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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 08:11 AM) If someone would claim AJ on waivers, I'd let him go. I don't know. This team is so unlikeable now. Dumping one of your few popular players might not be a good idea when you're struggling to get fans to show up.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 01:15 AM) And they make no changes. Kenny promoted De Aza and Ozzie keeps trotting Rios out there even though he's gone out of his way to play like he doesn't want to be here.

One player doesn't make a difference.

QUOTE (Tex @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 05:32 PM) He has been in worse spots before and has never, *never* lost an election. He's in the heart of God and guns country. Probably not that hard to lose there when he shares those values.

And this season is ovah!

This needs to be pulled out into a separate thread.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 04:52 PM) Unbelievable...I can't believe that people still defend him 1.) He will go to Florida and win 14 World Series titles. 2.) We will just complain when they hire Cora.

QUOTE (SoxPride56 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 04:50 PM) http://twitter.com/#!/Oneyguillen/stat...874889578512385 http://twitter.com/#!/Oneyguillen/stat...874696263041024 http://twitter.com/#!/Oneyguillen/stat...877475526328321 Here are the tweets from that ass hole. What a f***ing twat. Karma's a b****.

Someone needs to bust his f***ing knees.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 04:36 PM) I still don't think Frank would be a good coach. He wasn't really a people person. He could set up a video cassette highlight reel for the hitters once a week for an hour and never even speak to them. That alone might improve our offense.

Too bad they didn't announce Frank as the new hitting coach during the ceremony.

Doesn't sound like Ozzie is planning on leaving Chicago soon.

LOL. That one is definitely one of their better strong side/weak side bits.

The wave isn't even a factor at our empty stadium.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) 2.) Mark Teahen is a horrible horrible baseball player. He is abysmal. I fail to understand what this has to do with the conversation we were having.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 02:19 PM) Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we have had more than 5 player changes over the past 8 years. So yeah, I think SOME of them do leave quietly. I'm sure I'm missing a few guys in my list but don't you find it odd that there seems to be an issue almost every year?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 02:14 PM) I'd envisioned them using creative CGI to make Bane seem much, much larger (but realistically). Perhaps they still will. I thought Nolan tried avoiding CGI as much as possible in this series.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) We have a LOT of ego in the organization that is really to stubborn to give up any of their power/ideals. So let me get this straight.... - terribly overpriced roster - sub .500 team in a terrible division - awful divisional record - nonexistent depth in the minors - several untradeable albatross contracts - GM and manager that don't get along - manager's family members disrupting the club house via social media - consistent blowouts in media between ex players and management - fans no longer coming out Tell me again why there have been no changes in the front office?!??!

Maggs, Dye, Frank, Jenks, Teahen....does anyone leave this organization quietly?

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 01:46 PM) This is the worst argument of all. Fans love to pin farm system failures on Kenny Williams. Here are the problems with that: -Reinsdorf seems to be the only owner left who tries to do right by Selig. The rules don't seem to apply to most of the other teams. -Draft position makes it harder to get the guys (first round) that the Sox would see as deserving of over-slot bonuses and multi-million dollar bonuses. -ALL TEAMS fail to develop talent. This needs to be accounted for, with the Sox appropriately weighted because of their position. You can't fault Kenny for not signing players the Texas Rangers sign and for not giving out bonuses the Texas Rangers give out, because Reinsdorf would never allow for that. -Kenny trades prospects for talent. What so-and-so who is in another organization does or does not do does not matter anymore. The only thing that matters is what value the Sox got out of that player while he was here. So Kenny plays by different rules and he uses talent as trading chips. Whaddya know, a weak farm system results. In real life, ie not computerized internet baseball, the success of an organization is judged by success on the field and in terms of revenue. So I really don't care about what teams have better farm systems, I care about whether or not we are winning, and ownership cares about whether or not we're making money. Really, I don't care if we have the worst system in baseball as long as we win. And to that end, go ahead and take away all those trades Kenny made where he traded prospects for veterans, and pencil them all in, and try to see what teams we would have ended up with over the last several years. They wouldn't have been very good teams. That said, we could do a lot better when it comes to Latin American scouting and signing. But still, don't ever expect JR to greenlight a Yankees-esque total abuse of the system. Well we're not winning and we have our largest payroll ever.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 01:41 PM) you aren't going to hit the ball out of the IF. Wait. Are we still talking about Rios?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) ? Heh. I haven't studied the list. Perhaps he was #4.

QUOTE (onedude @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) De Aza batting from the right side is still probably better than Rios....WTF?? Indeed. I'd have to say that Rios might be in the top 3 for worst players in all of MLB. And continuing to put him in the lineup after dogging it repeatedly is inexcusable. It's embarrassing IMO.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) If Dunn, Rios, and Beckham were hitting what they were supposed to be hitting it would still be a decent lineup. That's an enormous "if".

That lineup would struggle against several AAA clubs.