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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) Gar wanted us to believe they stopped listening to Thibs last year, but I don't believe that for a second. As far as I can tell, they haven't ever even started listening to Fred. By the way, I do agree, that injuries have played a pretty critical role in this losing streak. Wilbon was on about a day ago saying the roster isn't near as bad as the record and other teams feel Bulls roster is talented. But he went on to say we have major leadership issues (and ultimately I also think we have major coaching issues to go along with the injuries). Butler MJD Mirotic Noah Plus: Some games missed by Rose, Pau, Hinrich, Aaron Brooks. This is absolutely true. If you think about it what you think other teams around the NBA would look like if you removed their best player, plus a couple of other starters, and key reserves? I can also agree with the second part as this team, even when it was close to healthy, had way too many nights where it didn't show up. Look, I am of the opinion that the bridge to Thibs was done. It was burnt down and over. I get why the coaching move was made. But nothing about Fred Hoiberg has impressed me, even with the obvious injury caveats included.

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 2h2 hours ago Lazaro "Lazarito” Armenteros, 16-yr-old Cuban phenom, expected to decide team today or tom Word is he was at #Padres complex 4 days recently

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 01:57 AM) I think the gay life is a lot different in reality than we've been told on TV shows, etc. It sounds like a big orgy type situation. Whitesoxjr27 is telling us some wild stuff that gay life is more about sex sex sex than the stuff we've been sold about gay marriage, etc. How the hell would any males stay married with this desire for sex being the only factor in gay relationships according to whitesoxjr?? Has the public been sold a bill of goods thinking gay lifestyle is basically the same as hetero lifestyle? Same goals of marriage, raising kids, having a picket fence, etc?? In all my time on Soxtalk this is literally one of the worst posts I have ever read on here. You should be ashamed for have even typed it, whether trolling or serious.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:19 AM) http://espn.go.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/...0-prospects-mlb Law has Tim Anderson at #45. These are some notes: Came to baseball late, already having success at AA is a testament to outsized athletic abilities. Law asks if he's an 8-9 hole hitter or top of the order bat. Plus-Plus runner, good actions at SS. Magallanes really helped him in this regard. Overly aggressive approach and poor pitch recognition. Law says that the player Anderson is now is a big leaguer that projects as bottom of order bat that hits .280 with low OBP, Above average defense at SS and a ton of stolen bases. Law says Anderson has the potential to be "so much more" if he develops any plan at the plate. Says he needs another year in the minor leagues. That is a huge difference in just one year defensively. If he can keep making strides, wow.

QUOTE (Coach @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 07:42 AM) Ozzie is managing the Venzuela team. Does anyone think this is a move to get him back on the Sox when Ventura is fired/contract not renewed at the end of this season? The Sox next manager will be sitting next to Robin on the bench.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) Sanders beats Clinton by 20+ percentage points. But thanks to the super-delegate system, Clinton actually won more delegates, 15-13. Totally messed up system. So Sanders out earned Clinton, but has less to show for it than Clinton who didn't earn it? Sounds like the delegate system took some clues from Sanders economic ideas.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 03:14 PM) Somewhat surprising Lou Canellis on DRose sitting out on Monday. I totally agree. “I’ll never question a player who says he’s hurt, but sore! Everyone at the end of a seven-game road trip has general soreness. Rose’s teammates needed him last night. No Butler, no Noah, no Mirotic and desperate for a win. Sore, smarting or sick—this team needed it’s hottest player. They’re free-falling right out of the playoff picture. The Bulls had no shot without Rose, and they knew it. They were defeated at the tip, giving up 38 first-quarter points to a below-five-hundred team. “Defense is about effort, not talent. So quit making excuses for Rose. He should have been out there.” Pop does it, he is a freaking genius...

QUOTE (almagest @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 03:55 PM) They could easily go last to first if they decide to trade Trout, and I wonder about that - he's probably the best player in baseball, but that team is getting old and bad fast. He's also going to get very expensive over the next couple years, and he won't be providing the insane surplus value he does right now. I know we often laugh off Chris Sale trade suggestions, but I wonder if the long-term health of the Angels franchise would be better if they trade Trout. There is no surplus value in this deal, unless you want to price Trout at say $40 million per year. At any rate, there are only a few teams that could take on the last few years of that deal without it hurting the rest of their payroll. 2016 24 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim $16,083,000 2017 25 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim $20,083,000 2018 26 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim $34,083,000 2019 27 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim $34,083,000 2020 28 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim $34,085,000

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 03:42 PM) He's going to the Braves, it's been known that they had a deal in place for a long time. Kiley McDaniel broke that news. I know a lot of the top talent is coming from Venezuela, I know a lot of teams have left the country to the to political/social tensions and the certain possibility that the country defaults and I wonder how this affects the market. If I were running a INTL department, I would send more scouts/buscones there because I could get premier talent for pennies on the dollar. The teams are more worried about their staffs' safety in a lawless collapsed country. It is also worth noting that one of the Sox bigger signings was from Venezuela last year. I don't know if that means they have a presence there, or if it was just luck, or what.

Mark Strotman ‏@markstrot 3h3 hours ago Still no timetable on Nikola Mirotic. Hoiberg says he's still in a lot of pain and has lost 15 pounds. At home resting. #BullsTalk

Dan Hayes Verified account ‏@CSNHayes Combined w/ assigned slot $$ from 10th pick ($3.35m based on 2015 values), #WhiteSox first 2 picks gives them $5.23m.

Which tells me his deal is done. Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 59m59 minutes ago He was listed on the original roster, but Kevin Maitan is not in attendance here at the MLB international showcase.

Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 55m55 minutes ago Gallardo/BAL update: Still no agreement, but sides optimistic about completion.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:34 PM) While I am an advocate of getting Fowler/Desmond cheap, imagine what 3 top 47 picks and an influx of international talent from going over the pool could do to the system. They have to replace Fulmer/Anderson... The unspoken talent pool is Cuba. There are a lot of guys out there if they want to go to the well.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) I thought this was funny: dbet: Could Justin Turner and Ryu get Chris Sale? 12:55 Dave Cameron: Yes. You could have one be the driver and the other be the kidnapper, and combined, they could put him in a van and bring him to Glendale. I think the White Sox would call the police, though. That is freaking awesome.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) True. I'm not mad about it or anything. Its chump change. I just can't fathom a scenario that Turner breaks camp with the Sox (baring injury), and he's probably getting paid too much to be claimed off waivers if he doesn't. So basically you're paying him $1.5M to play in Charlotte. Maybe he has a nice spring and another teams swoops him up, but I kind of doubt it. At worst, you have to imagine we will need 2 more starting pitchers from the minors at some point. If it happens that way, Turner will still be waiting.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:33 PM) I understand that. Still think it is bizarre. Not really. $1.5 million is next to nothing in reality. It is enough to tell me they didn't want to lose him, but I also think that when a guy the calibur of Mat Latos comes along for only $3 million, you don't pass that up for Jake Turner. When they signed Turner at the beginning of the off-season, I don't think they had an inkling of an idea that a Latos type player and deal would fall into their laps. The situation changed, and the team took advantage of it.

Sounds fair to me.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) Indeed. Seems bizzare that they gave Turner $1.5M as he really doesn't have a clear spot on this team. I am sure Webb has at least 1 option left, but does Kahnle? One of two things will happen with Turner if he isn't in Chicago. First he clears waivers and goes to Charlotte. Second he doesn't clear waivers, and the White Sox lose him. In that case they don't pay him $1.5 million as the team who claims him will inherit that deal.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 12:54 PM) How did catcher get worse or even stay the same? Catcher is very much improved. According to the early projections, it is something like a 2 to 3 WAR improvement.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 11:55 AM) Yeah. I agree with you. If it is Trump / Cruz, as of today, I'd be writing in a candidate. But if someone put a gun to my head and said pick one, I'll be honest, I'd go with Trump. Ugh. I honestly couldn't decide. I would just close my eyes and pick one.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) Who gets to be this NotTrump candidate and what claim do they have over the others, though? That is just it. They are going to f*** around and stick in the race, screwing the delegate count up and forcing a contested primary. The sooner the chaff drops off, the sooner that NotTrump candidate can emerge.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 11:49 AM) I would love if Danks could somehow perform to his 2nd half ERA (4.08) over a full season but anything around 4.50-4.60 and I'd be happy. Probably will be closer to 5 though. Hopefully he can beat the Royals several times again. If he pitches 200 innings again, and gives us in the same 4.50 to 4.70 range, that is fine for the back of the rotation.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 11:58 AM) I'm not completely disagreeing with you. It could be a massive failure. I'm just saying people are much more willing to pay for TV now than they were in 1981. Two things, #1 that trend is reversing, with more people leaving cable than ever before. #2, the problem is with the networks themselves not being picked up by rival cable providers, not with people not subscribing to watch the Cubs/Dodgers/Astros etc. Fans literally don't get a choice.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 11:21 AM) Well maybe my difference here is, I view there being 3 distinct candidates. Trump, Cruz, and the moderate conservative (Rubio / Kasich / Bush). So basically you have 3 people fighting for one spot. The top dog, Rubio, is losing momentum and both secondary candidates have gained momentum. Kasich gained more, but Kasich also has almost no money so Bush isn't in all that bad of a position. All things considered, its amazing Bush has any chance to be back in this (after the way Trump put him out to the pasture). I agree with you they have to widdle that field down but I view Cruz as bad, if not worse than Trump (personally speaking) and I figure we have two more states to truly narrow this field down so that by Super Tuesday, only one person remains between Rubio / Kasich / Bush. I actually think I vote for Trump before I vote for Cruz. By the way, good debate Mike. Crazy that we are even talking about this. It is such an interesting political year. I totally agree with your top 2 statements. On the third, I'd vote for the Libertarian candidate before I voted for either Trump or Cruz. I did it when Romney ran last time, and I probably will do it again. It is a crazy election cycle for sure. It has been a long time since we have seen truly this much question as to the nomination, maybe back to the Civil War. Even the 08 Democratic race that took a while only was down to two candidates the whole time. This is a f***ing mess.