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My guess: Levine was looking at rosters and just learned who Odorizzi was, created article around it.

Snake bitten. Going to be al long time between championships. Heartbreaking.

Have to say, Merkin and Hayes are tweeting more speculatory stories on acquisitions than I'm used to from them.

2 seasons is a lot of time.

I had a really bad Fifa moment where I had this really creative and fun end of transfer window, and didn't realized I needed to accept their contracts after i got the "accepted" emails. So the window ended and I was like..."where is everyone". So I basically lost all my players and gained no one. I should probably be fired.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 5, 2016 -> 10:09 AM) What about teams that are awful but aren't necessarily trying to be? They should be subsidized still even though they make terrible decisions? I get what you are saying. I just think a team's only objective is to put your team in the best possible situation to win a World Series. Sometimes that entails being really bad for a couple of years. I'd much rather win 63 games than 77-78 games if I'm one of these bad teams. It really annoys me that Arizona gets comp balance picks.

That would be huge for Denver. Their rebuild has seemed kind of haphazard, but they have nice assets. The denver nuggets trade Nurkic, Gary Harris and 2 first round picks for Blake Griffin *bulls fans heads explode* Obviously a joke trade, just saying.

Really could care less, money better spent then the absurd food costs her campaign had in 08.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 5, 2016 -> 10:12 AM) I don't see it that way at all. In fact I think it is the opposite. Team Clinton has been reacting to those debates and following the political winds and not pushing those winds. They have watered down things because the polls told them it was prudent to do so, not because they were compromising for the greater good. They have always moved to a political position, and not down from it because it wasn't fully popular. You are pre-inclined to believe such. In 08 she stuck with the individual mandate being necessary for healthcare reform (she was obviously right), she has stuck to the hyde amendment this year, and then pivots on things she is not as hardset on. There are worse things than a president being responsive to pressure from the base.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 5, 2016 -> 10:07 AM) True, but a significant amount of that core of young voters may not even have been eligible to vote in 2010. I think the quickest way to turn them back off of politics or at least push them into voting 3rd party rather than Democrats is the line that some Clinton supporters seem to be taking though, mainly that they're not "real" Democrats, fundamental change is a hopeless fantasy of dumb children, etc. Without some actual data of the ideological breakdown of Democratic voters and non-voters in Presidential and non-Presidential elections, I don't think you can really make that swipe in your first sentence. And for as much as I've supported the core concept of strategic voting over vanity pat-yourself-on-the-back 3rd party votes, the party establishment still shares in the blame if they have no coherent strategy or message to get people to the polls. In the 5 years I lived at my old house, I had exactly one candidate's campaign come door-to-door to talk and leave campaign literature (Pat McGuire, state senator). I compare that to first-hand experience of helping at the local level where the candidates canvased the entire area in the weeks leading up to the off-year spring election in order to drive turnout. You know well how disappointed I have been in DNC party leadership since Dean left. They are way too comfortable in owning only the presidency and seem to be in a terrible echo chamber of feeling comfortable due to national polling advantages and individual policy polling advantages. That said, it's hard for me to look at Sanders and not see the living embodiment of Greensox's hero worship on the left, that continues to focus on top down political change. It is insane to me, 7-9 years removed after the most successful liberal grassroots effort in 30 years that led to democratic policies that had been DOA for the same time period, we are in a position where I'm getting harangued that the way to single payer is 1) elect Bernie Sanders -> 2) Political revolution . This next president for dems if 2016 will be defense on policies from 08-10. I hope to God it doesn't take a complete collapse of all 3 houses for them to shake up the group and start over. I used to be so frustrated that the most liberal bill we could get was whatever bill nelson would vote for, but it's way worse to rely on executive action on everything, but still better than actively losing on policy.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 5, 2016 -> 09:49 AM) I'm not sure that it's the more activist left wing that sits out off-year elections. The DNC as a whole hasn't really had a strategy for that for decades whereas Republicans and conservatives have focused on politics from the local level on up for at least a couple of decades now. This is true to an extent, I'm not sure I believe the core youth support of Sanders that is loudest are the same as the group you are talking about

Putting the dominant 2007 staff together.

I love boogie.

I've never not had spotify premium and am shocked how useless the free version is. Being able to use it on mobile off wifi is hard not to have.

Good for him. Hope he can get some traction.

If the left wing of the democratic party actually cared about issues enough to vote during midterms more than sharing articles on social media they could probably have accomplished more. Hillary's campaign is so much better this time, she's a better candidate than 08. She's smart and she doesn't pull any punches. Something I didn't care for in 08 but see a lot of appeal in now. You know why Clinton has such a murky record? She has actually been in the policy fights of the last 20 years and having to be part of the decisions of watering down or strengthening bills that affected people. Meanwhile Sanders was in his safe lillywhite seat in Vermont sniping. Caucusing with the democrats and never getting an elite chair in the senate. But yeah, I'm sure as president his debate skillz will convince the country to vote in a wave of candidates and create a liberal dream gov't. I'm convinced.

I don't mind the upper deck at all anymore, I just wish we had a more modern outfield area. It's fine! It's good, but then you go to other parks and there aren't many worse. Anaheim probably the only one I'd say was more bare. Edit: the word I was looking for was concourse.

woo hoo, spotify now on echo.

Honestly though that was probably the ugliest design possible. Especially in a city like Chicago, can't believe they'd put up such a basic, functional park.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 4, 2016 -> 11:08 AM) It seems crazy that it has been 25 years since the grand old lady was closed down for good and the "new" Comiskey Park was opened. It makes me feel old to think an entire generation of Sox fans is growing up not having been to a game there. It is also worth mentioning that USCF is now the 9th oldest stadium in baseball, though soon could be 8th depending on what happens in Tampa. The renovations helped a lot, if they never updated the outfield and upper deck it would feel every bit of that 25 years.

I still think if fowler signs it will be closer to melky's deal. i don't think 3/30 will happen. If it does that is a tremendous deal, if it's less, its a steal. $10 million for an outfielder with a strength (obp) as good as his is pretty remarkable. But, I think 3/44-45 is what we end up seeing.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 4, 2016 -> 07:26 AM) Phil Rogers and Merkin have both said they don't want to give up any draft picks. Others have mentioned that they are involved on Desmond and Fowler. Hahn basically said they might forfeit the pick. The White Sox are trying to get Desmond or Fowler to sign for cheap in my opinion. Those guys don't have many suitors and they are waiting for a bigger deal than is available. Fowler has to crack eventually. The QO really sapped the value from these guys. They both should have accepted. Yes, but we should hold our tongues before its official. Everyone we thought so far would sign for a discount did, but not near the level we anticipated.

Yeah their schedule has been stupid long for season 3. Probably hard to get that cast together.

Sure, people are discriminated against, but it's only okay to point out of they are white Christians who are forced to say happy holidays!

The serious candidate https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/695056822336622596