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QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 08:17 AM) Well said and very direct. Why would he be relatively cheap though? Despite the injury history he has, he's been a very solid starter the past two seasons. Given the itch for pitching most of the AL is going to seemingly have, my guess is he's not going to get less than $8-10 million a year.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 1, 2012 -> 01:38 PM) still not sure why they aren't facing substantial jail time Well, many of the economists or mathematicians who designed CAISO side with the marketers. I went to a conference where a guy named William Hogan said the market was designed for this sort of trading, and that the FERC would destroy these types of ISO's if they continued down this path. Crazy thing, last month I met one of the traders mentioned in that article...we interviewed him, and almost hired him...

Barclays facing possible $430 million in Market Manipulation fines from the FERC. Barclay's

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 02:05 PM) Thanks for the lesson. We shall insert into the soxtalk handbook on decorum. Back to Peavy discussion Cant...get....back...on...trackkkkkkkk........too....much......derailment!

Great costume, Sqwert!

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 10:10 AM) Flame on. Sale was one of the singular most valuable players in baseball last season and he's 23(?) years old AND cheap. There is some chance you could trade him and get a combination of players to equal his WAR right away...which it is up to you whether a few players adding up to one player's WAR is a wash or not. As far as trading for prospects, I wouldn't even consider it. I think it is clear at this point that we're after a pennant. Yes, I understand his value, which is why I think he would be a prime candidate to trade in order to fill all these holes we have. Where it gets difficult is in the fact that off the top of my head, it seems as though the team giving up this type of player rarely wins the deal because of the difficulty in projecting prospects. That being said, we have a number of holes right now, including catcher, third base, and soon, first base, as well as a lack of solid pitching prospects. If you could address several of these gaps by trading away one player, I would at least listen. Not saying you even have to pull the trigger, but you see just how much someone would give you. It could fix a lot of gaps fairly quickly.

Honestly, I'd identify some clubs with the best 3b/pitching prospects, and approach them about a deal for Sale. I think I'd probably start with the Rockies and talk to them about Arenado and some of their pitching spects...maybe even Toronto and Brett Lawrie and pitching spects... I just think with where we are organizationally, we could benefit more from a package of very talented young players rather than Sale himself... Flame away...

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 30, 2012 -> 05:47 PM) This is why Sox attendance sucks--their fans expect to be able to sign elite pitchers for middle reliver salaries. This is just a bit of a generalization... And you're talking to a guy that lives in Vegas but buys the Extra Innings package so I can watch almost every game...I'm not an unsophisticated fan. Considering where the Organization is, and where Peavy is, and what he just gave us last year, I just wouldn't have spent this kind of money on him. I'm not saying he doesn't have a lot of value; just that when you consider the entire big picture, I would have spent the money elsewhere.

A bit rich for my blood...I would have passed.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 30, 2012 -> 09:05 AM) I would hope for KC's sake they could get a starting pitcher more projectable than Quintana. I'm sure they'll try to get guys like Hellickson, Matt Moore, etc. No way they get a guy like Matt Moore for him...maybe Hellickson. I do agree with you though that it is going to take more than Floyd or Quintana for him. We don't really have a match for them, IMO.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 02:54 PM) Well now that we have 2 pages or so stating that being out of bounds is a good rule going to talk about the Bears again. Little concerned that 2 weeks in a row they let a receiver go up the middle of the field wide open, last week Calvin just happened to drop the ball. I know every good team has some ugly games and in the NFL a win is a win but I hope the Bears take a game like this and make some necessary improvements and I hope Tice improves as the season goes along with play calling.... it was criminal that we didn't run more in first half when every Forte carry was going for at least 6 yards. Yeah, better that we played like this at home because it probably allowed us to still win, whereas if we go out like that on the road we probably lose.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 12:14 PM) This wasn't a push-out, either. I don't see any way to have a logical rule about the boundaries of the playing field where that play is ruled a catch. Bottom line is it truly is a game of inches...this was one of those instances where the inches came into play.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 11:32 AM) But I don't know how this even goes against the spirit of any rule. Out of bounds is out of bounds. Period. No, you're absolutely right. I was more referring to the other example they were discussing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 29, 2012 -> 11:15 AM) I totally agree I would be pissed if it negated a bears TD, but he is saying it was bulls*** and comparing it to a dumb ticky tack rule like touching a db with a toe after he intercepted a ball. Not even close to the same thing. His fingers came down OOB before his hips hit the goal area, it sucks but there is no gray area here. Yeah, you will get no argument from me. The bottom line is sometimes the enforcement of the rules produces results that go against the spirit of the rule. But we can't make the enforcement of every rule subjective.

I think his point is that it's too bad that such a great catch was made that was negated by his fingers barely being out of bounds. I am sure there would be some similar sentiment if this had happened to the Bears. But the rules are the rules, and you can't apply them only when they lead to results that you desire.

Well, if the Bears can come out and play well and beat Tennessee next week, this game probably served a purpose...get the trap game out of the way and actually come out with a win. Need to get to 7-1 before this stretch against Houston, San Fran, Minny, Seattle, Minny, Green Bay...then come out of that 10-4 at worst...

I work with a lot of good people whose views on other things I absolutely disagree with. To start pretending as if this should be an overriding or critical criteria now I think would exclude a lot of talented people.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 12:53 PM) I would not be surprised if Verlander gets smacked around by the likes Pagan, Scutaro and Sandoval. Watching Scurtaro mash ball after ball and Sandoval being an RBI machine was enjoyable. The Giants are just the better team period. However, I know the saying... anything can happen in the postseason. GO YOU FUGGIN' SF GIANTS! Very impressive, my friend. Very impressive.

He was one of the few guys I had any faith in down the stretch.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 02:28 PM) You can't predict certain medical issues to a degree of certainty either, but you can still sue a doctor for negligently failing to assess your medical problem and reacting in an improper way. It's a factual issue and it would be difficult to prove, but I don't see why it's a problem to go after a Chief of police that is advising you of things he knows to be completely untrue. For a Chief of Police you'd have a willful wanton standard, for a scientist you'd have professional standard. It isn't as though the scientists said there was no risk to living in the area though...they said there was no elevated risk, not that there was no risk at all.

I missed the debate last night but just read the transcript. Yikes. Was Romney's performance on tv as poor as the transcript seemed to make him? Did he make any good points whatsoever? Seemed like BO dominated this one pretty easily...

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 07:52 AM) I know most people here are Bears fans, but the calls of the Suh play being dirty is hilarious. It wasn't against the rules to my knowledge, although I do think they are supposed to not intentionally try to drive the quarterback into the ground, but Suh has a reputation for making tackles like that and this is just another one to put on his list. All I know is Schwartz is a loser and I am glad his team sucks balls again.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 16, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) The one and only bit of relationship advice I can give: You should probably look for relationship advice somewhere other than a baseball message board. I'm guessing that as a group, we suck at relationships. The nerve!

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 16, 2012 -> 09:14 PM) Kerry on CNN made a point that Obama never can think of, Romney keeps telling us about how you made MA great, but why arent they going to vote for you. Biden brought it up in the VP debate I think...he pointed out that Romney isn't even contesting the state.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Oct 16, 2012 -> 08:15 PM) Gawd...listening to these two guys makes me want to punch myself in the face. "I never said that." "Yes you did!" "Oh yea, well you said this!" "No I didn't, I said this!" "No you did not, you said this!" "Oh yeah, well you said this!" It's like two school children fighting. I'm sick of the political discourse in this country, because this it's the apex of what it's become: He said/He said...and odds are, everything they said has a small kernel of truth to it...but for the most part, it's a complete fabrication of reality or facts. Hah, go back and read the filibuster