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QUOTE (SCCWS @ Oct 30, 2016 -> 07:57 AM) A couple of thoughts: Swihart was not superfluous, he didn't cut it. The catching job was his last spring and he really struggled defensively before being sent back to AAA to learn left-field. Maybe in a new organization he can start all over again, but he will be 25 and took a year off from catching in 2016. Red Sox biggest prospect weakness is starting pitching . They traded their highest rated for Pomeranz so my guess is Groome is now their #1 since Kopech my end up being a reliever due to his limited pitch selection. I think Rodriguez can be had but not both him and Groome. Moncada was shut down last week with what they called a minor thumb injury. Not sure how that would play out in any trade discussions. I meant in the sense he's now a spare part, like Shaw, Rusney Castillo and Holt. Vasquez at catcher is another enigma. They still have to figure out a place for Moncada to play, and they probably don't want to start him as DH when he has so many (unrefined) physical tools. Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez have to fit as well. And they're already talking about Bautista or Encarnacion coming on board at DH. Moncada probably will end up at 3b or a corner of spot if Benitendi's dealt. His best position might be 2b, but Pedroia blocks him there for now.

He does like Meghan McCain. So there's that.

1927 Yankees won the World Series 4-0 over Pittsburgh. Oops.

Cubs with roughly a 15% shot. Last teams to come back from 3-1 down were KC in 1985, Pittsburgh in 1979 and Tigers in 1968. Cardinals lost two of those... Kyle Schwarber...Man in the Mirror dance

So for all those in favor of the government investigation of Bill Clinton in 1998/99 (at a cost of $80 million), you must also be in favor of roughly $200-250 million in tax dollars being spent on Hillary, if not more. In the end, Tim Kaine would be president. But that would still be extremely unlikely to get through the Senate unless there's some type of smoking gun nobody is even aware of at the moment. Is that really the best thing for our democracy? Something that falls completely along partisan lines, like the Supreme Court decision on the 2000 election results?

The Cubs might actually need to petition to change to the AL in order to be fully prepared for the playoffs. Not unlike coming out of the NBA Eastern Conference. The White Sox could actually compete in the NL Central, but MLB would never give up Cards/Cubs. Too bad it would be harder to get the return we need for Sale dealing with either STL or Pitt. Kyle Schwarber dancing with the Purple Pizzazz Show Choir...Middletown High School 2010/11

Opinion columnists in a major national newspaper...you always have some guys on the right, some on the left, this has the same amount of likelihood of making a difference as Leonard Pitts or Paul Krugman calling out Donald Trump. The fact of the matter is nobody has the first clue what, if anything, is there. The FBI doesn't even know. The only consequence might be on Huma Abedin and her needing to stay even more in the shadows. That said, the most recent WashPo poll had it 47-45 Clinton, and that was before Friday. Still, she has to be considered the favorite, although Trump has made some inroads with independent voters in the last 7-10 days.

25% of Cubs fans are unsure they would be happy about a win because the lovable losers tag would be gone forever...their entire franchise identity in modern times. I can guarantee no White Sox fan felt the same way in 2005. The only thing that had them shook was the Indians. But they survived it and came through whole on the other side. The Cubs aren't used to playing with this type of pressure because nobody pushed them the entire season. Sure, the Giants pushed a few buttons until they came back in the 9th...and being down 2-1 against the Dodgers, but they had home field, inexperienced rookies in Urias and Maeda and a lineup without multiple threats like CLE has with its top five hitters. Not to mention Miller/Allen have gotten into the heads of the Red Sox, Jays and now Cubs. Cubs' hitters were expanding their zones yesterday, and they still haven't made the necessary adjustments on offspeed stuff. It might just be too late to change the game plan at this point, because success came too easily for most of this year.

Who is Draymond Green on the Indians? He doesn't get suspended, the Warriors likely win in five even with Curry just operating at 85%.

Not sure he was ready after 2011. That one season with ESPN seemed to really revitalize him and rekindle his love of managing.

The blueprint of peppering the Cubs with tons of offspeed pitches will be emulated throughout MLB as a counterstrategy.

No matter what, winning 2/2 at Wrigley was one more than ANYONE predicted...counting the Lester game as an automatic victory, not sure how prudent that is.

So the Democrats can't take money from financial institutions? 75-80% of that money used to go to the GOP, but banks currently want to hedge their bets and back the winning side and labor unions have been completed decimated, and that funding source has been slowly shrinking since the 70s. If you declare war on Wall Street like Sanders, how is that a potentially successful strategy for compromise and/or reform?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) Assuming you pitch Bauer tomorrow, and Lester pitches well, there is a good chance you don't need Miller again until Tuesday evening. Yep, Salazar and Merritt are up first to reliever Bauer...depending on what part of the lineup is due. That also gives Francona additional insight into who he can trust if Tomlin gets in trouble during potential Game 6.

Francona apparently wants to stay with that Miller, Shaw, Allen ordering...

First run allowed by Miller in the entire postseason. First in his entire postseason career, actually.

Vince Vaughn's seventh inning stretch just got overshadowed by Chicago native Kipnis.

Leadoff double does no damage. Likely the final inning for Kluber. Oh, and Contreras keeps you on the edge of your seat every time he throws to a base. Last time we had a catcher who could throw like that was Miguel Olivo.

I agree that they're more likely to deal Swihart as he's a bit superfluous now...and the White Sox have the need at catcher. With all the focus on relief arms and having already dealt for Kimbrel, they might try to double down and go for the superpen approach with Kopech. Benintendi or Moncada, Devers, Groome, Swihart and Rodriguez is pretty close to fair. Sox get two pitchers, two potential impact position players and fill the catching spot with a still promising young player. Maybe the Red Sox prefer to trade Kopech over Groome, not sure. Groome obviously has more question marks hanging over him, but unlimited potential. Kopech could turn into another Daniel Bard.

Huge K after Zobrist battled. Just needs to get through 5+ with the lead and get the ball to Miller.

Heyward 2/31 in the postseason. WAR doubled his contract. He should thank the sabre gods for that additional $92 million. Make that 3/32.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 06:48 PM) Rajai Davis is great vs the Sox and looks just awful this series Pretty sure he has only 1 or maybe it's 2 hits the entire post season. Naquin at least seems to be coming around offensively.

Wow. Great at-bat there by Kluber. Lackey already around 50 pitches. Two errors on Bryant in an inning. Third major league hit by Kluber.

Dante's Inferno. How appropriate this weekend, with the Tom Hanks/Dan Brown movie out. And I guess every single boy in the Midwest will be a Cubs' player for Halloween. You won't see a single Sox uniform.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 04:27 PM) Which is totally legal and I haven't seen Hillary talk about how motivational speakers are bad. I don't really care about the investments in a vacuum, but Stein's the pot calling the kettle black. Johnson knows less about foreign policy by far than Bernie Sanders. It might be even scarier (as a country) to see him receive 8-10% of the vote without even being vetted by a single national debate. https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bomb...-220219586.html So the FBI doesn't even have a warrant yet for those emails. So this whole thing basically is whether Huma Abedin printed off potentially classified info (which she didnt even realize) from her yahoo account after forwarding there from other accounts, whether Anthony Weiner had access to the same documents, and whether he had potentially shared or given access to an underage girl. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/us/polit...top-news&hp. A Scandal Too Far?