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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 12:14 PM) The franchise is still paying for Ozzie winning the Thome/Kotsay battle. Some would argue that the Thome/Rowand trade set them back even more. I liked Ozzie's philosophy on that but they had the wrong people for it. The DH has always been a money pit for the Sox.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 17, 2013 -> 09:49 AM) All the marketing BS would bother me more if Rivera wasn't such a good guy and actually seems to be geuiniely moved and appreciative of everything. He's also a real Yankee. Came up through their system.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:26 PM) This is the dumbest stuff I've ever heard. Makes zero logical sense. I mean, I'm sure he would potentially be a good closer, but really, this is going pretty far outside the box and is about as unlikely a rumor as I've heard all year (and now watch the deal get announced in a couple days). I wonder what an NL ERA of 5+ translates in the AL.

If you look now, you can see there is no depth in Sox or baseball discussions compared to here. #6 thread is titled Latest Sox commercial. #4 My Annual White Sox Marketing & Game Experience Complaint List. What does that tell you?

QUOTE (balfanman @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 06:07 AM) I was never at WSI long enough for a ban, noticing early on that I didn't care much for the site. I did however receive a warning there for being overly religious. I had simply agreed with something another poster had said and I replied "Amen brother, preach it!". For that I received a warning. I just never went back. If I said, "Baseball owners are like congressmen, they throw lots of money on bad products". That would cite a warning for being political.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jul 14, 2013 -> 10:58 PM) He has to be in the top 5 douche bags on that site. All the other mods love to hype him up saying bulls*** like "I'll have to see how Daver feels on player X first." Embarrassing. I don't know what his credentials are, but they treat him like he's a baseball god. All he does is provide snarky one liners that rarely stimulate conversation other than arguments. He's probably one of the view that has knowledge of the farm system. He knows people in the organization.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 02:19 PM) Which is why it makes sense to give Ventura another shot with another group of players. As loyal as Reinsdorf is, I see no way Ventura isn't brought back. The last Sox manager to be let go after 2 seasons was Bevington, and that was after displaying extreme incompetence. He's somewhat doing that now. I think the reaction would be much different with the fans if it were someone outside the organization.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 01:36 PM) Because he still had the glow of 2005 WS on him. I remember that season and how awful it was. I think this is even worse. I think what we're looking at is the ole' chicken-or-the-egg conundrum about an awful team: is it the managers or the players? How can you tell until one is removed? I'm fine with Robin for at least another year providing we make some big changes on the field. Then perhaps we'll have a better read. That said, and I'm going to get shelled for this: Beckham. Is he a bust, or isn't he? Somebody decide. Yes his defense is great but so was Brian Anderson's. I don't know what to say about him--personally I like the guy. That depends on how you look at it. If you expected the same production when he first came up-Yes. Being able to play in the majors-No.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 01:19 PM) I think blaming this season on the coaching staff is really lazy. You could bring any coaching staff in this season and the Sox are still one of the 5 worst teams in baseball. The one thing Robin does that drives me nuts is he gives away too many outs. I don't think his staff has failed miserably though. There's really no way of knowing that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 07:16 AM) If Robin had signed that extension, I'd be annoyed at this point due to the quality of play on the field but begrudgingly accepting that he would be here for at least another year. He's not under contract? Perfect. Bring in someone else and see if they can pull the players' heads out of their tails. The guy whose job it is to do that this year has utterly failed. I'm starting to see it that way. I'm also worried about the Sale pitch count. Where's Coop in this? Are they going to mirror the Baker/Rothschild regime?

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 10:09 AM) Ventura can't do anything with this team. It's not a very good team. A rebuild is the best thing. Lets see how he works with that before making a case to remove him. That makes me think that maybe someone else can do something.

Most of you watch the games, I don't. If the manager was not a former beloved player, how soon would you want a guy gone? My question is did the team go through that many changes (minus AJ and Youk) that puts them flirting with the 100 loss mark? Could we say last season was over achievement and this season is under achievement?

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 12, 2013 -> 06:22 PM) I got a lifetime ban for posting a twitter link about 10 seconds after I posted a trade that had been made. Once their mods form a bad opinion of you then your toast. They don't warn either. I got a 6 month ban for not bowing to the alter of political correctness. A thread was about a player using the race card and I mentioned some black guy called on the SCORE and mentioned how Robinson had to deal with it and the needed to stop crying over it. Something like that anyway. Most of the mods are f***tards. Lip and Daver are great. I often wish the worst for their site. Best site ever is Colts Freaks. Lightly moderation and they limit their participation in discussions. They will ban you for trolling.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jul 12, 2013 -> 09:54 PM) OK trade. Getting a high ceiling type of offensive player. Still only 22 years old and has a ton of potential. White Sox sure like OF's that strike out a lot. That's only thing that doesn't make me love the trade is the high strikeouts and not seeing a huge improvement increasing his walks since being drafted. I don't see that changing under the Sox farm system.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 11, 2013 -> 02:51 PM) I'm 100% behind trading Sale if Ventura is going to remain manager and let him throw 110+ pitches every game in a meaningless season. This. How about they trade Ventura. Where is Coop's say in these 120 pitch outings?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 01:02 PM) I lead the charge when it comes to getting Hawk out of the booth nowadays. But the guy has had quite the career and an interesting journey, I will definitely try to watch this documentary. Watch a week of baseball on ESPN. It is possible to miss Hawk.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 11, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) Until Kansas City wins the World Series and greg wants the Sox to trade for everyone on the Royals! Kenny would buy that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) Eh, does it really matter what they say? They have got their own thing going on there, they are happy with it, and that's cool. For me, I am happier with the personalities here. If I were worried about it, I'd go look up what they thought. I agree. This thread kind of mirrors them because there is so little to talk about when the team is like this.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 08:44 AM) Where was this last year when we played them and it mattered? That's the Sox MO. They use to be the Twins' b**** at one time.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 06:28 AM) I was advocating the White Sox basically just cut him back in early May. But I gotta admit, he's been a joy to watch the past month or so. He's been playing as a borderline all-star as of late Maybe more time playing in the field has something to do with it.

I love Dunn's swing when he is on.

It's nice to see Beckham still hitting the ball.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 5, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) I missed the game but supposedly he had quite the baserunning blunder last week in that 18-10 game or whatever it wound up being. That seems to be an organization thing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 5, 2013 -> 03:57 AM) Olivo's name jumps out...as a back-up for Phegley and veteran tutor. Kelly Shoppach was just DFA'ed recently as well, although I think he accepted the assignment. Francouer would simply be a stopgap or placeholder in case we trade Rios... How did you come to that conclusion? I thought they got rid of him because he was baseball stupid even though I liked him. Who did they trade him for?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 5, 2013 -> 06:48 AM) Don't expect him to hit right away. Expect that he may need more than a season to adapt to big league pitching. Expect that he'll come up and hit worse than Flowers. That should be the expectation with every prospect. I remember a couple of years ago the "Free Viciedo" slogans. Then after Pods left, the cry for Owens.