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2017 White Sox: BEEF! (1 Viewer)

Limp Ditka said:
Widbil83 said:
Limp Ditka said:
Thank god that's over. Now let's hope he loses 20 games in SF next year and helps net us a great draft pick
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Looks like they get the 18th overall pick!
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I always forget, it is this year's pick?
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The Sox get a sandwich pick in June 2016. They don't slide into the Giants' spot in the draft.

 
I honestly have no idea how to construct this lineup.

Eaton

Frazier

Melky

Abreu

LaRoche

Avisil

Catcher platoon

Lawrie

Anderson

:shrug:

 
As of now, I think LaRoche in there is inevitable. He's a career .800 OPS guy, and while age is a concern, you hope he can play close to the career numbers. His LH bat balances the lineup and a 8 figure salary isn't sitting on the bench.

 
Limp Ditka said:
As of now, I think LaRoche in there is inevitable. He's a career .800 OPS guy, and while age is a concern, you hope he can play close to the career numbers. His LH bat balances the lineup and a 8 figure salary isn't sitting on the bench.
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One thing is that he's good every other year, so he should be decent in 2016.

 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-white-sox-eddie-einhorn-dies-20160225-story.html


White Sox co-owner and vice chairman Eddie Einhorn died Tuesday night at the age of 80 due to complications following a stroke.

Einhorn was the Sox vice chairman for 25 years and was also the club’s president and chief operating officer from 1981-1990. He started his career as a broadcasting pioneer, spent more than 30 years in baseball and also was on the Bulls’ board of directors.

"Eddie was a creative whirlwind whose ideas -- many of them far ahead of their time -- changed the landscape of sports, and sports on television, forever," Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, who turned 80 on Thursday, said in a statement. "He was a man of many interests, projects, ideas and opinions, and we all will miss him dearly.

"It is exceedingly rare in this day and age to have enjoyed a friendship and a working partnership that lasted our lifetimes. We celebrated many great moments together."


 
Einhorn, of Paterson, N.J., began his affiliation with the Sox as a hot dog vendor while at Northwestern law school, where he became acquainted with Reinsdorf. After many successes as a broadcasting executive, he joined Reinsdorf’s ownership group in 1981.

His day-to-day involvement with the Sox dwindled in recent years as he dealt with health problems, but he was in Houston for the World Series victory in 2005.

"The baseball gods are still smiling on us," he told reporters then.  "It has been worth the wait. We didn't think it would take this long, but we made it."



Eddie Einhorn's vision put White Sox on pay-TV

Einhorn started his career by founding the TVS Television Network, which helped to popularize college basketball on a national scale. In 1968, the network nationally televised in prime time what became known as the college basketball “Game of the Century,” in which Houston ended UCLA’s 47-game winning streak. Einhorn was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Einhorn went on to help build The Baseball Network, MLB’s joint broadcasting venture, and negotiated the league’s 1990 deal with CBS and ESPN. He was a television consultant with the United States Olympic Committee and the executive producer of the “CBS Sports Spectacular.”

“He was an interesting man and a great man,” said Sox trainer Herm Schneider, a longtime friend. “He was an incredibly brilliant guy. … A lot of people didn’t know how brilliant he was.”

Einhorn is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ann, daughter Jennifer, son-in-law Darryl, grandson Meyer, and son, Jeff.

Services will be at noon Sunday at Louis Suburban Chapel, 13-01 Broadway, Fair Lawn, N.J. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Einhorn’s name to the Professional Scouts Foundation (www.pbsfonline.com).

The Sox will wear a sleeve patch to honor Einhorn during the regular season.





 

 
Comiskey, circa 1910

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I wonder if Eephus made the trip down from Milwaukee to catch a game during old Comiskey's inaugural season?

 
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I'd love to know how many times LaRoche has referred to his teammates, whether here or in DC, as a 'family' when discussing the clubhouse dynamics with his son. 

 
A nice start. Tough loss on Wednesday. Starters have looked good thus far. Some familiar names in the bullpen scare me a bit. Good to see Eaton's starting the season on a hot streak. Wish they could stay out west but time to come home for a crappy weather series. 

 
First team in AL to ten wins. Sale at 4-0. Robertson w 6 saves. Team ERA top 3 in the bigs. Top in the AL. Now they need to hit. Concern here. Bring the O stay healthy. 

 
Melky white hot. Nice win. ERA is awesome. Mark of solid teams for the Sox. A little Prince tribute - The One U Wanna C! Go Hawks! Bears draft! 

 
Sweeping the Rangers is no easy feat for the Sox. The pitching is holding steady but now comes the early season games vs. the east where they have crumbled in the past. Still concerned about the hitting. Abreu has to get it going

 
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