The Chicago Shite Sox

[Slaky]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

[SKO]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

[InternetApex]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

And I don't see why he'd come back here on a "good" contract when he wasn't willing to sign a team-friendly deal to begin with. As Snork-like as he's been so far, I still think somebody somewhere is going to throw dumber money than the Cubs will want to pay.

[Tony]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

[PenFoe]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

I find this totally reasonable and it's the kind of hate we should promote around here.

[Tonker]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

[SKO]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

Way to snub Addison Russell, Tonk.

[PenFoe]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

Way to snub Addison Russell, Tonk.

Tonk just figures Russell will die of a heart attack before then because he's too fat.

[Tonker]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

Way to snub Addison Russell, Tonk.

He was next on my list and I did consider including him, but, you know... rule of threes, and all that.

[Tonker]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

Way to snub Addison Russell, Tonk.

Tonk just figures Russell will die of a heart attack before then because he's too fat.

Russell's no Baez.  Having said that, it wouldn't kill him to eat a fucking salad once in a while, either.

[PenFoe]

I'll take Samardzija back on a good deal in a heartbeat.  

Me too - slot him at number 3 behind Lester and Arrieta.  Lovely job.

I'm not quite sure what he's done to upset Internet Chuck so badly.

I think, and lord knows I hate to travel down the Chuckian Path too far, the reasons I've seen for hating Snork are as listed:

1)Notre Dame

2)He seemed rather upset with all of the losing and was hesitant to sign an extension, so I guess we hate him like we hate all of the other people too short-sighted to see the plan, even though in the long run we may end up with him back on the team whilst pitching in front of Addison Russell as a reward for him not signing that extension.

3)Some people never quite bought into him being good because of how shitty he was for those first few years?

4)Some people hate the Cubs fans who bitched and moaned about trading him so much that they now hope Snork sucks so as to have a reason to point and say "see!" to those Cubs fans.

5)He's now a White Sox player and thus a "trader" as our friends in Missourah would say.

I don't know specifically which of these reasons applies to Chuck, probably a combination of several. All of them are fairly stupid, though.

None of them are stupid.

For once I'd like allow myself to be extra dumb enough to say that when he said he'd always been a Sox fan that made me hope he has the shittiest season ever and dies under an empty train car unloved.

I somehow missed him saying that. The hate is more reasonable in these circumstances, yes.

I always thought that was well known. It's pretty typical to grow up a Sox fan in Paul country.

I feel like there's a section of the fanbase that likes him too much. Similar to the love for Dempster. And that bugs me, so I don't like him anymore.

Honestly, if he'll come in and throw 200 innings of 3.50 ERA ball, I don't care if he's the love child of Dempster and Hawk Harrelson, he's welcome on the Cubs as far as I'm concerned.  Peck's right, though: he'll be worth more to somebody else than he is to Epstink and Hoyer.  His loss: whomever he signs for, he's going to spend the rest of his career getting his arse kicked by Rizzo, Bryant and Soler.

Way to snub Addison Russell, Tonk.

Tonk just figures Russell will die of a heart attack before then because he's too fat.

Russell's no Baez.  Having said that, it wouldn't kill him to eat a fucking salad once in a while, either.

Russell is actually the same height and 10 lbs heavier than Baez, per their B-R pages.

[Bort]

I will never unlock the FIREBARN and let Snork out. Shame on any of you that can't see that hating him is sweet and pure and perfect and holy.

[SKO]

Tom Fornelli was tweeting about how this year's Sox are on pace for the lowest team OPS (.654) since they had a team OPS of .595 in 1968.

Looking at some of the individual numbers I didn't realize just how anemic they were offensively. It's amazing they're only 2 games under. Their pythagorean win-loss is 24-34.

They've got just 3 regulars with an OPS+ over 100 (Abreu, LaRoche, Garcia). Three of their regular starters (Tyler Flowers, Alexei Ramirez, and Melky) have OPS+ under 63. Melky alone has a .536 OPS and a 55 OPS+. Injuries have meant they've regularly had to use Emilio Bonifacio (.397 OPS, 15 OPS+) and Carlos Sanchez (.409 OPS, 19 OPS+). Woof.

[SKO]

I am legitimately fascinated by how bad their offense has been. They're team OPS has now dropped to .638. They're like an entire team of Jonathan Herreras.

[Tonker]

I am legitimately fascinated by how bad their offense has been. They're team OPS has now dropped to .638. They're like an entire team of Jonathan Herreras.

Incredibly, they're actually four games ahead of their X_WL: they're at 28-36 and by rights they should be closer to 24-40.  They're really, really fucking shitty.  Heh.