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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 15, 2013 -> 09:41 AM) I'll be honest, if I am not getting a young superstar bat, I am not trading Chris Sale. Basically I want his equivalent as a hitter. I want Stanton. I want Trout. I don't want prospects. I don't either. Unless it's Trout or Stanton, I want Sale. Those are just packages I'd mull over.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 11, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) How many Cardinal fans have you actually heard say that? Being in Missouri...every single f***ing one. Go Dodgers.

I posted some deals I'd accept for Sale last time this was brought up... Diamondbacks I'm asking Skaggs, Eaton, Owings, Davidson, Holmberg, Trahan. Pirates I'm asking Tallion, Cole, Polanco, and Hanson. Cardinals I'm asking Wacha, Martinez, Taveras, Adams, and Wong. Red Sox I'm asking Bogaerts, Bradley, Owens, Ranuado, and Cecchini/Brentz Orioles I'm asking Bundy, Britton, Rodriguez, Schoop, and Harvey. The price for Sale is high, astronomical, unprecedented. A team like the Orioles would have to take Dunn. The Cards Alexei. The Pirates Alexei and De Aza. There is a price to get it done, but no team wants to pay it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 12, 2013 -> 11:59 PM) I just think this is another example of "me first" America, is all. Everybody thinks they are so great and their kids are so great that they shouldn't have to lose a game. I remember one time in grade school, our all white team lost a game to an all black team in the title game of some tournament in inner city Chicago. Everybody thought our bus would get stoned, etc. We lost the game and I remember the handshake line more than the game. It was a great game and lots of handshakes and hugs between the two teams' players. You love Ozzie and half the GOP and are complaining about "me first"?

Just read that Marshall wore his green cleats. What's his fine? Also, f*** yeah Brandon Marshall.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 05:57 PM) I know people are suffering cause they need the work and need the paychecks being denied them because of Obama n the Republicans. I blame our celebrity president for failure to show one iota of leadership skill. So you do have no idea how government works.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 12:34 PM) Financially, it could be Danks + Dunn for Ethier + 14 mil. Even better sounding

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 12:09 PM) John Danks for Ethier and cash makes a bunch of sense, then. I could get behind this.

This is still f***ing stupid.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 01:07 AM) It would be phenomenal reading Ozzie's quotes every day. I bet at this stage he'd do the job for very very little pay. I know he's all about money but to get back in baseball? I bet he'd do it on the cheap. He burned so many bridges he'll never manage again. He's even too radical in that story, too non P.C. to get a team to hire him. He's not giving up his current Marlins money for anything less.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 8, 2013 -> 10:23 PM) Thank you sir. I think you all underestimate me. I think I am a brilliant person, evidenced by the fact when I gamble and start a thread it usually gets a lot of responses. See my risky Miley Cyrus thread. Brilliance: Measured in risky threads/replies ratio.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) Want. Hahn clearing the books has never looked better. Sox could realistically sign Abreu, McCann, and Ellsbury. CF - Ellsbury SS - Alexei DH - Dunn 1B - Abreu C - McCann RF - Garcia LF - Viciedo 3B - Semien 2B - Beckham Bench: Jordan Danks, L. Garcia, Gillaspie, Phegley Trade DeAza for some piece. The rotation and bullpen are basically set. Boom, rebuild over.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2013 -> 11:56 AM) Work has me busy and I don't have the time I used to - so can someone sum up why Abreu looks like a can't miss? From Grantland: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/760160...e-weapon-planet

White Sox 6yr/72M Plenty of incentives 7th year - 15M mutual option 8th year - 18M mutual option

When do we find out who won?

If the two freak injuries from last year make him come cheap, yeah, I'd be ok with Granderson IF you trade De Aza for something of value, because De Aza does have value as much as people want to not believe it. But I'd much rather go for Ellsbury if we're going OF.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 6, 2013 -> 06:40 PM) Sometimes I wonder if the White Sox (KW) wanted that put out there intentionally just to create the perception "the Sox were in on the bidding" but yet they realistically weren't going to finish first. There was a big firestorm in the media in Toronto about this, I think it was over the Darvish bidding process. Somehow, the White Sox almost always finish 2nd/3rd. In the end, "almost" doesn't count. A blind bid of $25M is a whole damn lot to gamble.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 05:11 PM) People actually suggest shooting weapons out of people's hands, haha. You mean...you don't have the magical aim of a cyborg?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2013 -> 04:09 PM) If you remember back to pre-GM Kenny Williams, this IS what he is really good at. When he was in charge of just the minor league system, it was tops in baseball. Yup. The Sox had the top ranked farm system in baseball when Kenny ran it. I like having him involved in this.

Police have announced active shooter situation

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 3, 2013 -> 01:27 PM) Buzz on Twitter about shooting at or near the Capitol. Nothing about it on TV yet. Police have announced active shooter situation.

Greg uses stats in a post. We are all overcome with shock and awe.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 12:26 PM) What?? I don't think so. Sarcasm.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 08:17 AM) One thing we can all agree on, trucking is definitely an industry that is 100% non-reliant on government to function and exist. The private sector maintains the interstate system.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 2, 2013 -> 08:06 AM) All I want Rick Hahn to do is to make the Chicago White Sox a better team next year and going forward. This. Retool the major league roster using the money we cleared up while simultaneously investing in the minors. This isn't the NBA, we have over 200 roster spots to use.