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I guess what I mean is... Every year the MLB season starts and you feel as tho every single team (sans Baltimore :p) has a legit chance. I mean, sure there are a handful of bottom feeders, this year we had teams like KC/DET/CHW/BAL that were pretty awful. I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple NL teams maybe, but beyond that -- every single team starts the year out looking to put a playoff contender on the field and spark fire and win the series. That's friggin' cool. There's teams like NYY/BOS/HOU/LAD/CHC/CLE that have been consistent, but there's so much talent in teams like PHI/ATL/LAA/OAK/TBR etc. that every team has a chance. I even was thinking playoffs after the White Sox first 5 or so games this year (haha) and I'm already thinking of ways they can make the playoffs in 2019. In the NBA this doesn't exist and it makes it miserable to watch knowing that there is no hope. There is GSW/HOU/BOS/PHI as the main culprits who actually have a chance and PHI only because the east is so weak. Guess you could add TOR for that very reason as well. DEN/UTAH are cool teams and may be my favorite teams to observe this year and follow since they have such fun and complete squads, but when it comes down to it - do they really have a chance? As history has shown, no. I'm not sure how that problem is solved, but it sure makes NBA feel like a "toy" league in comparison to the MLB where competitive spirit lives on strongly. I love fantasy basketball, but the actual NBA I can do without... I adore++++ fantasy baseball and I actually really like the game that is MLB. I'll be an MLB fan until the day I die (most likely), but I've already grown out of the NBA (which used to be my number one sport by far).

Today I began by looking at the NBA schedule seeing if I could get into some NBA... So we have these games available at the 7pm EST start: Heat @ Magic Brooklyn @ DET Memphis @ pacers Milwaukee @ Charlotte And I sit here and say, wow, this kinda sucks. The NBA has only two teams that are capable.. HOU and GSW. Every other team starts the year out with no hope. Lol. It's just a joke, really. In the east, there's Boston and Philly. Boston has a reasonable chance at being team number 3, but I'll have to see it first.

Ah, this thread has never been better.

More shittyness for WWE followers... First, the product sucks right now, but I'm not here to tell you what you already know. Second, the whole shabang with Saudi and WWE is blowing up in their faces and it's downright hilarious. They decide to do business for the money and now are getting hit hard, haha. Third, all these house-style PPVs internationally are just burying any credibility and history WWE had. "Greatest Royal Rumble Ever", "Crown Jewel tournament", etc. these super cards are just awful for tradition/history's sake. Sigh. More piss on the grave that is WWE history.

Rockies should have made a trade with the W'Sox for Avi Garcia and Jose Abreu.

I think that's a very poor argument. If they can't do it properly/convincingly, then they shouldn't be doing it in the first place. We've seen many guys over the years take much more challenging bumps much more convincingly. The bump that they did ruined a part of the match. It was laughable. And then you ask why and what purpose was the bump for? I'm struggling to find an answer other than "The fans came for a HIAC match style bump, so we need to give it to them with 2 people that aren't in the match." Oh, and I could probably take a bigger bump than that and make it look much better, and I'm not even trained properly, but it'd cost WWE some big time $$$$ :D.

Just to expand on just how BAD that ending was... Dolph and Rollins had maybe the worst 'bump' I've seen in years as they continuously looked back to the tables and both randomly fell through the tables in the least convincing way possible. Dull. Ambrose and McCintyre (sp) sat on top of the HIAC cage for no reason for such an extended time. The match ended in a no contest, WWE apparently forgot their own rules of a no DQ match. Lmfao.

per usual another shit show with a non-ending in braun vs roman and a controversial ending to aj vs samoa. on a side note: I don't think WWE will be bearable until M. Cole is eliminated from announcing/commentating/advertising anything. Guy is horrid.

Is there anything more disappointing going on in wrestling over the past year than how AJ Styles matches have gone? He entered the WWE and after a little while was putting on 5* matches, most notably with John Cena, but pretty much every match he had was amazing (I recall the shane o mac one as well). Now, he's had 2 dream feuds... one with Nakamura and the other with Samoa Joe. Nakamaru's feud was a disgrace due to booking namely, but the matches were meh. So far, the Samoa Joe feud seems to be going the same way. What a shame.

Yup, that is almost as depresssing as Kopech going under TJS. IT seems Gio is back to being useless after looking like a stud.

Good idea on the rest day for Anderson methinks. No probs there.

1. Yoan Moncada (S) 2B 2. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 3B 3. Jose Abreu (R) DH 4. Daniel Palka (L) RF 5. Matt Davidson (R) 1B 6. Nicky Delmonico (L) LF 7. Welington Castillo (R) C 8. Jose Rondon (R) SS 9. Adam Engel (R) CF

We are on a winning streak! David Hess Stats: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10156/

Hot off the presses CHISOX 1. Yoan Moncada (S) 2B 2. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 3B 3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B 4. Avisail Garcia (R) RF 5. Nicky Delmonico (L) LF 6. Welington Castillo (R) C 7. Matt Davidson (R) DH 8. Tim Anderson (R) SS 9. Adam Engel (R) CF BALT 1. Cedric Mullins (S) CF 2. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B 3. Adam Jones (R) RF 4. Trey Mancini (R) DH 5. Chris Davis (L) 1B 6. Tim Beckham (R) SS 7. Renato Nunez (R) 3B 8. DJ Stewart (L) LF 9. Caleb Joseph (R) C

I guess I'm still amazed that nothing ending up working out in terms of Paul George and K. Leonard for LeBron and now he has (For the first time in so long) a predictable chance at NOT ending up in the finals. Year after Year NBA hell was LeBron in the east and whatever else.

Let's go White Sox! Reynaldo Lopez has been on an absolute roll as of late. Can he keep it going? Yefry Ramirez stats: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10991/

This is a great thread. I'm going to do something I usually don't do and that's NOT go by any research statistics and just go by my feel for the 90's. I began watching in the 90's (born in '89). Unfortunately, I've always had issues with knowing who is left handed and who is right, so I won't go with those rules and simply pick 2 hitters and 2 pitchers. I guess the first names that pop up for batters are Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. I know, lame roiders, but man as a kid these guys made baseball so fascinating watching them break the all time HR record. I'd also say Randy Johnson who was a marvel of his time and then Pedro Martinez who I was extremely fearful of facing.

No problem mate, we all can do some help on these wonderful forums during the last month here. I'm sure a lot of users are checked out by now. Nice start by the Sox. Good to see.

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Don't know who made the last game thread (winner), don't care... we need to get this going. Games about to start. For more on the SP for baltimore: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/10519/ CHI SOX LINEUP 1. Yoan Moncada (S) 2B 2. Yolmer Sanchez (S) 3B 3. Jose Abreu (R) 1B 4. Daniel Palka (L) DH 5. Avisail Garcia (R) RF 6. Omar Narvaez (L) C 7. Tim Anderson (R) SS 8. Nicky Delmonico (L) LF 9. Ryan Cordell (R) CF ORIOLES LINE UP 1. Cedric Mullins (S) CF 2. Jonathan Villar (S) SS 3. Adam Jones (R) RF 4. Trey Mancini (R) DH 5. Chris Davis (L) 1B 6. Renato Nunez (R) 3B 7. Breyvic Valera (S) 2B 8. DJ Stewart (L) LF 9. Austin Wynns (R) C Discussion starter: WOW the Orioles are absolutely horrible.

Jose ABREU

I agree with your approach, but disagree with your suggestions. Realmuto would cost an arm and a leg, no reason to do that when the White Sox have 2-3 catchers that are producing well above average in WAR. Why not just sign Grandal (sp?) from LAD for the framing + HR power instead of waste talent there? Pollock is well past his prime as evident by his past 30+ day slide. He is fragile and seems to miss extended time every year. Hard PASS. Sign Machado + Harper + Maybe Grandal. Why not? W'Sox have all the financial flexibility in the world right now. OK Not that? Sign Machado, Corbin, Grandal.

So guys... Some NBA talk... I've been away from NBA for a while so forgive me... Why the fuck did LeBron go to LA? There's nothing there. He likely won't even make the playoffs in the west with that squad? What the hell happened to his boys joining him?

Yoan Moncada

Yeah -- Im just tuning in here on SoxTalk to post my dismay. Looking night after night at the beatings these Sox are taking from teams that are just not good is hilariously bad. I'm thankful I haven't been watching in the past week.