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Sun-Times Basketball ‏@suntimes_hoops 1m Here's some interesting news: according to a Bulls source, team is still aggressively in on Love - long shot or not.... And ..... .... There have been NO guarantees made to Pau Gasol that he will start.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 01:58 PM) http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/...-jury/13316529/ For the record, I didn't vote for him. You know if you are going to pay for a prostitute, just pay for the room.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:01 PM) If you live down the street from a high ranking county official, your property taxes might even be $0. Much better chances if you contribute to said officials re-election fund.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 01:40 PM) I have a question: Does anyone on this thread who is defending Robin Ventura think that he is a GOOD manager, i.e., one who helps the Sox win more games than they would with an AVERAGE manager? I'm firmly in the camp that he's a BAD manager, by which I mean he costs the team games. Aside from the game in question, I've seen multiple games where I think his strategic decisions have cost games, and I don't actually see that many Sox games living in Virginia. I think the only reason Robin seemed to do well his first season was that he was the anti-Ozzie. The team was done with Ozzie's antics, and the veteran team we had then responded well to a little peace and quiet. Going forward, I can't see the Sox winning under Robin. I believe he does a very bad job managing the bullpen, even given the fact that our bullpen is not good. And that, to me, it probably the most important tactical day-to-day job for a manager. He is also often caught not thinking ahead, as is evidenced by the game analysis in this thread. Plus, he comes off as having ZERO energy. This was okay in the year after Ozzie, but since then he comes off as indifferent, sleeping, lethargic, uninterested, etc. The problem is that he's a Sox ICON, which means he's going to be given far too long to manage. Lastly, this week the Hall of Fame recognized two iconic managers -- Tony LaRussa and Bobby Cox. Anyone here see any of their managing qualities in Robin Ventura? I didn't think so. Apparently that has nothing to do with the top 3 guys out of last years pen being hurt or gone, and the pen actually being bad? Please.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) I never considered NW IN to be honest. Munster seems like a great option if you work in the south or SW burbs but unfortunately is too far south for us since my wife works in Addison and Elk Grove Village. That commute would be an absolute bear. Too bad it's not an option because we could definitely afford a bigger/newer home in that area, though property taxes appear to be surprisingly comparable to where I'm at now in terms of % of home value Indiana's tax caps prevent the taxes on your primary residence from going above 1% of your property value. If you have a $150k house, you can't pay above $1500 annually for property taxes.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 07:56 AM) Munster. First of all, Indiana's government and taxes are far, far less f***ed up than Illinois. So having narrowed the choices down to NW Indiana, Munster has by far the best public school system. This. And The Region is as close to downtown Chicago by train as most of the suburbs are. Closer in many cases. It is a fraction of what it costs to live in the City.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) Oh ok then...with all your training and all. I'm probably the most qualified person on this board when it comes to this, so save it. Now, to correct you, you do NOT get malware from Facebook UNLESS you click on external links. Stop being fooled by half naked girls with the tag line "you won't believe what this woman did with her bikini" pictures, and again, you won't get malware. You did NOT get malware simply by going to facebook. You have all these extensions installed, yet you didn't install a popup blocker like Adblock, or hell, check the box in Chrome that DOESN'T ALLOW POPUPS. Innocent browsing does NOT get people malware, whatever that even means. Browsing to untrustworthy sites does. Stop browsing porn sites, as I said before...because I absolutely believe you do. SO WHAT DID SHE DO????

QUOTE (newguy @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) Hello everybody. I am Brad's father. I will try to keep the emotion out of the discussion since I am obviously biased. I am only responding to this to provide some additional information. I certainly appreciate all of your positive comments & I hope Brad continues to improve & perform. Regarding the "velocity" concern. I was actually very happy to hear about all the movement of his offspeed pitches. I wonder if the person who wrote that was at the game? Anyway, regardling velocity, Brad typically sits around the 90-91 range, but on a few occasions this year, both at Great Falls & Kannapolis, he has been able to top out at 94. As you stated, more velocity will come as he continues to re-learn how to pitch. He hasn't pitched since his junior year of high school in 2009 & has only been a "pitcher" for about a year now. It was about this time last season at Great Falls that he actually got to pitch in games. Hope that info helps. Welcome to Soxtalk. I love the personal angle, and the behind the scenes stuff that doesn't show up in the numbers. Feel free to offer thoughts on not only Brad, but any of the other kids you see. Information like that is priceless as far as I am concerned.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 12:42 PM) I can't believe that Robin didn't ask him to start wearing glasses earlier in the season. He should have been told "either wear your glasses or go home" This would be way funnier if I didn't think it was serious. That just makes me sad.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 11:44 AM) Not only do I agree, but the way Adam Eaton sees pitches and can work from behind in a count will really allow Johnson to get his legs going once he is on base. Also a very good point. Eaton sees a ton of pitches when he wants to do so.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:58 AM) A lot of GMs and managers would rather have 5 guys who are predictable than 5 guys who might put up zeros... or might go 2 innings and give up 7 runs. Its a lot easier to plan/build and offense and bullpen when you know exactly what your rotation is going to give you. This is a really good point. Having a stable starting staff, while not as good as a great one, is better than having an unpredictable one. If you know you are getting 7 inning and 3 runs out of Danks almost every time out, it allows you to have the pen set up for his start, and the starts around his much better than if you think there is a good chance you will burn the pen when he is out there. Frying your pen is cumulative and tends to spill over to subsequent games down the schedule.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 11:52 PM) Maybe if we just had a water feature out there somewhere, he'd be less aggressive. Maybe get a firehose and spray him down when he chases a slider two feet out of the zone?

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:05 AM) I wonder if Eaton is better suited for the 2 - hole instead of leadoff? If Micah Johnson proves himself early next year, I would like to see that. Micah-Spanky-Abreu= (speed, scrappy, power) With the way Eaton makes contact and is able to punch and spray the ball around the IF, if Micah Johnson can really be a leadoff hitter, Eaton would be a great traditional two hole guy.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 08:26 AM) Anybody know what his GPx99+ is? Gotta be up over 90% right? 99.9999%

Is Houston ever going to be good again?

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 2h Indians “Very Willing” To Trade Justin Masterson http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/?p=40180

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 21m #35 Frank Thomas: 521 career HR. Which is 35 miles worth of baserunning (~35.52 miles actually)

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) I disagree. Most runners non PK style will score form 2nd on a single. Most runners non Adam Eaton / Garcia / Moises on the Sox won't score from 1st on a double. If you are going to take Jose out, you freaking commit to it right away and get Garcia or Moises out there so they can score on a double from 1st. Again, not even saying that the decision was that awful -- but the thought process is deeply worrying to me. How do you know what his decision making process was?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) Yea, that's a risk with these "near majors" prospects who have been on the lists for a while; the teams may be peddling them because they know their flaws. Sox have been burned before with guys like Richar, Zach Stewart and to a lesser extent Molina, et al. (of course, we scored with Quentin). D Backs had good cover with an excess number of 3B and MI. That's why a lot of teams like to trade for high ceiling A and AA players. I know that the Astros when they were tearing down their ML team, rejected near-ready Dominic Brown in favor of A ball prospects. No regrets about moving Reed...just hope Davidson isn't a bust. For a tear down like the Astros were doing, there was no point in ready made prospects. The bulk of the team wasn't due to get to Houston for years. All Brown would have done, if successful, was get expensive and need to be traded. He didn't fit their time line.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 04:27 PM) Yea, because no team has ever missed the playoffs by a game. Are you serious with this s***? I can't tell if you're trolling hard or what. Riddle me this: either Robin forgot to PR for Jose when he was on 1st or he changed his mind once he was in scoring position. The possible explanations are: Robin doesn't really understand baserunning leverage (not a good thing, hard to believe since he played professional) or he forgot, or he changed his mind. All 3 options are awful, pick one. Ok brainfart, but Robin has a lot of brain farts. This. You don't want to lose Abreu if possible, and if you do, you want the best possible odds for scoring. Scoring from 2nd is much easier than scoring from 1st.

Who is that #41? I haven't seen him before.

The White Sox are NOT one of the teams getting a private workout, which jives with what Hahn said about him earlier. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/rusn...medium=facebook

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 02:38 PM) You think he's the future? Hell no The kid should be playing in AA this year. The fact that he hasn't looked totally overmatched this year is a good sign that either he is going to be a good player, or that Ventura and staff have done an incredible job at protecting him.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 12:08 PM) No, those are the extreme upsides of each player. Gaby Sanchez is a much more realistic comp. Honestly, in terms of the numbers, I see a lot of similarities to Conor. I've seen nothing from Ravelo to say that he is going to have 20 homer power. He hasn't even hit 10 in one season yet. Even in the minors, Butler was putting up some serious power numbers.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) All of this is the proverbial bridge that you cross...... especially the bolded. As I said, PRing for Konerko required out-of-box maneuvers regardless. So Ventura is supposed to be thinking 2/3 moves ahead, but isn't supposed to when it comes to having pitching depth?