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Friday will be my first time. Going with tickets from the M&Ms guy.

Niiiiice. My buddy from HS and college worked for Dean Anna's agency. I remember how pumped my buddy was when Anna got called up to the majors. He was their biggest client until that point. Looks like they represent Brannon Easterling from the Sox now. Anna also went to my college, which I actually had no idea about until just now.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 23, 2018 -> 06:40 AM) His top 50 is up now. Eloy at 6, Kopech at 11, Robert at 46 and Hansen at 49. Here is Law's summation about Hansen: So where did he put Tatis? And I swear, he had Kopech at like #7 last time he did rankings I thought. 3 players (+ Ohtani) jumped him?

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jan 23, 2018 -> 01:24 PM) I find it ironic you have a quote from DFW as your sig but like Carson. DFW's brilliance and self awareness and humility is about as far from Carson's style as it gets, author wise. Carson is the type of writer I find insufferable. The constant self promotion, the false humility passing as real humility, the "quirkiness" that he lays on thicker than the butter on an obese person's bread -- I can't stand it. I love Cistulli, other than his often belabored way of getting to a topic. He rambles too much, but I love his choice of phrasing and quirky humor.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 21, 2018 -> 08:37 AM) I believe men stop growing when they are 25, so I think it's possible. I remember Luol Deng grew two inches in 2 years when he was drafted at 19. Only ONE part of my body continued to grow an inch or so every year at that age......CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THAT WAS??? It was my waistline.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 22, 2018 -> 04:12 PM) Is Tatis, Jr., #1? In all seriousness, it will be fun to watch Law squirming when Robert becomes a stud and he has to account for why he wasn’t even listed as a Top 100 prospect. I could see Tatis Jr being the #1 hitter on his list and Kopech being the #1 pitcher on his list (Not counting Ohtani, assuming Law ranks him). He's deeply in love with Tatis Jr, but he also really loves Kopech. And I could see him mentioning somewhere that the Sox could have the #1 hitter and pitcher on his list, but he'll rip the Sox for the Shields trade ruining that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 21, 2018 -> 06:41 PM) Brady's incredible but Patriots in another sb is boring My thoughts too. So f***ing boring seeing the same team make it every damn year. Yeah, last year was nuts, but most fans weren't happy about the result. Mother f***ing yawn.

My random speculation is a prospect swap of Brinson for Hansen + Fulmer. Or maybe Cease, Fulmer, and Mendick, or some variation of us getting Brinson in exchange for pitching prospects.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 21, 2018 -> 06:53 PM) The only way I can see Ellsbury being involved if it’s a three way deal with us. This would be a crazy ass trade but makes some sense for all teams. Brewers -Trade: Brinson, Diaz -Receive: Sanchez, Adams Yankees -Trade: Ellsbury, Adams, Andujar -Receive: Low level C prospect White Sox -Trade: Sanchez, low level C prospect -Receive: Ellsbury, Brinson, Andujar, Diaz Hahn only gets that deal done with Cashman and Stearn' families tied up for ransom.

I think the Sox games should be podcasted, to be uploaded 4-5 days after each game, and have advertisements for Blue Apron and Dollar Shave Club in between every inning.

#BringBackSleeveless

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 19, 2018 -> 08:52 AM) He says in the article he grew an inch and a half over the winter. That just doesn't even seem possible. At age 20 1/2 he went from 6'3 to 6'4 1/2? That seems....major.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Jan 20, 2018 -> 08:31 PM) I would hate for this to be false but through a very solid family source I was told that Corey Crawford was reported missing by his wife to police but he has now been found under the influence of crack cocaine and is now at a rehab center. True or false, prayers for CC You WANT it to be true?? And he doesn't have a wife.

So it seems most people both on social media and traditional media are either unsure, or on Aziz's side on this one. Some host on HLN tore the girl apart for trying to ruin Aziz's career over "a bad date", and I tend to agree with her. Then the writer of the original article, Katie Way, sent a HORRIBLE email to HLN, in which she ripped the host apart multiple times based on her looks, for some reason. Mocked the host's age, hair color, lipstick, career, etc, and then bragged about how she is already so successful at age 22 and can't wait to see the HLN host's career die. It was pretty crazy s***. So as if people weren't already against or not totally for this "Grace" girl who had a bad date with Aziz, this Katie girl is really shooting them both in the foot. I have to say, I don't think this is going to kill his career. I think he'll bounce back fine.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 05:12 PM) Ah cool, thanks. Do you know others who have used it? Any issues with buffering or general connection issues? My girlfriend has had Sling since September or so and I have not seen any issues with buffering at her place. The only complaints I have is that the DVR and pause/play live TV function sucks. Like sometimes it won't resume if you pause it, and seeking to a particular spot in the show can be really frustrating. But when the video is actually playing it's really clear and smooth.

Traitor!!!

QUOTE (Wanne @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 11:32 AM) this is where I'm at... I trust his family who have the same name.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2018 -> 12:52 PM) https://theathletic.com/214952/2018/01/18/w...backs-and-more/ There's so much in here I don't know where to start. But Blake Rutherford grew an inch and a half at 21? Huh?

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 08:56 PM) I remember he got a real nice comparison on Draft day Burger was compared to Millar Dan O'Dowd gave Sheets a comp of Lucas Duda.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jan 17, 2018 -> 08:59 PM) Can't rule it out Puig was in a similar situation a flew through the minors Just for reference.... Puig was signed at age 21 and went straight to Rookie ball for 9 games, hit .400 with 4 HR, and then went to A+ for the last 14 games, hitting .327 with almost as many BB as K. Then at age 22 he started in AA for 40 games hitting .313 before he was called straight up to the pros. Robert will be 20 for most of this season. So to follow Yasiel's path, he could spend all of 2018 in Low-A Kanny, then play all of 2019 in High-A Winston Salem at age 21. Then start 2020 in AA and hope to make the majors by the summer. Basically Robert is a year younger than Puig at this point. He may need more than 40 minor league games this year before getting called up.

Kim Contreras talked to Robert's agent and uncle. Official pronunciation is now back to... ROB-ERT.

#ImWithEngel

His 2017 statline in Japan.... 2.68 ERA, 47 IP, 44 H, 21 UBB, 51 K, 4 HR

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 16, 2018 -> 12:20 PM) This seems like a massive crowd compared to years past. Didn't this just start a few years ago with like 4-5 of the young guys on their own and maybe Konerko? I don't know that I remember Konerko, but I want to say the first time they did this it was like 5 or 6 guys, and I want to say it was like Viciedo and Josh Fields from the major league team.

Didn't the Hawks save some money for this year by moving Panik? What if they just trade for a rental goalie, as a salary dump from another team? My quick search results tell me former hawk Antti Raanta is doing pretty decent, and is a UFA after this year on a horrible Arizona team. Maybe go after Raanta? Or see what Boston wants for their backup goalie, Anton Khudobin, who is also a UFA after this year. He ranks 8th in GAA and 6th in Save%