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If Bowen follows him that new stadium could be rocking.

I like the way this year has played out. The expected top players have mostly played "good enough", some nice surprises too.

That wasn't a direct link but FYI it's for Tyger Campbell and he said he's going to try and be a 2018 commit. Good get after the LaLumiere coach. Campbell just had a few really nice AAU weekends.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:42 PM) When's the last time the top right-handed pitching prospect in all of baseball got lit up in the major leagues for an extended stretch...then followed it up with a month of throwing up a 7+ ERA at the minor league level for over a month the following season? Just curious if anyone can think of any relevant examples...especially someone Giolito's size and having already gone through one TJ surgery previously. Luke Hochevar comes to mind, but he never made it as a starter. He did end up having a successful MLB career as a 7th inning set-up specialist. "Extended stretch"

Fans of a team that has just seen Matt Davidson return from 2 borderline DFA seasons to playable in MLB and are watching Yolmer Sanchez and Leury Garcia hitting in our top 5 for OPS, and to top it off have our top reliever as 27 year old TommyKahnle who for years had been unable to harness his control are about to write off a 23 year old former top prospect after a bad month. If you are currently bad you will be bad forever, good, good forever.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 8, 2017 -> 03:23 PM) He's so f***ing quick through the zone, it's crazy. They probably could have edited video down but I liked getting used to how slow motion it all was then he swings and it looks real time.

Beeeee-eauty

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QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 8, 2017 -> 01:15 PM) Just my own personal opinion on your remarks: 1. Draft will be interesting. Sox need to draft a hitter. To me it doesn't matter what position they play. 2. I wouldn't count on both Rodon and Tilson returning. One? Maybe, but to me even that's not a guarantee. 3. & 4. I don't think Moncada gets called up until Sept 1 and I think that will be the case for the other "top" prospects. 5. Robert would be a key addition but like with college basketball recruits you don't know until they sign on the dotted line. 6. I don't know the significance of July 2nd, can you please explain. July 2nd is the start of the new International Signing period, and the first under the new CBA.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 8, 2017 -> 12:52 PM) I'll think they should and will keep the young inexpensive players. Kahnle isn't too young, but I think if we trade out robertson it might not be a bad value idea to showcase Kahnle for a time in the closer role and see how he does.

I get that 18 inning games are rare, but when I woke up and looked at my feed it was a bunch of national/local media acting like this was the first extra innings game in history.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 8, 2017 -> 12:34 PM) Starting out with 28 of their first 44 on the road is amazingly tough. Yeah I enjoy seeing the wins so far, but I'd like to see them be aggressive in using pieces like Goldberg, Danish, Minaya and eventually Luebke to make sure we don't burn through Kahnle/Swarzak when they could bring back something nice. I'd like to keep Kahnle to be honest, but Swarzak is the perfect flip candidate at this age. At minimum I'd expect a Tilson like deal.

My wife went on her first business trip since he's been born and quite frankly the complete day/overnight responsibilities I've had since he's been born. There's a lot of fun bonding that happens when you are that tuned in. But also, the logistics are as difficult as you'd expect. Luckily he was a good sport, but the house will not be too clean

Rumor started by Levine. Sooooo

Albies just turned 20 and is in AAA keep in mind.

Just with the way bullpen going I'd say Burdi isn't far off

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 5, 2017 -> 04:21 PM) need to dump him as soon as possible before he pulls a Joe Crede with his back. What is it about 3b that causes back issues? Just a white sox coincidence?

Yankees for the first time in...ever are entertaining to watch to me. I kinda wanna grab tickets when they are in town.

Still no Tud Frazier.

I'm on board with it. I can't wait to bring it out at parties.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 5, 2017 -> 02:42 PM) Honestly I haven't looked into this bill much, other than what I have heard others say about it. Mine was more of a general comments, if it did help that would be nice. Even before Obamacare, I've had to switch and flip flop between group/individual or providers. every single year it feels like. I am so anxious to see a US economy without employer provided health insurance. I think it creates massive inefficiencies like your downward pressure on growth due to health costs, downward pressure on wages, and quite frankly because it is tax exempt, likely causes higher taxes in general or at least inefficient raising of revenue. On the other hand, it is so entrenched I have no idea what chaos would ensue.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ May 5, 2017 -> 02:18 PM) I don't have any data to back this up but, if they did it right with drug pricing, etc., I believe most Americans would come out ahead being any increase in taxes would be immediately offset by the elimination of insurance premiums and deductibles. One thing with single payer is when it was enacted in those other countries health care was a much smaller spend of their GDP. Single payer will cause tens of thousands of people to lose their job. It would be a major disruption that would take a while to adjust to. It doesn't mean it isn't worth it, our % of GDP to healthcare is probably incredibly inefficient for growth, but it also is an area that employs lots because its service aspect. We have no idea if anything picks up the slack. We don't know how much private insurance plays for. We also are just a giant country. There are a lot of unknowns. Public option would have been much better easing in to those questions.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 5, 2017 -> 02:14 PM) Employee sponsored HC could be drastically changed if companies are allowed to cap your benefit amount to save themselves money. So you not only have a deductible, but you also have a maximum coverage amount. I can see this happening in recessions, but at full employment it would be very difficult.

Fingers crossed for dry weather

QUOTE (InTheDriversSeat @ May 5, 2017 -> 01:04 PM) Start time is actually 6:05 PM CDT (Central Daylight Time). CST (Central Standard Time) ended in March. . Aviously