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QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 11, 2017 -> 03:38 PM) Shields' velocity looks way better. He's hitting 92. We might be able to flip him at the deadline if he's serviceable. If he keeps pitching like this, we may contend. We may be buyers instead of sellers.

I'm not sure we are sellers yet. We're only one game out of the wild card.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 04:12 PM) When they were 23-10 last year, they had several blowout wins. When they were 23-10 last year, they had won one game by a 10-1 score. No other victory was by more than 6 runs. We are going to the World Series this year! Book it!!!!!! http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/schedule/s...le.jsp?c_id=cws

James Shields appears to be back! If we can get him to go 7 or 8 innings every start and give up only 1 run or less, this could be huge for us!

The biggest change for the positive is no more Robin. That should be good for at least 10 extra wins alone. The only thing is that's offset by the loss of Sale, Eaton, and others. I don't see us being worse, but don't see us being better either.

Time to shock the world.....104-57 (one rainout not rescheduled)

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jan 18, 2017 -> 08:57 PM) Well, the 2013 team won 63, so anything is possible. The 2013 team also had to deal with Robin Ventura as manager. That alone was good for 15-20 losses per season.

I'm contemplating a weekend run from Vegas at some point this season.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 7, 2016 -> 03:37 PM) We now have multiple threads so I'll post this here, too. If I see one more post demanding Turner ++ for Quintana +. Washington is not going to trade Turner for guys their fans have never even heard of - there would be a mutiny. Trea Turner, in 73 games last year across 307 at bats, had a .937 OPS with 13 homers, 14 doubles, 8 triples, and 33 stolen bases. WHAT THE F*CK THEY ARE NOT GOING TO F*CKING TRADE THIS GUY. Their fans would riot. I would ask for Turner and demand that Harper kid as well.

Brooks Boyer gets to add a throw back jersey day to the 2017 promotional calendar.

Time to start signing some free agents than.....lets make a run in 2017!

I wonder if Obama has developed any sort of relationship with Bryce Harper during their time in DC together? Could he help lure him to the Sox when he hits free agency?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 26, 2016 -> 04:12 PM) The stadium is much better equipped than wrigley and soldier field for a concert. Wrigley is abysmal for attending a concert. Wrigley is abysmal for baseball. Anytime I hear anyone talk about that stadium positively, I know they've been taking drugs.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 24, 2016 -> 03:44 PM) Some Sox fans are talking about bringing back Ozzie for gosh sakes. If you can get LaRussa, get it done. We're the White Sox not some good franchise. This would be a coup for us. Pay the man. One.More.WS.Title.Please! LaRussa never won a World Series for us. Ozzie did. Make Guillen the highest paid manager in the game and give him a lifetime contract.

I would like to have Ozzie back. If that doesn't happen, my next choice would be Wally Backman. He had a nice run in the Mets organization, but just left at the end of the season as he was tired of being overlooked for big league jobs. He would create a complete 180 change in this clubhouse though and get the most out of the roster.

It's nice of Jose to say that change "starts with him".....that's something a leader should say. However, we all know that change starts with the manager. Having a leader in the dugout that shows some desire to win instills that attitude throughout the entire team. Having an unemotional trainwreck of a leader who shows no intensity rubs that attitude onto everyone in the dugout. Unfortunately, its been allowed to ingrain so deeply, it make take more than a year for a new manager to overcome it. It's the biggest mistake of this organization in the last 10 years to allow Robin to maintain a job so long.

I don't really want us to finish the season on a positive note. Winning 60-70% of our remaining games will only make management think that Robin can get the job done next year. Let's lose, lose, lose, and get a new skipper.

I like the nucleus as long as there's a managerial change. I'm not convinced that Robin will be gone (as he would have been long gone with any other organization) and can't have optimism til that happens. If he's here, you might as well rebuild. If Ozzie's coming back, it's world series for sure in 2017.

I went with just sad....but I think most of our problems can be solved with a managerial change in the off season. Get rid of Robin, bring back Ozzie, make some minor adjustments, and this team can win 100 games next season.

If we sign Tim Tebow, do you think he'll be assigned as well?

I was ready to move on to the football season, but after the Bears last couple of preseason games, its hard to get excited about this season's outlook. Than, the White Sox go 6-2 in the last 8 games and move to within 7.5 of the last wildcard spot. I know it's doubtful, but what if this team continued to win at a 75% clip for the remaining 33 games of the seasons? A 25-8 record would get us to 88-74 on the season - A .543 winning percentage which is about equal to the last wild card spot now. It sucks that this team keeps drawing me back in with false optimism, but I have to have something to root for and right now, its tough to see any positives with the Bears. Let's go Sox! Make a miracle happen and give me something to root for sports wise until hockey season opens up!

I'd be fine keeping Gonzalez and having Fulmer start next season in AAA. He really needs to work on some things before he's ready for a full season of starting in the big leagues.

Robin Venture to anywhere for a bag of chips and some bean dip.

Where do you see the scarf? I don't see that on the calendar?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 3, 2016 -> 07:45 PM) Who would you suggest? Tilson. Why did we get rid of Duke if you ain't gonna use the new guy in a situation like this?