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I am shocked that sw has 3-4x the price of orbitz, as sw has almost always been the cheapest flight for me. Unless of course you are talking about spirit/frontier, and I would highly recommend against. No amount of savings is worth the upcharging, delayed service that you get from those.

Depends what we mean by contend. It would probably get us to 83-84 wins.

or a 10-year torture ring.

Because it won't work. Because it will make us worse. Because 1 year after "going for it" we are already discussing dumping off the contracts of the players we signed for basically nothing just so we can sign other players. The teams you mentioned don't have just barely enough to compete if all goes well, they have players not just there, but players on the way. We are 1-2 years from this. We are 1-2 years from a surplus anywhere.

Bulls basketball, catch the fever

A counterpoint to my preference for an all defense team is that we largely had a defensively enhanced team from july 31st onward and the team was still terrible and it was samardjizas worst stretch.

Can't tell if you are more excited for the movie or the lunch! :wink

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 7, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) It went from 0-100 in language. It got dirtier and dirtier the longer the movie went. YEah, it really did. Though I watched Midnight Run last week so I didn't really notice.

I unfortunately know very little of other clubs farm systems, and know next to nothing about west coast teams and their players.

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Dec 7, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) @blawrie13 12:56 PM 7 Dec 2015 Past behind me like a ponytail #RHand Indication that he's been traded? if that's what he writes when he's been traded not sure i'm a fan.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 7, 2015 -> 03:03 PM) I think defensively, what they do is going to be dictated by what kind of bat they can bring in. If they bring in Upton, that could mean Avi gone, LaRoche gone, Melky LF/DH, Trayce RF. we just don't know. As you pointed out, They did address the defense about as much as they could during the season, so I really don't think they now find it unimportant. They don't need spectacular defenders everywhere. Just make the plays you are supposed to make, and with the Sox pitchers, that should be fine. You can't win when you don't score, hence even when Saladino or Beckham was at 3B, Alexei awoke from hibernation at SS, Sanchez took over for Micah at 2B, and Trayce was in the outfield, they were a pretty good defensive team but still didn't win more games. I will say one of the most fun White Sox teams ever was the 1977 Southside Hitmen, and they were about as awful of fielding team as could be. But they mashed, coming off a year where they couldn't hit at all. This is a good point.

I continue to be confused about the stories claiming people paying hundreds on the secondary market for opening weekend tickets, as I keep looking at fandango seeing every single theatre having every showing available every day.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Dec 7, 2015 -> 02:40 PM) Did the Red Sox get rid of any salary in that deal by moving Miley? Miley signed an extension last feb so it's possible.

Needed something mindless last night, watched Spy. It was well done for a parody and fit the bill. Pretty funny parts.

This is a very bizarre trade, to me. But one I like much more for Dombrowski. For the Mariners, it's possible their stadium will play to Miley's strengths, but I hate everything they are doing.

Oh I think the Mariners are being the mariners, wildly flailing around to look like they are being proactive, just interesting to find those that may get desparate for a move.

So, the Mariners pitching staff is awfully awful. They just traded for Miley from the Bosox, and are in on Adam Lind at 1b. They seem to be going for it. I wonder if we would be trade partners at all. Do they have anything interesting beside Alex Jackson, whom I'm guessing would be untouchable for them.

Well, then I maintain that we will see a report every bit as damning as ferguson's, and likely some federal oversight.

Props to chisoxfn for slightly changing a popular phrase

I think if the warriors stay healthy they will beat it, but staying healthy for 82 games is hard. Remember, Steph Curry was injury prone with weak ankles until he wasn't.

This is the disconnect making me crazy with this team. - The sox have a great pitching staff - They have a bullpen full of groundball pitchers - They have a bunch of bad defensive players that require great offense to make them valuable. They have been terrible offensively. I am tired of writing that we need to make our strengths an elite strength, but I do feel we are far more likely to build a contender by making our great staff an elite staff with great defense. I believe that creating an elite staff, adding a single bat will make a huge difference. Instead, we are continuing to undermine the effectiveness of our pitching staff by adding (HOPEFULLY) above average bats with hopefully average defense. To me, it just seems like even if we are capable of getting an above average offense in one offseason, it will come at the cost of dropping our staff out of top 10.

K, we're going to agree to disagree that a murder in Chicago is going to go all the way up to the President to cover it up just to save some poll numbers for Rahm Emmanuel.

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/673933085566701568

Yeah this is gross. Shows how much value players like Montas may even have as a reliever.

I'd certainly rank it above kentucky and vanderbilt after his run. Still, would be a pull for mid level coaching jumps.