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QUOTE (VAfan @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 12:23 AM) As we approach Spring Training, a lot of things are set for the Sox. We know our top 3 starting pitchers. Eaton, Cabrera, Abreu, LaRoche, Garcia, Gillaspie, Ramirez, and Flowers are all pretty set as starters. Robertson is our closer. Wells and Jennings have strengthened our bullpen. Bonafacio is making the team in some capacity. So what hasn't been answered? Here are 10 questions that need to be answered. 1. Who's going to emerge as our starting second baseman? Sanchez, who ended last season there? Micah Johnson, the speedy lefty? Bonafacio, who's probably better in a utility role? Saladino, who's coming off injury? Or even Gordon Beckham, in a bid for the Sox to torture us once again after we thought we were done with him? 2. Who is going to stick at backup catcher? Soto? Brantly? Nieto? Kottaras? 3. Will Jesse Crain be healthy enough to help us this year? Will Nate Jones? (This is a two-fer.) 4. How will the Sox deploy Carlos Rodon? Will he stay in the minors long enough to give another season of control? When will his major league debut be? Will be in the bullpen, or as a starter? Will he displace Nieto or Danks if he starts? 5. Gillaspie and LaRoche don't hit lefties very well. Who subs for them? Seems like Bonafacio and Beckham are both candidates to platoon with Gillaspie. But what about LaRoche? 6. Who is going to be our 4th (or 5th) outfielder (assuming Bonafacio will also sub in the outfield a fair amount). 7. How does the rest of the bullpen shake out behind Robertson and Wells? 8. Will these players all be healthier this year? Adam Eaton? 123 games. Avisail Garcia? 46 games. Jose Abreu? 145 games. Chris Sale? 26 games, 174 innings. 9. Will guys like Matt Davidson and Eric Johnson get their careers back on track to where they can be seen at least as future help, if not being ready to help this year? 10. Who else are the Sox going to add to help the club in 2015? Answer all 10, or pick and choose which ones you like, or add some others. Should be an interesting season! Isn't Nate going to be rehabbing for the first half of the season? I thought he wasn't to be expected until June at the earliest because of his TJ surgery

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) They didn't circumvent them. The adults did. I know dude, I don't blame the kids. It sucks that their parents and coaches cheated, but it happened. The kids shouldn't have played together

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 02:48 PM) What part of the kids didn't make the decision to join the team and probably were not fully aware of the boundary rules so they aren't necessarily the cheaters yet bear the brunt of the punishment don't you understand? Again, not so cut and dry. The punishment doesn't fit the crime when the kids are largely innocent. There are so many layers though. There are a lot of kids affected by this, not just JRW. like the teams that got smoked by JRW on the way to the LLWS. Bottom line is these kids did not qualify to play on this team based on the boundary rules that they circumvented. They are not eligible to play on this team.

Turns out smokey the bear is a compulsive liar

I think what everyone wants to know is, who is next to be Cena-d?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 10:46 AM) http://m.mlb.com/news/article/108942702/ji...field-prospects In-depth report from Jim Callis on how Moncada stacks up in tools against the Top 15 MLB infield prospects lol, this is literally five posts up

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 10:35 AM)

I wish one of those reporters put Pfleger and Jackson feet in the fire and would have asked "What do you say about the redrawn and backdated map that was handed in after the tournament, and the meeting that JRW had with the other little league reps where they asked them to sign off on the backdated map(but refused to do so)?" i was disappointed in the lack of pointed questions towards those two.

Finally got to watch The Walking Dead. Good episode,

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 06:09 AM) Hopefully no Visa problems come up and most guys show up early or on time. was there anyone besides Belisario that had this issue last year?

Anthony Mason had a heart attack, he is fighting for his life http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=12312754

Well your OOTP is slightly morbid

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...d%20Schoenfield I wish that was not written by a 26 year old phillie fan with a 3rd grade education

Bucs released Josh McCown Carry on

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0211-story.html One of the complainers is a white dude. Pretty gutsy to have his picture taken. Eh, nowadays you can't hide with social media. His face would have gone up on Twitter or Facebook anyways

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) God he just looks like a creep. How does anyone listen to that nonsense with a straight face? I'm trying to find a full video, but both Jackson and Pfleger field questions and then the nonsense really begins

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-j...ory.html#page=1 Watch the Pfleger video in the thumbnails.

Preseason rankings don't really bother me, author bias or not. Sometimes you get to laugh at them at how absurdly wrong they are, or nod your head and agree they are right.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) I really could care less about this...not sure why he felt the need to do it, but I don't really get the outrage. I think the fact that he continued to talk about it over and over and the network propped him up with the story brought the outrage.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 02:18 PM) OMG. I am sure it is up on the CBS/Score website podcast. I mean, it was stunning how poorly informed the both of them were. It was like they saw "JRW has title taken away" and just said OMG LITTLE LEAGUE HATES BLACK PEOPLE And the kids are being used as props. Just terrible

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) I wonder when some of these JRW families will start to even question the people responsible for the cheating. I would like some parent or community leader, say yeah, these adults were playing games and the team was stacked unfairly, perhaps costing other 12 year olds a shot at what our kids got anyway. But it seems like they are almost all saying, cheating? So what? Too late to do anything about it now. What a terrible example for the kids. Did you hear the press conference? Both Father Pfleger and Jesse Jackson OPENLY ADMITTED to not knowing much about everything thats happening, but both claimed racism. They were both asked direct questions about the boundaries and they immediately started saying we need to clean these kids records because it looks like they are getting criminal records, and then they talked about the college money pipeline. That press conference pretty much closed the book on this issue.

Well, Jesse Jackson just made everything all better

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 10:29 AM) Agreed. I mean, depending upon the extent of his health issues. Hard for us to have an informed opinion on that. Might be safe to assume that the reason he hasn't signed yet is because the teams see something really ugly. Apparently he was all set to sign on January 24th with a mystery team, and then it all fell apart and his agent put out a release that said he has chosen not to sign with anyone just yet, and is focusing on his recovery and gaining strength in his arm. Not something you want to hear out of a guy who has had two TJS

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) This place would be so boring without me. You know you love it. WSI wishes they had the Peter Pan historians we have.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) A girl has always played Peter Pan in the theatre since the dawn of time. get a net, hold it above your head, and wait for the joke to come back again