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Hope everyone is right but they definitely at least started to plant the seeds for it on Talking Smack. Doesn't mean it's going to happen but it's there. On another note, Omega is starting to play into the WWE rumors now. Doesn't mean anything as he's a master promoter but it's at least interesting how he's done a 180 in the last few weeks.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 07:10 PM) Who's his guy? Whiskey. I'll see myself out.

So I may or may not have jacked up my knee during my basketball league last Monday which is fun. I couldn't run on it all of last week so I was finding other ways to get some cardio in as well as doing mostly upper body lifts. Played in my game this week and was fine but went to run on it again yesterday and had to stop because it was so painful. No clue what's going on as I've never really been hurt but it's annoying ha.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 12:05 PM) Jones is literally the only other guy who has any trade value who is still on this team. We KNOW for a fact that the Sox have talked with teams about trading at least Frazier, Abreu, and Robertson, and have been met with no interest at all from teams. Logic tells me that there are very likely a whole lot of other discussions we don't know about. Of course they've talked to other teams. There's no GM in baseball that's just going to turn off his phone and not listen to offers but that doesn't mean they're actively trying to trade them either. I'm not going to pretend to know what value these guys have but I'm sure Dave, Todd and Jose at least have some value especially if we're willing to pick up a bit of the tab on some of these guys. And once again, I'm not ready to buy into the bad apple theory yet but so far that is all that has happened.

If people want to believe the "only trading bad apples" theory they can certainly point to the fact that Jones, Robertson, Frazier, etc are still on the team as well, it's not just the fact that they haven't traded Q. Like I said, I'm not completely buying into that theory yet but so far they haven't done anything to prove that wrong either.

There's so many wildcards when it comes to predicting the Sox record too. Who knows when/ if we see Moncada, Gio, Lopez. Maybe they're all fantastic right from the get go or maybe they're all complete garbage right away. Who the hell knows.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 11:35 AM) It just didn't come together as a movie for me. They kinda sorta explain why they put together the SS in the first place, but it's very loose. Then all the sudden, wouldn't you know it, they are needed.....to fight a villain we know NOTHING about, what the motive is, and why we should care. I still don't really understand what the motive of the Joker was either, how he really fit into anything. I liked when the team all sort of came together at the end, there were some solid scenes, but I just found myself not invested in anything, it was all over the place. Thing is, I agree with pretty much all of your critiques. That said, it was pretty much just a stupid, mindless action movie for me that I found enjoyable. I said it in the DC thread but this one kept me entertained while BvS I found ridiculously boring to go on top of the stupid ass story.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) They didn't just trade Eaton and Sale and stop. They haven't added anything. This an unfounded, completely idiotic opinion. You can be upset that more hasn't happened but coming up with fake narratives doesn't make sense. So far that's exactly what they've done. I don't think(at least I hope not) that they're done but considering the fact that they have only made those two trades so far, it's kind of ridiculous to call someone's opinion idiotic over it.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 10:55 AM) Its all in the spin. They can say "we just added another four players to our young core including two top 25 prospects", that would be a pretty positive take away for most fans. Given the positive fan reaction of the two trades so far, I don't think they'd have any problem doing that. Once again, I don't think Soxfest has any bearing on a trade either way.

Quick Smackdown thoughts: Styles and Cena are awesome. Mickie, Alexa and Becky are awesome. As amazing as Talking Smack is with DB it's just as bad with Shane. And it really seems like they're planting the seeds for Styles-Shane and that still pisses me off more than anything.

Ya, I highly doubt Soxfest has anything to do with anything on the trade market. I know there's been a time or two where they've announced a signing around Soxfest but I don't think it's going to slow things down or speed things up on the trade front.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 09:19 AM) What a swift kick in the balls that is. Look, you have to give up something to get a stud like big game James.

Yeesh that's quite the...something on Tatis. Not surprised to see Lopez not on his list though. He had the Sox system as a whole ranked 10th so he's clearly not as high on some of our guys as most.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 06:48 PM) Finally saw Suicide Squad, albeit on a plane. MAN that movie was bad... I found it entertaining. It wasn't a great movie by any means but it kept me entertained through out.

You can call Q a 3 on both of those teams but he could easily be the 2 on both teams and the 1 on the Cubs this upcoming year imo.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 02:00 PM) It's an everyone thing. Very true.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 01:55 PM) This site LOVES to hate writers. It's not a Soxtalk thing, it's a sports fan thing.

I missed most of raw last night cause I had a basketball game but I caught that main event angle...and I hated it. Thing is, I get that most people are loving this so I understand why they're doing it but it's not for me. 3 guys who are pretty awful performers at this point in a stare down because of nostalgia just isn't for me.

I'm still of the mindset that I'll worry about roster/organization composition when we're ready to compete. Until then, acquire the best talent possible whether it's a hitter, pitcher or mascot, just grab the best talent.

Gregg Popovich for everything.

Last year was pretty simple to at least guess either 1 or 30 would win, this year not so much. I'm sure I'll be annoyed with whoever wins this thing but at least it's not predictable this year. That said it's probably going to be an old guy or Braun so I expect the winner to come in later: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Crimson 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Brian 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Rowand44 19. 20. Brian 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Rowand44 27. 28. 29. Crimson 30.

The NFL seriously sucks.

I like GB's decision to not onside kick after their touchdown. They're only down 24 and they've consistently stopped Atlanta's offense today.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 22, 2017 -> 12:55 PM) So it must be asked now...Are the Warriors of 2017 the GOAT? They already have (and we know this coming in) the most devastating offense of all-time. I mean just check the numbers. They're all there. But I don't think anybody expected them to be this elite defensively. I don't know what's happened to KD. He's a legit DPOY candidate. Klay/Draymond are obviously elite on that end. They've got above average length and athleticism everywhere (well, except for zaza). I said it before the season started and i'll say it again. If LeBron takes down these warriors in June he's the new GOAT. You really want everyone and everything to be the GOAT don't you?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 10:55 PM) Been hearing a lot about TRX lately...thoughts? I think you'd be a fan. I like it cause every exercise you do on it you have to work your core, it's good stuff.