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The rollercoaster of soxtalk. Come to it excited about the possibility of an acquisition, leave it 3 hours later knowing that even if it happens, the world is a cruel and dark place.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 09:23 PM) I'm not sure I call that a "fair deal". That's ace type money, and let's be honest... He's not an ace. $20M a year is a bit steep, IMO. I'd guess something like 5 years/85 MAYBE 90 or so should do it. That WAS ace money. Market continues to move.

If Beane reads soxtalk...: NO, NOt Semein! He's our best prospect! He is worth 1000 Jeff Samardzijas! If Hahn let Marcus in the talks he should be fired. He's that valuable! If I was Beane I would take that deal and run!!!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 08:08 PM) Some random teenager broke Trestman to Chicago on Twitter, k0na has broken multiple trades. It happens here and there Neither of these are at odds with what I said.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) I'm sure this guy is bs but social media usually finds out before big media, not the other way around. Perhaps not a big 5 writer does not break it through twitter, but I have not seen a case where a best friend is the first to break news by accidentally tweeting at the minor league prospect involved rather than anybody saying "Samardizajsjsa to w. sox done deal."

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) Green was probably necessary for the last part of that post. Haha, I'm sorry. The first iteration of that was sincere, hard to track who is adding these in.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 06:58 PM) Response to the "Stay Down Until You Come Up 100" tweet: Rick Slattery ‏@rickslat123 3m3 minutes ago @TimAnderson7 enjoy Oakland. But glad to see Shark and Upton on the southside. Could be a random guy, or could be his best friend. LOL. Sorry guys, if Tim Anderson's best friends know this news, it would be broke by now. Big media sources know this before the minor league players do. Or at least know the deal is finalized if not the players.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 29, 2014 -> 02:28 AM) i was reading mlb rumors and they had an article of the 2 ace pitchers in this yr FA. well they are guessing that Lester's camp is wanting a 7 yr contract. with that, i am officially getting of that sinking ship. now, who is that team wanting to get rid of their #1 pitcher?? Marlins. anybody knows of him?? Marlins number 1? They want to trade an injured Fernandez? Dude is under control 5 more years, tj or not. they'll get a haul.

I mean, if that's the headline then I feel terrible for Oakland. On the plus side, chicago media must be so confused that Chris Sale isn't being involved in the talks for Shark. Is Oakland crazy? Shark should net you at least Sale. Green should not be necessary there.

I love twitter during these things. In college football some high level recruit always puts things up like "can't make up my mind!" and it almost always is about pizza, as thousands tweet back "just choose bama!". I'm scared for this trade. I've become much more timid on trading anything and letting this team develop, but, same time, terrified we are going to waste prime years of abreu/sale. I could talk myself into any strategy at this point. I hope sox pull the right one.

Maybe Georgia shouldn't have gotten smoked by Florida.

Nobody cares. Notre dame sucks.

TWO TIME SEC EAST CHAMPIONS

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 28, 2014 -> 09:16 PM) They really should start Niko or Taj over Gasol. Jo plays significantly better when he's not out of position and the defense improves drastically. Totally disagree.

Noah will not play.

We will DFA Scott Carroll.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) An officer grabs at your throat, you hit him to get him to release, he pulls his weapon and fires hitting you in the hand, you flee, he continues firing after he stands up, you turn and put your hands up and he blows your head off. How does the officer avoid that situation? I'm not certain this is how things went down, but I also don't know why I should believe the officer's version of events as you just did there. I'm asking if 100 officers alone in their car try to cite these kids for jaywalking, how many of them end up shooting the kid to death? How many end up attacked?

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) A 6'4 300 pound man that you stop starts a physical altercation with you and then tries to take your service weapon. Tell me exactly how you disarm that situation with your training and tactics. There is a difference in acting impolite and a violent altercation. LOL. That's all I have to say to this.

May be alone here, but I don't think a trial, even with low chance of conviction would be a "sham trial". Part of the justice system is giving victims ('s families) their chance in court to make their case. There was enough there to charge, there was a lot of noise and reasonable doubt of innocence was high.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) Eh, at least we know he was there when it happened. But once again there should be another officer, a camera and audio to back all of this up Yes. The bottom line for me, and no amount of "some people just be itchin to violencts" will really change my mind, is that a cop tried to stop an unarmed teenager from jaywalking and the unarmed teen ended up dead. Doesn't mean Brown acted polite and did not deserve to be arrested, but he ended up dead. That doesn't scream "I'm really good at my job".

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 05:05 PM) And getting a sham indictment and wasting tax payer money on a sham trial wouldn't? Why would it be a sham trial?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) Do we know when Wilson first gave his accounting of what happened? It'd be mighty convenient if he was able to wait until a bunch of other people gave their version and then craft his story around that. I mean, I'd bet anything it was after the part where they told him that if he said Brown grabbed for his gun he would be fine.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) That's another aspect of this GJ procedure. There wasn't any verdict. This wasn't a full, normal trial. This was a process with a substantially lower burden of proof that almost always returns an indictment unless the prosecution doesn't actually want one. "You can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich" is a classic line about them. But with the way it's being presented, a lot of people will walk away thinking that this was just a fair trial and Wilson didn't get found guilty. I don't know if a jury in a full trial would have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (or whatever the lower threshold for voluntary manslaughter might be, if that had been the charge instead), but it would have been a lot more open and transparent and, hopefully, legitimate than this was. If you want to know the difference between Trayvon and this, it went to trial. They probably overcharged in that case, but it went to trial.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 03:36 PM) Yup. I'm hesitant to believe the verdict and I'm hesitant to say Wilson had malicious intent to kill. Judging from Wilson's testimony, a lot of it seemed true. Very descriptive and hard to make up. But at the same time, he had a lot of time to prepare before he had to provide testimony. When you look at some of the stuff StrangeSox posted from the testimony (getting stronger as he was being shot?), it's also hard to believe he was telling the whole truth. And oh, we need police cams. Both on the patrol car and on the police officer. Then this kind of stuff wouldn't be so gray. Interesting enough this is why I find it to be bulls***. The guy has been prepped to get off since day one. His dept has leaked favorable info from day one. Would have loved to have heard Brown's testimony.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2014 -> 03:28 PM) I'm open to that being possible. So I'll say incompetent and/or corrupt. So he sounds like a STL prosecutor to me.