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Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 8h Happy 38th birthday, Esteban Yan. Allowed inside the park HR to Paul Konerko, and allowed a HR to Jon Garland. In the same MLB career.

Remember his error-less streak in left field? Walking proof that errors are the worst way to judge defenders, especially outfielders

Goes to show you that you almost always overpay for a rental player...not that it really breaks my heart all that much, but you don't really get much if they aren't hot when you get them.

What the f*** are we doing, WINNING?

I don't really know what lineup configuration is fathomably better. The only player that is really out of place is Konerko, and you could construct an argument to say that nobody below is more deserving of that spot either.

The dicks are out! Who has the ruler?

Bosh no like eat confetti

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:20 PM) Omogrosso was burnt along with the rest of the bullpen in that 16 inning marathon in Seattle. They sent him down and called up Heath so they'd have a fresh arm in the pen for the next day, nothing else. This. Omo will probably be a long-ish term reliever for us now, especially as we dump veterans. He has to be Nate Jones as Nate Jones becomes Jesse Crain

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:16 PM) That is a completely legitimate stance and I have no problem with someone saying they prefer Xbox. What I dont understand is why someone who is arguing for Xbox would say that Ps4 is just a "$400 blu ray player" that makes no sense in the context of the argument. Bring me something with substance, say I want an Xbox for X, Y, Z reasons. There is always a chance I am missing something. I have no problem discussing Microsoft, just once again, no one has brought me a good argument why its better to have extremely restrictive DRM, why its better to have to be connected at least 1 time every 24 hours, etc etc. I merely was saying "Those ideas dont seem to make sense" and when I said that I was basically told that "Im not forward thinking and just dont understand" Those are nothing more than ad hominen conclusions. I just am asking for some real discussion about the system, not Xbox fans telling everyone else how they just dont understand. Or posting some sort of quote from a microsoft employee with a "We had so many great ideas that you ruined, but I cant articulate 1 of them." I guess I just dont see that as very productive in determining what system I want to buy. I have presented reasons why I would buy PS4, I am just waiting for someone to present some good reasons why buying Xbox is better than PS4. This. I don't have stock in Sony and I have owned an XB360, I'm just looking for any good reason to switch and have yet to hear one other than "the interface is better" which is the same BS I hear about every OEM's smartphone.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:18 PM) Also here's this: http://kotaku.com/rumor-about-xbox-one-fam...s-fla-534484570 Family share wasn't just demo access for a short period of time, it truly was family/friend sharing. Which just debunks that idiot's letter about saving developers and getting rid of the used game industry. This would have been a huge bonus, but probably too pro-consumer for anybody to make money

And nobody is even talking about how creepy the Kinect sensor is. I don't want a Kinect. I'm not going to play Kinect games, I don't want it noticing me when I walk into the room, I don't want to pay $100 extra to have it come standard with the system.

By far the worst part of being where Pierre is....is Pierre.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:07 AM) And it doesnt make sense that they couldnt just make the desktop look like/work like old desktop with start button etc. and still have the tiles/touchscreen stuff too. Even on a regular computer the tiles arent the worst, especially if you use a few programs constantly. Its just annoying to switch to desktop and try and find things. I agree. I think we're moving towards all desktops being touch screens, for better or for worse -- at least on the Microsoft side. Apple hasn't hinted at wanting these hybridized devices or making their desktop OS suitable for touch screens AFAIK.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:29 AM) Im buying a ps4 because my ps3 is getting up there in years and I want to make sure that it stays in good working condition because it is an original and thus is backwards compatible and plays all of my PS1 and PS2 games. I also want to have more wifi/blu ray players, around my house so that I can stream Netflix etc to all tvs as I still have some older ones that arent wifi. Those are pretty good reasons to me, Ill be using the $50 per year I saved not paying for xbox live and basically be getting a new PS4 for $200. We call that being a smart consumer in the business world. 13 cents a day!!!

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:02 AM) Well, Dunn is 33, and he's never been as consistent as Konerko. Thankfully he's only signed for one more year. Unless he's traded (ha!), he'll be around next year, frustrating us while somehow hitting 30+ HRs. Right now, though, he's not one of the biggest problems on this team. Until 2011, Adam Dunn was a far more consistent player than Konerko. Dunn was pretty much the same guy every year whereas PK had several mulligan-worthy seasons over the course of his career. It's looking more and more like Adam will have a yet another ~40 HR/90-100 RBI season this year, which is par for the course for his career. Will be interesting to see how the peripherals add up when it's all said and done.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 12:15 AM) i7 in a keyboard? That's badass. QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 07:40 AM) Processors sure have continued to come a long way, haven't they? Some of this stuff is absolutely amazing. Depending on price point and a few other things, I could see something like this being my next laptop/not laptop/thingy. That won't be for a while though, so it'll be neat to see what people come up with as things move along. I definitely think that this is where things are headed, though, and this is where you can see Windows 8 not being a horrible idea.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 10:21 AM) "There was never any catch to that," I love that line. There is no catch, except the huge ones I will list immediately after that line. They tried pulling the wool over everyone's eyes with that one too. Yeah LOL. It's a neat little feature, not that I'm convinced I would ever actually use it. I'm thinking...free games? Sweet! ... oh, a short demo. Novel concept. Given how many people in this thread have said "nobody buys used games!" and just common sense, I am far from convinced that used gaming is "killing" game development. This has been a fact of life for as long as gaming has been around. There are many games that aren't very cool anymore by the time they become very available used, anyway - like a sports video game. Regardless, I know lots of folks that simply don't think to buy used. I liked to do it though, but I bet that only accounts for 25% of my games. Usually I would want something too quickly to wait for it to start showing up used.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 06:32 PM) http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/20/samsung...android-slider/ Samsung is making a 13 inch tablet that runs Windows 8 Pro AND Android 4.2.2. Very interesting. ASUS announced a similar concept last week 11.6" 1920x1080 detachable tablet/monitor. Tablet portion boasts a 2GHz Intel Atom processor and 64 GB SSD and runs Android 4.2. Connect to keyboard/dock and you now have an i7 processor, 750GB-1TB hard drive space, and you can run Windows 8 desktop and drastically boost battery life.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 07:10 PM) I've never had a problem with either controller. I like them both. Except every so often throwing it to A in madden on accident after seeing X wide open. This!!!

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 12:08 AM) If youre not gonna play any games then it doesnt make sense for you to get either. I dont know how many people who play video games dont play them online, but as I understand it if you want to play games online on the ps4 you need to pay for ps plus anyway. But ya, if youre not going to play games you might as well just get a roku. Lately, the games I would play are sports games where I would generally play franchise mode, superstar mode, and things like that that consume time offline. Of course, I have to make the tough decisions about whether I should be playing games at all especially with the prices of these beasts :|

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 12:01 AM) Uhh.. Boston has a lot more to be worried about now than the Hawks do. Rask didn't necessarily light the world on fire, and the Hawks are finding line combinations that work. If they expect the kind of calls they got tonight for the remainder of the series (esp with two games in Chicago) they'll have a b**** of a time getting them. Blackhawks, for how inept they looked in G3, are in a marginally better spot than the Bruins are in this series going forward. Momentum + home ice = good spot for the Hawks

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 11:55 PM) Ya they definitely havent done themselves any favors. I think a lot of people initially planned on sticking with the next gen console of whatever they currently have until micorsoft dropped the ball at e3. With the news today I think a good amount of xbox gamers who had considered going to ps4 will be rethinking things and likely stay with xbox. Its nice for us as consumers to have the two battling against each other at the same time. Who knows what the price would be or what kind of limitations these systems would have if they werent being released right around the same time. I was one that was already interested in switching and their respective announcements sealed it. My gaming habits have changed since I bought my XB360 -- when I bought it, I was really into Halo and COD and playing online with my friends, who also had XB360. As time has gone on, I have used my XB360 as a device to occasionally play games offline and to stream movies/sports from Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, MLB.tv, NHL Gamecenter, etc. I really got sick of paying for XBL to pay for these services that I already am paying out the ass for, things start adding up. Pair that with some crazy billing scheduling quirk they have that led me to paying for more than I wanted and I became fed up. Seeing the announcements, I'm assured that I can buy used games on the PS4, not pay for subscription just to stream movies/sports, and I pay $100 less up front. Looks like a winner to me, though it is worth mentioning that I may just quit gaming for now and go with Roku. I have a feeling playing video games may detract from my grad school admissions prep

Nothing will top the red ring of death. Mindblowing that that didn't kill the XB360

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 10:54 PM) f*** me silly. What a hockey game. 1st goal was absolutely awful, 4th goal was bad, outside that, other 3 are fine. Boychuck's wasn't as bad as 1st and 4th...it was a rocket and Oduya down makes it hard to pick that up...black pants as well. 3 game series. Here we go. I saw this as well

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jun 19, 2013 -> 09:24 PM) Wow. I just started watching The Sopranos last month, just finished season 1 this past Friday. Spoiler alert: James Gandolfini dies 6 years after the series ends