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QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) another interesting snippet. hope you don't mind http://www.baseballfactory.com/AllAmerica/...l/Yency-Almonte Another converted outfielder. The Sox aren't afraid to think outside of the box, that is for sure.

Sweet. I didn't think we were getting anything for him. So we managed to get a live arm and get Beckham back on a pretty steep paycut, and as a back up. Can't beat that.

Comcast SportsNet ‏@CSNChicago 5h5 hours ago James Shields to the #WhiteSox? Ain’t happening, explains @CSNHayes: http://bit.ly/1F3Yccw

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 3h3 hours ago There is an expectation among some executives that Oakland will take a run at Yoan Moncada -- as they did with Yoenis Cespedes.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 01:22 PM) This really does make it look like it's going to be an easy TD: Just a perfect break by the DB there or the Seahawks score. Actually that screencap is exactly why you don't throw the slant in short field territory like that. The defensive backs have no need to worry about the field behind them, because there is none. The slant works when the defense is back off of the receivers and can't gamble on breaking on the ball. If you want to throw in this situation, throw a fade to the back pylon.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 12:35 PM) Until Conor Gillaspie picks "Spanish Flea" I figured Conor to be more of a "Don't worry, be happy" kind of a guy.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/108325226/yo...;adbpr=18479513 More at link

If you would like to help crowdsource Moncada's signing. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs...g-yoan-moncada/

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) Check your lease terms. And if you're in Chicago check the renters' rights guide. He may be entitled to provide you guys with alternative living arrangements if the unit isn't habitable. edit: and yes, get everything in writing. Communicate via e-mail. And if he ever says anything important over the phone, send a follow-up e-mail that starts with something like "Per our conversation today, you advised me that you would do x y and z." This is a great rule of thumb for pretty much any important communications.

There is a pretty good chance of a regression from Duke, both because of the year he had last year, and because of the move to the AL for the first time in his career.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 4, 2015 -> 07:20 AM) We know that barring injuries there is no role for him in 2015. If he is anything like the shooter we saw in college, he has a job for 15 years in the NBA, and a role with the Bulls.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 04:55 PM) Michigan City has been a great place for me to get drunk the last few years. Therefore, I appreciate your contributions. Let me know next time you are out here.

QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) Yeah I am the same way. I have to tell my wife to be quiet about the little things she will nitpick on (like they put american instead of cheddar cheese in my eggs) so they dont do something nasty to our food. She is awful for being particular when it comes to food so you could only imagine the quiet arguments we have at our restaurant table frequently. If she also gives her order in a super complex and confusing way, that would be just like my sister in law.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 04:25 PM) The movie Waiting has forever scarred me when it comes to complaining at restaurants. They have to screw up in a major way (pre-meal) for me to say much of anything. I never get rude pre-meal. Even if there is a screw up, I really nicely ask them for a fix, if needed. I can think of like twice ever where I have had to elevate it past that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 03:52 PM) Who gives a fudge what political party they are in. This is party-agnostic ignorance and stupidity. Whether it's far-right paranoids or far-left snobs, it's equally idiotic. Seriously, for once, let's forget the party affiliation here because it isn't even relevant. It is always political. Always.

QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 04:14 PM) This I would say goes for pretty much everything and everywhere most of the time. If you complain at a restaurant or movie theater or a doctors office you are going to get compensated somehow. Everyone there will hate you but you will get something out complaining for sure. As a person who is really involved locally and has a facebook page with 5000+ members in a town of 30,000 people, let's just say I saw the Mayor plowing my side street (I live on the corner of a busy street and a side street) the other day. I am not going to say it was because of my page, but at the same time, I am not going to say it wasn't why either.

It pays to be a complainer, especially at the lower levels. The more attention you get by complaining, the more likely you are to get taken care of. Signed A loud complainer.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 03:35 PM) Good time to break this out again: Jeff makes the case for the White Sox signing Moncada. The cost to our major league roster would be disastrous. Even if he were willing to take say $30 million for a bonus, and he was willing to let us pay him over 3 years, the Sox would have to come up with about $30 million in cash within a month of the signing to pay to MLB for the sin tax over going over the cap. Then they would have to find an additional $10 million over each of the next three years for Moncada to pay off his bonus. If the price is over $30 million, the cost just keeps going up. I see no scenario where the Sox make that kind of investment especially considering the consensus opinion is that this kid is not ready today to be on a major league roster.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) I guess I'm confused why the person was so concerned with the stigma of wolves eating humans when the commercial is a puppy being threatened by a wolf. Unless ... Many people care more about their dogs than they do their own kids.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 03:11 PM) Micker Adolfo Zapata was a free agent as well when he signed too. If you are a free agent, it just means you can sign with any team and can be employed legally by a US (or Canadian) company. But because he is under 23 and not a professional for 5 or more years, he is subject to international caps.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) So if he's a free agent, are there still penalties in signing him over your bonus pool? Or is he like a regular MLB free agent now? Sorry I'm confused. Yes, there are still penalties as he fits the MLB definition of a young international free agent for the purposes of the international signings caps.

I can still see the Tigers throwing too much money at him. After losing Scherzer, they need another starter, badly.

Unusual to have snow in the desert.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 10:14 AM) god, I love the "being too drunk and trying to say something cute and having it backfire on you." "You are so good at this you could be a whore."

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 3, 2015 -> 05:42 AM) Sooooo, I've gone out a few times with the girl I previously described, and I just don't think I can date her, at least now. I like her but I keep thinking about how she cheated on her husband and that he may not be as bad of a guy as she says he is. And the fact she so carelessly did with my friend. It's weird because she didn't cheat on me but like some of you said, that possibility is there, and after being cheated on in the past, is not something I want to risk again right now. I almost wish she never ever told me but it was probably better she did. Geez, I'm a mess with relationships. Trust is the foundation of any real relationship.