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QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 10:42 AM) I mean, that's not true. They benefit from being in an awful division and having an elite QB, but they have a lot of talent on that roster too. The Bears might have a better roster (and the Bears roster sucks), outside of Luck, then the Colts. Yes, I'll say it and they do. The Colts have a bit more talent on D then the Bears but Bears offense has significantly more talent then Colts. Colts are extremely lucky they have Luck, who is incredible, and I hope somehow he becomes a free agent and they haven't put it together and the Bears just sign him to a $1B contract.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Dont feed the troll. I don't need to be fed...I drive around the country in my solid gold rocket car with a sign that says...re elect president gage. I'm a man of the people...the rocket car was lent to me by former homeless man turned tycoon Chester Lampwick.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201...lary?cmpid=yhoo Given tihs is a large makeup of the forum demographics...thought you might find this article interesting.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 09:19 AM) I do worry about this, as I've heard more of that talk. In my head, my iphone would be like the iphone 4 i had for 3 ears and worked wonderfully with great battery life. I still use my old iphone 4 (work phone) as a baby monitor. That thing was an amazing phone. I remember when I got the 4s (my first personal iphone), I was like, what a piece of crap. Battery life was the pits.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) What is he referring to? I am lost. Its caues he didn't finish the tweet with "eh". Come on now...all hockey tweets should end in "eh". This is all part of my be more like the Donald movement. On a sidenote...could anyone imagine someone with a name like Southsider or Balta as CEO of Soxtalk? As I run for re-election as president, my goal is make wide spread promises and talk big. I'll even let people pull my hair so they know its as real as "Sammy Sosa's High Heat Baseball".

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 07:43 AM) I can't wait to go back to the iphone with 6s. The HTC One experience was miserable. All of the cool things were of such marginal use and wore out after the first two months. The combo of sprint + htc one probably made things worse, but the things phones should be able to do pretty easily were hard for my phone (had 2 of them after one broke). SO yeah, i'm now the old person who just wants the things he knows and can trust. I too look forward to going back to my iphone in about a month (we'll see what the deals are) from my Samsung. I just think the Apple is less glitchy then the Android and I look forward to the smoothness of the phone. Like you, I'm too old to tinker around with all the little crap (nor do I care). If I was still in high school or college and not married with kids, I'd probably still tinker with the stuff, but priorities change and I just want something that works with ease.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 11, 2015 -> 08:48 AM) Reading about all the cheating the Pats have gotten away with over the last 15 years has really soured me on the NFL. Watched Western Kentucky-Louisiana Tech last night instead of the NFL game. Probably cutting back significantly the number of Sunday night/Monday night games I watch. Cause cheating doesn't run rampant in college football recruiting?

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 9, 2015 -> 10:03 AM) Indy only favored by 2.5 is amazing. Indy isn't very good. Luck is incredible but the rest of the team is complete garbage and it is probably why the line is so small. Indy has a lot of WTF games.

The linked in page is not the same company. Their was a company in Denver called Platinum7 which was dissolved a few years back (based upon my quick internet search). No harm having an interview and finding out who works their, see who those people are, do some linked in snooping, etc.

If I'm the Bears, why not pick up Wes Welker?

The one question is how much was Trayce consistently working on adjustments in the minor and certain things which impacted overall production vs. now I presume he's up and just trying to do what he can (not worrying about adjustments or working on a specific change to his hitting mechanics, etc). That is really the only thing that could account for him being better then his minor league production (given the large sample size). The talent is absolutely their though and if he starts, its because he can offensively match his minor league production (in the better years...or come close to it) while playing above average defense. I certainly wouldn't bet on it, but I'm not going to right an article about the hype that doesn't exist.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) Who is publicly shaming all rape victims? That's messed up. You make a lot of assumptions to Kane's innocence in this and even the fact that a settlement would be further proof. You yourself have said numerous times that it is a difficult case to prove (unless you have video evidence, etc), it is essentially a he said / she said. Their are a million reasons she might ultimately want to settle which do not indicate she lied or anything of the fact. She might just want this to be over and move on or she might also fully understand that not only will she have to relive what happened in trial (and deal with Kane's defense trying to call her a liar and everything else) but she might go through all of that and still lose because it is a he said / she said case. Fact is none of us know and yes, some on here are blaming Kane but you seem to be taking the other side and well, I don't think any of us know anything and I think in these cases, where the person who allegedly had a crime committed against them, has such a difficult time compared to almost any other type of crime.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 01:09 PM) And it hasnt gotten off the ground yet. I've seen where almost 41% of date rape cases are falsely accused or reported. Thats an extremely high number and many of those were taken to trial and prosecuted. Its not outside the realm of possibility whatsoever. That doesn't mean you have to publicly smear and shame all "victims" since even by your stat (which I have no basis where it comes from) their would be 59% who were properly prosecuted. None of the facts back this up as a money play and I think it is disgusting that people pass this judgement that she is at fault (or flat out call Kane a rapist) as nothing has been proven and to just jump to conclusions without any relevant information / facts is just absurd (on either side). Sometimes it helps to put yourself in other people's shoes or think if it was your kids. And I think given what has came out, on either side, I would be upset if people generally concluded one way or another (whether about Kane or the girl).

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) Let's look at Sale's performance with RISP 2015: .360 BABIP, 0.73 HR/9, 10% HR/FB, 22.8% Hard-hit%, 20.7% Soft-hit% 2014: .273 BABIP, 0.66 HR/9, 8.7% HR/FB, 19.3% Hard-hit%, 15.8% Soft-hit% 2013: .302 BABIP, 1.28 HR/9, 14.3% HR/FB, 29.5% Hard-hit%, 13.4% Soft-hit% 2012: .214 BABIP, 0.79 HR/9, 11.8% HR/FB, 25.2% Hard-hit%, 15.0% Soft-hit% Seems pretty random to me. Seems he gave up a lot of HR in 2013 due to a lot more hard-hit balls, but he gave up significantly harder contact in 2012 compared to 2015, yet his BABIP was 146 points lower. Now let's look at Danks. 2015: .307 BABIP, 0.92 HR/9, 9.1% HR/FB, 32.8% Hard-hit%, 21.1% Soft-hit% 2014: .296 BABIP, 0.18 HR/9, 1.7% HR/FB, 28.1% Hard-hit%, 19.4% Soft-hit% 2013: .256 BABIP, 2.08 HR/9, 22.2% HR/FB, 35.2 Hard-hit%, 14.8% Soft-hit% 2012: .280 BABIP, 0.56 HR/9, 7.7% HR/FB, 31.4% Hard-hit%, 17.7% Soft-hit% BABIP isn't quite as random as Sale's, but his homerun rates are extremely random. I included the batted-ball data to see if it could shed any light (even though they're still not very advanced), but it didn't really. There appears to be some correlation between Hard-hit% and home run rate here, but beyond that there's not a lot of consistency. Granted I only looked at 2 guys and 4 seasons of data, but this backs up the article. By random, I think it is all driven by sample size, but the fundamental question I ask is...do pitchers behave different with runners on then without and when that answer is yes, that tells me their is something to some extent flawed in the stat. Pitchers are the one player who truly controls a lot of what they do. I think this is just more you have small sample sizes with HR's and batting with runners in scoring position which means you can have extremes. All that said, if I want to judge someone based upon what happened in the year vs. a predictor of future success, I still put much more weight to ERA then FIP / XFIP. Bottom line, I award people based upon the actual results vs. hypotheticals that don't reflect the reality of actual runs given up.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 12:32 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/era-fip-a...tional-context/ There's an incredible amount of variance in pitcher performance with RISP, and almost no consistency from year-to-year. This is true for both hits given up and homerun rates. So pitchers do pitch a bit differently with runners on, but their performance in those situations is not consistent and is generally pretty random from year-to-year. What is that correlation amongst good and bad pitchers. I'd argue that a correlation would exist over longer periods of time. I don't have that data in front of me, but I bet if you asked pitchers if they pitch different with runners on, their answer would be yes. Whether that makes them better or worse, depends on the pitcher. How do they pitch from the stretch vs. windup...how do they leverage the additional focus with runners on....do they have a go to pitch that they can better leverage in those situations, etc.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) There wouldnt be a settlement if there was merit to the legal case, so this is kind of playing out as expected. I'm sure the next few weeks will reveal all. Not necessarily true.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 5, 2015 -> 06:04 PM) Sequencing is the order you give up hits. Let's say two pitchers give up a walk, a single, and a homer in an inning. If Pitcher A gives up the homer first, then the other two, he ends up giving up only one run. If Pitcher B gives up the walk and single first and then the home run, he gives up three runs. ERA says Pitcher B was three times worse than Pitcher A. FIP says they were the same, because in a way they essentially did the same thing. That is a load of s***. You pitch different with runners on. It shouldn't count the same. A solo HR hurts less than a 3 run homer. To count them equal is just absurd. Ask any pitcher in the world and they will tell you they don't pitch the same with no one on vs. with runners on.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 8, 2015 -> 09:52 AM) The source is bleacher report http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/25630...?is_shared=true I read something that their was possibly more to Jeffrey sitting then meets the eye. Has he been a holdout for a while now? Or is this more of a, hey, I need to get paid before I go out and potentially reinjure myself and thus lower my potential payday?

Congrats grandpa!!! I hope i have about 25-30 years until I join you in that category.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 02:33 PM) Why would the friend not cooperate with her friend in supporting her story of what happened that night? That's not much of a friend if their testimony has to be compelled, at least to me. If someone had hurt a friend of mine and I was asked by police to testify to what I'd seen I don't think I'd need to be subpoenaed to tell them what I'd seen. If it were standard procedure fine, give me the document and I'll tell you that anyway. OTOH, if I see one of my friends do something and then lie about it later, such that my testimony disagrees with my friend's claim, that would seem to me to be a case where it is much more likely that my testimony under oath would need to be compelled with a subpoena. Again, I don't know that, it could be standard procedure in these cases to compel testimony for whatever reason, but the latter makes more sense to me than the former. Is that friend embarrassed about what she might have to testify to / what should partook in? Could have a lot more to do with her own personal fear of what she is going to say she and her friend did, etc.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 11:11 AM) Seems like Dockett would be a perfect match. He doesnt have a troubled history does he? I really have no idea. He hasn't played in like 2 years and is old. Bears need to be entirely focused on getting young guys that they think might be able to turn into something. Even if you hit on one or two of them in this process, it is 1 or 2 assets we can leverage going forward when we don't have many.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) Bears should be all over him and see if he can take on NT spot since Ratliff is suspended and Goldman has a concussion. This would make total sense. No downside, if he can't play, see you, but upside exists. Nix profiles as a prototypical NT and a change of scenery might do him wonders. This is all presuming he has a clean bill of health.

QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:56 AM) why???? go to spring training, work on some stuff coop wants and lets see how he does.... start off where he is at and then AA. Coop wouldn't be one of Alvarez's coaches. Eddy isn't going to be in the big league's next year, but it is important to get him experience in AA. See how he's doing in spring and how his game comes across (give him some time at big league camp) and then decide whether a short stint in high A makes sense or if you just fast track him to AA. I think it is more likely he gets play at AA (with Anderson being in AAA). Rondon would repeat high A.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 08:03 AM) With all the awful QB in this league, it's amazing that Brett Hundley lasted until the 5th round. Has looked great so far. I was pissed we didn't take him. I love Hundley's athleticism and moxy. I understand why he fell (he really didn't show improved pocket presence / instincts his last season at UCLA), but was amazed at how far he fell.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) I despise Hillary. That's a fact. So I guess I need to know the limits. Am I allowed to continue blasting her while praising Ben and Trump? But I love women. Like I said my daughters will be surgeons and wife is pharmacist. I believe in women. As far as Hilly though I have a problem with her personality and entitlement. Greg - You said nothing wrong. What kind of surgeon's are your daughters studying to be (I presume they are in med school)?