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Prayers to him and his family. That is much too young.

Since I have an unreasonable hope for Harper, I guess I'm in the denial phase.

I was a long time lurker here and joined in the discussion a bit because of the pursuit of the whales. Have I been spending more time here than I should lately? Maybe. But it has been for the most part fun. I look forward to discussing White Sox baseball with real fans because without a doubt this is the best place to go to find a whole lot of them. Thanks to all here.

The battle for the opening day starter begins. Let's Go!!!

I too enjoyed the boat metaphor. I really like Anderson. He plays with intensity and really seems to enjoy playing the game. That can be infectious. With the life perspective he was given with the tragedy a couple years ago, I think he can grow into a real leader on this team going forward (a real captain of this boat).

What I got from that interview and the following rest of Lawrence Holmes show was my dream that Lawrence be named General Manager for just enough time to sign Harper. Like he said towards the end of the show, Bryce wants someone to come in and save him from having to sign with the Phillies. I am just going to hold out for the hope that the Sox are now working under the radar and have not actually taken themselves out of the Bryce Harper sweepstakes. Go get the bigger whale Rick and all is forgiven.

Hey I would listen if they would do the interview and then have Chris Rongey come in to take calls from Sox fans. I would give his about 2 minutes before he blew a gasket.

I'm not sure that I can listen to this interview without yelling back at the radio so I will miss have of it anyway. I'll get the soxtalk recap later, thanks.

Yes!!! Preach Ray Ray. I love it!! I am with you all the way.

I know...Manny Banuelos is already warming up to try to keep the game close.

The problem is on the way home from the meeting I will turn on Ed and DJ and be sucked right back in. "If you are just joining us, Covey has looked really good in the first 2 innings folks."

I am tremendously disappointed right now but I know myself and I will watch more games than I should and watch post games too. I am sure I will be very happy when John Jay gets that game winning RBI against the Royals. Help me. I have a problem.

You chose San Diego after what they did to us. For Shame...Just kidding have fun!!

Maybe everyone has misunderstood what the Phillies mean by spending stupid money. Let's say they offer 5 years 100 million, Boras says "hey that's stupid" and the Sox swoop in.

Is Yonder trying to make his life more difficult here or is it his way of demanding a trade?

I'm venting, Dick. Now let's go sign Bryce and I'll be doing a happy dance, haha.

From the beginning, I did want Harper to be the main target so if we get him I will be over the moon happy. Yesterday was bad when it was announced that Manny signed with the Padres. The problem is that it got worse and quite frankly infuriating when Kenny Williams opened his month and said things that he should have known were going to piss off Sox fans. And then Hahn tried to spin it that the Sox offered a better deal when they did not to further piss Sox fans off. If the front office doesn't understand or like that people on Soxtalk are calling them out...tough shit!!

Are you willing to offer Jennifer an opt out if she is not happy after 5 years?

I went from I don't want Manny he doesn't hustle even in the world series, Harper is the marquis player to shoot for to The Sox traded for Alonso and Jay because they think they can sign Manny, Ok he is the better overall player anyway and we have plenty of outfield depth in the minors to San Diego, wtf, plus the Sox won't go to 300 guaranteed plus they don't believe in Opt Outs!! Ok I always wanted Harper more anyway and the Sox certainly realize Harper is a face of the franchise type player who will make them relative again so they will pay him. I know I don't really believe this but one can dream right??

I cannot believe that the front office is trying to spin this thing like their offer was actually better than the one that Machado took with San Diego. Just Stop. Fans are pissed and feel duped. If they think that their organizational philosophy of not offering opts outs is going to work than they are just a ship of fools.

I was told recently that outside of Chicago, more rare even than deep dish pizza is a good italian beef sandwich. My nephew said that when he had a semester away in Germany in college he tried to explain what an italian beef sandwich was to someone from the East Coast and the guy responded "Oh you mean like Arby's?" ?

Hey remember that talk that Bryce's favorite city for food was Chicago! Send him over a contract for 10 years 320 million and a Lou Malnati's pizza and wrap this thing up!!!!

Damn, I had penciled in Basabe in right field in a couple of years. Is there anyone on the market now we can get to play there ?

Kenny says 300 million is a number that they could not go to and yet they float out that the deal could have been 320 million? Pick a lane, you cannot have it both ways. It seems ridiculous to say they went cheap with a 250 million offer but it's true. Don't bother if you are not really all in on a 26 year old top talent.

Now what?....buy more Gatorade for Yolmer to douse Alonso and Jay with because that is what we have to look forward to in 2019.