Jake

Yep, sounds like something I would have done in high school

Who's this Grabe kid? We better keep an eye on him

Those MSU uniforms look awful. Not Notre Dame bad, but we try to take things seriously here in the B1G

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 16, 2013 -> 04:04 PM) Remember when Steve had a hunch that Lebron was coming to Chicago... lol Steve taking a beating today...next time, start sellling ads on Flapship before you break news like this

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 16, 2013 -> 03:08 PM) Yeah, right now it's the sexiest looking one IMO and I love the waterproof idea since I'm doing a lot more outdoor activities. The specs might be a smidge below the HTC and Samsung but that won't make a difference for the things I use my phone for. And I like that their skin is very close to stock android as opposed to the others. Since I have a few more months before my contract is up I'll see what else pops up. I'm hearing the next Nexus phone will be announced at Google I/O in May. That may be the way to go. This is probably just semantics, but remember that it is more "resistant" than waterproof. I'm sure you can sweat all over it and I even heard it you could run water from a faucet over it, but I wouldn't try to swim with it if you're a triathlon type of person or something.

I would consider doing it for a little while regardless of how he feels -- give Q and Hector a chance to battle it out for slot no. 5

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 09:26 PM) You don't want expandable memory. I know that sounds weird, but there are good reasons that Google decided to only ship phones with internal storage (other than the fact they want you to use their web services). The issue with SD cards is that it can be a hell of a lot slower than internal, depending on what cards you buy. If you've ever used an Android phone with an SD slot, you will understand how messy it can get. Some apps fail to scan the SD card, even some music apps and you end up trying to figure out how you can get your music to show up right. I would love some extra space on my Nexus 4 and put a ton of videos and movies on there, but I'd much rather have it in the form of a 32 GB internal rather than an SD card slot. I honestly don't think not having LTE is a big deal. You're getting 42 Mbps HSPA+, which usually means anywhere from 10 Mbps to 25 Mbps on a consistent basis with T-Mobile (should be around the same for AT&T, not sure though). People say HSPA+ has bad latency, but it's not really bad (70-100 ms pings), it's just not as good as LTE's ping times. Now I've never owned an LTE device, so I may be blind in terms of just how awesome it is, but I don't feel like I'm really missing out. Unless you get 50 Mbps on Verizon, I don't think LTE is that much better. And it's looking like Motorola will come out with a Nexus-esque phone at Google I/O and they'll sell it at a fairly cheap price. I may be looking to buy that when it does come out as well if it's as mind-blowingly awesome as some say it will be. Didn't see that part of your post, will definitely be worth looking into like any other one. I hear that RAZRMAXX (sweet name, Motorola) has a pretty impressive battery so we can probably count on that being a part of the next one they roll out.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Mar 16, 2013 -> 08:42 AM) I fail to see the problem with Touchwiz still. *shrugs* With that said, the build quality of the S3 did feel very plasticy and flimsy. The S2 felt a whole lot more firm. HTC is a problem because of the battery. I'm not sure how the Xperia is going to turn out. Most reviewers find that Touchwiz drastically slows down performance compared to other similar smartphones, but this can always be a case of #firstworldproblems. My favorite take on the Touchwiz UI was that Samsung's philosophy is "more is more" If I go Android, which I probably will this summer unless something really cool comes from Apple in the meantime, I think I'll be looking between the HTC One and S4. Lots of time for that opinion to change, especially as more people get their hands on the above two phones and more of their respective flaws or strengths come out.

lol Steve I

They need to broadcast the games on some channel other than MLB channel. I had no way to see any games, it was hard for me to care about it.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 16, 2013 -> 08:45 AM) Saw this on FB. http://flapship.com/derrick-rose-to-return...gainst-nuggets/ Source? Might be fishing for hits....

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 11:32 PM) For whatever reason I've gone into this season thinking this is Beckham's last year to prove he isn't a bust. Well what if the rope is way shorter. Does anybody think Hahn n Company will yank him after another two horrible months? Maybe Keppinger is really here as Beckham insurance. If Beckham is sucking, does he get the whole year to suck? How long is 1st round top 10 rope? If there appears to be a replacement, I'd say he'd be a cooked goose mid-season. If he plays like last year, he's safe though. Probably still would get non-tendered after the year. Remember that he wasn't "horrible" last year so he'd almost certainly need to regress this year to get displaced before the end of the season.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:58 PM) This Heat streak is getting a little bit interesting. You figure they'll wax the Raptors on Sunday. If they beat Boston in Boston next Monday, the streak will be at 23. Their next 4 games after that are at Cleveland (no Irving), Detroit (they suck), Charlotte (lol), and at Orlando (they suck). This thing could very well be at 27 by the time they come to Chicago March 27th. And that is Derrick Rose bobblehead night

For those who care about PFF, Roach wasn't looked upon fondly by them -- on the other hand, Urlacher last year was rated HORRIBLY. Might have been the worst rated player on the defense IIRC. Roach was closer to a neutral impact.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 08:44 PM) Buy a Nexus. And you will be able to flash custom ROMs on the One and S4, I have no doubts about that. It might just take longer for it to happen. Any Nexus updates forthcoming? No LTE, expandable storage, large internal storage options, and a few other things available for that ATM.

Looking at all of these Android phones that have come out recently, they all have some big negatives. Samsung S4 - Touchwiz (LOTS of negatives wrapped into this one), plastic backing HTC One - no expandable storage, doesn't come with 4.2 (and has poor reputation for rolling out updates), Sense interface, low-ish power battery Sony Xperia Z - waterproofing makes screen look like s***, bigger-than-need-be design, doesn't come with 4.2, questions about proprietary software add-ons, questions about Sony in general One of the lessons here is they should quit f***ing with the standard Android OS

TANKSSSSSSS

Danksy cat goes deep!

"Tanks" coming to the plate

Gavin looked good there in the first.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 01:58 PM) I agree that the answer is no, and it is because of what the last couple posters said: (1) someone needs to backup SS and (2) Morel has options Mark Gonzalez told me that Morel looked okay at SS and that the coaching staff isn't afraid of having him out there occasionally. With that said, I hope he goes to Charlotte.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 01:52 PM) It is still a very young thread...... Indeed.

Sox playing on WGN in 25 minutes. Screw the B1G Tourney, it's Sox time!

QUOTE (southside_hitman @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 01:32 PM) "Flowers scratched...back" I hope that Flowers back issue isn't something that is going to come up during the season. Giminez is really a borderline major league catcher and so are the rest of the possible catchers in our system that might be brought up in case Flowers hits the DL this season. I hope this is wrong, but I am now starting to think that Morel might very well make the 25 man roster. It is possible that Hahn, KW and Ventura do not have enough confidence that Gillaspie can make the routine plays consistently at 3B. Also, the Sox have been saying that Keppinger's arm is not a concern and that he has fully recovered from the leg injury, but we have not seen enough of Keppinger in the field this Spring to conclude that he is righteous defensively at 3B. I think they are considering Morel as the infield utility guy, meaning both Gillaspie and Morel would make the roster.

When I was playing in my college baseball team's conference tourney, we got mired in a 7 hour, 21 inning marathon game as the 6PM game. We won and had to play the winner of the NEXT game which started after 1AM the next morning. Great tourney setup, lol, but a lot of fun in the end. The team that played till past 3AM still beat us the next day too btw.