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Now that Rosenthal is tweeting, watch it happen tonight. Always believe the Twitterverse. Always.

Lmao at people in here taking shots at Vin Scully.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 4, 2017 -> 12:56 PM) More insight gathered there than in playing "Sox Math" every single game with Benetti. How dare he engage the audience at home and encourage interaction!

Hawk is good for only one part of the broadcast now - emotional cues. That's it. His insight is restricted to Yaz, Catfish Hunter and Buehrle. He gets angry in the booth at every slight - big, small or imagined. He relies on catch phrases in lieu of analysis (that's a Kansas City special!) and tries to suppress Stone constantly. When the Sox are good, it's great to have Hawk for emotion. It's the one thing Benetti lacks. I'm much more inclined to believe that Jason, as he gets more comfortable, will begin to provide emotion than I am that Hawk will give a single piece of insight regarding the future team that we haven't heard before.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 3, 2017 -> 05:45 PM) Good god. Pipe dream: break the bank for Machado. Abreu is the elder statesman.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jan 3, 2017 -> 05:24 PM) Isn't that what Moncada is? Having 2 is better, though. Best case scenario is the Pirates relent and ship off Meadows for and, Sox draft Seth Beer. That gives you Anderson, Moncada, Meadows, Beer and Collins.

C : A.J. Pierzynski 1B: Paul Konerko 2B: Tadahito Iguchi SS: Alexei Ramirez 3B: Joe Crede LF: Scott Podsednik CF: Adam Eaton RF: Jermaine Dye DH: Jose Abreu Lineup honorable mentions: Frank Thomas, Carlos Quentin, Kevin Youkilis, Jim Thome Bench: INF - Tyler Saladino INF - Juan Uribe C - Ramon Castro OF -Alejandro De Aza SP - Mark Buehrle SP - Jose Quintana SP - Chris Sale SP - Jake Peavy SP - Jose Contreras SP honorable mentions: Freddy Garcia, Jon Garland, John Danks, Gavin Floyd, Hector Santiago, Philip Humber for a game LR - Dan Jennings MR - J.J. Putz MR - Sergio Santos MR - Octavio Dotel SU - Matt Thornton SU - Nate Jones CL - Bobby Jenks Sine explainers on the more interesting choices. Abreu over Frank because Abreu was the first professional athlete I ever interviewed and Frank's prime/pre-injury days were when I was very young. Dan Jennings and Octavio Dotel because those two guys were always ready to throw in any situation and willing to go long stints if needed. Sergio because I wished him good luck by the bullpen before his first game and he was beaming at the fact that someone knew his name.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 2, 2017 -> 10:15 PM) Greg? Brett? ANYONE??? Something something Benghazi something something emails.

I think it'll be like the Frazier deal. We'll hear some weird thing like a prospect is getting traded then suddenly boom, Q is dealt.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) Not exactly. Two choices. The other's name was Clinton. Bernie would have been fine not Hillary Nah. Got played. You especially.

Why in the world would we even entertain trading Rodon before 2019?

QUOTE (brett05 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 02:52 PM) Right now, staying on topic with the rockettes. Thanks. You were mad about people getting paid to not work. It seems entirely relevant to the discussion.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/dona...233065?cmpid=sf Trump surrogates are claiming the sanctions are really against them. Dear lord America, you got played.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 02:43 PM) Yes? (Would Robertson's total salary or 1/2 salary count against their luxury tax value? That might be important to know. Hell, they could rig it so the White Sox pay his entire 2018 salary and the Yankees pay his 2017 salary). If it's only Robertson's half salary, it would be a great get for the Yankees.

With Torres about to be in MLB's Top 3, this is the closest deal in value to Sale. Quintana for Gleyber Torres (Moncada), Blake Rutherford (Kopech), Miguel Andujar (Basabe) and Nolan Martinez (Diaz). I imagine Yankees say no, so you'd have to sweeten it with Robertson, while eating half his salary. Would 4 seasons of Quintana and 2 half-priced seasons of Robertson equal Sale?

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 02:25 PM) If I only do number 8 is that bad Extremely.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 30, 2016 -> 02:16 PM) First time I've seen names from the Yanks in talks for Q. https://elitesportsny.com/2016/12/30/despit...must-stick-plan Interesting.

If you're reading the Quintana thread, it's clear we've all gone insane. So a couple minds at SoxNet decided to throw together a list of things Sox fans can do while waiting to see where Q lands. http://www.chicagonow.com/soxnet/2016/12/8...quintana-trade/

It's a Phil Rogers proposal. I wouldn't worry about it.

Brett, you going to touch on Congress not doing their job at all?

Let's get back to Quintana discussion, or this thread will start anew.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 29, 2016 -> 07:37 PM) I thought I was the only one here who likes Coats. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 29, 2016 -> 04:46 PM) Thanks shipps. Also notable: gleybar torres now his #2 prospect in baseball Yankees, you should get Quintana.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2016 -> 04:49 PM) um... someone asked me. Literally, called me out by name, because he knew my view of him was a little different than that of others (ask me about Spencer Adams and I'll go the opposite direction and be a negative contrarian). So I spent 20 seconds typing a response. On a discussion forum. About a player who is likely to be part of the 2017 team. If you only want to discuss the Moncadas of the world, that's fine. They deserve more attention, and they get it. But role players and bench guys are also part of the picture, because no one has a 25-man team of Moncadas. About 40 players, give or take, will "count" in any given year for any given club. And the reason I brought you in is because you've got some of the best insight into the org and predicted Coats not being a write off years ago. If you think he'll be useful, then I agree till proven wrong.

Or Donald Trump not going to intelligence briefings.