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QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 10:32 AM) I know 15M is a nice chunck of money but its not a large option of the potentential 40-50M the Sox have to spend. Scherzer and Shields will be much more costly in terms of annual salary and contract years. BMac could very well likely cost in that 15M range annually on a 3-4 year deal and brings health concerns with his contract. Masterson is a reclamation project. If the Sox really plan on contending, Buehrle could help the rotation and bridge the gap to Rodon. One of the things I like most about the Buehrle idea is that its only for one year and then Buehrle's salary is off the books. If a pitcher becomes injured or Danks gets traded then Rodon gets called up. The Sox are not spending $50 million this off season.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 10:15 AM) And it costs more. But the ambiance is worth it.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) He really was a character. Baseball needs more of those kinds of guys. They make the game fun to watch. Damned right. It makes the game worth watching at times.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) I don't think so. If everything is remotely similar, I think the Sox would take Buehrle back over others. I expect Buehrle to pitch another game with the White Sox. I'd say odds are 51/49 that it happens. At the very least, I'd bet money Mark gets a one day contract to retire as a White Sox, with all of the pomp and circumstance he deserves.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 09:45 AM) I don't drink ANYTHING unless it's park-adjusted. At Wrigley does it contain more urine?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 08:31 AM) what if it's f***ing Jeter? What eye candy has Eminor3d ever brought to the table?

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) Anyway, skipped to the 7th of the game on the DVR last night. I'd forgotten how Thome absolutely annihilated that ball. Ridiculous. That was one of the longest homers I have ever seen in person. To this day, I still don't know how it wasn't measured at 500ish feet.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 28, 2014 -> 08:54 AM) If he's healthy enough, I am thinking Kobe is going to try to get 80 every night. So what is different?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 05:36 PM) I remember hearing a lot of talk int he 3/$36 range from us, so when he got a deal worth 2x that total amount they said he should take it if he wanted the money. Worth noting that if he hadn't left Chicago, he'd have had full no trade protection due to being a 10/5 player, so just by bringing the other offer back it was clear he was leaving for that money. I am pretty sure I remember us never even offering him a contract.

Chris De Luca ‏@ChrisDeLuca 41m41 minutes ago Ozzie Guillen would love to coach for Joe Maddon — with #Cubs http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...ml#.VE6ufovF_88 …

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) It may very well be backloaded. I was lazy and just divided his total number by the four years. It is VERY backloaded. 2012 Miami Marlins $6,000,000 2013 Toronto Blue Jays $11,000,000 2014 Toronto Blue Jays $18,000,000 2015 Toronto Blue Jays $19,000,000

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 03:23 PM) Drama is neverending in life. At my current gig I'm a temp. The president of the company is busting my balls about the hours I work. It's weird because no overtime is involved but for some reason he seems hellbent that I'm not working the hours I put down. So I told him that he is more than welcome to fill out my timecard and submit it but he refused to do so. The guys sounds bat s*** crazy. I do my job, keep to myself, and ask questions to make sure I'm doing my job properly. I hate to bring the race card into this but I can't really figure out what other reasons he has to be complaining. The guy brought me into my office today and said my hours are pure Stephen King fiction. I don't mind constructive criticism to improve my skills for the job but he's basically calling me a liar and I don't take to kindly to that. Sounds like he is working on a reason to not keep you on. I'd be looking elsewhere.

To emphasize how epically bad SNL has gotten, they did a skit this weekend I actually thought could be funny. Jim Carrey was the host, and they did a Carrey Family Reunion skit where all of the characters show up as characters from his old movies. Sounds pretty funny, right? The only funny parts were when Jeff Daniels does a bit at the end as "grandpa lloyd" and when one of the characters jumps into the family picture at the very end as the Riddler. SNL is about as good as the Bears defense anymore.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) He would definitely not be the only non-HOFer with 500 homers as I don't think there's a chance in hell Palmeiro gets elected. I think there will be a few others from that era who get overlooked as well and I could even see Sosa not being inducted with 600+ homers. He was also likely a season and a half away from setting the all-time K record too - he retired 218 short of Reggie Jackson. I think more of it is that he stopped having fun. He likely got a nice little boost gonig to Oakland, but he had what amounted to 3 years and 5 months of constantly being booed by the Chicago faithful every time he went to the plate. That can wear on a guy. I just don't think he wanted to play as much as he used to. Barry Bonds won't get elected with 763.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 12:02 PM) In a related article http://www.fangraphs.com/not/dangerous-exp...-25-adam-dunns/ One of the craziest funnest articles ever. It amazes me that people take hours and hours of their lives to do stuff like this.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) It should be noted that Buerhle, along with all of his short-lived Marlins alumni, most definitely received several millions of dollars extra in place of their no-trade clauses. Also very true. Anyone remember what the runner up for Buehrle bid?

Bigger meltdown... 2013 White Sox or 2014 Bears. Discuss.

John Mullin ‏@CSNMoonMullin 2m2 minutes ago #Bears GM Emery says Houston let out all his frustrations for not having sacks - Houston came in and apologized to team

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 12:33 PM) That is the Chicago Bears' season with an ! ending. Yeah, to this point there can't be a better moment to encapsulate this season.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 12:37 PM) It would be great just leaving them where they are. 18 or 19 head to heads. Montreal is a pretty cool place. I would love for it to happen for road trip purposes, and hopefully a return of the Expos with the same type of uniforms. Agreed. Hopefully it would give them both a bump at the gate to get 9 or 10 premium rivalry games a year, and keep them both healthy fiscially.

Mike Garafolo ‏@MikeGarafolo 3m3 minutes ago MRI confirms Bears DE Lamarr Houston tore his ACL yesterday. Unfortunate injury for sure.

A ranked 21 year old 2B has left Cuba.... http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...ez-leaves-cuba/

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) Think they'd have to stay in the AL at that point. MLB has had no problem with moving teams across leagues (in the past 15 years, we've seen both Milwaukee and Houston switch spots). It would also make the AL East a much smaller geographic spread of a division.

JJ Cooper ‏@jjcoop36 6m6 minutes ago Korean LHP Kwang-Hyun Kim is going to be posted. Would make it 9 of 10 from our '09 WBC list to play in MLB http://ht.ly/Dpcog ($)

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/al-e...des-hamels.html