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QUOTE (Kalapse @ Dec 20, 2015 -> 03:50 PM) You say Finn isn't force sensitive and had no sword training yet you're cool with Rey handling a lightsaber like a pro because you assume Luke trained her when she was 6 years old? You're making an awful lot of assumptions here, we know next to nothing about these characters. Finn could easily be force sensitive or have sword training, we see him go toe to toe with another stormtrooper in melee combat, why assume that Finn, over the course of the past 15 years hasn't undergone any melee combat training? I'm definitely making assumptions. It's fun to speculate. It seems obvious Rae has some sort of connection to Luke. Her family or someone left her. It wasn't just some one line throwaway backstory but instead is made a big deal throughout the film. That certainly seems like they're going to address it down the line, no? The only thing that makes any remote sense to me is it Luke, but as the above said, it's almost too obvious. If she is part of that bloodline I'm okay with it. That would make her one of the strongest force users ever. I have an easier time believing she could fend off another (severely injured) strong force user, even with limited training. She also carried around a melee weapon. That was obviously intentional, to show she had some sort of melee skill. To what extent, we're left in the dark. As for finn, it was a comment he made at the Battle of Takodana that lead me to believe he didn't have much melee training. I'd have to go back and watch it again though. Regardless, one thing we know is that storm troopers are absolute jokes when in comparison to force users. I didn't see any hint Finn himself was force sensitive so I'm assuming he's not. Well see I guess.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 11:23 PM) It's really hard watching your basketball program disintegrate so quickly before your eyes. QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) Sigh, yes it is. Wednesday should be a real barn burner

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) Absolutely not, he's more of a Han Solo replacement than anything. He's absolutely nothing like Han, other than screen time. You need to rewatch the originals if you honestly think that. Han had incredible screen presence from the start with extreme overconfidence and ability to talk himself out of anything. He thinks he's the galaxy's hottest thing due to the Millennium Falcon whereas Finn can't fly a thing. Finn is the opposite. He screws up A LOT through out. Then at the end his big reveal is he worked in sanitation, totally inserted in there to make a joke yet again. As people have said, this episode was a lot funnier then anyone expected. That's almost all due to Finn. He's a great character. Not saying he's not, hes there for comic relief. I'm sure his story will progress further (not unlike how Jar Jar was originally written until the extreme negativity towards him) so he won't be a joke, but for now that's what he is. Poe is closest to Han. Cool, fast talking and the best pilot around. Ultimately they're all their own characters who aren't gonna fit in directly to the saga's archtype.

Frazier had a baby few days after getting traded.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 19, 2015 -> 07:34 PM) Uh no. Just no. Definitely. Well I mean jar jar was horribly written, but aside from that. Dude is there for comic relief.

The demasking of Kylo Ren was great. Yes, it humanized him and made him look incredibly weaker, but that was the point. Dude was supposed to be a two-bit, wannabe version of Vader and that proved to be true. Now he goes for more training and we'll see from there. Didn't have a problem with Ray beating him since he took a blast from the most powerful hand blaster we've seen in Star Wars plus a few lightsaber hits at that point. He basically shouldn't have been alive by then. Makes more sense when you consider she likely had some sword training from Luke before. What I did have a problem was with was Finn holding his own vs him. Not force sensitive, no sword training and was mostly used for comic relief. Dude was this movie's version of Jar Jar Binks so that seemed out of place, even with Ren so injured.

Rose for Lawson, Jones, and Dekker. Not that the Rockets would do that, but I can dream.

Big buyout for that kind of contract, but otherwise good deal.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) No. The only thing were actually basing all of this off of is Phillips tweet last night about switching area codes and a plane next to it. That's not true. He happens to be in DC for charity. But that's not where the reports are coming from.

Has a NTC and it's the sticking point for getting this deal done. 27 million owed to him the next 2 years.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:46 AM) I understand your rationale in using Avi as La Roche's platoon partner, and I think that he would perform adequately. My preference for sending him to Charlotte is for his benefit. He would get much more playing time there, than he would just facing LH pitching, and DH'ing. He really needs to develop both his hitting and fielding, which he can better do playing every day. Avi isn't worth developing any more than we have. He's just an extremely flawed player. Lets get the most of his value while we xan, while hiding his flaws. He'd still get plenty of AB's up here.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:10 AM) If we acquire another outfielder, with Thompson gone, I'd prefer Shuck to Avi, as the 4TH outfielder. Sending Garcia to AAA to work on his game makes sense. When facing a left handed starter, the Sox could move Melky to DH, sit La Roche and put Shuck in LF. Although he didn't hit LH pitching well last season, in his very limited at bats, Shuck normally hits LHP just fine. In fact, his career numbers are actually better vs LHP, than vs. RHP, which is unusual. Of course, he doesn't have much pop, but if the Sox acquire a power bat for the outfield, they won't need a power hitter to platoon with La Roche. Shuck is also a decent outfielder. They have room for another bench player and it should be Avi. He'd make for a good platoon with Laroche and a nice late PH option which we'll need with Saladino and catcher spot at the bottom of the order.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) Absolutely. He's around it all. Breaks a lot of it and I guess he's KW go to? He was "leaking" that other teams had interest in KW. Pretty sure he has a direct line from KW.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:16 PM) Bob Nightengale said White Sox are Uptons perfect landing spot on MLBN. Talking about it now. Said they've had dialogue The White Sox' go to media leak. Nice.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) With the hole left by my at second, Alexei entrenchment at SS and the numerous players the Sox tried at third its really no wonder. However, the Sox did in fact play Sanchez at SS for one game last year, he started 43 games at SS in 2014 and 51 games in '13 for Charlotte so he is familiar with the position. Sanchez has plenty of range for SS, its his arm strength that is concerning but as a utility he should be fine. He played that one game at short in 2014, not 2015. He had terrific range so I get it's his arm. Even Gordon Beckham and Leury Garcia registered multiple games at SS last year but not Sanchez. That's pretty telling to me of what the White Sox think of him on the left side, especially since most of the games were meaningless so it sure as s*** wouldn't have hurt to try him there. They couldn't even do that. Don't get me wrong, I'm for him being a SS in some manner. I was screaming for the Sox to play him there last year. I just dont expect the Sox to do it.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) You're kidding,...right? Yes

QUOTE (mataipaepae @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 04:26 PM) I don't get the love for Alexi. He has been bad at the plate the last couple years. And hiis fielding has started to slip. Saladino was solid in the field last year. And showed as capable with the bat. Sanchez is the definition of a utility infielder. Move on. Don't be afraid of change. Sox refuse to play Sanchez on the left side of the infield so it's going to be hard for him to be a UIF.

Baez and Soler for Gray. Can't see the A's saying no to that haul

Give Saladino 2 months, then sign Desmond if he's that bad.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) I hope Jaquan Lyle transfers. Looks like a Ohio State freshman is transferring, not him.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) He said after the game to the ESPN crew that he STILL has double vision, but that he's a "professional" so he can deal with it. I, too, think it's bulls***. Unless it's a very, very minor issue (like haloing or something), he'd see a specialist if it didn't go away after 3 months. Yeah. Highly doubt he would not be playing now if he had double vision.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 12:02 PM) Did you examine him? Do I need to to believe him?

The name drops, make it stop

I don't actually believe he had double vision.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 09:53 AM) Maybe it's me, but it sure sounds like they will get a new RF Why do you say that? Didn't listen.