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I hope they just show that 2003 u of I /arizona game and force him to watch it the whole time.

Well if that is all accurate, then perhaps his mind is set on signing on the west coast and there is nothing Hahn can do about it. But Hahn's comment was definitely not directly about Cole. You can negatively read between the lines all you want, but just presenting what was actually said to those that haven't listened.

You probably complain about the internet more than anyone. Why do you continue to post? Seems you're a pot calling the kettle black. I find gamethreads a bit over the top, so I don't look at them much. Yet everything is weird, everything is crazy, but you keep looking at it. Do you get a badge for being an internet cop?

Of course they are. They love the attention. Read a game thread. They dominate them. The other day Cease threw a 94 mph fastball in the 1st inning and 3 posters starting railing on Cooper for ruining Cease. We won that game and it was probably his best start. Shit's crazy, man.

The people it was pretty obviously directed are making quite a big deal out of it...

It doesn't make people like that angry. People like that enjoy being negative. They thrive in that environment. They're the same people at your workplace who do nothing but b**** and moan. Nobody wants to be around them, so the internet is perfect because they can find echo chambers of like-minded people.

He's not wrong. We've seen it on this site. There are several posters who'd rather be right than be wrong and have the Sox be good. The discourse on this site has gone downhill tremendously over the last few years.

Not necessarily. He addressed the Cole question by saying look at what other rebuilding organizations have done in the past to bolster contention, going out and getting top end starting pitching. Who knows if we would be serious suitors, but Sox absolutely should kick the tires on Gerrit Cole this offseason.

I don't see the point of them actually discussing such things, but I do see his point because it is insane. The only thing I can see is that it really did hurt the Joc trade or something like that, so there's a tangible negative outcome for the Sox other than their feelings being hurt. If you don't like the Sox direction, fine, but it's what we have and there's literally no point shouting your opinions on Twitter because no one except Rick Hahn cares. In his mind, he is doing the best he can to complete the task of building a winner so I guess I really can see why he takes it personally. Like him or not, he is doing the best he can, in my opinion. Just roll with it and hope for the best. For the rest of it, it's useless. I'd like to see a bunch of Red Sox fan tweets during their little losing streak. Probably worse than any suicide watch we've ever seen around here.

This is the type of thing I hear every day. Great to hear I'm not way off base. People are afraid to b**** about it. They're told to shut up because they're lucky to even have a job. I can't believe that there was ever a time where people were so lazy at work that they needed to go this far in the other direction.

This is amazing. We aren't sacrificing anything as our team will play in one of the coolest scenarios this century. This game will be talked about big time and we are already getting big time attention today. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be the first team to do this.

Hey guys, I've got two tickets for the game tomorrow I'd like to give away. One point before I ask who would like them. 1. They are paper tickets (not e-tickets) so I cannot mail them. They can either be picked up before near my house (Oak Park area) or I can leave them with roll call under your name. The parking pass is being used as well (sorry) so I cannot include that. The cost is $0. Please if you won't go, do not ask. Section 137.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=08/09/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-08-09

Finally an article @vilehoopster and @greg775 can get behind ???

What are your thoughts on L. Gonzalez? I know you’re low on Rutherford because of his terrible BB and K rates, and although Gonzalez has struggled, hasn’t he maintained similar BB and K rates to what he put up last year? I know his power numbers are down, but for his first year in Birmingham, I don’t think he’s having as bad of a season as people think.

Robert 1. Madrigal 9.

Next year with Robert, Madrigal, and Moncada in the lineup... and some outside help from people like Yasmani Grandal and Joc Pederson...we will look a little more stellar offensively.

This applies to Soxtalk too.

Watching the post screening. Sun directly on the screen. Cant even see the movie lol

Ya think? They used 4 pitchers today: all 4 now have an ERA of between 5.02 and 5.63. Edit: the good news---Bummer (who some feel will have his arm fall off from overuse) now has had 3 straight days off.

Congratulations to those of you are still here. I don't agree with all of the opinions you express...but it takes a good fan to watch a complete game like this.

Playing Field of Dreams after the game for the 10 people left at the park

He could be put on the list. None of us decided to rank a 26-year-old definite DH though.

Im at the game. Renteria barking at him

I wish people would stop b****ing about the umpiring every friggin' game. The umpires are inconsistent towards EVERY TEAM. Ever watch SportsCenter? Not a show goes by that they don't show some player or manager b****in' about balls and strikes---and that includes the best teams, not just the bottom feeders.

Sign that Tim Anderson to a long term contract

I believe the meaningful proof is his career but hey, you go ahead and ignore that just like you are ignoring that he couldn't get through the order once successfully

Man you have low expectations

Detwiler doesn't bother me like he does some of you. If we used an opener he would be pretty good I believe. Lefty who throws strikes works for me in a limited role.

God fuck that. Walton is awful

The White Sox and the owner of the field presented this idea to the league. The White Sox want the spot light on them for this game to promote their product

I would say one thing people should keep in mind is that soxtalk has often declared a contract "untradeable" including Verlander, Greinke, etc. And not only were they tradeable, they got back decent value pieces. The untradeable contracts are the Pujols/Cabrera's etc. But strangely the sox seem most amenable to spending big on one dimensional veteran sluggers.

Yeah, I can't follow the meta discussion around who is allowed to complain here, but it is incredibly tone deaf to me that the only time sox execs appear to open up and answer honestly is when they are asked questions where they can b**** about the fans. The sox have either been poor at executing or outright misrepresenting their intentions on many steps along the rebuild. Then its "jeeze we said it was a rebuild, you just need to trust us!" I used to listen to every hahn interview, there's no point now even beyond the ongoing joke about his lawyer speak. Hahns' favorite line about the check box is the perfect example of what's wrong with their mindset. They think if they do something once they are finished. When they signed robert it meant they were done with needing to focus on lat am. The critique is that they don't explore every avenue to get better, not any individual tactic along the way. He has a very good job, I don't cry tears that he is upset. I obviously very much want this rebuild to succeed, but I don't think their process has particularly earned that, and I will continue to think they are not particularly good at their job even if we do get to the playoffs unless I start to see changes in how they operate.

The internet is weird. Probably have posted that 100 times. b**** and moan about other posts countless times. Tell everyone how they are supposed to feel. Mock yourself, you are as big of a complainer as there is. And there you go, cesspool. Yet here you are.

I get why people would be annoyed that he is talking about this in the first place, but he is 100% right that there is a substantial and growing subset of Sox "fans" on Twitter who have seemingly made it their life mission to incessantly whine about every little thing for no apparent reason while completely ignoring anything that is good. I'm not saying that there is no reason to complain, but they take it to another level and his description of them is pretty accurate.

And why would the Sox want to bring attention to Eight Men Out?

I don't really follow most of this post. You're saying play a movie at every stadium? How is that similar to the Sox and Yankees playing at the location a movie was filmed?

If they used the N word and were calling people "Jewish" and you told them to cut it out you and they still did it, you absolutely did the right thing. You probably did the right thing even without warning them. I mean what animals are using the N word today and calling people Jewish for being cheap?? I mean I'm flabbergasted your friends would say the N word around you. It's animalistic behavior and uncalled for and you had to discard them as friends. I'm surprised they haven't been shot or attacked in public if they are saying it that much, surely somebody will hear them in public settings and attack them. The question is what are you going to do when they apologize to you? You still can't hang around with them if that's how they feel deeply abut African Americans and people who are Jewish. p.s. How old are these guys? If they are throwing around words like that, they need to knock it off. I remember when I was in college I had a friend who in a group pulled a "Flounder" in Animal House and tried to give me a nickname I didn't like or want. After they all got a good laugh I said immediately, "If you call me that again, I'm done with you and anybody who calls me that. I've got enough going on I'm not going to accept that name." They told me to calm down and never used that name again. I was prepared to change my social life and who I hung out with over that issue it pissed me off that much. At some point words matter and you did the right thing. I mean by using those words they ARE racists. Can't hang out with racists. Congrats to u.

Sosa 1-1. Kid has had a hell of an August to start.

It's honestly kind of hilarious that Ron assumes people who say anything positive are obsessed with Abreu and Greg thinks everyone hates him. Like a balancing force, without which we would topple over.

Stupidest post in the history of stupid posts. This is how you can tell someone is biased or is so locked into his history of hatred against another person that he has to keep hating. He is implying Abreu is at his best because there is no pressure because the Sox don't have a shot at the playoffs but if they did then these wouldn't be his best months. So it's Jose fault the Sox don't make the playoffs because he sucks early. He is only good later because he is afraid to win. To agree or partially agree with that post means you must agree that Jose sucks either early or late and he dislikes winning and can't perform under pressure. Also that he purposefully is bad before the trade deadline because he doesn't want to be traded. Abreu is basically being bad on purpose or throwing games,

You'll be out of work until next October?

Trubisky went from well below average playing in a dogshit offensive scheme with CFL players at WR to going 29 TD/12 INT + a 67% CP last year with capable players and good coaches. I don't see a scenario where he isn't even better in 2019. Got to love the preseason, where every scrub is great and every good player sucks.

If I had to vote to put up with his Abreu bashing vs, Greg's Abreu worship the latter wins hands down. LOL potential playoff run. That was Ventura first year and Jose wasn't there. It would have been nice to have someone whose best months were August and September. Pretty much the whole team was a bunch of mental midgets. They won 85 games. I'm sure there is a lot of pressure on players during the deadline for those who want to stay and those who want out.

You're pointing the entitlement in the wrong direction. I don't think millennials have an entitlement problem, I think HR departments, and the remainder of Corporate America does. It's all projection. They're complaining because they don't want to deal with the consequences of their actions. Maybe create a family environment and stop squeezing employees for every bit of time and money possible. Happy employees are more productive. This is fact. If you're under stress constantly, it doesn't motivate you, it makes it harder to do your job, contrary to popular belief. All of you people who think that can cry me a fucking river until their company brings back dignity at work. Its really hard to take pride and have a good attitude when you feel like meat. Maybe people need to look into the mirror instead of saying "That's just how life works" It doesn't have to be that way. Corporations have nobody to blame but themselves. This is all the result of excessive greed at the top. Take a look in the mirror. Ask yourself who has the entitlement problem. It might be YOU. If you're not acknowledging the challenges younger people have in gaining and maintaining employment, you might have the entitlement problem. If you're not giving your employees all of the tools necessary to do their job at a high level, you might be entitled. If you're not investing in college grads because they're too green, you might be entitled. If your HR dept. has a skills requirement list 20 items long on a job description they might be entitled. I have a wee bit of resentment against previous generations because we had a great economic system in this country and Boomers and Gen Xers let the modern day Robber Barons destroy it. Every generation they're taking more and more rights away and now employees might as well have the relationship of slave to their employer's master. Every time they took benefits away nobody ever put up a fight. These are the consequences of those choices. Just look in the mirror. You took all of the advantages people had and flushed them down the crapper, by being complacent. Now us younger people have to fight just to get back to where we were in the 60s and 70s. It might take two or three generations to undo the damage that has been done. I believe anyone who points the finger at Millennials, has an entitlement problem themselves. They're not entitled, YOU ARE!

I don't know about this, but Rolling Thunder Revue on Netflix has some really cool footage that I had never seen.

I trust Hahn to get a quality starter or two. He knows this club needs that kind of steady influence. He is not as clueless as some on this board think.

You are attributing entire wins to a player because of saves. Should we really have to explain to you why this is incorrect? It's self-evident.

Colome gave up 3 runs today and took the loss, pushing his record to 3-2. Since wins and losses are all that matter and the closer gets full credit for 9 inning of results it’s fair to say that Colome lost 25% of his value today.

Also, I love you’re allocating entire wins to the closer because of saves.