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QUOTE (The Gooch @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 02:41 PM) I have a buddy that has been pumping Johnson and the Libertarian party for months. He was pretty excited for a chance to break through with two unlikeable candidates running. After the Town Hall with Johnson on CNN, he is now voting for Trump. He must be really awful at public speaking, which makes me wonder how he became the nominee? My friend is still a Libertarian, but couldn't vote for Johnson after that I guess. I mean, he sounds great for five minutes, then you hear his policies and want to laugh in his face. I was in the room next to the studio and had to repeatedly stifle laughter.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 02:34 PM) And Avi stays up for....? +1

In before someone suggests calling up May or Engel or moving Eaton back to CF.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 07:57 PM) Up to around 12%. Needs to reach 15% to get into debate. Oh man, GJ in the debates will be a riot. He was squirming when my editor interviewed him. I'd love to see how he reacts on the national stage.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 12:03 PM) I don't think the media took Sanders very seriously either. Right, I meant even though he was a Presidential candidate, he basically got a free pass. [Prepares for Greg to come in and say otherwise]

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 11:37 AM) Biden just doesn't get taken seriously. He is treated like the racist and really old uncle who just occasionally yells something stupid, and everyone laughs and goes "Oh that Uncle Joe!" Now the gloves would come off if he were every the nominee for President, but for now he kind of gets the Quayle treatment. Eh, to be fair the gloves didn't come off for Bernie who earlier this year assumed an Indian man was Muslim, not Hindu. And there's his whole rape fantasy writings from the 70s. But yeah, Biden is just America's crazy uncle right now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) If you look around MLB and pick out the teams that are trading their top players at their peak values, you aren't looking at the top franchises in baseball. Those teams squeeze every ounce of performance they can from their players. You are looking at teams like the Oakland A's who are always rebuilding. Or the Braves since 2005ish. These are the teams the Sox would end up being like, not the Red Sox or Cubs who are able to supplement trading key players for prospects with mad amounts of cash.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 14, 2016 -> 10:39 AM) It is amazing how obvious this is, but everyone completely ignores. Maximizing asset returns just means you are in a perpetual rebuilding mode. But trading Sale, Q, Eaton, Abreu, Robertson, Melky, Frazier, Jones, Duke, Jennings and Lawrie will allow us to stockpile on prospects so they can be ready when we trade Rodon, Fulmer, Collins, Adams, Hansen, Burdi, Anderson, Call, Fischer, Saladino, and Michalczewski.

Over at RealGM they compare him to a German Nocioni. I'd take that.

Eddy 3-5. Still climbing.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) eh, from what my wife's seen teaching middle school for a little while now, these kids know how to "use" computers to go on facebook or play games or whatever, but they're not exactly tech-savvy. They can barely use word processors or even google, have a hard time negotiating basic computer functions, etc. It's not like in the 90's where you might have to spend a day or two messing around with buried config settings, physical hardware dip switches or jumpers etc. to get your favorite game to work right. The push is super recent. Like, weeks old with programs Google and Apple are releasing.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 12:24 PM) I think as a general rule of thumb, Gen Xers were raised by Boomers and Millennials were raised by Gen Xers Just from experience, I'd say Boomers --> Gen X & Mid 80s to Early 90s Millenials, Gen X --> Late 90s to Early 2000s Millenials and Gen Z

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 12:11 PM) What's the big deal about kids using electronics? So they are more sophisticated than we were growing up. We were more sophisticated than our parents and so on. So? What is this, jealousy? I wish smartphones existed when I was 12. Granted, I was too poor but still. Especially with the push to teach kids coding now, which will be a massive boost to the science and technology industry.

Jesus Christ, someone can also like and or respect the Cubs even if they're a Sox fan.

We should have never signed Jermaine Dye. Magglio Ordonez was an All-Star more times and was homegrown. Just another failure by this front office.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 09:58 AM) Maybe some were but the first round of boomers gave birth to Gen X. Boomers (1946 - 1964) --> Gen X (60s - 70s) --> Millennials (80s and 90s) My parents are boomers, I'm Gen X and my kids are millennials AKA Gen Y. My parents are boomers. My brother (9 years older) is one of those that dances on the line of Millenials/Gen X.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) But how can we honestly say Semien was traded "out of depth" when none of those players were clear/sure-fire/ready-to-go replacements at either 2B or 3B? They were possibilities. Actually, you'd have to believe the White Sox valued Conor Gillaspie and Gordon Beckham more at 3B based upon their actions (or lack thereof). Isn't that also part of the reason Emilio Bonifacio was acquired, to share time at 2B and give Micah Johnson some competition (PR/outfield, 3B, etc.) We said all along that if you merged Saladino/Micah/Carlos/Leury into ONE player, then you might have a major league regular. Saladino was also coming off an injury that was going to limit him heading into 2015 (at least there was the idea he wouldn't be ready to start the season or even maybe be ready to go in May). Trey wasn't even close to the majors (he still isn't 1 1/2 years later) and Davidson had a 644 OPS in AAA, so it would have been nearly impossible to project him as a starter coming into 2015. Replacement? Semien was part of the group of no clear/sure-fire/ready-to-go replacements. He was the same group as Micah and Sanchez and all three of them couldn't play second.

Nice to see Alvarez's average keep climbing

If Arrieta wasn't wearing anything on the ESPN cover, is it because he forgot his thong and that's why he can't DH in the World Series now?

Interesting tidbit: I lived with my cousins for the first month of my internship in NYC. They're about my parent's age. They told my dad they loved having me around and that they were a bit sad when I had to leave. I just found that interesting.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 12:38 AM) I tell you one thing, though I'm curious about Millenials, I do wonder about the generation that raised them. It seems Generation X was even worse than the Baby Boomers in raising their little precious kids with the idea said kids can DO NO WRONG. Boomers started it. Yes, parents in their mid 50s coddled their precious little ones with the participation trophies and making teachers' lives hell for giving Johnny or Julie a B instead of an A. Now the parents who are in their 30s (Gen X?) are even worse. The kids are for the most part totally spoiled brats. However, I would like to learn more about this because with so many people getting laid off at work, I don't see how there's the money to give little Johnny and Julie all the gadgets they need to be happy and all the ice cream they need to get fat. With young parents refusing to accept the fact their kids may deserve a C or D in a class, they are realizing they don't need to study at all, just have mommy and dad attack their teachers verbally to get the grades changed. No teacher needs the grief so many acquiesce before the principal gets involved and say they are too tough graders. What are we calling today's generation of kids 10 and younger. The ones I've seen are very very adept at video games and all gadgets and also very very entitled. Oh my gosh the "young" parents today are even more protecitve than their parents were. Finally I was interested in that article that said Millenials don't want to commit to anybody so they won't even f***. Not sure what that's all about? Is this generation going to be the one that simply DOES NOT WANT married life? That does NOT WANT to buy a house with a perfectly green lawn? Generation X is not like that. They do want family life and "perfect" family life in terms of raising their little angels to where they never experience any challenges or angst. EVER. Johnny and Julie are PERFECT and they will feel that way the rest of their lives (as they live with mommy and daddy til they are 40). Let me know. Er...millennials were raised by the Baby Boomers. Generation X are the ones raising the current generation (Gen Z, Aughts, etc.)

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 13, 2016 -> 12:16 AM) He probably should have gone independent. Had he gone independent though, would he have ever gained any traction at all? Would anybody have covered his campaign at all? In retrospect, the bulls*** superdelagate thing killed him. Also the media's refusal to pay ANY attention to that string of victories he had fairly late. He was rolling. Had they amped up the Bernie coverage before California and actually wrote about Bernie's popularity rather than "he has no chance" as he racked up win after win, he might have been the nominee. If he were an independent, none of that rigged bulls*** would have occurred. If the ballot boxes weren't rigged in November (and there's no reason to believe our elections are fixed), he might have actually had a chance as an independent. Instead of backing Hillary, he should have gone independent right after California saying, "I owe it to my supporters to have this play out. I am disappointed in how I've been treated by the superdelagates and am going to win the Presidency as an independent!" Ultimately I don't blame him for backing Hillary cause that's what you do when you "lose." Great post. Even though Bernie was courting superdelegates in the end because he was behind in pledged delegates. And you're right on the media, even though Hillary received the most negative coverage of any candidate by far. Great post.

I hope Paterno burns in hell forever.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 05:44 PM) There's also a third group of people: Ones who see how the players we trade away perform. If they perform like Semien and Trayce then of course we're going to be mad. You can't blindly support your team when they do something dumb. Hopefully the Semien deal won't be as bad as the worst deal in Chicago history: Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. If Semien is a 30-40 HR guy every year, he's the next Ernie Banks (sorry for all the Cub references). If Semien is the next Ernor Banks, I'll eat CB2.0's hat and bet your house.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 12, 2016 -> 04:29 PM) Yeah, that was terrible talent evaluation. Out of curiosity, I wonder how many here would agree with that back then.