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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 9, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Anything short of a tournament appearance is underperforming for Illinois. Normally I agree, but for this season that's a bit lofty. Weber left talent, but Groce is going to have to do wonders to shore up PG.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 9, 2012 -> 11:51 AM) I think they will be better than most think. Groce has the ability to get more out of Paul and Richardson than they have shown. There is a TON riding on Abrams and Paul being able to play PG effectively.

Jenks, I agree with that for the most part. Realistic prediction: over. 500, make the NIT. I'm more worried about how we look and grow as the season goes on.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 9, 2012 -> 10:45 AM) UCONN and MSU's jerseys for tonight From those pics, it's gonna be hard to distinguish between the two.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 9, 2012 -> 08:31 AM) Probably still plenty of free agents still available at that point. Well done.

Did they trade for him? Congrats Juan!

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Nov 6, 2012 -> 02:03 PM) May have to check that out. I'm always looking to try new things. Though, I'm normally an IPA/DIPA/Pale Ale kinda guy. Belgian Ales are my favorite, they just pack great yet smooth flavors into a high alc % beer. The flavors found in those beers are just unmatched imo. Meanwhile, picked up a 24 winter variety pack from Red Hook at Costco a few weeks ago. Not the best beer, but some very interesting twists on the typical winter seasonal beers. Definitely worth the $1/beer or whatever it was.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Nov 6, 2012 -> 06:53 AM) Haha what are your options. I'm forcing myself to take a few days off to preserve the rest of my Zombie Dust. Need to go pick up some other different types soon too. Can't decide what... If youre a fan of Belgian Strong Ales, try Staffe Hendrick Quad from De Halve Man brewery, fantastic stuff but rare (the tripel isn't as good, fyi). Also, try anything from Dupont brewery, another Belgian brewery. Everything I have had from them has ranked as some of the best beer I've had (and I lived in the Netherlands for 3 months with plenty of Belgian beer drinking).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2012 -> 02:16 PM) The per year amount is reasonable on the open market (25m). The years are just insane (7). 4yrs/100mm would be about the max I would go (as any GM), but as GM of the Sox I wouldn't go that high as he doesn't play a position of need. It would also force a trade of Rios, and while I'm all for that I'm not sure of what value we could get back for him. I'd rather spend the resources on a guy like Beltre.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 10:50 AM) Blame Konerko for Adam Dunn. Wow. Rios was behind Dunn as well. Might as well blame him too. Konerko didn't seem to be a minor league hitter when he had Dunn behind him in 2011. You said walks were useless, well they are when players behind you are hitting like s***. Rios hit well, but he wasn't a superstar, he was a good hitter. Konerko for a long time was a bad hitter last season, and therefore Dunn's walks didn't look like anything great because the #4 hitter sucked.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 09:29 AM) In a comeback performance, he had a pedestrian .333 OBP. And your comment is not unique regarding Adam Dunn. The 41 homers are great. He was far more productive than I thought he would be, but he tailed off after a quick start after the All Star break. Doesn't make as much contact as he used to when he used to flirt with 200 strikeouts a year, and shouldn't be batting 3rd. Funny how when the production behind Dunn got worse (Konerko), he didn't perform as well.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 10:14 AM) Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS #cubs and #redsox among teams in on Dan Haren trade talks. north siders a new entry. I'm guessing they would be willing to absorb Haren's contract without giving up much rather than trade someone decent for more cash.

I'm assuming you buy your cars from this guy? If so, I think a card/booze/etc is completely fine.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 09:25 AM) All I have said is walking Adam Dunn isn't as damaging as walking other players. His walk numbers don't translate to as many runs as some would believe. His walks aren't as valuable as when some others walk because it takes more to score him. Walks are the second biggest part of Dunn's offensive arsenal. You know what makes Dunn more dangerous when walked? Better hitters behind him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 09:19 AM) If Adam Dunn were a free agent right now, he would get nowhere near $15 million the next 2 seasons. And if the Sox tried trading Dunn they wouldn't get near his production in replacement.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 09:01 AM) Maybe not, but then his walks really aren't valuable if they don't result in runs. And it didn't just happen in Chicago. The same thing occurred in Cincinatti, Arizona and Washington. He didn't score much if he didn't drive himself in. The other thing, he doesn't get as many doubles as he used to either. His slugging is down even with the 41 homers. His OBP is down even with leading the league in walks. Adam Dunn is not worth anything near what the Sox are paying him. Right, Dunn needs to steal 2nd, 3rd, and home for a walk to mean something. Stop blaming Dunn for something out of his control.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 2, 2012 -> 08:39 AM) Dunn can't steal bases and doesn't take extra bases on hits as much as some, therefore, it takes more for him to score than other players with more speed and/or better baserunning instincts and abilities. If the walk doesn't ultimately result in a run or runs, the only damage being done is running up a pitch count and/or turning over a line up, again, not useless, but not as valuable as a better baserunner drawing walks resulting in scoring. Adam Dunn is paid to produce runs. If the walks don't result in runs, they really aren't that big of deal, kind of like having an in his prime Mariano Rivera on the 2012 Astros. And ultimately Dunn's OBP is lacking despite his walks which only get him to first base and only score a run if the bases are loaded. If Dunn walks and doesn't score, it isn't his damn fault that the players behind him couldn't capitalize.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 1, 2012 -> 07:24 AM) What exactly is that? I'm on call right now for my team (in IT), and our website was down so they called a code red. My team has nothing to do with that issue but we still have to be on the call until we've been cleared.

5am code reds suck.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) Kyyle is a jackass.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 02:43 PM) Right your anecdotal evidence doesnt really sway me much as my family and I have bought over 10 dell computers in the last 15 years, and Dell has been nothing but amazing if there were any issues, including when they completely replaced my computer 2 weeks after the warranty was up. That is in comparison to when I bought my Alienware (before they were owned by dell) computer and they basically told me "tough break". Ive owned basically every brand of computer from IBM to Apple, so it wasnt about the brand, it was about the graphics card, processor, etc. Its not about price which is why I asked if Alienwares were overkill for normal use. I get it's a small sample size on my end, but I didn't just buy the lowest cost Dell, I upgraded on of their most popular models at the time (upgraded processor, graphics card, memory, etc). At the time I wanted that laptop to replace my need for a desktop (of course it wouldn't be able to play the much higher spec games), but for the most part it played what I wanted to play but 9 months after owning it, it started to just shut down whenever it got stressed from playing videos, games, etc for more than 15 minutes. I got a stand and usb fan to help cool it and that didn't help much either, pretty much the fan they put in it and the ventilation in general sucked ass so when you upgraded the components it couldn't handle it. That's a pretty s***ty design flaw. And Dell isn't the only brand I won't buy, HP is right there as well. A girl I dated had an uncle that worked for HP, and they bought her an HP laptop for college. Well, the thing was A) a s***ty design (bulky, styling didn't feel right when using it), and B) broke down hard after 1 semester of use. She sent it in to HP and they put delay after delay on it, her uncle gave her his PC while he went to go fight with the customer service people to get it done. I find that ridiculous that HP couldn't even take care of one of their employee's issues. But like I said, hopefully they've been better and it works out for you.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 04:27 PM) I was the doppler effect. Great reference.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 31, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) Here's where someone with access to YouTube would link to a Debbie Downer SNL skit. I don't want to get his enthusiasm down, but I had a terrible experience with Dell and my friends who had similar models also had issues. They just weren't well built at all, and there are better brands out there that don't cost much more that I would go with first. But enjoy

A bit late, but good luck with Dell, unless they've improved drastically in the past few years I would never buy one again.

I don't mind that trade, but you'd need an infusion of OBP somewhere else then. Which means getting creative in the OF, 2b or SS.