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Fun win!!!

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:58 PM) He's better than he showed in April. Glad he's taking the demotion seriously. Really shows the type of person he is and to me the way he is handling this so professionally is a good sign about his future (from a mental perspective).

That stinks. If he is around in the 2nd round, I'd draft him. Aiken / Kolek / Rodon. No other options.

24 was awesome.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 6, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) Wow. We may be the only two left that think this way. Sign me up as well. I love pitching, defense and situational hitting / baseball.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) Maybe EJ just had jitters? Could but or he could have been pitching through a dead arm. I'd be curious to know what the radar readings have been. I know Robin alluded to him needing to find his stuff so maybe that meant, he was going through some problems and wasn't 100%. Maybe he wasn't in shape to start the year, not sure.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:12 AM) Very interesting especially with the elbow concern. I guess he does not take that into consideration when ranking. It comes down to what is wrong. If there is no structrual damage and it is a minor issue, I don't think it will impact his stock much at all. If there is structural damage and more to this, then I could see that being the case. However, at 100%, I wouldn't have a problem taking him #1 overall. I don't think we can go wrong with any of the top 4 guys (given what we know today). Only major things that could go wrong are injuries (they all have that risk; Hoffman has a known issue right now; Rodon with pitch count problems and the other guys...you are a pitcher so you never know) or signing problems (which really only exist with Rodon).

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 6, 2014 -> 07:44 PM) Paul George slept with Roy Hibberts wife. Damn, My money was on Evan Turner. Where did you hear that. What an idiot.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:37 AM) I'd actually rather have Paul Pasqualoni as the DL coach than Marinelli. I'm curious to see what Paul does but Marinelli is a legend and was great for this team. Outstanding human being too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:06 AM) Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 1h Jay Cutler: Josh McCown made me a better person -- http://bit.ly/1s04YId #BearsTalk I said it last year in how he handled his bad games, Jay is a different person and I'm very proud that he is our quarterback and I think he is going to end up doing some very exciting things for this franchise as a whole (and some frustrating things but I think he will win at least one superbowl with the Bears).

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:42 AM) People were losing their s*** over Jernigan early on but on films he looks like a inconsistent motor guy. He can dominate when he wants to but most of the time he's coasting along. He has the body for a really good pro. Wish we still had Marinelli.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ May 7, 2014 -> 08:33 AM) Seriously. That tells you way more about intelligence than any Wonderlic test. And LOL at some of their agents claiming that the failures for "diluted samples" came from "accidentally" drinking too much water. I actually had that happen to me for a drug test for a job. No one told me and I usually drink a lot of water and i had to go back and get retested. Again, these guys are better educated than that and I'm not naive. However, in my case, I had nothing to dilute my sample for (don't do drugs and never have).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2014 -> 10:51 AM) Neither is Addison Reed. ??? He may not be an elite closer but he's a proven commodity.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2014 -> 09:22 AM) I'd go through the setup again too. Pretend like you just bought it. I've done it on two separate occasions. Some times it works great, other times issues.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 6, 2014 -> 07:44 AM) I have heard Laumann say that Rodon is far and away the best player in the draft. When Laumann was saying he loved Hoffman, he probably never imagined Rodon might be a possibility at #3. Even so, Rodon still probably isn't available at #3. I think they will take Rodon over Hoffman, if they think he will sign for 1-3 money and not 1-1 money. If it takes 1-1 money, you absolutely can't draft him (unless you have him so rated above everyone else that it makes sense to go cheap / under slot the rest of the draft; which I presume isn't the case).

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 5, 2014 -> 11:26 PM) You're Rick Hahn and Aiken and Kolek are off the board, who do you take at pick #3? Hoffman. I am warming up to Rodon but I hate the idea of working with Boras.

For once, we really want Dunn's bat in the lineup and I'm fully supportive of that.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2014 -> 07:38 AM) Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 9h #WhiteSox bullpen over last 15 games has a 1.65 ERA. That's 54.2 IP. My concern is how much work they are getting in. Robin is going to them a lot and that could really hurt us in the summer.

QUOTE (wrenn @ May 6, 2014 -> 08:49 AM) I am sure this has been addressed here, but I couldn't find the thread. Does anybody know what was going thru Rick and Kenny's minds when they traded an effective closer for a 3rd baseman who can't seem to hit .200 in AAA. And we really don't need another 3rd baseman. Is there something here that I am not aware of....injury or drug/alcohol issues? Well, I think there are a lot of considerations that were going through Rick's mind at the time of the trade and I think one of those was the fact that the club has a major need at 3B and Davidson profiles and is widely considered one of, if not the best 3B prospects in the game today, with significant power potential. He is also very young for his age in AAA and has shown a lot of power potential, etc. Regarding Reed, i am presuming that while the Sox liked him, they did not view him as an elite closer and also had concerns about what he would command in future years (if you look at the cost of closers it is becoming very bloated) and ultimately thought while giving up a known young commodity the upside in getting a potential borderline All Star 3B would be worth it, especially knowing they had guys like Petricka, Jaye and Nate Jones waiting in the wings (who knew Nate would get hurt) that ultimately when weighing all the pro's / con's, Rick thought it was the right decision. I agree with the decision as well, especially when you consider the organization had nothing close to Davidson at 3B and the club is still in the process of retooling, which we will likely see continue around the trade deadline this year and then again in the off-season. I'd also point out that Davidson is likely working on certain things that the White Sox pressed with him in AAA which might also be impacting his current statistics. The strike out rates seen are pretty alarming though and he clearly has adjustments he needs to make in the minors to be prepared to play full time in the majors, however, he is still considered one of the top 3B prospects in the game and one bad month in AAA doesn't indicate that he is a bust (plus looking at that month is revisionist history anyway...the key to any transaction is to evaluate the thought process and logic at the time of the trade; clearly you then look at it in the future to see how it turned out as well). PS: Welcome aboard!!!

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 5, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) Prime is Amazon's issue. They don't want to release a Amazon Instant Video app on Android because it would compete with their Fire tablets. But yes you can stream it from your computer as a last resort. Why are you streaming MLB.tv through Chrome? You can do it through the Android app. Streaming video through Chrome requires your computer to have a pretty good video card. Most laptops will have a hard time with it. I have nothing but positives to say about the Chromecast. It's cheap and it streams just about everything (I use Plex to stream my movies on my media server and BubbleUPnP to stream pretty much any online video link imaginable). PS: I knew prime didn't work through the standard chromecast, just didn't know if there were workarounds available. And while you might have your point, Prime is available on a lot of other streaming systems, so I do look at it as a google problem (it isn't like the only way you can get prime streaming is with a amazon device).

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 5, 2014 -> 01:39 PM) Yeah for whatever reason, my parents had a hard time setting theirs up correctly since the Chromecast was fairly far away from the router. I don't have such an issue since my router is on my TV stand. My chromecast is also right next to the router.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 5, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) Prime is Amazon's issue. They don't want to release a Amazon Instant Video app on Android because it would compete with their Fire tablets. But yes you can stream it from your computer as a last resort. Why are you streaming MLB.tv through Chrome? You can do it through the Android app. Streaming video through Chrome requires your computer to have a pretty good video card. Most laptops will have a hard time with it. I have nothing but positives to say about the Chromecast. It's cheap and it streams just about everything (I use Plex to stream my movies on my media server and BubbleUPnP to stream pretty much any online video link imaginable). I meant to say the app. I use the APP (not MLB.TV). I consider it all the same thing but it is that MLB At bat app or whatever it is called.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 5, 2014 -> 12:00 PM) Does it get choppy after the video starts? Chromecast has it's own wifi, so it really shouldn't matter if your phone sucks unless it's a command issue. Yeah it does. I Have zero issues with wifi on my laptops or PS3 (or any Iphones (my work phone and my wifes phone).

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 5, 2014 -> 09:26 AM) What don't you like about it? It can pretty much stream anything if you know what apps to use. Can it stream prime? More of it has to do with my galaxy's S4's inability to keep a solid wifi signal (and no it is not my wifi at my house) it is the piece of s*** wifi on the S4's (and a known problem...just like their relatively s***ty bluetooth as well). As a result, Iget pretty choppy issues. Also have had all kinds of issues with MLB.TV streaming through chrome (and no issues on my PS3). Again, might not be the Chrome's problem but when my primary use of the Chrome is to stream Sox games to my TV and that doesn't work well, well, it annoys me. I've already said on many occasions, as soon as I can I am running away from android cause it is nowhere near as smooth of an O/S as the Apple one.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 2, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) 6 shutout innings for Erik Johnson. He'll be fine. Just needs a couple starts to get his confidence back. I wonder if he was going through a bit of a dead arm period too.