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QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 06:00 PM) Though I wouldn't put it past the government to restrict our access to them it makes very little sense to have them just sitting there unused until the military needs them. And I'm sure you support a strong, federally funded school system and higher education system as well, right? Because after all, the defense department relies on an educated population to develop new weapons systems, find resources, and operate its equipment. And strong environmental protection as well, since you can't have soldiers getting sick when they get home. They need clean air as much as anyone. And strong action on climate change since that is already a hugely destabilizing influence on nation-states. Environmental protection is just as connected as most of the federal highways today are to defense spending based on the standard you just put out there..

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 05:49 PM) The interstate highways were a defense project, I think defense falls under military. If I wasn't clear enough on that my bad. And I'm sure those flowers you told us about hauling did a damn fine job of defending the U.S. and it's national security interests.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 05:40 PM) They'd have the $14 million for Ramirez and Keppinger gone after '15. And Beckham would be a free agent. Are you willing to wait until after the 2015 season to have the money to fix the catcher's spot if Phegley and Flowers continue to put up .650 OPS numbers?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 05:31 PM) Quit trying to pin me as an anarchist. Its beneath the level you're capable of arguing at. I'm using your exact words. Your paycheck would not exist without actions of the government you just deemed illegitimate. You use roads that you did not build. They were built by collective action that you deem illegitimate. You are willing to go so far as to declare people "the enemy" just because you don't like the kind of job they do but you are totally unwilling to point that mirror of hatred at yourself. You build walls to protect yourself while labeling the people your life relies on as sub-human. It's disgusting.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 05:28 PM) In the 1st half it was pretty clear Jay was relatively healthy and looking very sharp. Unfortunately the Lions are a dirty as s*** team that took a lot of late hits and cheap shots (quite a few that should have been called, imo). I f***ing hate Detroit more then any other team in the league. They are total scumbags defensively (as is there coach). That was the reasoning many people gave for why they didn't want him starting in the first place. Going against the Lions when you're only 90% makes it likely you'll wind up the game at 0%.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 05:02 PM) According to the liberals I didnt build anything. That money I make? Its not my money, its our money. And it doesnt get to be "ours" until its filtered through a pile of private sector washouts. I'm still waiting for photos of the highway you built with your own 2 hands.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 04:27 PM) I needed the AJ Green TD! I don't care!

Holy Hell Baltimore/Cinci

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 31, 2013 -> 08:30 AM) http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/us/new-york-....html?hpt=hp_c4 Banksy is awesome Charity Scrambles As Auction Falls Apart For Banksy Nazi Painting

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 03:33 PM) The prospect(s) we would get in return would make us younger. I've said it like 3 times already, but I'm not expecting anything great in return. I think we get 1 or 2 Brandon Jacobs type prospects back. Or a KW special and a 23/24 year who is considered a failed top prospect. Something along those lines. With so little good hitters available I could see a GM who misses out on McCann or Cruz settling for Dunn rather than overpay for a guy like Morales. We eat $5M and get a teams 10th and 15th best prospects back in return? IDK, seems very reasonable to me. Looking at the guys ranked 10-15 in the White Sox org...I wouldn't give up one of them for the right to pay Adam Dunn $9 million next year. I might have given up a guy around #20 if the White Sox kicked in about $8-$10 million.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) That's a very good point. But like I've said before, there's no harm for some of the liberal columnists to blast their Democratic president right now. He's safely in office. Now when we get close to the next election, that's when the angles will come out that the Republican party is outdated, has no chance of winning; it's Hillary-time, etc. This is the time of the presidency all columnists can blast Obama a bit, cause like you said, they can camoflage their bias for a little while. If anybody calls them on it, they can point out these columns and say, "What are you talking about; I have been hard on Obama." We see through the ruse. Of course. When the press criticizes a republican, they do so because they're democrats. When the press criticizes a Democrat, it's a ruse to hide their real feelings. And of course, there's no logical disconnect or complete irrational paranoia in there.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 02:49 PM) I still think we'd have some money. Do the math. Counting likely arbitration guys, filling up the roster, and adding $17 million for JD Abreu we're at $87 million right now. We're going to spend another $10 million on the draft and on international signings. That puts us at $97 million or so with those guys. We started last year at about $120 million, spent about $6 million or so on the draft, but also saved probably $15 million or so by moving Peavy, Rios, and Thornton's contracts midseason. That put us right around $110 million altogether give or take. That was, of course, associated with a losing season and continued erosion of ticket sales. They definitely get additional TV money this year to offset that...but just look at the numbers. We're at $97 million spend on personnel this year compared to $110 last year. That's enough for 1 solid deal to get back up to where we were. And then look a year beyond that: We do have Dunn's deal come off the books next year but we have a bunch of guys who, on paper, have their arb values go up (Beckham, Santiago, De Aza) that offsets Dunn's deal ending. If they want to spend money, I think they have one big contract in them still...but if that doesn't put them in the playoffs, that's it, they're spent with no additional room for upgrades for several years.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 02:51 PM) And if we keep Dunn until the deadline we finish with the 7th worst record instead? Who cares? Save $ and get younger, this team won't be serious contenders with or without Dunn. We're not going to do both save money and get younger. That's the point. If you want anything useful back to actually help the team get younger...you're going to have to basically pay his contract, and even then you're not going to get all that much.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 12:40 PM) Wouldn't hate him either, to be honest. I think Ethier offers a little more power and and a higher OBP so if I had to choose I'd go with him. I know both contracts will be brought up, but I think the Sox are in the position to take on a lot of that salary and still not be in any kind of financial trouble. We're not in "trouble", but if people want to keep seeing large investments in the minor leagues the team starts getting limited on available funds. We probably have the money for 1 additional large signing somewhere beyond where we are right now, IMO. If we were to say, swap De Aza for Crawford or Ethier and absorb $10 million+ a year for one of those guys...we could probably do it and get better...but that would leave us zero additional funds to upgrade the catcher's position or 3b position or 2b position or to replace anyone who gets hurt/traded/busts. It's a great vote of confidence in Phegley/Flowers if you do a swap like that...because that tells me they won't have the money to replace them in the next few seasons.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) Dunn is the poster boy of this awful offense. With all the money flying around MLB currently even $10M paid to get rid of him is worth it because it shows a fresh start. Sox fans have had enough of Dunn. Paul Konerko was the captain of that awful offense. He was the #1 contributor on the roster to the awfulness of that offense. He's the epitome of everything that went wrong last year. Oh, and he's also right handed and we have enough righties.

I'm sure some team would take Dunn if the sox paid half his salary but they wouldn't give a valuable prospect back. So if the White Sox have to send $7 million along to trade Dunn and they don't get anything of large value back, why should they move him? If they're paying for him either way they may as well get the 30 HR in their lineup and see if either they remember how to catch the ball and win some games or get a decent offer at the deadline. The only reason why they'd trade him for a pittance and not get anything back is of someone in the minors was demanding at bats at his position...but he's a DH and there's no DH pushing him.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) you aren't really a person... you're just the enemy.get off the highways. You didn't build that, you don't deserve them. You're not a person, you're a parasite. Your job relies on something that shouldn't exist.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 04:19 PM) I feel like The Dark World blows the first Thor out of the water. It's right up there with Avengers and Iron Man 3 as best MCU films for me. I agree with this. Better than IM3, a small step below Avengers.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 08:45 PM) Some team will take a flier on Ozzie one day. He's a great fit now in the media, whether it be for ESPN, FOX or TBS, but some team will get give him an offer some day. A team who needs the publicity and wants to be seen and who need to sell tickets. Now granted, the team will most likely suck after 50 games and will stop coming to games, but the initial excitement will get fans to the park for the first month and a half. Ozzies record of selling tickets recently is um....terrible.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 02:16 PM) Offensive downgrade? In one category, home runs. Span is better at hitting doubles, triples, has a higher career batting average, OPS, is a better base stealer, takes the same amount of walks, strikes out less. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spande01.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deazaal01.shtml Im not seeing much of a downgrade at all. Take a look at the last 4 years. Span had 2 great years to start his career, De Aza had a rough month as a rookie before injury. Since 2010, Span is hitting .270 with a .703 OPS. Since 2010, De Aza is hitting .278 with a .762 OPS. 94 OPS+ for Span, 105 OPS+ for De Aza. Last 2 years it's a bit closer, De Aza with a .743 OPS, Span at .721 and the park adjustment helps De Aza a bit. But it's no stretch to say that Span looks like a slight downgrade based on the last few years.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 02:00 PM) And the ether felt about as compelling as a "villain" as whatever that mysterious essence (Parallax) was in Green Lantern. WTF? a 2 year old with a tack hammer feels more compelling as a villain than that.

And you know what Duke? When people have to leave grad school and find low-paying jobs, or when people can't get an education because they can't get health care, or when people are locked into jobs they don't want becuase they have to keep health care coverage...these things are all bad for everyone. These things hurt the economy, deeply. People can't get the education they need. People can't get the kind of jobs they'd be capable of. People don't start small businesses.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 01:08 PM) Salty was well above average at throwing people out stealing. He threw out 21% of runners, the league average was 26%?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 12:40 PM) I would definitely like to go after Murphy. I've always liked him. He's still fairly young right? 29 next year. B-R lists him as a 2nd year arb player reaching FA after 2015.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 05:18 AM) So i tried to download the facebook app update last night and it crashed my app. I figured I'll delete it and download the app itself again, can't even do that. Cliff notes: Facebook up gone, about to freak out in 3 .. 2 .. 1 The last time this happened for me I shut my phone down, restarted it, then plugged it in to computer to allow it to backup/reload, and then was able to recover the app.