Bob Sacamano

Really thought Molina was going to make it close than it was. It really wasn't at all.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) Arrieta getting a huge zone so far, yay I don't think the tbs zone is accurate. Every playoff game has had a huge zone so far.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 05:23 PM) Got out of that jam. Yep. They said it was a mistake by Soler but nothing he could even do. He was just leading off with the ball hit to the short stop who was shifted right at second.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) So the series is best of 3 now? Even with a loss tonight I think if the Cards win Game 4 they'll win the series. I understand. Just my opinion is all just as you have yours. Would just feel better with Cards at 2-0 right now.

Every game Arrieta pitches feels like an automatic win. The Cards needed to win Saturday. Still gotta play the game obviously. Doesn't bode well that Wacha was awful in September and the Cubs lineup's career average is over .330 against him. I think winner of this game will take the series (though Cubs loss would be zatisfying).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) Rasmus is the kind of hitter that would hit .220 for us with no power and be a cancer in the clubhouse. At the beginning of last off-season when everyone wasn't sure if they would rebuild or compete, I was ok with Rasmus on a one year deal as a potential "sign-and-flip" at the deadline similar to what the Cubs did the past like 4 years. Sign a guy to a one/two year deal and trade him to a contender in July. All of that went out the window the night they traded for Samardzija and signed Robertson.

Not so fast...

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) I would never sign a FA pitcher to a giant contract. Don't need to. Was referring to the Cubs.

Personally I think they will sign Price.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 12:07 AM) White Sox baseball is my hobby, man. Sorry if you got a problem with that. Didn't mean to sound like a dick just trying to say it's soon and the season is far away and you should fill your time with something else.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 11, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Hey guys, In the dark and cold days of the offseason (yes, I know some teams are still playing but the Sox aren't, so it feels like the offseason to me), I figured this would be a nice discussion to pass some time. How do you think the 2016 White Sox will fare next season? Feel free to post predictions for individual players or the team in general. Here are some of mine: Chris Sale - 15-8, 2.59 ERA, 259 K's Jose Quintana - 11-9, 3.28 ERA, 182 K's Carlos Rodon - 13-10, 3.40 ERA, 195 K's Adam Eaton - .292, 200 H, 13 HR, 52 RBI Jose Abreu - .302, 184 H, 33 HR, 105 RBI Adam LaRoche - .253, 143 H, 17 HR, 61 RBI Sox team record - 83-79 I might post some more later, but those are a few off of the top of my head. Thanks for the read. Our season just ended last week...chill man. Get another hobby and come back too this in 3 months.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 10, 2015 -> 09:00 AM) I thought he was the odds on favorite. They were talking him up as a future manager when he was still playing. If he does get hired, he had a house in Bucktown that he just sold a couple of weeks ago. Would be a big fan of him as manager. I love former catchers as managers. Essentially the captain on the field as they are involved in everything. Plus he played for the Sox so he meets Jerry's criteria haha

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 10, 2015 -> 06:40 AM) I don't consider the score in my local media rotation. It still surprises me when people listen to that station Eh, a lot of driving for my job, fm radio/most of today's music being terrible, and no other sports ones (loved "The Game" which used to be 87.7 fm but that went off the air. Short-lived.)

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) How are the Cardinals so good at finding gems after the 10th round? Good scouting and player development.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) I'm not rooting for the Cubs, not really rooting for any team this playoffs, but I don't get some of the active rooting for the team that is playing the Cubs or actively rooting against them. I have some family(some of them are getting up there in age) and friends who are Cub fans and I know this would be awesome for them to see the Cubs win it. Sure there will be a lot of annoying fans if they win it, but I know it would be really nice to see longtime fans be happy. Also, f*** that bar. Here is another pleasant story about them. McNally's Cuts Band Off Due to 'Too Many Black People,' Musician Says Agree with all of this. I just treat it like its another MLB game that doesn't feature the Sox.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 10:19 AM) Good news, I'll take the 22nd draft pick. That's not how it works...

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) Would anyone give a s*** if a Mets-affiliated bar ran promotions against the Yankees? Or is just because the Cubs are so damn "loveable"? It absolutely would come up. Anything Yankees always comes up in the sporting world news.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 08:44 AM) It wouldn't have made sense for the Sox to sign this guy and take the penalties unless he was a sure thing. Considering his signing bonus, he is not. If they were over and not going to be able to get guys the next 2 years already, it made a ton of sense, but to blow 2 more signing periods over 1 guy , unless he is the next Andruw Jones, doesn't make much sense. Besides, they probably already have a couple of commitments for the next signing period. Hopefully, they go radically over one of these years. That is one stupid loophole. Agree. It is a dumb loophole and it did only make sense for teams who had already gone over. They better go out this year with the big dogs out but it would be so White Sox not to. It would be cool to hear some names that they may have pre-agreements with.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 09:15 AM) The first step if the Sox are going to try and contend is to bite the bullet and eat some/all of LaRoche's contract in a trade for anything. If LaRoche is on the team, they are not planning on contending. The next thing I'd do is try and trade Melky. He has some value, probably not a lot, and they should be able to deal him. Ideally, I'd try to make a deal with Miami with Melky heading that way and Martin Prado heading this way. Their salaries kind of match up and it would be more of the other players involved that make the deal. Maybe Melky and Tyler Danish for Prado and low level prospect. Next, I'd deal Quintana to the Dodgers and try to get Puig and Barnes. If that fails, I'd look to Colorado and try to acquire Gonzalez and Rosario. I wouldn't include Quintana in that deal as the Rockies are looking to unload both of them and they shouldn't cost as much in trade value. Maybe Erik Johnson, Tyler Flowers, and Micah Johnson gets it done. I think they can get Rosario back to a decent enough defensive catcher to play him there. Lastly, I take Pedro Alvarez off the Pirates hands. Maybe giving them LaRoche and eating a big portion of his contract gets it done. That gives the Sox a lineup of(I'm moving Avisail to LF in either trade scenario): LF- Garcia/Thompson CF-Eaton RF- Puig/Cargo 3B-Prado SS-Alexei 2B-Sanchez 1B-Abreu C-Rosario/Barnes DH-Alvarez SP: Sale, Rodon, Quintana/Johnson, Danks, Fulmer/veteran FA signing. Despite them wanting to unload them, I could see Erik Johnson going straight up for Rosario if they want to just bring back depth for him but they have a good young 2B already in DJ LeMahieu and I highly doubt they would want Tyler Flowers.

QUOTE (rowand's rowdies @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) If we're all as smart of fans as we think we are, we should be cheering for the Cubs to win it all. Yes, I said it. We should still hate them at the same time. Confused? Don't be. This White Sox Organization has been sitting back and lazily throwing the same crap at the wall since we won in 2005. We were hungry after the town got Cubs fever in the 90s and early 2000s. That hunger brought us a World Series. The lack of hunger has brought up Gordon Beckham. Twice. Adam Dunn. Twice. Sorry, correction - Adam Dunn and Adam LaRoache aka Adam Dunn 2.0. We are currently wasting the primes of 3 amazing baseball players at the top 5 at their respective positions in the world. Chris Sale, Jose Abreu, and David Robertson are amazing talents and would be quite possibly top 3 at their positions in the right city/situation if they aren't already. What has this White Sox Organization given you as a fan the last 5 years that makes you happy? Not much. Although I am excited about Carlos Rodon! As White Sox fans we pride ourselves in showing up when the team deserves our hard earned money. Making them earn it is our reputation. They simply haven't of late. It's a pleasure to watch some of the starting pitchers throw, we can't take that away from them, but outside of that and Jose... The future doesn't have to be dark. We have some top talent. We have some other pieces. We need to make some radical changes, yes. We need the hunger back. The Chicago Cubs winning the World Series might do it. The Chicago Sports media would be more Cubs heavy than ever before, which is fine. I don't want to hear any more from the White Sox until changes are made. REAL changes. Fairweather White Sox fans (and yes, we have them too) would head to the blue side. Fans of baseball that enjoy winning in the city might head north a lot more. Young fans will be choosing blue over white and black. The White Sox are losing more than just baseball games, they are losing a revenue battle in a highly competitive industry of business. A Chicago Cubs title will be a miserable thing to tolerate as a White Sox fan. It won't be fun. It won't make your life better...right now. However, if it brings upon radical and necessary changes to the Chicago White Sox organization, bring it on. I can take it. I've taken 10 seasons of crap since our White Sox won the series. I can deal with Cubs fans gloating about a World Series, because I know what it feels like. Just smile and nod and tell them "Welcome to the club." I agree 100% if the Sox end up making moves to better the organization. I hate this Band-aid lineup they keep putting out there every year. It is going to suck when/if Cubs end up winning but at the end of the game f*** it. It's just a game.

Only caught a little of the game, but for those who watched any of it, did anyone else enjoy AJ broadcasting or was it just me?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 08:10 AM) Cubs fans, and most of the local media as well have NO idea there are actually other talented young teams in the playoffs with bright futures. No idea whatsoever. That's actually not true at all as they were going on this morning on The Score about the Astros and Mets.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 09:24 PM) I'll say this, if the Sox refuse on dealing Q or Sale and they want to contend, then they need at least 3 of these players in trades or FA. Cespedes CarGo Heyward Longoria Zobrist Getting Longoria might mean you deal Q or Fullmer. I'd personally go with Longoria, Cespedes and CarGo. I'd then sign Wieters on a one year deal. Eaton CarGo Abreu Longoria Cespedes Ramirez Wieters Thompson Johnson Find a way to dump LaRoche (possibly to the Pirates for nobody) and Danks (possibly to the Dodgers for nothing) I'm for this if he is willing to take a one-year deal to rebuild value as other Boras clients before him did and he doesn't receive a QO. He won't be coming back from injury this off-season and can get ready and condition for the season as he normally would. Brings some potential if he stays healthy and if the team is bad, they have a trade chip. Cespedes I can definitely see if they decide they want to add a threat behind Abreu (which we need). Although, with LaRoche in the DH spot, probably means Avi is moved (back-end starter, bullpen piece, or other struggling youngster?)

Looking back at a lot of posts on here, a lot of people (including myself) pencil in Fulmer to replace Danks mid-season. Thinking about it, it's no guarantee we are able to deal Danks or just stick him in the pen and it is probably more likely that Fulmer replaces Johnson. Also, I don't think this team needs to target just lefty hitting. Without doing research, it seems like left-handed bats have more extreme split stats than right-handed hitters do. Look at the Jays lineup. Now, I'm not saying we can easily put together a lineup like the Jays, but saying "we need a big lefty bat in the lineup" (while not wrong) is short-sighted. Get the best available bat who doesn't have extreme splits and is available to you.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 9, 2015 -> 07:47 AM) Bradley Jr is still way too unproven to take that kind of risk. Yeah they'd at least have to get 3 more guys in that deal if they are taking him as well I believe.