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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 3, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) He's probably better suited for RF than Fowler. It all might be moot, but I really think the Sox will sign Fowler. That's it for me, Eaton is better suited for right than Fowler so that's how I'd line them up if we were to sign Dexter.

Ya that was super great. I'm in.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 10:04 AM) I get there has been injuries, but watch 10 seconds of Gasol playing "defense" and you can see the difference between this year and last year. Out of everything this is a super weird thing to blame Hoiberg for. Pau has been lost defensively his whole career.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 10:00 AM) He's a nice player, especially at his price level. I just don't think things are going to change much when he returns. They'll be a little bit better but in the big picture he does nothing for them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 09:40 AM) Didn't Gar/Pax leak that the players didn't want Thibs back, including Jimmy? Now it's Jimmy's fault if they aren't running the system they deemed to be the best fit? That is a big indictment of Hoiberg and the people who hired him and made sure to make the old coach look as bad as possible out the door. No argument from me. It's also an idictment on the players on this team as well. Look, there's so many issues on this team and I happen to think Fred is the least of the problems though it seems I'm in the minority on that one. All starts with Gar/Pax for me.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 09:28 AM) They don't even run his system though. It's all iso's and guys taking turns getting theirs. Blame Jimmy for that.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 10:51 PM) Which part Him being an overrated college coach.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 10:46 PM) Can he just go back to college and stack up on kids that got kicked out of other schools? Always thought he was an incredibly overrated college coach. Well that's not true.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 06:32 PM) Danish is too much for Ethier. Dodgers need to make this move. Give them LaRoach Clip. Good move for both teams. The Dodgers dont have to make any move when it comes to moving money.

I'd bet a looooooot of money that Soler will be a much, much better player than Avi. It hasn't showed yet but it will.

I'm sure Soler is still a Cub because they're asking the world for him and when other teams balk at that then they're not selling low on him. A lot of people still love the potential of his bat and The Cubs just aren't going to give him up.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 03:48 PM) Soler is young, but he's a strikeout artist. I don't really think he's worth Q or Rodon. He's not but they're not trading him for Beck and Fry either.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 10:06 AM) NL Central is a joke. Two of the teams in that division one win 60 games. NL West is way better. They also had 3 of the better teams in the league. Not sure that makes the division a joke.

I'm not Fowler's biggest fan but him over Avi could legit be the difference in making the playoffs and not, he's a huge upgrade. Having him and Eaton ahead of Abreu is drool worthy.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 08:20 PM) Hawk is very confused. He just decided to combine his 2014 and 2015 numbers. If only that's how baseball worked, Hawk.

Avi apparently got booed? That kinda crap pisses me off so much. I don't want the dude starting either but it's not like the guy is lazy and doesn't care about his job, don't boo him at a fan convention. Awful.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 03:39 PM) Expiring contracts aren't really that valuable anymore given the huge jump in the cap that's coming. Plus there's no shot the Bulls blow this up when there's a small chance of beating the Cavs and getting to the Finals. There's a 0 percent chance the Bulls are getting to the finals. I agree that they're not blowing anything up but they're not getting to the finals either.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 09:25 PM) No. And I need to make up my mind whether to buy mlb.com this year. I don't think our offseason acquisitions make us a contender. I have zero confidence in Robin's ability to get the team to overachieve. Sox desperately need one more stud hitter to go with Abreu. Abreu almost single handedly gives me a reason to get the mlb package though to go with Sale and Q. QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 09:31 PM) if the sox do nothing else, i will not by mlb.com or direct tv or anything that could show sox baseball. if they get an of'er i will buy something. if they get an of'er and a sp.... i will fly into chi for several games on 2 separate times to catch the sox games. I don't think mlb.com is for sale, guys.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 08:17 PM) Lucha Underground good first ep tonight for season 2. Still don't like the woman vs man element but whatever I'm happy it's back and I agree fun first episode.

NXT tapings tonight that lead all the way up to mania and holy hell that takeover card is the best thing ever.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 12:12 PM) I'm fairly sure we're well beyond spoilers in this thread... This thread was actually made so we didn't have to spoiler tag anything.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) That's how I viewed it, too. At least from what we were told through the show, most of his crimes were relatively minor until the supposed murder. It certainly sounded like the judge was including the rape. To be fair, covering a cat in oil and throwing it in a fire is pretty sick. But yes, I agree with you guys that it did sound like the judge was including the rape. The more I continue to read on this I'm starting to convince myself that he indeed might be innocent. I still have no idea to be honest.

Ya the Saladino one is the one that surprises me most. I think our catchers managed correctly are above average so not surprised there but I think those projections are a bit optimistic on Tyler. Nice to see though. But yes, go get an outfielder please. Please. Please.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) The 13 year old boy inside of me hopes LJ Hoes is claimed by the White Sox just so I can giggle at headlines like "Sox claim Hoes" "Sox invite Hoes to spring training" "Sox need Hoes to step up game" The 28 year old me wants them to claim him for the same reason.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 09:36 AM) Um, they have played one of the weakest schedules in the entire country (337 out of 351 per Kenpom, RPI isn't as good of an indicator but they are 291 there as well). The ooc schedule was embarrassing. Barry scheduled to try and save his job and he might have done just that. Still, this is the best team we've had since we were a good program and they seem to be improving as the season goes on too. 2 of the next 3 are Evansville and @Wichita so we'll see what happens. If I had to guess we'll lose both but I'm just wired to be pessimistic about SIU basketball at this point. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 10:14 AM) Speaking of Northern Iowa... they beat North Carolina and Iowa State... but lose at home to Loyola and Drake, with the latter blowing them out? Now that's an odd team. And this is a team that's just getting worse and worse. Obviously it helped a ton when they caught UNC and ISU because of injuries and what not but still, it's pretty crazy what's happened to them.