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QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:27 PM) for me, the impression i am getting is, if the sox keep loosing, might as well do it for the draft pick, esp if it is protected top 10. i think, i see for the most part disgruntle fans trying to look at the bright side . Yawn. They'll draft another pitcher.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 20, 2015 -> 10:13 AM) I don't blame Kenny Williams for our inability to develop position players. I'd fire Buddy Bell for that. and maybe Kenny wanted to fire him but JR said no

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 19, 2015 -> 09:45 PM) Mark, you make some good points. I don't think anyone is saying the White Sox as an organization are run as well as the Cardinals have been over the past 10-15 years. However, that doesn't lead one to the conclusion that our FO should be fired, either. I would think getting fired in this organization is hard to do. There is no doubt there is contentment in mediocrity and they even fail at that.

I HATE THIS TEAM!

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 10:45 PM) I think 2k5 is on the right track. I think the Sox know he doesn't have what it takes "between the ears" as Hawk says. Sox don't trust him and don't want to expose him. He's trade material this offseason is my bet. He'd fit right in.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) With Danks pitching against a good team, we could be in for a good performance. Keep in mind, they hit us three times yesterday, so we may retaliate. So 3 HBP and they still lost.

I would think the odds are in favor of Flowers. He's caught more games and probably knows the hitters better. How did a ROY like Soto fall so fast? Maybe it's a Chicago curse.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 10:18 AM) With the trend of young pitchers exploding onto the scene and contributing right away, teams could be less inclined to throw away a first round pick and $100 mil at a pitcher with a career ERA of over 4.00 Owners/GMs are reckless when it comes to paying even for mediocre pitching. I don't think Shark can be successful pitching in the AL. He's even more inconsistent than Danks. I find it odd that an organization who habitually drafts pitchers only to get veteran pitchers in trades. They need to scout hitters or get scouts who are good at finding potential hitters. Then evaluate those developing them and see if those people are worthy of keeping their jobs. If they did this maybe the the money wasted on aging NL hitters would give them a better chance of getting a decent veteran starter.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 11:43 AM) Suddenly Trayce is a can't miss prospect. +1 Has anyone forgotten Brian Anderson?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 10:05 AM) Another guy in his 30's, had some injuries, has issues attitude-wise. I think Hahn is trying to get away from that as much as he is allowed to. I'll pass on this one. Mark Next is realizing NL veterans and veteran players from consistently losing organizations have not helped.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 08:17 PM) I hate the Cubs and ND always have always will since 70's. I hate our pen's mental midget performances. Nice job Pepuka and Puke.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:12 PM) Give Peavy credit. He has pitched bigger games than Shark. Also, notice this game was not particularly big. It just stings a little more because of the opponent. People still buy into the Peavy talk and are blind to the performance. BTW Peavy's post season is far from stellar. I don't remember him showing up for those games for the Sox in August.

Shark is a mental midget. There will be a GM dumb enough to pay him $15M a year. Danks will have a better season than him. Once again filling the holes from the NL just doesn't work. Their value declines to the point we can't trade them back to the NL.

You would think most catchers would throw the ball to first anyway. You would think after the 2005 post season some would learn from AJ did as a base runner.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:11 AM) Honestly the entire pen was great last night. Even Robertson got screwed because of his defense. Realistically the pen didn't give up a run from the 8th to the 13th inning if Abreu makes the right choice. I didn't get to see the game so I wondered what happened because Robertson is making his way on my mental midget list.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Aug 13, 2015 -> 10:24 AM) Man I hate Robin-bashing. Just as much as you dislike Robin harkness. I'm more upset at the people who put in there. I'm more upset at the people who sign aging sluggers from NL who fail at DH. I'm more upset at an organization who tries to fix things by repeating the same mistakes. Most likely we will also feel the same way about the next Sox manager because experienced need not apply.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) Remember though Mark Parent told the media "these are major leaguers" it's not up to the coaches to work with them every day...LOL Mark You have to put the blame on the scouts. Then the minor league instructors. Baseball instinct never seemed a priority.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:18 PM) It is funny to blame coaches and managers when major leaguers do so,ethimg stupid. They have been playimg the game their enitre lives now at the top level available. Yet so,e apparently think they still need to be taught the most basic thimgs about the game. That isn't your major league staff's job. If it is, you have a horrible team. an so they are..... I believe some instincts can't be improved upon when they get to minor league baseball.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:08 PM) White Sox just don't have enough "baseball smarts" to win these types of games. Meanwhile, the Cubs have won 24 one-run games this year. They still believe you can coach "stupid" out of the player. It's always been a weakness this century.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) If Trace is the real deal, you trade Eaton. No brainer. We went down that road once. I can't agree.

QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 03:20 PM) Teenage SnB would be hating life right now. Older, 30ish year old Snb is just envious that they did it the smart, right way. I don't really "get" the cub hate anymore. I'm not rooting for them, but I'm not exactly rooting against them either. Hell, I'll probably make my way to wrigley sometime this month/september just to feel some pennant chase baseball buzz again. The cubs fans in my office aren't obnoxious and I don't really hang out in bars anymore and have to deal w/ those type of fans. The people that know me know I'm not going to get into the cubs/sox thing so they don't either. Now get off my lawn. I would think real Cub fans would be more interested in knocking off the Cardinals.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) I really would like to finish at .500, to know we did improve somewhat. But I know that getting top 10 protected pick would help us a lot more. gulp. Only if they are willing to risk it on position players.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) We made a big trade and several big FA signings last offseason and then counted on rookies at 2b, and guys with limited track records of success in RF, 3b, and C, and many of those positions stung us all year. If we're going to play these guys again next year and hope they get better...great. They may very well do so. But don't go spending huge amounts of money on guys in their mid-30s or trading for guys a year from free agency if you're going to do that. Especially if they spent all of their time in the NL. They don't do well in this area.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 08:12 PM) I'd let Sale finish this inning and then let the bullpen cover the last two. There's no need for him to go the 8th and/or 9th when there are fresh arms available. Lucky they didn't keep him in and a total of 144 pitches and then Coop defending that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 05:33 PM) I fill out surveys for the Sox year after year. They still haven't picked up Mike Trout like I have asked. Darn. I should have read this before I filled it out.