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If we get Longoria...I guess we don't really need a farm system anymore.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 20, 2014 -> 04:14 PM) I've got to be honest, I 100% disagree with you here. Every day Shark goes unextended is a day closer to free agency for him and ultimately some ridiculous offer from another team that we'll be unable or unwilling to match. You waiting for him to "prove it" for whatever reason just makes it more unlikely we'll keep him long-term. Totally understand that point of view as it's the common valid one. But it sure leaves out all the intangibles and bits and pieces of negotiation that actually matter. I mean, that point of view is the same one used to sell & butcher cattle.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 20, 2014 -> 03:39 PM) I think the Sox think that he is improving as a pitcher so signing him now, when he has a lesser track record, would be advantageous to the team's negotiating leverage. If he goes out and throws 200IP, with 200+ Ks, and an ERA around 3 again he's going to cost even more than his hypothetical market value now. I do think it's all moot, because Samardzija is set on hitting FA. It's interesting how outwardly optimistic the FO seems to be. If the marriage between the Sox and Samardzija were to continue, I would think the extension would come in Novemeber of next year. Yea I get that, but I just don't understand the rush on here. It's kinda creepy because he hasn't even pitched an inning here. Just leaves this uneasy feeling in my stomach listening to this extension talk before any of us know what we have. Makes me kind of want to puke out of embarrassment for our organization if they are actually trying to extend him now. Hopefully that talk is just to appease the Chicago media idiots who think this situation is somehow related to the cubs trying to extend him. No similarities whatsoever. Let's not be the creepy and desperate organization. Let's be pro and make him prove himself first. Mercy of the heavens!

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 20, 2014 -> 01:30 AM) A lot of them my age do it funny and ironically. Hell, I say it to my white friends as a joke, but never in public or around our black friends. I don't think I've ever said it referring to a black person. Kids in HS probably use it normally. Kids 10 years from now will probably all use it and not even know why. It would be nice if one day a stupid word, and all the variations of the word, didn't have so much power and didn't make people so upset, people who were never affected by it's original negative connotation. Dude..

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 20, 2014 -> 08:43 AM) I don't understand the need for snark here, it's an entirely valid point. If he is 100% set on hitting free agency, then it's going to take a monster contract to retain him. Seems like such a stupid & backwards idea to try to sign him now. Let everybody evaluate everybody. Mercy.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 17, 2014 -> 11:16 PM) If he pitched one game at the Cell he will horrify onlookers as his arm literally falls off his body after 2 innings of work. Huh? Bro did you SEE the sled?

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) The Interview may get postponed due to threats from hackers. Does Sony negotiate with terrorists? I've never thought of companies having such policies.

Penny Hanson Wang (in Asian accent).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 10:57 AM) They are just making up for the century that comic book movies werent made. Agreed. Kids today are lucky they get to see their superheroes like this. I'm in my 30's now so obviously they make me cringe and I like stories about human struggle now, but I can see why these are popular with the kids. I know I would have loved them if this was 1992.

This for sure belongs in the "Did Sox hit all their offseason targets" thread.

f*** the last 2 guys

Cool thread. My bad!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 03:16 PM) Maybe more like Yoda. *Spelled YNOA

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 08:58 PM) Hopefully one of those moves is to fire Hawk and replace him with a competent announcer. That would really make the 2015 team watchable. Haha open your heart man, you'll feel better. That man IS White Sox Baseball. Calling White Sox games gives that man no greater pleasure, and since he gave so much to us throughout his better decades, let's just support our godfather and return the kindness in his later years. Plus he's wayyyy better when we are good!

Good point, we're looking at Melky/Stinky/Avi for the next 3 years. Likeliest opening comes from Avi tanking. Maybe Eaton getting hurt. Edit: it would be nice if we had a hot prospect pushing AAA pitching with nowhere to play

QUOTE (woods of ypres @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 05:05 PM) I've heard rumour that people from Chicago don't like Chicago style Pizza; and its mostly tourists, and out-of-towners (like ME!) that eat it. This is the truest true ever. A Chicago man likes a thin crispy crust with all the ingredients cooked on top the cheese cut into squares

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 07:02 PM) .651 OPS with over 150 strikeouts. I hope whatever they give up, it isn't much. That's horrible. Let's take our time and find the right catcher.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) I feel like bringing this thread back to the top will help which ever mod in a few days when Hahn adds him. Any idea what type of package it would take to get Castro? Yea man I'm trying to figure out which pieces he'll use too. I'm sure he'll somehow get it done with say Hawkins & Zaleski.

I'd give anything to see the list of catchers the Sox like around the league and their order of preference. Guys scattered around the minors too. I think we are hoping for some strong pushes from some prospects this year like Trey so we can still shop & protect our Montasy and Andersony prospects.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 01:39 AM) This is so spot on. At end of 2013 I was so dead set on doing a full rebuild. Then Abreu comes and I felt so uncomfortable not competing with him. Thank you Jose for bringing baseball back. Dude yea. I can't wait for the predict Abreu's 2015 stats thread. We might even need to make a thread to figure out how to make the thread. That's how f***in good he is.

Yes we lapped the cubs twice in this race.

Thank you for being so good. Because of your greatness the White Sox are a desirable place for FA to sign. We were looking at years of a painful rebuild until Babe Ruth 2.0 showed up. And Chris, just wow man. #dynasty Post your love for the new king franchise of baseball

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) I'd like to see that too, but I thought they'd try it out last september if it was under consideration. If Connor is on auto-launch out of ST again this won't bother us much. I'm looking for an even better Gillaspie this year. He's obviously by no means done getting better. I mean that's clear as day right?

If we signed Sherzer and unloaded some farm for a controllable LF we would probably only need to sign a total of like 2 guys over the next 4 years. Heck we could just get rid of our farm teams altogether and use the extra dough to make a Sox HOV lane on the Ryan.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) Is Diamond still around? The Sox would have the rotting hulk of the DVD combo for maximum let downs. Haha I was thinking that too. DVD + Bmac? It's too juicy to pass up.