Jake

Reminds me of a comedy routine (Chris Rock?) where he talks about getting his big mansion and that meant his neighbors weren't white celebrities, but white dentists.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 23, 2013 -> 11:27 PM) I interact with Big Cliff on somewhat of a regular basis and will try my darnedest to convince him to go to DePaul...definitely not holding my breath though :/ Be pragmatic and push for Illinois. At least tell him that should be his second choice, which would mean he will choose Illinois

A near-flawless AT&T HTC One 4.3 ROM has leaked, which may mean that the carrier update is not far. It has already gone out to developer models, int'l devices.

Tim Beckham will be available at number 1

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 05:00 PM) Same surgery as Flowers. Recovery will be 2-6 months depending on what they find out what is wrong. If they found something like a labrum, it could potentially be much longer than that. FWIW, both Flowers and Keppinger missed time/DH'd in Spring Training due to shoulder pain.

We changed managers and didn't make the playoffs. Now we'll change players, and if that doesn't work, we'll start changing the manager again.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) Largest collective yawn in Soxtalk history? You must not remember the departure and return and departure of Angel Sanchez

LOL, that's about as Ozzie-ish as I've ever seen from Robin. He usually has a much better way of wording a player's failures.

Yeah, we certainly haven't seen the worst of the Broncos, but IMO they are by far the favorite to win the SB. Seattle is nice, but Peyton is just otherwordly.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 24, 2013 -> 09:09 AM) Anyone with HTC One notice you can only charge your phone with their charger that came with the phone? Super annoying, I bought a generic usb charger for work, forgot to charge my phone last night and it's just freaking out. It needs a higher amperage/wattage charger to work optimally. If you know to look for it, they aren't much/any more expensive. I bought a very nice one for my car for 12 bucks. Look for at least 1A on the charger, 2A works as well.

Huntingdon's is nasty. You can test for it, but the vast, vast majority of people who have that 50% chance choose not to test. Kind of crazy, but I definitely see the logic in it.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 23, 2013 -> 01:36 PM) http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/...family-of-four/ http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/09/23...macare-article/ http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.c...diocy-from.html

I'd like to switch to a carrier that rewards me for buying a phone outright (T-Mobile) but without being very dicey with service (T-Mobile)

I've honestly never had a problem with ATT service. I mean that to the extent that I've never had to really deal with their customer service because I haven't had problems. I don't remember calls dropping to any significant extent and I almost always have service as I travel around the midwest/south.

Injury was weird. Not like Melton's where it was an innocent movement and it didn't look like an injury. It was a completely benign movement and the thing just went wiggly. Very weird.

Hope you enjoy your time away from the city. It isn't for everyone, and it is always going to be tough to love your home if you haven't tried somewhere else. I've done the opposite, gone from the rural to city. Love it, though there are certainly things about home I miss. Now it's about the city being in the right place geographically...I miss winter so much

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2013 -> 10:31 PM) I'm not going by advanced stats, just the eye test, and want to say that I don't understand why many of you are so high on Santiago. I think Q is a much much much better starting pitching prospect. I'm sick of us trotting stiffs out there in the lefthanded relief role and why not just make Santiago an EFFECTIVE lefty reliever the rest of his career? The Royals switched on Hochevar and he helped that team a lot. Why don't we do that with Santiago. I believe Q has earned the starting slot but Hector could be a bullpen guy for years to come. If we are ever going to start contending again, we'll need some lefty relievers that can, uh, get people out. Hector does not profile to be a good lefty reliever. First of all, he has a significantly higher walk rate as a reliever than as a starter. He has remarked that he simply struggles getting loose on short notice. Secondly, Hector's weakness is getting lefties out. As a reliever, we would be bringing him in against lefties. He has struggled to make his curveball into a usable pitch and this is what would make him a left-handed reliever. Beyond that, he's been successful as a starter. He's not super consistent and has some things to work on, but he is very talented and is just not a guy you give up on. He has top of the rotation potential. We see him get by with a fastball alone at at times; imagine if he starts to really utilize his offspeed arsenal as he gets more experience and a full season as a starter? And Luke Hochevar was a dreadful starter. He threw almost 700 innings in which his best season was a 4.68 ERA. He just wasn't very good and proved it over a very long time period. If we give Hector four seasons as a starter and he struggles to keep his ERA below 5, I'll be all for shoving him in the bullpen.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 22, 2013 -> 10:47 PM) I have hopes that the defense will improve. It's the offense I was unsure of and they're doing fine. Well, offense went dormant for a while - that didn't make things easier for the D either

The run for first down where Cutler f***ed up the DB is the marquee play of the game IMO.

Cutler is becoming an absolute winner

You don't trade Q or Santiago to make room for Rienzo. You trade to get an equally proficient offensive player because you know you have a competent pitcher to replace Q/Santiago, but don't have a competent hitter at virtually any position.

May have seen the last of Melton as a Bear

Looking like absolute s***. Good coaching by Pitt as well

Was choosing between Carolina DEF and NYG DEF. Picked Carolina. Yeeeuss

s***, Pittsburgh is practically in Ohio!