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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 03:25 PM) Lucky you. Literally has not worked for more than 5 minutes for me since opening day. It worked all day Sunday zero problems for all the games I don't GAF about. I'm an IT guy I've tried many things and it just either lags out or is so descyned with the audio (audio is ahead by a good 5 seconds) that it ruins watching. Have been watching on my desktop, which has a nice 27" monitor, but would prefer to be able to watch it on the couch in the living room at times. Hoping it works tonight. Is it due to choppy internet connection / broadband? Mine is full HD although there the ocassional pauses that drive me nuts, but that is because I have crappy internet that is spotty from time to time. Overall it worked far better than prior years. When I cut the cord finally this June, I'll upgrade my broadband a bit (presuming there will be a special around that time to get some higher speeds). Gigabit is coming...which I don't need, but google is also coming eventually and that should drive down prices

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) What? Really? I believe it. A's have Semien, Phegley, and Bassit all up. Dodgers have Trayce. Lot of guys have went elsewhere. We haven't found many stars, but we've found a lot of serviceable players. Plus you have our existing players as well.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 02:26 PM) Samardzija's first start for the Giants went much better than his first start for the Sox last year so technically it's a step in the right direction for Samardzija. I think the Sox did dodge a bullet but today's start wasn't all that bad either. I also should point out, I agree, given our resources, that we should not have given that contract to Shark. I am just saying I think of all the FA deals handed out, it won't go down as a bad deal, rather a pretty fair one that will work out solidly for the Giants. I'm not saying he's going to out pitch his contract by a massive amount, but I don't see him severely under pitching it or anything like that and in general think they'll get there money's worth (considering what FA pitchers go for).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 01:37 PM) After watching Bassitt throw 96 last night, I'm even saltier about that trade. Sounded great at the time though. He looks like he has potential to be a pretty solid player.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 01:09 PM) 8 hits and 3 BB's in 5.1 IP against one of the worst teams in baseball is solid? It was one game and it certainly wasn't some 10 run route like was made out to be. If after two month's he has an ERA > 5, sure, but either way, the guy was here for a year and didn't work out. Oh well, doesn't need a seperate thread. Plenty of guys stink all the time. It one freaking game. Is Zach Greinke the biggest bum ever because he had an awful opener? What about Clayton Kershaw who was lousy for the first month and a half last year before dominating the planet again. Please note that I am not comparing Shark to either of them, but I'm not going to reach any conclusion on Shark's contract being awful because of one freaking game (unless he got hurt and was going to be out the next two years or something).

I still am of the belief that it will be a good deal by all accounts for the Giants and his final line was more than solid. Talk about overreaction here.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 09:56 AM) No, no it was not. He reached out and swept his hand under the fielders leg as he was throwing. Citing the slide rule was wrong, that was interference. It is consistent with how I was taught to play the game and I fully think it is a solid play. It isn't as if the Rays were up in arms in protest either about it. They just figured, what the hell, why not. I'll give you that he probably shouldn't have reached out, but I like this style of play.

Is anyone else amazed by how many 3's Mirotic is attempting since coming back. He's actually made them, but literally it is the only part of his game. If there is on bright side, he is playing a heck of a lot better than he did before his injury (as he's at least making this at a higher percentage) so maybe he's improving his trade value, but I just don't see how he's a valuable player given his poor defense and fact that he isn't Steph Curry from three. Averaging 9 threes per game over the last 5, albeit he's shot an okay percentage. Still, lack of defense on the other end of the court and really a lot of his shots (kind of like Aaron Brooks) are not in any context of this offense (than again, I don't even know what the hell offense the Bulls are running). Such a horrifically coached / performing unit.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 10:47 PM) Stupid move by Bautista. His slide was clean, but he hooked the 2B as he went by him. The rule is stupid as far as I'm concerned and there was no injury risk. All we are doing is adding yet another thing to use replay for (which I personally hate in baseball). Unless it can be pretty much instant (like tennis does with in / out or in baseball's case fair / foul), I just find it all absurd. I'm a big believer in the fact that over 162, things will even out and I'd only have replay in the playoffs, where one call can have a much bigger impact on a series given the smaller sample size of the series. Game is already slow, we shouldn't be wasting time on replay in the regular season and while I think they should minimize true take out slides, going in hard and doing what Bautista did was a totally clean play. I realize people don't like subjective rules, but the rule should have been more subjective. You do what Utley did, rule it an out, but allow guys to go hard into the bag (without really doing much to take a guy out) should be clean and it shouldn't be reviewable, imo. Every freaking close play at 2nd base will get reviewed because some minor technicality can get it overturned. Its freaking awful. And yes, I still hate the rule change they did for catchers too.

Loving these late games (7Pm West coast time is late by my standards since normally games are on at 5, haha). Get home, put kids to sleep, fire up game, and work a bit more with the game on.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 6, 2016 -> 07:13 AM) Well, a big part of it is just that he has a very low level of trust in Hillary. Another big part of it is that the far right Republicans are singling out a couple of Kasich's positions (accepted Medicaid expansion in Ohio, said he accepts the SC gay marriage ruling as the law) and are trying to paint him as a liberal. They're inadvertently turning some liberals on to Kasich. I believe Hillary's polls all show that the american people have a high degree of distrust in her. Very few exceptions thus far in the primaries. Now that is when put against Bernie who comes off as a relatively trustworthy individual so it isn't out of the norm for people to feel that way about Hillary.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 10:45 PM) No way they beat SA both games. They had their chance. All they had to do was take care of business at home against much more inferior competition. Ah hell, now they are going to get the record. Pop is going to sit his guys both games and GS will win out.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 04:56 PM) What does this nonsense even mean, the guy isn't even in SECOND in his own party. You think if he got the nomination all the sudden this wave of support would come out and give him the White House? You should stick to your Chelsea Clinton thoughts Whether people ultimately would get behind him or not, I do not know, but polls support Greg's statement. He beats Hillary in every poll I've seen (could be one or two out there that I'm not aware of where he doesn't by some slim margin).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 01:42 PM) http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/04/wa...gnorance-video/ He sounds like me, lol. The summary doesn't do justice to the actual clip of Ben Stein (who I happen to like a lot).

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 01:40 PM) Yeah i got ps3 and ps4. Thanks jason. It will make the season go by nicely. Even tho i buy the radio feed for 3 bucks a month. Watching will be nice As an FYI, you could cancel the radio feed as well. The TV version also includes the radio feeds.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 01:24 PM) Sweet!!!! Yeah you sign up on the tmobile phone. I used my wifes. Im watching red sox - indians on my galaxy on my home wifi. Once you create the account you can use it anywhere on wifi or not. If you pick up a chromecast or anything else that streams (Apple TV, Fire, PS3, etc) and has MLB.tv app, you can than throw it up on your big screen.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 12:18 PM) I dont doubt that he talks down to us laymen on twitter, but I have heard him admit he has been wrong. Thats all i am saying I have too, I also agree that he can be smug and look down on people who don't do it for a living, but I also get Kyle's point that quite frankly, there is a reason these people do it for a living. I laugh at all the people who watch a few games and think they are prognosticators (that said, its fun for us to all talk about it). I am sure if any of us sat down and watched film with Gabriel, he'd identify 100 things more than we would identify when watching the exact same footage. Whether it ultimately leads to him coming up with the better answer, who knows, but it certainly should improve his probability and ability and it is why he reached a pretty high peak in his professional career. This isn't some failed scout. This is a guy who knows a heck of a lot more than the Kipers of the world, imo.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 12:07 PM) i disagree with this, he was on B&B this past season and they had him research names that he thought were going to be stars and were misses, and he came back the next week with a good long list. He does hold his opinion in high regard, but you have to imagine that it is an inherent trait in a good scout, to have a big ego about what they do. My only fault with him is he really feels that the intangibles are more important than measurables. I tend to agree with you, that said intangibles are more important at certain positions. For example, I think intangibles and ability to read and react to a defense are a lot more important than measurables when it comes to QB. A QB has to do certain things to be able to succeed (i.e., I could be the smartest person at reading a defense on the planet but my noodle arm can't possibly make the throws to actually execute). But how often are the most physically gifted QB's the best actual QB's, not near as often as we think. Of course QB tends to be the one position I feel that way. I view intangibles as potential reasons not to draft a player vs. reasons to draft a player (i.e., the downside of intangibles keeps you away from a guy vs. the "upside" which I feel is just gravy). No one would ever say that Tom Brady, Drew Brees or Peyton Manning were ever the most physically impressive QB's in the league, but they over the past 15 years, they were arguably the most successful. On the flipside, Kyle Boller, Matthew Stafford, Jay Cutler, Jeff George, etc were absolute physical specimen (even someone like Kaep is physically extremely gifted as it comes to QB's). Some exceptions to this rule are Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre, who clearly were amongst the most physically gifted and best QB's in the league (and Cam can join that group if he continues to do what he's done lately). That said, what sets the best QB's apart is there ability to read defenses, make quick decisions, and throw accurately (which is a physical skill). As long as they have "enough" arm, they will be fine. But the read defenses and make quick decisions are critical and even the throw accurately is followed by throw to the right spot (so not only making the right decision on who to throw to but where to throw to them based upon the coverage, etc). Hell, when you look at Brady, Brees and even Rodgers, they all got significantly better between college and the pro's.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 10:21 AM) Except greg gabriel is an old coot. Gabriel is pretty connected to this day. I actually find his articles extremely enjoyable. This guy was successful at what he did and was in the business a long long time. If you follow his tweets this off-season, he's had a good amount of insight into Bears moves. I'd believe what he says over a lot of other items. When he says there are no current legs, I'll buy it. Please note he said "NOW". My guess is Pace has made a call and got the price and he told the Jets to call him when they come to there senses. I imagine the actual list of potential suitors would be relatively small, given that I presume not a ton of teams have the cap space at this point in the off-season to make a long-term deal with Wilk work.

Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe 17m17 minutes ago These "insiders" throwing Mo Wilkerson to Bears rumors are just throwing darts at a wall. Nothing to it as of NOW Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe 8m8 minutes ago The real experts like @BradBiggs laugh at these "rumors". These so called experts are looking for followers and make stuff up Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe 9m9 minutes ago The people who get hurt by this BS are the fans who want reliable information Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe 4m4 minutes ago I've been around GM's my whole adult life. They tell nothing to the media this time off year. I've seen more lies this year than ever 1/2 Greg Gabriel ‏@greggabe 3m3 minutes ago 2/2 more lies than ever as to this GMsaid certain things about certain players. It's 95% made up by these Twitter experts

I truly believe this team has a different swagger to it. I think our pitching staff still has holes and our lineup can still use an improved bat (as I think Rollins is a pretty bad 2 hole hitter) but in general, this team should win at least 85 games and thus put us in position to contend. I think there ceiling is probably 90 or so wins as currently constructed as I think we have significant margin of error in our rotation and that includes Rodon (who I think will have his ups and downs as he continues to develop...long term I think he'll be great, but I think everyone has penciled in great things from him but with him still having command issues, he will have some struggles and clearly Danks / Latos is a not so stellar 4 / 5. Back end of the rotation scares the hell out of me. I think it has potential to be a dumpster fire. Hence my Mark Buerhle prediction.

My name is Chisoxfn and I am no longer a registered republican (as of yesterday). I will not associate myself with a party that would allow Trump to be the leading nominee.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 5, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) Bernie gave a pretty poor interview to the NY Daily News on a variety of topics. Some people have been disappointed by the seeming lack of depth on his foreign policy views, but I'm going to highlight this response to it: Probably worth reading if you're interested in policy details and that has any impact on your vote. The same scenario exists with most politicans, imo. It baffles me how they can make so many promises and so many people can believe it, when structurally it is damn near impossible to do something about it. For example, Trump, how is he going to deport 12M (or whatever the number is) illegal aliens. Seriously, how is he going to do that. Are we going to have national guards going door to door and marshall law to deport all these people? Its about the only way I can see it happening? And no, I don't support his policy. I do support a strong border as I believe it is integral to our security but I also support legal immigration and I also realize that whatever the cost (both actual cash outlay as well as emotional damage to up-root people, the vast majority who have worked hard and done things that ultimately support our economy and our infrastructure and who risked everything to come here for the pure hope that American brings) far outweighs what it would cost to create a program to legalize those existing people (while strengthening the borders to ensure that we can go forward with properly vetting and determining an appropriate process for legal immigration). Now when it gets to that extent, I don't have the simple answer.

Mark Buehrle will sign with the White Sox and fill the void in the back end of our rotation and help us earn a playoff spot.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Mar 30, 2016 -> 07:47 AM) My bold prediction: Matt Davidson hits .280 with 25 HRs before called up due to a struggling Avi. Davidson IIRC had more RBIs than Ks this spring. I like this prediction. The guy who I pick to be the surprise player of the org is Davidson. There was something significantly different about him this spring and I hope we see it continue in Charlotte and eventually in Chicago.