Frank is fired up today, give him a break. Jerry’s boots aren’t gonna lick themselves.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Sox fans coming unglued

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It's Caller Bob. You guys are giving him way too much credit.

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It sounds like this didn't get done because JR and his minions were once again trying to get cute in contract negotiations making a huge offer (350) that was significantly incentive laden. The Padres guaranteed 300 and the Sox wouldn't match.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

So it sounds like the 8/$250M was the base offer and with incentives it could've been worth 8/$350M+.

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Alonso and Jay are going to be a really shitty year long reminder of Sox failure. If either has a bad season he will be the object of a lot of anger.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I think it's pretty much guaranteed they're going to suck.

This year will be fun bad again.

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Not only should’nt sign a potential FAs pals and family but if he doesn’t sign you get to kick him in the nuts.

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Elections have consequences.

IN a move that SHOOKS NO ONE, manny doesn"t sign here? lol

BUT,,,its all about the REBUILD, and EXPEREINCE of the park! NOW im sure FF or Frank will tell me how good Moledo tastes with a CHURRO? The REAL question is, how much money am I paying to STATE OF IL PARK if they dont sell enough beer???

2029 Will come, JERRY will be GONE, none of his kids have the stones or SMRTS to get the deal he did, unless another Daley gets the Throne, that could be the end. By then VEGA$ wont want them, they will have a pro team. San Antonio White Sox. Hmmmm?

You are wrong. This move "SHOOKS" me to my core.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Kenny thought the Sox had the highest offer. Nice intel, KW.

I hope he* loses his spleen in a blimp accident.

*KW, Machodo, Rick Hahn, whomeva

later
tommu

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It looks like the Sox offered more money, but that the contract was Reinsdorfed with weird clauses and protections. The Albert Belle and Frank Thomas deals were the same. With the difference in state income taxes it seems like he would have made more with the Sox as well. Pretty embarrassing to build your entire off-season around this move, and not just give the guy what he wanted to make it happen when they were already willing to go up to $250 million guaranteed.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Players offer discounts to sign with the Cubs, and players avoid the White Sox even when they offer the highest annual salary and the highest potential overall contract value.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Mosdef. You guys got Darvish and Heyward for cheap.

I wish Aggravated Sox Fan Bob were here. He'd know just what to say.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You are doing a good job encapsulating the frustrations he would espouse.

HOOTERVILLE!

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Weird Jerry tries to screw people in negotiations. It works for people with no alternatives. We see what happens with both the Bulls and the Sox when they do have alternatives.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Those discounts really helped “us” with the three signings in 2018 and Heyward. Great value.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Teams were just lining up to take on Cole Hamels as well.

Sad day for Sox fans. Even sadder behavior from Cubs fans.

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I'm sorry that you aren't a really big fan of 4 straight (and counting) playoff appearances, three NLCS appearances and 1 World Series during this current era of Cubs baseball.

Yu Darvish is going to make a lot of people eat their posts this season, and beyond.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Cool it with the antisemetic remarks

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Hey, you all accused the Cubs of buying their World Series with all of their free agent signings. That they didn't truly win due to their rebuild. Now the White Sox have a chance to win the right way. Prospects only. This should be a great day for you.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I am sorry that you don’t realize those guys did not take discounts to come here and have been mostly wasted money up until now. Harper won’t be here because of those bad contracts, the so called opportunity cost.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Not the day for Kenny to make an appearance.

He took less to play for the Padres.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

So if you are willing to do 250 for 8....why not be willing to go 300 for 10? Is 2 years really a sticking point for a guy you supposedly really want?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Which may mean?

1. He was concerned about hitting the performance goals in the Sox offer? and/or

2. The Padre has agreed to pay him even if (when) the players go on strike/get locked out (because labor strife is coming)? (There is no way the Sox would ever agree to do that.)

Edit - sounds like the Sox had some team options at the end of their offer in the event of injury, so the Padre offer was arguably better than the Sox' offer.

Did the Sox offer a player option in their packages? It's a nice perk with the impending lockout and new CBA coming up.

Machado wanted the 300MIL guaranteed. Not 250 + whatever crazy incentives the White Sox tried to sell him.