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QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) They are listed by position, according to the article, Dermis Garcia (SS-3B) is the top guy and is expected to sign with the Yanks for $3M+. Article also says that Yanks plan on spending $10M+ this summer in free agency. Not sure what the level of penalty is they receive for that, but that seems a bit extreme as they are likely to be allotted around $3M total. I like how I believed the Yanks were serious in staying underneath luxury max.

Yeah this is fair, and kind of a gut punch at how hard it is to stand back up in the MLB.

Really glad to see this. I feel like I started asking questions about Anderson in early August and people at that point were pretty down. Glad to see he recovered and still excited people with his tools.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 06:05 PM) WEll, he is and has always been a defensive coach, so there must be something he is doing right to produce such a successful defense. After watching NFL for past decade, I'm less enthralled with crazy schemes than coaches who are able to develop talent and teach their scheme to perfection. Seems Carroll is very good at both. That whole organization seems on the same page, and that is so rare in the NFL and difficult to accomplish. See Browns.

No sour grapes intended, but it was striking last night watching all of these undrafted and late round guys looking bigger, faster and stronger than everyone else on the field.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) Not sure if this should go here or the video games thread... The Breaking Madden Superbowl I was crying laughing so hard reading that. I had to stop after the midfield thing because I was too loud.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 04:17 PM) The East front court sucks. In all honesty, Noah and Millsap aren't all-stars, especially when Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins didn't make the team in the West. Boo hoo, this is the first year that another conference has been stacked at position that the other wasn't.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 03:07 PM) As expected, Tennessee announced it's switching form Adidas to Nike. I'm pumped... Adidas has lost 2 of their 3 biggest football teams in the last month. Maybe Adidas will be able to pick up the teams currently on the trash factory known as Under Armor.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 12:56 AM) Are you serious? In '06 and '07 Kobe was running with Smush Parker,, Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown and Wite, I mean Luke Walton. He had no choice but to fire away. Right, poor choice of words. I mean some of his most prolific scoring years he had free reign to jack up every shot. I don't think it's a bad thing though. To me 2006 is when I really started to respect Kobe on his own, and the struggle those years to the top at the end of the decade was a good story. But then he threw all the good will away that away game where he kept the team waiting while he shot jumpers the rest of the night (with media watching).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 02:52 AM) Oh, and I'm totally off the Kyrie Irving bandwagon. His handles and commercials are nice. But the Cavs have sucked for three years running now. He's just a great fantasy player at this point. I've also never actually seen a game where he played well (though I hear they happen).

For the record, they ended up changing the title to "Still trying to get the White Sox to trade Dunn".

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 12:33 AM) A less contentious and perhaps more easily measured question -- what caliber of scorer are we talking about w/ KD? Is he the best since Jordan (that would mean better than Kobe)? It's hard. Kobe's numbers also rely on a few years of not giving a s*** about getting his teammates involved. That 2006 season was insane for his rebounding and scoring, but yeah. So maybe with KD.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 09:52 PM) With how the SS position has evolved, I find this to be very much 2000-vintage thinking. Right now, if you're tolerable with the bat but great with the glove you're a $50 million/5 year contract level shortstop. Tolerable is the key word.

Weird stat, DJ Augustin currently has a better 3-point shooting percentage (42.7) than 2-point FG% (42.6). I wonder how common that is. Edit: Appears to happen a lot for three point specialists. Korver's 53% year from 3 he shot 8% better from 3pt land than 2pts (I'm guessing all due to hilarious layup attempts).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) How much better could MJ have been? He didn't need anyone else. He would have had the chip on his shoulder if he were playing one on one vs. me. Also whenever anyone would crop up with "Are they as good as MJ" MJ would make a point to humiliate them head to head.

Bulls beat Spurs last night.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 02:45 AM) I'm so glad LeBron/Durant have each other to measure themselves against, get motivated for, etc. MJ is the GOAT. But imagine if he had an equal or damn near an equal? He had nobody to push him to even greater heights. Well there was debate with Drexler and then MJ pantsed him and became a God after that

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 10:32 PM) Destroy what? Another of Rose's joints? (get angry at me for another joke if you want). The Bulls will win 50 games next year easy.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 09:13 PM) I went to a game at USCF with a bunch of my friends who are Cardinals fans. They couldn't believe how bad the fans got onto the Sox players, mostly Dunn. That's because every Cardinals player is a God until they leave for a different team and then they are SATAN

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:50 PM) I'm not debated whether Melo is better than Boozer. That is obvious. But it is interesting Thibs has a man crush on Melo considering the way Melo has been known to play on the defensive end. Maybe it is one reason why the Thibs to NY rumors never seem to go away, and why even though he tries to make it look like the rumors are silly, Thibs never says it won't happen. IMO, if Gar/Pax ever even consider letting Thibs out of his contract, JR needs to rid himself of Gar/Pax. Just to be clear, I wasn't talking about Boozer v. Melo overall, just defensively. Boozer actually does TRY defensively but he is slow and not very instinctual. I think if Melo was demanded to perform on the D end he'd respond and be a really good D player if that was the teams identity.

This team is going to destroy next year.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) No he played 22, but if you count his split seasons as a year for each team it just adds up that way. Still amazed.

Gibson will draw interest btw. We won't have to dump him, he's one of the best defensive players in the game and is having a legitimately improved offensive year.

Thome played for 25 years?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 04:29 PM) Kanye's never been the best at writing lyrics. I joke about how half the time he just rhymes the same word. Even when you go back to College Dropout, songs like Spaceship and Through The Wire use this technique. I think his flow is different on Yeezus, but I dont think its worse. Its just very different, which is why I dont even know if its rap anymore. Its just music and its amazingly dark and beautiful at the same time. And he has something to say, he just struggles to find the words, which is why its the music that speaks and strangely the words are almost background. What I wouldn't do for a song like Spaceship and Through the Wire about something else beside hating himself and having sex and also he's the greatest and upset you don't say it.