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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) I read this Passan tweet and thought, hum, the White Sox could use a player or two like that. His OBP alone would have been more than welcomed here. Add in the high contact rate with a team who has a low contact rate overall.. we'll see if he's healthy though. I like that move for SF though.

Pretty emotional for me. I've now seen my favorite white sox player ever (Big Frank) and my favorite overall player ever (Griffey Jr.) get in in consecutive years. He was the reason I emulated his stance and batted lefty, played CF, etc. Pretty cool I got to see him wear the sox uni also. Thanks for my childhood Griffey Jr. and congratulations.

NHL released its all star roster. Toews is in with Kane. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=796221&...id=nhl:topheads Some well deserving names are in and some... maybe based on name recognition are in. Sad to see Crawford snubbed. He deserves to be there much more than Toews. Crosby not making it is probably the biggest shock right now though considering he's one of, if not the face of the league even in a bad year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) Well, I never did want him, but it would be nice to get Cespedes now Yep. Cespedes has his flaws but he's by far the most athletic of the bunch and has good power. If we net him, Hahn has to get an OBP guy now.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 05:53 PM) I would trade Willie Young. Considering he quietly asked for a trade earlier in the year and didn't have much to say with the media on his way out, I would as well. I commend him and Houston on transitioning in a 3-4 defense but they are not true 3-4 guys other than rushing the QB.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 06:15 PM) The Hawks absolutely have a player in Erik Gustafsson. Only 23 and gives the Hawks 5 reliable D-men to work with. He looks better than TVR. Wouldn't be surprised if he passes him on the depth chart if he hasn't already. Biggest thing the Hawks needed on the backend is a guy who can really skate. He brings that element and poise. Q has already trusted him and Danault massively.

Bears officially have a top 10 pick. EDIT: forgot about tie breakers. They're at 12 or 13 now depending on certain games still playing.

Gase might come back afterall.

Basically gonna come down to who will suck alittle less in the 4th quarter between these two sucky teams.

Just as Cutler threw his 9th and 10th interceptions, he throws his 20th TD of the year.

To be fair, alot of teams have been getting shredded by Stafford lately. Dude has been playing possessed for a few weeks now. But Pace and company better put damn near 90% of their resources (draft, free agency, trade) to get high end talent on that defense. The rest can go to the O-line and so forth.

I'll never root for the Bears to lose, but let's just say I won't "shed a tear" if they lose.

Jonathan Drouin requests a trade from Tampa Bay. I'd almost give up anyone in the farm for that kid, but that's probably unrealistic plus it seems he has attitude issues. Should be interesting to see what they get for him.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 11:25 PM) Anyone here play OOTP? Back in the day, oh yea. There was a league guys like wite, zoom, steve, myself, knight, soxfan1, dbaho etc. were in.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 08:31 PM) I really like this trade a lot. I loved the deal until the Frazier deal which puts him at 2B. Hopefully his defense is average enough. The bat should play out at least. I still feel the sox would've been stronger with Sanchez at 2B, Frazier at 3B and finding our resources for a SS (been plus defensively at every position in the infield minus maybe 1B) and the OF but not gonna complain about it. Still like the deal alot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) Which was done in October 2014.

Jennings was fine. Dude had some of the worst luck I've seen from a reliever in quite some time.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 30, 2015 -> 01:04 AM) Fun fact. Cesped in Spanish means "grass," thus Cespedes means "grasses." Yoenis Grasses. Another fun fact. Cespedes shares the same birthday as the legend himself..... me. I win.

Gustafsson is just miles better than anyone we've had in our bottom paring. Numerous times he helped keep possession in the o-zone and his speed is good enough to cover for Roszival or skate the puck out. Tremendous game for him.

Portis and Snell have been unbelievable this game.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 28, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 44m44 minutes ago #Blackhawks recall Erik Gustafsson, place Marcus Kruger on IR: http://bit.ly/1QX0CCP (@CRoumeliotis) #HawksTalk David Rundblad waived as well. Thank god. That pick Stan gave up turned into Christian Dvorak who is a very promising prospect.

So Kane is involved in a sex offense investigation. Oh... sorry. That's Evander Kane of the Buffalo Sabres. http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/pol...gation-20151227 Yes, about another Kane and Buffalo.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 27, 2015 -> 10:54 AM) Go Bucs today. Losing these last two can make a huge difference in draft position for the Bears. Better to root for the young guys (Langford, Leno Jr., Fuller, Amos, Grasu, etc.) To play well to build for the future. I'd rather the Bears lose to help draft position, but I won't openly root against them.

Peyton "allegedly" did it after that serious neck surgery though. Not gonna diminish his legacy whatsoever though. HGH in football is nothing like baseball. Plenty of guys are in the Football Hall of Fame who took PEDs. Hell, the Seahawks won the Super Bowl a couple of years ago with half their players roided up. I'd be more nervous if I were Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman if it's true.

If Piazza gets in, then Bagwell should have no more excuses not to. Hell, I've been pro Bonds getting in for years now. Griffey Jr. may very well be the last "clean" no doubter left for a while.