Chicago White Sox

And there's the official confirmation from Nintendo:

Watched Bone Tomahawk over the weekend and it was awesome. Definitely not what I was expecting, but in a good way. Highly recommend it to anyone into westerns or even horror movies. And wow to a certain death scene in the final act.

Not sure if there are a ton of Nintendo fans on this board, but there are some serious rumors that NX will be unveiled tomorrow. Very interested to see if the hybrid rumors turn out to be true.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 17, 2016 -> 05:31 PM) I really think Sale and Robertson for Benintenidi, Kopech, Groome, Rodriguez, and Vasquez is pretty fair, but unrealistic given our obsession with Bradley That's not enough for Sale, would need Devers too.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 09:22 PM) You guys are something else. Why exactly? Why do you feel the need to defend this move?

Kershaw is at 84 pitches, why would you not give him the 8th and hopefully the 9th?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 05:23 PM) I'll admit I can't prove this one, but as of now I can't argue successfully against the nagging feeling that this front office has just gotten lazy. Don't think it's worth the time to interview other candidates for the managerial spot, basically the entire coaching staff is filled by promoting from within, those guys are replaced with guys that they already have in house or know personally. "Scheduling interview is hard work and we just don't feel it's worth it." Like I said, wait until we see a press release. Hahn will provide some commentary on the move and hopefully we'll be able to tell if they went through a legit interview process or just hired a guy they liked from back in the day.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 05:11 PM) "Barack Obama named new asst director of player personnel"

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) Rick Hahn Seems like a Hahn guy. Fellow Michigan man. Our only trade deadline addition was a New Trier kid. The new director of player development a former Michigan student. All Hahn needs to do is add a Harvard Law grad somewhere in the org and he's covered most of his alma maters.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 04:49 PM) I had an exchange with Keith Law to see if Getz had any reputation as a fast riser or anything, and alas, he said no While not surprising, that's incredibly disappointing.

I'm not going to comment until the Sox release a statement. Having said that, if they did another half-ass hiring process and failed to interview multiple qualified candidates I'm going to be pissed.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 10:34 PM) Stop the act, you've been exposed by chw42. It's absolutely pathetic you keep coming back here. Go celebrate with your brethren on Northsidebaseball.com.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 10:33 PM) I will never understand why a Cubs fan would want to post on a Sox board during a postseason game. There has to be 100 Cubs boards that would love to discuss the game with you. It's insane, I could have given two s***s what Cubs fans thought in 2005. But for whatever reason, dude needs to troll hard.

Absolutely embarrassing to give up a grand slam on an 0-2 count. No excuse whatsoever.

QUOTE (Deadpool @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 10:29 PM) Hahahahahaha!!!!!! Try to contain your excitement.

And Lester is out, good for the Dodgers as long as Soler doesn't knock Baez in here.

QUOTE (ChrisLikesBaseball @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 07:50 PM) That was basically the equivalent of sending Paul Konerko on that play. Not defending the send call, but had he not stepped back towards 2B he scores easily there.

Holy f***, can't believe they don't score there. I know Gonzalez is slow as f***, but he should have aleady been halfway to 3B at the point of contact with Lester pitching.

How come every time I watch the Cubs, no one ever runs on Lester.

My wife claims Bryant thought the ball was going to be caught, but it looked like straight HR showboating to me. Either way, he may have cost them a run by not running out of the gate and turning that hit into a triple.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) Wonder if there's some insurance that covers that deal for the team. Anywho, end result = this is one more team hunting for a LHP reliever. The White Sox could use one of those, so there's extra competition. I don't expect the Sox to go for it next year, so I'm not sure it's a huge area of concern. Having said that, I fully expect Brian Clark up at some point next year and for us to sign a guy or two off the scrap heap. Doubt we'll be going after any big name left-handed relievers.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 12:09 PM) McEwing took over the 3b coach job with Robin's first staff in 2012 after a couple years of managing at Winston-Salem and Charlotte for the org. Thigpen was a minor league pitching coach before coming up to the big league level. Is there some obvious reason I'm missing as to why this is different? Promotion from within seems like the norm, not the exception with this management. We're talking about the director of player development and the minor league pitching coordinator, two of the most important positions on the development side. I'd say that's pretty different than promoting a minor league manager or pitching coach.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 15, 2016 -> 10:31 AM) Why is Lackey going tonight? Unless he was scratched, Lester is pitching tonight.

Seems like promoting two development guys to the coaching staff in Capra & Hasler signals we'll be rebuilding next year.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Oct 12, 2016 -> 10:00 PM) FWIW---Boston Cable had their end of season Red Sox wrap-up show tonight. Had 4 of the regular media members that cover the team from different media sources. Retaining Farrell was a sign that Dombrowski will not be making major changes. All were in agreement that Red Sox from all indications will go with existing starters but will need to add a set-up person in bullpen. All agreed Moncada and Benintendi will not be traded. A few other thoughts they had: 1. Moncada could eventually end up as a right-fielder in AAA next year and that could free up a Bradley trade in 2018. 2. 3B is Panda's to lose. 3. Swihart will eventually be traded but not this offseason since he is damaged goods. 4. Vazquez will most likely be the 2017 catcher. 5. Buchholtz could be a sign and trade for a SP prospect or a bullpen piece. No offense, but I doubt Dombrowski even has his offseason plan figured out just days after their season ended, let alone a bunch of media members. You keep saying they aren't interested in a top of the rotation starter, but I call bulls***. We all saw what happened to them in the playoffs, Dombrowski won't be stupid enough to enter 2017 without a legit ace when he has the rest of a World Series roster in place. Whether they pony up for Sale is a different story, but I strongly believe they'll be actively looking at all major arms.