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QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 2, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) Regarding your post ... I know baseball can't be compared to the real world, but there are gads of White Sox employees behind the scenes involved trying to make a living here ... and failing. Can you believe the White Sox higher ups were dumb enough to believe this team would be able to vie for a one-game wildcard thus made NO MOVES at the break? In the real world, this is unacceptable and so many people are fired. For instance ... the projection was totally incorrect. Whether it was Hahn, Kenny, Robin ... unless it was Jerry (which it could have been), heads should roll. The Sox had a lot of bodies that could have been dealt for some valuable pieces. Just the fact they probably could have gotten rid of last winter's acquisitions and failed to pull the trigger on trades is unacceptable. We should right now be like Detroit, starting a rebuild without Melky, LaRoche, Robertson, Duke. Those 4 guys could have been dealt and think of the $$$ it woulda freed to try for better players. As far as your main point in your post, just as the Ozzie era pretty much had to end, this Robin era has to end. You all get mad at me for repeating myself, but nobody seems to address my comment. How in the hell can we expect to avoid a season-opening sweep against whatever Central Division team we open with next year and how in the hell can we expect to avoid the same pattern of s***tiness (bad performance on road; bad performance in all divisional games, only a so-so performance at home) under Robin and his staff?? The White Sox utter failure the last 2 seasons means the whole coaching staff and most of the front office needs to go. Now will it magically improve the White Sox? Probably not, but we know one thing: The pattern has been set in stone and this regime won't be able to change the discourse. Who is with me: FIRE EVERYBODY (staff and most of the everyday players). Lol, fire the players. I think you've been listening to too much trump

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 06:42 PM) Fulmer K's the side in the first and Winston up 4-0 Kanny up 5-0 52 pitches in the first inning though... ouch

This is getting ridiculous.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 12:35 PM) To this guy it was. LOL you cannot be serious. You equate the rainbow flag with the confederate flag? That's ridiculous.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) When it's 16 of 18 people not believing, that does astound me a bit. People who use internet forums tend to be more atheist/agnostic imo. Generally a younger crowd, but also a crowd that is more apt with the internet. You can easily find arguments that expose the bulls*** that is organized religion with a simple google search. The internet spreads the knowledge.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2015 -> 11:56 PM) I see the good Sox showed up again today. Rodon has shown enough this season. He's a future star. So I'd agree to shut him down all of September. Let EJ replace Rodon. You might consider shutting down Sale and Robertson too. Let somebody else close and maybe add another starter from the minors to give Q and Danks a couple extra days rest the rest of the season. Eaton is hot and getting his numbers up to respectability. Sure hope he does better the first 2 months next year than he did this year. He's our catalyst and can't suck for the first 7 weeks. GO SOX. Trayce should play every single day; ditto Micah. Don't let any guys like Beckham even have one at bat. Go with all the future stars, not the dead weight guys. Any minor league catcher down there who needs some seasoning as well? http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/prospect-profiles/ ^good place to look when you have a question about sox prospects. They have profiles for most of the prospects that are worth looking at.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) 16-4 vote so far! Wow, society is changing. Keep voting please. There has to be a reason we are living, breathing, thinking beings. If there is no God and afterlife then why aren't we all selfish bastards every minute of our lives? The minute we die we're toast, never to be cognizant of anything again? Why don't we just run amok on earth if this is all arbitrary? I've seen this argument before, and it is complete crap. If god is the only thing stopping you from becoming a completely selfish being, you need help Greg. Did religion stop numerous civilizations from conquering and enslaving other cultures? Did it stop our forefathers from whiping out the natives? Can you honestly say that to somebody who has been tortured, enslaved, or raped their whole life? Sounds pretty selfish to me tbh

I'm not sure how anybody can believe in a kind god who made man as an image of himself when you see how absolutely horrible the human race has been throughout history. He would be one smiteful SOB.

I'll be moving to wrigleyville pretty soon. Before October. I'm kinda hoping for a playoff run from the cubs. That place will be ridiculous if they make it past the wildcard game.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2015 -> 01:59 PM) Why haven't we promoted him to AA? That's what confuses me. Tim Anderson is there. No reason to pull Eddy from SS and put him somewhere else if he can play there. Worst case, Eddy mashes so hard that we play him and Tim Anderson in the IF. Move the lesser defense to 2B and have a really solid offensive and defensive duo there. And you have 2 absolute burners at those positions. Or you can always trade him if his value jumps. Eddy has only been playing baseball again for a year and a half. He will play the year out at A+ and move to AA next year, I'm assuming. I'm really exited about his tools though. You can't teach that plate discipline. Averages pretty much as many walks as SO's in his career so far. Anyway, I think we see an Alvarez/Tim Anderson combo at SS and 2B in two years. Probably Tim and SS and Eddy at 2B IMO. That could be elite from an offensive and defensive standpoint.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2015 -> 12:49 PM) Wow, I didn't realize Alvarez has a career .419 OBP. That's crazy. He has incredible speed too. Only at high-A though, must be due to defense. That's what I'm saying. He is a beast. He is 25 already, but he is very young in baseball years. He is making a mockery of high A so far. Its hard to evaluate him because he is obviously more physically mature than people he's playing, but he is younger in baseball years than most of them

I'm talking mainly about 2b and SS here. Carlos Sanchez - gg caliber second baseman who has been hitting really well for a while now. Micah Johnson - potential to be a very good offensive player for his position. Below average defensively. Tim Anderson - shortstop of the future. Will get better on defense imo. Elite talent. Eddy Alvarez - athletic shortstop who gets on base like a Machine. Old, but lots of potential. Saladino - above average utility player. Don't think his bat sticks at third base. How does this shape out? I don't know if any of these guys have much trade value aside from Tim obviously. How do you think this shakes out?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 05:50 PM) No LaRoche or Thompson tonight. Garcia at DH, Shuck in RF Man, I wish robin would give him more burn when he is hitting well. I understand that he isn't yet established, but you should play him when he is hitting well.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) My general take is that we don't need to be rushing to replace him out there, but I wouldn't decide to avoid an opportunity to get an excellent defensive CF just because we have Adam. He could potentially be a really good LF and definitely has the bat to play a corner. Exactly my sentiments.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) Suddenly Trayce is a can't miss prospect. I never said he'd be a great offensive player. Right now we have 2 lousy ass outfielders (in terms of fielding). You move one to DH, move Eaton to the corner, and put Trayce in CF. You have an elite defensive CF, and most likely an above average corner outfielder. You also get to bench LaRoche. This the best in house move to make if you want to win more games IMO.

Why hasn't he been called up yet? He is making a mockery of AAA right now. He has nothing left to prove. These are the only reasons I can think of really. 1. There is something with his Arb/free agency clock that I don't know about. They are limiting his time in the majors for that reason. 2. They don't want a 6 man rotation, and they want to see if they can dump Danks on somebody. You tell me folks. I want to see him pitch.

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playe...amp;position=OF His fielding stats are pretty damn poor. Is it time to move him to RF or LF and put Trayce in CF?

Anybody think Hawk will slip up and say something that may get him fired? He has said some pretty stupid things. The "Latin guys aren't funny in the clubhouse." comment. "Typical Asian motion. Deceptive!" when talking about a submarine asian pitcher. Saying "oriental" sounds kind of weird too. I'm not saying those examples are offensive, but I can see him taking it a step further on accident and offending some people.

Alvarez 2-2 with a walk. This guy is good.

Anybody else really excited about this guy? I know he is 25, but it means little in this case IMO. He has so little baseball experience, yet he is an unbelievable hitter so far. The guy gets on base like none other. Do the sox have a special player here?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 6, 2015 -> 07:15 PM) What made him great was he won the only World Series in almost every living White Sox fan's lifetime. Not many of us can wait another 88 years. He parallels Ditka so well is is ridiculous. Piece of s*** human being who won a championship while riding the coat tails of a historic team a superior assistant coach.

Is it just me or does Saladino look super baked?

We need to hope the Tigers think Avi has some value still...

Trade winds forum?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 01:05 AM) Good post, Big Finn. I thought I knew baseball, too. The Sox won a few games, sure, but always played horrific enough during little losing streaks to fall to 7-8 below .500. I figured once 7-8 under .500 a big-time losing streak on a road trip (like this one) would put them 13-15 under .500 and that finally would be that. Now I figure the law of averages suggests we can't immediately follow a good streak by losing a lot and falling 7-8 games back AGAIN. As of today I also believe. If the Sox keep catching the ball and Melky keeps hitting like this, I'm confident the pitching will be there like it normally is. They might have fooled us again, but let's hope not. I'd love to play the one game wild card and see what happens. If we win that and the pitching rotation was set right, we might make the Royals sweat a bit.