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QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 01:17 PM) I can't stand football. I know I'm in the extreme minority but I just think it's the dumbest sport, and all they do is talk football like 9 months of the year. I can't even turn on the radio unless there's a game on. But that's better anyway, those guys are all blowhards. ESPN has ruined the NFL for me. Why over hype that doesn't need hype. I live in a warm climate. I have a hard time staying indoors during the NFL season because the weather starts to get nice. Back in the Mid West after October the NFL was a couch potato activity. Watching the NFL is about 9 hours of your Sunday if you chose to watch every game.

MLB I was reading the responses. I can't see playing baseball in Taiwan would translate to going back to hitting ML pitching. Has his suspension ended? Some of baseball's drug users seem to have this arrogance. He had a short contract expecting some ML team will be calling just like Sosa waiting for that HOF call. When you read some of the reactions, I wouldn't be surprised that outside our lifetime the steroid users will be in the HOF.

Best of 21, Hawks vs. Bruins. Spare the city from bad baseball.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 08:55 AM) Right now, no. That's why you don't trade him RIGHT NOW. You trade him when he's shown he's healthy and productive, which he will do when he comes back from the DL. And if you want to say he's "damaged goods" as if referring to his arm, then you are also wrong. He suffered a rather freak injury because who breaks their rib getting their back cracked? Peavy's value will be just fine and there's no rush to deal him. Also, I really hope you are not an investment analyst. That's why I think if they did it's nothing but a salary dump. You're last statement really makes no sense. Real world and baseball economics are apple and oranges. Baseball economics resemble congress.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:41 AM) You are wrong. Since coming off the DL in 2011, Peavy has produced 8.9 WAR over 407.2 IP at career-low walk rates. His 2013 performance has seen a substantially higher K rate when compared to last year's 3.37 ERA, 4.5 WAR performance despite identical walk totals. You still have to show up. He's damaged goods. You will not get much for him right now.

Rodgers wrote about trading Crain to the Tigers. It would be interesting to see what they would give up.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 08:17 AM) That should be enough for other teams to gauge his value for the deadline. The key is to make sure that he is in a position to succeed when he gets back. I am sure teams will be scouting his rehab games as well. A wise GM would give little to nothing for Peavy and make you pay part of his salary. They only thing Peavy has excelled at is going on the DL.

From what I've read, I'm glad I don't get to see this game.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jun 14, 2013 -> 11:12 AM) It's on a very, very exclusive channel. In fact, I'll bet you a hefty sum of money you won't find it. Also, go re-read the past 10 pages of the thread because we're not going through this again. Why would I want to waste time doing this on a site that doesn't give the team it's own thread. There's a Cubs thread but no BH thread. Unbelievable unless we are devoting threads to perpetual losers. The Hawks don't qualify while the Sox and Cubs do.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 14, 2013 -> 02:45 PM) Chicago fans are bandwagoners that don't know anything about hockey, unlike Bostonians, says AP piece Jesus Christ, can we make our off-day fluff a little less insulting? What does bandwagoners mean in the real world? Do they get locked out of the stadium? Owners are more than happy to get revenue from bandwagoners.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 15, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) 6th pick in the draft. Keep losing. I get the impression that problems could be solved by better instruction and scouting. If that isn't fixed, it doesn't matter who you pick unless the guy is major league ready.

It sucks that tonight's game is on an exclusive channel. I'd prefer NBC not to be given another contract for the Stanley. An awesome sport that could use some more fans should not be on a premier package.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 12, 2013 -> 07:29 AM) This is like a witch hunt. I have a funny feeling this is not gonna end well for MLB. The damage is already done. The first thing that should have been done was Selig's resignation for looking the other way, therefore allowing Congress to get involved. The next generation of sports writers will put probably some of the dopes in the Hall. Mark McGwire despite admitting to cheating will probably get in because some forgive for being honest when the act wasn't honest in the first place.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 9, 2013 -> 11:02 AM) Well I am glad some posters finally realized how hypocritical those comments are. Phil Rogers is the guy ranking our prospects for Baseball America when he has absolutely no clue what the hell he is talking about. Phil Rogers is the guy going on Chicago Tribune Live looking as unprepared to comment intelligently on Chicago baseball as my mother. The guy is just an incredible waste of space...for him to claim that someone else isn't putting in the work is mind-boggling. Usually responses to his articles reflect this.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 9, 2013 -> 05:05 PM) Speaking of...my latest article: what the White Sox can learn from the Blackhawks A change in ownership and philosophy is the big difference.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 11:27 PM) Most of the less knowledgeable people simply stay away from the draft thread. As for Danish, I can't help but think reliever. Potentially fast rising one, but I always cringe when I hear guys have a plus fastball/slider combo and need to develop the change to remain a starter. That's because they are working for Jerry.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 09:31 AM) I've seen a lot of posts wanting Ventura yelling and screaming at players and umpires, thinking that makes a difference. Where you work are the most effective bosses people who yell and scream at their employees if the results haven't been what they expect? Do you yourself respond better when being yelled at? Yep, I get tired of the showing emotion=they care. Kids and parents have bought into that crap and amateur sports have become a cesspool of incivility.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 07:50 PM) I haven't though the team looked lazy this year. More dumb than lazy. Stuff like running into outs has been happening way more often than guys not taking a base when they should for example. That is the Sox MO. They are always a dumb baseball team.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 11:06 AM) This fact somehow seems to escape so many people around here. It's fascinating. I wish we could also stop rehashing the past about this.

What happen to Tim Lincecum? How the might have fallen. 5+ ERA. It's like the pitching version of Adam Dunn.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 08:09 PM) Everyone that posts here has an agenda. Yours is further from reality than most. This is the funniest thing I've read in awhile. Can someone actually upstage you in this department?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 01:43 PM) Ozzie ruined 2012. Dunn was worth his contract. You can choose to ignore his career stats up until signing with the White Sox if you like, but in the real world, players who achieve what Dunn achieved get those kinds of contracts. If the Sox didn't sign him someone else would have been saddled with his deal. GMs, like anyone else on the planet, need to be evaluated based on what they were able to do with what they had to work with & with the information available at the time. You can't punish a GM for not being a psychic. Yes Dunn was a high K machine, but he was also in his prime, left-handed, an OBP machine, and a huge power threat. Kenny only gave him 4 years, which was probably the bare minimum he was going to get. IIRC the Tigers were also in on him & there were people saying Dunn would get 5 years. This was a good on-paper move that backfired, and the type of move any GM could make. Take AA for instance, this guy was a genius 6 months ago & now he's garbage who needs to be ousted. Really? Did he completely lose all mental faculties over the last 6 months? Or did he make a couple moves that looked good on paper but turned to s*** on the field? Blaming KW for Dunn is completely ridiculous. Oh I don't know. There were fans who didn't agree with the signing. Isn't he usually the type of guy Kenny likes to get? No versatility on the bases and the field. I guess NL stats don't automatically convert to AL stats.

I think it goes deeper. Get when of your scouting and development as well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 31, 2013 -> 12:13 PM) I absolutely would. Eventually teams that finish 2nd or 3rd get lucky and hit the wild card. They've been doing that. They don't get lucky. This is part of the attendance problem. Competitive usually run hand in hand with mediocre.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 31, 2013 -> 08:42 PM) Why can't this year be the rock bottom year in a successful rebuild that includes dealing guys like Peavy and Rios? There is no evidence that they are capable of this. They draft poorly and I doubt the development is great either.