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15 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

Maybe not, but I am sure his agency makes up for that with lawyers and tax guys. It might be better to have a street smart guy who won’t flinch doing the negotiating. He has a pretty impressive client list.

Fair point. But I wouldn't be one of his first few clients. I guess at this point he's built a brand so it's fine. 

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28 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

First off, the 7 year old Deadspin articles sources were people upset the lying, cheating, despicable Lozano left their agency and created a new one I don’t know where you come up with desperate for cash. According to Forbes, he made $27 million the first 9 months of last year.. And with the White Sox being used, it had to do with Bowdens comment that he was never going to sign with a team that wouldn’t contend in 2019. If that is true, how were they not used?

Because it's an excuse after the fact for signing with a team he stated earlier he didn't want to sign with.

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41 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

First off, the 7 year old Deadspin articles sources were people upset the lying, cheating, despicable Lozano left their agency and created a new one I don’t know where you come up with desperate for cash. According to Forbes, he made $27 million the first 9 months of last year.. And with the White Sox being used, it had to do with Bowdens comment that he was never going to sign with a team that wouldn’t contend in 2019. If that is true, how were they not used?

So back to the White Sox being used-  it would be offensive as a fan for the White Sox not to make a run at a high profile free agent that fits on the team.  Regardless of if he said he doesn't want to play for us.  I assume that Hahn tried his best to sell Harper on the advantages of coming to play here regardless of what he is up against.  If Harper had absolutely no chance of playing here he probably wouldn't have met with us.  I'm sure if we offered something ridiculous like 10/500 Harper would have already signed regardless of if he wanted to win now because no team is going to come close to such a ridiculous offer.  Because we are trying to get both of these guys at the cheapest contract possible it naturally allows other teams more opportunities to match or come in better.  So I don't see how Boras used us at all-  we made our best offer and pitch and soon we will see if it was good enough.  Same with Machado.  

If anything it would be easier for a team to use the player.  For example if we never really wanted Harper and Machado was our #1 the whole time then Hahn should have leaked to the press how we were closing in on Harper to put pressure on Machado to sign.  Its all a game.  I just don't see how Boras used us because had we offered more of whatever Harper wants he would have already signed.  

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52 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

First off, the 7 year old Deadspin articles sources were people upset the lying, cheating, despicable Lozano left their agency and created a new one I don’t know where you come up with desperate for cash. According to Forbes, he made $27 million the first 9 months of last year.. And with the White Sox being used, it had to do with Bowdens comment that he was never going to sign with a team that wouldn’t contend in 2019. If that is true, how were they not used?

Well, I read the article in which they discuss how he lives very lavishly and depends on his contract signings to support his spending habits year to year. I actually read the article which is where I came up with desperate for cash. Weird, huh? 

What were they used for? 

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1 hour ago, Orlando said:

How can people dispute that the Sox leaked that when Merkin and Garfein and a bunch of Chicago news paper nobody’s reported it? 

I realize who reported it.  But again it makes no sense at all for the White Sox to purposely leak that we had an extremely low ball offer on the table.  If fact if they did purposely leak that whomever did should be fired because it didn't help at all-  see Padres as in the mix.  

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You can discredit the piece all you'd like Dick, but just like everything else... provide me with a source of rebut if you're going to say it's a lie. Just dismissing things because you want to doesn't really make it right. Here is the piece about Lozano spending and living check to check:

 

From the moment he was hired, Lozano was never more than just barely out of debt, living contract percentage to contract percentage. He told colleagues he hadn't put a dime into retirement accounts. He borrowed against his pension. When he tried to buy his house in 1997, his credit was so shot that he had to borrow money from Jeff Borris, a senior partner at BHSC, to make a down payment. Borris made sure that the entire office knew he had lent the money and made sure he was repaid with interest.

There was no single demon sucking up Dan Lozano's money. He was doing well, making high six figures annually according to a co-worker's estimate. He just lived beyond his means: a home steps from the beach, a new Range Rover, a tailored suit. It was always something new.

"As soon as he made money, he spent it," recalls an acquaintance, who says Lozano would think nothing of dropping thousands of dollars on dinner, most of it on wine, and would think even less of dropping thousands of dollars on women for himself.

Lozano often entertained prospective clients by bringing them to porn shoots, a co-worker says, but gradually he began dating adult film stars and escorts. There was Alisha Klass, the former fiancée of porn mogul Seymore Butts. There was Julián, the androgynous Filipina. But these flings never lasted long. One of his steadier relationships, lasting a year, was with a pretty blonde named Kristen, who told at least one person in Lozano's circle that she had been a call girl. She was now trying the sugar-baby route: A source familiar with Lozano's finances says he spent $50,000 a month taking care of her.

By the way, his networth was listed at 27 million... one site listed it at 7 million. Maybe he changed his ways, but it seems incredibly unlikely that's the case. 

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3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I’m starting to think this guy just may be legit.

Why? What leads you to this conclusion? I want to believe him just like everyone else, but I just don’t know why a person from Boston would have any insight into Whitesox dealings and know that both are going to be signed of all things

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Just now, GermanSoxFan said:

Maybe he is trolling the Phillies fanbase. They are mad that they don't get any top tier FA and he gets revenge for last years' Superbowl. 589b4da582250818d81e748f.png

But he hasn't tweeted anything in  year. I would've thought the regular season ass whooping the Saints gave Philly or the Saints playoff comeback would've been strong chances to troll them if thats the case lol

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I have endlessly searched “Manny Machado” and “Bryce Harper” on Twitter. You rarely see people “breaking” signings for any other team. All these fake insiders (hopefully some are real) all “break” Manny to Chicago or both to Chicago. It’s so odd. 

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