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QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 07:20 PM) Wite, please explain the gaps on that graph. Pretty much "boom or bust" plotted out.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 07:19 PM) Don't worry. That's why you belong to soxtalk! It's all good. At least my divorce was finalized yesterday. Two years of court appearances to end a 4 year marriage. Talk about a nightmare. So relieved that I don't have to wear a lawyer hat anymore... it's gonna take a good couple weeks for me to sink into life without all of that nonsense. Just gotta send her some more money and pay some back taxes... then the only tie I'll have with her is our son. Good riddance - mistakes in choosing a mate aren't easily amended. :

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 06:49 PM) It's better than talking to my teenage kids. At least the board responds, even if it is usually negative. Oh joy... thanks for the preview of what's to come

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 31, 2017 -> 11:00 AM) Cue the James Shields gif.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 10:59 PM) Being humble makes up for him not being very funny to you? It wasn't about my judgement of his humor - it was a commentary on a poor display regarding his maturity. My post didn't attack the kid, just pointed out that his use of religion in such a context was in poor taste. Now I'm complementing the guy and that's a problem? Get off my ass - jeez.

Here's a great quote that redeems his mindset for me: http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/214...e-on-prospects/

I get that he's a 19 year old kid and it's not a big deal - but it is an immature thing to say in that setting. Even the kids and the interviewer looked a little taken back by it. Kopech is a professional representative of a Major Leauge baseball organization, I'm sure he'll mature. I'm a jackass sitting in my couch in my underwear who's been posting in a forum for 14 years. I'm not so sure I'll ever mature. Big difference.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 05:56 AM) I think he did it in jest. That was my interpretation from watching the clip. Yep. Stupid thing to say, even in jest... just showed his immaturity.

Michael Kopech won a "who can take the most selfies" contest at Soxfest yesterday... in a short interview after winning he thanked God and Jesus for his win. Not joking.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 11:26 PM) bmags threw one strike already, and this is strike two. Personal attacks such as this will not be tolerated on this forum. Anything further will be met with consequences. In case we have forgotten: SoxTalk Guidelines I have been absent for a while, and miss things from time to time, but I have yet to see or read anything Con te Giolito has said that has justified anything like this. Strike two indicates tolerance - just sayin.

Steve Adams of MLBTR today responding to a fans hypothetical trade of Dahl and Hoffman for Q. hi8is commentary: They're a Rodgers short.

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 06:50 PM) .242 13HR 56RBI

Yahoo.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jan 21, 2017 -> 11:47 AM) There's just no point in discussing this anymore until something actually happens. +1000000000000000000000

This ought to be interesting

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Jan 19, 2017 -> 03:50 PM) Only $12M per for Trumbo...crazy, 5 years ago he probably gets a contract bordering on $100M. I think it might be real tough to get anything other than a couple lotto ticket 19 year olds for Frazier and Melky if/when they do get moved. Yep, pretty wild how the market shifted so fast in just a couple years. All the sluggers have had lower than projected contracts this off-season. ... And the waiting game continues.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 19, 2017 -> 03:41 PM) I like to be optimistic. That I recall

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 19, 2017 -> 02:55 PM) .304/.375/.530 24 HR's, 78 RBI's, 13 SB's, 4.8 WAR If this team hits all of the projections individually you've listed so far - we're going to win the World Series.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 19, 2017 -> 02:50 PM) 25 instagrams, 2000 protein shakes, 6 new tattoos, 3 months on the DL. Sounds about right.

Have at it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2017 -> 06:04 PM) I totally mimicked this move today and nailed a piece of trash into the trashcan from halfway across a room. 2017 post of the year, this far.

.259 / .315 / .472 41 HR / 32 2b's / 106 RBI Half of which comes with the Sox and the other half with the Mets.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 17, 2017 -> 10:44 PM) Another simple way of looking at the contract. Starting pitching prices are going to keep inflating the next few years. Most teams will be priced out. Q's will stay static. Not every team can buy a championship like the cubs. Just think of how creative our front office has had to be the last 15 years. Always a piece or two short, betting on bargain veterans having bouncebacks, all due to financial restraints. Our biggest contract is still 66M and we play in Chicago. Trust me when I say there will always be plenty of teams willing to back the prospect truck up to get Q, so waiting for that truck is fine. Every team needs a 5-6 WAR LH SP in his prime at $10M, especially teams like us and the Pitates. Value won't be going down at all if we wait into the season. I bet it goes up. Think about all the tight races that will be happening in May/June. Each one of those GMs AND owners knows that any team could snatch up Q at any moment. Value through the roof. "s*** what if they get Quintana they might pull away. What if we got Quintana? Call Hahn offer Bregman, I want to go for this sucker this year!" I'm fine waiting until the pressure of being in races starts hitting some clubs. I predict a Mid-May to Mid-June trade and might prefer that.