southsider2k5 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2025 at 11:25 PM, WestEddy said: I agree. Also of note to the people screaming for the Sox to sign dudes in the last weeks of December with what's left in their allotment, all the known guys are signed. It's like we want them to scour the beaches for young guys throwing rocks in the water, and if somebody looks like a pitcher, give him $100k. Expand No they WANTED the money already spent 11 months before that, so it wouldn’t go to waste at the end of the period. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) On 1/18/2025 at 11:25 PM, WestEddy said: I agree. Also of note to the people screaming for the Sox to sign dudes in the last weeks of December with what's left in their allotment, all the known guys are signed. It's like we want them to scour the beaches for young guys throwing rocks in the water, and if somebody looks like a pitcher, give him $100k. Expand Giving those rock skippers $10K each would have turned out more useful sidearming relievers than all their Paddy moves post Robert. Edited January 18 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2025 at 11:29 PM, southsider2k5 said: No they WANTED the money already spent 11 months before that, so it wouldn’t go to waste at the end of the period. Expand A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 1/18/2025 at 11:31 PM, caulfield12 said: Giving those rock skippers $10K each would have turned out more useful sidearming relievers than all their Paddy moves post Robert. Expand They could sign every man, woman and child in the DR for $10k each and not touch their international pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) On 1/18/2025 at 11:33 PM, WestEddy said: They could sign every man, woman and child in the DR for $10k each and not touch their international pool. Expand $1.1 trillion... You just somehow spent more than the Dodgers and the GDP of the entire country!!! Edited January 18 by caulfield12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2025 at 11:32 PM, WestEddy said: A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. Expand Save the excuses, no one really cares. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 12:09 AM, southsider2k5 said: Save the excuses, no one really cares. Expand You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 12:18 AM, WestEddy said: You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. Expand I am sure your first grade class loved that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 1:17 AM, southsider2k5 said: I am sure your first grade class loved that one. Expand They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2025 at 11:32 PM, WestEddy said: A guy like Keller walks into a job, and he can't go back in time and shake a 13 year old's hand 3 years ago. Good thing the guy who was supposed to line up the signings for the 2024 period is gone. Expand You act like this isn’t a common theme of the White Sox. They usually trade their cash away for garbage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) On 1/19/2025 at 1:45 AM, WestEddy said: They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. Expand The return on saving $10-15 million to reallocate across the big league payroll is traditionally better than blowing $2 million on lottery tickets. Player to be named later too for CLE...probably conditional on securing Sasaki. Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 baseball is pointless to watch now, and it's even more pointless if you're a Sox fan I'm hoping that Sox attendance drops significantly next year to the point that it damages the brand for at least a decade. they all deserve worse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 12:18 AM, WestEddy said: You got a weird way of referring to yourself in the third person, no one. Expand He’s right. The majority doesn’t give a F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) On 1/19/2025 at 1:45 AM, WestEddy said: They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. Expand The Sox aren’t Cleveland even though we all wish they could be as good. The Sox are a fucking dung heap compared to how well the Guardians run their team. You already knew this though. I’ve never seen so much apologizing for every stupid, cheap, and lazy move the Sox make. It’s quite impressive. Edited January 19 by WhiteSox2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 3:36 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: The Sox aren’t Cleveland even though we all wish they could be as good. The Sox are a fucking dung heap compared to how well the Guardians run their team. You already knew this though. I’ve never seen so much apologizing for every stupid, cheap, and lazy move the Sox make. It’s quite impressive. Expand And the first-graders asked if you were Stranger Danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 3:17 AM, joejoesox said: baseball is pointless to watch now, and it's even more pointless if you're a Sox fan I'm hoping that Sox attendance drops significantly next year to the point that it damages the brand for at least a decade. they all deserve worse. Expand Can't even use the contraction threat like commissioner dropped on the Twins in 2001-02 because they still won't get any public stadium funding sympathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 3:53 AM, WestEddy said: And the first-graders asked if you were Stranger Danger. Expand Steve Urkel voice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 1:45 AM, WestEddy said: They did. And I showed them this string. They were profoundly surprised by the irony of nobody criticizing Cleveland having $2M unspent, and using it to move Myles Straw's contract, instead of taking a gamble on any player. It's very cute when 6-year-olds ask you if all of the negative Nellies (as they called them) were burner accounts for people in the Guardians' front office. They also voted overwhelmingly that you're "a stinky butt". Kids. Expand I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic. Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) On 1/19/2025 at 4:04 AM, southsider2k5 said: I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic. Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. Expand Maybe he can do PR for Aaron Glenn after this debacle...undefensible. Edited January 19 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 4:04 AM, southsider2k5 said: I will give you one thing, your classmates could learn a lot from your water carrying work ethic. Maybe they too could spend days defending the undefendable. Expand They're all quite driven. Most of them want to become scientists when they grow up so they can find a cure for whatever makes "old stinky butt" so illogical and angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 4:07 AM, WestEddy said: They're all quite driven. Most of them want to become scientists when they grow up so they can find a cure for whatever makes "old stinky butt" so illogical and angry. Expand Can you send some of those STEM thinkers over to do unpaid internships with the Sox analytics dept.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-sign-first-player-from-south-sudan-joseph-deng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) On 12/15/2024 at 4:40 AM, WestEddy said: All these baseball people and players "buying in" to Chris Getz' vision. Why not Sasaki? Expand I had to bring back this epic post. What baseball people and players? Players that Getz fished out of a dumpster and managed to sign for peanuts? Why not Sasaki? Because he isn’t fucking stupid. Edited January 19 by WhiteSox2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 1:54 AM, WhiteSox2023 said: You act like this isn’t a common theme of the White Sox. They usually trade their cash away for garbage. Expand SS2k5 was deeply saddened that Marco Paddy was let go despite the great job he had done for over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/19/2025 at 4:15 AM, WestEddy said: SS2k5 was deeply saddened that Marco Paddy was let go despite the great job he had done for over a decade. Expand I look forward to you making excuses for the Sox either not spending all of their international allotment or trading it away for trash next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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