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QUOTE (GermanSock @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 08:16 AM) the cubs traded josh donaldson. those things happen. it is not ideal but everyone makes mistakes. that is not an exact science you sometimes pick the wrong guy. now it is possible that that move costs the sox a ws but they still have a great farm and a chance to build a really good team. As we all know, trading Josh Donaldson, DJ LeMahieu and Chris Archer prevented the Cubs from winning.

QUOTE (35thstreetswarm @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:57 PM) Yes, it would be really nice for them if they had Gleyber Torres and Eloy coming up through their system to fill some of these holes. To be fair, if they have Torres they likely don't have a ring.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:49 PM) She did sell all the Uranium in the world to Russia. In the basement of a pizza shop.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 02:31 PM) Time is a flat circle. When s*** really gets bad, Seth Rich will get brought back up. It’s all in the playbook. Or time traveling uranium deals.

QUOTE (35thstreetswarm @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 09:18 AM) I have to say, I just don't get some Sox fans' impulse to defend Jose Quintana's honor endlessly -- on these boards, to their Cub fan friends, etc. I don't begrudge anyone their attachment to certain players, but it's just not how I look at the sports world, so I find it fascinating. I root for teams, not players. Maybe I'd make an exception for a true White Sox legend who plays a short stint for another team at the end of his career (ala Frank Thomas), but when a player's not on the Sox anymore, they're gone to me. Especially when they go to a team I don't like. Q plays for the Cubs now. I can't stand the Cubs. I hope the world looks back on the trade as an absolute fleecing by Hahn. He was a professional and leader for our team, never complaining while the ace was cutting up jerseys.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 08:15 PM) What was the "projection" quote in the other thread? Lots of that today. Good Ol' Projection

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 07:24 PM) I have yet to see any Democrat face anything near the backlash that the Republicans give to their own. Democrats march in lockstep with their leaders right or wrong.

And I can't forget the President who fabricates around 5 lies a day.

Well when Fox News is allowed to fabricate stories left and right, of course everyone will distrust people that report real stories that don't gain traffic on Breitbart, The Blaze, InfoWars, etc.

QUOTE (credezcrew24 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) The best part of the whole NLCS happened yesterday when Yu Darvish was at the plate. Or how about the Mat Albers double last year? That kind of fun doesn't happen with the DH. Plus the DH takes away a lot of the strategy. So yes there are people who like to see pitchers hit. Yeah, but Jim Thome and Frank Thomas are more fun to watch hit.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 12:25 PM) Yankees having effectively 4 closers on most other teams in the same bullpen is crazy. Meanwhile, the Astros, Cubs, Nats and Red Sox all kind of settled for their bullpens.

Don't forget the Khan family.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 12:32 PM) He said this to the one black soldier's family. Then didn't call a black family, went after a Muslim family. The white families meanwhile are called by him. Let's stop trying to pretend Trump isn't racist as all hell.

Hansen. The strikeout total is insanity for the minors.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 11:31 AM) That's the most absurd part about his base jumping on board the "DISRESPECTING THE FLAG AND TROOPS!" train with the NFL players. They love the guy who openly s*** on POW's and a Gold Star family while telling everyone he was smarter than everyone in the military. Even during his Very Presidential SOTU address earlier this year, he exploited the widow of a SEAL that he got killed by launching a poorly planned raid that left dozens of civilians dead including an 8 year old American girl. Yah, it never was about the military and we all know that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 11:17 AM) You mean he didn't do what he said he did? Shocking. No, no, no. He did for the white families. The ones that matter, right? Not like we all bleed red or anything.

https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a86f229efe900f Non-white Gold Star families just shouldn't expect s*** from President Tiki Torch

Trump letting down small farms, so now Grassley is finally mad.

See if you can get anything for Portis, if not, cut him or send him to Windy City if you can.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 12:01 AM) Not with this bullpen, they could wear basketball jersey Speedo pajamas on their next flight and these guys would still suck. That Justin Wilson trade was an epic fail, Avila came in handy during the Contreras injury, but the division was theirs anyway and Wilson got taken off the roster. Would have behooved them to have tried to go for a Q-Jennings-Swarzak deal over what they did.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 11:23 PM) Happ in center is just a bad idea You dare question Joe Maddon, the GOAT?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) Good lord the Cubs are playing like crap. And with negative energy.

If you rank catchers by OBP with a minimum of .295 PAs, Omar has the fifth highest OBP. Considering he's should really be in AAA based on his timeline and that the White Sox turned Flowers into a stellar pitch framer, I'm ok with rolling with Narvaez and simply hope he learns to frame better.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 03:37 PM) Another pretty radical, yet common sense idea for expansion... Add another team to the NYC market. If you divide the entire metro area by just the Mets and Yankees, it is still MUCH bigger than pretty much any other teams solo market place. Dividing that market up again might do more for rebalancing finances in baseball than anything else. Brooklyn is larger than Chicago. Could definitely support a team again.