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It will be fixed...after the next labor impasse / lockout / strike in 2021. The two sides will figure out a way to make signing free agents attractive again to teams.

Yet the Marlins somehow have two World series titles under their belt. Baseball really is a funny game.

Frank Robinson - It has recently come out that the Sox were in the hunt for Frank Robinson before the start of the 1966 season as well. When the Reds gave notice they were willing to deal Robinson, whom they considered a ‘malcontent,’ Sox G.M. Ed Short immediately contacted Reds G.M. Bill DeWitt with an offer. The report said that when all was said and done, the White Sox offer was better then Baltimore’s, yet DeWitt sent Robby to the Orioles. In return Cincinnati got pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson, one of the worst deals in baseball history. The Sox offered outfielder Floyd Robinson, pitcher Johnny Buzhardt and a third player, possibly All-Star relief pitcher Eddie Fisher (the Sox had the deepest bullpen in the league at the time) With those players Cincinnati won 76 games in 1966. With Robinson winning the Triple Crown, the Orioles swept the Dodgers in the World Series and their dynasty began.

This is interesting: https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-2019-mlb-free-agents-and-trade-rumors/c-297641124?tid=282421090 Story says Manny "turned down" the Sox offer of 175 million "recently." First time I've heard of this one.

Robby had a great quote about how he competed against Hank Aaron (a man he respected and visa versa) "If Hank hit one (home run), I wanted to hit one. If he hit two, I wanted to hit two. If he hit three? I stayed at two!" (LOL)

WBAL in Baltimore is reporting that Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is dead at the age of 83 from bone cancer. Fabulous player who never took any ****. MVP, many times an All-Star, won the Triple Crown in 1966. First African-American manager in MLB. Also he was a guy the Sox tried to get in the 60's, the offer they made to Cincinnati was better than the one they eventually took from Baltimore. Another one of those "might have been" that changed the course of the franchise. RIP to truly a great, great player.

Like most of the ideas save for the lowering of the mound.

Possible changes being discussed by MLB and MLBPA: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/three-batter-requirement-for-all-pitchers-universal-dh-single-trade-deadline-among-mlb-rule-changes-proposed-for-2019/ Do like some of the potential suggestions.

Don't want to sidetrack the thread but I thought you should know that Joe Cowley saying the Bulls and Lakers were talking about a Jabari for Caldwell-Pope trade, but KCP has a no trade clause and doesn’t want to come to the Bulls.

If baseball dies it won't be because of tanking although that would play a part in it. It'll die because of the "three outcome" approach in my opinion. The games are becoming boring, TV ratings are dramatically down in some places, attendance is down. The game needs to go back to fundamentals, putting the ball in play, action on the bases and so forth. Regarding the "time element" One of the beauties of the game is that there isn't a clock. I don't care if a game takes four hours if it is well played. And I continue to wonder why some folks b**** if a baseball game takes three hours but are perfectly fine when an NFL games goes 3:15 or 3:30 with even less action.

Jan. 29: Many Yankees fans have spent the offseason dreaming of Manny Machado in pinstripes, and there were rumors early on that the Bronx was Machado's preferred destination, too. But that possibility remains as remote as ever, as sources tell the New York Daily News' Wallace Matthews that the Yankees still have not extended a formal offer to Machado or his agent, Dan Lozano. One source familiar with the Yankees' thinking told Matthews that New York has simply "talked in concepts" with Machado's camp, and those concepts have not topped the White Sox's offer, which is thought to be somewhere between $175 and $250 million.

Personally I hope the Sox sign someone who may actually know what they are doing on the mound (as Hahn has suggested many times about needing another starter) then trying either of the guys mentioned in this thread.

Because they are tired of losing? Short term, I grant you, but maybe they think they can resign these guys?

You won't get an argument from me on that score, but it's not going to happen.

Always enjoyed Bill's work and wish him well.

Can't say that I am. Hawk is around 75 I think, it simply was time to let it go.

Instead of "whale" you can always use the "bag the elephant" reference from Wall Street.

Being that I live in Idaho I don't listen and as I stated legally they do have an obligation according to the FCC to serve the public and be as fair as possible. By the way nowhere in the rules and regulations of the FCC does it say that a station has the right to make money, it does state the obligations that I've mentioned. But logically if you run your station well, hire talented people and serve the public the thinking is that you'll make money hand over foot.

If what the person who originally posted is accurate then I'd be pissed to if I were a Sox fan. Covering Theo's entire presser and giving the Sox one question for basically the same type venue is flat out wrong. I get it, they are the Cubs station but not everyone who listens to their station is a Cub fan...if they decide those folks aren't worth the trouble they are risking alienating a percentage of possible listeners and that does cut into the bottom line / making money.

Legally they also have a responsibility to "serve the public" as well as be fair and as impartial as possible. Hell I learned that stuff my first year in broadcast law class.

Rabbit: I can't quote you exactly but that's the impression I also got for reading his comments over the past several months. That the Sox would not be doing anything "short-term". The goal was "long term sustainable success."

Hahn was directly quoted by the mainstream media during the Jay press conference via phone (I believe it was the Jay presser) that "he'd sleep better at night" if the Sox added another arm to the rotation.

That is more than likely a recipe for disaster.

Ed is a terrific analyst...as a play by play guy...not even close.