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QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) I mean, if I was going to guess any switching things up I'd bet it's the cubs. Not sure who he was talking about but it's not the Sox. They'll be taking one of those 4 pitchers, no doubt.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 04:05 PM) So it went from Rodon to Kolek and now were on Nola In other words, nobody has a damn clue.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Potential being the key word there. Well it's the baseball draft, it's all "potential." Where I disagree with some is that I'm always taking the highest ceiling over anything else.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 02:18 PM) You've been on this board for 12 years now. If you somehow missed the running "Mark Buehrle is not an ace" joke, then you can read through this thread (and 16 year old me talking like a clown) as a starting point. Kalapse crash landed a thread once too, but I can't find the thread. That might be the most classic thread in Soxtalk history. We were so adorable as 16 year olds.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) As most know, I love to cherry pick....Sans 2 games where Danks was absolutely shelled, giving up 15 runs in 9.2 innings, Johnny has a 2.89 ERA in his other 10 starts. 9 of his 12 starts have been of the quality variety..... I know a lot of people have talked about trading Danks, but if he keeps this up for the next 2 months, there's no way I'm trading him. And as everyone always tells you, you just can't do that. You can take a start or two away from everyone and their numbers look much better. Take Danks' two best starts away and let me know what his numbers look like.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 12:30 PM) If I had to bet today, Alex does NOT make the HOF in my lifetime. Yup, no chance he'll get in.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 12:07 PM) Doesn't mean it's right. I think we can agree that most of these players in the draft will not perform at a HOF level during there career. So the example isn't very realistic. I disagree about teaching the pitching aspect. Pitchers have poorer control when they try to over throw. If you have them back off the control improves. It's not a given that everyone can do it but most can. Seems like one of those things that the Sox seem to be better at teaching than most as well. Even though he's a high schooler, Kolek seems like the perfect guy for the Sox coaches to get a hand on.

I hope they just take the number 1 player on their board and not fall to the temptation of taking Nola because he could be a fast riser. For me, the number 1 player is Kolek but I wont be mad about any of the top 3. I will be disappointed if they go with Nola though.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 10:58 AM) Rumor that Nova is leader for Brunson. Wha? Pssh, look back 3 pages.

So I have not seen any of John's last 3 starts, is his fastball looking better or is he just keeping his slow stuff down and hitting his spots?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) We need to keep developing the kids we have and not lose track of what this team is supposed to be doing. At the same time, we are contending at the moment and there's no reason to lose track of that because of the fact we weren't supposed to at the beginning of the year. QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 11:25 AM) I think gaining experience in competitive baseball is awesome for development. This too.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 10:12 PM) Sarcasm? Nope.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 10:09 PM) Just like Doug Eddings, I will never complain about him. I hate your love for Josh Beckett.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 09:15 PM) I like this Abreu kid. Dude can't even homer every at bat. Not a fan.

Hahahaha this guy is a f***in joke.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 06:49 PM) I wonder if they all stay with the merc look or if they all get repackaged with new unique looks Rollins will definitely have a new look right away, we'll probably see him in a suit next week. Good question about Reigns and Ambrose though.

For whatever reason I had no idea that Sharp was that old.

The beginning of Danish's WS career is probably the first time in his life that he's struggled so it's nice to see he's capable of mentally overcoming that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) You guys dont remember when this happened with Crede and AJ back in the day? Old news. FO wants the clean appearance Oh I definitely remember. snb could probably write a whole paper on how devastated he was when they made Crede cut his hair. It was silly to me than and it's silly to me now but like I said, it's not my team to run.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 02:00 PM) With honey it tastes awesome...I don't just eat it plain. Ha fair enough. Just has a bitter after taste to me. I was trying to force myself to eat it for a while and then just realized that was dumb and moved onto to other stuff.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 01:26 PM) Trea Tuner draft preview is up. Last one tomorrow will be Kyle Freeland. Boo Evansville.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) I subscribe to a method of what you went over. 4 of the 7 days in the week, I'll eat pretty clean. Average clean day looks something like this: Breakfast: Banana, Plain f**e (or other brand) Greek Yogurt with a bit of raw honey, Medium Starbucks hot coffee with half/half and about 3/4 teaspoon sugar (raw or white, doesn't matter). Lunch: Salad with random vegetables in it, spring mix, kale, boneless skinless chicken breast, nuts, random fruit, topped with salt/pepper/olive oil. Late afternoon snack: More plain f**e greek yogurt and raw honey. Dinner: Usually the exact same as lunch with a variation on the fruit/vegetables. After Dinner Snack: Sometimes I'll cheat a bit here and have a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles...because I can. --- Then the other 3 days of the week, I eat whatever I want within reason. Keep in mind I rarely ever eat cookies/candy and stuff like that so even my dirty eating days tend to be cleaner than most...but on these days I'll often BBQ and eat whatever happens to be on the menu that day. --- Edit: LOL at the censoring of the brand name F a g e. You eat the plain greek yogurt? I tried that for a bit but it just tastes freakin awful to me so I've switched off that for the time being.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 06:02 AM) Calories are a very broad term. 1600 is very low for a full grown man. If anything you are starving your body and it's going to store bad fat. It's EXTREMELY low even if you're not working out. Tex, you're going to lose weight like that but you're going to be losing basically all your muscle mass when you're taking in that few calories. Do a slower cut and you'll be much healthier and in much better shape as well.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 01:06 PM) I can't believe he is 225 lbs. That is some serious build at that age. That's freakin huge at that age.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 12:51 PM) I just dont think that would ever happen, unless people take offense to the "fightin" part of it, and even then i dont think it would ever happen. It just isnt comparable I just wish people would stop being so damn sensitive to everything though.