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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 26, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) If they fall way out of it, Shark and Ramirez could go. Melly, LaRoche, and Robertson aren't going anywhere though. The whole point of trying to win this year was to not waste the prime's of Sale and Abreu. They aren't just going to give up on next year as well. On that note... If people in here want to blow it up it doesn't mean just trading Samardzjia, LaRoche, Robertson, Melky, Robertson and Duke. It means trading those five, Sale, Q, Abreu, Eaton, Alexei. Everyone but Rodon and Garcia would be for sale. Sure, you'd have the top system in baseball, but that's all you'll get because free agents wouldn't sign here and players like Sale, Quintana and Eaton would be far less inclined to sign team-friendly deals. I don't want to see that happen.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 26, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Some of you just THRIVE on negativity. What the f*** does Buddy Bell have to do with Melky Cabrera's 54 wRC+ or John Danks' 5.11 ERA? This team has played like s*** this year and they deserve to lose, but giving up your fandom over a s***ty season is just so dramatic. Fine, blame the manager if you want to pretend you have any idea why they're hitting so badly, but the bottom line is they're losing because they're playing like s***. The players have not performed anywhere close to the level they could have been expected to perform. It happens to 10+ teams every year. I don't know why it's so satisfying to find a political reason to hate your team. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Chicago could support two teams easily, and has when the stars align to the liking of the bandwagon. Sox fans choose to withhold their support for pretty much any reason under the sun, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. The market is very much there. Trust me, if the White Sox were to leave for some reason, there would be at least a franchise or two which would kill for the market, Oakland and Tampa Bay come to mind right away. The frustrating part is if Sox fans had half of the loyalty of the rest of the top notch franchises in baseball, they would have the resources and ability to do what other franchises can do. They wouldn't have to choose between major league and minor league spending. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2015 -> 09:10 AM) When you are holding 35 year old grudges on the topic, this is the absolute truest post in the entire thread. QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 26, 2015 -> 09:12 AM) This post is awesome. How do you stop being a fan of a team? Doesn't make sense to me. That was four straight posts of awesome.

HEY. He said 10 of the next 11. 10 game win streak, leggo.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 25, 2015 -> 09:48 PM) I'm kind of excited about prospects of a midseason "do-over." I remember one year the Sox acquired Bobby Bonds, not Barry but Bobby. He was so bad they recognized the problem and dumped him. I believe they did the same with Dan Pasqua. They also knew they erred in acquiring Swisher and also that lousy leadoff hitter Erstad. Dumped all of 'em before the fans picketed. If Hahn does this right, he can get so many good prospects for Shark, Lexi, LaRoche, Melky, Robertson, Duke it'll make our heads spin. Please Mr. Hahn, start planning some amazing trades. I still say we might be able to steal a few KC prospects for Shark. They are talking daily here about Cueto. Why not Shark? Robertson will be a huge chip for a contender! Don't mistakenly keep these guys we acquired last offseason in hopes they turn it around next year. When a guy is a bust, he's a bust (can u say Adam Dunn?) Surely some of you agree with me?! And literally no one will ever sign with the Sox again.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 25, 2015 -> 09:07 PM) This has been the least enjoyable playoffs for me in a long time. #injuries He's back. Somehow. Holy s***.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 25, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) What? No way lol. I read his stats SO wrong earlier. His avg is .317, OBP of .324 and SLG of .507 My eyes were reading average of .324 OBP of .507 and I didn't question it for some reason.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 25, 2015 -> 09:02 PM) I'm not watching. Please tell me he's not hurt or kinda hurt? He jumped up to block an Ariza shot and went over Ariza. Hit his head hard. Doesn't look good. He walked off under his own power.

Um, Steph. Please be OK.

Time for Steverson and Robin to go.

We got them right where we want them.

Good hustle by Melky.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 25, 2015 -> 06:19 PM) Love Fry getting them K's with 7 in 6 IP. He gave up 9 hits but had two bunt hits and two infield singles. He's been a bad luck pitcher this year. Engel is free falling with the average under .260 now. EJ strikes out two in a 1-2-3 first inning. Fry is really intriguing. I wasn't enamored with the pick, but he's been performing better than I expected. A full EJ resurgence would be so nice.

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Just got home. Love Swirsky compared to Hawks. Good play by Gordon. And 4 runs already?

Zobrist has played poorly and has been on the DL. I'd give up something like what we gave up for Youkilis, which would be something like Leury and Scott Carroll. Buehrle isn't having all that great a year and getting paid plenty. I'd give up something like...Myles Jaye and Cleto for him. Problem is then you'd have to figure out what to do with Danks. Lucroy has been hurt, but you still demand something in terms of trade value, but you can't trade for last year's production. Something like Eddy Alvarez, Jace Fry, Davidson and one of Micah/Sanchez. Revised offer of Montas, Alvarez and Davidson. For Rosario I'd offer Trayce Thompson, Fry, Davidson and Nolan Sanburn. Can I see Hahn doing 2012 push for the playoffs type trading? Yes. But Don't expect big splashy pieces other than maybe Rosario or Lucroy. Untouchables for me would be Danish, Anderson and Adams.

Dellavedova looked homeless in the interview. LeBron got REALLY mad when reporters asked about him diving on people.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 24, 2015 -> 11:39 PM) I can't believe how early the Sox are out of it again. School lets out and team is buried already. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 24, 2015 -> 08:18 PM) There are over 100 games left. The current performance is cause for concern, not cause for abandoning all hope and burning it all down.

Even I'll admit that LeBron pushing through all that in the end was admirable. It was obvious he was gassed / something wrong with him. He let his mind take over his body.

Dellavedova is a dirty POS. My god. I hope Curry just rains 3s in his face all day.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ May 24, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) Well, Atlanta's all done. Watch out for your knees, Curry. They ejected Horford for that? Dellavedova dove on the guy and dragged him down. My god. It's just what happened to Taj. We might get a 5 v 8 finals.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 24, 2015 -> 07:28 PM) Do not let facts cloud your reasoning. LaRoche (LaDunn?) has parallels with Dunn so he's the problem. It's not that our 1-2 hitters who had OBPs over .350 last year can't crack .300 this year. It's not that our best hitter is having a sophomore slump. It's not that our reigning Silver Slugger shortstop is hitting at the worst rates on his career. And it's definitely not because our C, 2B and 3B are offensive black holes. The offense is in a bad place and that's obvious. Trying to pin this on one player is entirely silly. We had holes and they are still holes. We have productive players and they are not performing to their ability. At some point this will flip to an extent and regress to the mean. That's not to say this team is capable of being an elite offense but they most definitely can hit better than they are hitting right now. I think Jose will turn it around soon. Let's not forget he just had a 17 game hitting streak. Catcher needs to be upgraded badly. There is no hope for Flowers and the farm is bare. Third as well. It might just be time to experiment with Davidson and hope a promotion makes him so excited to be in the bigs that he hits well. Or see if Gordon can be slightly better with starting time at 3rd. You just hope for the best with Carlos or Micah right now.

There are over 100 games left. The current performance is cause for concern, not cause for abandoning all hope and burning it all down.

Hector Noesi throws a shutout, loses. Probably. Hector (5.60 ERA) kinda looks like frankenstein in this. vs. Drew Hutchison (bottom right arm, which has an ERA of 6.01).

J4L isn't wrong. This Warriors team by the numbers is the third best team ever, right after the '95-'96 Bulls and the '96-'97 Bulls. They just need to win the championship. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-be...cording-to-elo/