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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 15, 2014 -> 08:32 AM) it looks great from what I have seen. I was sad to see it not do "great" this weekend, but $70+m is nothing to sneeze at. Some of the predictions were in the high 50's, so if you compare it to the 2011 version's opening as well, which it beat handily, it's widely being considered a huge success as the sequel picked up business when starting over with an entirely new (human) cast. Jason Clarke did Zero Dark Thirty, but I bet only 5% of the people who went to the movie even knew who he was...the main attraction for them was the Caesar storyline.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) Michael Taylor has been outstanding He's also 29 years old.

Missed opportunities by both sides.

Who the hell is Doran? Is he related to Bill(y) Doran who used to play for the Astros in the 80's? Bill Duran Doran, etc.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 07:57 AM) it is clearly subjective, we may never agree nor will one will convince the other. I can accept that, most may not, however saying that, my prob with Scott B, is how he does it. the subject of doing it for the client sometimes doesn't wash for me. lets assume and I am saying this for an example for this discussion Rodon. Would Rodon have held out for the sum of let say $300,000-500,000 usd, even knowing that the sox went slot and over to sign him? he and his camp may not like the slot allotted money, but those are the new guidelines. It was done to help all, I know it is not the total final amount. using the it as leverage to force more money is what I have the problem in this situation. I am not going to use a lot of maybe examples to go in the realm of "What if" stories or examples. the sox played by the rules and went overslot money, the offer is over slot, trying to max the salary and not caring about the ability for the sox to sign anyone else is my prob. I also blame the sox org, they knew what it was like to deal with BorAss, and they still went to the well and did it again. this time Rodon did sign and everyone came out happy...... meaning sox and Rodon camp. for me, this is closed and I am going to look forward to sox new future with Rodon pitching his best for the org. I am done. Peace. That's the team's job, not Boras' or even Rodon's. In the end, the White Sox and Hahn had that high school pitcher who'd already had TJ surgery and was a Univ of Missouri recruit as leverage, but he was always just a fallback position, where in the very worst case scenario, they could sign him (instead of Rodon) and claim some sort of moral victory, but it would have been a very hollow one for Hahn. In the end, they signed their 2-10 round pick guys right away...and they should have known from the very beginning what it was going to take to get him signed. As it is, they're paying a financial/tax penalty, but not losing draft picks, so both sides can live on to fight another day with out anyone's pride being damaged too much.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jul 13, 2014 -> 02:48 AM) $1000 Cubs win a pennant in the next three seasons. Do YOU take this kind of bet or no? Asking for a friend. What are the odds? Just double your money or lose it?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 04:29 PM) Is there a place to watch Dash games online? www.milb.com But not sure how many of the Dash games are televised. Usually they have all the AA and AAA games for sure...and you can always get the home and away radio for free as well for each game. Not sure what the milb.tv subscription price is these days, but I'm sure it's affordable and discounted for the 2nd half of the season....essentially only 1 1/2 months to go now from mid-July to the end of August and then league playoffs the first couple of weeks of September.

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-sit-th...&ocid=yahoo How much would the Cubs have to eat in salary to take Edwin Jackson back from the Cubs and for Cooper to rehab him into a top-flight starter again? Impossible to happen? Probably. But it would be sweet revenge.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 05:29 PM) And then like everyone else we'll decide in 5 games that he's useless and doesn't belong in AAA let alone the big leagues. As opposed to Flowers hitting .093 for his last 30 games at his age and still retaining the catcher's position. Nobody has sky-high expectations for Sanchez. Field at least better than average, a 650-675 OPS would be a minor miracle his first season or two. Anything above that is a pleasant surprise.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 04:16 PM) Ravelo playing 3rd tonight...has he played there at all this year? Not since 54 games at 3B for Kanny in 2012.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 03:07 PM) Glad you pointed this out, I was thinking the same thing. If he was drafted in the first round in that position, he'd probably get the benefit of the doubt to be 7-10, but not Top 5-6.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) Just for the hell of it because I follow Kanny a lot and see them play a good amount, who can we expect in Kanny next year? some names or a roster projection would be nice We have a ton of minor league experts who I'm sure could project at least 15-20 of those guys. Fry's a possibility to start there...although they might be more aggressive and put him in Winston-Salem as a collegiate pitcher. About half of that roster's going to come from this year's June draft, with quite a few from the DSL, AZL, Great Falls. Ayala, the catcher...whose name has been talked about a lot the last couple of years, he SHOULD be there.

Ochoa was also very strong for Mexico. At any rate, Netherlands was clearly offside, but that doesn't excuse the Brazil defense on that second goal....David Luiz didn't clear it well and the keeper was out of position and in no man's land. First goal for Blind, subbing for Sneijder.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 01:31 PM) Agree with the majority of the list, well done, however Spencer Adams must be Top 10 I'd assume, has a 1st round grade, total steal, one would assume Jace Fry is also top 15ish Based on potential, yes. But until he starts putting up those numbers at Kanny, it's a bit like Micker Adolfo. It's nice to be able to say an Adams doesn't automatically join the Top 10, fwiw. There's finally some depth. For a comparison, Beck has always been talked about like he SHOULD have been drafted in the first round, and that's gotten him the benefit of the doubt without the results to really back it up 100%. But Adams needs to turn that potential into good results next year in Kanny before he's a definite Top 10 inclusion. And Fry doesn't have dominating stuff, so he's going to have to prove himself at every level, ala Mark Buehrle...albeit quite different initial draft positions, obviously.

Prediction. Rodon's first start at Winston-Salem gets a longer game thread than this weekend's Indians/Sox games.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 01:20 PM) Last time out I felt we had a bunch of guys at the top who were clearly there but we were weak in the range around 10. It seems like this time I'm going to have a ton of trouble figuring out that range around 5-15. Especially someone like Montas, who, in many respects, might be our best pitching prospect after Rodon when he comes back from his knee surgery. Then again, nobody knows the effects his surgery will have on him...although it's not a major reconstruction. Beck and Thompson would seem to be the ones going backward the most at the moment. Finally, it will be really hard to place Anderson at the end of the year, especially if he does poorly in the Arizona Fall League. There will be lots of concerns that it will take him until at least the second half of 2015 to be the same player he was before the injury.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 11:18 AM) Ask Dan Hudson and Gavin Floyd about getting TJS just because it's a cinch and you're better off afterwards But it's back to that point, nobody can think of ONE example of a player who's had a partial UCL tear and not had it STILL go out on him eventually, within a season or two. The Wainright example is the only counterexample...pitching in pain with less effectiveness for 1 1/2 or 2 seasons, then going under the knife. In that case, it worked out for the Cardinals, he returned to the same level as before the injury, if not better. That's the best-case scenario for the Yanks. Except we don't know if Tanaka can pitch well enough under those conditions where it will make an appreciable difference to their playoff chances in 2015 and 2016 or not. I guess everyone will find out soon enough...with the main effect being the TJ surgery will be delayed by 6-8 weeks.

May and Ravelo have to be close to making that Top 10, especially Ravelo. Trey M. should be on the move up the board as well.

Why in God's name didn't Alexei just leave the glove in front of the bag? Always afraid of contact and trying to make the fancy play when the simplest one is best. Sigh. On the other hand, odds of Noesi or the Sox bullpen holding the lead while the Sox offense is spring leaks all over and playing on the road is about 10-15% even if they preserve the 1 run lead at the end of the 5th.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/p...ble-with-tanaka Argument for why the Yanks should bite the bullet and do TJ right now...with one of the arguments that nobody with a partial tear has ever been fully-rehabilitated without suffering a full tear eventually (Wainright being the one who claim closest, pitching on for two years until he finally had no choice but to go under the knife)

Argument/s for why Tanaka should just go ahead and have surgery right now... http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/p...ble-with-tanaka

It would probably be best to come up with a theme that doesn't insult White Sox fans (because you know when it doesn't work well...it will be used to mock the Sox and their fans) or insult the city of Chicago. For example....let's say their were lots of mosquitos in your city because of the heat and humidity, would you make a promotion titled "Mosquito Mondays" for braving the possibility of being bitten to see the Sox play?

Of course, it HAD to be Swisher doing the damage. Oh, well...any chances they had to fight for the WC (and they were SLIM) disappeared in Boston. Even if you argue that the Yankees are out of it, they just don't have the rotation depth, bullpen, enough depth on offense, there's no quick fixes for this year's team to make it a threat, unless you could magically levitate the best catcher in baseball and stick him in our line-up.

More two out runs. Sigh. Had the lead longer than expected today.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 10:46 AM) Anybody else notice anything interesting about this photo: I thought the answer was the Ozzie Guillen jersey hanging up behind him, haha.