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QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:41 PM) Massive crowds forming around the '05 team, but even bigger ones forming at the Felipe Paulino Dunk Tank They were going to let Paulino throw first, but then the guy in the dank got dehydrated.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 03:15 PM) Already completely disorganized. They're holding people who want autographs in the seminar room and not letting them go to the autograph sessions until after the opening ceremonies. That is always how they did it in the past. First people in line for the opening ceremonies are the first ones into the fest.

FutureSox.com ‏@FutureSox 17m17 minutes ago Ventura on 2B - "Sanchez and Micah Johnson are fighting that out with Bonafacio but until we get ST it's open for competition."

jon greenberg ‏@jon_greenberg 16m16 minutes ago No Sox captain this year. Media expected to vote @scottmerkin as pressbox captain.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. It is a big reason why even when I was working in Chicago for 15 years, I never left. Most of the people I knew in the City of Chicago paid that... per month.. or more.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 01:42 PM) i have never understood buying the Jersey's with the present name on it. i always thought that it would be a waste if the player was traded. why not get a Jersey with an old timer hall of fame player. \ My game worn Jeff Bajenaru jersey thinks otherwise.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) well Moncada is a unique situation. but lets assume for this discussion this is the player. it all depends on the signing date. ok lets say it is next yr, the fees and the penalty are there. that is a given. that still will not hamper or stop signing all the int'l players you can that yr.. so you load up on talented players go over the slot signing. it is still the same penalty. now here is the wild card. this int'l rule is going to be address and maybe be done with, this was discuss as maybe the yr after next. it is still a good gamble that the penalty will not affect the team. however lets say it does, the sox system will have a major influx of prospects to help the rebuild goes faster. But the $20 million will stop us from spending. Remember, even last year with the #3 pick in the draft we spent less than $15 million on all of our draft players AND the international players... combined. The Sox are not that team. If they spent that kind of money on Moncada, they would take the money either out of future budgets or out of the major league team budget.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) This is why I'm still on his bandwagon. Even though he struggled heavily last season. He still hit 20+ HRs. With how the league is scarce with power, you don't give up on that. Especially since last year was his first bad year professionally. I'm sure a lot of us would take .240 AVG with 25-30 HRs. Really 3b is up to Davidson. If he hits, he will steal the job from Conor. If not, he won't. Defense won't really matter because Conor isn't very good either.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 11:45 AM) I am looking forward to Bangkok Village Thai in downtown Naperville tomorrow. I am not even a huge fan of Thai food but they are awesome. Craving their egg drop soup and crab balls (not testicles). I'll bet you are.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) Yes, but you live in Indiana. You always should have been paying tax on Amazon etc. items, it's just that nobody ever did. Seriously NW Indiana is great. I get all of the cheap of Indiana, and all of the great of living close to Chicago. it is the best of both worlds. I live 5 minutes from Lake Michigan and paid $80k for my house, get great beach access, and wilderness hiking on top of being an hour from downtown Chicago. My property taxes were $400 last year.

lol @ living in IL. Seriously, Lake County Indiana is as much of a commute as any of the suburbs at a fraction of the price in every single way possible. Property taxes for your home are capped at 1% of net assessed value of your house. A $150k house can't go over over $1500 a year in taxes. Really that number is more like $1000 because of your deductions. Income tax is 3.4%. Usage taxes are all way lower except for licence plates, and even that isn't bad except if you have a really expensive car. Property values are also lower.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:41 AM) IMO if this was me, i would sign all i can either this yr or next. i would sacrifice the ability to sign anymore for a period if it can really jumpstart the system. we need players / prospects. look at what the yanks did and the reason, to put viable prospect in the systems. If Moncada gets a $10 million bonus (which is probably really low), not only does that turn into a $20 million obligation by the time the taxes are paid, but it also means that we lose the ability to sign any players in the international pool for two full years afterwards. When you are talking about that age of players, do you bet on one guy, or do you put that $20 million to work on a lot of players over the three year period if you are the White Sox?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Pretty sure that someone is Davidson if he gets his s*** together You can't argue with a 30 homer ceiling.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Is Carroll better than: Robertson, Petricka, Guerra, Webb, Putnam, Jennings, or Duke? If Crain is healthy somehow that leaves another spot. Not to mention guys like Onelki Garcia and Cleto. I take my best 7. Carroll isn't one of them. He starts in Charlotte or goes to another organization. He doesn't need to be one of the 7 best pitchers to make the staff better. Having a guy to suck up 3-4 innings and save a bullpen with guys like Noesi and Danks at the back of the rotation could be worth way more than having Dan Webb in the pen.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 11:44 AM) These tweets summarize it pretty well... https://twitter.com/670TheScore This is the most interesting. I also like to hear that the Sox took advantage of the lost season by seeing what some of these guys were made of. 670 The Score @670TheScore · 2h 2 hours ago Hahn says last year's bullpen was "such a mess" that he gave Ventura freedom to experiment with relievers to learn more about them

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 01:58 AM) Alright I backed up the OOTP 15 "mostly updated roster" file if anyone wants it. Also, if anyone doesn't actually own OOTP 15 and wants it, PM me and I can send you a link to the torrent, provided you're okay with that. Otherwise I think the game is now $20. I just saw that. This might be teh justification I need to download it this weekend.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) If the Sox are smart they don't skip anyone and give Sale and Q who have been shown to tire at the end of the season more rest early on. With the hope of playoffs this year the Sox may want to decrease the starts a little. They have always been smart about that. They very rarely use the start skip, unless it is to rest someone. While they believe in higher pitch counts during games, they seem to be smart about managing the total innings over a year, and how hard a pitcher works over a period of time. To me, its seemed like it works because they have been remarkably healthy over the last decade plus.

Baseball Tonight ‏@BBTN 28m28 minutes ago Connecticut, USA Jonathan Papelbon to Brewers? His limited no-trade clause isn't believed to be an obstacle. http://es.pn/1yS6dPG

QUOTE (gatnom @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:12 AM) I think everywhere is "ripe" for a professional athlete. Think about it. Even the crappiest rookie call up is making half a million dollars a year.

The odds of him actually being "Jesse Crain" are pretty low, but it is worth the lottery ticket.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 04:43 PM) I hope we get this exact same reaction when we decide to shut the entire senate down for months at a time for no good reason, because the minority in the senate has the ability to do that. If the majority's going to get blamed for the minority using their ability to clog up the senate, then we should use that ability to the full extent. It'll be McConnell's fault that passing a single bill requires months of debate. It is all based on what party you are in. The same people that have railed against the Republicans in Congress applauded when Democrats in Indiana effectively did the same thing a few years back by leaving the state. That attitude of excusing your own, while criticizing the other for the exact same thing, is exactly my problem with modern politics. It isn't about solutions or policy anymore. It is about winning the twitter and meme battles. It has to be something that can be described as DESTROYED HIS OPPONENTS so it gets lots of shares. And whatever you do, credit can't be given to the other. The Bush era was the same way, just players wearing the opposite jersey. I got bored with it then, and have been disengaged from it ever since. Personally I have found the engagement into local politics to be much more rewarding than the endless circlejerk of the national scene.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) Another computer, or another version of OOTP? I was able to torrent the version I have now, if you want a link. New OOTP version.

I didn't know we had signed Jairo Asencio either.

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 6m6 minutes ago Jesse Crain returns on a minor-lg deal. Throwing at 120 feet. Feels good. White Sox will be patient with him. Hasn't pitched since 2013.

Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiSox 5m5 minutes ago White Sox sign reliever Jesse Crain to a minor league deal. He's now a year and a half away from surgery. Coop excited for the move.