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@Ding Dong Johnsonis the mayor actually

White Sox unveiled a patch on their hat yesterday to memorialize how many losses they had last year.

I think when we eventually look back at the jed years, and this probably has as much to do with the Ricketts honestly, it's the timidity that really held us back. Not to relitigate an offseason half a decade ago, but man it's hard to look at that Harper deal and not feel like signing him would have wildly changed the trajectory of how the team has been built since. Talent coalesces around stars, and all of these offseasons of swings and misses since then would have been so much different. But anyway, Jed (or tom i guess, who knows. probably both) was too scared of that relatively paltry commitment. All the other Harper level stars since (this is my opinion but i think it's right) were never interested in chicago because by the time they hit the market, our Harperless roster looked pretty thin and there were clubs with better orgs, better ownership, better rosters and more money. Easy choice to make. But anyway the timidity really has limited us in other ways too. It's easy to say "sign harper duh" but a lot of us have said the same thing about other FAs since whose deals do not look as appeaing anymore. For every "sign Harper" there was a "sign boegaerts" or "sign correa" (i did both I believe.) Looking back, we really came out OK on the SS market that year. Swanson is solid, still young, fits our team identity and isn't overly expensive. Hard to argue against that. But the point of a deal like that is to create flexibility to take a big swing elsewhere. But of course we didn't do that. Every offseason is full of these half-measures and "maybe you can squint and this guy runs into a 3 war season" signings and it's just not enough.

happ making a strong early season push for a gold glove with that rbi double into right field

still have no idea what this is ever in reference to but obviously something you misunderstood as for the ban, im sure its not a punishment for you,that would require the ability to be introspective. my point is it's funny that you're so bad at posting you got banned from posting about politics on a baseball message board. but for real this time, ill let you get back to wondering if the squirrels outside your apartment are CIA listening devices. there will be plenty of opportunities for us to do this again

my fantasy league group text ERUPTED when it happened because one of the owners took him late, specifically mentioning "im gonna get an opening day homer out of him and drop him." and sure enough lol

oh im sorry, i didnt mean any of that post literally. i forgot all this is hard for you. i was making fun of you for getting yourself banned from the social forum. ill be more clear in the future, apologies

definitely a better place for it than the minor league forum. why dont you join me there and we can continue oh horsefeathers you cant post there? why what happened

please dont believe this success came easily. i had to rise above 2 decades of poverty to begin my lucrative local nonprofit journalism career. grinding bad posters down on here is merely a leisure activity. now for the rest of your post, im not sure why you always respond to me with some nonsense about ticket prices but people really enjoy it. im gonna go put my kids to bed real quick, have fun with your action figures

tom, please relax. i read that guys in their 50s shouldn't get this stressed and angry. maybe go relax with your wife and kids. Ahh, yes, I forgot. Ok back to posting about 28 year old minor league catchers. Good luck, see you tomorrow.

tom this is getting political, please take comments like this to the social forum, thank you

is that a no on howard too? oh well, another 20 years of posting, youll probably get one

so no on gallardo then, noted. looking forward to the game tonight, cant wait to see ed howard in the middle infield.

hmmm hmm hmm. ill tell ya tom, everyone loves when you say the stupidest thing anyone has ever heard on here 5 times a day then resort to these weird crashouts every time someone disagrees. It's going great for you!

sorry but no. im right and you're wrong. but keep trying youre gonna get one one day. Any Gallardo highlights to show us

Shota and Steele both disappoint and each serves multiple phantom IL stints Hoerner has a great season when he comes back from injury Suzuki gets 30 bombs Brewers win the division

Let me correct you here. It’s actually because he hasn’t hit at all yet. Once.

thats great, let us know when Hearn accomplishes even that minor feat!

we've been saying that about milwaukee for a decade now almost and while it's assuredly true now (and was then) the fact that it hasn't actually happened yet pisses me off enough that i'll just believe it when it finally happens

"I think the way this team is built" BUDDY YOU BUILT IT

the bat that won us the world series

???? I’m not sure you even know what you’re saying at this point but good luck with figuring out if sliding into first base is faster or whatever you’re after sir!

so you've gone to all this effort to conclude that some hitters should swing for contact, some should swing for power, and ultimately the approach should be situational. impressive