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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.

It's like political discussions. "You're going to spend $5 billion on WHAT???" Brb,

I'm going 89-92. We finish the season off and we see better seasons from Dunn, Konerko and a just-as-good season from Rios. We won't give away 5+ wins early via experimentation with the closer position and the starting staff does better. Floyd bounces back to normal and Danks posts ~4.00 ERA with both Sale and Peavy pitching at a very high level. Somebody will take time off with an injury and Hector will pitch fantastically. Flowers survives and bats about .220 with 20 HR and 175 K's, Beckham gets up to the elusive .250 BA mark and hits 15 HRs again. Dayan steps up, but not a total breakout yet. Will have another crazy month at the plate that makes us hard to beat like he did early last season. Kep and Gillaspie make a decent tandem and we get a nice gain from that position compared to last year. Versus last year: Starting pitching - gain. Sale and Peavy not quite as good, but Danks shows flashes of his old self and Gavin returns to career norms. Any injuries are negated by Hector and maybe Simon Castro if things get that dicey. Bullpen - gain. Some numbers will probably look similar, but our closer position will have more stability and it won't cost us so many games compared to early in the year last season. Catcher - wash. T-Flow's offense will not be quite what we got from AJ, but his defense will make it up. First base - gain. PK will do better this year with a healthy wrist. DH - wash. I think there is much room for improvement for Dunn, but I'm not putting my money on it yet. Might lose time to the injuries that normally just hamper his performance. Second base - wash. I predict some improvement from Gordo, but not a significant amount. Shortstop - gain. I think his peripherals will look better with similar 70+ RBI production and excellent defense as always. Early season slump won't last so long. Third base - major gain. Doesn't need much explanation. Left field - gain. Dayan takes a significant but not huge step forward in his progression. Center field - loss. De Aza regresses a bit, misses time with injury. Will get a thrill from a guy like Mitchell during that stint but the overall contribution will be a drop off. Right field - wash. Rios will drop some in peripherals but gain in run production from the 3 spot in the lineup. Management - gain.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) google tracks let you set your sampling rate but a dedicated device is probably better if you really want to log that stuff. Doesn't seem to exist on iOS

John Groce better find some players that can play without any offensive coaching, because he doesn't have them now.

Time to Reggie Miller this s***

Griffey drives and scores...anything can happen now.

The quality of offensive possessions is just atrocious. f*** reversing the ball, am I right? That doesn't work! Just shoot a 3!

Game is getting closer... can Illinois keep scoring like this?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) Here's a prediction: If IU scores every time down the floor, we will not win the game. Indeed

McLaurin's third point-blank miss of the day

Our offense is coming alive, but IU is scoring at will. I have to think Abill is done with his shot making for the day, though.