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Come on guys, let's not go at each other. We're all disappointed and rightfully so, but let's not take it out on each other.

This is likely not to ever change. Aside from Albert Belle, when has the JR owned Sox team ever gone out on the market and "bought" a big ticket player? Abreu at 60-something million? LUL. The Sears-suit wearing, Ford Focus driving, snake oil salesman. I'm not buying it anymore.

This isn't a video game where you can edit player attributes to produce the desired results. None of that is going to happen.

Let's face it. Jerry is running this particular sports team as a business. he clearly doesn't give a damn if they win. Profitability is all that matters.

You could watch Padres games and see Manny + Tatis for the next 6+ years.

I wonder how many fringe Sox mlb players Manny unfollowed on Instagram today?

"We can't afford top tier talent" a group led by Reinsdorf bought the White Sox for $19M in 1981. Forbes magazine valued the club at $1.5 billion in April, 2018.

Agreed. The Sox dated the ugly chick to get to her hot friend. Its bullshit tactics. It didn't work, and now they're stuck here.

I agree with you. I'm just trying to find a reason not to blow my stack right now.

....this is exactly what I thought when I saw that KW quote

Its also entirely possible he just didn't want to play here.

most perfect summary of Rick Hahn, ever.

Machado wanted to play along side Tatis Jr for the next 5 years + But what did I expect? It's just business as usual for the White Sox. I'm just glad its over so I can go back to hitting F5 on MiLB box scores and continue to ignore the MLB team. So now WTF do we do with the collection of replacement-level Machado homeboys we've collected?

am I the only one alarmed by the chisox.com article about Moncada playing third base? https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/is-yoan-moncadas-future-as-a-third-baseman/c-304130784 Is this the start of the PR storm after missing on Machado, or maybe posturing with Lozano? #eeeek

yea, I'll go ahead and admit myself straight away to the Soxtalk jail cell

With the Phillies and Padres.... Sox fans get slurpees

thread's up to 711 pages. Does that mean we all get free slurpees???

I'm afraid I might have already lot my head somewhere in this thread.

I have a couple really close lifelong friends in SD, both huge baseball fans. They categorically hate the Padres (but are still hometown fans by default), calling out specifically the outwardly-facing perceived philosophy of the franchise... not dissimilar from your comments. The fans meme about how the Padres are the team you call when you need to get rid of a bad player, a bum prospect or a long contract. Too bad they called us to get rid of Shields. #puketag Someone said if the Sox sign Harper and Machado, they'd eat their hat. If Machado chooses the Padres over the Sox, I'll eat mine.

I already updated my The Show rosters with Manny AND Harper, so this had BETTER HAPPEN. RickyGM, you've been put on notice, bud.

San Diego didn't trade for or sign out of free agency, Manny's entire college fraternity like the Sox did (figuratively speaking, of course). I think we're safe.

I hope when this is all over, SoxTalk can collectively meet in the rightfield bleachers and all share a moment of reflection together, to help us all regain our sanity. Maybe even the Sox marketing or PR team(s) could lead an axiety awareness campaign, and use their own fanbase to help raise awareness of this serious issue. #ANXIETY

The problem I have is... IF the Sox sign Machado, do the Sox then have to keep trading for and signing his Miami buddies? At what point can they "move on" from the whole kindergarten "put the new kid in a class with people he knows" nonsense....