Jose Abreu

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 07:38 PM) Of course you "Can" win with these guys. That's not what people are saying. People keep saying "we can't afford to waste this chance with this core!!" as though it's some incredible, once in a lifetime event. We have a core that is within error of "what you'd have if you distributed the top 120 players randomly amongst 30 teams" and yet "We can't afford to wait we have to win with this core right now" keeps coming out. This isn't bad. You can win with it. But it's not some "once in a lifetime, unbelievable, never will see again" set of players. If you don't win the world series with this group...you're just like 10-20 other teams in the big leagues that have comparable cores. Well, at least it wouldn't be for a decent franchise. Our core sure is better than you make it sound. You're only using fWAR to evaluate them. Look at it this way- we have a once-in-a-lifetime pitcher who is a top-5 player in baseball, another top-15 starting pitcher in baseball, and one of the most dynamic, consistent hitters in baseball. Rodon could very well join this list after next season, too.

Bulls getting open 3 after open 3 and can't stop missing

Mountain At My Gates is such a good song.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 03:42 PM) Were there actually substantial rumors of the Sox going after Frazier, or just fan conjecture? I like the idea of Frazier, but he is going to be expensive to acquire. Plus he is only under control for 2 more years. If the Sox acquire him, they better plug some other holes and go for it, otherwise its not worth it and they should focus on pieces with more control. I could also totally see Todd Frazier coming over to the Sox and being a butcher at 3B and hitting .220 with about 15 homers. A poster here said that someone close to the organization told him Hahn is going to push for Frazier. I can see that too.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 07:51 AM) Seahawks get the benefit of calls/non-calls more than any other team in the league Like that punt last week that clearly bounced off a Seattle player's leg and was recovered by the Bears.

Do you guys not realize how bad Soto got?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 09:55 PM) It's like I've been saying, in 20 years it will be a whole different America. People are going to be scared to go anywhere. I mean now it's dipping down to kids shooting kids. I always think of the parents (assuming they are good ones). So mom gives birth to a boy one day at the hospital. Can you imagine if you could look into the future and told her, "Your boy will commit murder at the age of 11. He will blow away a neightbor girl with a gun." She'd have told you you were insane. Can you imaging a mom giving birth to a little girl at the hospital one day. If you told her, "Your daughter will be shot and killed at the age of 8 by an 11-year old boy." She'd have said, "How the hell is that going to happen? That's just not possible." Our country is in the toilet and it is only going to get worse. Folks who read my posts know that I'm predicting the end of sports as we know them once one of our big stadiums/arenas has its first massacre. I'd still rather live here than anywhere, but America is a warzone, no doubt about it. Be safe, people, be safe. And like the guy said in another article somewhere, if you are ever in a situation some madman brandishes a gun, by all means fight back with your car keys and charge the gunman. Not a fair battle, though, car keys vs. semiautomatic weapon. With all of the new security precautions, how could there be a "massacre" at a major sports arena?

Logic is coming out with his second album this fall, and he released the first song last week. It's decent.

I said hi to Stephen A last year at a Bulls/Cavs game. Literally "what's up stephen A"- he was less than three feet away from me (walking past) and didn't look/acknowledge me. Ever since then I've disliked him even more And yes, this whole KD thing is ridiculous.

To reply more to the thread title and not the article: The country isn't "off the rails". With our shockingly increasing population, there are more and more people (obviously), and not all of those people are sane. Higher population = higher volume of mentally unstable people

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 06:28 PM) It's silly to think MLB player X will suck because he switched teams to the Sox. Again, you're just using what has happened recently as a basis to justify your thoughts on the future. It's not that we think any given player will suck because we acquire him. It is that a player who hits for a lower average than people think (Frazier) or is due to decline because of his age (Zobrist) will not play nearly as well as he used to if he came here. That's not to say it would only happen here. I believe that Zobrist will no longer produce at his current level on any team, and Frazier would be a right-handed Adam Dunn on any AL team. While what happened recently with us and old/NL acquisitions is hopefully an anomaly, I do think that it, at the very least, should teach us to be very skeptical of potential moves for players who have baggage or warning signs.

Derek Norris would suck on the White Sox.

Good for the NHL. Torres is a complete dick and everyone knows it. Why teams still sign him is beyond me.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 04:22 PM) i mean this as no argument who would you put as your #1, 2, 3 and 4 line. no dman. If it were up to me: Dano/Toews/Hossa Panarin/Anisimov/Kane Teravainen/Kruger/Shaw Tikhonov/Desjardins/Garbutt

E'Twaun Moore to start tomorrow night over Brooks and Hinrich. Perhaps one of Thibodeau's biggest crimes last year was the lack of playing time for Moore. He's solid.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) There's gotta be big moves on the horizon. Sox can't roll out Avi,Trayce,Saladino, Sanchez, Flowers, Alexei next year. Big expensive upgrades are coming. Everyone is saying this, but I don't know who we could realistically get without having to trade someone like Quintana, which would in turn (potentially) not make the move an upgrade. Sadly, the FA market is very unattractive overall this year, with the exception of starting pitchers, although we're pretty set there; our starting staff finished with the #1 fWAR in the AL.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 05:18 PM) I think I'm leaning toward the following "take it on the chin" line up for next year C - Flowers 1b - Abreu 2b - Micah SS - Carlos (still realistic?) 3b - Saladino/Olt OF - Melky OF - Eaton/Trayce OF - Avi/Trayce DH - LaRoche/Avi P- Sale P - Q P - Rodon P - EJ P - Danks It would be rough, but best case scenario you can pull a mets like season and go for it. Realistically it tops out at 78 wins. The next year Anderson is there, Fulmer is there, and you have another year of top ten trade talent. I don't think Hahn/KW will roll out this type of lineup because they don't want to waste more prime seasons from Abreu/Sale/Eaton/Quintana as self-admitted non-contenders.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) Is he the progeria kid they had for some games this season when Hawk was out? yes

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 04:53 PM) All offseason we're going to hear anyone 30+ or anyone from the NL "would suck on the Sox." The season has been done for one day and I have already heard it multiple times. We have reason to believe it.

Zobrist would suck on the Sox.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) All I can say is that I love me some Mark Buehrle. I hope he kicks some ass with the Jays in the post-season. Would be very sad if he isn't on the post-season roster. He isn't.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) If he's healthy I'd take him back on a 2 year deal for #4/5 starter money without questioning it. Don't think his arm has two years left.

I prefer the old version as well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) The Martian was solidly entertaining. I heard it was shockingly funny- is this true? "One of the funniest movies I've ever seen"

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) Just head on the Score that CC Sabathia is going to rehab (alcohol) and will miss the playoffs. How the mighty have fallen