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I feel like the cost to acquire a .750+ OPS catcher is so high I have no desire to do anything else but this. Love this signing. We have a gigantic crater in an actuall offensive position in 2b/3b/RF and everyone wants to pay out the wazoo for a marginal offensive gain at catcher. Unless buster posey is available I have no desire to trade the farm for a .760 ops catcher when we can go and sign a great 2b for 10 million and have a much better offensive upgrade.

I really hate the west coast trip. I basically can only talk about the 1st half. You guys want to talk about the first half?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 25, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) His teammates are the suck. They have a young PG and PF that need to develop.

Has to be rough getting good mexican in California man!

I can't even add anything except that the institutional response is horrifying. Our institutions of power have been set up with it being far too difficult for individuals to do the right thing when these situations are in motion.

I hope he's healthy.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 25, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) And he's barely played in two years. I give the excuse to Rose for how long it takes to get back and that same excuse applies to Kobe. I am not saying he'll be prime Kobe, but if he can stay healthy and build his stamina and comfort up, he'll get better. The thing is, he should not be asserting himself as 2010 Kobe. He needs to pay attention to his teammates.

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 25, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Unless I'm crazy, this says council knew there was a video: sun times FYI-bad link. You need to remove an http

Seriously. The trib mentioned something that the city was waiting for a federal review before charging, and I thought that was some sort of thing. But it appears that was not the case.

@chicagotribune: 'This isn't about a stunning, isolated event. Zoom out,' via @Trib_ed_board https://t.co/ZoEmy53oYX https://t.co/41LYt4Y00X

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 04:24 PM) Actually this thread has given me more than I expected. I am not sure whether or not her friends are going to be able to make it for the dinner so I might wind up back to square one with booking for just us two. I am going to try as much as I can of all these places. Looking them up on a quick google search and they all look mouth watering. Totally gluttonous, but one fun thing we've done with friends is had people bring tacos from a bunch of different places (I think big star, l'patron, tequilas tacos and lazos) and everyone met up at revolution tap room (avondale) to eat and drink.

L'Patron is great, not sure about it as a sit down place for dinner. I also really really liked El Habanero on Fullerton, replaced the old colombian restaurant. Sometimes a bit too much garlic but very tasty.

That's an interesting strikeout to walk ratio.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 02:45 PM) When crime is centralized as it is here in the City, it's not at all random. We know the groups that commit the vast majority of the murders. Entirely different from mass shootings like Sandy Hook or the Colorado theater shooting. Not my community to fix. What community? Why should someone from Rogers Park or Bronzeville go to Austin or Englewood.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) Well that's pretty easy: motive. We know what the radical groups want to do and generally what types of people they want to attack. Random mass murders by crazy people can happen anywhere at anytime. You're less likely to be fearful of a totally random attack versus one that has been threatened before. But it's not "everything that is bad in the world." It's entirely local. It happens on their streets and in their communities. And after every tragic shooting of a kid the family comes out crying on the TV and asks for change and the Mayor is there at the podium saying how senseless the violence is (and get rid of guns!) and Pfleger is there inflaming a race war and around and around we go. Nothing major changes. There's not a collective "this is f***ed up and it needs to stop!" sentiment. But throw in a (white) cop shooting and it's big, big news. It's "we're tired of this, things need to change!" It's "let's protest and show people we want change!" The same type of message but delivered in a much different way. You need to re-read the first paragraph and bridge that analogy to what we are talking about. It's right there for the taking. The people who picket and march after especially bad violence in their neighborhood typically live in that neighborhood. That is not the critical mass you are looking for I guess. But I wonder why you are not there marching then, and why you think someone else should.

I'm not sure rioting after a funeral is any better. Preferably riots will not happen in either case. But, this idea that mass groups of people may act differently to different crimes isn't restricted to any one American group. Look at any school or mass shooting, and imagine if the same act were done by a Daesh affiliate, or Al Qaeda. The hypothetical scenario may mobilize a war, cause national panic. But if its just one random white guy it gets some hot topics on gun control and then people move on and are generally not scared for their lives. Why is the reaction so different? The violence done by a radical group can make people feel like they are under attack, have war declared on them. Where the other just seems kind of random and isolated. I get more freaked out by Paris than Sandy Hook. But there is much more likely chance that a sandy hook will happen again in the next 5 years than a Paris (in the US). So, I know I'm wrong, but I still feel that way. When applying that to police violence in the black community, its clear there is a different experience there, and I don't think the appropriate response is just deflecting the responses we've seen with "how come you don't act the same way for everything that is bad in the world". That's an impossible expectation.

Seems like a big group if they are restricting their menu (though their menu is huge).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 12:42 PM) 9 year old shot execution style and the community, including the father, does nothing about it. Adult on PCP wielding a knife gets shot and its greatest crime in Chicago history that will result in protests and probably some riot behavior. It's the lack of being upset at the former that bothers me. Not that some get more upset with the latter. http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/10/f...its-conscience/ You switch in and out of community its hard to tell about what you are ever directing things at. I'm curious to know if you've ever thought about why police violence would mobilize so easily across neighborhoods and ages?

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 11:59 AM) Nuevo Leon on 26th is nice and has good food imo. Good call. I've had a mixed bag there but I'd still recommend for neighborhood/food.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) That came out wrong. Obviously we need bats and gloves alike and I wouldn't want to just fill the team with a bunch of Tyler Saladinos. But it will be easier to acquire gloves, and they'd synergize with the strong pitching staff a bit. No, I completely agree with your premise.

Shipps, you may just want to try out Xoco in wicker park. I've had much more success there. Also http://www.cantina-1910.com/menu/ opened in andersonville. I've also been a fan of d'noche (cafe con leche) in logan square but its better for brunch.

Hmm, the benefit of those places is they offer a nice sit down atmosphere. Is that important to you? Or do you just want to get some great dishes and it can be more casual and scattered. Edit: clearly missed your last line. Thinking.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) I'll be there. Glad Rose should be playing. I don't get to go to a Bulls game but once a year these days. Let's have no repeat of the 2013 game. Awesome, I hope its a good one.

Also, the line that laroche isn't a great defender but is a plus bat....

This article is about as good a response as I could muster over the idea that the sox have "plenty of outfielders". We have 1 outfielder and a lot of DH's.