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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) lol. Nice backtracking. Next time look on the back of the baseball card before you post and you won't embarrass yourself. The irony, obviously missed, was that Geo was a huge regression candidate next year, but apparently it is already happening. The embarrassing thing is that you missed that even with looking up the stats again.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) Highly doubt any team is giving up 3-5 players "who can hit" for one player, especially in the era of the pitcher right now. I think some people are way over-estimating the package we could get. Think Texiera return... and then add to that.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:43 PM) His career wRC+ is 102. His wRC+ this year is 99. I'm not sure what numbers you're looking at to suggest this is a career year. When healthy, this is what he does -- he hits. Holy crap has he really faded off these last couple of months. Last time I looked he had an OPS+ of around 120, and his OPS was the highest since his 2010. His OPS+ is down to 103 now. Since August 1 he is 9/62 or .145. He has a grand total of 3XB over that time. He works out to a .500 OPS over August and September. Forget regressing next year, that Geo is already here.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:20 PM) Joe Maddon brings cheetah to cubs game!!!!11 Another amazing example of Joe keeping the clubhouse loose!!1! This is truly revolutionary managing!!!!111!!!!!11! That is better than the cougars that are usually there.

Looking at Soto's career numbers, I don't know how you can say anything but he just has a career type year, and is in for a huge regression next year. It's either that or Robin Ventura is a freaking genius who turned the guys career around. You pick.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 04:25 PM) Also, Nixon/LBJ/TR, probably wilson too Andrew Jackson for sure.

Patrick Nolan ‏@pnoles1 43m43 minutes ago The White Sox have 2 pitchers in the top 7 in baseball in fWAR since the beginning of 2013. Yes, Quintana is awesome http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...=&players=0 …

I honestly think the overall dollars are pretty light. I see $400million being the final total, along with an opt out at some point. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/09/poll...-extension.html

:crying :crying MAKE THE SALE TRADE THREADS STOP!

Stacy St. Clair ‏@StacyStClair 1h1 hour ago Patrick Kane attorney tells Trib that his client would be hurt most by tampered evidence because they can't do their own testing if needed

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) Yeah, in a lot of date rape cases it's not a question of whether there even was sex/sexual contact but whether it was consensual. If Kane is denying that he even had sex with her, physical evidence is pretty important. I have yet to see that question answered either way.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:30 PM) So Montas has one bad inning and now you want to give up on him as a starter? It's been clear that he's a big project and an unfinished product for a while now. Still too early to make that call. This board can be so reactionary at times. And many of the same people who want to do a full rebuild...

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:04 PM) For me, I choose Thompson if it's between him and Avi. Reason being is that Avi would have to hit significantly better than he has in order to overcome his horrible defense. I just don't see that happening if he doesn't scratch his current batting stance/swing and start from the beginning. Trayce provides good defense, and even if he hits in the .230 range, he should hit for enough extra base hits to not kill you on defense. For a team that's supposed to be built on pitching, having a right fielder that can't judge a fly ball is a bad idea. I'll be honest, I haven't been that impressed with Thompson's defense so far. It might just be when I have seen him, but he looks uneven out there, and he has gotten some bad reads.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:51 PM) Maybe they meant for his career and not just one season or how many times a 30/30 post will be made...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:50 PM) Regardless of the alleged DNA test results, this seems like it pretty much guarantees that Kane won't charged. The only possible physical evidence has been tampered with. The ONLY way I see that changing is if this was opened by the DNA testing organization, and in the process of them disposing of the bag after testing, some idiot at the lab grabbed it for who know what reason. In that scenario you can ensure chain of custody to that point. What happened to the bag after that point would be irrelevant. To me that makes the most sense because apparently they have tested the rape kid for DNA if you believe the rumors, so wouldn't this specific bag have been opened at that point? Don't know for sure, just trying to put things together.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) i dont even think Law and Order would find this a plausible story. So messed up I have no doubt this will become a Law and Order/CSI/NCIS episode in the future. It is that crazy.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:33 PM) The bag had been tampered with allegedly. The lawyer is basically calling the person who put the bag there a hero whistleblower. Also I don't think the lawyer showed her name. I imagine it would have been a police officer's not a victim. One point he was holding up the bag and referring to the identification sticker, at that point the camera zoomed in on it. I am sure with a nice big 1080p HD feed, you could make out details.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 12:46 PM) I could be wrong, but I think that if the evidence bag has been tampered with, then chain of custody has been broken and any evidence contained within that back is inadmissible. As for the results of the DNA tests, isn't that still just unconfirmed leaks? Her lawyer wouldn't confirm or deny anything to do with evidence, so I would call it unconfirmed.

There is also nothing in the evidence bag.

Wow, this just went from sad to crazy. Someone got a hold of the rape kid evidence bag, opened it, and then it was delivered to the house of the victims parents.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) They aren't doing that. Heyward is a pipe dream. Agreed. I see no realistic scenario where that happens.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 10:11 AM) While I'm all about the "both parties are bad" angle, I am not sure I recall Democrats in the House (at times when they have had control) pulling the shutdown brinkmanship very often. Certainly not as often as the GOP has in recent years. Sometimes, there are differences between the parties' style, not even always a good versus bad thing. Republicans (enough of them anyway to make it happen) are far more willing, it appears, to threaten death on many, many hills, in order to make a point. While it hasn't happened on the federal level, Democrats in both Indiana and Texas left their respective states in order to such down the legislatures. I truely believe the only reason we haven't seen the same shutdown scenarios is because of who is in charge and by what percentages they are in charge by.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) Why mike olt why Its late September and we suck. This is exactly the time to play guys like Mike Olt.

QUOTE (Coach @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 08:05 AM) Regardless what Reinsdorf does, Ventura has to go. That's plan number 1. He brings nothing to the team. Next agenda is to get a catcher. Saladino is fine at 3B and Sanchez may improve. Trade LaRoche for a 12 year old because they will both produce the same results. It is interesting to contrast this with other teams situations. For example in Detroit, we just saw a player get sent home for "effort". They are also starting their obviously injured superstar who has a huge contract, in meaningless games.

It ain't over til its over.