actually cost only $6 million net...but, to Hahn, the Burdi and Hansen picks and the ability to sign both of them were going to be what he partially staked his position on (now it seems that the James Shields Death March is causing this to be completely overlooked). It's not what I would have done, I was simply trying to predict what our front office would do. Maybe I should make separate statements in every post for my own personal thoughts/ideas/recommendations and WHAT THE SOX WILL ACTUALLY DO, even if it's illogical/inane. From the moment they didn't trade Samardzija last July, the die was cast about not giving up that pick for anyone but Alex Gordon/Upton. I was HOPING he would last until June, but obviously that didn't happen because the Rangers understood his versatility and athletic ability. I must have posted 150-200 times over the offseason why I thought he would be a good signing, IN GENERAL. Why I thought he would be fine in the outfield (and he has been) and why it made perfect sense for the White Sox to sign him for one season to hold down the fort for Anderson while helping to make this year's team more competitive. I posted about it again and again and again until I was blue in the face, and the majority of posters were against it 1) because of his defense at SS, 2) because of his offense falling off the last year or so 3) because he was a NL player, etc. I would say it was about 15-20% for, 80-85% against. I also argued that Desmond could not only play LF/CF but he also might be able to play 2B or 3B in a pinch...he's just a very good athlete, and all the pressure of passing on that $107 million/7 year extension just got the best of him and it led to a disaster of a season because he was distracted by off field issues. Sure, that's an excuse, and it SHOULDN'T have happened, but that doesn't mean it doesn't or can't happen to pro athletes when hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. I thought the motivation of playing for a similar contract to the one he turned down would be the spark he needed...and that the line-up in Texas would give him a ton of protection to put up some really good numbers without expectations for him being so high or as high as they would have been had he stayed in Washington with that contract extension around his neck and the attendant expectations that went with it. I'm glad they didn't give up a 1st round pick to sign Fowler or Desmond. Those guys aren't worth it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 05:42 PM) They won't even give him a vote of confidence. For an organization that doesn't like to telegraph its moves, that is a jarring non-statement. I think the fact that Rick Hahn is in Boston is a bigger deal than people think too.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 2m2 minutes ago Rick Hahn gave same line on Robin Ventura: "I don’t think it’s in anybody’s best interest to comment on the status of anybody in uniform."

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 20, 2016 -> 04:47 PM) While not a starter, it feels like based on how he's been in big league camp they like Austin's defense enough that he'll be a AAA catcher that will see some time. I forgot about him. Also have Casey Schroeder at WS and the recent draftee from St. Mary's as well.