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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 07:11 PM) I was deciding between the S4 and Nexus 5. I can't argue free and the resale value better on the S4. I already hate all the bloatware on these f***ing android phones (or at least this android phone). I know the IOS had some stuff but jesus, this thing seems to have way more. And no, I don't want to f***ing root it. Samsung is the king of bloatware. I've been actively avoiding their stuff because their UI is slow and the design is yucky. Nexus 5 is literally zero bloatware and can have nice resale value, especially when they randomly go out of stock in the Play Store. S4 has some really cool features though and is in general a top-notch device, not trying to say you screwed up

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 12:55 PM) He's never been that good and he hasn't played like a starting MLB 2nd baseman. He's at the point where his salary would start going up from arbitration and there's no reason to pay him more money to be a below-average 2b. You can call up 27 year olds from the minors to do that for minimum salary. That he's had better numbers than Beckham is an indictment of Beckham more than anything, it shows how bad Beckham has been. Beckham career wRC+ - 86 2014 projection - 92 Getz career wRC+ - 67 2014 projection - 72 QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) Wow, apparently the Yankees are not willing to offer any more than 7 yrs/$175M for Cano. That comes out to $25M a year. That's the most realistic figure I've seen so far. I wouldn't want the Sox to pay that, but it's barely above what I'd probably offer, which would be 7 yrs/$155M. I'd go 7/175 with Cano. I'd try to frontload, but I'd do it.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 08:18 PM) Remember when this franchise went ahead with Axelrod over Santiago? But we needed a good LH middle reliever that gets righties out better than lefties!

Sounds like JR needs to start an expansion team, the Chicago White Tenders

I f***ING CALLED THIS. it's in a thread somewhere and I was told I was a crazy

He was nearing FA years, which is still going to be a big problem for them -- when Scherzer, AJax, Miggy, etc. all hit FA

Shoulda locked him up long term!

Given what I assume their payroll limitations to be, I think they'll probably regret having this much money tied up in these guys, especially Nolasco. With that said, they have to do something other than sit on their hands and feel bad about their payroll.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 11:18 AM) That processor is kinda weak. Yeah, it's not great. For the price, I'm pretty pleased with it as it is the only real "compromise" -- though it isn't for the $700 I paid. I mainly multi-task by surfing the net, word processing, and sometimes streaming music which should be quite doable for a middle of the road processor and non-insane amounts of memory. My previous laptop had an i5 dual core Sandy Bridge with 6GB RAM and 1GB GPU and it was always plenty responsive

While I don't really subscribe to this to a great extent, a bunch of guys having huge increases in innings last year is as much a recipe for a bunch of significant injuries as it is evidence that they're "stretched out" now.

I'm not a very big Headley fan, but it's not like he played badly last year. He's played 6 seasons, and it is his 3rd best by WAR and by wRC+. It was a good year. I think the price will be too high to get him, whether it is trade price or the extension price, but we're underrating him now

I don't see any reason to think Arencibia will be anything but bad and the most frustrating kind of bad at that. At least when Phegley is the worst batter in baseball, you hardly notice him -- one swing and he's outta there

If management believes we have already seen the best of Flowers/Phegley or that Phegley needs more AAA time, then sure.

Trestman may or may not explain it this way, but he kicked on second down because he didn't believe the offense could keep from losing yards on the next down

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 10:27 PM) I've never understood this suggestion. Eat what? Anything? Just before I work out, or all the time? Don't fret about the timing unless you aren't eating at all before or after your workout. If you are getting food in you within 2-3 hours of your workout (before and/or after, whatever works for you), then the timing won't matter. As far as what to eat, the easy thing to shoot for is a high protein, low sugar diet. It isn't so much that sugary foods are automatically evil, but if you don't want to be counting calories it will be much easier to avoid them for the most part. Some fats aren't bad and are actually necessary; like the carbs though, fats from peanut butter or olive oil will be better than fats from a Twinkie. If you struggle to eat enough, try to eat calorie-dense foods and try to eat often. If you often eat too much, don't eat calorie-dense foods and try to spread out your mealtimes.

Ike Davis please

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) All trades and free agents signings are based in part on past and future perceived worth. That's why you have some people liking or hating on trades and signings. I think the lists are useful for fun and not thinking they're the defintive word . That's whats fun abour baseball ,comparing players to each other. The problem is that they tried to make quantitative. They made a series of small, subjective opinions about each player and turned them into numbers and then analyzed the result of the numbers as if to say, "numbers don't lie!" Nobody could say with a straight face that Alejandro is one of the worst CF in baseball, but the numbers say so (that a guy made up)! If he just said, I think this guy is better and here are some reasons I'd take it more seriously. Instead, the results don't even reflect his opinions, but rather an arbitrary score based on his opinions -- in other words, I guarantee the list is not in the order it would be if he tossed out the numbers and just ranked them based on who he thought was better.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 09:59 PM) All trades and free agents signings are based in part on past and future perceived worth. That's why you have some people liking or hating on trades and signings. I think the lists are useful for fun and not thinking they're the defintive word . That's whats fun abour baseball ,comparing players to each other. The problem is that they tried to make quantitative. They made a series of small, subjective opinions about each player and turned them into numbers and then analyzed the result of the numbers as if to say, "numbers don't lie!" Nobody could say with a straight face that Alejandro is one of the worst CF in baseball, but the numbers say so (that a guy made up)! If he just said, I think this guy is better and here are some reasons I'd take it more seriously. Instead, the results don't even reflect his opinions, but rather an arbitrary score based on his opinions -- in other words, I guarantee the list is not in the order it would be if he tossed out the numbers and just ranked them based on who he thought was better.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) pretty good reason to not give a s*** about whether it's "outdated" or not BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE NEW STUFF

They won't resist the Maddux-Glavine pair

This team drafted Cody Zeller 4th this year. They're the dumbest thing this side of Anthony Bennett. I would not count on them to be good, and I definitely wouldn't count on it based on the assumption they'll make good draft picks. If they have 3 picks in the top 15 and there are three bad players in the top 15, they'll pick those three

The reason he did it is because our line is so bad. Being in FG range meant Minnesota could stack the box as we go into obvious run mode. We almost always lose yards in those situations. Passing was out of the question as well, mainly because of how bad our line was playing. When you wonder why our yards and our points never correlate, it's because we can't execute on big downs because our line always lets us down in those situations

The length of the product cycles makes me want to kill myself. My HTC One is already considered outdated and it has aged better than all the other models that came out at that time.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 12:14 PM) Alejandro De Aza named 37th best CF in baseball out of 40 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1755728...center-fielders It isn't that it came from B/R, it's that it's based on nothing. They claim to consult various statistics, but the actual point values they assign are based on their gut feeling (that is informed by stats, but who knows to what extent). That's dumb.

My WRs combined for 5 points and I still win