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Leisher 
Top 3%, yo.
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Posted on: Mar. 17 2016,11:48 |
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Apparently Chris Sale, their ace, went into the GM's office and chewed his ass out. Told him to stay the fuck out of the clubhouse.
Williams has said they're trying to get the team to focus. Well guess what? This has had the opposite effect. You think these players want to bust their ass for you now?
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2016,10:18 |
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Wow. Â MLBPA is getting involved.
QUOTE Chicago White Sox players accused executive vice president Ken Williams of lying to them Friday, and have demanded a meeting with chairman Jerry Reinsdorf over the retirement of teammate Adam LaRoche.
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“We got bald-faced lied to,’’ said White Sox ace Chris Sale, who had jerseys of LaRoche and the first baseman's 14-year-old son, Drake, hanging in his locker. “Kenny contradicted a few things he said.
"The wrong guy walked out of that room.’’
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MLBPA executive director Tony Clark indicated earlier this week he may pursue a grievance on LaRoche's behalf.
Edited by Malcolm on Mar. 18 2016,10:19
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Leisher
Top 3%, yo.
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2016,11:07 |
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I think Williams is fucked, and the funny part is he's not in a terribly wrong place.
I mean the kid was there as much as his dad. That's a fucking LOT of time for a non-team member to be around a team serving no function.
That being said, who didn't see removing him becoming an issue?
Williams like to point out that this is common practice everywhere in the business world, but a MLB clubhouse isn't the real world. That's his failure. These are grown children playing a game. Their job is only real because people pretend its real.
Thus, real world rules don't apply.
End of the day, Williams clearly doesn't understand his players, and being the GM, I think that makes him replaceable.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2016,17:43 |
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Player guy responds
QUOTE Prior to signing with the White Sox, my first question to the club concerned my son’s ability to be a part of the team. After some due diligence on the club’s part, we reached an agreement. The 2015 season presented no problems as far as Drake was concerned. (My bat and our record are another story!)
With all of this in mind, we move toward the current situation which arose after White Sox VP Ken Williams recently advised me to significantly scale back the time that my son spent in the clubhouse. Later, I was told not to bring him to the ballpark at all. Obviously, I expressed my displeasure toward this decision to alter the agreement we had reached before I signed with the White Sox. Upon doing so, I had to make a decision. Do I choose my teammates and my career? Or do I choose my family? The decision was easy, but in no way was it a reflection of how I feel about my teammates, manager, general manager or the club’s owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Mar. 24 2016,12:54 |
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This dude gets more annoying every time I read a story about him.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
I disagree.
Group: Privateers
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Posted on: Apr. 14 2016,10:57 |
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80-game PED suspension.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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