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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 07:19 AM) OK, I don't read the National Review, or any such publication that is so extremely slanted left or right, but a friend shared this article with me, and if you still think abortion should be legal for anything other than extreme circumstances after the first trimester, I encourage you to read this: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/4301...nism-march-life Why do you want to bring children into this world that aren't wanted or would be going to a bad household? That's my issue with anti abortion folk. They don't give a s*** what happens to the kid once they are born. Don't give a s*** about the social or economic effects of banking abortion. Let's be real, we have a population problem. It sounds cold, but life isn't fair for everybody. We need to start limiting the population.

Hahn could have gained a ton of respect from me had he made the cold blooded move and signed one of the big 3 on Christmas. That would have taken BIG cajones and shown huge dedication. He didn't lose respect from me for not doing it, but my respect for him still remains low. Hopefully he can redeem himself to me and many other fans

Time is ticking Hahn... I hope you do the right thing and sign Upton or Gordon.

Hahn needs to send a message to sox fans. He needs to show his dedication to the job by making a Christmas Day trade. He needs to show he has stones to make a move like that. Sign Upton or Gordon today, you win my respect. A Christmas signing is cold blooded.

It's crazy how much better this world would be without religion. Sheep gonna sheep

Zacatacos anybody? Unreal steak tacos.

Not only will I pack his bags and drive him to the airport, I'll give hahn a free massage with a happy ending if he does this. Get this dude off the team! He is so so awful.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) I posted on the whitesox.com boards before coming here, and they had an advanced troll named soxmania. He played the long game and never broke character. He would develop unhealthy obsessions with a variety of players, most notably Jake Peavy, and would post really bad trade ideas for acquiring them. Usually this would take the form of listing out the full White Sox roster after said trade, followed by some proclamation of that Sox team being a favorite to win the AL central or the pennant. He regurgitated these same ridiculous ideas over and over in multiple threads and would never, never ever respond to the people ripping him to shreds. It was as if they didn't exist to him. Imagine someone saying this in every thread in Pale Hose Talk: Here is my vision for 2016. Trade Rodon and A.Garcia to SF for Susac and Peavy. Susac becomes our starting catcher. Peavy would join Sale, Quintana, Danks, and Erik Johnson in the rotation. Samardzija would not get a qualifying offer from the W.Sox. The option on AR would not be picked up. Sanchez would move to shortstop with Micah at 2B and Saladino at 3B. Thompson would be the RF with Eaton in CF and Melky in LF. Abreu would be the 1B with LaRoche the DH. Beck would the LR and spot starter with Montas and Fulmer in the minors being groomed for starting spots in 2017 or 2018. The W.Sox would add at least one veteran reliever to help Robertson and Duke in the bullpen. I feel Susac would hit .240 to .250 with 10-12 HRs and 50-55 RBIs if he gets 400-425 AB as the starting catcher. Beckham would return as the utility INF with Shuck the #4 OF. Soto would be the backup catcher. This would be my vision for 2016. Then literally one week later, in the same thread... Peavy pitches a gem even though the Giants are out of contention....vintage Jake Peavy. He competes to the end of the season. I strongly recommend the W.Sox trade for Peavy this offseason. A good trade would be Rodon and A.Garcia to SF for Peavy and Susac. Peavy would join the rotation and Susac would be our new starting catcher. The W.Sox have Sale, Q, and Danks as LH starters. They can deal Rodon to help get Susac to improve the starting catcher position. Peavy would be a bonus in the deal and would provide leadership to the rotation. Move Sanchez to shortstop and put Micah Johnson at 2B. Susac and Johnson would improve the offense. Peavy would be the #5 SP. Thompson would be the starting RF. The rotation would be Sale, E.Johnson, Q, Danks, and Peavy with Fulmer being groomed in the minors for a future starting spot. Samardzija and AR would not be brought back for 2016. I think Rodon is a Boras client which makes him expendable. These are two actual posts I just went and found now. I'm wise to the act and it's still mind-numbing. I'm sorry, but when you couple this with the almost complete lack of moderation, it's twice as bad as anything at Soxtalk. The only thing mitigating it is that nobody goes to that forum anymore. Lmao I remember that guy. Too funny. Weren't you easily able to make an account if you got banned? I remember a couple guys who would just add a number to their account each time they had to make a new account. One guy was up to the 50's in his name lol. I also remember a troll named gooch. Different from the guy here with that name

So Ken m is one of the best trolls in the history of the internet? Never heard of him until I googled his name. Impressive stuff. Apparently Ken m has been doing it since only 2011. Greg's been trolling for a decade now. He is the most successful troll I have ever personally witnessed on a forum

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 11:55 AM) Yeah...I was aware of the banking issue and I would presume you'll have some state savings & loans pop up, but problem is you are out of luck having any form of FDIC protection, I believe. Not an expert but interesting and I presume someone is going to jump in and tackle the banking issue. The fact that 1 in 11 commercial buildings rae being used for marijuana is yet another reason I wouldn't vote. I wouldn't want 1 in 11 commercial buildings being used for booze or strip clubs either. If you equate marijuana to booze and strip clubs, you need a reality check my friend. I'm sure a number of them are related to medical marijuana, too.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Like the stuff around Hillary? Oh wait, she is a Dem so that gets whitewashed. Are you referring to the Benghazi BS?

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) but does that take away from him??? he is still brilliant. even revolutionize some surgery and he went to nite school to get his education. i really recommend his movie that HBO did on him. but look at it this way, he is not sitting on his accomplishment to sell himself. Does it take away from his presidential campaign that he seems like a dunce outside of brain surgery? I would say so...

Amazing the type of career Juan has had. He is still a capable offensive and defensive player. One of my all time favorite Sox players. I hope he is healthy and can contribute during this series. Go Juan!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) Tex do you really want Hillary? You think there's gridlock now? Wait til she takes over. At least Obama is likeable and still he can't rally ANY support. I don't even think Hillary will try to pass anything. She'll give up quickly and just sit there and pout and say the big bad Republicans won't cooperate. She'll take her full eight years cause she won't even have to break a sweat so to speak in winning her second term. Then it figures to be Chelsea time. Why are Americans so stupid? There's no reason to let this very mean person run the country for 8 years? Aside from the D by her name, what are her strengths? Nobody even tries to say what she does well. They just say "Vote Hillary." Congrats greg. You have lowered the bar SO much regarding the quality of your posts, that you can get away with posts that would normally be considered trolling. I've never seen so much baseless drivel compressed into one post. Chelsea following Hillary as president? lol.

I like the idea of trying avi out at 3b

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Oct 25, 2015 -> 09:55 PM) I've said for over a year now that I think Soler will wind up being the best of the Cubs prospects in the long run, if RH can pry him from the Cubs then do it. He's owed about 20 mil over the next 5 years, that's very team friendly. He will hit arb in two years. I'm also not sold on him being able to start healthy. I heard Bruce Levine on the score, and he actually thought soler was destined to be a DH, even more so that schwarber. This was due to a combination of awful defense and being very injury prone

I just think sticking Trayce in CF and putting Eaton in the corner makes the defense so much better. Rotate Avi and LaRoche at DH. The defensive improvement offsets any possible decrease in offense, if there even is a decrease in offensive productive.

No issues with the sox not signing him. No brainer for the Cubs, though. Next year, the Sox better spend big. It will be the last year with this system, and there will be a lot of talent, supposedly.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) Thompson? Come on, he's a utility outfielder the picture is great, but he just doesn't belong Trayce, a utility outfielder? He showed that he can play a plus CF with a bat that is playable. He is more than a utility outfielder, no doubt.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 17, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) understandable. trying to figure out who else is "sponge-worthy"?... Can you do Robin, Beckham, Danks, and Hawk?

QUOTE (ron883 @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) LMAO this is really funny actually. I vote this one for the temporary banner. My bad wanne. I completely saw the wrong players on your banner. II thought it was sale, followed by danks, trayce, and Beckham. That's why o thought it was so funny at first. I need my glasses lol

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 15, 2015 -> 05:10 PM) http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz338/W...1/64_banner.jpg LMAO this is really funny actually. I vote this one for the temporary banner.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) Reasonable and worth reading. Well done. To me the Sox have basically three general options and only three short of a radical turnover in either ownership or the front office. And unfortunately because it's the White Sox, none are ideal: 1. Raise payroll 75 million and sign every decent free agent out there. Now folks on this site have said time and time again the free agent crop this year simply isn't that good especially at the positions the Sox are in desperate need of. Throw in the probability of a drop in season ticket holders due to the results after the last off season and I seriously doubt JR is going to be willing to go this route. 2. Bite the bullet and trade players like Sale, Jose, Q and so on. Not because you are 'throwing in the towel" but because IT'S THE BEST WAY TO INCREASE THE TALENT ON THE MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTER. I go back to my interview with Chuck Tanner before he died. When he and Roland Hemond took over the Sox were the worst franchise in baseball even worse than the expansion teams...yet in a single year they went from 56 wins to 79. How? According to Tanner it was because while he and Roland knew that trading the main assets the team had Luis Aparicio and Ken Berry weren't going to be popular, there was a plan. As Tanner told me (paraphrasing) 'we knew Mike Andrews wasn't as good of a player as Aparicio but Andrews AND Alvarado gave us two good players for one very good player. Rick Reichardt and Jay Johnstone weren't as good of outfielders as Berry but we got two good players for one very good one.' They received or traded 18 players in a 24 period and when it was said and done, the big league roster was better overall, the depth was better, the talent was better. It came at a cost but that's how you can quickly turn a team around "overnight." No one wants to trade say Sale but if you are going to get three or four good players for him only an imbecile would say, "no." You at least have to consider it. You say the Sox can't keep wasting their good years and I agree but the problem is they aren't close to winning anything with those guys and sooner or later either they are going to hit free agency and leave because they want to win or they are going to tell their agents to get them the hell out of Chicago by hook or crook. Do you want to trade them when you have the upper hand or wait until you've got no choice and basically are forced to give them away for scraps? 3. Do what I think the Sox WILL DO. Make some smaller moves, try to shore up an area or two and hope for the best. I think despite all the talk Rick Hahn understands the lack of talent still on the big league roster and in the higher reaches of the farm. He's going to shoot for 2017. Of the three options I think this probably works best although to me personally I wish the Sox would simply commit to a philosophy and STAY WITH IT come hell or high water. This 'rebuilding while contending' SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK. History shows it the past nine years. Finally regarding advanced stats. I'll simply say this...they obviously have a part in the game but baseball is played by real life humans with billions of variables in play literally throughout the season...from injuries, to slumps to bad weather to bad calls and fluke bounces. THOSE SIMPLY ARE NOT, CAN NOT AND WILL NEVER BE QUATIFIABLE...period. I think those who think they can are delusional. Plus I like to think I'm a fairly intelligent individual. I want to be able to enjoy baseball and not need a f***ing advanced degree in quantum theory or advanced mechanics to be able to...let alone to be able to even try to understand most of the gobbledygook that is being spewed out by some computer geek in his basement on his laptop. (Not directed towards you or anyone in particular but just as a general comment.) Mark "Advanced degree in quantum theory" lmao. This is why people aren't taking you seriously. You don't even need to understand advanced stats to see zobrists value. He has put up 5+ war seasons in 5 of the last 7. But yeah, he's a "stiff". The inability to adapt to advanced statistics is just lazy. And I think zobrists gets a big contract this off season. He is valuable to any team.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 09:49 PM) There's no reason to be a dick about anything. Just like anyone else in this thread, I'm brainstorming. I don't believe the Sox should try to compete next year, but I'm coming up with ideas for both sides. All of the guys I have listed have been rumored to be available or are FAs. So contribute something or shut the f*** up. Amen. I like your thinking. I think the Sox should acquire arenado from the Rockies. Try to dump laroche in the mike trout trade somehow. Throw danks in the Bryce Harper trade. The Sox are good

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 03:43 PM) did anyone see espn this morning with Dr. Ken Jeong medical doctor / actor /comedian, (hangover) , he was funny. they also had Ronda Rousey playing off him. they really did great without a script. excellent post, a very good read. while you bring a good point, one must wonders if skip bayless/stephen aysmith could have added to the segment? either way, a very good read