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S***. At least stayed in the park. ComeonQ. Outdo them.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 08:33 PM) It's a fake trailer. Uses clips from other films + Marvel video games. That one isn't although I don't think it's complete. It follows official descriptions of the event. That said, def. not official.

That strike 3 to sanchez was a helluva pitch. This is the first game all year when MLB.tv has shown in-between inning highlights of a team not the white sox while watching the white sox. They're showing cub highlights every inning break.

There are only phone captures so far but there was a teaser for The Civil War premiered at a Disney event today.

I'll take that good work Carlos.

Cleaning grill so couldn't say this after the first one. Helluva job Tyler!

So, 10 run game for King Felix today.

Weather today looks as hot or hotter than yesterday to me? Q's gotta come out of the gate ready to go. If he's off early, especially while the park is still sunny and hot, the ball will fly again.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 12:49 PM) Not sure but White could be the 3rd one this year. Fowler and Landon Collins, who both ironically had been talked about for the Bears, are out as well. I don't see any reason why he can't come back from this though. Hopefully Gase is still around next year and White just uses the time off to soak up the playbook for next year. IMO wide receivers still take a couple years to get up to speed most of the time anyway, even the really good ones. Doesn't mean they don't produce their first year, but they don't usually take off until years 2+.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Their line up is even more jacked than it was then. I don't think Q will give up 3 homeruns. Q gave up 3 earned runs, only 1 was on a HR. By Arrieta, somehow.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:49 AM) Wasn't it last time? Hopefully Q shows up tonight. He will get a ND but if he gives the SOX 7 shutout innings, I like our chances better. With Sale going tomorrow the BP cup in theory should be the SOX again. Yes, this is the same matchup as July 12. Quintana went 7.1, gave up 3 runs, Arrieta threw a CG, 1 run, 2 hits. Both struck out 9.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:49 PM) The only bright side to if they have to pitch Arrieta in WC game is that it could mean one less start vs the Cardinals, a team he's dominated. Arrieta is going to have to beat Gerrit Cole.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:24 AM) Come on, guys... you can hate on Samardzija, but it really wasn't a bad trade. We'll see how Ravelo does, but as for the others... there was no place for Bassitt on this team, Phegley is a backup, and Semien has been the worst defensive player in baseball. And the end result is going to be...we paid $9 million for him this season, the A's paid $1.5 million, the A's will have those guys for 4-5 more years, and we will keep seeing comments here about how the White Sox minor leagues has no depth while wondering how that could possibly have happened. The White Sox have called up several players this year from their minors and just by having them be non-terrible, they've helped this team to winning streaks (Tyler, Trayce). Depth can be nice too. Counting the draft picks...we gave up 6 players from our minor leagues for the privilege of the 2015 season and we'll be lucky to get 1 back next summer.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:23 AM) here is my last question, i got to go, but can shark rebuild his skills and that will be a investment for a team who needs pitchers. either way, another yr on a QO is still a good gamble. Possibly. His fastball velocity is still there, so right now there's no obvious reason why his strikeout ability has declined since his control still seems to be there. However, I sure wouldn't gamble a multi year deal on this guy and give up a draft pick if I were a GM.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:20 AM) ok, but as of right now, it will be a guess on who was given a QO. it will be a tough decision for the FO to decide on who is available via FO or not. except for a possible of a couple of fa's. this is a weak selections. I don't have any idea what your abbreviations say, but it's quite easy to say that Alex Gordon will receive a qualifying offer. Jayson Heyward will receive a qualifying offer. Justin Upton will receive a qualifying offer.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) now, he is a question, is the shark who pitched this yr the same pitcher who built up his value as a pitcher????? No. His strikeout rate has fallen massively from great to barely above average. He has continued improving his walk rate throughout his career and he's walking as few of people as ever, but he is no longer a solid strikeout pitcher. Therefore, people are hitting him, sometimes they're hitting him hard, and there's a generally weak defense behind him so he's getting constantly hammered. He's not obviously unlucky on HR balls, he's not obviously unlucky on giving up hits, he just has switched from being a pitcher who was above average with strikeouts to an average strikeout pitcher.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) I think Christian Slater is his dad and is real and forgot, just like his sister. Elliott is obviously nuts in some way. I am so f***ing glad I didn't read this post until after I watched the episode on DVR last night. Dude, f***ing spoiler tags. I'm even editing them into your original post.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 07:15 PM) Has he passed a balanced budget or is he spending beyond our means? The debt to GDP ratio is not projected to increase until after ~2025 and that is improving every year as the Affordable Care Act's effectiveness in controlling costs becomes more obvious. So basically, we are not "spending beyond our means" and we've improved the long-term budgetary situation over the next 15+ years. By the time the full cost control measures of the Affordable Care Act take hold (the "Cadillac Tax and the hugely important Independent Payment Advisory Board have yet to be implemented) there is a good chance that the long term budget issues have been completely dealt with during the Obama Administration, barring additional tax cuts or another economic collapse. It will just be a matter of putting money where it needs to go to meet the current obligations.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 11:10 AM) alex gordon may be a nice pickup. however if he has not been given a QO. that is my whole idea, to concentrate on players, age, talent and of course those who weren't given a QO. He 100% will be given a QO. Unless his leg falls off over the next 2 months.

There is one more possibility I have yet to see considered. Since it would be bad for the White Sox, you could even count this as a prediction, because it would fit with everything else that has happened with this trade. The White Sox offer Samardzija a Qualifying Offer and he turns it down under the logic expressed in this thread. Teams with pitching needs and money snatch up Price, Cueto, and other guys who don't have draft pick compensation attached to them, teams with pitching needs but less money look elsewhere to guys who weren't good enough to be offered a QO. Samardzija sits there unsigned in January. A couple teams call but nothing serious. Teams have spent their money. No team goes crazy like the Padres did this year in trying to sign big names. Training camp starts, Samardzija is unsigned, teams have filled out their rosters. The White Sox toss him a small offer just in case he wants to accept it. Maybe he does and we blow another year of EJ's career blocked, maybe he doesn't. If he doesn't, he sits there unsigned through training camp. No major injuries happen that force anyone to call. On IIRC June 1, draft pick compensation expires for guys who were offered QOs but remained unsigned. Teams now consider Jeff Samardzija a possible trade deadline addition and he remains unsigned until after June 1 when he finally gets a small deal to finish out the year. The draft pick compensation that people have been telling me would be so great for the last 9 months...never appears. Rick Hahn's failure is complete.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:12 PM) Some idiot will pay Shark and regret it like SD does Shields. I've got to think he's dropped down to Ubaldo Jiminez money or lower with his performance this year. Honestly some team might be able to get a bit of a bargain on him at something like $10m per year over a few years, esp. if they could get him back into a better strikeout groove next year.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:09 PM) So is any one else kinda worried if Shark keeps pitching like crap the rest of the year he ends up accepting the qualifying offer. With so many starting pitchers and alot of one's better then him hitting the market in the offseason, I can't see many teams throwing money at shark with the way he's been pitching. AFAIK no player has ever accepted a QO since they started this format with the last CBA.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) At one point I was think Eric Johnson or Montas would be up as starters in 2016 (maybe Fullmer) and Danks would be gone. But, I wouldn't be sad to see Smard go and Danks stay and one of our rookies take a spot in the rotation. Montas is 100% not going to be ready. EJ ought to have been up this season so you've got to think he'll have a spot next season. Fulmer, my guess is he'll be on the same track as Rodon and up early next year, but we'll see.

97 pitches, 6 runs, 90 degree day, back to back HR, 3 straight hits, 0 pitchers up in the pen.

Ok Robin time to walk out to the mound come on.