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Danks article from the Austin Statesman

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) And SI as #26 i think. The Sox were in the 16-25 range. They didn't rank each team. They ranked the top 5, bottom 5 and separated the remaining 20 into 2 tiers.

Fanhouse puts Sox at 23. Probably more realistic than dead last. Again, not that these things matter.

Trib Story: The Sox plan to fortify their scouting efforts in Latin America This is certainly interesting. Let's see if it goes down as they say though...

Not sure why we're bothering with what ifs at this point.

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) The Sox would have had Buerhle, Floyd, Danks, Colon/Bailey/Contreras/Hudson/Richard/Garcia in the rotation. They probably don't trade for Peavy. Now they have a handful more pieces and the payroll room to make some blockbuster trades. I assume they would've gone after Abreu to fill Dye's spot. They might even have the parts to trade for A.Gonzalez. They could sign Figgins with the payroll room currently occupied by Peavy. But let's not go out on a limb or anything. This all would have gone down exactly this way.

Hagadone is a 24 yo (just turned 24) with TJS under his belt and 2 starts above low-A ball. He Ks guys, but he has walked 4.5/9 in his MiLB career. That's pretty harsh to put Hudson behind that resume.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:20 PM) I don't get it. It's like a giant phone but not a phone. My laptop and phone can do everything this thing does, better then this thing does it. The best part I paid less for both of them combined then one of the higher end models. I don't really get apple, and don't understand why people are in love with them. They just come up with new crap all the time that no one needs and way overprice it. It seems like people wanted a MacBook Pro to be shrunk to hand held size. Technology hasn't quite come that far yet. If you want it to be a fully equipped computer, it would cost three times as much. I was really hoping it would have Snow Leopard on there as opposed to iPhone OS. I wasn't going to rush to buy one, but when I need a new computer maybe the technology will be good enough and I won't need all the features of a laptop. QUOTE (NIUSox @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 09:48 PM) This thing isn't gonna be useful until you are able to pull things off of a computer screen and right onto the pad like in Avatar. Haha yes. I was thinking that when I saw the iPad. That's technology I would love to see.

I know 60 is a good review, but I can't believe Danks is only a 60 in fielding. I absolutely loved him in CF when I saw him when he was playing for Texas. Maybe he just had a great weekend, but he was all over the place.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 27, 2010 -> 12:40 PM) It's nice, but buying apps through iTunes really sucks. I was hoping for something closer to OS X than iPhoneOS. It's iPhoneOS on steroids. I agree, but it looks better than the iPhoneOS at first glance. As Irish mentioned, I'd have to play with it before deciding if I want it. And as you said, I probably don't want the first version. Maybe the 2nd or 3rd when my laptop needs to be replaced. It seems very Star Trek Next Gen to me. Their info pads (whatever they were called) that they went around the ship reading and writing reports, etc.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 26, 2010 -> 10:31 PM) He's the only reason we won that game. It's laughable how we act like we've never seen a 1-3-1 every time we play Northwestern. They do it to us every year, and yet nothing ever changes. We're lucky that we won that one, as Northwestern easily outplayed us in the second half. Yeah, it's similar to how it felt after NU lost in Illinois. Decent effort, had chances, one guy won it for the other team, just have to get them in Evanston. That last 3 from Hoffarber was sick. Pretty sure he barely looked at the basket. So what does everything think of Kentucky after this loss? I've never thought they were great. Their best win (and only vs. a current top 25 team) was a 3 point win over UConn on a neutral floor. Their only other win vs. an RPI top 50 was Louisville in Lexington. They beat Carolina at home and won at Florida, the only other teams on their schedule that are at-large worthy (and even that's fringe). They've had a few close calls this year against below average competition and now this loss to a South Carolina team that still is looking at the NIT. There are tougher SEC teams coming up, but the conference is pretty weak overall. I'm probably putting Kentucky somewhere around 8 if I'm ranking teams right now and I could lean lower, but other teams have more question marks to me.

Remember Undressed? This might be the crappier new version.

3 wins in a row on a western conference road trip? Extremely shocking. Bulls are 1.5 games out of 5th. Go figure.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 24, 2010 -> 09:28 PM) NO's D relies on turnovers. You said that wouldn't last. It's lasted until the ssuper bowl. I win. It took OT on their home field and they needed to win the coin flip. The teams are dead even.

Here's a good Dayan report from Scouting the Sally. It's hard to fathom Dayan really struggling in his career as long as he puts in the work. The talent is there offensively.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) Strike that one... It was a brutal game, but K State did it. And K State has the typical let down game with a bad home loss to Ok State. Ok State is decent, but not someone a top 15 team should lose to at home. With Texas losing again K State probably finally takes a hit in the rankings.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 11:04 AM) Bryan Smith has been doing a series of articles on Fangraphs, looking for RH sinkerballers who have been undervalued in the minors due to depending on poor defenses. One of our guys made his list. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/s...lers-final-part Yeah, Sauer is a guy I really like and I'm not alone. As thin as our system is, I don't see why he isn't a top 25 (at least) prospect. QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 01:13 PM) I talked to someone last night that told me the current plan is for Trayce Thompson to spend next season in full-season A ball. That could change if Trayce struggles in minor league camp though and shows that he would be better fitted with extensive coaching (Fall League). He is incredibly raw, but the person I talked to last night was absolutely raving about his tools and long-term potential. The Sox have a history of having guys like Thompson go to A ball to start the year and then going back to extended ST for a bit before rookie ball starts up. Chris Carter did it after he struggled. Francisco Hernandez was another. I think they'd rather see the talented young guys succeed or fail in the higher level instead of babying them through extended ST in April and May.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) Nawww Caron > Deng! Caron better defensively which is what we'd need if we had Noah + Bosh + Rose getting points. And clippers came back now. Going to be a good game It's close, but to throw in Tyrus as well, yuck. That's the kind of move that has the team where they are.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 06:55 PM) I was daydreaming... What if: -The bulls trade for Caron butler - Tyrus + whomever (Deng? Whatever..) Caron Butler > Deng? What? No way. This Jazz-Spurs game is screwing with my head. I keep thinking the Sonics are playing. Since when is Carlos Boozer in Seattle? Oh yeah... I do like Dicky V in an NBA game. His Duke/UNC bias isn't a factor and he becomes a decent announcer again.

I like Letterman, but this is good comedy so I don't see anything wrong with Letterman having his say. Kimmel did it too so what's the difference?

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) That video has an awfully broad definition of social media. Hulu and Kindle?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 10:57 AM) The ending was bad. Yeah, let's all forgive the girl that cheats in med school. Not buying it. Thank you. I had a long argument with my friend who thought that was realistic. I was crossing my fingers that they were writing Lucy off the show.

Tonight's was the weakest episode of the season and possibly the series. It had a corny set up and an annoying conclusion. They are trying to develop the new characters, but Cole and Lucy have to go before they can make new characters the focus of the show. Denise and Drew are funny, but without JD or Elliot the show struggles.

QUOTE (The Beast @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 09:59 PM) I think it's a necessary tool for college grads to show the recruiters what they have to offer. That's what resumes are for. It's more about networking, but I haven't seen a major advantage from it yet.