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QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Dec 22, 2014 -> 11:24 PM) Its Hughes Nolasco Gibson Ervin Santana then some sort of combination of Mike Pelfrey ($5 mil contract ugh. But I think he would be an awesome bullpen arm in the Wade Davis mold. But I think he doesnt want to go that route)/Trevor May (again, probabl better suited for bullpen)/ Alex Meyer/Trevor Milone (traded from A's last year)/Jose Berrios (the Twins denied his request to pitch in winter ball to rest up his arm)/ another FA signing/spring training surprise like a Mark Hamburger. While Nolasco is probably better than what his stats show (he was hurt most of the year, and got no help from a pathetic defense), he is probably suited to play in the National League and I think if any team gave the Twins a fair or even slightly below fair deal, they would unload him in a heartbeat. Tommy Why do you think Ryan's had more trouble adjusting his second time around as GM? Is there an internal struggle over traditional scouting vs. the new age quants/sabre/Moneyball model? Of course, the Twins do have Sano and Buxton...what's their most recent medical prognosis? Is Santana going to end up at SS or CF? Is Vargas the next Ortiz or the next Pete Incaviglia/Steve Balboni?

QUOTE (Benchwarmerjim @ Dec 22, 2014 -> 08:20 PM) There is 0% chance Nolasco is a Twin in 2019. Or 2018. I bet he gets traded before Aug 1 The White Sox and Twins will have a competition to see who can more cheaply auction off their unwanted starters, with Danks facing off with Nolasco. What is the Twins' rotation right now? Hughes, Santana, Gibson, Meyer, May? What will they do with Nolasco? Long man? If he's not a starter, it's going to be increasingly difficult to dump that contract, not unlike the Giants using Zito or Lincecum in the bullpen (or Verlander for DET).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 22, 2014 -> 04:01 PM) I enjoyed A Million Ways to Die in the West. Neil Patrick Harris was awesome in his bit... stole the movie. Perfect example of hubris run amok. That movie would have been much better received had a different lead actor been in the role. It's the same reason we wouldn't want to watch Quentin Tarantino in more than a bit part. He could never carry a movie by himself.

If we hadn't acquired Me.Cabrera, we'd have about a 68 page thread on SD's "expendable" outfielders. Thank god we were spared that at least. Kind of boring when we only have the back end of the rotation, 3B, C, 2B and Avy Garcia to wring our hands about.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 22, 2014 -> 06:51 AM) Loved everything about Guardians of the Galaxy. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was weird, it had actual moments where it was watchable and had some good nods to the 90s movie and show. And then it had moments where I should have turned it off You must have a secret crush on Megan Fox back from the original Transformers movie...that would seem to be the only compelling reason to watch.

Homeland Is it crazy to like The Flash more than Agents of SHIELD? For some reason, The Flash just seems to be a "tighter" show, in the sense the cast isn't quite so big and the stories are more concentrated in Central City compared to spanning the entire globe. It feels a bit like Smallville when it first started out. Maybe with SHIELD it just feels like the storyline is a big forced (and there isn't the immediate tie-in with an Avengers movie at the moment)...or the fact that there isn't the three-way tension between Ming Na Wen, Ward and Skye to sustain things, and the whole thing with the lab geeks has been annoying as well. They used to be a bit of fun. And a little Patton Oswalt goes a long way.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 18, 2014 -> 08:45 PM) I'm not scared. I wish the Lake theater would pick it up. Some daring owners are showing Team America: World Police again.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 18, 2014 -> 06:08 PM) Taking suggestions on the next show to binge watch. I've been considering Boardwalk Empire, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards and Banshee. House of Cards is really good, especially the first season. I just did that with Prison Break and Homeland. The high school students here in China seem to like Scorpion, too. Their current favorite is Sherlock. Try youku.com, iqiyi.com or watchseries.ag if you want to watch older shows.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 18, 2014 -> 02:24 PM) Hollywood should be pissed off at AMC and all the other movie theaters that pulled the movie because they were scared. Sony pulled the movie because they were going to lose tens of millions of dollars. Think about it....AMC is now Chinese-owned, and China has a relationship (albeit wary) they need to protect with North Korea (if for no other reason, economic stability in the region), something like Big Brother/Little Brother. Maybe I've been watching too many episodes of Homeland recently, but it's impossible not to see a connection. https://www.yahoo.com/movies/sony-pictures-...5530367442.html More in-depth article about the financial consequences of the Sony leaks/cyber attacks.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Dec 18, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) Not sure what SD is thinking here. Its bad enough they thought Kemp could play the outfield at Petco Park while he ages but now he has arthritis in his hips? Don't know why SD is still interested. Kemp would benefit more from being traded to the AL where he can spend more time at DH. If I'm SD, I'm backing out on this fast. If I'm the Padres, it's a cash-grab for as much of an extra subsidy as I can get because the ONE thing LA doesn't want to deal with is Kemp coming back to their organization. This reminds me of the Grant Balfour situation, although that was a signing and not a trade. Or Brady Aiken, lol. By the way, WHERE IS HE? It's hard to find information on the internet. @chrisrod13: Heard of a rumor that Brady Aiken is heading to Yavapai JC in Arizona. Came from numerous scouts.

Homeland

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http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/17/the-...w-prestige-pic/ Would this be happening if The Interview was a "prestige pic" like Hotel Rwanda or The Killing Fields? Apparently the influence of shopping malls that are connected to or close to movie theatres is winning the economic argument. We are letting the terrorists win!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 17, 2014 -> 04:45 PM) You still could view him as that but you're not going to pay $4 million+ for the privilege when he's probably going to be cut and claimable for much less than that at the end of ST. They're not going to do that...it would be idiotic to guarantee his salary and then dump him. They didn't do it with Beckham and DeAza, Hahn's not going to start now. If they were content to pay a back-up/platoon player that much last year, it's not going to change in 2015...

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 17, 2014 -> 08:16 PM) Looks like the Nats made out like bandits in that deal. Souza was an extra player for them. Big minor league numbers, but he was 25. Any relation to John Philip, the composer?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 10:49 PM) Let me know how the future is. The future's so bright, we've gotta wear shades. (Or sunglasses at night).

I've had this happen over and over and over again with credit cards when living/traveling overseas. It's pretty much automatic anytime you charge over $500 or usually $1000 from another country that your account will get frozen temporarily for fraud...then there's the inconvenience of having to call the US and be waiting and waiting for a customer service rep. In China, unless you put a $300 deposit on your phone, you can't make international calls...and I never did it because I thought it would be a total pain in the ass to get the deposit back. The worst part is when I go travelling and call the card companies ahead of time (India and Kenya/Tanzania/Ethiopia in 2013) and even if they have a note about your exact travel schedule, those transactions still get flagged and the account temporarily frozen.

First MLB game was 1979...Gary Templeton and the Cardinals played at Wrigley. Do those 45 and older get a SoxTalk member discount or at least a discount card for Arby's or something?

With the Leury Garcia example, it's not as simple as using his current season stats. You have a LONG track record of minor league struggles...in the context of last season, it's easy to say it doesn't matter and we were never going to compete in hindsight. Clearly, we were lacking in talent...and our bench has been a black hole for two years now, particularly after Avisail Garcia went down last year early. That said, hopefully this year when they HAVE to rest players more easily like Alexei, there's a better option offensively (what Keppinger was supposed to be, and what Saladino might have to be...whether he's ready or not).

That trade for Dayton Moore has turned from the final nail in the coffin to the cornerstone of his career resurgence. I still don't think it's bad for the Padres at all. If both Myers and Kemp (two big ifs) can both get it going together, that would be a nice middle of the order punch. Unless players like Nick Gordon and Turner can hit .270+ with at least a little pop, they're not going be huge losses to their organizations. We've seen a lot of prospects drafted at SS not make it...ending up at other positions. Turner has speed and glove working for him now but the offense has been inconsistent at best.

QUOTE (sammy esposito @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) I was just thinking Avisail hasn't really proven himself to me. Could he be trade bait. there is plenty of left fielders available. No one seems to want Tank. Not really. The best value on the FA market right now is probably Aoki at $7 million. Or Rasmus. Not exactly a plethora of riches. Would have taken Rasmus over Cabrera (based on contracts and risk/reward), but that ship has sailed. Mike Morse was basically the 3rd member of the remaining options and he's now signed with the Marlins. Otherwise, you're stuck trading bad contracts or prospects for the likes of Ethier, Crawford or CarGO. Or paying Alex Rios $11 million for one season.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...cle4523857.html Moises Sierra is available again. DREAM AWAY.

Who the hell are the Rays going to have left to market? Archer? Moore...coming off TJ surgery?

Reading all the posts here (refusing to read spoilers), I'm tempted to skip to Season 4 of Homeland. For a long time, I thought Brody was going to go in the typical direction and become a VP or President. When you watch it all together, it's yo-yoing way too much back and forth with Carrie and her various and sundry mental health issues. Michael Cuesta, who was also a Prison Break producer, had the same exact plot problem with that particular show...you can only go back to that well (mental illness recurrences or new prisons to escape from) so many times before it runs dry. Part of me was hoping for Abu Nazir to survive. Now, I'm stuck with a boring arc of Venezuelan exile with the only viewing solace being Esme (captor's daughter). And the psych ward and conspiracy theories overlaid on top of each other.