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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) The Marlins have a metropolitan area of over 5 million people to themselves when it comes to baseball. The Sox share a metro area of about 9.5 million people with the Cubs. Baseball is not an important sport in Florida. Population matters when considering if somewhere is a "Large Market", but the sport has to be relevant. Baseball as a sport is irrelevant in Florida

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 03:30 PM) No more of a joke than living six hours from the ballpark and passing judgement on everyone else. apparently you're either missing my point, or can't read. I was singling out in-town fans who have the best opportunity to easily get to games. People who live 300+ miles away have to spend a substantial amount more on gas or train tickets herp derp derp

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 10:26 AM) You obviously don't watch many Marlins games Because the Marlins are a large market team, right?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 06:31 AM) How many games you been to this year ? I live 330 miles away from the ballpark. How far away are you? What a joke.

QUOTE (SouthSidePride05 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 06:21 PM) Yep He should've just said "Nobody in the media cares about the Sox." The in-town fans don't either. Oh wait, the economy is terrible in Chicago but nowhere else. Fact: Sox fans in Chicago couldn't care less about this team. The Sox could have made one game "Dollar night, all tickets $1.00" and the place would not have sold out. Stop b****ing when people rip the Sox fan base because it's THE worst large market fan base in baseball.

lmao at this thread.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 01:29 PM) Not seeing Viciedo on the list...is he arb eligible? Besides these guys...I'm open to deals for anybody on the roster (keeping De Aza) Chris Sale Nate Jones Jose Quintana Donnie Veal 100% agree w/ this post.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 12:40 PM) Barring some ridiculous trade being made by Kenny in the off season, Gordon is going to be back at 2B next year whether people like it or not. With the pitching staff this team has, the organization wants his defense out there. it's cool bro, I'm sure there will be other programs to watch on TV next year while the Sox attempt to win 75-80 games Thank goodness this teams philosophy has been successful though. Two playoff appearances in eight years. They're definitely doing something right

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 12:33 AM) Look at it the other way. A team that had to win the division at game 160 in the weakest division in the AL, has 2 aces, two hitters with one being a triple crown candidate. Their starting rotation, 3 and 4 hitters are superior to the Sox and they almost lost. This was one of the better fundamental Sox teams coming out of the gate and that's why their record was good for a team that was suppose to be close to losing 90. Having a rookie manager with no prior experience didn't help much. The hardest thing to ignore is too many veterans can't play under pressure. They seem to have forgot how to do the little things. I wonder how many games Detroit lost this year due to their poor defense Detroit has a much more talented team (on paper) than the Sox do, next year it will be even more glaring as we lose guys like Peavy, AJ, and possibly more if Kenny pulls a horseshoe out of his ass and gets somebody to pick up Dunn and Rios

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) The Sox went 2-10 in their last 12 September games, turning a 3 game lead into a 3 game deficit. You can spin it however you want to, but that's an epic collapse. We'd have entered tonight up a game on Detroit just by going 6-6 during that stretch! And those 12 days/games are going to be about 95% of the memories I take from this season. Did this team exceed expectations? Yes. Did they overachieve when you take everything into account? Yes. But with the position this team was in a couple of weeks ago, they should have won this division, and there is no excuse for how hard they choked when it mattered most. career years from rios and AJ, lots of HR's in our lineup, and had a CY candidate in the rotation, and they still couldn't make the playoffs this team is not going to win this division for at least 2 more years, bank on that 2nd wildcard if you're wanting to see this team in the postseason

what's more hilarious is some of the people here thinking this team actually had a chance in the playoffs

the only reason we aren't going to the playoffs sale and quintana are past their innings limits and they're probably beyond dead arms the veterans choked, plain and simple this hasn't got anything to do with NL talent or scouting (unless it's scouting the opponent that you're playing that particular series) now, this thread could explain why the team only has 83 wins right now, but it doesn't explain the collapse. the collapse is because we have veteran players who cannot play in pressure situations, and they never will until certain people are gone from this roster/staff (Coop had his issues last year with certain players and coaches, and I'm tired of his schtick to be honest, and AJ has rubbed a lot of his teammates the wrong way from what I've heard this year) alexei ramirez definitely needs to be dealt, his career is starting to look like Iguchi's once the league figured him out. guys like Beckham need to be considered as well. too much money invested in Rios and Dunn (another f***ing choker). Dunn will be moved if an offer comes along, I would bet money on that. Way too much money invested in that dude, same with Rios Peavy's salary coming off the books will help going into next year, but this front office is going to have to really turn this team around if they plan on competing with the tigers next year personally I think Detroit runs away with it in 2013

thank goodness I didn't waste my money on this team this year, don't regret buying my sale jersey though, if rios weren't so bad/decent/bad/good, I'd have probably bought a rios jersey too

you know the season is over when DJ is talking about the amityville horror.

this organization is in trouble, if you thought this years attendance was bad, wait til next year when they can't break .500 and Detroit gets another big bat (VMart) in that lineup ohhhh boy lol

Hey Matty, you're awful bro. Real talk

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QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 27, 2012 -> 10:29 PM) No but the point was front office's dont react like that thankfully. Otherwise there would be blow ups almost every year. Sorry that you completely missed the point. Fortunately for fans the GM is usually much more calm and collected. You would know this if you read and talk to those people. Nobody missed the point, except for you missing mine. Let me spell it out because you missed it: Our front office doesn't know it's head from it's ass. Moving KW out of his role is a step in the right direction, albeit a very minor, nearly insignificant step.

QUOTE (Baron @ Sep 27, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Yeah thats why your nowhere near the front office. BECAUSE TWO PLAYOFF APPEARANCES IN 8 YEARS IS SUCCESS. AMIRITE?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 27, 2012 -> 10:06 PM) Alexei, let the guy steal the base next time if he has that big of a jump. Alexei HAS TO GO. I've had enough of his brainless misplays, dude is retarded.

there's your season.

so awful if I were a betting man, I'd say we have a clubhouse cancer that f***s this team up mentally when the pressure is on my guess is either AJ or Cooper

Tampa bay will finish off what Cleveland started, by the 3rd game of that series it'll be a wrap, maybe not mathematically but everyone will know its over

everybody on this team is expendable IMO, except Sale and Quintana

this team is a f***ing circus