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QUOTE (Lillian @ Aug 12, 2016 -> 10:42 AM) In a previous post, I argued that I'd prefer the Sox trade Sale than Quintana, and I gave several reasons. Although I don't advocate trading either one, I'd like to add one more reason why I would trade Sale over Quintana; The evidence is mounting that, at least this year, Q is actually a slightly better pitcher. I know that sounds ridiculous, but look at their respective game logs, and see if you don't agree. The margin isn't very great, but Quintana barely edges out Sale as the more consistently reliable Ace. What a shame that this team can't score enough runs to make him the Cy Young candidate that he deserves to be. It's also much easier to root for Q.

I'm probably gonna get it, especially if I ever get PS VR. But what Joe suggested above - the ability to colonize and meet up with other players. If they ever add that to the game and make it work, it'd be the GOAT game.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) Rollins certainly was awful. Hawk kept talking about how he was a Hall of Famer. He reeked. He's still probably a Hall of Famer. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 03:04 PM) 2 + apple = Harambe QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) 2 + DC Comics catalog = pi/relativity So if the Sox trade Harambe's apple pies for Albert Einstein, we get two Mike Trouts?

Alright I'm officially excited.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 06:17 PM) Yes, but a lot of people simply would never consider going to 35th and Shields. Convenience is good, but other cities have their stadiums downtown and thrive. Chicago has to think big. Our team is second fiddle. It's time for the new owners to figure out where we would have the best chance of selling out every game. Frankly it's probably either Naperville or in the heart of downtown. Make it a 45,000 seat stadium with a retractable roof and put it somewhere we're going to sell out every game. It's got to truly be the best stadium ever constructed to compete with the Cubs. Don't a lot of cities have their teams in suburbs?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 06:06 PM) There are better locations. Just think. If you were to own the Chicago White Sox and had the money and had to decide where to put the stadium ... 35th and Shields would be way way down the list. My preferences are 1. Downtown. 2. Naperville. 3. Lisle. 4. Schaumberg. 5. Lake Shore Drive. 6. 35th and Shields. 7. Near Brookfield Zoo. In modern American business, it's wherever they can make the biggest buck. If it's Las Vegas, bye bye White Sox. If it's Charlotte, bye bye White Sox. If it's Memphis, bye bye White Sox. If it's Chicago, then they stay. Considering the Cell has plenty of parking space, is a Metra stop and right off the highway, I'd leave it be.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 05:46 PM) What does Fox News have to do with anything? WikiLeaks makes your candidate look bad so they equal Fox News? MSNBC is just a smidge above the both of them, but barely and only because they don't make Fox News' atrocious charts. But what they all have is massive political agendas and fear mongering depending on who is in power.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 05:51 PM) As long as they keep the team in Chicago I hope Reinsdorf sells soon. The new owner WILL build a new ballpark, hopefully in a new location. Why? It's just fine where it is.

Obama???

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) All this "reckless" behavior the media talks about is far worth the value they provide in exposing the behavior of the governing elites. It's comical the way the media attacks WikiLeaks for doing ya know, actual journalism. Except WikiLeaks doesn't do, ya know, actual journalism. Unvetted data dumps while acting as a puppet for a country =/= journalism. They're in the same tier as Fox News.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 03:25 PM) Blake Hickman ‏@BlakeHickman18 2h2 hours ago Bullpen day!! YEAH!

Alec Hanson and Alex Call for all positions.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 01:05 PM) And if he continues to suck, Hahn and KW are still idiots who love veterans who can't play anymore. I'm just wondering how good Houston is if they draft Kris Bryant instead of Appel, and keep JD Martinez around. They probably don't trade for Gomez. And Rodon over Aiken.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 12:59 PM) I have plenty of cubs fans around me, and nobody says a word. It must suck working with a bunch of people who act like kids My favorite was when I posted a photo of my press pass to The Cell on FB (because I was excited as hell) and got six or seven comments about how the Cubs were awesome and the Sox suck.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 12:26 PM) Oh they do when they see the hat. haha. One comment was, WTF is that? Cubs baby! Sox blow! I believe it. Was parroting some who say there's no reason for Sox fans to care about or dislike the Cubs and that it's embarrassing for us to dislike them because the Cubs have no direct effect on the Sox or their fans.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) Cubs fans here at work and on my facebook are getting more cocky by the day. My Sox hat on my desk is still the brunt of jokes. Don't worry, Cubs fans don't actually care about White Sox fans so you shouldn't care.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Aug 11, 2016 -> 11:29 AM) Could be the presence of Morneau, but I think the fact that his son is around is the biggest factor as to why he has been performing so well. ...what if Justin Morneau IS his son?

GET HIM FOR THE PLAYOFF PUSH

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) Hansen also with a 54% groundball rate this year. Couldn't be doing much more. I mean he could be throwing perfect games, but yeah, Sox weren't kidding when they said they saw something.

Oh my god Hansen.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 06:05 PM) Have you watched Chapman get hit at 103-104? You can't get away with just one pitch in the majors...we'll see how his other stuff develops. It's back to the philosophy of letting him get beat up a bit (with the Sox) and then he'll be likelier to take coaching advice. It's easy to see Hahn using the Hansen pick as his out...we love Zach's arm a lot, his stuff's just too good right now not to utilize along with our current win now assets this year and going into another contending season in 2017. We have also received a slew of glowing reports on the progress of Alec and believe he'll be ready for the rotation by mid 2018, etc. Right now, we have a really positive situation with competition for the starting rotation and don't have to push any of our young guys like Carson too much because they're all experienced veterans diwn there, even Carlos Rodon with two years under his belt. When, not if, Carlos takes the next step, we'll have one of the best rotations in the majors. Unless you're Mo. But otherwise, yes.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) Are you seriously evaluating a reliever's performance based on the amount of "pitcher wins" he adds or subtracts to from Chris Sale's total? Because that would be total nonsense, and Quinarvy's post is simply stating that. QUOTE (captain54 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 02:58 PM) No I'm not seriously evaluating Robertson's performance based on the amount of "pitcher wins" he adds or subtracts from Sale's total... If you'll read further back in the thread, I posted other numbers directly relating to where he stands in ERA, WHIP, Blown saves ,etc… But if you chose to cherry pick, like other's have... one supplemental comment I made about him responsible for a couple of Sales lost wins, and perform some magical verbal linguistics, as if that was my whole argument.. wow.. okay.. go run with it, man.. have fun... Then why bring up Sale's win total?! I agree that Robertson has definitely not been up to snuff this year.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 02:03 PM) Because Sale could have 20 wins and is going for the Cy Young. I know SABR stats overshadow wins but it is still a used stat by mainstream fans for indicating success. So Robertson is a bad closer not because it's hurting the team in general, but Chris Sale's Cy Young chances. My point is there was no real reason to bring Sale into this. Robertson has been disappointing this year, regardless of whose wins he's lost.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 02:00 PM) I thought Q meant kill the GOP forever, not in this election. Trump's not even a republican, never has been. Is Bush supposed to give an objective opinion after Trump raw boned his brother into a woefully expensive crying submission? Ah, sorry. Basically meant kill for the foreseeable future. I think this would have some long stretching ramifications on the GOP that would take them a while to bounce back from.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Aug 10, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Of course it was. The discussion is concerning Robertsons performance vs value. You switched it up completely and brought up an entirely different issue involving Sale and the torn up uni's and missing a couple of starts. This is hilarious. You guys are pretty forgiving when it comes to someone else not getting value for their $$$. My guess is that if it was coming out of your pocket, or you were somehow accountable, you'd be taking a walk over to the dark side with all the irrational ranters, whiners, moaners and chronically unsatisfied Do you join hands and sing "Kumbaya" when you take your car in for a $5 k engine rebuild, and you break down not 20 minutes out of the shop, in rush hour on the Kennedy, bumper to bumper, in 95 degree temps? Then why does it matter costing Sale wins vs. any other pitcher on the team?