RockRaines

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:38 PM) That makes no sense to me. I mean, I guess if you can get rid of two of Gillaspinger/Beckham, then you can pick up a LHH utility IF. But I would rather just use Leury Garcia (switch hitter) for that purpose, or someone cheap. I don't get the need. I was under the impression one of our MI would be gone replaced with a vet. This was before the whole Davidson thing went down though.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 02:33 PM) I can't get over how the #1 priority has become maximizing ballpark revenue over improving the ballclub. I realize how important revenue is, but these are the Chicago Cubs not the Tampa Rays. People come to the park even with bad teams. It's a very popular franchise in the 3rd largest city. They can support a high payroll easily. Maybe Ricketts is in bad financial shape since buying the team? Their owners are incredibly leveraged on the Cubs. They need CASH FLOW.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 04:01 PM) LMAO oh my GOD How the hell did this guy get a job as a medic Nobody else wanted it I assume. JK, alot of people lie on the application and the background check is weak. Thats how a murderer got a job at UIC.

Happy trails Coach Withers. Dont let the door hit you on the ass.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 02:56 PM) Curious as to what you have in mind here, Rock. Do you think the possibility of a no-hit utility guy like Leury is hugely unattractive to them, or are you talking about a hitting upgrade at 2nd or SS, combined with a trade, or are you talking about a 3rd base placeholder if Davidson isn't ready? I thought for sure we were going to acquire a veteran MI bat.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 11:27 AM) Bullpen or positional player? I guess while I was driving this was answered. However I still think they have one more pen guy for the mix and most likely still looking to deal a player or two. I still cant believe we havent gotten a vet bat for the IF.

Damn

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 11:14 AM) Good stuff. Bullpen looking better now Still think there is another move coming.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 10:46 AM) except Teague yes, he needs to get out of the NBA quickly.

Shes on Wendy Williams right now. Wow

Hot buy alert: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008VMT2H...=UTF8&psc=1 I have the JamBox, Big Jambox and a JBL unit and I still bought this one. Weatherproof and very comparable to the Big Jambox.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 08:57 AM) He can be Carlos Lee part 2. A converted 3B, who will never be a very good LF, but he can throw and that has offset at least some shortcomings defensively. Obviously, getting to CLee's level offensively is going to be tough, but look at CLee's walk rate as a youngster. The talent is there, it's just a question of whether or not he will put it together. Not unlike several of the players everyone is excited to have added to the roster. Their ages/production line up pretty well, which could mean this is the year he breaks out since he was supposed to last year.

Teague is not an nba player.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 01:03 PM) This just makes me even more angry at the f***ing Corey Crawford contract. Why? He's not as good as Crawford.

Wow. This zebra crew is going to single handedly increase our average by 10 fouls.

We're the Miller, not as horrible as I thought it would be.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 04:34 PM) Traveling for work sucks. There might be a rare occasion where it isn't bad but most of the time you are wasting time at airports/on planes and typically working pretty long hours. Sure you might get a nice dinner or two but totally not f***ing worth it. It was glamorous for about 1 year when I was 23 and I could expense super expensive meals. Then it wears off, you gain weight, you lose your hobbies, you barely ever sleep in your bed and you learn to hate every single vacationing family in the history of the airports. I was on the road 3 weeks out of every month at one time.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 02:46 PM) OK, switching the subject drastically away from Facebook: Anybody here in Mensa, or have a close friend/relative in Mensa? Tom Herman is.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 11:09 AM) True. I'm only a few episodes into Orange is the New Black and I now get all the hype. So good right? My wife started watching it and I made fun of her but then we finished the entire series up to that point in a row.

I believe the org thinks he could be the next Carlos Lee.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 12:23 PM) Ha my buddies and I did this when we went to NOLA for our buddy's bachelor party. Yeah but you arent going to Omaha for a work trip. Look at this view from my hilton.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 12:12 PM) I don't think I overuse Facebook (maybe others think otherwise) but at my age when all of my friends are married and have kids it's easier to keep in touch. Especially since so many of them have moved to other cities over the years. I'm not a big fan of phone calls and communicating through email so those friends who are too good for Facebook have sadly fallen off my radar over time. I don't remember their birthdays or what their kids are up to. It's really not that hard to create a group on that site to share pics of the kids and to occasionally catch up with friends and relatives. Groups are so underutilized. Its so easy to create a group and THEN share your s***. also people who live together communicating how much they love each other on FB when they are in the same room drive me up a f***ing wall as well.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 11:57 AM) I love when people are super passive aggressive on facebook. I didn't see it, but there was apparently a girl who lives with her fiancee and no one else, and she said something like "I hate when the people you live with are so grumpy and won't talk." It's like b****, we know who you're talking about, so why don't you go tell him this s*** yourself? Nobody gives a f***. And then all the lemmings are like "OH HANG IN THERE DEAR, YOU'LL GET THROUGH THIS!" I so want to just b**** these people out and cuss up and down, but I never have the nerve to do so when I'm not masked by a vail of anonymity. How about the one word "sad" "confused", and then the people telling them its ok or they will get through it or asking them whats wrong. If you need that much attention on the internet you need to make more friends.

I also hate "look I'm traveling for work, and I had a BEER in the airport" I've traveled extensively for work for 7-8 years, there is nothing great about it at all.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) I would read a "Pet Peevs of Facebook" book written by Rock I have a lot of them dude, A LOT.