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http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/20/mcfar...y-sports-movies What has Disney done to neuter the sports movie genre?

Edwin Encarnacion then.

QUOTE (sammy esposito @ Mar 1, 2015 -> 12:08 PM) Orestes " Minnie" Minoso He may have been the only Orestes in Mlb history. I met him one day at restaurant or bar on the day the white sox game was called of to snow or low temperatures, he was signing autographs. I was so awestruck I couldn't think of any thing intelligent to say. I finally just said, Are you really Minnie Minoso" Minnie replied," who else would I be. " https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Ak3prh...restes+destrade There's a Saturnino...Armas....Arrieta in Minnie's name as well.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 1, 2015 -> 07:37 AM) What? That's ridiculous, who wrote this? Merkin yesterday....that he MighT start a b game or split squad, but not any regular spring training games Also another Jared Mitchell/Buddy Bell puff piece, incredibly.

Big games for MSU (at Wisky), OSU and Purdue tomorrow. Iowa at Indiana next week...a loss there puts Indiana closer to the bubble. And Illinois will have to knock off Nebraska and Purdue to go 10-8...needing to win at least one in the B10 tourney.

There was an article stating Rodon probably wasn't going to be starting any spring training games. This might open the door a bit. Sale's injury will give Rodon even more of a chance to shine in the spring, especially if Beck, Johnson and Penny struggle.

American secularist writer hacked to death in Bangladesh. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/28/asia/banglad...dead/index.html

Sure way to stir up controversy and sell tickets.

It does bring Rodon's name more to the forefront.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:16 PM) Lip service. I expect improved technique but not overall more attempts. Perhaps. It's all dependent on how the core of the offense (Cabrera/Abreu/LaRoche/Garcia/Conor) are hitting. If they're collectively scuffling, you're going to have to see runs manufactured one at a time by Eaton, Ramirez and whoever's at 2B.

Not to mention that most of the better candidates to work with for Coleman are already with the White Sox. Other than a few guys, like Tim Anderson, Engel, Jacob May...we're not exactly swimming in speed-based players. Hawkins can run a bit, but his body is more like Avisail, where he needs more time to reach full acceleration. At this point, they're not going to invest too much time in Mitchell or Thompson.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 07:07 PM) I like your style keep posting. And I agree on your point. With 2 outs, I'm sending most guys, most of the time. Even with a great hitter like Jose up next the odds he gets him in or a wild pitch aren't better than 50%. Except for the final out of the World Series...when the runner's going to be out by 20-40 feet.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) 88% of my 401k's overall value is in the S&P500 Index. Though that WAS over 95%, over the years I slowly started upping my contributions to foreign index and bond index while lowering my contribution to the S&P500 index (just to slowly bring a bit of balance), without doing a forced rebalancing. That obviously makes sense when much of the projected world growth is in Asia, the Middle East and pockets of South America and Africa. Trusting foreign companies to report accurate results/earnings, though, not an exact science. (Of course, we went through a slew of companies like Enron and Worldcom gaming numbers over a decade ago, too.)

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/25/focus-ew-review Nice to see Margot Robbie back in action with a meatier role. Maybe not so nice for Jada Pinkett, though. Thankfully, 50 Shades of Grey is starting to fade away from memory already.

Yadier Alvarez. The next Yordano Ventura.

QUOTE (asindc @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) What MLB and NHL have in common is a minor league system full of teenagers away from home for the first time. NBA scouting is worse because they started drafting many more younger players than before (Kwame Brown, anyone?). I think most scouts recognize raw talent. Fewer scouts recognize personal character and maturity. That's why so many baseball and hockey prospects wash out. After all, Brien Taylor's 95-mph fastball was overcome by his immaturity. And who assessed Brown's talent? Probably the greatest player the world has ever known. It wasn't a SABES geek who got that one wrong, anymore than Ivy League MBAers were drafting Bowie over Jordan, either.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) yeah you are right, that is why i mention the yanks of the 90's, b/c they spent and spent to get a team they hope will win it all. you are right about the yanks not spending. i was surprise this offseason, refraining to spurge. but i was mentioning SF gaints being smart and not to drive into and spend on salary. But they also developed from their farm system Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettite...while they brought in some guys via trade and FA like Boone, O'Neill, Clemens, the heart of those teams were homegrown. When the Yankees really spent like crazy was from the early 80's until the mid 90's, without a whole lot to show for it. Don Mattingly, and that was about it.

Pods' body really wore down near the end and he had to remodel his game quite a bit. He didn't have 100 steals, but he came close a time or two...especially his minor league wear and tear caught up with him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) For all those wondering why Hahn wouldn't or couldn't trade the guy... he's now struggling to find a minor league deal. Because he was waiting for a major league deal and then settled for a situation where there MIGHT be an opening, either in the outfield, DH or 1B.

Crisp and Reddick are set. There's the Fuld/Gentry spot, but that would push Crisp back into CF to make room for Viciedo in LF. The problem is Billy Butler blocking him at DH, and the size of that outfield in OAK again. They also have Ike Davis/Freiman for 1B, although neither of those guys are sure things by any stretch of the imagination. Ravelo will also get some consideration, but probably not until next year.

It's not Nate Silver, that said, it's sometimes interesting to see the perceptions out there... Of course, the Tigers already have Rajai Davis/Gose, Cespedes and JD Martinez, and it's probably simply speculation about Victor Martinez being out into the regular season, along with the fact that Viciedo profiles similarly to Delmon Young, POTENTIALLY. (Of course, you never want him anywhere but RF in Comerica with all that ground to cover). Or maybe speculation that he would want to be around another Cuban or play for a pennant contender, who knows...in a familiar division. The Indians were one of the other main teams linked in terms of interest.

Anyone excited about a new season of House of Cards?

FutureSox (FS): Your speed has gotten a lot of attention, but how much of your success in stealing bases would you say is raw speed, versus technique or analyzing pitchers? Micah Johnson (MJ): At the beginning of the season it was probably like 80% just speed and good jumps. But as teams started figuring it out, and pitchers adjusted, now it is more about being smart. I'm not the fastest guy in the league, so especially now that they know me, I have to be smarter. Keeping in mind he was talking about Kannapolis/SALLY/Low-A, in terms of his stolen base totals. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...p;#entry3119553

http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giant...ing-6097453.php Since this is sort of the de-facto "financial issues of MLB/Sox" thread, Why the SF Giants don't want to overspend...(they're currently at $164 million with the luxury mark at $187 but with $400 million committed to Posey/Cain/Pence)

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 26, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Where do these odds come from? Just a poll at MLBtraderumors if you search for his name. Last weekend, I asked which team was the most likely to acquire Viciedo. The Tigers were the favorite destination at nearly 19 percent, while the Phillies and Giants each checked in around 15 percent.