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However you cut it, we have Adam LaRoche for at least next year. The good news? Trayce Thompson had a great AAA campaign and is an ideal 4th outfielder because he can hit LHP and spell LaRoche. He's a plus defender. So, I feel happier about that.

I'm not a Jay Hater much, except when I watch him I just feel disappointed. I'd rather have Jay than stuck in Bills/Houston situation. But, I am annoyed that as we found relative stability at QB we could not draft talent at any other position to take a risk in trading up for young talent (mariota etc). We need so much help, we have to take what comes, and no, I do not get excited for pretty much any QB who falls out of top 15. Russel Wilson and Tom Brady are the top of a very long list that turns to crap shortly after them.

Rivers really poor down years dragged him down, and you shoulnd't discount them. But he has been awful for 2 seasons but also quite good outside of that. I'd take his quite good seasons probably over any Jay season in a bear uniform.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 08:31 AM) I'm really disappointed in this Dem field. Way too thin, and just poor candidate depth. You've got a Clinton, a guy whose ideas are wholly impractical (Sanders), O'Malley, and... anyone else? Really? The Dems have the advantage in that they don't suffer from the MUST FOLLOW PARTY LINE problem nearly as badly as the GOP does. But the Dems have a real lack of leadership bench. Republicans wiped out dem governors, and in addition, some of the top dem talent went into the administration in no-win situations. Also in addition, for some reason dems gave a lot of money to some Texas democrats who have not been able to elevate office.

I thought Bonifacio was a great signing. I didn't know much about LaRoche, but, again, It's getting ridiculous to me how much our FA signings failed. During the 13/14 rebuilding, you had several lottery ticket FA signings you'd hope you could flip. No, none worked out. The one who was close (Crain) got injured right before selling. Our solid, stable veteran FA acquisitions seem to not just be off-norms, but actively having some of the worst offensive years in history. If this is just bad luck, Sox seem to be having a lot of it. More specifically, Hahn seems to be having a lot of it. But these are really adding up.

I hated the Kingsmen, I thought it was disgusting. Seems to be a big divide on that movie with love/hate. The violence in that church seen was gross to me, but I can't necessarily tell you why it was worse than something like Kill Bill which I could watch and be much affected by it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 11:47 AM) So ESPN has jumped right back on that Tebow wagon FULL STEAM AHEAD! Hey everyone, look at what this (maybe) third stringer did against guys who will be selling insurance in 2 weeks! A former Heisman scored a touchdown in meaningless preseason garbage time, LETS PUMP IT UP!!! Honestly though, if the Eagles do plan on going for 2pts more because of new XPT rules, he is probably one of the better QBs you could get for 1 play at the 2 yard line.

Pretty sure people are able to enjoy having LeBron as a heel on the basketball court and appreciate he's a good human off of it. I'm sure Karl Malone and Reggie Miller were nice too.

While I understand that teams don't have to disclose injuries right now, it did piss me off between Kevin Whites "I don't have a stress fracture!" and the things Fox would say in camp like "You guys are acting like we are holding back some terrible injury from you, it's day to day"...well you ... were. You can hold back injury info in a way that's less disrespectful.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) While I agree with you, the Devil's Advocate reply is....are you ready to give Samardzija a ~$7 million raise from this year? For a one-year deal? yes. It's obviously worth it to try and get comp pick.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) This is what good shows do to people. We're unsure of what's actually happening, just like Elliot. Sometimes the cartoonishly over the top good guy vs bad guy, capitalism vs. whatever things would annoy me on the show, but I can't believe how well they pulled off the OMG this reality is actually not real some of this is in his head moments in the last episode. We all knew something like this was going on. Credit the small things like always making everyone say evil corp for reinforcing that we have an unreliable narrator even when he's offscreen.

Finished season 2 of halt and catch fire. I did not bother with season 1. It was a very good season of television. i hope some of you watch it on demand and they pick up a 3rd.

Zangari has really been something so far.

Bears wouldn't have been only team who had medicals at combine, if that was the case I imagine that would have leaked.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:44 PM) The kid Zangari 4-4, 2 RBIs. Is there ever video available from AZ?

How many players lose their rookie season to injury and have become impact players?

This sucks so much.

Kevin White likely out for season ... Sigh

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 08:33 AM) The only guy I'd give up a draft pick for is Heyward. We'd also have to move LaRoche or release him and eat the money moving Melky and Garcia into left field/DH combo. Heyward would greatly improve the defense and is only 26. I'd enjoy Gordon

If Smarj would accept a QO you should do it.

Maybe Flowers ought to catch Jeff for a while.

Took thread 5 minutes to go to a real dark place.

At the very least, a good sign was that Sutton and Ferguson did not look like wasted talent in the 3-4 five tech.

The Bears really need like 10 draft picks next few years. Would be lovely if some of these 1 year deals hit if only to have them walk and have the randomizer assign comp picks to bears.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 01:06 PM) Scully is terrible now? Umm alright. Cubs booth far superior to Sox booth too. No, it isn't, as I stated, they are terrible.