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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) If you are the White Sox, do you take your chances and draft Aiken in the first after agreeing to a well below slot signing and than from there have cushion to be a little extra aggressive in the later rounds (nabbing some guys who fell). I guess the question is how much less would Aiken take and what are the Sox view of his recovery / med's and overall upside. If we were picking later in the 1st round, I'd say it was an easier decision. I also am not sure if fact we don't have 2nd / 3rd round picks makes situation better or worse. If we could get him for underslot, I'd do it.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) yeah, someone can look it that way, but i bet Hou will still try spin doctoring it. There is also a very real chance that because he has been away from the game and real training staff's since the middle of last summer, he hurt himself in a million different ways, such as trying to prove to everyone that he was worthy of still being the #1 pick.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 06:45 PM) Brady Aiken underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday. Last year's No. 1 overall pick left his first outing with IMG Academy last Thursday with an arm injury, and now everyone's worst fears have been realized. Aiken, of course, didn't sign after being picked by the Astros but had a shot to again be the No. 1 pick in 2015. The young lefty will now be sidelined for the next year-plus, but it's still possible he's a first-round pick in June. Source: ThePlayersTribune.com So last year when Aiken's agent said nothing was wrong with him and ripped Houston he was wrong. That isn't necessarily true.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 15m15 minutes ago Six Dodgers runs on eight hits through three innings for Brad Penny.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 8m8 minutes ago Carlos Rodon's 19 strikeouts are tied with M's Taijuan Walker, A's Drew Pomeranz for Cactus League lead.

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 35s35 seconds ago Don Cooper: "Expect to see Carlos Rodon this year sometime. I can't tell you when, and for many years to come."

Scot Gregor ‏@scotgregor 3m3 minutes ago Sox pitching coach Don Cooper on Rodon: "He's getting it going. He gets that changeup and he's going to be a heck of a starter"

Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 1m1 minute ago Don Cooper says about Chris Sale on @CSNChicago that if he doesn't hit a stumbling block, he's going to be ready to go on April 12th.

White Sox Talk ‏@CSNWhiteSox 4h4 hours ago White Sox prospect Chris Beck 'looks like he belongs' - http://ift.tt/1E5bys1 #WhiteSoxTalk

Jon Morosi @jonmorosi · 2h 2 hours ago Carlos Rodon belongs with #WhiteSox to open season, and teams can manipulate starter service time more easily than position player (1/2) White Sox could option out Rodon for All-Star break breather to buy extra service year, or maybe he goes down when Sale is healthy.

Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 1h1 hour ago Heard it from scout today: #WhiteSox Carlos Rodon reminds him of "young Steve Carlton." Not too shabby. I love what I've seen of Rodon.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 1h1 hour ago Jose Abreu's over/under's for offensive production this season from @BovadaLV: .295, 33.5 HR, 95.5 RBI. Over/under/over. #WhiteSox

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 44m44 minutes ago Robertson has soreness right by the forearm but has no worries. Threw a bullpen today and felt good.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 34m34 minutes ago Ventura says both Robertson and Petricka going through soreness/dead arm. Robertson did throw a pen today.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 26m26 minutes ago David Robertson: "It’s not even dead arm. It’s just you tweak something. You have a little soreness. You just try to get it right." David Robertson identified the area as forearm. But, quickly offered, "I'm not going for MRIs or anything like that." #WhiteSox

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 03:04 PM) This sounds like b.s. https://www.fanduel.com/insider/2015/03/26/...have-in-common/ Um, so why write a whole article about it?

Guerra and Penny or Carroll. One short man and one long man.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) I think this is a distinction without a difference. I'm not suggesting they have to do anything new, but they can be in violation of law for not serving people they might not want to serve due to religious practices. That's why this is incredibly narrow law that won't be applied very successfully in the vast majority of cases. If you're Christian and you're really against gay marriage, this affords you the protection of not being in violation of the law for refusing to work a gay wedding (arguably, who knows what the courts will say on that). The restaurant example really doesn't apply, I don't think, because what's the burden to the practice of Islam? Serving infidels food? And if that's the case, GOOD. That restaurant would rightly be outed and go out of business. Same with the photographer, hopefully. My other issue with these laws, currently, is that they clearly don't work if you read the papers. There's still a ton of discrimination in hiring. Wouldn't it be better to use the most powerful weapon we have, money, instead? If businesses are forced to go out of business for their discriminatory actions, good. Fear of losing your business is bigger than fear of getting sued every once and a while. I think the distinction is everything. Being able to treat people differently for any reason is discrimination and de facto segregation.

I'd look at it this way. The more Kentucky wins, the more likely that someone in the NBA offers Cal barrels of money and he leaves Kentucky.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) Gotcha. Yeah I'd kinda have a problem with that. Oh and BTW you didn't note in your opening post that the restaurant can't serve shellfish. Damn it. Thank god for the disclaimer at the beginning so I can add that later.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 12:55 PM) How so? Run by males, with women who wear the appropriately required head scarves, closing down for Ramadan? I'm pretty sure I've been in those restaurants before. Not serving women, Christians, etc?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 01:07 PM) 1) I said in a perfect world. A world that has progressed, much like ours has. It's not some uncommon thing to expect that some laws won't be necessary anymore. The SC has said as much with issues like affirmative action. 2) I'm not aware of any religion that would deem "being black" something that is an affront or objectionable under that religion. And before we go down the "well but yeah anyone can say their religion is whatever they want it to be" road, the SC has handled that numerous times in the past and rejected those attempts. Let's flip the switch here: a gay person runs a copy shop. A crazy, homophobic anti-gay religious person comes in and wants to order 1000 "death to queers" posters. I think that gay person should be able to say go jump in a lake. I don't think they HAVE to serve them. I don't think they SHOULD serve them. Even without the protection of religious freedom, they should be able to deny that service. This analogy keeps getting used by people who don't understand these laws, and it is 100% wrong. There is no law that forces you to do something you do not already do as a business. You couldn't go into a Islam restaurant that doesn't serve alcohol and force them to serve you whiskey. You couldn't do it before, and you can't do it now. But what this new law does is allows an Islamic restaurant, even if you are ordering something that is on the menu, to say I will not serve you because you are Jewish, Christian, Hindu... whatever.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 09:58 PM) That was funny, I like the look on Jo's face when he caught it Jo really is one of my all-time favorite Bulls.

Somehow I would doubt the same people would be OK if an Islamic business practicing Sharia law was opened up.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) Twitter is actually pretty fantastic for some things, especially sports. A lot more good info out there than there are disasters like this. Agreed. You just have to know who to follow, and who to ignore. It has literally changed the world for the instant transmission of information. I personally love it.