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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) Sure they can. To quote the great Jake Taylor, "Just win the whole f***ing thing". Do that 2 or 3 times, then you might steal the city. Absolutely, positively THIS. The pendulum has swung in this city before and it can certainly happen again. It will take sustained winning to get us there, but don't you believe it cannot happen.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 20, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) I see you are back to copyi and pasting your JR narrative again.They could be a lot worse, and the post I responded to included the Bulls. Just responding to your typical and rather lazy effort to deflect any and all criticism towards Sox management. I mean, talk about 'copy and paste'. If we had a dime for every time you've trotted out a superficial defense for this ownership group, we might just have enough money to buy the team ourselves.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 20, 2015 -> 03:31 PM) Yeah only 7 championships Lol - please don't conflate the accomplishments, or lack thereof, of the two organizations. As you well know, only one of those championships belongs to the Reinsdorf baseball team - in 35 years of trying. So with that very poor track record, it is a legitimate comment to make on a fan message board for the baseball team that it would be interesting to see the team under a new owner with a different organizational philosophy for running things. Could the results be worse? Sure, see Chicago Cubs - Tribune Company, 1982-2008. But chances are they couldn't be much worse than what's occurred under Reinsdorf. The lack of achievement under his leadership has left quite a bit to be desired, to say the least.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 04:28 PM) My point is you like to complain. So do you.

Steve Stone hasn't actually renewed yet, as far as I know. I wonder if it's a given he's coming back. I would have thought that would have been announced by now, unless they'll unveil the new guy & the news Stoney will be returning all at the same time.

QUOTE (beautox @ Dec 10, 2015 -> 12:06 AM) Here are my thoughts 1.) Let the kids play - I want to see Trayce in CF and Sanchez at 2B both getting the lion's share of the ABs. The sox might have something in both of them but will need to play them everyday to find out. Trayce could very easily go the same route as Randal Grichuk and Brandon Crawford before him, where he has mediocre results in the minors but great tools and it all comes together at the major league level. Sanchez on the other hand could still spend another two years at AAA and would still be age appropriate and he is a switch hitter so power and their hitting tools usually develop last, his glove alone keeps him in the lineup and if he can be league average with his bat he could be something special. 2.) Acquire a corner outfielder that fits with the age and window, Ideally its Heyward as he will likely get an Opt out after 4 years and the market next offseason looks pretty bleak. If they sign Heyward and move Eaton to LF the defense could be elite, if they sign Upton and move Eaton to RF it could be slightly above average. 3.) Keep the pitching core together they were 3rd in the AL behind the Astros and Indians, a full year of Rodon and Johnson/Montas in addition to Sale and Q being in their primes could easily push them to the best in the AL and a dark horse for the wild card and possibly the central. 4.) Keep Fulmer, Montas, Anderson, Adams and Michalczewski. 5.) Re-sign Alexei or check in with the braves on Erick Aybar. I actually cannot stop thinking about that configuration. How wonderful would it be to watch that kind of defense day in and day out, after these past several years of watching the likes of Viciedo, De Aza, Avi and Melky stinking up the joint in the outfield. Not to mention the number of stressful innings it would save the pitching staff.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 06:13 PM) I 100% believe that Hahn is a tactition executing someone elses strategy. Both Hahn and Williams have their own responsibilities in carrying out Mr. Reinsdorf's vision and strategy. They both have said as much in the past. Which is not surprising, given Mr. Reinsdorf is the head honcho and all. The problem for quite some time now has either been with the vision and strategy itself, the execution, or some combination of both. As a team, they really haven't gotten it done. Here's to hoping for a reversal of fortune this time around!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 1, 2015 -> 05:57 PM) Fans can visit the actual organ Nancy played every home game right behind home plate. I have yet to see a long line to see it. The one they are selling is one she used at home to practice. Are you sure about that? This story from WLS-TV claims the organ in question is the "old organ from the ballpark". Maybe there's more than one organ. http://abc7chicago.com/sports/white-sox-fa...r-sale/1103458/

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Dec 1, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Why not have a statue of Nancy and still sell the organ for money. After all, the player statues don't have real gloves and bats. Lol - well, they could do that, but the plaque on the organist's booth already has her likeness, so this might be a duplication of efforts. The actual organ would be really unique. She was always considered the most talented organist in baseball throughout her tenure, so to acknowledge and honor that by having the actual organ on the park's premises would be, in my opinion, the appropriate thing to do.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 1, 2015 -> 11:14 AM) A freaking organ? People will be lined up around the block to look over the organ thousands of times. It is good to hear Nancy herself is the one donating it for charity. Why hasn't anyone questioned where it even was if it would be such a big deal to look at? Let someone buy it, and help a needy kid or family. It's not a "freaking" organ, it's "Nancy Faust's" organ. I would think you might know the difference. And given the profound and indelible effect Nancy had on Sox fans for over 40 years, having her organ present in the ballpark to remind us fondly of her contributions to the fan experience would be really cool. Yes, there's the plaque on the organist's booth, but having the actual organ there would be a far greater and more unique tribute to her. Think of it in the same vein as having all of those statues of former Sox greats in the park. What are they there for? To remind us of some of the greatness of the Sox' past. Nancy Faust falls in that category, albeit in a slightly different capacity, and therefore the suggestion that the organ belongs in Sox Park is not only a reasonable one, but if you think about it, the right one as well.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 05:13 PM) I am not surprised at all that is what you read in there. You totally ignored the parts about those other teams finishing under 500 for 5 straight years, and trying to move the time line forward as much as possible. For perspectives sake, that would mean finishing under .500 each of the next two years. Can you spend just a little more time in thinking about how to debunk everything I say, because your retorts are getting weaker and weaker as we go along. This is one of your sadder efforts, and that's saying something. I did not "ignore the parts about those other teams finishing under .500 for five straight years". I actually called out how Hahn not only acknowledged that's what a rebuild takes, but actually how he "praised" that approach and found it one to "emulate". What I did in my last post was simply try and tie in a point you made that we had started the rebuild a "few years ago" - your words - and therefore if this approach is one that Hahn now prefers, at least we are a few years into it. In other words, with our three consecutive years at under .500 already under our belts now, we should only have 2-3 years more of the results we've recently experienced before our fortunes turn. And given the current state of the team with its league-worst offense and near-worst defense, it's going to take 2-3 years to improve on that with an approach that involves avoiding free agency and favors acquiring young talent. One more time, SS2K5, just to make sure you get it. If Hahn is now in favor of the approach that Houston, KC, Pittsburgh and the Cubs took,,one that in his words requires a "minimum of five years with a record under .500", then at the very least that's good news, because we now have three of those under .500 done with. But it's going to take another couple of years to turn it around based on where we are today, and so your point that Hahn was not suggesting this organization wasn't "punting away half of a decade" in order to get things right was, well, wrong. Wrong and very inaccurate.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 11, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) Re-reading the article I think he is obviously trying to put things into perspective. All of these other teams that people want to emulate took between 5 and 10 years of being awful to get to where they are now. The Sox are trying to speed that time line up. He is trying to realign expectations a bit, but still send the message that they aren't punting for a half of a decade. At no point does he say they are starting a new rebuild, only continuing what they started a few years back. On the contrary - that's exactly the message he's conveying. When he talks about a template to "praise" or "emulate" that involves a record below .500 for a "minimum of five years", then that's him realigning our expectations, big time. Gladly (if you can actually use that word this way), to your point, we are not starting that rebuild right now. Many aspects of a rebuild started in 2013, stalled only by last offseason's activity. But in resuming those rebuild efforts now, by the time this team is competitive again, given the current state of the team, "half of a decade" and maybe then some will have been "punted". Think 2013 to whichever the next year is that we'll be competitive after this rebuild is complete. Unless you think rebuild efforts involving obtaining young, cost-controlled players will somehow make us competitive in the next couple of years.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) Hopefully he can become the full time manager when Robin gets canned at the All Star Break next year. Well by "hoping" for that you are also hoping the Sox have played poorly enough by the All Star break to warrant Robin getting canned. I hope he is named "Manager of the Year" for 2016 because he's led the team to places we haven't been in a long, long time. Achieving those goals trumps any desire for Ventura to get fired by a long shot!!

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 12:22 PM) Did anyone else see the last 2 lines of the article? I read that as if the Sox decide to fire Robin mid-season, they can still offer Sandy the job. But that would mean some sort of interim manager named to finish out the season, and then Alomar named in the offseason, correct? Coaches don't bolt teams mid-season to take over managerial positions on other teams.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 09:07 PM) The Royals only signed Morales because they couldn't land Torii Hunter. They also signed Alex Rios. The Royals are geniuses. Until further notice they are. Back-to-back trips not only to the postseason, but to the World Series, no less, including now a World Series championship. That must have been some "Three Year Plan" they were on to accomplish all of that!

QUOTE (Baron @ Nov 1, 2015 -> 07:55 PM) Good when are we trading Sale and Q? Since your strategy involves wasting time we might as well trade them. That's exactly correct. We still have Sale, and we still have Abreu, and they ain't going anywhere. That means we still have the "Three Year Plan" to maximize that oft-mentioned "window of opportunity" of having them with the Sox during their prime years (and at outrageously cheap prices!). We burned through Year One of the Plan without much to show for it, as we know. So for Years Two & Three, I fully expect Hahn and Williams to continue to make a flurry of moves, free agents and trades, to try and right the ship. Both of them, in their own words, state that the goal is to get back to the postseason as quickly as possible while the "core" is intact. I don't think you get there by playing too many of the marginal positional players who were brought up last year, and/or putting all of the eggs in the basket of hopes that all of the vets who performed poorly last year will return to form. The Three Year Plan needs to be about a lot more than that.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 25, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) 6.5 seasons to be ten games over .500. Realistically, we could say six since it's impossible to turn around a season for a losing organization with no resources committed when you're hired in the middle of the year. Interesting math system there. 7.5 seasons for the WC and World Series. 8.5 seasons for the division and World Series. Best record in the AL from 2013-2015 and two consecutive playoff and World Series appearances, something the White Sox have never done in franchise history. All this coming from MLB's smallest media market and with a very limited payroll until Glass approved adding James Shields. By the end of the World Series, more playoff/postseason games in two years than the White Sox have had in the past 55. The White Sox had 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16...which is 8 years MAYBE getting back to .500 in Year Eight (and Year 2 of some plan or another) but right now even that's highly unlikely to most. If the White Sox made it to the World Series in both 2017 and 2018 they'd still be behind schedule. I don't think anyone will take that bet, though. Last year it was luck or a fluke in the WC game...this year it was the umpiring. What will it be next season as the excuse? If Ned Yost is worse than Ventura and Moore isn't that good either, why haven't the White Sox with exponentially more resources been able to pull off the same seemingly easy feat? Ha ha! You've done it now! Dick Allen's gonna be by real soon and you'll be labeled a "complainer", a "whiner" and/or a "moaner" faster than Grant took Richmond for laying out these facts here. You know he doesn't like that, and Hell hath no fury like a Dick Allen scorned at Soxtalk!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 25, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) So it took him 8.5 seasons to reach the World Series in consecutive years. KW gets ripped for his inability to produce sustained success like this during his 13 years at the helm. That would be about right.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 25, 2015 -> 12:04 AM) http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le41341293.html Maybe Thad Bosley can use his persistence to deliver this column to JR before it's too late... How much nicer would it be to be reading about Mr. Reinsdorf talking about how it felt to be hugging the William Harridge trophy AGAIN cuz he won the pennant AGAIN, and how electrified the Sox fan base was as a result. TV ratings and attendance going through the roof down there in KC. Wouldn't you rather be hearing the Chairman waxing eloquent about that same phenomenon going on with the Sox rather than him sharing his uninteresting point of view on whether the '05 WS had more of an impact on the city than the '85 Bears Super Bowl championship. Who the heck cares about any of that! LOL - win, darn you!! WIN! Start winning and talking about that already!!!!! Enough of the fluff!

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Unfortunate that he didn't address one single issue that Sox fans are concerned about today regarding the state of his franchise (of course he may have agreed to the interview only under certain conditions, he has done so in the past...) Basically a fluff piece. Mark No he did not. Maybe "the Chairman" should read this masterfully written analysis by the very thoughtful Jim Margulus over at SSS and then address the several salient observations therein, everything from the playoff drought of the past decade to the organization's refusal to act like a big market team and go out and get a premium free agent at least once in a while. He notes that the Sox are one of six teams that have never doled out a contract greater than $70 mill. The other teams? The A's, Indians, Pirates, Royals, and Diamondbacks. Seem right to you? But don't you fret, dear diehard fan. Mr. Reinsdorf understands how important the game of baseball is to you and society as a whole - that's what he says, anyway - and so he'll continue to strap on his working boots each and every day and head into the office to be an integral part of the "day-to-day operations" of the White Sox. The only teensie weensie problem with that arrangement is the likelihood of more of the same of we've gotten from said involvement in the last seven, ten, 20, 35 years - slice that pie any way you'd like, it all comes out the same. It can actually make you feel sorry for the likes of a KW and RH if they are constantly micromanaged and overridden by someone with such a long track record of failed ideas. http://www.southsidesox.com/2015/10/24/960...x-missed-chance

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) At least he has a batting average for exciting seasons. Look at Ricketts, he's like 0-6. The press was praising him yesterday. Don't they realize not ever having a lead in the NLCS makes your entire season dull. He should sell. You must buy snarky comments in bulk because you sure do heap a whole lot of them around here. But at least you didn't accuse me of whining and complaining, so I guess I have that to be thankful for. Meanwhile, continue to indulge yourself in your feint praise of Reinsdorf's 1-for-35 record of anything remotely approaching postseason achievement with that of Mr. Rickett. I can't imagine the riveting conversation that will spring forward from this astute observation of yours.

QUOTE (captain54 @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 12:26 PM) I disagree that a White Sox World Series was bigger than a Bears Super Bowl winner… Maybe it was for Sox fans, but not in the picture of how it impacted the city.. Those of us 65 and under..(the vast majority of those who follow Chicago sports)…as opposed to Reineys' age group…certainly remember following the Bears…those of us in our 60s remember the 1963 Championship, the days of Butkus, Gale Sayers, etc… a roller coaster week in Chicago sports.. on the plus side, the North Side Halloween freak show is over, and the down side.. Reinsdorf wants to keep going with the Sox into his 90s, and he's confirmed he's involved in day to day operations…. I need a little dose of fake condescending delusional Rongey type optimism to snap me out of my Sox funk..NOT He also stated he sees no reason why he should discontinue his involvement in the running of the team. I guess he doesn't come to Soxtalk, because I could swear, I may be wrong, but I could swear I've pointed out once or twice the record of achievement, or lack thereof, that his involvement has rendered during his 35 years as owner. We'd all be much better off if someone took his so-called day-to-day responsibilities running this team off his plate as well!

QUOTE (Saufley @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 06:15 PM) Don't forget that next year will be year two of the three year plan Which would suggest the Sox will be in play for one of the marquee available outfielders out there, be it Upton, Heyward, Cespedes, Gordon, or someone significant on the trade market. We are currently below average at two of the three OF spots, so to become competitive enough to...gulp...wait for it...wait for it...actually return to postseason play in the next year or two, we need to act like a big market club and land one of these OF prizes. No more second tier Cabrera/LaRoche types.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 07:39 AM) Their White Sox information couldn't be more wrong the past 5 years. If the White Sox trade Eaton who is signed to a team friendly extension, they will also need to find a leadoff hitter. Unless overwhelmed, the idea makes little sense. A team offensively challenged giving up one of its top hitters to open up a space for a guy based on his 130 or so major league ABs and ignoring his minor league numbers which would indicate the major league performance is a bit inflated, is not borderline insane. It is totally insane. This. Not a thing more to say about this ridiculous idea other than this.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 18, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) Why would you ever have become a White Dox fan if complaining isn't your favorite hobby? While you blame Reinsdorf for 34 of the past 35 years, using your criteria for exciting seasons the White Sox hadn't had one BEFORE JR since 1917. so the previous 63 seasons were all horrible misery as well. I why didn't you answer my question about what you are going to do about it? Just keep complaining? That hasn't worked. Mirror, mirror on the wall...