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QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 7, 2016 -> 09:56 PM) Rick Hahn sure has a horrible track record in terms of signing free agents. This whole organization needs to be turned upside down. I don't think Hahn is any worse than any other GM. Problem is this organization is always desperate for a particular players and the Sox have to jump at less than ideal options when they are available. Sox haven't had a good LHP out of the pen since Thornton.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Jun 5, 2016 -> 08:45 PM) The best thing that I can say about him is that he doesn't abuse the pitching staff and that he's done a decent job of managing/calming/motivating the not-so-smart contingent of the clubhouse that went wacko back in March. I would argue completely differently. Do you think that level of outburst would have happened with a manager like Maddon, Bochy, or Showalter? The way that clubhouse reacted goes to show you the complete LACK of control Robin has in that clubhouse.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jun 5, 2016 -> 06:01 PM) Each day they let this continue is another day they lose more fans. This is pathetic baseball and has been for the last several seasons. Now, with the Cubs playing championship level baseball on the Northside, is not the time to dick around and try not to hurt poor Robin's feelings. We don't need to see how this next homestand goes, we have 6 years of putrid history to gauge Robin's abilities. I've never really been one to consider JR an awful owner. I think he's always done a decent job balancing the business side of his franchises with investing in payroll to at least be somewhat competitive. With that said, what is going on now with Robin Ventura and Gar Forman is really making me second guess how good of an owner he is. He's old and more than likely should not be making business decisions for either team at this point. Look at what happened once the Cubs got new ownership a few year back. The same thing needs to happen with the Sox. They need to clean house in the FO and get the right people in place to right the ship. JR, KW, and Robin should all be gone. I'd be willing to give Hahn another shot, because I feel like KW micromanages the crap out of him.

Safe to say Phillippe Aumont's baseball career is over. Guy is just downright brutal.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Jun 1, 2016 -> 09:23 PM) John Jay is not what we need. What we need is what a lot of teams could use - more home runs. Nice to see Saladino take one out to win a ball game. One shot like that can turn a game around and change the attitude of the team after a long losing streak. Shields? I don't want a guy like who has been guaranteed millions and is now on cruise control. The Padres are right. This guy is emblematic of what is wrong with giving players large multi-million dollar Contracts. (John Danks agrees). Jon Jay would be a welcome upgrade to the Sox. They lack a quality backup OF'er who can play CF. He also bats lefty, which might allow you to play the match-ups with Jackson. I'm not advocating the Sox rush out and make a deal like this but he would bring something the Sox could use.

QUOTE (Footlongcomiskeydog @ May 30, 2016 -> 04:23 PM) Exactly! This organization and team needs a complete makeover. Step one is firing Ventura. Step 2 is starting to dismantle the team once they are 7-8 games out in Mid-July. Trading Sale, Q, Rodon, Frazier, Eaton, Abreu, Lawrie, Robertson, and Melky will bring a ton of prospects. The haul from all the trades plus 3-4 years of top 3 draft picks should make this team a force to be reckoned with come 2021 or so! Step 1 should be getting new FO management. The Sox overhauling the system with the same people in place is only bound to fail yet again.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 30, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) And that falls 100% on Robin. A good leader would have gotten the team past that game. I agree with this. Too many times Robin fails to stop the bleeding. He can't even bandage it.

QUOTE (aryzner @ May 27, 2016 -> 11:02 PM) Yea, I think that describes this place perfectly over the last week and a half, hahaha.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2016 -> 10:27 PM) Why would he do that? He's not going to get MORE money on the open market...unless he just had a tremendous season this year and led the White Sox to the playoffs and went into next year's FA market, but what exactly are the odds of that happening? Yea, I cannot possibly see a 35 year old pitcher forfeit $42M to take a chance on a weak FA market. He's be nuts to do that.

I think the way the Sox have handled the slump shows what Robin brings to the table. He has no ability to light a fire under his players when it's needed most. He's easily one of the worst managers in baseball. Give Renteria a shot. The Sox brought him in as Ventura's replacement anyways.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:19 PM) The 4 straight hr game http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280814104 Thome, Konerko, Uribe, Alexei Weird, I was at that game too. Maybe I need to start going to more games!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 27, 2016 -> 09:09 PM) Must have been 2004-2005. Perhaps first 3-4 months of 2006. 2005 Box Had to look that up, was driving me nuts. Back-2-back-2-back by Iguchi, Rowand, and Konerko. Man what a fun game to be at... I'll stop hijacking the thread now

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ May 27, 2016 -> 08:44 PM) Didn't they go back to back to back in that game? Was it Dye, Paulie and Rowand? Something like that. I wanna say Dye for sure. I can't even remember what year that was though, haha.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ May 27, 2016 -> 08:40 PM) I remember Randy Johnson having a similar game to this when he was with the Yankees. I was at that game. Was really something else, was like a light switch and the Sox lit him up after being no-hit for majority of the game.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 27, 2016 -> 08:30 AM) Daniel Fields dropped from 40-man. Outrighted to Charlotte. And released as well.

Absolutely terrible from Avi.

Thinking he'll end up with 21.

Ishikawa and Shirek were both released.

QUOTE (Green Line @ May 23, 2016 -> 08:50 PM) We've been getting a lot of 2 out hits this game! Sidenote: I've been at a couple games recently and have seen a HUGE amount of Cubs gear. Almost like being at a Cubs game. Yep, I saw that on Saturday. I don't get why people do that...

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 23, 2016 -> 07:45 PM) With Kahnle going down since he's the 26th man, are we really going to roll with a 3-man bench of Saladino/Sands/Avila with Johnson as an extra pitcher? Can he really be sent down tomorrow despite him not being the 26th DH guy? I did not think there were rules about sending a guy back down, only if you wanted to call him back up after sending him down?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 16, 2016 -> 11:50 AM) Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 56m56 minutes ago Matt Davidson is also having a great May at Triple-A Charlotte. He's hitting .357/.449/.667 w/ 3 HRs, 11 RBIs in 49 PAs. Also 6 BBs, 10 Ks. I wonder if he's maybe figured something out? I hate to get my hopes up he his slash line is very respectable so far this season.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 7, 2016 -> 11:28 PM) http://mlbfarm.com/index.php?team=CWS Holy good god, Zangari strikes out a lot. Got to be over 33% of the time. EDIT: Actually, it's over 40%. Yeeesh. Yea, saying he's overmatched right now is an understatement.

And Ishikawa is below the Mendoza line. Wonder how long he has before Delmonico takes his roster spot.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 2, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) AA had a late scratch for a starting pitcher as NSS. Maybe related to an organizational shake up? I hope not. Have you seen Brennan's stat line this year? Not sure if that's who you were suggesting, but Danks is actually a better option than he is right now.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 1, 2016 -> 12:55 PM) Hawkins has been on DL for almost three weeks now. Anybody here know his status? If I had to guess, it gotta be plantar fasciitis related. Didn't he struggle all last year with that?