Article: White Sox Winning Winter Meetings Through Day 1

[Squirrel]

The Sox were bad.

 

They spent money, and marginal prospects to get better.

 

Somehow, that's a bad thing.

Even though I'm quoting mike's post in this, this goes out to everyone.  Please stop with these kinds of posts.  This kind of marginalizing is really getting old, and it's coming from both sides of this argument.  Some like the Sox' strategy, others do not.  So what.  That's what discussion is for.  But if discussion comes down to quibbling over nits and stats and marginalizing posts in order to show your 'disdain' for an opposite point of view, maybe it's time to move on.  This thread has gone about as far as it can go and the wall is now thoroughly beaten.  If you don't have anything new to say, but just want to get in the last word, then just stop.  If all you want to do is 'win' your argument, stop.  Think.  Move on.

[Mike Sixel]

Fair enough......I'm not trying to win any argument,

 

I'm genuinely trying to understand the argument being made that the Sox did something wrong this off season. I'm not sure what they should have done differently (other than maybe buy cheaper bullpen help, but that's just money that they have.....). That was what that post was supposed to be about. They were bad, they spent money to get better. That seems to be a good idea to me.

[Squirrel]

mike ... the point is I don't think anyone is claiming they did wrong, it's that they disagree with the methodology and it's not what they think is best.  And you think differently.  Sometimes you won't understand another because it's just not the way you think and no amount of explaining it will make any difference because you are just in your own zone with this; and that is okay.  I think you've tried enough, and so have others, and at this point it's going no where.  This is where the 'agree to disagree' philosophy comes in.

[Mike Sixel]

Ah, get your point. Ya, this has run it's course.

[jokin]

My point was that the sky is not falling.  I would not trade franchises with them right now.

 

Yep, the sky isn't falling.  But you are answering a question that wasn't really asked in the OT.  The question was- "Who won the first day of the Winter Meetings?"

[tobi0040]

Yep, the sky isn't falling.  But you are answering a question that wasn't really asked in the OT.  The question was- "Who won the first day of the Winter Meetings?"

 

As often happens, the topic of discussion veers away from exactly what the headline reads and towards something semi-related.

 

In this case, the tone of the comments was a feeling of missing out and worry, then quickly pivoted to several suggesting the White Sox could win the division. 

 

Regarding "winning" day 1, I think we would need to define what that means.  They signed/traded for the most players and certainly would win the award for the most bold moves on day 1.  I just don't think that their moves were as dramatic as they were made out to be and I don't think they are favorites to win anything.  Again, I would not trade positions with them.

[ashbury]

Again,

As ChiTown said, this thread has reached agree-to-disagree time, as points are being re-made.   I am closing the thread now.